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Show KA I DREW PEARSON f r - - - n-. i . m Washington, D. C. RECOGNIZE SMALL NATIONS One result of ihe Big Four conferences con-ferences may be a greater partici pation of small nations in the United Nations councils. President Roosevelt Roose-velt is known to advocate this. Also, he would like to shift the council meetings from London to Washington. Washing-ton. The idea of greater recognition of little nations is based not only on fairness and equsty. but also on the fact that Latin American nations are getting increasingly hurt, if not provoked, pro-voked, over being left out of important im-portant United Nations parleys. A large number of small nations are now belligerents, having declared de-clared war against Germany, while at least two of them Brazil and Mexico are strategically vital to the war. Without Brazilian bases, for instance, it would be almost impossible im-possible to ferry planes back and forth to North Africa with such rapid efficiency. It was originally planned, in advance ad-vance conversations (prior to Moscow) Mos-cow) between ex-Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles and Roosevelt, also between the President and Churchill, to include smaller members mem-bers of the United Nations in an over-all organization. A smaller council of Great Britain, Russia, the United States and China was to guide the over-all organization, but the smaller nations were to be a very definite and important part of the setup. " Also, it was planned to have United Unit-ed Nation headquarters in the fresher, fresh-er, more idealistic atmosphere of Washington, not in the Old World atmosphere of London. Secretary Hull was not quite able to put these two ideas across at Moscow, Mos-cow, but the President's persuasive influence on Stalin and Churchill may do so. He considers both items important to getting a permanent peace organization off with the right foot forward. . CAREER DIPLOMATS Career diplomats are worried about a state department policy which brings new men into the for-eign'service for-eign'service at higher rates of pay even including some men who have previously failed to pass career service serv-ice examinations. Known' as "auxiliaries," they are appointed for the duration of the war. But Assistant Secretary of State Howland Shaw recently hinted that they may be kept indefinitely. ' Alexander Schnee, 29, twice failed the foreign service examination. He then took a job with the commerce department and, when the war came, was made an auxiliary foreign for-eign service officer. He is now attached' at-tached' to the U. S. embassy at Buenos Aires, at $4,600. If he had passed the exams in the first place, he would now be getting only $3,000. Fred H. Await, 33, likewise failed the foreign service exam, later was appointed as an auxiliary, and is serving as junior economic analyst at $3,800. which is $800 more than he would be getting if he had not failed the examinations. Men who have passed those exams a four-day series of tests and the toughest in the government resent the fact that they are being topped in pay by other candidates from outside. PROTECTING THE PRESIDENT The only people in the U. S. A. who are really made unhappy by the President's travels especially overseas are the Secret Service. They spend sleepless nights until he comes home again, worried that something may happen. On last winter's overseas junket to Casablanca, an extraordinary measure of protection was taken. Nothing like it has ever been seen in the history of the world. A great armada of ships of all kinds, mostly fighting ships, was assembled near the bulge of Brazil,' and also near the bulge of West Africa. The ships moved out along the path which the President was to follow and practically prac-tically covered every square mile of the Atlantic at this narrow crossing. cross-ing. The President himself was flying overhead in a Pan American clipper, clip-per, and the purpose of the ships was to form what the navy called a "net" of protection. It was to serve the President as the net in the circus serves the trapeze artists. If the President's plane were forced - down into the sea, no matter where, there would be at least one ship at that spot to rescue him. No such plan was used on his latest trip, however. The mode of protection protec-tion cannot now be revealed, but when the story is told, it will show an entirely different strategy. CAPITAL CHAFF C Diplomatic grapevine reports that the state department is in for a delightful de-lightful satire in Sidney Baron's forthcoming book, "One Whirl." Those who have peeped at advance proofs say the appeasement boys won't like it. C. While the UniteJ States, for reasons rea-sons of policy, Is withdrawing from the Argentine market, John Bull is still plugging his old slogan In Argentina Argen-tina "Buy British." This slogan is featured in British magazine advertisements adver-tisements in Argentina even now. |
