Evening star., 1954-05-05
Society News
Eisenhower Honored
By Governor General
CANADIAN Visitor Host at Embassy
Stoq Luncheon Given at Blair House
By DoisY CIeIond

Canadian Ambassador, the Gov
ernor General. President Eisen-
hover, Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs.
Heeney. Guests were greeted in
the drawing room before the
fireplace. y
Among the guests were the
South African Ambassador and
Mrs. Jooste, the Australian AM
baSsador and Lady Spender, the
New Zealand Ambassador and
Mrs. Munro. the Indian Ambas-
Sador and Mrs. Mehta. Lady
Makins, wife of the British Am
basSador, who was out of town:
British Minister and Mrs. Robert
Scott and the Pakistan Ambas-
Sador and Nine. Ali.
CeyIonese ot Party
Completing the representa-
tives of the Commonwealth coun-
tries were the Ambassador from
Ceylon and Nine. Gunewardene
and others expected were Chief
Of Protocol and Mrs. John F.
Simmons. Canadian Minister
George P. DEF. Glazebrook and
his sister. Miss Dorothy Glaze
brook Canadian Minister and
Mrs. Douglas v. LePan and Act
ing Chairman of the Canadian
Joint Staff and Mrs. j. w.
Bishop.
Also expected were Mr.. and
Mrs. Lionel Massey. son and
daughter-in-law of the Governor
General: Dean of the Diplo-
matte Corps and Nine. Munthe
de MorgenStierne. United States
Aide to the Governor General
and Mrs. James Jensen. Director
of the National Gallery of Art
and Mrs. David Finley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Duncan Phillips of the
Phillips Gallery. Director of the
Corcoran Gallery of Art and Mrs.
Hermann Williams and the
Honorable and. Mrs. Alistair
Buchan-the former is the son
of former Governor General of
Canada.
The President and Mrs. Eisen-
hover were expected to leave at
about 10:30 and the other guests
about an hour later, according
to the plans of the Embassy.
Full Schedule
Governor General Massey put
in hectic day. He started out
by leaving the White House in
the morning and visited Mount
Vernon and the National Gene
terry at Arlington and then on
to the Capitol to speak before
joint session of Congress.
Following this there was a
stag luncheon at Blair House
given for the visitor by Acting
Secretary of State Murphy. This
was a group of 16 and no toasts
or speeches were planned or ex-
pected.
Guests at the luncheon, where
just informal talk was ex-
changed, included Minister Clax-
ton. Mr.. Lionel Massey. who is
acting as his fathers secretary;
Ambassador Heeney, Minister
Glazebrook, Associate Justice
Reed and Assistant Director of
the Budget Rowland L. Hughes.
Others were Senator Theodore
Francis Green. Mr.. Chester E.
Morrow. Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency Allen w.
Dulles, Brig. Gen. Jensen, Chief
OF Protocol Simmons. Mr.. James
c. H. Bonbright, Ambassador
Stuart and Mr.. G. Hayden Ray
nor.
Visits Art GoIIery
Next on the schedule was a
visit at 3:15 at the National
Gallery of Art. Accompanying
the Governor General were Am
bassador and Mrs. Heeney and
Chief of Protocol and Mrs. Sim
mons. They were greeted by Mr..
Finley and Mr.. E. r. Fielder,
administrator of the gallery.
The party then went directly
to the Canadian Chancery where
the Canadian head of State re-
ceived about 800 Canadians. in
cluding the members of the en-
baSsy, the various missions and
the Canadian community in
Washington.
A British custom prevailed.
however, before the reception. It
was planned that the Governor
General. probably a little the
worse for wear by this time,
would stop off at the Ambas-
sador's Office for a cup of tea.
Embassy Stoy
The Governor General spent
his last evening in WASHINGTON
at the Canadian Embassy resi-
dence while his party, including
the Claxtons and the Lionel