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Who Is the State Department? II. The Old Welles and the New
Bendinier, Robert | August 1, 1942 issue

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To critics of the snobbish caste traditions of the U.S. State Department, Senator Sumner Welles seems to offer a perfect target. In temperament, which is austere and formal, if not downright chilling, in background, which is wealthy and aristocratic, in sartorial appearance, which is fastidious and soberly elegant, and in political philosophy as well, he is at opposite poles from his chief. Welles seems always to have been mature beyond his years. He determined while at school to prepare for the Foreign Service, worked hard at languages and economics, and, with the best of connections, found no difficulty in being admitted.

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WELLES, Sumner, 1892-1961; DIPLOMATIC & consular service; PUBLIC administration; LEGISLATORS; UNITED States. Dept. of State; UNITED States
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