Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-05-01

ton and George Roderick were
in the group too.
From the Navy came Secre-
tary Robert Anderson who will
! succeed Deputy Secretary Kyes
on Monday. UnderSecretary
Thomas Gates, and Assistant
Secretaries Raymond Fogler and
James Smith. From the Air
Force came Secretary Harold
Talbot and Undersecretary
James Douglas.
Others present were the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. Admiral Arthur Radford,
Gems. Nathan Twining and T.
D. White. A. F.; Gen. G. C.
Thomas. U. S. M. c.; 1t. Gen. w.
L. Weible. 1t. Gen.. L. L. Lem
nitzer, Admiral D. B. Duncan,
Vice Admiral M. B. Gardner.
Maj. Gen. L. Mathewson, Col.
c. A. Randall, and Assistant to
Secretary Wilson. Robert LIE
Baron.
Bloir House Dinner
Assistant Secretary of State.
and Mrs. Henry A. Byroade
were hosts at a buffet dinner last
evening in Blair House. The
head of the Near Eastern Bu-
reau, South Asian and African
Affairs and his wife are giving
a series of parties for chiefs of
missions from those areas. Last
evening there was concentra-
ton of Near Eastern ambassa-
doris and their wives.
Guests at the o'clock black
tie gathering were the Ambas-
sador of Iraq and Nine. Sha-
bandar, the Ambassador of
Egypt DR.. Ahmed Hussein, the
Ambassador of Syria, DR.. Farid
Zeineddine, the Ambassador of
Lebanon DR.. Charles Malik, the
Ambassador of Jordan Abdul
Monem Rifa'i, the Ambassador
of Saudi-Arabia Sheikh Asad
Al-Faqih, and the First Secre-
tary of the Yemen Legation
Assayed Ahmad Ali Zabarah.
The American contingent in
cluded the President of the
World Bank and Mrs. Eugene
Black, Representative Frances
Bolton. Representative and Mrs.
Winston Prouty, Representative
and Mrs. Lawrence Smith, Mr..
Byroade's Deputy Mr.. John Jer-
nigan and his wife; Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur 2. Gardiner, Mr.. and
Mrs. Norbert Anschuetz and Mr..
Parker T. Hart, of the State De-
partment.
Fleur d'Texos
Representative and Mrs. Lloyd
M. BentSen. jr., gave a party
yesterday that was more of
farewell announcement party
than farewell though it her.
aided their return to Texas. The
very good-looking young couple
will be much missed from the
scene when they finally pull up
stakes this summer, but Mr..
Bentsen has decided not to run
again for Congress. They sent
out invitations in rhyme invit-
ing friends to their home on
Wildwood lane where the dog
wood is like perfume, we call it
Fleur d. Texas"
Among the guests VINO adj
mired their garden filled with
pink and white dogwood were
former Speaker Sam Rayburn,
the Belgium Ambassador and
Baroness Silvercruys, Peruvian
Ambassador and Sonora de
Berckemeyer, Senator and Mrs.
Stuart Symington. Senator and
Mrs. Russell Long. Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph E. Davies and their
house guests, Lady Birley and
Lady Brabourne: Senator and
Mrs. Clinton Anderson, the Chief
OF Protocol and Mrs. Jack Sim
mons, Representative and Mrs.
Ken Regain, Mr.. and Mrs. Dale
Miller, Mrs. George Holmes, Mr..
and Mrs. Leslie Carpenter. Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Wheeler, Mr..
and Mrs. John Mcclure, and
former Ambassador from Cuba
Luis Machado who wired he was
flying up from Cuba just for the
party. "Of course, I knew he
wasn't coming up just for that
reason" said Mrs. Bentsen.
Texas gustatory delights in
the form of hot tamales and
chilli con carne were the fea-
tured foods of the buffet.