The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-04-26


heavily for counsel These are tue
rmdcrsScrciary and the assistant sec
! reiarles OF state. Any one OF them
may al any time he called upon to act
rs secretary and gain fame as LOOMS,
| acting" or Davis, acting" when the
! premier" In away. These men are
the immediate council or cabinet OF
the state department. They must know
the details o. American foreign Affairs
~ thoroughly as the secretary himself
IN recent years they have been men
brought up In the diplomatic serV.
leo. and they are not considered az 20
lllical sppolntees.
The undsrsserstary.
Secretary Hughes has already select
ed his four associates. Three OF them
are new TO the particular Offices. but
! the faces are not unknown IL the de
partment. The undersecrctnry Of
state. Henry r. Fletcher. succeeds Nor
man n. Davis as right bower" to the
secretary of state. The new assistant
secretary OF state, Fred Morris Dear
! ing Of Missouri. tlls the chair until
recently occupied by william Philips
! Of Massachusetts. while the new third
assistant secretary Of state. Robert
Woods Bliss Of New York. has taken
over the duties OF Van Suntvoord Merle
Smith. also OF New York. All thres
are college graduates and have won
their spurs In the American dipio
matte service.
The State department would be like
"'Humlet' without Hamlet without Its
veteran and distinguished second as
sistant secretary, Alvey Augustus
Adee. He has rounded out more than
half q century In the American dip.
lomatic service. Tie was appointed
secretary Of legation at Madrid on
September o. 1870, was transferred to
the State department In 1877, and has
been there ever since. lie Is now
rounding. ont his thirty.fif,h year a.
second assistant secretary. lie Ia the
departments greatest living authority
In diplomatic preccdents, controls all
OF the outgoing correspondence OF
the department, IL the diplomatic form
expert Of the government, has the last
peep OF every important note and tclc.
gram dispatched, and through his gen.
ius and knowledge alone the Amcrl.
can government has missed many
dangerous foreign pitfall.
Work Through Divisions.
Under the supervision OF the secre-
tary, assisted by his undersccrctary
and three assistant secretaries. the
department handles It's affairs through
separate divisions in the Offices OF
solicitor, chief clerk, foreign trade adj.
wiser, the bureaus OF accounts, appoint
monts, indexes and archives and rolls
and library the diplomatic and con.
sulGr bureau, the divisions OF foreign
Intelligence, Far Eastern affairs, Near
Eastern aftuirs, I.atln.American affairs.
Western European affairs. Russian at
fairs. Mexican affairs, passport con.
I troll and division Of foreign intelli.
! gence. Since the armistlce II has been
handling the work OF the war trade
| board.
The assistant secretaries OF state,
besides their particular functions OF
supervision over certain divisions and
bureaus allotted TO them, have general
executive duties and act rs advisers
To the secretary Of state.
The consular representatives are
really the eyes ard ears OF the business
| life OF America, forming great gov.
ernmentnl organization which covers
! the whole earth. II embraces upward
Of flfty consuls general aud 600 con
suls, vice cunsuls and consular agents
exclusive of Interpreters, students and
other attaches OF cOnsulates. They ar,
assigned both TO cities aud districts
and one OF their chief duties Is to oh
tain and report economic information
with view to extending American
trade.
The director OF the consular Serv
ice, Wilbur J. Carr, has been In tn,
state department since 1892, ana ne
secretary has been able to dlspcns,
with his services, His right-land MAI
lie Herbert G. Hengstler who is chile
Of the consular bureau
Daily Press Conferences.
The secretary OF state maintains hi'
contact with the press by daily con
ferenCes Ia the morning al IL o'clock
and ut $40 o'clock every afternoon
Mr. Hughes has man-slzed iol
on his hands. Tie tlnds that, In ad
dillon To showing up at the depart
menl promptly at O'Clock In ia,
mornlng, II Is usually In the evening
or later when ne H. able to leave. nm,
that Il Is necessary for him TO TAX,
state papers TO his hotel at night 10
closer study OF the problems AT hand
There viii be many occasions dur
'ng his term ~ srryice when he WI
also find Il necessary to 20 10 Ia
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