Carter was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on April 27, 1897 as one of seven children of Rev. John Franklin Carter. He attended Yale University, where he served as chairman of campus humor magazine The Yale Record\n', '

He left Yale early to serve as a representative of the Williamstown Institute of Politics in Italy. Afterwards, he became the Rome correspondent for the London Daily Chronicle and the New York Times.\n', '

In 1928, Carter began working for the State Department as an economic specialist.\n', '

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