The Foreign Service Journal, March 1943
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Their fruit, gathered and pressed with typical American care and science and Old World skill, is aged in cool tunnels 200 feet deep bored into solid mountain rock. Then, emerging from the mellowing casks, it is “winery bottled” This rallying cry is ap¬ on the spot to guard against loss oj the exceptional pearing in Schenley advertising throughout body, bouquet, and delicacy oj flavor it has developed over the Latin America years. Remember the name: Cresta Blanca! 1 CCK£rH£e4f SCHENLEY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION PRODUCT EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, NEW YORK CONTENTS • • MARCH, 1943 Cover Picture Aerial photo of Casablanca Planned during Peace (See page 149) ... Proved by War The Landing at Fedhala, Morocco, November 8, 1942 113 By Samuel Eliot Morison Six YEARS AGO — when the world was at peace — American Export The Search for a Roof in Tangier 117 Lines and American Export Air¬ By Charles W. Lewis, Jr. lines launched new programs of ex¬ American Troops in Liberia—Photos 120-121 pansion — for greater world com¬ merce and stronger national de¬ General Clark’s Secret Mission to Algeria on fense. October 21, 1942 122 By Rid gw ay B. Knight To attain this objective, Ameri¬ can Export Lines designed and built Dumbarton Oaks 121 large, modern, fast freighters. The By Milton V. Anastos then newly established American Export Airlines announced the first Editors’ Column 126 non-stop transatlantic air service, News from the Department 127 began developing its organization, By Jane Wilson and ordered large, long-range trans¬ port planes. News from the Field 130 Today — transportation holds The Bookshelf 1 32 the key to victory in this global Francis C. de Wolf. Review Editor war. Fighting men and materials are speeding to distant fronts — The 25th Anniversary of the Foreign Service As¬ lengthening supply lines are being sociation 134 By James Barclay Young kept open. Transportation — planned during peace — has gone Service Glimpses 137 to war. American Export Lines, which tor twen¬ Bequest of the Late Charles B. Hosmer to the American Foreign Service Association 138 ty years, prior to this global war, had regularly served North Africa, Medi¬ J. Pierrepont Moffat—In Memoriam 140 terranean and European ports, now is operating its great fleet of fast cargo Consul Pen field 144 ships — entirely in the war effort — wherever duty calls. Frank Polk—In Memoriam 154 American Export Airlines, with its fleet of long-range giant aircraft, is Visitors 163 maintaining regular service over the North and South Atlantic — entirely in the war effort — wherever duty calls. Issued monthly by the American Foreign Service Associa¬ tion, Department of State, Washington, D. C. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office in Washington, D. C., American Export ^ under the act of March 3, 1879. 25 BROADWAY, NEW YORK MARCH, 1943 109 No Passport Needed! 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NEW YORK CITY UC. LL No. 1 We carry a complete line oi wines and liquors including the finest available domestic and imported brands. Every care is taken to provide efficient service and to assure your complete satisfaction. For further information, please do not hesitate to communicate with our Export Department. 110 THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL INDEX FOR ADVERTISERS American Export Lines „ 109 American Security and Trust Company - 139 American Tobacco Co. 145 Association of Pacific Fisheries 160 Brewood, Engravers 160 Calvert School —. 159 Chase National Bank 159 Federal Storage Company ——. Ill Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. 112 FEDERAL STORAGE Grace Line _ 142 Goodyear Tires 141 COMPANY Glide’s - - 160 Every Modern Facility for the Safe Handling International Telephone & Telegraph Co. 146 and Care of Household Treasures Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. 151 Private Rooms for Furniture Mayflower Hotel 157 Cold Storage for Furs National City Bank 148 Rug Cleaning and Storage National Geographic Magazine . .. 