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THE WASHINGTON POST Washington, D.C. Apri1 28, 1962 c C President, Macmillan Honored By Phil Casey awr a<port<r White House correspondents,Sellers did one of Macmillaa. I oo3byyN4l4 and photographers left theirl questions and' their cameras at home last night and gath- ered ered to honor and~ heckle President John F: Kennedy, and British Prime Minister. Harold Macmillan at the Sher- aton-Park aton-Park Hote1L It was the annual White House Press Dinner, hosted iointig by the White House Correspond e n ts Association and the White House News P h o t o graphers Association. About. 1500 newsmen and top- level Government and busi- ness guests attended the black- tie dinner. They gave the President a replica of the inkstand used at the signingof the Declara- tion of Independence and the Constitution. Tihey gave the Prime Minister a cigar box modeled om a colonial tobacco box. The inkstand Mr. Kennedy received will go with a pair of silver copies of the lantern that hung in the Old North Church in Boston on the night of Paul Revere's ride. He was given the lanterns last year. Honor Guests Impersonated Actor Elliott Reid imper sonated Mr. Kennedy in a skit Actor Hirman Sherman was master of ceremonies for a show of well-known perform- ers:-Benny Goodman, Teddy. Wilson, Gwen Verdon, Bob Fosse and Sally Ann Iiowes, and a chorw of singers as sembled by composer Richard Adler. I New presidents Installed in- bluded: Robert Roth of the P'hil6delphia Bulletin, suo- ceding Willlam H. Y. Knighton Jr., of the Baltimore Sun, as president of the Correspon. dents; Charles DelVecchio of The Washington Post, suc- ceeding Arthur V. Lodovi+ chettil of UPI-FOx Movietone News as president of the cameramen. The correspondents and photographers also gave a watch to Joel Margolis, for- mer manager of Loew'A'Cap- itol Theater and now businesa manager of the Washington Iiedskins, for producing and directing many of their ao- NEW' 7tdRK TIMES New York, New York Apri1 28, 1962 Gift From Press Elafes 'Statesman' Macmillnn Sxcllt to Tht NPuy,rt T:~ne;. WASH ING'TON; . April .27- Prime ?tini.ster. ltacm:llan seemed momentarih•y over- cometonight. when~ hewase presented ~vtth~ an octagonal silver.awart tw*-ot the dinnerof the White House oor- respondent<_ and photog-raphers: Holding up in admiration thee cigar-filled model of a Colonial tobacco.bot,IIlade byWirRxni-`Detfatteo: silver- smith of Colonial W illiams- tiurgh, the Prime `finistersaidL "I don't get' anythinglilde thisfromthe pressathome.'.' Referring too himself and President Kennedy, hewenton "In this life we havee chosen, we're.po!iticians while icr re alive, and when we aree deadd wehope, too becomee statesmen. This cigarboxis worthy of aa statesman. and it is in that spirit I will hand it on to,mvsucressors." A replica of the inkstand used at the signing of the Declaration of Independ- ence and:the Constitution, shown at left, was given to President Kennedy last' night at the.dinnerof R7tite.House correspond- on o a s presen a n amid British comedian Peter'cigar box to the Prime 1131n- ister, Knighton said' the gift ~ was appropriate not only be- cause Macmillan likes cigars nual shows. Gesture of lriendshfP f th hi t u I but because the giving af tobacco has long been a slgn of friendship. He quoted from an 18th Century paper on tobaccoby. Andrew Chatto, who declared that "above all other plantb, tobacco best deserves the naute of the 'peace-makit>II herb." "In quarrels between friends," Chatto was quoted;, "the offer of a pincb of snuff is gene-allythe firststepto ward a reconciliationt a sail- or'ss enmityisy soothedby a couple of inches of pigtafl; the present of a ciFar;,orthe loan of a tobacco box, often prevents the outbreak of an- gry feelings; the North Aaner- ican Indian buries his toma- haM•k when he smokes the pipe of peace, and in Europe, ents and• photographers. The tobacco box the treaty which stills the at right was presented to Prime Minister voice of war is concerted by Harold Macmillan. Both gifts were ereated diplomatsamiof d tho friendly' snuft ange boxes." in sterling silver by Master Silversmith YnterchThe giftk to the two states- William deMatteo of Williamsburg„Va. men were made by. William deMatteo, 38-year-o4d master silversmith of Colonial Wlb llamsburg.