The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1957-11-26
Letters To Editor
Trained Diplomats
American Need
Editor Of Herald.
Editor Of Herald:

Editor Of Herald
The most important thing for
America at the present time is to
possess the good will of all ma
tons But. we must also remain
prepared in order that present
dictators, as those of the past.
who think they can conquer the
world. will change their minds
when they consider the United
States as the power for world
peace. Therefore. we must con-
tinue TO have the best Naval Of
ficers. the best Army Officers. and
the best Aviation Officers in the
world, and continue to maintain
an adequate military program SO
that future dictators will be afraid
to start out on war Of destruc-
ton
We are spending large amounts
for foreign aid which. in many
cases. is making enemies for us
rather than friends. A small part
Of this foreign aid program should
be used to build a school to teach
men who want to go into Foreign
Service to be the best prepared
men in the world for this type of
service. To do this, we must not
only build the school, but must
also have our very best Diplomats
as instructors. Young men who
really want to so into Foreign
Service should be selected as stu
dents
! Today. we have II colleges in
/ the United States that offer
courses to men or women who
want to go into Foreign Service.
Naturally, none of these schools
concentrate on the Foreign Serv-
ice courses. Men who finish these
courses can take their examina-
tons in IS cities throughout the
United States The examiners are
only interested in the applicants
written examinations: they know
nothing Of the applications quail
fications OF personal lives.
All of US can see and understand
that the best way to cure this
haphazard way of selecting Fore
ign Service men is to have one
school, such as the Army Navy
and Air Force have. BY emphasiz-
ing proper training and ohServa-
ton only the best men would be
selected for Foreign Service. Our
country should pay these men we'll
for this type Of work. instead of
paying them four thousand dollars
per year as we now pay our Con-
suls. You cannot get good men
without paying them enough
These Consuls. who are located in
all main seaport towns, should be
men working themselves up from
Consuls to Ambassadors. There are
10 grades in the Foreign Service
all begin with the lowest grade as
Consul.
| Another reason why we cannot
get proper men to enter the For
| eign Service is that we select our
Ambassadors and Ministers as po-
litical payoffs many are rich
men and politicians who have no,
the least idea OF what Foreign
Service means. We should discon-
tinue these political payoffs. and
permit the best qualified men to
enter the work as ConSuis, and
work themselves up to full Am
bassadors Instead Of selecting a
politician as Secretary Of State
select the man bests qualified for
the job Of Secretary Of State. we
could then lock forward TO hav,ne
the world as our friends instead
Of as our enemies. We could ex-
pect this change in policy to bring
good will and friendship for our
country This would prevent little
and big wars. A really qualified
diplomat is far more important te
our country than sailors, soldiers
marines and aviatnrS. we must
have the best qualified men il
Foreign Service. II We can keer
peace, friendship and good will
we will not have TO fight.
fiease write Your congressman
ana senators Advocate this
change that have suggested in
selecting and training men for
Foreign Service.
3. Throckmorton Tally
MD.