Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-18
Nehru dnd Daughter
Feted by Nixons

at dinner by Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court and
Mrs. William o. Douglas. 1t
was a black tie gathering at
the Woman's National Demo-
cratic Club.
The dinner was not a part
Of the official entertainment
program for the visitors, Mrs.
Douglas explained. but, she
said. she and the Justice
wanted to do what they could
to make Mrs. Gandhi's stay
pleasant in return for the many
courtesies extended to the
Douglases during their visit to
India last summer.
Dinner Guests
Guests at the dinner were
Mr.. N. r. Pillai, Secretary
General, Ministry of External
Affairs and Commonwealth
Relations Of India; Mr.. M. o.
Mathai, Special Assistant to the
Prime Minister (both are
travelling with the official
Indian party; Indian Ambas-
sador and Nine. Metha, the
Indian Minister and Mrs.
Deyal.
Others we're Chief Justice
and Mrs. E. Warren, Associate
Justice and Mrs. Harold Bur-
ton, Circuit Court Judge and
Mrs. David Bazelon, Repre-
sentative Edith Green, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thurman Arnold, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Louchheim, Mr..
and Mrs. Abe Fortas, Mr.. and
Mrs. David Ginsburg, Mr.. and
Mrs. Buckley Griffin, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Shollenberger, Mr..
and Mrs. James Russell Wig
gins. Mr.. Edward Morgan, and
Mrs. Dorothy Norman Of New
York.
The latter is q friend of the
Nehru family, who came down
for the events in connection
with their visit.
Earlier yesterday Mrs. Eisen-
hover entertained at a lunch
con in honor of Mrs. Gandhi
at the White House. Among
the so guests attending the
luncheon were the wives Of
the Ambassadors Of Australia,
New Zealand, India, Ceylon,
Canada. Pakistan, South Africa
and Great Britain.
Others there were Mrs.
Nixon. Mrs. Warren, Mrs.
Dulles. Mrs. Henry Cabot
Lodge, jr.. Mrs. Alexander
Wiley. Senator Margaret
Chase Smith, Mrs. John Sher-
man Cooper, Mrs. Ellsworth
Bunker and Miss Bertha Ad-
kins.
Also. Mrs. Robert Howe
B aldwin. Mrs. Montgomery
Blair, Mrs. Helen Keane
Brewer. Mrs. G. Rowland
Chase. Mrs. E. Taylor Chew
ming. ST.. Mrs. Lammot du Pont
Copeland and Mrs. John Eisen-
hover.
A flfteen-piece relocated
Marine orchestra played dur
ing the luncheon.
Others seated at the u
shaped table. which was deco
rated with Christmas greens
and fruit. were Mrs. Henry
Ford II, Mrs. Charles C.
Glover, Mrs. Bruce Gould,
Mrs. Kingdom Gould. Mrs.
Walter S. Grant, Mrs. Harry
s. Grier, Mrs. Eric Johnston,
Mrs. McCook Knox. Mrs. Roy
F. Layton, and Mrs. Robert
Lehman.
With them were Mrs. James
H. Lemon, Mrs. Leon j. Liv-
ingston designer Mollie
Parnis), Mrs. Oswald B. Lord,
Mrs. Arthur Macarthur, Mrs.
Carmel c. Mari. Mrs. G. Cor
don Moore, Mrs. Dorothy S.
Norman. Miss Hazel Palmer,
Mrs. Snowden Fahnestock,
Mrs. Guido Pontaleoni, Mrs.
Ernest D. Peek, Miss Phyllis A.
Reed. Mrs. Ralph T. Reed, Mrs.
Ogden Reid, Mrs. Nelson A.
Rockefeller. Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, Mrs. Saul Rosen-
stein designer Nettie Rosen-
stein), Miss Dorothy Shaver
and Mrs. Sypros Skouras.
Completing the list we're
Mrs. Arthur Hays Sulzberger,
Mrs. Serge Victor millinery
designer Sally Victor, Mrs.
Sidney J. Weinberg. Miss Mary
Hoyt Wiborg and Mrs. Wen
dell ,Willkie.
Wears Red
Mrs. Eisenhower. wearing q
bright red taffeta dress,
greeted guests with Mrs.
Gandhi in the East Room.
The hostess quipped, This
is my Christmas dress" 1t was
designed by one of the guests,
Mollie Parnis. With it she wore