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Mr.. Nixon for Opera House;
McGhees to Move to Dallas

Vice President Nixon has
given a big boost to the pro-
posed cultural center for
Washington.
Mr.. Nixon told this column
mist that he is 100 per cent be-
hind an opera house for Wash
ington. He brought up the sub
ject himself, recalling with
dismay some of the events of
inaugural week end that had
to be held in auditoriums
neither properly equipped nor
suited to the occasions.
Informed that the D. c.
Auditorium Commission was
holding a meeting this after
noon at the home of Mrs.
Robert Low Bacon, Dick Nixon
said, Tell them I will do all
l can to help get an opera
house for Washington"
This is extremely encourage
ing news to the commission,
which will require Congress
sional cooperation and ap-
proval Of plans for a cultural
center. The support Of the
Vice President could spell the
difference between success and
failure.
1t is interesting to note that
Mr.. Nixon used the term
opera house" Embellished
now Tin the plans presented
today with a theater and
great hall for convention space,
it was the need for an opera
house that got people inter-
eSted in the first place.
An opera house suggests far
more elegance than an audi
forum. If it's not handsome
enough to suit the highest of
all arts. it will add nothing to
the city except another apol-
ogy. The Vice President was
in full agreement on this score.
so it looks as if Washington
is at last making some prog
ress toward filling the biggest
gap in its cultural equipment.
Buchanans Hosts
Before being sworn in as
Chief Of Protocol next Mon
day, Wiley Buchanan and his
pretty wife, Ruth, decided to
give a party yesterday lest
their coming schedule be too
crowded for party-giving. In
asmuch as the social calendar
for this job is the busiest of
any official post, Ruth Buc-
hanan called Mrs. George Nc
Chez yesterday to tell her that
she would have to withdraw as
her cochairman for next falls
International Ball. Cele Nc
Chez then broke the news to
Ruth that she, too. would have
to give up her job as cochair-
man because she was leaving
Washington.
The McGhees will sell their
Kalorama road residence. keep
their Middelburg CVa.) estate
and move to Dallas in the
spring. The former Assistant
Secretary of State and Am
basSador to Turkey is going
back to Texas to help direct
the firm of his late father-in-
law and noted oil geologist,
E. L. De Golyer, who died a
few weeks ago. Washington
will be awfully sorry to see
them go.
Texas 90-day Senator
Blakley and his wife were at
the party. which also drew
Assistant Secretary of State
Walter Robertson, Nine. Nor
genstierne. the Spanish Am
bassador and the Countess de
Motrico, the German Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Krekeler, Sem
ora de Urrutia. Mrs. Merri-
weather Post with her house.
guests, Sir Bede and Lady Cliff
ford, Nine. Bohemian and the
Bill Fosters.
Incidentally, Marjorie Post
will have Billie Burke Tin pri-
vate life Mrs. Florenz ziegfeld)
here as her housegust for the
opening of "Ziegfeld Follies"
with Bea Lille at the National
February IL for the benefit Of
the Women's National Demo-
cratic Club.
An attractive young couple
from Luxembourg. Count and
Countess de Ledekierke. were
also at the Buchanans'. He is
here with the International
Bank.
Green Candle Dinner
The Mayor Of Budapest,
Joseph Kovago, will speak at
a black tie. dinner February 10
that will draw all Washing
ton society who wish to sup
port the Hungarian cause.
Long imprisoned by the Com
munistS, he was one of the
leaders Of the people Of