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THE COURIER-JOURNAL Louisville, Kentucky November 12, 1960 Is Important To African Continent' The President apparently decided against keeping the Ghana .{ post empty, even for a few months, because of its importance ~~ : ` in the volatile African continent. - A major issue in the long presidential, campaign just ended. was the state of U. S: prestige in foreign countries. Kennedy ; declared' it was slipping and t'ried •without success to pry into ;' public view secret polls Allen's agency conducted abro.ad- polls which re ort'edl refleet- p y . : _--:, ,,,., , .;..,;., ,• I trv. *•:1": If ' ia,1 ' .• CU wCracas esumates vi wan- .. F-.. . .. . . .~ . .~ -. . . . , : :`Envoys To Mexico Ghana Quit I'g U. S. power. 7 The White House finally announced a decision not to As Does Labor Department Man release these reports, saying ' Allen and Secretary of State .~ By The Assoei.l.d veys. - , . ~ Herter had come to this con- ..< Washington, Nov. 11. -United States Information elusion and making clear that : Agency chief George V. Allen, who figured in a campaign Msennower pacxed them up. dispute over U. S. prestige abroad, Friday led off the There was no indication that' All h i h en was urry ng is de- exodus of Eisenhower administration officials. eCsth c President Eisenhower, vacationing at Augusta, Ga., accepted ompleted30 y arsin the the resignation of the 57-year-old career diplomat who served Foreign Service this year . In key Cold War posts under both the Truman and Eisenhower More than~ 14 yaers ago the °-~-~--- . a,...g- :ow.... • ~ . _ . . '~ . .. . . . . - . TS... 0..11.. ,n~ A+snsnra Tf l,r>rw Replacement Named For Fla e diSDatched him as amhassadnr '. ..++a6 Je41 11u711A11 Vi".Vl\Vi'. •. ALLi'./\ - •--did not name replacements for them, an pro a y won is Costa Rica and El Salvadnr aQ wpn .e ~re..;;,,, d b bl 't th' Y s e was am assador to Eisenhower-who had Iowin praise for both Allen and Hill The 43-year-~ d Hi1L entered diplomacy as a political ap- ap- g g pointee. Durin the Eisenhower ear h b . African states. He will be replaced by Francis Russell, a assignments. included; ambassadorships to India, Nepa1, and career Foreign Service officer now ambassador to New Zealand. Greece. 3. Newelli Brown as assistant secretary fo labor for employ- A little more than three years ago he became chief of the ment and man power. He is a onetime protege of former White information agency, which operates the Voice of America and . House aide Sherman Adams. other related activities, Wilson C: Flake as ambassador to Ghana,, one of the new to Communist Yugoslavia. Allen's other major diplnmatic x " late in his Adminisrtation, which ends January 20. administrations. North Carolina-born Allen was AIIen will take over December 1 as president of the Tobacco tapped' by President Harry S. Institute, an industry organization, at a salary believed much Truman to become ambassador higher than the-$21,000 a year he has been getting as director to Iran, then in danger of fall- of the U. S. Information Agency. ing under the domination of '-Eisenhower, who soon will hand over the presidency to Russia. Demoerat John F. Kennedy, announced he had accepted Brought home in 1948 to these other resignations, the first of many to come: strengthen the Voice of Ameri- . f..Robert C. Hill as ambassador to Mexico, a job he has held' U° YlupdsdRua er>:orl, aiien i ven the rank of assistant four years. He ii returning to New Hampshire to enter the was g secretary of state Mr. Allen's Departure The director of the United' States Information Agency has not had an easy time during the ..1ast three years. George V. Allen assumed this pesponsibility when the agency had been bat- tered in a domestic political squabble and when confidence in the United States was being bat- tered by the Soviet sputnik. If he was unable to recoup the deficiencies of national policy, he at least restored' the dignity of USIA, improved its relations with Capitol Hill and provided a needed sense of direction. This reserved and soft-spoken career foreign service officer whose training is in the nuances of diplomacy has been the antithesis of the Madi- son Avenue promoter-and of his cronyesque namesake, George E. Allen. He has believed far more in soli& work than in flashy performance, and it is noteworthy that his greatest affection among USIA activities has been centered upon the library program abroad. THE WASH!INGTON' POST Washington, D.C. November 11+, 19b0 At the same time, Mr. Allen has been capable of considerable courage and sensitivity, as he dem- onstrated in ambassadorial assignments from Iran and Yugoslavia to India. His counsel within the outgoing Administration was sometimes wiser than what' prevailed. He was fully aware that the prestige or "image" of the United States abroad could be no better than what its words an& actions merited. George Allem has rendered distinguished non- partisan service to the country for 30 years. This deserves to be remembered gratefully as he pre- pares to leave the USIA and the Foreign Service for a position in private industry.