Evening star., 1961-07-17

The Republican National
Committee has decided to mix
humor with its attack on the
Kennedys. It has issued a
yellow paper entitled, "our
big bash at mt. vernon. by
tom kitten, the white house
cat"
The similarity between the
tipping style (no capital let
ters and not much punctua-
tom of archie. who wrote
about the famous feline me-
hitabel, and the story by tom
kitten indicates that it is
meant to be a numerous
epistle. But the light touch
is often scratched over by the
unsheathed claws.
For instance, it cracks:
mt. vernon is a national
shrine and we didn't want to
clash with its stark, early
american grandeur. so we
got tiffanys of New York to
design the settings"
And-"one yacht landed at
the wrong place. the guests
lost % dollars at the slot
machines and had ridden the
roller coaster three times be-
fore they realized they weren't
at the kennedy party"
But these are mild digs
compared to the comments
about Bobby Kennedy. He
definitely comes off the worst
in the G. o. P.'s new cozy
catty comments.
THE RETURN FROM
MOUNT VERNON that night
aboard one Of the boats, the
Honey Fitz. was as gay as
the earlier part of the even
ing was. impressive.
The Lester Lanin trio,
which came back on the
Presidents yacht, had every
body, including the First
Lady. dancing-except for
Presidents Kennedy and Ayub
Khan Mrs. Robert McNa-
mara was heard to say she
danced until her feet hurt.
Mrs. Harry LabouisSe said
she danced all the way back.
And Mrs. Dean RuSk said
the whole evening was worth
staying up that late. They
didn't dock until after / and
didn't get to bed until 2
am, which is way past the
bedtime of official Wash
ington The symphony
concert was over by 11:15,
but it took an hour and a
half to cruise home The
next time. if there is another
time, the entire party will
probably return by car.
TREGARON, home Of the
late Joseph E. Davies and
his second wife, Marjorie
Post, now Mrs. Herbert
May, is under consideration
as the possible setting for
Dolly Harrison's glamorous
party in the film Advise and
Consent"
The Frank Nights red
brick Spring Valley house
was chosen by Otto Prem
niger and his staff to be
Brigham Anderson's Wash
ington abode, but the Nights
got cold feet after thinking
it over for a week end and
withdrew the offer.
The person whose house is
used will get $10O a day for
five days Of shooting, plus
the installation of a fish pond
If there isn't one already.
The scene where young Sena-
tor Anderson lifts a fish out
of the pond Is to be included
in the film
The Tights backed out be-
cause Of their newly reland-
scaped garden, plus some
casual comments on the part
of the movie people that they
might take off a few branches
of their trees to get more
light, and possibly fepaper
the hall.
The Jack Lanahans' spac-
ious house on King place was
looked at but turned down as
being too big to be the Ander-
son dwelling as depicted by
author Allen Drury.
GEN. CURTIS LEMAY,
who changed jobs, changed
residences and married his
daughter off at a charming
wedding Saturday all with
in two weeks, will now be a
far more familiar figure on
the social circuit. AS Chief
of Staff Of the Air Force.
his official duties will take
him to the customary round
OF VIP parties. but the gen.
eral won't be too happy about
it.
Described as a stern, cigar
chewing mans man who's
made a point of avoiding the
social life. Curt LeMay re-
Gently gave a beauteous
French woman some advance
concern. Mrs. Joseph Bryan,
the former Jacqueline de la