anaheim-gazette 1924-07-24

ROGERS LAW PUTS PEP IN FOREIGN SERVICE The reaction of our foreign service officers, as they will henceforth be designated, to the Rogers Bill which passed in the last Congress has been enthusiastic and intense. The Secretary of State, Mr. Hughes, declares that the bill removes "the serious limitations and inadequacies inherent in our present foreign service adjustment," and that "substantial basis of reorganization" has been achieved. "The date of its enactment," he continues, "marks the birthday of the new service broadened in the rewards which it offers to men of ability, permanently stabilized by statute, coordinated by amalgamation and Americanized through a scale of compensation and representation allowances which eliminate the necessity for private incomes, and definite in its assurances that men who have spent their lives in the service will not be left devoid of resources when the age of superannuation arrives. Through this salutary legislation young men of ambition are offered a career of almost unparalleled opportunity and attractiveness, and the country receives its best assurance of security and substantial achievement in the future conduct of its foreign affairs." In the foregoing statement, Secretary Hughes emphasizes the beneficial effect which the Rogers law will have on the personnel, but his closing remarks indicate how the law will redound to the benefit of the country as a whole, and it is consideration of that phase of the question which justifies the assertion that the Rogers' law is a fine piece of constructive legislation with which the Republican Congress and Administration is to be credited, for not only Congress, but Presidents Harding and Coolidge, and Secretary Hughes staunchly supported. In operation and has been perfected by the National Body so that it is perhaps the most accurate gauge by which the views of a great group widely scattered throughout the nation may be secured. The preparation of each of the referenda exacts an enormous amount of work and no effort is spared to obtain in the compilation of the arguments pro and con the most eminent minds and the best informed personages. One of the most widely discussed referenda issued by the National Chamber was one on transportation and the views of the nation's best minds has been secured and included in the document as submitted to the member organizations for consideration. Mr. Clagstone then called attention to the decentralization plan under which five districts have been created of which the Western Division includes the Rocky Mountain states, the Inter-Mountain states and the Pacific slope states, with headquarters in San Francisco. The district has had two conferences up to the present time and Mr. Clagstone complimented Newport Beach on being represented at both meetings by the secretary, Harry Welch. He told of plans under way for a big conference to be held in Los Angeles in November or December next and urged the attendance of every member of the Board of Directors at that meeting which will consider many matters of special significance to the west and especially to California. He urged that every organization should take an active part in all the meetings as in this way a real and true expression of the sentiment of the membership was secured. Following the luncheon Mr. Clagstone was taken for a trip over Newport Bay and expressed himself as astonished at the great possibilities The Rogers bill became a law May 24, 1924. On June 7th an executive order was issued "to take into possession and consolidate immediately all records and material relating to the personnel of the Foreign service, both diplomatic and consular," and providing for other administrative routine. Coincidently a department order was issued giving rules and regulations for the establishment of a Foreign Service School in the Department of State. This order provides for the selection of a chief instructor for among European Service officers of Class Five, or over, who is to prepare and submit to the School Board for approval a complete schedule of work to be covered during the term of instruction, (one year) to select competent instructors from the school in subjects selected and approved by the Board. He will maintain discipline, keep a record of attendance and rating of the students, and each pupil will be assigned to duty in the State Department while not attending the classes. This is his probational period, and on the record here made depends his success in securing a regular appointment. I believe that no other country has achieved a more satisfactory foreign service structure than afforded by the recent enactment of th Rogers Bill," declares r. Carr. It is another Republican milestone in the advancement of our foreign service which is have on the personnel, but his closing remarks indicate how the law will redound to the benefit of the country as a whole, and it is consideration of that phase of the question which justifies the assertion that the Rogers' law is a fine piece of constructive legislation with which the Republican Congress and Administration is to be credited, for not only Congress, but Presidents Harding and Coolidge, and Secretary Hughes staunchly supported Mr. Rogers' bill. Hon. Wilbur J. Carr, who for more than 30 years has devoted himself whole heartedly to the upbuilding and improving of our foreign service, and who has just been promoted from Director of the Consular Bureau to Assistant Secretary of State, brings out the idea tersely when he says: "One point to be recognized immediately is that the plan of reorganization is designed primarily in the interest of the present personnel. On the whole, and considering its highly technical character, the measure is a model of constructive legislation and represents the work of Congress at its best." PROHIBITION DID IT Very few carloads of wine grapes were shipped out of California previous to 1918. The business in table grapes was, of course, considerable, though the number of carloads of all kinds of fresh grapes shipped out of California in the years immediately preceding prohibition did not exceed 16,000. The passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, followed by the enforcement act, appeared at first to deal a knockout to the growers of wine grapes. From the harvest of 1917 to that of 1919, the air was surcharged with uncertainty. Some o fthe growers began to make their vineyards over into orchards of tree fruits and into walnut groves. Then experimenters in home wine making in all parts of the United States began to wonder if California wine grapes could not be procured. The commission houses felt sure that they could, and orders began to find their way to the grape districts. The autumn of 1919 was a time of revelation, when the vineyardists began to find out that instead of having no market at all, they had the American nation to sell to. And then when the business began to flow in they discovered to their almost frantic delight, that instead of getting $15 per ton for their grapes, as they had from the wineries, there was practically no limit to the prices they could command. Thus the grape boom was launched. Since 1919, people have been planting grapes everywhere. The boom has directors at that meeting which will consider many matters of special significance to the west and especially to California. He urged that every organization should take an active part in all the meetings as in this way a real and true expression of the sentiment of the membership was secured. Following the luncheon Mr. Clagstone was taken for a trip over Newport Bay and expressed himself as astonished at the great possibilities of development which the bay offers. He was surprised that the natural advantages offered by this location had not been utilized years ago. Mr. Clagstone believes in the principle of decentralization and stated that it would not be long before considerable activity would mark the progress of development of Newport Bay into a commercial barbor of importance. TOURNAMENT OF LIGHTS Outline of plans for the Tournament of Lights to be held on August 2d was presented by Director J. A. Beek at the meeting of the Harbor Chamber of Commerce at the Yacht Club on Thursday noon, July 17th. Among the many prizes which are to be given for this interesting event are two cups to be offered by the Harbor Chamber of Commerce. The guest of honor at the meeting of the Harbor Chamber was Paul W. Clagstone, western manager of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. In his talk to the members of the board Mr. Clagstone suggested that the opinion of many was that the National Chamber was a Washington body. He explained that it really was in existence everywhere and actually operative wherever an organization member was active. It is but the expression of active commercial method obtaining the expression of opinion of its great number of members has been introduced and developed by the National Chamber in "Referendum." 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