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The Foreign Service Journal, November 1922 (American AMERICAN CONSULAR BULLETIN THE GRAND HARBOR OF MALTA Vol. IV November, 1922 No. 11 $1.00 A YEAR 35 CENTS A COPY The American Qonsular Association OFFICERS WILBUR J. CARR Director of the Consular Service Honorary President HERBERT C. HENGSTLER. .. .Chief of the Consular Bureau Honorary Vice President Consul General CHARLES C. EBERHARDT President Consul General STUART J. FULLER Vice President Consul DONALD D. SHEPARD Secretary-Treasurer Consul TRACY LAY Chairman COMMITTEES EXECUTIVE Consul General NATHANIEL B. STEWART Chairman Consul General DEWITT C. POOLE Consul General ROGER C. TREDWELL Consul General NELSON T. JOHNSON Consul TRACY LAY RECEPTION Consul General ROGER C. TREDWELL Chairman Consul FREDERICK SIMPICH Consul EDWIN L. NEVILLE Consul FRANK C. LEE BULLETIN STAFF Consul FREDERICK SIMPICH Editor Consul ADDISON E. SOUTHARD Business Manager Consul HAMILTON C. CLAIBORNE Treasurer The American Consular Association is an unofficial and voluntary association embracing most of the members of the Consular Service of the United States. It was formed for the purpose of fostering esprit de corps among the members of the Consular Service, to strengthen Service spirit, and to establish a center around which might be grouped the united efforts of its members for the improve¬ ment of the Service. RANSDELL INCORPORATED, PRINTERS, WASHINGTON LLETIN PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE AMERICAN CONSULAR ASSOCIATION VOL. IV, No. II WASHINGTON, D. C. NOVEMBER, 1922 Secretary Endorses Rogers Bill Measure Providing for Unified Foreign Service, New Salary Scale, and Retirement Has Received Mr. Hughes' Outspoken Approval. Text of the Revised Bill. AN important step towards the reorganiza¬ requesting an expression of my views on H. R. tion of the foreign service was taken on 3 7, a hill for the reorganization and improve¬ October 13, when Secretary Hughes ad¬ ment of the foreign service, now pending before dressed a letter to Representative John Jacob the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Rogers, of Massachusetts, endorsing, in unquali¬ Subsequent to our discussions of last year, to fied terms, the Rogers Bill, which you refer, I have devoted which, in revised form, was in¬ considerable attention to the troduced by Mr. Rogers in the needs of the foreign service and have given liberal expression to House of Representatives on my views in several public ut¬ September 1, as H. R. 12543. It terances. It is, therefore, need¬ is understood that H. R. 17, the less for me to emphasize further original Rogers Bill, will come the importance of an adequate up for hearings before the foreign service machinery. House Committee on Foreign Post war conditions have ren¬ Affairs shortly after Congress dered a general betterment of reconvenes. It is likely that the the present organization so im¬ provisions of H. R. 12543 will perative that failure to provide also he considered by the com¬ for reorganization along con¬ mittee during the hearings. structive lines would be tanta¬ There is every indication that mount to retrogression. The bill, H. R. 12543, which Mr. Rogers’ plan for reorgani¬ was introduced by you on Sep¬ zation, having Mr. Hughes’ en¬ tember 1, 1922, is a careful re¬ dorsement, will form the basis vision of your former bill, H. R. of any legislation by Congress 17, and represents textually my on the subject. views on foreign service legisla¬ Mr. Hughes’ letter and the © Harris & Ewing tion. Fundamentally, there is revised Rogers Bill are given in JOHN JACOB ROGERS no important departure from full below: your original proposals. The DEPARTMENT OF STATE revision was made in the Department of State with my full concurrence and approval, and has October 13, 1922. been submitted to the President, by whom, I My dear Mr. Rogers: understand, it has been transmitted to you with I have received your letter of August 31, 1922 appropriate observations. [313] AMERICAN CONSULAR, fitjTlXBXITsT =t= The principal features of your original bill, as proposed in H. R. 10213, to which reference H. R. 17, are as follows: has already been made, would be most helpful in 1. The classification of ministers. this regard. 2. The amalgamation of the Diplomatic and The Consular Service, on the other hand, while Consular Services into a single foreign service better paid, suffers from great limitations as a on an interchangeable basis. public career. There is no prospect of promotion 3. Representation allowances. beyond the Consular Service, and it is with diffi¬ 4. The substitution of a corps of foreign serv¬ culty that many of the best men are retained be¬ ice pupils for the present corps of consular as¬ cause of tempting offers constantly made to them sistants. by the business world. 