The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-24

HETEROGENEOUS Result has been a hydra headed shakeup which has undone all that it has done.
 In that part of the State De- partmeht located in Washington, the cleanup has been effective and to the point. But in that part located outside of Washing ton-the er1voys abroad-the cleanup has put back into the saddle the career clique which had lobbied itself into favor and lush position during the days of Frank B. Kellogg and Calvin Coolidge.
 Funny part of it all is that COrdeIl Hull was a member of Congress during the days when the white-spat boys s0ft-sOaped their way to the top; and al- though he may deny it now, he was among the democratic Fni- nority which drowned upon their high-tariff h0sannas and their lf-advancement. In fact the late Joe Robinson led a demo- cratic inspired investigation of the entire career service.
 But now, as secretary of state, MT. Hull finds himself in the position of boosting these same boys up the ladder.
 Dear Old Harvard
 The dear old Harvard clique has come back again. And, irci- dentally, it is not MT. Hull who has put 1t back, but his chief in the White House, Franklin Roose- welt, Harvard '04.
 Most amazanig thing about the career clique's comeback is the fact that it had been pretty well dispersed by Hoover. No matter what else he may have done in his administration, Hoover dur ing his long experience abroad had had experience with Ameri- can envoys and recognized the value of a good diplomatic house. cleaning.
 Roosevelt has now undone most of Hoover's work. In so doing he has rewarded men who fit iden- tically with the definition of economic royalist" against whom he breaches and who, furthermore, do not rate particularly high in their profession.
 Career Men!
 Here are some of the career gentlemen whom he has put back in positions of command:
 FRANKLIN MOTT GUNTHER, Harvard '07, was among the career clique promoted by Frank B. Kellogg. Although he had never been to Mexico, he was chief of Kellogg's Mexican Division at the time when the state department was writing scathing notes to Gales and putting Mexico lon trial before the world"
 Finally, to get him out of the Mexican picture, Coolidge stepped in and made him min- ister to Egynt. This is con- sidered a most inn0cuous post where even the most blnndering diplomat can do no harm. Then Hoover house se-cleaned him out of the service.
 When Roosevelt came in, some of Gunther's career friends took pity on him and got him the job of Minister to Ecuador. But Gunther turned up his nose and declined. He has been digging up ruins in Persia until recently, when his career friends again staged a comeback and go. him appointed Minister to Rumania.
 Gunther is extremely wealthy, goes to Scotland every year for the grouse-shooting, hob-nobs only with the social elite, and will know no more about what is going on in Rumania than he does in the U. s. A.
 HUGH K. WILSON is the son of a Chicago shirt-nlanufacture who got tired of the haberdash- cry business and decided to make diplomacy a career. As such he has been shrewd, ruthless and definitely successful.
 He was a member of the State Department Personnal Board during Kellogg's days, and as such participated in get ting himself made Minister tO Switzerland. In this post he was ardently anti-League of Nations while the isolationist republicans were in power, and ardentIy prO-League of Nations when the more internationally minded democrats were in power.
 In fact, at one time he wanted to have himself made American High Commissioner to the League.
 Roosevelt has TOW brought Will son back to Washington to be Assistant Secretary of State.
 LELAND HARRISON, Harvard 'O7, is affablc, fairly able a staunch republican economic royalist, and has a profound horror of flies.
 When Hoover transferred him from Sweden to be Minister to