Show Dont Quote jie Me MeI Me- Me I I I By my United Press These words are arc the ones most frequently heard by S I ton correspondents Items Item which never appear In the regular Hit S I patches and little intimate pictures 0 of public characters ill appear In this column from time to time c. c S WASHINGTON Jan 18 The 18 The senate senate sen sen- ate finance committee last week listened lis lis' listened to Senator Hiram Johnson lis-I lis question Assistant Secretary of or State Francis White for tor parts of or two days and has learned surprisingly little That would be unusual considering the skill of ot Johnson lt not that it so happens that Johnsons Johnson's skill Is matched in this instance by that of a aman aman aman man who is pretty adroit at verbal fencing himself himsel White not yet 40 is the youn youngest est assistant secretary of or state now servIn In ing But he Is considered the most skilled ne negotiator in the state depart depart- ment meat That fact tact perhaps accounts for lor his assignment to the Latin- Latin American division to which he gives his chief attention because it is the place where there is the most need for negotiations Latin Americans negotiate long and skillfully White can boast numerous Not only is he the youngest assistant stant secretary of ot state but he is the only Harvard man occupying high position in the department Diplomacy it seems belongs at present pres pres' present ent to Yale He is the only assistant secretary of state who is also a foreign foreign for for- eign service officer the others being bing state department officers only White is a tall handsome fellow a abit abit abit bit heavy perhaps lIe He has shiny always al al' always ways w well ll combed hair and brown I eyes lIe He always alwa'S is well dressed H w may be a little high strung or While wa waiting Un to testify be nEt the foreign loan investigation K I paced the floor constantly His JJ listened to some of the testing She Is quite proud of him He lie has acquired a certain i amo of American Latin iff habits lie j ia hard worker but takes take two ho hour houts for lunch sometimes lunch sometimes more n lie doesn't go out until about 23 30 2 D Dand p p. III and returns about Then he rn rna remain in the office at work unto f f into nto the evening Among Whites White's are the negotiations of the Whit At faro tre treaty y with Panama which 2 d dt- dt ckles questions of sovereignty i in t the Canal Zone It was negotiated a f years ago but the senate never rat rai fied it Another Is an agreement b tween Paraguay and Bolivia in iw over the Chaco question The Thc Chan Chaco is a a. province lying between Bolivia and land Paraguay which both oth clai claim y The agreement averted war at that tim time line but the ownership of of the still is in dispute 2 Tourists who visit the state te deP dewri rt ment are likely to see ee White While HI R office Is separated from that of t th secretary only by a reception rO roon t Visitors to the go reception room t tsee tsee tc see sel the paintings which hang onil onit walls And White is quite quit likely i t be about abouL J i |