Shifts

Shifts State Department shifts, approved by the President and sent to the Senate last week for confirmation:

James Clement Dunn, 61, shrewd old pro of the foreign service (33 years), ambassador in Rome (1946-52) during the momentous 1948 elections which ended in a sound trouncing for the Communists (Dunn's work during the elections won him the State Department's Distinguished Service Award and an accolade from Secretary Dean Acheson): to become U.S. Ambassador to France, replacing David K. E. Bruce, recently appointed Under Secretary of State.

Ellsworth Bunker, 57, Manhattan businessman (board chairman, National Sugar Refining Co.) who went into the State Department only last year as Ambassador to Argentina, handled himself well enough in Peron's capital to be given a crack at a more important job: to take over Dunn's post in Italy.

Cavendish Cannon, 57, career man (32 years) and able troubleshooter, served as political adviser at the Moscow and Potsdam conferences during World War II, Ambassador to Belgrade (1947-49) during Tito's break with Moscow, then minister in Syria where he tried to ease Moslem resentment over U.S. recognition of Israel: to become Ambassador to Portugal replacing Lincoln MacVeagh, confirmed this week as Ambassador to Spain.

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