Evening star., 1953-05-20


and Representative and Mrs.
James P. Richards.
Secretary General of the
o. A. S. and Sonora de Lleras.
Mr.. Robert Garner, Mr.. and Mrs.
Burke Knapp, Mr.. Walter Sauer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas c. Mann,
Mr.. and Mrs. Rollin Atwood,
Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Johnston, Mr..
Albert Gerberich and Mr.. Frank
Kimball also were expected.
Others adding to the company
were Gen. and Mrs. r. A..
Wheeler, Mr.. and Mrs. Milo
Perkins and many of the Am
bassadors to the o. A. S. and
Latin American ENJOYS to Wash
ngton and their wives.
HoiI and ForeweII
The cocktail party over at the
Indian Embassy had a theme Of
both hail and farewell. It was
given by the retiring Military
and Naval Attache and Mrs. P. c..
Banerji and was in honor Of the
hosts replacement and Mrs. P.
c. Gupta.
The gathering actually took
place at the Chancery from
$50 to $3.50 and the guests
counted up to about 200. Brig.
and Mrs. Banerji have made no
definite plans as to when they
will go home but should be here
for at least another month. The
GuptaS are still staying at the
Alban Towers until they find q
Washington residence
Expected to drop by were the
Yugoslav Ambassador and Nine.
Popovic. the Australian Ambas-
sador and Lady Spender, the
1ndonesian Envoy and Nine.
Sastroamidjojo. the Burmese
Ambassador and Mrs. Barring
ton, and the Ambassador of
Ceylon. Sir Claude Corea.
Embassy Stoff There
From the Indian Embassy were
the Ambassadors daughter, Miss
Aparna Mehta: the Minister and
Mrs. B. K. Nehru. the Counselor
and Mrs. I. j. Badahur Singh,
the Commercial Counselor and
Mrs. H. A. Sujan and Mr.. and
Mrs. P. L. Bhandari.
Still more accepting with
pleasure were Mr.. and Mrs. Luis
Corea, Mr.. and Mrs. Feltman
Watson as we'll as the Military
and Naval Attaches and their
wives of the various Common
wealth countries.
The Indian Ambassador was
not able to be at the party since
he is in New York to meet his
country's Vice President, DR..
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan who is
planning a goodwill tour of the
United States. Prior to his cross
country journey. he will pay an
official visit to Washington.
DR.. Radhakrishnan, accom-
panied by the Ambassador. ar
rives today at 11:45 at National
Airport and will drive from the
Airport to Blair-Lee House where
he will stay during his visit here.
To See President
His official engagements in
clude an interview with Presi-
dent Eisenhower tomorrow and a
dinner with the Acting Secretary
of State. On Friday, he will be
the guest of Vice President Nixon
at luncheon, and a reception in
honor of DR.. Radhakrisnan will
be given by Ambassador Mehta
at the Indian Embassy.
The official also has on his cal
endar visits to Mount Vernon
and Arlington Cemetery on Fri
day morning when he will place
wreaths at the Tomb of George
Washington and the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier. He also will
pay visit to the Library of Con-
gress after which he will be en-
tertained at luncheon by DR..
Luther Evans, Librarian.
DR.. Radhakrishnan was elected
Vice President of the Republic of
India in May of 1852. He was
formerly India's Ambassador to
the Soviet Union. A philosopher
and educationist, he was elected
President of UNESCO for 1853.
His last visit to the United
States was in 1916 when he lee
tured at II universities.