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he retired effective December 81,
1915.
Now so years old. Mr.. Armour has
made his home since retirement at
Gladstone, N. ]. He has spent some
time during the summer months at
Manchester, N. H., and in Canadas.
and passed part Of last summer at
Nassau. He recently returned to
New Jersey after visiting in Virginia.
Mr.. Braden's resignation is et-
fective June 80 Mr.. Armour's APP
pointment is expected to be an
nounced before then. possibly this
week.
Mr.. Braden resigned after Sec
Rotary Marshall and President Tru-
man acted to settle differences with
Argentina on a basis unsatisfactory
to him and overruled his objections
to hemisphere armed forces stand
ardization program which would in
volye supplying arms to Latin Amer
lean nations.
The White House avoided any
mention of this policy rift. It made
public an exchange of letters, in
which Mr.. Braden asked to be re-
lieved because of, an imperative
need to return to private business,
and Mr.. Truman accepted his resig-
nation reluctantly" with praise for
his outstanding" public service.
Would Relieve Undersecretary.
Gen. Marshall decided to pick an
experienced diplomat for this Job
and give him responsibility for all
four of the geographical offices
handling policy matters to help ease
the load on the Undersecretary Of
State.
Robert A. Lovett, former Assistant
Secretary of War, takes over the
undersecretary post July 15frorn the
veteran Dean Acheson, who is re-
turning to private law practice Mr..
Lovett is working as a special as
sistant with Mr.. Acheson now to
absorb as much background as pos
sible before assuming his new re-
sponsibility.
Directors of the European, Far
Eastern and Near Eastern Offices
have reported directly to the Under
secretary since James c. Dunn, for
mer Assistant Secretary with re-
sponsibility over them, was made
Ambassador to Italy last July. His
post in the department was not
dlled.
This situation left the Under
secretary directly responsible under
Gen. Marshall for co-ordinating
policy matters affecting all the four
geographical areas. Under the new
setup, he will be able to delegate
much OF this responsibility to the
new assistant secretary, and will be
saved much time and detail work In
dealing with one man instead OF
four.
The director OF the Once OF
American Republic Affairs also will
have some increased responsibility
in the changed setup. Instead OF
reporting to an assistant secretary
devoting his full time to Latin Amer
lean affairs, as was Mr. Braden, he
will be responsible to the new as
sistant secretary, overseeing the
three other geographical Offices as
we'll.
Briggs May Go to Europe.
Ellis o. Briggs. a veteran career
diplomat, now is director of the
Latin American Office. There have
been some reports he might be
given an assignment abroad in view
of his close association with Mr.
Braden, but these could not be con-
armed.
Mr.. Armour's experience includes
service as Minister to Haiti and
Canada and Ambassador to Chile
and Argentina. as we'll as to Spain.
Born in England in 1887 of Amer
lean parents, Mr.. Armour served In
the American Embassy in Austria
before World War T and during his
long foreign service career served
in various posts in Russia, Japan,
Italy, Belgium and France, His