Evening star., 1957-04-17
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Trumuns And Adldi Coming;
Poles Happy About Visit
By BETTY BEALE


Both Adlai Stevenson and
Harry Truman win check into
town before the annual 500
Democratic plate dinner the
Saturday night of May 4.
To be held at the Armory
in honor Of Democratic gov
ernors. this will be q different
affair from last years. If any
thing. 1t should be much cozier
nd friendlier.
Nobody's running against
anybody else, nobody's tense
with hope nor exhausted from
effort. vet Democrats don't feel
hopeless about 1860, with the
Senate and House already in
the donkey ~camp and Pres
ident Eisenhower out Of the
running. The recent elections
in Michigan and Texas pro-
vided an extra shot in the arm.
Gov. "Soapy" Williams will
certainly be one of the lions Of
the hour.
Indeed, the losing side in last
November's presidential elec-
tion is apt to feel like one big
happy family. free to take pot
shots at the administration
that is already being criticized
openly by the Republicans.
Just when the Trumans are
arriving isn't known but the
Stanley Woodwards are giving
O reception on May / which
they will attend If they are
here. On the 2nd. the Demo-
cratic women are having a to-
do at the Shoreham for which
Katie Louchheim has written
q satirical fantasy entitled
"Alice in Demoland." And
Democratic Chairman Paul
Butler will hold q reception on
the 3rd for national commit
teemen and committeewomen
at the Women's National Dem
ocratic Club.
With the date of his grand
child's birth only two months
OF, former President Truman
will be even more clipper than
usual. And all you have to do
to make Adlai Stevenson grin
from ear to ear Is ask him
about his grandson. He always
carries his picture in his wallet
but it takes repeated urgings
to get him to show 1t, so con-
WINGED he is that most people
are easily bored by the darlings
Of other families.
Mr.. Stevenson is due to leave
the country q couple Of weeks
after the dinner. He's going to
Europe and Africa. It is under
stood that he represents q
diamond firm on the Dark
Continent.
POLISH AMBASSADOR
Romuald Spasowski was host
at a reception yesterday in
honor of the Polish mining
delegation that's been in
specting American bituminous
mines and methods in seven
States. Nine. Spasowska missed
the party because her mother
was rushed to the hospital
yesterday for an emergency
operation.
The delegation included one
miner. engineers, managers,
everything but an operator. In
Poland. the state owns the
mines, of course.
Quite happy about what they
had seen, the men explained
that their mines are deeper.
have more seams. are more
difficult to work. Yet Poland
is sixth biggest exporter Of
coal and has the highest pro-
ductivity per man in Europe.
They are taking back from this,
country new ideas on mechani-
zation.
The next American Ambas-
sador to Poland, Bill Lacy, was
there with his wife. II the ap-
pointment is confirmed without
a hitch, this attractive pair
will leave for Poland in June
Norwegian born Kirsten n
Lacy was chatting with the
John Hightowers about her
country's defiant response to
Khrushchev's threatening note
to get out of NATO. II knew
what the answer would be,
grinned Mrs. Lacy. Her heroic
country is filled with self-re-
liant men and women who
were all for going to war
single-handed last fall for the
sake Of Hungary. Morse news
papers kept getting letters to
the editor urging same. she
said.
The next American Ambas-
sador to Austria, Jake Beam,
was also there with his
wife. Present Ambassador to
Austria and Mrs. Tommy"
Thompson. who are ears
marked for our Moscow EN-
bassy, are coming back here
next month, he said.
Jake and Ed Freers Of the
Eastern European Division
were discussing the four-to-
flve-year limit in one post
generally placed on American
ambassadors. Considered a
good system. 1t has an in
teresting by-product. Not q
single American envoy in a
foreign post is dean of the
diplomatic corps. But this