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Show . Richard C. Kerens, United States Ambassador Ambassa-dor at Vienna, declines to discuss the reports that he Intends to resign, but they can be dismissed dis-missed as moonshine, according to Town Topics. He Is In Washington not for the purpose of tendering ten-dering his resignation, but to join in consultation with the officials of the state department. Mr. Kerens makes no secret of the fact that he once aspired to a cabinet position, but because ho was the head of one of the Republican factions in Missouri the opposition was too great. When Taft was nominated Kerens is said to have opened his long purse to help out campaign expenses, in return for which he was proffered the embassy at Vienna. At this Catholic court, letters from the American hierarchy insured the Kerens family fam-ily a warm reception, notwithstanding the exclu-siveness exclu-siveness of the Viennese, and Richard likes it sufficiently well to serve his time out. He misses two of his close friends, the late ex-Senators El-kins El-kins and Carter. Kerens and Elkins were great chums and their families were raised together. The ambassador had just returned from his country coun-try place at Elkins, W. Va., when he heard of Senator Carter's death. As two of the leaders of American Catholicism, Carter and Kerens were thrown much together. |