Show H ARLES HUGHES HIGH HIED OFFICE resignation COMES AS SUR SUFI PRISE TO washington NO WARNING GIVEN after twenty years in public Ser service victr once candidate for president to step down to private life washington charles E hughes will retire from the cabinet on march 4 and frank B kellogg Kel logt now ambassador to london will succeed him as secretary of state mr hughes has placed his res resignation g in the hands of president coolidge with a reaffirmation affirmation rc of loyalty to his chief but with an insistent request that alter after nearly twenty years of public service he he be permitted to return to private life the president accepting the decision expressed regret warmly praised the retiring secre record of accomplishment since he took charge of the count rys foreign affairs four years ago and bespoke for him a well merited repose after the cares of public responsibility ambassador kellogg already familiar with many of the out outstanding g problems of foreign policy through his service at a succession of european conferences probably will como come to washington soon to serve for a few weeks in the state department before he takes his new post in march ills his successor at london has not been selected announcement of the impending change was made at the white house and was heard with surprise by most of official washington mr air hughes had indicated that lie desired sonic some time in the future to leave public office and recoup his private fortunes by resuming the practice of law but sorrie some of those nearest him in official life believed he would remain for at least another year at af the head of the state department the suddenness of the announcement accentuated the rumors of a break with the white house which follow all resignations from the cabinet but none of these reports appeared to carry the color of buthen there have leen many evidences that the president and his secie tary of state not only were in agreement on all a major questions of foreign policy but that mr air was consulted by his chief as well on many questions of domestic policy A few hours before the correspondence was given out secretary hughes left washington for atlanta to attend a meeting of the executive committee of the american bar association of which he is president neither liia his office nor the white house would add anything to the published letters beyond the announcement of mr air kelloggs selection as the new secretary of f state |