Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-05
CUSTOM DEGREES
DIPLOMATS RESIGN
Appointees and Career
Men Quit as New Presi-
dent Takes Office. !.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The fate of So American diplomats
abroad &c of them political appointees
and the remainder career" men pro-
NOTED from the classified foreign serv-
ice, will rest with President Hoover.
BY custom, the resignation of all will
be placed in his hands when he assumes
the presidency. His plans are unre-
vealed. Any wholesale change OF per-
sonnet at the heads of the diplomatic
missions would be unprecedented in
modern times.
There are men of long, loyal service
in both groups Their experience ana
understanding of international problems
are of value to new President. Inere
are. too. in the political group, men
whose influence would be great with
any Republican administration. 1t is
to that they owe their present appoint
ments.
Non-Career Men.
Nine of the Is non-career men are
Ambassadors and II are Ministers. In
the entire list there are Ia Ambassadors,
each receiving Sl7,500 a year, and SO
with the rank of Minister or Minister
Resident, most of whom draw $4,000
salary.
The 81 men taken from the classified
foreign service include many with dlplo-
matte careers extending back for long
periods. Robert P. Skinner, Minister to
Greece, entered the service 81 years ago
as consul st Marseilles, France. He was
consul general at London for 10 years.
H. Percival Dodge. Minister to Den
mark, began his diplomatic career as
third secretary in the embassy in 1899.
Five of the former officers of the CLASH
fed foreign service are Ambassador
Robert woods Bliss, in Argentina Hugh
Gibson, in Belgium; Edwin v. Morgan.
in Brazil; Henry P. Fletcher. who &C
companied Mr.. Hoover on his South
American goodwill tour, in Italy, and
Joseph @. Grew, in Turkey. The re-
manning % men in the category are Min
listers or Ministers Resident in the varl-
Gus parts of the world.
More Noted Men.
Some of the more noted non-career
men are Myron T. Herrick OF Cleveland,
Ambassador to France; Jacob Gould
Schurmann of Ithaca, N. Y. Amba. 'ador
to Germany; Alanson B. Houghton OF
Corning, N. Y. Ambassador to Great
Britain; Dwight w. Morrow OF Engle--
wood, N j., who has had such signal
success as Ambassador to Mexico.
CQarleS MCNedgH, AIlUdSSduUi w 90
pan since 1925, has returned to the
United States, and reports have said
he will not return to Japan.
Others holding positions as Ambas-
sailors are William S. CulbertSon, OF
Emporia, Kans., in Chile, former Min
lister to Rumania; Noble Brandon Jul
dab of Chicago, appointed to the post
In Cuba in 1927; Alexander P. Moore
of Pittsburgh, who was popular as the
Ambassador to Spain before his rep
pointment to Peru, and Ogden j. Ham
mond of Bernardsville. N. j., who has
been Ambassador to Spain since 1895.
Serve Z or 5 Years.
In the lower diplomatic rank of Min
listers, those appointed from civil life
have served not more than seven OF
eight years in their present position
Some have had previous diplomatic ex-
perience, such as Laurits S. Swenson OF
Minneapolis. Minister to Norway. who
has been Minister to Denmark, Switzer-
land, and once before to Norway.
Charles G. Hart, Minister to Albania,
was a former Washington newspaper
correspondent, and Willis G. Cook, Min
lister to Venezuela, was publisher and
owner of the Sioux Falls. S. OAK, Daily
Press when appointed in 1871