RADFORD'S SHOW IS CHARLIE'S, TOO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68-00046R000200240081-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2014
• Sequence Number: 81
• Publication Date: August 10, 1957
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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adford's Show Is Charlie's,' Tool
By Marie McNair. ,
THE FINAL party gun in
almclst a month long series
of celebrations was fired
yesteftlay at the Officers
Club at Fort
McNair..
It Was the
retiring
chairman of
the _',Joint
Chiefs of
, ?
staff, :Adm.
Arthur ?W.
Radford, and
IMrs. R a d -
ford's party
to honor the . Mrs. McNair '
ncoming
JCS ? Chairman, Air Force
Gen. Nathan Twining, and
Mrs: Twining.
.'General Twining will step
into ?Admiral Bedford's
shoes next Thursday.
The Army, Navy and Air
Force joined ,hands yestert
day to bid farewell to an out-
standing officer who the day
) before had been awarded a
Gold Star bY President
Eisenhower in lieu of a
fourth Distinguished Serv-
ice Medal, and to welcome
the new Chief, a man of
equal distinction in service
to 'his country.
But it was "E ngine
Charlie" Wilson, retiring
Secretary of Defense, who
got the most attention. Mrs.
Wilson, he said, is coming
back from ' Michigan on
Monday, and when Mrs.
Wade ?;1-1aislip heard this
she said, "Maybe she will
havgAiiine, to .plaY. some 'Bo-
livia '
On the serious side, When
Mr. Wilson. was asked by
Mrs. Richard Hark ness
what was one of the mOst
pleasing. aspects of his job, -
he replied, "I have one sat-
isfaction. -The 'folks' have'
understood me, whereas the
press didiSt.':
There's,- another birthday
party in Ole ..offinvfor ,Sec-
retary Wilson. On Septem-
ber .17--4iie-Department 'of.
'Defense rvq).1 be 10 years -U
old, an the ?'Wilsons .Will
celebrate lt; with a party
for the new Secretary of
Defense McElroy, all for-
mer Secretaries .of Defense,
the pre's'et ..and' all former
Deputy beretaries of De- ??
tense, Plus present and for-
mer Chain-nen, of Joint
Chiefs of Staff.
The Marine -Band in its
scarlet jacke Vs played
throughout' the ' afternoon
for the several hundred
guests largely from the
military. -?
There were not more
than a half dozen Ambas-
sadors, even less from the
Congress. Secretary of the
Navy, Thomas S. Gates Jr.,
Under' Secretary -of ? the
Navy and Mrs. William B.
Franke, Deputy Secretary
of Defense and Mrs. Donald
Quarles and Chief of Staff,.
USAF, Gen., Thomas D.
White and Md: White were
-among the service's upper
echelons. .
Assistant Secretary of State
and Mrs. Walter ' Robertson
:came. Saw Gen.. and Mrs.
Ging Bradley, Under Secre-
?tar? of the Treasury and
:Mrs. Randolph Burgess, As-
sistant Secretary of Defense
and Mrs. Murray Snyder, Max
Rabb. from the White House,
'Assistant ' Secretary' of De-
fense and Mrs.. Wilfred Mc-
Neil,., Gen. and Mrs.
ChirleSAP: Cabell,Zeic4 Adm.
TOer . Wool-
dridge; former Ambassador.
and Mrs. Myron Cowen and
down from Ppiladelphia the
Racifords' good friends, Bob
and Betty Sherrod.
..TOPRiDGE VISITORS:
Perle Mesta, Signora Au-
gusto Rosso and?George Wil-
liams Will all meet in New
York on Sunday to go to-
gether to Camp Topridge in
the Adirondacks to be guests
for a fortnight of Mrs. Mer-
riweather Post.
COUNTRY PART!:
Col. and Mrs. William S.
-Cullbertson who are at their
farm at Charmian, Pa. for
the summer, will entertain
at luncheon on Sunday the
new Argentine Ambassador
, an Senora de Yadaroia and
their two daughters. Am-
bassador and Senora de
Yadarola will entertain at
dinner Monday evening as
' a 'farewell to the Military
? Attache of the Argentine
Embassy, Col. Ernesto Taqu-
, ini? and Senora de Taquini
who are going to Canada
where Colonel Taquini is tb
be Military Advisor on Spe-
cial Mission.
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