hMmiCAm COHimATS GSXKftAL
Berlin^ Germany, September 12, 1933*
Follow log the eonversafcioa* whieh Mr. CJelst has had
with tha Pruasian Ministry of Culture with yespeot to
the giving ©f th© title of Professor to Dr# farmer
Leah, I called by appointment on Sr» Stuckert at 4
o'clock, t arrived promptly at four and was informed
that ha was in •enfarena*. X aslred how long it would
t&k* before ha could see we andgot as satisfactory
answer. 1 than asked that h,'s secretary ha lnfor&ed
that- this wag tha second tiste that I had had this •&>
parlance whan calling at tha Ministry. Saras weeks ago
I called fey appointment to sea lm% St^eteert with Ur»
'Oelet. »e war© there prvaaptly ami aftar having watted
20 minutes I askaa- whan wa could eee him, and it was
only than that we war* infamed that Xftre Stuekert was
not in town* I therefore a aid that usni ass 1 aauid see
Dr. £tuekert at tha tisis which ha had indicated for tha
appointment to-day, I could not wait as I had other
engagements* Thereupon I was sht>wn with much ceremony
into tha r@aa.ption salon on tha first floor #;er«to
Br* St-;ekart cam** obviously having 3aTt his conference*
lie was vary plaasant ami so was I, andsiad* no reference
to what had happened, but I fait that it was necessary
to make it cla^r that wa cent Id not be kept waiting indefinitely
at tha KnltosministerlOR whan wo had fiaiad
appointments.
Dy# .£t acker t stated that ha was entirely la accord
and go wee his Ministry, that Pr* I-o«b should tm ssad*
a profassoy* There was a qsjeatlen of legal procedure
involved as under tha naw ^Baamtangssats" ha i*d to
refer tna jaatter to tha Ministry of ih# Interior of
th* Kaich, which nafi decided that a© th* title of
Professor carried with an of fie* and as t*# i#o©to was
a 4&w9 he aanid not be given tha tit-la now. Ee s«ld#
howavsa* that a naw law was being prepared und*r which
titles eouid a^ain ha given to whlab no office was
attached* and «s soon as this wag don* D9« hoeb would
ba s»de a professor* I s«ld that i>r* Loeb was leaving
shortly for tha United States, and »skod wbathar this
would intarfar* with his being nested a professor aftar
his departure, and he assur*d me that it would notu
I oali*d attantion to Dr. l**b*s raal sa.i"
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ettention to the feet thst uad It not beam for the
anti-Sostltle mawestsotf £*• Loeb would have been nested
if 1 this tiiee a full professor at the university «ith
ail privileges as a professor* I eskad «*» Stnekart
whether aurter the eircK*?ataneee he would objaot to my
aoeing Dr* ?fmsdtner In the Heiofae-Afi-ilstry wf the
Interior to ask hi® whether Dr# Loeb e >al«3 not be iiaeed
»s a professor now, tf X §ave the specific ftsstrance
that he weald ley ^own hie off lee on the next day ami
merely retain the title* Me amid he had no •abjection to
this and 1 said that I wonM g© and see Dr* Pftmdtner
ab.Mit it*
Ee was v#ry pleasant ami se«sed very willing to
arrange the matter la-any way that it eould te® done*
Be aald that. If 'Dr* Loeb eould postpone his voyage h©
thought the new law would he out shortly ao that he
eouid have the title of professor before he left, in that
ease* X asleed assurances that If Dtr* Loeb left this month
and the law had not eome out, they wo=.?ld give him the
title in spite of the fact that be was already in the
United States* and he said that they would, and gave m®
s^eeifie aas trances In this respect*
Oeorgge S» Mseaarsisith,
American Consul tiemeral*
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