Evening star., 1953-03-24
SocietyNews
By Katherine M. Brooks

Ou116S W<tS ILlG SucSL III W1lOSG
honor Che Chairman and Coun-
Gil of the Organization of Ameri-
can States entertained at lunch
con yesterday. The Secretary
was met at the front door of the
stately Pan American building
by Mexican Ambassador Luis
Quintanilla, who is former Chair
man of the Council; Ell Salvador
Ambassador Hector David Castro,
Nicaraguan Ambassador Quill
ermo Sevilla Sacasa and the Sec
retary General of the OAS, AL
berto Lleras. The four gentlemen
escorted the honor guest to the
Hall of Flags at the top of the
marble stairs where the Council
Chairman, Venezuelan Ambas-
Sador Rene Lepervanche awaited
him.
Luncheon was served at long
table in the Hall of the Americas,
DR.. Lepervanche presiding. The
Council is composed Of ambas-
Sadors from the 20 Latin Ameri-
can Republics, many of whom
also are Ambassadors to the
United States. The United States
Ambassador, who completes the
81 members, Mr.. John C. Dreier,
accompanied Mr.. Dulles to the
luncheon.
The flags of the twenty-one
member republics were flying in
the breeze outside the handsome
building, an honor paid to for
eign ministers and chiefs of
state only. In the Hall of the
Americas the long table had
mounds Of early spring blossoms.
Guests at the luncheon in
cluded Peruvian Ambassador
Fernando Berckemeyer, Colom-
bian Ambassador Cipriano Res
trepo-Jaramillo, Argentine Am
bassador Hipolito Paz, Haitian
Ambassador Jacques Leger, Gu
ban Ambassador Aurelio Con-
cheso, Venezuelan Ambassador
Cesar Gonzalez, Chilean Ambas-
Sador Anibal lara and Mexican
Ambassador Manuel Tello. All
are ambassadors to the United
States and their countries are
represented at the OAS by
others.
The new Chairman of the In
ter-American Defense Board. 1t.
Gen. Howard A. Craig, DR.. Rob-
ert H. Randall, president of the
Pan American Institute of Geog-
raphy and History, DR.. Fred c.
Soper, director of the Pan Amer
lean Sanitary Bureau, and Am
basSador Julian C. Greenup,
United States representative on
the Pan American Economic, So
cial and Cultural Organization
were there.
Managing Director of the In
ternational Monetary Fund Ivor
Rooth was a guest and others
included Assistant Secretary of
State John M. Cabot, Assistant
Secretary Carl McCardle, Deputy
Assistant Secretary Thomas C.
Mann and Directors of Middle
American Affairs Roy R. Ru-
bottom and South American
Affairs Rollin S. Atwood and
Assistant Secretary General of
the OAS William Manger.
Foreign Minister Guest
Saudi Arabian Foreign Mini
ter, Prince Faisal, who is spend
ing a few days with the Ambas-
sador, Sheikh Asad Al-Faqih,
was the guest in whose honor
Lebanese Minister Charles Malik
entertained at dinner last eve
ming. Others in the company
included in addition to the Am
bassador, Sheikh Sulinam and
Sheikh Alireza, who accom-
panied the Prince.
Others included were Egyptian
Ambassador Mohamed Kamil
Abdul Rahim, Ethiopian AM
baSsador Ras H.. S. Imru,
Indonesian Ambassador Ali Sas-
troamidjojo, Liberian AmbaSSa-
dor Clarence Lorenzo Simpson,
Iran Ambassador Alah-Yar
Saleh, Syrian Ambassador Farid
Zeineddine and Jordan Minister
Yusuf Haikal.
Senator. William F. Knowland
was the only member of the
Foreign Relations Committee
present having been selected to
represent the group while the
others stayed on Capitol Hill
for the debate on confirmation
of Charles E. Bohlen as AmbaS-
sador to the Soviet.
Representative Karl M. Le-
Compte and Representative
Lawrence H. Smith, members of
the Foreign Affairs Committee
were there and others in the
company were Iraq Charge DAT
faireS Abdullah Ibrahim Bakr,
Mr.. Howard Beely and Mr.. R. w.
Bailey of the British Embassy
staff and from the State De-
partment Assistant Secretary
Henry A. Byroade, Mr.. Carlton
Savage, Mr.. Richard Funkhouser,
Mr., David Fritzlan and MIR.
Hart. From the Lebanese le-
CATION, Mr.. Hassan Saab, Mr..
Gabriel Rozan and Mr.. Ahmad
Balafreige.
Netherlands Prince Here
The Prince of the Neither
lands, Bernhard, husband Of
Queen Juliana, arrived this
morning in time for the buffet
luncheon at which he will offer
the thanks of his country to
the heads of relief organizations
which gave prompt and gener-
GUS aid to the Netherlands dur
ing it's recent battles with the
sea.
Prince Bernhard will be guest
of honor at a small and informal
dinner this evening at the En-
bassy to which only Netherland-
ers have been invited. Tomor-
row the Ambassador and Nine,