Show EVER since the present war be- be began began ii gan H. H Freeman Matthews has been In the thick of things on the diplomatic front In Europe Now that events rr r j TJ Home to Guide Us are moving Through Highly toward a cli- cli Dramatic Days max on that at beleaguered red continent hes he's coming home to head the European division of the state department With him hes he's bring bring- ing lug plenty of knowledge gained first hand both in France and England For a time after the fall of France as charge d' d affaires he heran heran heran ran the American embassy In Vichy That was after Ambas Ambas- Ambassador Ambassador Ambassador Bullitt left leU and before Admiral Leahy checked In Aft AU- After AUer er the naval mans man's arrival Matthews sat In on all the talks with Petain and the late Admiral Darlan serving as Interpreter for Leahy Late in 41 u he was shifted to London and he be was counsellor of or the U. U U S. S embassy there when the call home ar ar- ar- ar arrived rived This year old native of ot Baltimore Is a career diplomat He received his initial assignment just three years after leaving Princeton and Its Quadrangle club in 1921 He was sent first to Budapest Later he turned up in Bogota Colombia Jefferson Caffrey was there at the time tune and he liked his young aide so well that he took him along with him when he was made ambassador I to Cuba Those were hectic days down in Havana and some thugs I once attacked Matthews' Matthews automo automo- automobile automobile bile but fortunately he ho was else elsewhere where at the time |