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Show I dSeliind the J4eadfine6 and Russell of Georgia carried this criticism to the White House in meetings with the President. ' Despite this criticism, however, how-ever, the Administration then nominated two appointees for key diplomatic posts described as "hot potatoes" by Democratic and Republican senators alike. There were former Congress-woman Congress-woman and ex-Ambassador to Italy. Mrs. Clare Booth Luce as vestigation of his cozy relationship relation-ship to the discredited Cuban dictator, Batista, at the same moment mo-ment Rebel Leader Castro was coming to power. Philip Bonsai, Ambassador to Bolivia, was then shifted to Cuba to undo the effect ef-fect of Smith's overzealous friend ship with Batista. Bonsai is a career dinlomat r Up until the moment he was stricken with cancer, critics frequently fre-quently accused Secretary of State John Foster Dulles of running run-ning "a one man State Department." Depart-ment." Since his illness, from which he is now in Walter Reed .hospital, .hos-pital, speculation about many possible successors from within i A 1 - i t Ambassador to Brazil and Ogden R. Reid, former President-editor of the New York Herald Tribune as Ambassador to Israel. Alcorn hit the ceiling. Both are considered out and out political poli-tical nominees, he had no hand in nominating either. The White House had picked them over a long list of Alcorn political aspirants, as-pirants, considered far less controversial con-troversial than Mrs. Luef or At the same moment, Secretary of State Dulles personally asked for the nomination of Henry R. Labouisse, former career officer in the department, now on loan to the UN, as director of the International Cooperation Administration, Ad-ministration, which administers foreign aid. me state Department has now shown that Dulles has actually built a first rate diplomatic team. ' Despite a few misgivings there is considerable confidence at home and abroad in Acting Secretary Sec-retary Christian Herter, Under Secretary C. Douglas Dillon, Deputy Under Secretary Robert Murphy, Assistant Secretary L. Livingston Merchant, the propaganda propa-ganda chief, George Allen; UN Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge and Allen Dulles, the Secretarys "brother and head of the secret Reid. Mrs. Luce is considered controversial con-troversial because her husband's Time and Life magazines sparked violent anti-American rioting in Bolivia only recently by proposing propos-ing that Bolivia's neighbors dismember dis-member the country. Further un- Republican politicians hit the ceiling. Labouisse is a registered! Democrat. Meade Alcorn, as Republican Re-publican National Chairman, went over Dulles' head to object to his choice of Labouisse. The White House then reversed Dul- 1 1 Xf . , ies, seiecung career diplomat J. W. Riddleberger, Ambassador to Greece, to head the ICA. While Labouisse was a registered Democrat, Dem-ocrat, Riddleberger had no record rec-ord of any party affiliation. Alcorn, however, had not suc ceeding in obtaining the appointment appoint-ment of a Republican to the post, for which several Republicans, including a former U. S. Senator had applied. One of the reasons Alcorn quit as GOP Chairman was that he had been unable to persuade the White House to make more patronage appointments appoint-ments with which to strengthen the GOP. Republicans have been squawking that key Administration Administra-tion jobs' have gone to registered Democrats or: career "Bureaucrats "Bureau-crats identified with the Roosevelt Roose-velt and Truman administration. The furor over the Labouisse-Riddleberger Labouisse-Riddleberger nomination and other political appointments caused the Senate Foreign Re- wintu iiitciiigciice agency. In addition, there has been considerable praise for many of Dulles' diplomatic appointments. In general, respect for American Ambassadors has never been greater in the countries they have been assigned. Some notable exceptions have caused the Administration, and Dulles in particular, no end of embarrassment. The 1957 controversy con-troversy over the appointment of Ohio industrialist Maxwell F. Gluck caused the first and biggest big-gest furor. In appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee studying Gluck's confirmation, con-firmation, he admitted he knew little about Ceylon, had never been there and could not pronounce pro-nounce the name of Ceylon's Premier, Solomon Bandaranaik, which admittedly, is a tongue-twister. tongue-twister. Nevertheless, Gluck's appointment appoint-ment was confirmed and, sur- rest is feared if Mrs. Luce goes to Brazil. But most Democrats are critical because they believe both Mrs. Luce and Reid, who is only 33, are using the diplomatic service to boost their own political ambitions. ambi-tions. Many Republicans have been openly boosting Mrs. Luce, a Catholic, for the 1960 Vice Presidential nomination. New York City republicans have been urging Reid to run for Mayor. He could be expected to strengthen his appeal to New York's large Jewish electorate as Ambassador to Israel. Eventual confirmation of both by the Senate is expected, however. how-ever. But each and charges that the White House is playing politics poli-tics with the U. S. diplomatic service will be given a rough time in the process. Army Pvt. James B. Simmons, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. I Simmons, 535 First Ave., recently recent-ly completed the final phase of six months active military training train-ing under the Reserve Forces Act program at Fort Sam Houston, Hous-ton, Texas. He was graduated from West high school in 1956, attended the University of Utah and is a member of Lambda Delta Sigma. lations Committee to issue a report re-port severly criticizing the Eisenhower Ei-senhower administration. The White House was rebuked for proposing too many politically-backed politically-backed diplomatic appointments which, the report said, "weakens the caliber of the U.,S. Foreign Service." Many criticisms, notably not-ably Senators Johnson of Texas prismgiy he served with considerable con-siderable distinction in a diffi-t diffi-t cult post until he retired. If Gluck's nomination fell like a bombshell, that of Earl Smith as Ambassador to Cuba in 1958, had the opposite effect. He was easily confirmed. But his resig-national resig-national fell like a bombshell. There were demands for an in- |