Dinners and dining

Dais of guests at Testimonial Dinner for Attorney General James Howard McGrath at the Commodore Hotel in New York, New York. Left to right: Federal Trade Commissioner James M. Mead, Hon. Generoso Pope, Jr., General of the Army Mark W. Clark, Secretary of Treasury John Snyder, Judge Paul Rao of the U.S. Customs Court, Mr. Irving Geist, boy unidentified, Attorney General James McGrath (partially obscured). See also 61-160-01.

Shown left to right at the Testimonial Dinner in honor of Hon. J. Howard McGrath, given by Col. Francis Vigo Post #1093 American Legion, at Hotel Commodore, New York City, are Gen. Mark W. Clark, John W. Snyder, and Judge Paul Rao.

From left to right: Joseph T. Higgins, Chairman of the Thomas Jefferson Day Dinner; Robert E. Hannegan, Democratic National Committee Chairman; Senator Alben W. Barkley, Senate Majority Leader; and James A. Farley, Democratic State Committee Chairman at the Jefferson Day Dinner at the Commodore Hotel in New York City.

Miss Vernice Anderson (left) receiving a gift in honor of her fifteenth anniversary with the National Science Board, at a Board dinner held at the Smithsonian Institution. All other individuals are unidentified.

Miss Vernice Anderson (left), with National Science Board Chairman Lewis M. Branscomb (right), being honored at the National Science Board Dinner, held in the Diplomatic Functions Area of the Department of State.

Miss Vernice Anderson (left) with the former Chairman of the National Science Board, Norman Hackerman (right). She was presented with an award at the National Science Board Dinner, held in the Diplomatic Functions Area of the Department of State.

Miss Vernice Anderson (left), with National Science Board Chairman Lewis M. Branscomb (right), being honored at the National Science Board Dinner, held in the Diplomatic Functions Area of the Department of State.

Miss Vernice Anderson (left) with Norman Hackerman (second from left) and Lewis M. Branscomb (right), Chairman of the National Science Board, at the National Science Board Dinner, held in the Diplomatic Functions Area, Department of State. Vernice received an award for her long service to the National Science Board. All other individuals are unidentified.

Bess Truman, currently touring Europe with her husband, and an unidentified man watch Harry (not shown) do the honors with a candle-bedecked cake as they celebrate their 39th wedding anniversary at a dinner in Monte Carlo, Monaco. (See also 93-259.) From: Truman Home

A dinner reception at the Yomah House located in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma. The photograph was taken during a trip to the Far East by United States Ambassador-at-Large Philip C. Jessup and party. All individuals are unidentified.