NEW ENVOY FROM WASHINGTON

Southland Times, Issue 23379, 10 December 1937, Page 5

NEW ENVOY FROM WASHINGTON

CHANGE AT EMBASSY IN LONDON MR JOSEPH P. KENNEDY TO BE AMBASSADOR (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright) (Received December 9, 11.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, December 9. The Washington correspondent of The New York Times learns from an authoritative source that the United States Ambassador to London (Mr R. W. Bingham) resigned several weeks ago because of ill-health, and that the President (Mr Franklin D. Roosevelt) has decided to appoint Mr Joseph P. Kennedy, who is chairman of the Maritime Commission, to succeed him. Mr Bingham, who is in hospital undergoing treatment for malaria, is expected to pay official calls of farewell in Britain after the holidays. Mr Kennedy will then go to England. It is understood that Mr Kennedy will accept the post, although he had not thought it would be offered to him.

It is indicated that Mr Roosevelt considers the ambassadorship the most important post anywhere, and he expects Europe to receive Mr Kennedy as the most influential and most important

emissary for ‘many years. This view is based on the European situation, the progress of the Anglo-American negotiations for a trade treaty and the need for stabilization of currency and closer relations among the democracies.

Robert Worth Bingham is GS years old. He was educated at Kentucky University, and became a newspaper proprietor. He owns The Louisville Courier—Journal and The Louisville Times, and is a director of the North American Newspaper Alliance. His appointment as Ambassador to London was made in March 1933.

Joseph Patrick Kennedy, who is 49, is a native of Boston and a graduate of Harvard. He is a banker and company director, and in 1934 he was appointed to the Securities Exchange Commission, of which he was chairman for a year before he resigned.