Show HOLDS IMPORTANT POST secretaries of state have come and gone eone administrations have changed change but for more than a quarter of a century alvey A adee second assistant secretary of state has stood at the helm of uncle sams foreign relations and steered it into safe waters mr adee Is commonly credited with carrying the state department around in his head so thoroughly versed Is lie he in diplomatic precedent and requirement through long practice and good judgment the succeeding secretaries of state havo have come to re rely ly implicitly on mr aar addes word in diplomatic matters the war baug caught lit sir mr adee on hla big annual leave bicycling in prance france ile he returned immediately the sigh of relief that went up in the state department part ment when the venerable secretary walked in hung up his hat fiat and started to work was prodigious much aluch of the work of handling matters with the war territories and that relating to stranded americans has been hande dover to mr air addes jurisdiction and everybody Is happy at the state department now mr adee adea Is back in washington |