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chatting with other delegates
and Panamanians attending.
sit or stand as he chooses. and
leave if he feels like it at the
end of an hour or even less.
1t sounds like an intelli-
gent plan under the circum-
stances. Also, it gives the local
gentry a chance to mill
around and get a good look.
Mrs. Eisenhower will not
accompany the President to
Panama, as things now stand.
and no one thinks this will be
changed.
About half the other presi-
dents, however, will arrive
with their SpouSes. The ambas-
sailors to the GAS who will
confer in Panama from July
II to 20, will also take their
wives SO. except for the dele
gates meeting, nothing dur
ing the two conferences will be
stag. The GAS group will
have dinners every night. and
there will probably be plenty
of Soclallzing late at night
throughout both conferences.
After all, one can't forget
that when a president of
Chile came here for a visit.
he danced all night or sat up
all night without showing any
fatigue the next day.
Citizens for Carmen
To get back to the Carmen
Jones benefit for the D. C.
Citizens for Eisenhower, quite
a few important citizens are in
favor of Carmen. They met
at teatime at the Tracy place
home of Mrs. Herbert Hoover,
jr. the other afternoon to
review plans for this and sub
sequent benefits.
Edward Burling, ir. and Mrs.
B. LOwndeS jackson. CO.
chairmen for the D. C. C. for
E., Mrs Montgomery Blair.
vice chairman Bernard Nc
Donnell, executive secretary.
and Leo Schlosberg. chairman
of the benefit. which is called
Mite for Ike. we're all there.
So were these prominent Of
fetal women Mesdames j
Foster Dulles, George Hum
phrey Herbert BroWnell. Fred
Seaton, Sherman Adams. Her
man Phleger, Philip Young.
and young Joan BroWnell.
Ed Burling told the assem-
bled group that. since WASH
lngtonians can't vote. the best
his local organization could do
was stimulate absentee vot-
ing, stir up enthusiasm and
raise money To do the lat
ter, it Will stage a series of
Embarrassing events.
The first will be the Mite
for Ike, the second a moon
light boatride down the
Potomac on the Mount Vernon
Line young Republicans will
be interested in this and the
third will be a big dinner at
the Sheraton Park in October.
Ike Nav Attend Dinner
He said he had talked with
Presidential Secretary Bernard
Stanley about the President
coming to the dinner, and
Bern didn't say no." Ellen
jackson put in a comment
that. if the President were to
attend, they wouldn't have
enough tickets to 90 around.
Mr. Schlosberg said that
author of the show. Oscar
Hammerstein. will be present
Friday night, and he pointed
out that it was Mr.. Hammer
stein who insisted that the
original star of the musical.
Muriel Smith, play the lead
role in Washington.
Incid N lily, if Muriel
Smiths scheduled appearances
at Covent Garden in London
can be postponed, the whole
show will go on tour in Europe
IN hopes that II will duplicate
The record of "Porgy and
BeSS".
The wife of Secretary Sea-
ton drew smiling and inter-
eSted looks when it was pointed
out that the first three rows
of Carter Barron theater are
always reserved for members
of the Department of the
Interior In case you didn't