PASSPORT AGENCY, SAN FRANCISCO (Room 126, Federal Office Building) Somerset A. Owen, Passport Agent Aloysius O. Horan, Clerk BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS Is charged with the supervision of all accounts of the Department and of the Foreign Service; the administrative examination of all accounts; the approval of all accounts for transmission to the Comptroller General of the United States, together with the preparation of correspondence in relation thereto; the making of all financial reports and statements for the administrative officers of the Department; has general administrative supervision of all disbursing officers under the Department of State. Is charged with assisting, when and as requested by the responsible officers, in the drafting of treaties and other international agreements, and correspondence pertaining to the negotiation, construction, and termination of treaties. The division is also charged with maintaining a set of treaties and other international agreements in force to which the United States is a party, and likewise those to which it is not a party, together with the pertinent laws, proclamations, Executive orders, and resolutions; maintaining lists of treaties and other international agreements between the United States and foreign governments which are in process of negotiation or ratification; collecting and keeping available information regarding the application, interpretation, and status of treaties; analyzing treaties by subject, and assembling, comparing, and studying the provisions on the same subject in different treaties; examining the texts of treaties, conventions, or international agreements to which the United States is a party, with a view to recommending such action as may be required to obtain the fulfillment by the other party of its duties and obligations and to effect the performance of the duties and obligations of the United States by legislative or administrative acts; maintaining lists of treaties, conventions, or international agreements expiring or subject to extension with a view to considering the renewal or extension thereof; performing the duties of a Secretariat for all treaties of which the United States is the depositary; and with performing such other duties as may be assigned by the Secretary of State. Charles M. Barnes, Chief Is charged with the translation of communications addressed to the President by heads of foreign states; the translation of diplomatic notes and annexed documents, laws and regulations, treaties between foreign countries, proceedings at international conferences, letters and documents from foreign countries on departmental business, and miscellaneous material referred by the White House; occasional translations of the Department's communications into foreign languages; the critical examination of foreign texts of draft treaties to which the United States is to be a party with a view to the closest adjustment thereof to the English text; interpreting, translating, and drafting in connection with international conferences. The Chief of the Translating Bureau acts as linguistic adviser to the Department. DIVISION OF COMMUNICATIONS AND RECORDS Is charged with the dispatch and receipt of all telegraphic correspondence of the Department; the encoding and decoding of messages exchanged in the conduct of foreign relations; the building of codes and ciphers used in the Department's intercourse with its representatives abroad, and devising rules and regulations governing their use; the auditing of telegraph accounts; the administration of the telephone service; the classification, recording, distribution, and preservation of correspondence; the custody of, and conduct of research in, the archives subsequent to August 15, 1906; the custody of the records of international conferences, congresses, and commissions in which the Government of the United States officially participates; the custody of, and conduct of research in, the records of the former War Trade Board; the drafting of correspondence and instructions on code, cipher, and record matters; the maintenance of a comprehensive index and file of documents published by the League of Nations; the distribution of official publications of foreign governments; the maintenance of a record of precedents of policy and procedure. David A. Salmon, Chief Harvey E. Fenstermacher, Assistant Chief TELEGRAPH SECTION Henry P. Dugan, Chief Clayton S. Becker, Assistant RECORD SECTIONS Joseph W. McMahon, Supervisor Chiefs of Sections Charles Siegel, Passport Section Samuel S. Ford, Miscellaneous Section William V. Madden Winfield S. Byars Esther C. Janson Kirby L. Prince Ella Ruth Rinker Sarah B. McLean Laura M. Miles Ruth K. Wailes, Personnel Section Isham W. Perkins, Publications Section Clerks Sam M. Smith Delbert D. Mehaffy Wayne C. Bobst William T. Hopkins Harry E. Fisher Lillian F. Phillips Mary E. Tallant Delia T. Buckley Loretto E. FitzGerald Frances B. Paxson Rhoda A. Mathews Charles D. Dye Glenn M. Gillette Frances L. Hynson Maude Myers Ricardo M. Purvis L. Johnson Ratcliffe Frank Place Wilbur E. Nicholls Ira James Noe Mildred M. Smith Berry R. Thompson Ralph K. Hirst Walter E. Jessop May R. McKee Lloyd A. Swanson Ruth Rightmire Julian S. Cate Kenneth F. Channon |