Evening star., 1934-01-12
BULL|TT CONFIRMED
AS RUSSIAN ENVOY
Republican Senators Fear
Recognition May Affect
Relations With Japan.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Passing up its opportunity to voice
d protest against the recognition oi
Russia, the Senate late yesterday con-
firmed, without q record vote, the ap-
pointment of william c. Bullitt OF
Pennsylvania as Ambassador.
Only two speeches were made dur
ing the consideration of the Bullitt
appointment. In this discussion, car
ried en- by Senators Vanderberg, Re-
publican, Of Michigan. and Robinson
Republican, of Indiana, 1t was asserted
that the recognition of Russia was un-
timely and might affect the delicate
situation" involving Japan.
The Bullitt nomination was one oi
almost three-score appointments ap-
proved without record vote yesterday.
In the group Of confirmations were
two Assistant Secretaries Of State r
Walton Moore Of Virginia and Francis
B. Sayre of Massachusetts, Confirma-
ton of the nomination of a Third As
sistant Secretary, Sumner Welles, for
mer Ambassador to Cuba, was held UP
temporarily at the request of Senator
Borah, Republican, Of Idaho.
Other ENJOYS Approved.
In addition to Bullitt, the Senate
approved 10 other nominations of Am
bassadors and Ministers.
A half dozen appointments to Fed
eral posts in the Post Office Depart
ment, Treasury. Federal Trade Com
mission, the new Federal Deposit In
Surance Corporation and the Farm
Credit Administration were approved
Other combinations included Hal H
Sewer, Texas, as Ambassador to Chile
William w. HoweS, South Dakota. First
Assistant. and Harllee Branch, Georgia
Second Assistant Postmaster General
James M. Lands, Massachusetts. Fed.
eral Trade Commissioner; Walter j
Cummings, Illinois, and Ebert G. Ben
nett, Utah, directors Of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation.
The following foreign Ministers were
confirmed:
Post Wheeler, Washington, Albania
George H. Earle, Sd, Pennsylvania, Aus
tria; Fay A. Des Portes, South Carolina
Bolivia Frederick Se5 A steIling Texas %
York, Columbia, Leo r. Sack. PennSyl.
vania. Costa Rica: Bert Fish. Florida
iand, Eseonia: se A Edward iesS A1brisSt reH FEN
neSSee, Finland; Matthew E. Hanna
Ohio, Guatemala: w. w, Mcdowell
Montana, Irish Free State; Grenville T
Emmet. New York, Netherlands; Arthur
Bliss Lane, New York, Nicaragua; An
tonic c. Gonzalez. New York, Panama;
Meredith Nicholson, Indiana, Paraguay;
William H .Hornibrook. Utah, Persia;
James Marion Baker, South Carolina
Siam; Charles S. Wilson, Maine, Yugo-
slavia.
The following Farm Credit Admins
tration appointments were confirmed
Albert S. Goss, Washington, Land Bank
commissioner, and Francis w. Peck
Minnesota, Cooperative Bank commits
sioner.
World Trade Efforts.
In discussing the Russian situation in
connection with the Bullitt confirmation
Senator Vandenberg said Russia must
perpetually live up to her pledge to drop
all communistic propaganda activities in
the United States If relations between
the two nations are to continue. .
Robinson, noting that foreign trade
had figured largely in the reasons for
recognition, said World trade has
tended to disappear in recent years, "
but that despite that, ''the United States
seems to have become more information
ally minded, opening up her markets