Evening star., 1953-03-28
Society and Club News sic
Field Marshal Montgomery
And French Visitors Feted

dinner Sunday night and a small
British Embassy stag dinner
Monday. He is the guest of
President and Mrs. Eisenhower
The French officials climaxed
their day of talks with the stag
dinner Secretary of State Dulles
gave for them in Blair-Lee
House. while earlier in the day
Mrs Dulles staged a luncheon
in honor Of Nine. Bidault, who
accompanied her husband to
Washington. Afterward Nine.
Bidault had tea with Mrs. Eli
Senhower.
Highest MiIitory Gathering
Secretary Wilson's luncheon
for IA in his private dining room
in the Pentagon drew the high
est United States military heads
who could be assembled here,
with the exception of the Com
mander in Chief. In addition
to the Secretary's deputy,
Roger Kyes, and Assistant Sec
retary Frank Nash. the civilian
and uniformed heads of all
branches of the military were
present and. of course, Gen.
Omar Bradley, chairman Of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. The
meeting of Gen. Bradley and
Field Marshal Montgomery
must have added piquancy to
the gathering. Gen. Bradley's
book, "a Soldiers Story" made
headlines for it's criticism Of
Montgomery's military judg-
ment during World War II.
Secretary of the Army Ste
venS, Secretary of the Navy
Anderson and Secretary of the
Air Force Talbot talked high
level policy with Army Chief of
Staff Gen. j. Lawton Collins,
Air Chief Gen. Hoyt Vanden-
berg, Navy Chief Admiral Will
liam Fechteler and Marine Com
mandant Gen. Lemuel Shepherd.
1t. Gen. Paul Ely, chairman of
the NATO Standing Group;
British Minister Sir Christopher
Steel, Maj. Gen. H. w. Stratton,
Army member of the British
Joint Services Mission, and Air
Vice Marshal j. D. Breakey Air
member, completed the high
brass luncheon meeting.
At 3 in the afternoon Field
Marshal Montgomery conferred
with Secretary Dulles. Today he
visited Quantico with Gen.
Shepherd. Tomorrow evenings
dinner at the White House in
his honor will be a small and
informal affair, probably in def
erence to Dowager Queen Mary's
death and no doubt by prefer
ence on the part of the hosts.
Prime Minister Feted
Secretary Dulles list Of dinner
guests last evening indicates the
business tenor of the gathering.
Besides. the honor guest. Prime
Minister Mayer of France, and
Foreign Minister Bidault, there
were French Ambassador Bon
net, Deputy to the Secretary of
the Treasury Randolph Burgess,
Mutual Security Administrator
Harold Stassen, French Minister
for the Associated States Jean
Letourneau, French Finance
Minister Maurice Bourges-Mau-
nory, and Assistant Secretary Of
State designate for Far Eastern
Affairs Walter S. Robertson.
Others were American Ann
bassador to Indo- China Donald
Heath, American Ambassador to
France Douglas Dillon, M. Herve
Alphand of the European De-
fense Community, M. Guy de Ia
Tournelle, Deputy Undersecre-
tary Of State Freeman Mat
thews, Counselor of the State
Department Douglas Macarthur
II, and Assistant Secretary OF
State Livingston Merchant.
The ladies Mrs. Dulles brought
together for the l o'clock lunch
con for Nine. Bidault were Nine.
Bonnet, Federal Security Ad-
ministrator Oveta Culp Hobby,
Mrs. Brownell, wife of the Attor-
ney General; Mrs. Durkin, wife
of the Secretary Of Labor; Mrs.
Alan Dulles, wife of the C.I.A.
director; Mrs. Donold Lourie,
wife of the Undersecretary of
State; Mrs. John Simmons, wife
Of the chief Of protocol; Mrs.
Eugene Meyer and Mrs. Robert
Low Bacon.
The small group that attended
the ladies' tea at the White
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