Evening star., 1954-07-28
Society News
5oeetZ News
SynqmonRhees Dine With Secretary yond Mrs. Dulles
Dinner List for
Anderson House
Fete Long Delayed
By Doisy cleIond


lie Of Korea and Mrs. Syngman
Rhee wound up their second day
in Washington with dinner
given by Secretary of State and
Mrs. Dulles.
The party for IS dncluding
the hosts) took place at Ander-
son House at o'clock.
The list of dinner guests re-
leased by the State Department
was held up until almost mo-
ments before the appointed hour
and an old-time member of the
department said. Nothing like
this has ever happened before"
Among the guests were mem
bers of President Rhee's party
including DR.. Chey Soong Choo.
Vice Chairman of the National
Assembly; Gen. Chung II-Kwon,
Army Chief of Staff; Mr.. Ben C.
Linn, observer to the United Ma
tions:: DR.. Karl Hongkee, direc-
tor Of the Office of Public In
formation, and Mr.. Paik Tu-
Chin. economic co-ordinator.
From the Korean Embassy in
Washington were Ambassador
Yang and Counselor and Mrs.
Han.
Next on the list were the Post
master General and Mrs. Sum-
merf1eld. Secretary Of Commerce
Weeks. the Secretary OF Labor
and Mrs. Mitchell, Secretary of
Welfare oveta> Culp Hobby, Di-
rector Of the Foreign Operations
Administration Harold Stassen,
Senator and Mrs. Alexander
Smith, Senator and Mrs. Homer
Ferguson, Representative John
Taber, Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency and Mrs.
Allen Dulles and Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Max johnson.
Others were Francis Cardinal
Spellman. Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart
J. O. Alsop. Miss Gregor ARM
strong, Gen. and Mrs. c. Stanton
Babcock, Mr.. and Mrs. Philip L.
Graham, DR.. and Mrs. Frederick
Brown Harris. Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
D. johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. David
Lawrence, Miss Cynthia Makins.
Miss Mary Makins. Mr.. Edgar
Morris and Miss Eleanor
Thomas.
The State Department was
represented by Deputy Under
Secretary Robert Murphy. Assist
ant Secretary and Mrs. Carl w.
McCardle, United States AM
bassador to Korea Ellis Briggs.
Deputy Assistant Secretary OF
State Everett F. Drumright.
Chief of Protocol John F. Sim
mons and the United Nations
Command Economic Co-ordi-
nator c. Tyler Wood.
The reason given by the State
Department for the delay in re-
leasing the dinner list was that
it originally was not put together
according to protocol.
The last names of those at
tending the dinner in the form
fi1ally released by the State De-
partment were Mr.. and Mrs.
Hemy Luce. Mrs. Luce is the
United States Ambassador to
Italy and is in this country for
a vacation
The guests were seated at a
horseshoe table in the great hall
of Anderson House which once
was the ballroom when it was
privately owned. They feasted
on crown roast Of lamb with all
the trimmings and the Marine
band played in the background.
Following, dinner the ladies
retired to the museum room Cor
their coffee and the gentlemen
had theirs in the library.
This was the only social event
for the Korean President and
Mrs. Rhee yesterday. The ko-
rean President conferred with
President Eisenhower and paid a
visit to tha Korean Embassy to
inspect the facilities. President
and Mrs. Rhee had luncheon
alone at Blair House, where they
are now staying.
President and Mrs. Rhee will
leave Washington on Saturday
but will return on Sunday to
attend church services at the
Foundry Methodist Church. They
will leave again that evening,
stopping at various cities on
their way to the West Coast.
One stop they will make will
be in Kansas City, Mo-. on Au-
gust 5 where at 1885 am. Presi-
dent Rhee has an appointment
with former President Truman.