Show WHO'S NEWS THIS WEEK By LEMUEL F. F PARTON N NEW EW YORK In In Europe a few years ago this writer met a friend who had just interviewed I Gen Ismet who Is today Turkeys Turkeys Turkey's Tur Tur- keys key's new dicta dicta- Dictator tor succeeding I IAn An Iron Man Kemal Yet Yel a Diplomat who died recent recent- recently ly Iy lies Hes the smartest hombre I ever met said my friend lie He talked to me for two hours frank and honest honest- looking look ing me right in the eye and never holding out on anything He lie was charming and brilliant and he didn't ask me not to print anything I thought I had a great story But when I started to write it It there was just nothing there I saw him several times after that and realIzed realized real real- that he was a master In to heart- heart to-heart to talk which left no commitments commit ments whatsoever I saw cagey diplomats diplomats dip dip- kissed oft off just as I had been The man is a marvel of brains and Ingenuity The small fragile deaf deal Ingratiating ing General is the hero of the Turkish army premier until a year ago when he was mysteriously benched by Kemal There were were rumors that he was engaged in International negotiations of such subtlety that he f found md it necessary to keep out of office and offstage off It was In 1920 that young Colonel Ismet joined Mustafa Mustaf a Kemal In Anatolia By Dy 1922 he had driven the Greeks out of Anatolia and Smyrna and In Inthis Inthis inthis this period and thereafter he was Kemal chief military mill mili ta tary aide lie He added to his laurels lau Ian when at the 1923 Lausanne conference he ran rings around British and Italian diplomats an and won for Turkey virtually its demands He lie was one of few men who retained re reo the confidence of to the end He was a firm and exactIng exactIng exact exact- Ing and at times ruthless ruler of the army and is said to lack none of the traditional specifications of theIron the theiron theiron iron man It is apparent that Ismet is Intent on keeping Turkey diplomatically diplomat diplomat- liquid that he fully realizes the bargaining power of Turkeys Turkey's hegemony over the Moslem bloc and that he probably will use this and other strategic assets In to mak mak- some ing-some shrewd bargains mALL TALL austere Sumner Welles a 1 deft precisionist In to career diplomacy diplomacy diplo diplo- macy is merely undersecretary of state but stage off hes he's the man key-man of a critical In ta Sumner c ti Welle Welles if enA enA en en- A Specialist in counter and a S. S A. A Relations Relation policy draughtsman draughts draughts- man In to whose hands a chart of our South American Amen Ameri can procedure is taking shape He helped initiate and has diligently fostered the good neighbor policy in to Latin-America Latin and his radio address ad dress urging a together get-together In to the Western hemisphere received a good press In to those countries But Buta a bad press In to Germany Ills plea pies for lor Joint defense against any threat of 01 attack is In interesting contrast to his speeches of 01 a a year ago aeo when he be appealed to the nations 01 the world for a a. new world order based on Justice and law He lie weighs the actualities of 01 trade finance and the collective safety and solvency of or the Western world Something like a picture of or a western league of nations begins begins be be- gins to emerge a ar a the great inns tun ward the vast raw material i ehouse of South America After his graduation from Harvard Har Mar vard yard In to 1914 Franklin D. D Roosevelt then assistant secretary of the navy helped him enter eater career diplomacy In his early thirties he was high to the Dominican Republic Re Re- public the author of Vineyard a volume two-volume study of that country He lie was made ambassador am to Cuba by President Roosevelt In to 1933 He lIe became undersecretary undersecretary un un- of state last year O D ROBEnT OBERT DONAT the English actor actor ac ac- L. L tor tot on the take up-take In to The Citadel Citadel Cita del and other films made so many unsuccessful tries at the screen seven years ago Laughing at that they called Despair Gets Gel him him Screen Donat Fame Test Donat A competent actor he met hard luck and was all aU but desperate as something always went wrong One day In to what he was sure would be his last try the director told him to register despair The Irony of his merely imitating despair sent him into demoniac laughter Alexander Korda In to another another an an- other room heard him Sign that man up op he Is said laid Korda a great performance lie JIe had what it took and they routed him right through to fame anti and riches lie won by challenging a homily homily Do Do not despair e C New Service |