Constant Demands On Time
. Irk The Secretary Of State
Accustomed to Quiet Aloofness of Supreme Court Mr.
Hughe* Finds Himself Unable to Concentrate-by
Tt?o Many "Unnecessary Contacts.'"
Uy DAVID UWKRKCX
C?*rri?ht 1*23 ky Til* Oally
Washington, Oct. 10.?Secretary Hutches' speech protesting
that too many organizations and individuals outside the Govern
ment make a practice of bothering Federal officials and that
about half the time is given by public executives "to contacts that
are really unnecessary" occasioned today not a little gossip as to
just what the head of the Department of State had in mind.
For many months there have
been repeated requests from the
outside from various societies
and associations who feel that
they should make known to the
Secretary of State their views
on foreign policy. Their sugges
tions range all the way from a
plea that the soviet government
in RuSsia be recognized to de
mands that the colored man in
Maiti be freed from American
restraint. """"
Mr. Hughes has no objection to
Retting the views of all kinds of or
ganizations but what he finds is that
the name things that art- said to him
can usually be put In writing Just as
. W6ll and time saved. To-refuse- to
give his time to various organiza
tions of a national scope leads to bad
feeling and all sorts of ill effects for
the administration. To give one's
time means, as Mr. Hughes describes
It, "countless Intrusion upon serious
work."
Mr. Hughes Is the type of man
who likes to concentrate on his
work. He Is of the reflective and
studious class of statesmen. While i
he recognizes that the press, for In- i
stance, is an Important institution
and while he gives at least 20 mln- !
utes of his ttm<y nearly every day to
the conference with the correspond-J
ents in order to answer their many i
questions, there Is not the slightest
doubt that he wishes even that task
could be spared so that he -could
work uninterruptedly when he wants
to do so. Then there is the feeling
that the press by Its enterprise dis
cusses in print many delicate situa
tions which might be more easily ad
justed by the Government itself If
the press reports dldi^'t produce def
inite Impressions o^i the minds of
thofe with whom tire Department of
State is in the process of negotiation.
Sometimes a situation Is completely
altered by the necessity of denying
or amplifying an innocently Intended
press report that has produced irri
tation.
When Secretary Mellon of the
Treasury Department took office he
is said to have remarked to his,
friends that a Government portfolio ,
wasn't a bit like u private business ,
because ncaMy half of his time had |
to be given to members of Congress |
who were seeking jobs for their
friends. Personnel1 problems that <
ought to be handled by lesser exec
utives were thrust >upon the head of
a department by the insistence of
members of the legislative branch of
the Government, to Incur whose Ill
will was not wise for the department .
head who must go before Congress
to get needed appropriations or sanc
tion for other acts.
Secretary Hughes has spent a
great many years on the Supreme'
Court bench of the tTnlted States
where neither the press nor outside
organizations can take up any time
of the court. The judges regulate i
, their own time. What Mr. Hughes
misses is that freedom which he en
Joyed on the bench when he could
work all day on a legal opinion if
necessary and turn out a Hat in factory
piece of work without being banned
by a do/en different demands on his '
time. The Department- of Stat** is ,
an exceptionally busy institution i
nowadays. It began to develop un- i
precedented Importance with the
outbreak of the Kuro|>ean war in
1014 and there are literally thous-j
ands of questions hanging over from ;
the war period. Besides the formu
lation of a policy, the Secretary of j
State must give time to conference
with the bureau chiefs and subordi- ?
nates and also watch the adminis
trative side ,of the whole organiza- s
tion. To be obliged to receive call
ers days In and day out who could
just as well write what they have to
say is what .Mr. Hughes had in mind
In his chiding remarks last night
when he referred to the "unceasing
requirements of those who have lit- J
tie to do with public business and by j
their constant Importunities for ex- '
tra olficials attention use up the tier- 1
vous energy which should be devot- I
ed to public service." ?
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Thirty Thousand
In Fair Premiums
I Mr*. Vanderhilt Hemls Out L*a*t Call
For Entries Ik*fort* III); Slate
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Raleigh. Oct. 11?Thirty thous
jancl dollars In premiums are offered
by the North Carolina State Fair.
' which opens Monday, In contests of
the various departments. according
; to the fair management. Entries
| have been received from many
;states. Mrs. Edith Vanderhilt. pres
i ldent of the fair, has sent out the
| last call for entries, though she
'savs that the number already re
ceived exceeds that of last year.
? The generally prosperous business
State are declared to be reflected in
the outlook for the fair this year. It
I is the-expressed belief of the nian
I a semen t that this will he the blg
ire.it and best fair ever held In Ra
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LUestock entries for the State
Fair have closed. Entries In the cat
tle exhibits, says General Manager E.
V. YValhorn. have been made by
breeders from as far north as Ohio
and New York and as far south as
Florida. Even Iowa will be repre
sented, he says.
Mrs. Vanderhilt has expressed
much elation over the pros|>ects of
the fair. This Is her second year as
president of the State Fair Associa
tion and she Is taking even more
lively interest In the organization's
annual event than she did during her
first year-as head of the association.
PLEADED GUILTY
TO EMBEZZLEMENT
Cincinnati. Oct. 11?Frederick W.
Hecht. former cashier of the Ameri
can National Hank at Dayton, today
pleaded guilty of embezzling $306.
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Miss Florie Morgan of Plymouth
thaa returned after being here to at
tend the funeral of her aunt, Mis*
Myra Bell.
SUN YAT SEN HAS
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Shanghai, Ott. 11 ? Sun Yat Sen.
South China Const tutionalist leader. I
has issued an op?n declaration !
against Thao Kun. president-elect of
China, according to a telegram Sun's f
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