Imperial Valley press., 1936-12-20
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News Behind the News
The Bullitt Influence =. He's Big Mdn
In Foreign Affairs and No~ He's
In Big Place

u,.c11NcTON- time Roosevelt makes
a., ;mnortant move in the field of international
affairs insiders start peeklng pehlno scehes i0'
a trace of Ambassador William L buniIt -
Rullitt isn't very popular among the career
men of the Foreign Service, but he Stlll mas d
large drag with the president, VINO listens "
him intently. ,, - +,,a
paris is the most important as well as tne
most interesting of the continental diplomatic
posts today Transfer of the wealthy ana sun
rather Young Philadelphian to our embassy 1iiele
from Moscow after he and the RUSSIANS nau
mutually become tired of each otner llolcateu
Rooseyelt's respect and liking for nlm
Around the State Department Bulntt Is now
being credited or blamed for such recent nap
penings as the appointment OF JOSEPH -. I 49,
TO the Moscow post and the presidents oroer tnau
dinlomatic and consular officers submit ther
RESERVATIONS hereafter when they wish TO marry
aliens.
Bullitt. one hears, is convinced that Euro
naan war is perhaps only a matter OF weeks In
time of war the nationality OF olpiemaIlc
wives" often becomes embarrassing
In Moscow, Built found that not Sifigle
member of his staff had an American-born wl1e.
He told the president a dinner to his Stalf re-
sembled a League of Nations meeting He Sug-
gested it was time to crack down ana cleaf tiie
decks much as possible ElghUeen pei 80 80
of American foreign service officers. and nearly
20 per cent of the foreign service clerks are
married to aliens-a total of about $50 forelgn-
born women in American embassies ana con-
SulateS. wa.
some of the careerists are sore at Bullitt.
accusing him of a case of spy fever Otners
think his point well taken
Il is inconcevable that Roosevelt flled the
Moscow post without conrulting Bullltt ana
other diplomats are saying Bullitt urged the
president to appoint hardboned man VINO
wouldn't be sympathetic to the Soviet Union.
Also going the rounds is yarn that Roosevelt
offered Davies the Moscow job in the belief
that he wouldn't accept anything less than Paris
or London.
The Davies appointment tends to become
more inexplhable if you get around backstage
and discover that the president was hardly
obligated to this smart practitioner OF corpor-
ate and international law, despite the fact that
Davies had made heavy personal contributors
to the Democratic campaign and had collected
about 100000 for the party.
Joe had been pretty well taken care OF be-
fore He hired out to lobby for Dictator TruJuo
of the so-called Dominican Republic promising
TO get Trujilos foreign debit amounting to
about SIS 600 900. adjusted much easier terms.
When the State department frowned on the
proposal Davies took it TO the White House
Roosevelt interviewed and the deal was made
The president may have been fully justifid by
the facts but it certainly was pretty nice
favor TO joe who had been promised a fee OF
S450e00 from a country whose annual budget
is only about six millions.
1t is true, of course that Davies hasn't col
lected all the fee yet. First he got 100000, then
Sl50O00 more but Trujillo still has the other
100000. It's understood Davies was also ex-
pected to get Trujillo new loan. He didn't