5. A retirement system. There would be two distinct advantages to be As the classification of ministers has already realized from an amalgamation of the two serv¬ been considered and favorably reported to the ices on an interchangeable basis: First, those House by the Committee on Foreign Affairs as highly desirable benefits of economy and ef¬ Section 1 of H. R. 10213, there would appear to ficiency which would accrue through a system of be no necessity for its reconsideration in the combined administration; second, a more effec¬ present bill. tive coordination of the political and the economic The proposal to create a corps of foreign serv¬ branches of the service. ice pupils and to abolish the present corps of con¬ The bill (H. R. 17) proposes that interchange- sular assistants has been eliminated in the revi¬ ability should be effected on the basis of the sion for reasons which will be explained later. present scale of salaries in the Consular Service, The three remaining principles enumerated after eliminating the two existing positions at above are of fundamental importance in any $12,000 each, known as Consul General Class 1. scheme of reorganization, and, therefore, it has In view of the proposed retirement system been deemed advisable, in order to clarify the which would deduct from the annual salary 5 per legislative aims, to confine attention to their de¬ centum by way of contribution, this proposed velopment without the intrusion of those proposals scale would represent in effect a substantial re¬ of lesser importance which occur throughout the duction in consular salaries. On the other hand, text of the original bill. the present scale of consular salaries is already It is desirable to examine first the inadequacies recognized as inadequate, and, if applied to the of the present system in order to have in mind Diplomatic Service, it would not be sufficient to the very definite objects to be achieved by the eliminate the necessity for private incomes and measures proposed. therefore the interchangeability which it is desired The Diplomatic Service is greatly underpaid. to effect would remain impracticable in adminis¬ It is well known that a man without private tration. means, whatever his ability, cannot accept the In order to reach the problems more effectively more important posts of Ambassador or Minister; I have deemed it of first importance that a new but of more immediate importance is the fact that and adequate salary scale should be adopted. the salaries of secretaries in the Diplomatic Serv¬ After a very careful examination into the act¬ ice are so low that the choice of candidates is ual requirements of these positions, it is thought largely restricted to young men of wealthy fami¬ that the scale of salaries proposed in the revision lies who are able and willing to a considerable (H. R. 12543), which ranges by regular incre¬ extent to pay their own way. ments from $3,000 to $9,000, would suffice for Tt follows that there must be an increase in the purposes which we have in mind. I am aware the salaries of diplomatic secretaries as a means that the present appropriating policy is opposed of broadening the field of selection by eliminating to general increases in rates of compensation for the necessity for private incomes and permitting personal services, but the constructive aims of the relative merits of candidates to be adjudged reorganization and improvement in the foreign on the basis of ability alone. service can be achieved in no other way, and I, Furthermore, if young men of the greatest therefore, unhesitatingly endorse the relatively ability and intellectual ambition are to be at¬ small additional outlay which would be required. tracted to the service there must be the prospect The principle of providing representation al¬ of career, recognition and distinction; in other lowances is one which is well established in the words, they must feel that conspicuous ability practice of other nations and among the important and fidelity will be rewarded by promotion to business interests of this country. In relation to the higher grades. The classification of ministers (Continued on page 326) [314] The Chief Goes Calling By Herbert C. Hengstler AS Chief of the Consular Bureau handling effort and expense, even though personally borne, the administration of the Consular Serv¬ was fully repaid. ice, I have for a long time felt the desira¬ On the Fourth of July we all took part in the bility of visiting some of our consular offices and festivities provided by the hotels of Lucerne, seeing the actual working and getting in touch which consisted of a luncheon for Americans at with the officers at their desks. It was, therefore, which there were over one hundred present, with with a great deal of delight that I received a phone several of the high Swiss officials as guests, and message one night from Mr. Carr saying the at which Charge Lane made an excellent ad¬ Secretary had decided that I should attend the dress. There was also a largely-attended dance consular conferences in Switzerland and Ger¬ that night.
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