Evening star., 1933-06-30

In Dr. William E. Dodd, soon to take
| up his duties as American Ambassador
to Germany, 1t is evident that a new
| and different kind Of diplomat comes
into the picture. Here's the inside
story Of his appointment: One of two
| conditions agreed to by the President
was that DR.. Dodd Is not to be sub.
ject to criticism by Government off,
cials. either in Washington or in Ber-
lin, for living within the allowance fol
the ofice-that Is, he is not to sacrifice
the small savings of lifetime in order
| to indulge in useless display in Ger
| many. The traditions Of our diplo-
| matte service. especially among the
younger element, br. Dodd feels. have
been leaning more and more in the
direction of extravaganza. The Presi-
dent said, when he called DR.. Dodd In
Chicago, that he wished a university
man in Berlin. Prof. Dodd replied
that he would have to live the univer-
sity life If he accepted the appoint
ment. The latter thereupon ensued.
Most of Ambassador Dodd's Small
savings of a lifetime" are represented
by his model dairy farm at Round Hill
in Loudoun County. Va, about SO
miles from the White House. He is
intensely proud of the fact that the
property is not and never has been in
need Of farm relief" He thinks he
has worked out a procedure there
which. If applied to the country, would
solve the problem Of unemployment. 1t
is little old farm of high fertility.
which yields IA whites and colored
persons a living, pays taxes and nets
the owner about 2 per cent on the In
vestment The farm conforms to the
instructions Of the Maryland and Vlr-
Rinia Milk Producers Association and
does not contribute to the surplus
| except when so directed.
The new Ambassador of the United
States will arrive at his post not long
after DR.. Hans Luther, German Am
bassador at Washington, reaches Berlin
during this week end, on a leave OF alb
sence, following barely two months
service here. Ostensibly, the reason
for his trip is to bring his family to
Washington, but obviously its purpose
must be, his Washington colleagues feel
to acquaint the Hitler government with
American reaction to recent events at
Berlin. which have caused wide reper-
cussions in the United States, mainly
the Nazis' persecution of the Jews. DR..
Luther will be called upon to report to
Chancellor Hitler that the anti-Sem1tic
crusade at length evoked official and
critical attention in the highest quarters
at Washington. Senator Joe T. Rob-
inson's vigorous condemnation OF Hit
lerism in the Senate on June 10 was
undoubtedly delivered with approval OF
the Roosevelt administration, following,
as it did, Immediately on the heels OF
the Democratic Senate leaders cruise
with the President aboard the Sequoia.
Mr.. Robinson has received literally
thousands Of commendatory letters from
all parts Of the country. About the
same time Acting Secretary of State
Phillips permitted the American Jewish
Congress to announce that the State
activities in Germany with abiding in
terest and stands ready to do what
ever it can to abate them. DR.. Luther,
too, can report to the Nazi chief that
American protest against the anti
Semitic program long since ceased to
be voiced only by American Jews, and
has become a remonstrance in which
all the forces Of American public opin-
ion, regardless of creed, are now allied
in the common name of humanity.
Evidently they've discovered" the
Honorable George Higgins Moses in
London. An editorial from the Eve
ming Standard, dated June Is, has Just
arrived in Washington. reading as fol-
lows: "The Cynical Senator" Senator
Moses, the Republican watchdog at the
Conference, said Of the American Sec
retary Of States opening speech: u
was considerably impressed when ]
heard the speech first" Mr..
Hull, the cynical Senator explained
had been making the same speech for
| the past twenty years.
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Secretary Of Agriculture Henry A.
Wallace was visited this week by his