The Foreign Service Journal, November 1950
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<JL AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE VOL. 27, No. 11 JOURNAL NOVEMBER, 1950 *S»K « ; 5 t M mmm yiir * ■*. MACNAUGHTON’S IMPORTED JOHN MacNAUCHTON COMPANY LTD., MONTREAL, P. Q., CANADA AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOREIGN SERVICE HONORARY PRESIDENT DEAN ACHESON SECRETARY OF STATE HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE THE ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF JOURNAL STATE THE COUNSELOR H. FREEMAN MATTHEWS PRESIDENT FLETCHER WARREN VICE PRESIDENT WILLIAM O. BOSWELL SECRETARY-TREASURER DALLAS M. COORS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER BARBARA P. CHALMERS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HERVE J. L.HEUREUX CHAIRMAN HOMER M. BY1NGTON, JR. VICE CHAIRMAN WILLIAM O. BOSWELL SECRETARY-TREASURER DALLAS M. COORS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER CECIL B. LYON PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY ALTERNATES THOMAS C. MANN THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION EILEEN R. DONOVAN STUART W. ROCKWELL U. ALEXIS JOHNSON ANCEL N. TAYLOR VOL. 27, NO. 11 NOVEMBER, 1950 JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD JOHN M. ALLISON CHAIRMAN FRANK S. HOPKINS COVER PICTURE: Farmers cultivate tobacco on a hillside near Trujillo G. FREDERICK REINHARDT WILLIAM J. HANDLEY Alto, Puerto Rico. Photo by Rosskam—Puerto Rico Of¬ CORNELIUS J. DWYER fice of Information photo. JOAN DAVID MANAGING EDITOR ROBERT M. WINFREE ADVERTISING MANAGER PUERTO RICO—PROVING GROUND FOR POINT IV 11 EDUCATION COMMITTEE By Mary Gresham G. LEWIS JONES CHAIRMAN H. GARDNER AINSWORTH STAFF CORPS PROMOTION PANELS 14 MRS. JOHN K. EMMERSON MRS. ARTHUR B. EMMONS III By Ben Z.weig, FSS JOSEPH N. GREENE. JR. J. GRAHAM PARSONS MRS. JACK D. NEAL PROBLEMS IN PREPARING PERFORMANCE REPORTS 15 By George D. Hopper, FSO Retired ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE PHILIP F. CHERP CHAIRMAN AL FRAZIER—COURIER EXTRAORDINAIRE 17 FRANCIS E. MELOY, JR. HORACE H. SMITH By Edward R. Pierce L. RANDOLPH HIGGS THOMAS S. ESTES INTERRUPTING A DECLARATION OF WAR 19 ROY R. RUBOTTOM. JR. MISS G. EDITH BLAND By William T. Turner, FSO MISS HELEN R. NICHOLL NOTES ON MADAGASCAR 20 WELFARE COMMITTEE By Sidney Weintraub, FSO WILLIAM O. BOSWELL WILLIAM E. FLOURNOY. JR. DAVID A. THOMASSON THE BOOKSHELF—Francis C. deWolf, Review Editor 26 Dr. George H. Blakeslee Herbert Block This publication is not official and material appearing herein represents Frances M. Dailor H. H. Liebhafsky only personal opinions, and is not in¬ tended in any way to indicate the DEPARTMENTS official views of the Department of State or of the Foreign Service as a whole. Letters to the Editors 3 The Editors will consider all manu¬ scripts submitted to the American Twenty-Five Years Ago—James B. Stewart 8 Foreign Service Journal. If accepted, the author will be paid a minimum of Editors’ Column one cent a word on publication. Pho¬ tographs accompanying* articles will, Business is Resumed in Seoul, Korea 23 if accepted, be purchased at one dol¬ lar each. Five dollars is paid for News From the Department 24 cover pictures. 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Smell Milder-Smoke Milder CoDvrieht I1950 LIGGETT r MVFBC Tnmrrn 2 THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL Letters to the Editors Pseudonyms may be used only if your letter includes your correct name and address, MORE ON INSPECTIONS October 16, 1950 To the Editors, AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL: I certainly agree that from the viewpoint of the FSO 6 the Foreign Service inspection service leaves much to be / . ET away from the busy, hurried atmosphere desired (September, 1950 issue of the JOURNAL), but instead of the inspector’s affinity to the principal officer I attribute ^y of Washington — and breathe the invigor¬ it to the seniority of the inspector. For while he probably ating pine-scented air that surrounds this does an excellent job of assessing the work of the officers comfortable Inn. It's located in a picturesque holding positions comparable to his