William E. Dodd, United States Ambassador to Germany, sailed to his post in Berlin at noon yesterday aboard the United States liner George Washington. The American ambassador, after having spent more than six weeks in this country, was non-committal on political subjects as he set forth to resume his duties in Germany.
With but a few minutes left before lines were cast off, a reporter told him there were just two questions to which he would like to have answers.
"There are just two questions I do not care to answer," said the ambassador. "I hope we don’t have in mind the same subjects."
"Number One: Do you anticipate any relenting on the Jews in Germany?"
"That’s Number One on my list of two, also," said the diplomat. "And the other is-?"
"Is letting up on German Jewry a bargaining point in German debt negotiations?"
"And that," said the ambassador, "is Number Two on my blacklist. I’m glad I met you. Goodbye."
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