156 Vault for Silverware Home Inspection and Insurance Service Pan-American Airways, Inc 149 Fumigation Chambers Radio Corporation of America 152 Piano and Art Section Schenley Products — — II & III COVERS Local and Long Distance Moving Security Storage Company of Washington .. 139 Packing and Shipping Lift Vans for Foreign Removals Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc. 143 (Bowling Green Steel Vans) Spruce Mountain Camp 164 Texaco Petroleum Products 154 1701 Florida Ave. ADams 5600 Tyner, Miss E. J. 160 WASHINGTON, D. C., U.S.A. United Fruit Company 163 Officers Directors E. K. MORRIS BRUCE BAIRD United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company 163 President CHARLES S. BAKER HAROLD N. MARSH H. RANDOLPH BARBEE Waldorf-Astoria Hotel — IV COVER Vice-Pres. and Counsel DANIEL L. BORDEN JAMES M. JOHNSTON HENRY P. ERWIN Vice-Pres. and Treasurer D. P. CAILLARD Williams, R. C. & Co., Inc. 110 H. RANDOLPH BARBEE JAMES M. JOHNSTON Secretary HAROLD N. MARSH Westinghouse Electric International Co. 155 PAUL E. TOLSON A. N. MILLER Asst. Vice-Pres. CARROLL MORGAN S. WEBSTER ADAMS E. K. MORRIS Asst. Vice-Pres. DONALD F. ROBERTS A. RUSSELL BARBEE FREDERIC N. TOWERS Asst. Secretary GRIFFITH WARFIELD Please mention THE AMERICAN FOREICN SERVICE JOURNAL when writing to advertisers. MARCH. 1943 111 23 YEARS AGO FIRESTONE PIONEERED “SHIP BY TRUCK” ^MTipe$fone PIONEERS "SHIP BY AIR” TODAY...IN WARTIME TOMORROW IN PEACETIME ' I 'ODAY American fighting men are stationed from Iceland to Australia, from the Aleutians to the Congo. With them, they have brought American equipment, American standards of living and American spirit. As a result, when peace comes, there will be a world-wide demand for American goods. To the seaways, railways and highways will be added a fourth dimension in transportation — the skyways. Each type of transportation will have its place. And each will continue to rely on Firestone for much of its equipment. For example, giant air freighters will fly on wings built by Firestone, land on tires, wheels and brakes by Firestone, Firestone was require many other products of the Firestone plants. the first Company in the rubber Whenever speed is the prime consideration, goods will industry to win the be shipped by air. And, as you would expect, Firestone coveted Army*Navy is pioneering “Ship by Air”—just as Firestone has “E” Award for high achievement in the production of war materials. throughout the years pioneered so many other notable advancements in transportation. THE FOURTH DIMENSION IN TRANSPORTATION Copyright. 1013, The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. THE FOREIGN IE JOURNAL cR PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION VOL. 20, No. 3 WASHINGTON, D. C. MARCH, 1943 Tlie Landing at Fedhala9 Morocco November 8, 1942 By SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON Lt. Commander, U.S.N.R. OUR task force departed from several different certain day, and as we were also told of the American bases, at different times, and made great importance and significance of our enter¬ rendezvous in mid-ocean; when all together we cov¬ prise, high were the expectations. Yet our vast ered a space of ocean many miles wide and many force of many thousand sailors, soldiers and avia¬ more long. The Germans had a few score U-boats tors, was far from being over-confident, or puffed out looking for us, but we successfully eluded the up with that hubris which brings down the wrath lot, and thus conserved the element of surprise of the gods. With the attack plan there was circu¬ which was one of our outstanding assets. Cynics lated a list of a dozen “assumptions”—things that have doubted whether military and naval men are might happen to us. Night attacks on transports capable of keeping a secret; but in this instance the by enemy subs, light surface craft or motor torpedo several hundred officers and civilian officials, in this boats; and we knew the French Navy had ample country and England, who had to know what was forces in Casablanca. Surf so heavy that we couldn’t going on, actually did keep silence, so that the Axis land troops, and would have to run out to sea again powers were completely to avoid U-boats, and mystified as to where this then perhaps run out of great fleet was going.