The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-09-14
Observations
Selection of L. S.
Ambassador For
French Difficult
BY Helen Essary

As Allied victory prepares TO
take its last German hurdle in the
march on Berlin, you begin to hear
talk about the people who will rep
resent the United States in Ger
many and France And for that
matter everywhere where the AL
lies have cleaned out the AXIS
sCourge.
II is 10 be expected that the
United States diplomatic appoln'
tees 10 Germany will be civilian
storm centers (The commotion
about the Murphy.Reber team for
example,
Not for a long time have civilian
Knockers been able 10 get them
selves into a swivel about the go
ings on of their own kind. 'Twasn /
patriotic Nor cricket. in the words
Of our English kinfolk. Now, with
success ahead, the lid is off. Bring
on all the old prejudices
Who's going 10 represent the
United States in France is a sub
ject causing, relatively. no pain to
press and public when compared
with anguish over the choice or
delegation to Germany.
The choice for ambassador 10
Paris seems 10 lie between those
TWO old sfavorites, Anthony DreXel
Biddle, extremely experienced ami
bassador-at.large TO most OF the
once occupied countries, and Nor
man Armour, former United States
representative TO uneasy Argen'
tina
Armour, who did a brilliant job
at Buenos Aires, was earnestly con
sidered for the post OF undersec.
rotary of state given TO Edward
Stettinius, Jr., when Sumner Welles
resigned. He is now acting chief
for Latin American republics.
Now that the horseracing sea
son is on. il might be almost as
much fun TO bet on who's going TO
he the United States ambassador II
Paris as which four-legged prima
donna will come in first.
Selden Chaplin just left Algiers to
take UP his duties as charge DAT
flares at Paris. Chaplin was coul.
sellor of mission in charge OF the
United States representation 10 the
French Committee OF National Lib
Grafton in Africa. (Phew! But that
is what Chaplin was His new post
plan charge sounds relatively
simple
The United States STAFF at Paris
is small and is being built up rs
rapidly as possible. Chaplin has
taken with him from Algiers George
Renchard who was secretary in the
Office OF the United States Ms
sion there and Boies c. Hart an
other secretary at the mission.
Hart was in China before he
went to Algiers.
Benchard is well known In Wash
ington. He was in State Secretary
Cordell Hulls office and married
the pretty Stellita Stapleton. both
accomplishments OF note.)
Another popular young Washing
ton diplomat, Morris Chapman, will
be second secretary OF the United
States embassy at Paris. Chic
man has a beautiful French wife,
born Fanny characteristics. who
used 10 be an active worker in the
National Woman's party. Mrs.
Chapman recently had word that
her family has survived the Nazi
occupation OF Paris.
Preparations are being made in
several agencies and departments
not previously concerned with the
government OF the occupied and
conquered countries to send officers
and assistants abroad to help in
the settling OF the international
confusion
Special courses Of 80 days inten-
sive study in various foreign Ian
guages and customs are being Of
fered 70 volunteers for overseas
duty.
Since the war preparations are
definitely slackening, It would ap-
pear that now is the moment TO
clarity the continued call for vol
unters in the WACS, SPARS, |
WAVES and Lady Marines. IL can
not be possible that many new
recruits are needed in the women's
uniformed services. Yet the cam.
psigns 90 on.