own last foreign assign¬ valley in southwestern Pennsylvania . open ment, the inspector has come a long way since the days when year around ... has facilities for golf, swimming, he was harrassed by visa applicants or by the irritations and many other sports . has rooms available incident to his wife’s being “picked on” by the principal for holiday and week end guests. officer’s wife. The Inn is easy to reach from Washington. Take Such problems could not be resolved by inspectors who the train or bus to Cumberland, Md., and had been recruited from private industry any more effec¬ we will meet you there. By highway from tively than they are now by inspectors who reply to a tale Cumberland, come north 18 miles from the of financial woe with a hearty “Do you know that 1 started Maryland line on Pennsylvania Route 96 to out as an FSO at $1800 a year?” Instead, I suggest that the the Springs Road that goes directly to the Inn. inspection corps be augmented by, or part of its personnel Write to the White Sulphur Springs Hotel, be replaced by, younger FSOs, specifically assigned to the Via Mann's Choice Post Office, Bedford inspection of junior officers. These inspectors should be County, Pa., for folder and rates. FSOs 4, or thereabouts, who started as FSOs 6 in consular work and then graduated to economic or commercial report¬ ing. Having from six to nine years’ experience, these men would be close enough to the junior officers’ jobs to under¬ stand them, both substantively and from the viewpoint of morale, and experienced enough to carry out the inspector’s WHEN YOUR HEART responsibilities, as enumerated by Mr. Travers. SAYS “REMEMBER” . Wire FLOWERS • No other remembrance expresses your sentiments so perfectly. Authorized F.T.D. Member 1212 F STREET, N. W. Phone: NAtional 4276 Washington, D. C. Courtesy Joseph F. Burt Photographed during the visit of FS Inspector Wilson C. Flake. Seated, from left to right: Vice Consul Cabot Sedgwick; Miss Maria Lopez; F.S. Inspector Wilson C. Flake; Consul General Joseph F. Burt; Miss Carmen Vega; Administrative Officer Adolph W. Jones; Vice Wouldn't you rather Consul Clarence T. Breaux; Vice Consul Francis T. Underhill. Standing, from left to right: Ramon Solla, Chief Clerk; Mrs. Maria de los Angeles Ballestero, Clerk; Ramon Gonzalez, Motion Picture Opera¬ drink Four Roses? tor; Ramon Garabieta, Clerk; Jose de Garay, Clerk; Gerardo Mon- ■ Vv - torio, Clerk; Florencio San Jose, Mechanic; Angel Zuluaga, Clerk; Juan Antonio Olartecoechea, Clerk; Miguel San Sebastian, Reception¬ ist; Braulio Miguelez, Messenger. There would, of course, be objections to “inspections by juniors,” but higher level inspection activities could be left (Continued on page 5) NOVEMBER, 1950 3 Consulates and legations—taking their cue from the finest hotels and restaurants—have tfUttJCARlPt dftMSCARto long depended on Royal Scarlet Foods . relying on their flavor and quality to please the most discriminating of guests. You will enjoy the convenience of dealing with our Export Service Department. Experi¬ tStttSM% enced personnel give careful attention to every iswscmr shipping detail. Why not send for our display catalog! 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Since the selection boards and FP place such great store by the inspector’s reports, I think that the individuals who have been inspected would be very happy to know that the board members have some idea of where the inspectors get their information. I believe that when they consult their own dossiers in the Department, many other junior officers must be as amazed as I was to find how extensive a report the inspector had written on me, after a twenty-minute interview! Of course, the inspec¬ tor has sought counsel, but if he got his information from the principal officer (and the Inspectors state that thev are against “reporting by subordinates’ in principle), why is 'ffifai/ in tyicst/d fyiic/e his report more valuable than the efficiency report made by the principal officer? Obviously, it is more valuable, but isn’t the officer who finds in the inspector’s report inaccura¬ cies about his financial status, social habits, aspirations and morale entitled to question the accuracy