Evening star., 1953-04-09
By Katharine M. Brooks

0T NOtUoIIIS N1s OUOONS
Diplomats in this Capital took
the lead in entertaining yester-
day. Receptions were given in
the Turkish and Honduran En-
bassies and dinners had a prom
inent place on the calendar.
The Vice President and Mrs.
Richard Nixon were the ranking
guests at the dinner which Israeli
Ambassador and Mrs. Abba Eban
gave in honor of their Foreign
Minister and Mrs. MoShe Shar-
EFT. The party was given in the
new embassy on Juniper street
which is completely modern "in
keeping with a new and modern
nation" says Mrs. Eban.
Other guests, included Argen-
tine Ambassador and Sonora de
Paz and Chilean Ambassador and
Sonora de lara. Additional Of
ficials of the United States in
cluded at the dinner were ASso-
ciate Justice William o. Doug
las, Senator and Mrs. Herbert
Lehman, Senator John Sherman
Cooper. Undersecretary of State
and Mrs. Walter Bedell Smith,
Assistant Secretary of State and
Mrs. Henry A. Byroade. Assist
ant Secretary Of State and
Mrs Carl w. McCardle, Assistant
= Secretary of Defense Frank
Nash, Deputy Assistant Secretary
of State and Mrs. John D. Jerne-
gan, Mr.. Fred E. Waller, officer
in charge of the Israeli desk in
the State Department and Mrs.
Waller and Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
Meyer.
The Israeli Minister of Labor.
Mrs. Golda Myerson, who is
travelling with the Foreign Min
lister and Mrs. Sharett, also was
at the dinner. From the embassy
staff there were the Minister and
Mrs. David Gotten, the Coun-
selor and Mrs. Y. Harry Levin
and the Armed Forces Attache
and Mrs. Chain Herzog.
The Governor of the Turkish
Province of Istanbul, Fahrettin
Kerim Gokay, who also is mayor
of the city Of Istanbul, was the
guest in whose honor Turkish
Ambassador and Nine. Erkin
gave a reception yesterday. The
hours for receiving the guests
were 6 to 8 o'clock and the Gov
ernor and his interpreter stood
with his hosts to greet the $50
to 200 who called.
The Governor is in this country
for a month and will visit other
large cities, studying the manage
ment and planning. He is guest
of the State Department.
The Ambassador and Nine.
Erkin invited, diplomats, officials
of the State Department and
others of the United States
Government as well as a number
from resident groups who are
1amlllar WIN 1SCanDul.
The delicious refreshments.
for which the Ambassador and
his wife are famous, were served
in the dining room on the upper
floor of the embassy. while they
received in the drawing room.
There was a plentiful amount of
champagne to be had, although
the honor guest is head of the
famous Green Crescent, an or
ganization opposed to the use Of
alcohol and tobacco.
Honduron Reception
Honduran Ambassador and
Sonora de Vale gave a very
much larger reception during
the same hours. Their guests of
honor were the Chairman of
the Council of the Organization
of American States, DR.. Rene
Lepervanche. and Sonora de
Lepervanche.
Dean of the Corps and Mrs.
Munthe de Morgenstierne were
among the early arrivals at the
party and other chiefs of mis-
sionS who accepted the invitation
were Ell Salvador Ambassador
and Sonora de Castro, Polish
Ambassador and Nine. Winie-
wicz, Dominican Ambassador and
Sonora de Thomen, Peruvian
Ambassador and Sonora de
Berckemeyer, and YugoSlav Am
bassador and Nine. Popovic.
Others were the Netherlands
Ambassador and Nine. van
Roijen, Panama Ambassador
and Sonora de Heurtematte,
Philippine Ambassador and Mrs.
Carlos Romulo, Haitian Ambassa-
dor Jacques Leger, Cuban Am
bassador and Sonora de Con-
cheso, Thailand Ambassador and
Nine. Sarasin, Japanese Am
bassador Eikichi Araki, Cam
bodian Ambassador Nong Kimny
and Wet Nam Ambassador and
Mime. Tran Van Kha.
The Apostolic Delegate. the
Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani, attended the reception
and from the OAS were the for
mer Chairman of the Council
and Mexican Ambassador Luis
Quintanilla with Sonora de Quin-
tanilla, the Secretary General
and Sonora de Lleras and the
Assistant Secretary General and
Mrs. William Manger.
United States Ambassador to
the OAS, Mr.. John c. Drier, who
also served a term as chairman
of the Council, and Mrs. Drier
were there and from the State
Department circle there were Mr..