Evening star., 1951-04-03
Society News
President Host to Foreign Ministers;
Wives of Visiting Officials Feted

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Cuba and DR.. Rene Lepervanche
Parparcen, Venezuela.
The Secretary General Of the
GAS, DR.. Alberto Lleras. was there,
also the United States Ambassa-
dor to the OAS. Mr.. John C..
Dreier and DR.. William Manager.
secretary general Of the Confer
ence.
The Chairman Of the Foreign
Relations Committee. Senator
Tom Connally. was present and
others from the upper House Of
Congress were Senators Theodore
Francis Greene. Alexander Wiley,
Bourke B. Hickenlooper. and John
j. Sparkman. From the Lower
House were Representative James
P. Richards and John M. Vorys.
National Defense Mobilizer
Charles e. Wilson was there and
also Assistant Secretary OF State
Edward G. Miller, jr. Special
Assistant to the Secretary Of State
William D. Pawley, and the Presi-
dents aides, Mai. Gen. Harry a..
Vaughan, Rear Admiral Robert l..
Dennison and Brig. Gen. Robert
B. Landry.
Earlier yesterday the Foreign
Ministers were entertained at
luncheon by Mr.. Nelson Rookie
feller, former chief of the Inter-
American section Of the State De-
partment. The party was given
at the Sulgrave Club and other
guests included the American
Ambassadors to this country and
to the GAS as well as officials Of
the State Department.
Mexicon Embassy Fete
Sonora de la Colina, wife of
the Mexican Ambassador, was
hostess yesterday afternoon att
tea, entertaining in the handsome
Embassy in honor of Sonora de
Tello, wife Of the Mexican Foreign
Minister There were some 900
guests, wives Of the other Foreign
Ministers, of the heads of diplo-
matte missions to the United
States and to the OAS as well as
officials of the United States Gov
ernment, Senators, Representa-
tives and heads Of the Interna-
tional Bank and Monetary Fund,
the Export-Import Bank, the OASl
and the Inter-American Defense
Board.
Red and white flowers with
green leaves were used through
out the reception rooms to carry
out the colors of the Mexican flagl
and during the reception hours
the famous organ in the house
was played. This organ was in
stalled by the late Mrs. Franklin
when she built the
house as surprise birthday pres
ent for her husband, then Secre-
tary of the Treasury. For some of
the recent years it was believed toI
be out of order and when the pres
ent Ambassador and Sonora de la
Colina did over the Embassy they
planned to have it removed. How
ever it was discovered the organ
is in excellent condition and It'll
again has taken its rightful place.
Sonora de la Colina asked three
different groups to assist her yes
terday. Those invited to pour
tea were wives of United States
officials, those pouring coffee were
wives Of members of the Mexican
delegation to the current confer
ence and those presiding at the
punch bowl were wives of members
Of the Embassy staff. In these
groups were Mrs. Alben w. Bark
ley. Mrs. Fred M. vinson, Mrs.
Dean Acheson, Mrs. John W.
Snyder, Mrs. j. Howard Nc
Grath, Mrs. Oscar Chapman,
Mrs. Charles F. Brannan and
Mrs. Edward G. Miller, jr.
Taking a turn at the coffee
urn were Sonora de Quintanilla,
Sonora de Cordoba, Sonora de
Campos Ortiz, Sonora de CarrilloI
Flores, Sonora de Marques Uadilla,
Sonora de Lopez Mateos, Sonora
de Amador and Sonora de Fer
nandez del Castillo. Dispensing
the refreshing punch were Sonora
de Cortina, Sonora de Aveleyra,
Sonora de Gomez Robledo, Sonora
de Salinas, Sonora de Mercado
and Sonora de Sierra. Also TAX
ing turn at the punch bowl were
Sonora de Castillo Ledon, of Mexi-
co, chairman of the Inter-Ameri-
can Commission of Women, and
Sonora de Bustamante. wife of
the secretary general of the Pam
American Sanitary Bureau.