The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-16
KENNEDY GAINS UNUSUAL NICHE
 IN DIPLOMACY
Ambassadors Name Is Known Among All
 Classes of British
BY FREDERICK KUH United Press Staff Correspondent)

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 London, June 16.-(UP)-Am- bassador Joseph P. Kennedy, here only since March 2, already has become legendary figure.
 London's bus drivers, hairdres- CTS and bricklayers, unlikely to know of any foreign envoy here, are fa- miliar with Kennedy's name.
 He has been popularized and "humanized" and the starch remov- ed from his diplomatic shirt from the moment he set foot on English soil.
 Kennedy" remarked one ob- server, "does not regard Britain simply as the repository of ances- tral bones."
 The vast wheels of publicity have been set in motion to acquaint Britons with Kennedy as the father of nine children, the man who made hole in one at Stoke Poges golf course and who blocked American debutantes bent on lowing their way to social eminence at the royal court. The London Cockney as well as the nobleman also has been made aware that Mrs. Kennedy is a wo- man of exceptional beauty.
 Carves Niche Rapidly
 Nowadays such publicity is the stuff of which even diplomatic fame is woven. Against this background has arisen the figure of a 49-year- old American ambassador, who is reputed within few weeks to have won the confidence of British cabi. net ministers.
 The snowfall of legend grows swiftly.
 Why, Kennedy is running Brit- ain," exclaimed an agitated British journalist, representative of re- spected conservative daily, talking with this correspondent one day.
 Leaving such exuberant opinions aside, there remains the fact that Kennedy has made friends and a reputation here with amazing ra- pidity. However inexperienced he may be in international politics, the belief that he enjoys the confi- dence of President Roosevelt to an unusual degree has endowed Ken- nedy with great influence in Lon- don. The British think if anything vital occurs and Kennedy makes recommendations to Washington, they will be listened to intently.
 But if he is known as Roosevelt's friend, Kennedy also is regarded as 8 man of "safe" political and economic views.
 While regarding his principal function as reporting the British scene to President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Cordell Hull ac- curately and unbiased the new am. bassador has lost no time in telling responsible Britons what's what in the United States.
 Stresses No. Tie-Up
 His favorite theme, on which he has been dwelling in many a talk with Britain's rulers, is the United States, refusal to consider any polis tical tie-up abroad-and "abroad,S he has made clear, naturally inA cludes that fifth of the globes surA face called the British Empire.
 Notwithstanding the British pre-. ference for facing the political dilemma first and for arguing that soldiers, bayonots and bombers must be removed from the international highways to smooth the path for merchants, Kennedy has made constant refrain here of his belief that the economic attack is more important than the political.
 However new he is at the diplo- matic game, soon after his arrival Kennedy turned an influential enemy into friend. An important diplomat had information that Ken- nedy's sentiments toward the di. plomat's country have been anything but friendly. When they first met socially here, Kennedy drew the diplomat aside, gossiped with him as though they had been Harvard roommates and, at the close of their talk assured the man that it had been not only pleasure but a rare delight to have chatted with such candor and in conversation SO free of the clap-trap of diplomacy. It was the European diplomat, SO pleased, who told the story.