The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-31
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

Lulu 4AoAAAoA 10 uOW III oII-
tain, having left Washington be-
fore the votes were counted In the
recent election. He is expected
back some time in the early fall
but few people expect him 20
stay. Even il the Conservatives
had won, 1t is believed doubtful
that the tall, lanky nobleman
would have returned to Wash
ington for any length of time.
Now that Labor has won its
overwhelming victory, 1t seems
almost certain that he will return
to his Yorkshire home for good.
Halifax came here at the very
beginning of Americas partici-
patton in the war. Never before
had Anglo-American relation
ships taken on such enormous
importance. In addition he sue
ceeded the highly popular Lord
Lothian who had died tragical-
~ on Dec. IL, l941-just five
days after Pearl Harbor.
ARRIVES IN STYLE
THE fact that Churchill chose
his foreign minister and one of
the chief members of the inner
war cabinet to come to the Uni
ted States as ambassador is an IN
dication Of the Importance as
signed to the post. On top of
that, Churchill sent HALIFAX 20
America aboard Britain's new
est and finest battleship, the
King George v.
To give point to the crucial
nature of his mission, President
Roosevelt personally went 20
meet the boat when it anchored
in Chesapeake Bay, an honor
previously reserved only for
heads of states.
Despite all this, the appoint
ment of Lord Halifax drew loud
cries of anguish from many left
wingers who were suspicious Of
his conservative views. Many
Washingtonians also believed
that the supposedly austere am
bassador would renew the chilly
atmosphere which had pervaded
the huge embassy on Massachu-
sets avenue until it had been
lifted by the ebullient Lothian.
It is doubtful If any ambas-
sador ever had a bigger Job than
Halifax, or that any ever work
ed harder at it. Naturally austere
or not, Lord Halifax started
learning about Americans and
making friends with them. Per-
maps no ambassador of a foreign
power has covered so much
american territory.
HALIFAX SURPRISE
EVERYONE
INSTEAD of remaining in the
customary orbit of diplomats
which may include Washington.
New York, Florida, and New
England for the summers, Hall
fax visited such places as Mont.
gomery, Ala, and Oklahoma
City. He wore 10-gallon hats and
Indian headdresses, in the we'll
established custom of public fig
ures in the U. S., and his
speeches were events in many
out-of-the-way places. He filled
the subsidiary posts in his en-
hassy with many young, able
end friendly people. Today a
labor leader is as apt to be as
welcome at the embassy a
socially prominent international
banker, perhaps more so.
II Lord Halifax worked hard,
SO did his wife. A small likable
woman, she soon was on easy
terms with Washington, and
helped her husband make friends
on his many trips.
Washington will miss the Hall
faxes and is wondering what
kind of a man will be picked n
succeed him. Some Britishers "a
the capital believe that a train
ed career man like Sir Archibald
Clark Kerr, now his Britannia
Majesty's ambassador at Moscow
will be chosen. Others think that
a prominent member of the La
Dor Party will be sent.
In any case, he will have hard
time equally the Halifax record