Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
President
To Honor
Visitors
The Gallo PIozos
To Arrive June
20 for Visit
By Katherine M. Brooks


The President will entertain at
dinner Wednesday evening, June
20, in honor of Ecuador's Chief
Executive and Sonora de Plaza,
who will arrive that day for an
official visit. President and Sonora
de Plaza will be the guest of Presi-
dent Truman at Blair House over
night, going to Prospect House
June 81 to remain until Saturday.
Plans have not been completed
or sealed with the official stamps.
but it is expected that Thursday
evening, June 81, the Secretary oil
State and Mrs. Dean AcheSon will
be hosts at dinner to the visitors
and Friday evening, June %, Presi-
dent and Sonora de Plaza will
return the dinner compliment
to President Truman. Plans also
call for reception by the Ambas-
sador and Sonora de Penaherrera
following President and Sonora de
Plaza's dinner.
Joint Session PIonned
There also are plans underway
for a joint session OF the Senate
and House for President Gallo
Plaza and also for a special ses-
sion of the Council of the Organ
ization of American States fol-
lowed by a luncheon in his honor
by the council at the Pan Amer
lean Union. The Joint session OF
the House of Congress will pre-
cede a luncheon with the Vice
President and the Speaker as
hosts. This. of course, will be
given at the Capitol.
No word is limited whether Mrs.
Truman will come back for those
few days to play hostess to the
distinguished visitors but as she
is expected to come back from
time to time as the President
stays on, it is quite probable that
she will be here.
The President and Sonora de
Plaza have very many friends
in Washington where he served
as Ambassador from July, 1914.
until the end of December,
1947, when he went home to be
q candidate for his present post.
DR.. Alfonso Moscoso, the Ecua-
dor Ambassador to the GAS, Min
lister to Washington and Counselor
of the Embassy, is President
Plaza's brother-in-law. Attractive
Sonora de Moscoso formerly was
Gloria Plaza and with her Am
bassador- Minister Counselor hus-
band is very popular not only in
the corps but in other circles Of
this Capital.
The Ambassador, Senior Luis
Antonio Penaherrera, has been
here only since January. but was
not a stranger having served at
his country's mission in Wash
ington' on previous assignments.
1t was while he was an attache
that he married Sonora de Pena-
herrera, then Miss Argenta Perk-
ms of New York and Washington.
President Plaza also served his
Government as attache when
the mission was a legation in
1881 and before be was married.
Other Visitors
The Secretary of Defense for
India, Mr.. H. M. Patel, who was
a visitor in Washington last week,
now is in Canada before return
ing to his native land. He was
entertained while here by several
of the officials of the Embassy, the
last of the festivities being given
by the Air Attache. Wing Comdr.
j. c. Varma and Mrs. Varma.
They entertained in their home
in Chevy Chase Wednesday eve
ming and the visitor left the next
day for the Dominion. Guests at
the party included a number of
heads Of missions, air attaches of
other missions and top-ranking
officers of the United States
armed forces.
Visitors from Nicaragua who
came last week include the direc-
tor general of the Bank of Mica
ragua, DR.. Leon DeBayle, who was
Minister here from December,
1887, until the present Ambassa-
dor, DR.. Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa,
came in July. 1913 DR.. Sevilla
Sacasa was Minister for some time
before the mission was raised to
an Embassy and he appointed
Ambassador.
DR.. DeBayle is accompanied by
DR.. Enrique Delgado, minister of
economy, and some years ago at
tached to the mission in Washing
ton, and DR.. Constantine Lacayo
.F'illio, minister of development.
AS the Ambassador and Sonora
de Sevilla Sacasa and their chill
dren are visiting in Nicaragua, no
parties have been planned at the
Embassy. Sonora de Sevilla Sa-
casa and her children will remain
through the summer with her par
ents, the President and Sonora de
Somoza, but the Ambassador will
be back in a few weeks.
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