Evening star., 1954-04-29
Society News

The Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Anderson gave the
smallest party in town last
evening.
The top Naval couple, civilian
wise that is. entertained at a
dinner in honor of the departing
Deputy Secretary of Defense
and Mrs. Kyes. This was the
sum total of the party.
Secretary Anderson will sue
ceed Mr.. Kyes and is to take the
oath of Office on Monday. The
two couples have become very
good friends during their official
lives in Washington and last
evening had a chance to really
talk. 1t was a pleasant change
for all four who have been the
top guests at parties galore in
the past few weeks. The Deputy
Secretary and Mrs. Kyes have Of
course taken first honors at
these.
Triple Ceremony
The Presidents Office at the
White House will be the scene
at 1880 Monday of a triple
swearing in ceremony. Mr..
Anderson to Deputy Secretary of
Defense; Assistant Secretary of
Defense Charles S. Thomas to
Secretary of the Navy, and his
assistant. Mr.. Thomas P. Pike,
to Assistant Secretary of Defense.
At this time it is not definite
that the President will be there
although it is very likely. Secre-
tary of Defense Wilson will be
at the ceremony.
Navy Secretary Anderson took
his last vacation from this pres
ent job yesterday. The holiday
was just the one day and even
that IS unusual for him. 1t
brought forth, however, a bit
of shopping and the members
of his new staff might do we'll
to notice their bosS'S new hat.
Tough Moving Job
Moving to higher job in the
Defense Department might seem
like an easy matter since all, the
top men are located in the
Pentagon. The size of this edi-
face, however, does not make
Office changes simple. The
Secretary will in effect walk the
equivalent of two city blocks,
which takes six or seven min
utes or move from Room 4E710
to Room 3E928.
Small dinners seemed to be
the order of the day even in the
diplomatic corps-to wit the
Netherlands Ambassador and
Mime. van Roijen and the Indian
Ambassador and Nine. Mehta.
The van Roijens entertained
In honor of the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court and Mrs. Earl
Warren The party was at the
Embassy at 8 O'Clock and was
back tie. Among those expected
we're Senator and Mrs. Stuart
S~~1ington.
The Indian Ambassador and
Nine. Menta paid honor to the
British Ambassador and Lady
Makins Time and dress was the
same as at the van RoijenS'.
Dinner Guests
The guests at this dinner in
cluded the Ambassador of Cey-
lon and Nine. Gunewardene, the
Assistant Secretary of Commerce
and Mrs. Anderson. the presi-
dent of the National Press Club
and Mrs. Ernest Vaccaro and the
Indian Financial Minister and
Nine. G. r. Kamat.
Even the tea hour. which when
used for official entertaining
usually brings boards of guests
together, was kept on a small
scale at the party given by Miss
Bertha Adkins.
The hostess IS the assistant to
the chairman of the Republican
National Committee and she en-
tertained in honor of the new
lady Senator, Mrs. Eva 8owring.
The event took place in one of
the drawing rooms of the Sui
grave CLUB. Only about 35
guests were expected.
Mrs. Nixon, wife of the Vice
President, attended the party
and the pourers were Mrs.
Homer Ferguson. wife of the
Senator. and Mrs. Leonard Hall,
wife of the chairman of the
G.. o. P. National Committee.
Among those invited we're cabi-
net wives, women members in
Congress, and some Senate
wives.
European Travellers
A note on top Republican la
dies is that three of them are