Evening star., 1934-02-11

Representative Edith Nourse Rogers
,f Massachusetts,, member of the Com
rlittee on Foreign Affairs of the House
Of Representatives, Is so concerned
over the plight of the members of
the diplomatic corps abroad and other
personnel serving the Government in
foreign countries that recently, when
invited, she made an earnest plea for
their relief before the subcommittee
of the Committee on Appropriations
Of the House.
If living conditions due to reduced
income are such as Mrs. Rogers in
formation would lead one to believe,
the situation is indeed grave. She
almost brought tears to the eyes of
the committee when she told in her
own sympathetic way how families
were broken up because husbands
have not SUFFICIENT means to keep their
wives and children with them at their
posts abroad and are sending them
back to the States to live with their
relatives.
A newly appointed Ambassador in
q personal letter to the Secretary of
State says: My own actual salary,
considering reduction and the loss in
about AZ per cent. That is a muir
derous slash"
This same Ambassador calls atten-
ton to the contract for the embassy
which he made in dollars instead of
pesetas. thus saving his Government
thousands-but he adds: THE effect
on the service generally has been
exceedingly bad" He also complains
that out of his reduced salary he is
paying the doorman of the chancel-
lery and the night watchman. Mrs.
Rogers cites cases in the consular
service that are most distressing, and
she says the existing conditions are
telling on the morale of the service
1t looks like the diplomatic serv-
ice is in for hard shedding during
this session Of Congress If RepreSen-
tative Oliver of Alabama and Repre-
sentative Britten of Illinois should put
their threats into practice. Repre-
sentative Britten objects strenuously
to members of the diplomatic corps
using the broad "a" and says he
has frequently found American diplo-
mats wearing monocles, yellow neck
ties, blue spats and pink shirts-this
combination ought to bar any man
from the service-but If he comes
from tidewater Virginia or Boston it
would be cruel to deprive him of his
broad as" which are natural to him.
A new member of Congress is Gu
rious about the workings of the Dlv1-
sion of Protocol and Conferences of
the State Department, and seems to
think the activities are social stunts
for the parading Of striped trousers,
toppers and spats. That the daily
routine of the chief is just one round
of social functions-with a capi-
tai "f"
This division or bureau was known
by different designations until 1928,
when Secretary Kellogg announced
the establishment of division to be
known as the Division of Protocol
and later it had, "and Conferences, ;"
added The division occupies a large
suite In the State Department. facing
the executive offices, and is a sort
of liaison between the White House,
the diplomatic corps and the de-
partment-besides making arrange
ments for international conferences.
congresses. expositions and conven-
tions in which the United States par
ticipates. at home or abroad.
For instance, Mr.. James Clement
Dunn, chief of the division. accom-
panied Secretary Hull to the con-
ference at Montevideo, taking charge
of details of the Governments par
ticipation in the conference, as well
as relieving the Secretary of all petty
details and arrangements relative to
social functions.
When the King and Queen of Siam
pay their anticipated visit at the
White House in April, as guests of
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt,
Mr.. Dunn will make all arrangements
for their reception and entertainment,
from the time they arrive on Ameri-
can soil until they cease to be off,
cial guests of the Nation. There are
many other activities which come
under the Division Of Protocol and
Conferences, and it is perhaps the
only bureau in the executive branch
OF the Government whose duties are
not duplicated.
Petite Anne Morrow Lindbergh is
the first woman to get the pick Of
the decorations Of the National Geo.
graphic Society," The Hubbard Gold
Medal was given her the other day in
recognition of her brilliant work as a
radio operator, aerial navigator and
co-pilot with her distinguished hus-
band. She Is now in the class with
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary.
When Col and Mrs. Lindbergh ar
rived at Lisbon they were met by the
American Minister and Mrs. Caldwell,
whose guests they were while there.
Two nights they slept aboard their
nnonoplane, the Albatross, on an arm
Of the Mino River, near Valenca,
Portugal.
Sir Henry Wood, conductor of the
Queens Hall concerts in London and
guest conductor of the New York