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...Eden joined the British Army in publicly admitting that criteria built around The Old School Tie are so narrow as to keep out many of the best men for 20th-century jobs. To an applauding House of Commons he announced that hereafter posts in a combined Foreign Office-diplomatic-consular service* would be available to all on the basis of ability. Presumably salaries will be raised to attract men without private incomes. Himself a wearer of the oldest Old School Tie (Eton's black and light blue), Anthony Eden confined his reasons to the dignified statement that "the reforms...
...second, the State Department thought it had the answer, too, and was pondering effective diplomatic action against three unnamed German consular officials who had provided Werra with the phony Swiss passport on which he sailed from...
Held in the U.S. for deportation, under $15,000 bond, Werra stayed in the Westchester home of a German consular agent, was kept "under surveillance" by Department of Justice agents. Recently these hawkshaws, checking up, were told that the Baron had gone South on a hunting trip. Actually, he had sailed for Peru, on a Swiss passport, three weeks before. Red-faced, Attorney General Jackson closed the stable door with a bang. Hereafter, he said, escaped prisoners would be turned back at the border. He denounced German consular officials for conniving at Werra's escape. They chuckled. Since...
Died. Urbain J. Ledoux, 56, onetime U.S. consular servant and peace crusader; in Manhattan. Preferring to live with, minister to Manhattan's Bowery bums, he hid his identity, said: "I am nothing to you but bread and water." Cackled one: "I've got your number. You're zero. That's nothing." So he became their Mr. Zero...
...there are on the docket five specific items, several of which have been waiting for consular action for weeks. The Food Committee has prepared a preliminary report on the chances of reducing food costs and a final report recommending changes in the inter-House meal setup. The Freshman Food Committee submitted a report to the Council on the state of the Union three weeks ago, and it has not been considered. A petition signed by over a thousand undergraduates waits the pleasure of the Council. A Student Council report on the budget cut has been submitted for consideration. The Education...