The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-21

Career QlpIOmaCS, TOT the most part are men of tremendous wealth. The big bankers, the big meat packers, the big soap and drug manufacturers, the haber- dashers all have sent their sons into career diplomacy, and to most of them that part of the United States west of the Missis- sissippi is 8 vast unexpiored des- ert. Some of them also tend tow- ard the views of Franco. Mussolini or Hitler even more readily than to those of the man in the White House.
 This is partly the fault of niggardly congress, which has re- fused to vote more money for 6 service that is grossly underpaid; partly the fault of the State De- partment itself for not demand ing more money. Leaders among the career diplomats at one time opposed salary increases because they wanted the service reserved only to men well cushioned with kale. That day now has largely passed.
 Younger Men
 Today there is a group of younger men among the career diplomats, who bring in new ideas and new life, also there are at least some wealthy men in the State Department who have kept their perspective, among them Under Secretary Sumner Welles, one of the Departments most lib- eral influences; also Pierrepont Moffatt, chief of the European Division, who although twice re- lated to the J. Pierpont Morgans, retains 8 broad and objective out look.
 Rank-and-file State Department roll-call, however, is not so en- couraging. Here are some of the men, both career and political appointees, whose economic views are intertwined with the foreign affairs of the United States: Morgan, Furs, and Meat
 Joseph c. Grew, Ambassador to Japan and former Under Secre- tary of State, is related to the J. P. Morgan family, and although a man of great personal charm. cannot get away from that fact.
 Franklin Mott Guntaer, Minis ter to Rumania, is a member of the family famous for Gunther furs, though he says as little as possible about it.
 John Cudahy, Minister, to Ire land and former ambassador to Palonda, is 8 member of the fa- nous meat-packing family. A po- litical appointee rather than a career diplomat, his views are es- sentially similar.
 James c. Dunn, political adviser to Secretary Hull, married into the Armour meat-packing family. Educated abroad, he has been one Of the staunch Francoites in the State Department.
 Norman Armour, ambassador to Chile and former Minister to Can- ada. also is a member of the meat packing family bearing that name. He has, however, an excellent rec- ord.
 Shirts, Soap, Cash Registers
 William Phillips, Ambassador to Rome and former Under Secretary of State, also is related to the J. P. Morgan family. The cost of maintaining the American En- bassy in Rome, incidentally, is such that the ambassador must be a man of tremendous wealth.
 Alexander w. Weddell, ambas- sadOr to Argentina, married Mrs. Virginia Chase Steedman, wealthy St. Louis widow, while she was on a world tour and while he was consul general in Calcutta. Now he no longer needs to be a con- sul general.
 Hugh Wilson, ambassador to Germany, and one of the chief Nazi-Fascist friends In the ser- vice, is scion of the famous VII. son Brothers shirt manufacturers in Chicago.
 Alexander Kirk, counselor of the American Embassy in Moscow, is scion of the family which originated Kirk's soap and other brands. Kirk is among the few who have kept their heads above water.
 Ed Reed, counselor of the Ameri- can Embassy in Rome, also is 8 haberdasher. His family runs the Reed clothing stores in Phila- delphia.
 Jefferson Patterson, secretary of the American Legation in Nor- way, is son of the National Cash Register family of Dayton, Ohio.
 Henry Norweb, minister to Haiti, comes from wealthy Cleve-