Evening star., 1954-05-28

Nicholas Longworth who, true
to form, refused to bother the
poor man" by going up to shake
his hand which by that time
must have been limp.
Others were Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Werlich, the French Ambas-
sador and Mime. Bonnet, District
Commissioner and Mrs. Samuel
Spencer, the former sporting q
fancy red bow tie: Mrs. Randall
Hagner IN pale blue and Mrs.
Vera Petschek.
Mrs. Petschek had a word for
the Emperor as she went through
the line also. It seems that she
was living in Rome when Mus
solini claimed that he had con-
quered Ethiopia. She saw him
make this announcement on the
evening in the late thirties and
therefore could speak with feel
ing as she welcomed the Emperor
to the United States.
Director Of the Foreign OPP
erations Administration Stassen
was there. as was Mrs. Weeks,
wife OF the Secretary Of Com
merce; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Le-
Baron, Mr.. and Mrs. Eric Johns
ton. Mrs. Edward Finkenstaedt
and many, many more,
Male Confobs \
Three separate and widely sep
arated portions of the globe
were stationed in two distinct
knots less than so feet away
from each other in the ballroom
during the festivities. |
Our Latin American neighbors
formed a solid block in a small
group which consisted of Am
bassadors Heurtematte of Pan
anna: Sevilla-Sacasa of Nicara-
qua and Gonzalez of Venezuela.
Grouped together in another
discussion were two Nordic Min
listers and an Ambassador from
Down Under. The Ministers
Thors of Iceland and Nykopp of
Finland were seen comparing
notes with Ambassador Munro of |
New Zealand.
The Emperor speaks English
IN a rather halting fashion. His
main tongues are French and
his native Amharic. On the
whole. the group goes about the
official functions with a quiet
and serious attitude.
Dinner at Anderson Home
The President and Mrs. Eisen-
mower were not included in the
social activities of the day. They
fulfilled their roles as hosts on
Wednesday and will be the guests
OF honor at a dinner to be given
tonight by the Emperor.
The dinner last evening was
given by the Secretary of State
and Mrs. Dulles. The pattern of
state visits was again being fol-
lowed to the letter. with this din
ner taking place at Anderson
House at 8 o'clock. The dress
was white tie.
Other than the three princi-
pals, the guests included Prince
Sable Selassie Halle Selassie
Princess Sebla Desta, ETHIOPIAN
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ak
nlou Abte Void, Minister of War
Gen. Abeye Abbebe and Minister
OF Justice and Minister of the
Pen. Johannes.
Completing the guests in the
Ethiopian party were Private
Secretary to the Emperor Tafar-
ra Worq Kidane Wold, the En-
peror's aide, Col. Makonnen
Denneke; Chief of Protocol En-
dalkatchew Makonnen, Senior
Advisor of the Ministry of For
eign Affairs and Mrs. John H.
Spencer. the Emperor's personal
physician, Bitwodded Zervos. and
Gen. Trudeau and Mrs. Trudeau.
Other guests were Ambassador
and Nine. Deressa, Ethiopian
Counselor Tesemma, Director of
the Office of Defense Mobiliza-
tion and Mrs. Arthur S. Flem-
ming, Director of the Budget and
Mrs. Rowland Hughes, Mr.. Allen
Ellender, Senator and Mrs. Alex
ander Wiley, Representative and
Mrs. John j. Rooney and Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Frank T. Bow.