Show department OF STATE ten key men direct activities of US department of state in 1 the list of six fix articles arall art ll on the b de department ariment ana i 11 per onnel I 1 by waldir we ler A bhear she d 1 W ic no bahaa g ion corre dy by WALTER R A SHEAD washington D C if you know the top men in any organization whether it be a lodge fraternal organization business organization bank or a government agency you can judge fairly well the type and kind of personnel that go to make up that organization particularly Is this true of top men in government who necessarily live in a glass house of publicity any person who has met and tallied talked to secretary of state dean acheson is impressed by his earnestness nest ness his sincerity his intelligence and his integrity the son of 0 an episcopalian minister he was born in middletown connecticut april 11 1893 ile he Is a graduate of groton and harvard with honorary degrees from yalo yale and wesleyan no ho is a member of tho the law firm of covington burling rublee acheson and shorb in washington and a member of many important clubs ile he has a farm near sandy spring maryland where he lives and which Is his hobby if you have a picture in your mind of a suave highly polished diplomat never ill at case never at a loss for a word who does not know the words quit or cant then you have a picture of dean acheson ills his next in command is under secretary james E webb a native of granvilla Granvil lB county north carolina ile he is a former marine corps major tall athletic and a lighter fighter ile he is former director of the federal budget and was with the sperry corporation before coming into government service and Is a recognized master at organization ile he is a law graduate of george washington university a 0 member of many clubs and well known business organizations ambassador at large philip C jessup Is a native new yorker a graduate of hamilton college yale yala and columbia universities iia served as lecturer on international law both A at t columbia and hamilton and as assistant to elihu root at tho the conference of jurists on tho the permanent court of international justice at geneva in 1929 2929 ile he has served his country in scores of international ter med meetings tings and conferences and was named ambassador at largo larg e in march 1949 for special assignments throughout the tha world in negotiations with other governments he is of irish english ancestry and his great grandfather judge william jessup was a delegate to the republican convention in 1860 and chaliman chairman of the tha committee which drafted the platform upon which lincoln was elected JOHN E deputy assistant secretary of stale stala and in charge of personnel and ad administration mints of the entire department has been in the department since 1938 serving in various capacities ho he Is a native of walterboro Walter boro south carolina and attended the U S military academy at west point american and george washington universities prior to his entry into the department he was engaged in the insurance business for the kansas city joint stock land bank and the tha american surety company of new york willard L thorp a native of oswego new york was educated at amherst the university of michigan and columbia ile he is assistant secretary in charge of economic affairs ile he Is an economic expert a former director of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce in the department of commerce and a former partner of dunn bradstreet edward W barrett as assistant secretary in charge of public affairs acts as sort of general manager and directs the office of international information and educational exchange ile he was born bom in birmingham alabama is a former newspaper reporter and radio man and was editorial director of newsweek jack K mcfall was a navy commander during world war 11 II ile he is assistant secretary and has charge of congressional relations ile he spent fifteen years as clerk of the house appropriations committee born in tacoma washington he lived in colorado and indiana and is a graduate of georgetown and national universities george W perkins ns assistant secretary in charge of the bureau of european affairs is a native of new york an army colonel a graduate of princeton and was executive secretary to former postmaster gen will H hays he Is a trustee ol of princeton university and wears the legin of merit badge john hickerson of texas is an assistant secretary in charge of the bureau of united nations affairs his is a foreign service officer of 25 years experience a graduate of the university of Tex texas asand and a lecturer since 1928 1028 on diplomacy and consular practice at the tha georgetown university school of foreign service george mcghee also of texas Is director of the bureau of near eastern south asian and ri african affairs he Is a geologist formerly with a dallas firm he Is a former naval air combat intelligence officer saw service at iwo jima and guam with the bomber command and has the legion of merit and three battle stars these are some of the top men in the stats state department their background and the field of their service |