Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1924, Page 23

FOREGN SERVEE " NOW SINGLE UNT State Department Machinery | Completely Overhauled E: Under New Statute. i The United State foreign service, Including consular and diplomatic of- Scials in a single, interchangeable Gorps, is now functioning, State De- partment machinery having been completely overhauled and reorgan- fged to put into effect the re- organization law passed at the last dession of Congress. | A vast amount of detall work has ®een required, but now only one step Zemains—inauguration of the For- eign Service Training School within the department, authorized by the law—to insure that future American diplomatic secretaries and consular fficers are well equipped for the jobs ‘which thev are assigned. 4! First Steps Compieted. The first step in the reorganization, Mffected by executive order, was the idreation of the Foreign Service Per- jonnel Board to examine and report on the ‘“character, ability, efficiency and general availability of all secre- taries in the diplomatic service, con- suls-general, consuls, vice co 1. career, consular assistants, interpret- ers and student interpretérs.” ~The report was completed by July 1 and the actual interweaving of the con- sular and diplomatic services has been in progress on that basis. A primary object of the reorganiga- tion, as explained during debates in Congress on the bill, was to take the \ foreign service out of politics so far as possible. The personnel board ma- chinery was designed to relieve Fhe White House of the task of selecting for appointment any foreign service official, except those ambassadors and ministers who are not taken from the career groups in the State Depart- ment. Alds White House. There are indications already that the White House has taken immedi- ate advantage of the relief thus af- forded. So far as known, selections for appointment to embassies, lega- tions and consulates are being left entirely to the State Department. The Personnel Board also regulates retirement under the 65-vear age \ limit, pensions being drawn from a fund built up by retaining 5 per cent from the salaries of all State Depart- ment personnel. One member of the diplomatic corps and 31 from the consular service already have been retired. The work of the Personnel Board has by no means ended. Records of all officials have to be continually overhauled and kept up to date; individual performances studied to determine in what particular field each individual is most proficient; special qualifications and limitations recorded for future reference. The board has also the power to recom- mend dismissal of officials whose efficiency rating is low. So far no dismissals have occurred, but some \ offenders have been demoted and ‘warned that unless improvement is shown they will be dropped. CONNECTICUT AVENUE IMPROVEMENT PLANNED Business Interests Hold Organiza- tion Meeting—High Stand- ard to Be Sought. An organization meeting of the Connecticut Aven'ue Business Associa- tion was held last night at the offices of Dr. E. A. Gorman, 1335 Connecti- cut avenue. E. Roy Lewis was elected temporary chairman, and Frank E. Miller, temporary secretary. Perma- nent officers will be elected next Thursday night at another meeting in Dr. Gorman's office. A committee was appdinted to can- vass all property owners, merchants and professional people of Connecti- cut avenue to enlist their co-opera- tion in the movement to place the avenue “in the same class as Fifth avenue, New York.” It is proposed “to set up a standard of quality shops that the dignity of Connecticut ave- nue may be maintained,” an an- nouncement said. H. E. Hill spoke on rentals and business conditions and Mr. Lewis discussed co-operation between land- lord and tenant and what the real estate operators in the city have done in furthering the interests and bet- terment of Connecticut avenue. Those present at the meeting included: Dr. Gorman, Miss Terrell, Mrs. Eva Shen- ton, Mrs. Della W. Welsh, Paul Lei- bel, S. A. Gorman, Louis Karchen, A. Carryl Weiss, Miss Luberman, Ira E. Keller and B. J. Foy. determine their qualifications for the diplomatic or consular branches. Under the bill, transfer from one branch of the service to the other is allowed, but that practice will not be usual or frequent, department officials say. The interchange was made pos- sible mainly because occasions arise where the relations of the United States Wwith certain countries might make the presence of a diplomat, rather than a consul, advisable, though no ambassador or minister is formal- ly accredited to protect American in- terests in that particular place. Expense allowances for ambassadors and ministers are contemplated in the bill, and to estimate these expenses the State Department is compiling data as to the minimum with which each mission abroad can keep up in proper style. The results will be submitted to Congress next session. Department officials describe the new plan as already having had a stimulating influence on the personne 0l—— o]l ——— o] ———[o[—]0| $1_WIill Open a Savings Account — T 2 IV TR Sccoumt ‘The Columbia National Bank 911 F Street Capital, $250,000.00 WHAT’S THE USE —of having credit if you do not use it fully and consistently ? Depositors in-good standing at “Columbia” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON,: SEEKING $18,500,000 FOR MISSION WORK Methodists Prepare for Nation- Wide Campaign for Funds. A national canvass to raise $18,- 500,000 for missionary work is to be undertaken by Methodist Episcopal churches throughout the United States, it was announced followed a meeting of local churchmen in Trinity Methodist Eplscopal Church, — Fifth street and Seward square southeast, on Tuesday. Fifty Methodist churches of Wash- ington, each represented by its pas- tor and one lay member, are to co- operate in the drive and it was to organize the local work that the meeting was called Tuesday. Rev. Dr. J. Phelps Hand, District superin- tendent of Methodist Church activi- ties, was elected chairman, and Rev. W. Clark Main, pastor of the Metho- dist Church of Langdon, secretary of the local workers. > Right Rev. Willlam F. McDowell, resident Methodist Bishop of Wash- ington, opened the meeting, which lasted through the day and was at- tended by several hundred men and women prominent in church work. Bishop Herbert Welch of Korea and Rev. Dr. H. E. 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