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Because the political temperature of Cuba is red-hot, President Roosevelt last week picked the coolest man available as Ambassador to that strife-torn republic. Slender & young, Sumner Welles of Maryland is a career diplomat who knows his Latin America. That Santo Domingo is today solvent and free of U. S. Marines is largely due to his able efforts there as President Harding's special commissioner. President Roosevelt first put Mr. Welles into the sub-Cabinet as Assistant Secretary of State, the post he now leaves for the Havana Embassy vacated by young Harry Frank Guggenheim.
Most Cuban factions were pleased by the Welles appointment. Because Cuba's political troubles are largely due to low sugar prices and because President Roosevelt has been pondering plans to help Cuba market her staple in addition to providing inflation (see p. 18), Ambassador Welles was expected to cool murder-hot politics by sweeter prices.