Evening star., 1955-03-14

contingent IN town dtLenQeO
the dinner-Senator Scoop"
jackson, Rear Admiral Bill
Koudijs. the Dutch Naval At
tache, and Italian Counselor
Carlo Perrone.
Deputy Undersecretary of
State and Mrs. Robert
Murphy, the Millard Tydings.
Marry and Clark Clifford.
the Italian Minister and
Signora Luciolli. the Andre
VISIONS, Doris and Raymond
Willmotte, the Percy Frasers.
Elovius Mangor, Mr.. Charles
Tompkins, George Williams,
Fred Roy and 20 or 80 others
heard Perle comment in anus
ing and interesting fashion on
her Russian pictures.
Wearing a beautiful ivory
satin Hartnell gown encrusted
with gold trimming and top
ped by a yellow gold velvet
stole, she pointed out: How
everything in Russia is coarse
and crude-you wouldn't want
to put one of their hotel
blankets on your horse. A
4-inch cheaply made doll that
she bought for SGT. The
women do all the heavy work
such as laying of railroad tiles
and building of houses, their
men are in the Army. How
the people have to use steel
for teeth filings. How the
much praised military road
was full of bumps and rocks
-. And so forth.
Congress Gathers
1.-The combination of Mr..
Rayburn and Texas is really
something" observed a Con-
gresham looking at the hour
long line that extended across
the Congressional Club ball.
room, down the staircase and
almost to the front door. Even
with the large number of club
officers and husbands receiv-
ing, the line moved rapidly.
''Fishbait" Miller, the famous
House doorkeeper. did the in
PRODUCING, and first in line was
Club President Mrs. Omar
Burleson who topped her dark
frock with a small f1owered
hat. The Speaker stood next
to her, then came Representa-
tive Burleson, Senator and Mrs.
Allen Frear, jr.. Representative
and Mrs Thor Tollefson, Mrs.
John L. Mcmillan whose hus-
band was i'll: Representative
and Mrs. Richard Simpson,
Representative and Mrs. Clair
Engle, Representative and Mrs.
Jamie Whitten and Represen-
tative and Mrs. Walter Riehl-
man.
The club has been having this
party during every speakers
term since Joe Cannon bossed
the House and he was the one
who signed the bill that in
corporated the club by act of
Congress.
Handsome new Representa-
tive Bill Hull of Missouri came
with his sister, Mrs. Margaret
Lynch, and good-looking Hale
Boggs of New Orleans was
there with his wife. Senator
and Mrs. Stennis, Senator and
Mrs. Gore, Senator and Mrs.
Curtis, Senator and Mrs. Dam
iels and Senator and Mrs. Tom
Martin paid their respects. To
Senator Martin, a former con-
gresham, Sam quipped, "You
don't look much different after
being over there with those
old men"
The new Federal Trade COM
missioner from Texas and Mrs.
Everett Hutchinson were be-
ing introduced around, and
there were the Karl LIE
Complies of Iowa, Chief Judge
Marvin Jones, Representative
and Mrs. Homer Thornberry,
Col. and Mrs. Bob Guggen-
helm, Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher
Plumley. Mr.. and Mrs. William
MacCracken, Mrs. William
Poage, the Albert Thomases of
Texas, the Walter Judds of
Minnesota, Special Philippine
Ambassador and Mrs. Carlos
Romulo. Representative and
Mrs Harold Cooley and the
Lloyd Bentsens, who had ar
rived in town from Texas 35
minutes earlier, heard there
was a party for Mr.. Rayburn