Show M Round Merry e Rou Go nd By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. S ALLEN W WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Agitation Agitation in congress ss re regarding regarding regarding re- re garding the so called clique in the state department has focused attention on a condition condition condition con con- which has existed in one form or another for years years namely namely that wea wealth th dominates the career service V Career diplomats for the most part are men of tremendous wealth The wealthy have sent their sons into career diplomacy Some of them tend toward the views of Franco Mussolini or Hitler This is partly the fault of a niggardly congress congress congress con con- gress which has refused to vote more money for a service that is grossly underpaid Leaders among the career diplomats at one time opposed salary increases because they wanted the service service service ser ser- vice reserved only to men wen well cushioned with kale V Younger Men Today there is a group of younger men among the career diplomats who bring in new ideas and new life also there are lea least t some wealthy men in the state department who have kept their perspective among them Under Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary Sumner Welles one of the departments department's most liberal influences also Pierpont Moffatt chief of the European division who although twice related to the J. J Pierpont Morgans retains a broad and objective outlook V roll call however however however how how- Rank-and-file Rank state department nt ever is not so encouraging Here are some of the themen themen themen men whose economic views are intertwined with the foreign affairs of the United States Morgan Furs and Meat Joseph C. C Grew ambassador to Japan and former under-secretary under of state is related to the J. J P. P Morgan family and although a man of great personal charm cannot get away from that fact Fr Franklin Mott Gunther minister to Rumania Rumania Rumania Ruma Ruma- nia is a member of the family famous for Gunther furs though he he says as little as possible possible possible pos pos- sible about it J John hn Cudahy minister to Ireland and former former former for for- mer ambassador to Poland is a member of the famous packing meat-packing family A p political appointee appointee appointee ap ap- ap- ap rather than a career diplomat his views are essentially similar James C. C Dunn political adviser to Secretary Hull married into the Armour packing meat family Educated abroad he has been one of the staunch in the state depart depart- ment Norman Armour ambassador to Chile and former minister to Canada also is a member of the packing meat-packing family bearing that name He has however an excellent record Shirts Soap Cash Registers William Phillips ambassador to Rome and former under-secretary under of state also is related to the J. J P. P Morgan family The cost o of maintaining maintaining main main- the American embassy in Rome incidentally incidentally inci mci- dentally is such that the ambassador must be a aman aman aman man of tremendous wealth V Alexander W W. Weddell ambassador t to Argentina Argentina Ar Ar- gentina married Mrs Vir Virginia inia Chase Steedman Steedman Steedman Steed- Steed man wealthy St. St Louis widow while she was wason wason wason on a world tour and while he was consul general in Calcutta Now he no longer n needs Is to be a concul contil general J V Hugh Wilson ambassador to Germany and andone and one of the chief nazi fascist friends in the service service service ser ser- vice is scion of the famous Wilson Brothers shirt manufacturers in Chicago Alexander Kirk counselor of the American embassy in Moscow is scion of the family which originated Kirks Kirk's soap and other brands Kirk Kirkis is among the few who have kept their heads above water Ed Reed counselor of the American embassy in in Rome also is a haberdasher His family runs the Reed clothing stores stores' in Phil Philadelphia delphia Jefferson Patterson secretary of the American Ameri Amen can le legation in Norway is son of the National Ca Cash h Register family of Dayton Ohio Henry minister to Haiti comes from froma a wealthy Cleveland family chief owners of the Cleveland Plain Dealer Fred Sterling minister to Latvia Latva is related by marriage to the Joe Leiters famous grain merchants of Chicago Grain Furniture Fruit Jars Anthony Drexel Biddle ambassador to Poland Po Po- land is the former tennis star and member of the famous Biddle family which has run the Morgan banking firm in Philadelphia Rob Robert rt counselor of the the embassy m ir Brazil comes from a wealthy Michigan furniture furniture furniture fur fur- family Alvin Owsley minister to Denmark is related b bv by y marriage to the Ball fruit jar family of Ind md A political his father- father law m recently gave ave to Rural Frog Frog- ress vI violent lent Roosevelt anti-Roosevelt magazine The list could be continued far into the night Copyright ig t. 9 1938 fo for The he T Telegram feg f kV iL Le 1 01 f t 11 f r rl t. t |