The Foreign Service Journal, July 1965
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HARRINGTON, General Manager Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Agency for BARBARA P. CHALMERS, Executive Secretary International Development or the Foreign Service as a whole. CLARKE SLADE, Educational Consultant HENRY B. DAY, Personal Purchases BOARD OF DIRECTORS \V. T. M. BEALE, Chairman Julv, 1965 BENJAMIN WEINER, Secretary-Treasurer Vol. 42, No. 7 NUEI. L. PAZDRAL, Asst. Secretary-Treasurer contents KEITH E. ADAMSON ROBERT B. BLACK page PATRICIA M. BYRNE DAVID H. MCKII.LOP 16 THE RUSSIAN NATURE, Part II FRANK V. ORTIZ, JR. by James A, Ramsey WILLIAM T. BRYCE H. FREEMAN MATTHEWS. Career Ambassador, ret’d. 20 APPLICABILITY—THE DILEMMA OF MILITARY POWER by Francis T. Underhill, Jr. JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD 22 THE FUTURE OF NATO WILLIAM J. HANDLEY, Chairman by Theodore C. Achilles CHARLES S. WHITEHOUSE, Vice Chairman FREDERIC L. CHAPIN How TO WORK ON EIGHT HOURS A DAY ROBERT S. SMITH 23 by Jack Ferry REED HARRIS LINDSEY GRANT STEPHEN LOW 25 PALAZZO CORPI JOHN J. ST. JOHN by V. Lansing Collins, Jr. JOURNAL STAFF LOREN CARROLL, Editor 30 THE VIEW FROM THE APPLE ORCHARD SHIRLEY R. NEWHALL, Executive Editor by Eric Kocher ELIZABETH ANN NADLER, Editorial Assistant HELEN C. RICE, Circulation O I HER FEATURES: Foreign Service Fable, page 4; The Buggins MCIVER ART & PUBLICATIONS INC. Factor, page 14; The Arts Come to Addis, by Sally Waters Fisher, page Art Direction 34; Service Glimpses, page 36; Governmental-Press Relations, by Joseph AIsop, page 42; With Our Contributors, page 51; AFSA News, page 52. ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES ROBERT C. JOHNSON, Robert C. Johnson & Asso¬ ciates, 3757 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 5, California departments | \MF.S C. SASMOR, 230 Riverside Drive, New York 25, New York 8 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO by Janies B. Stewart THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIA¬ TION is composed of active and retired personnel who 26 EDITORIALS: are or have been serving at home or abroad under the authority of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as TO Lift the Lamp amended. It groups together people who have a com¬ mon responsibility for the implementation of foreign Home Leave policy. It seeks to encourage the development of a career service of maximum effectiveness, and to ad¬ A Lorm Is Born vance the welfare of its members. Cocktail Party The dues for Active and Associate Members are either $13 or $10: For FSO’s in Class V and above the rate is $13 and is the same for FSR’s, Staff officers and Civil Service personnel in corresponding grades. 28 WASHINGTON LETTER For Active Members in lower grades the dues are $10. The annual dues for retired members and others who by Loren Carroll are not Active Members are also $10. Each member¬ ship includes a subscription to the FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL. 37 THE BOOKSHELF For subscriptions to the JOURNAL, one year (12. is¬ sues), $6.00; two years, $10.00. For subscriptions going abroad, except countries in the Western hemisphere, add $1,00 annually for overseas postage. 55 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR FORSJGN SRRVICR JOURNAL, July j$ss 1 Ambassadorial Appointments MERCER COOK to Gambia, in addition to present post of Senegal MARSHALL GREEN to the Republic of Indonesia JOSEPH J. JOVA to Honduras RIDGWAY B. KNIGHT to Belgium MRS. PATRICIA ROBERTS HARRIS to Luxembourg GEORGE A. MORGAN to the Ivory Coast Marriages FALES-ECKERBERG. Willia Foster Fales, daughter of FSO- retired and Mrs. Herbert P. Fales, was married to Carl Lennart Eckerberg on May 29, in Washington. Mr. Ecker- berg is First Secretary of the Swedish Embassy. Births BELL. A son, Jefferson Matuzic, born to Ambassador and Mrs. James Dunbar Bell, on December 27, 1964. COOPER. A son. Lane Ford, born to Mr. and Mrs. James Ford Cooper, on March 23. in Glasgow. DARLINGTON. A son, Frank Ian, born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Darlington, on January 15. in Alexandria, Virginia. The Darlingtons are stationed at Accra, Ghana. FROST. A son. Mark C., born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Frost, on March 10, in Washington. GROVE. A son. Paul Cheremeteff, born to Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Grove, Jr., on May 17, in Washington. NEWBERRY. A daughter. Susan Annette, born to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O. Newberry, on May 17, in Washington. PARSONSON. A daughter, Sheryl Elaine, horn to Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Parsonson, on May 28, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mrs. Parsonson, the former Marilyn M. Shepherd, was Vice Consul at Caracas from 1960 to 1962. Photographs and Art for July ROGERS. A son, Frederic Halsey, born to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Rogers, on May 21, in Washington. Paul Child, FSO-retired, “The Leaning Tower,’- photograph, cover. Deaths Demchuck, cartoon, page 12. CARR. Edith Koon Carr, widow of Wilbur J. Carr, died on May 30, in Washington. Her husband, Wilbur J. Carr, Robert W. Rinden, FSO-retired, “Life and Love in the Foreign known as “the father of the Foreign Service,” died in 1942. Service," page 29. He was an officer of the Department for 47 years, was an Daniel Nunez, ink sketch, “Guanajuato Fountain—State of Assistant Secretary of State and Ambassador to Czecho¬ Guanajuato,” page 39. slovakia. Mrs. Carr was prominent in Washington phil¬ anthropic activities. She set up a trust fund in the name Wallace Marley, “Village Street Scene—Germany” photo¬ of her husband, the income from which permits the award¬ graph, page 40. ing each year of a number of scholarships for children of Marie Skora, wife of FSO George W. Skora, “The Night¬ members of the Foreign Service Association. mare,” page 41. GREW. Joseph C. Grew died on May 25. in Manchester, John N. Richards, Sr., Department of State photograph, page Massachusetts. Ambassador Grew entered the diplomatic 44. service in 1904 and retired in 1945 after a distinguished ca¬ reer. Before his appointment as Minister to Denmark in Flerbert Meyle, Department of State photograph, page 46. 1920, Mr. Grew served at Cairo, Mexico City, St. Peters¬ Floward Simpson, USIA, cartoons, pages 50 & 56. burg. Berlin and Vienna. He was then appointed Minister to Switzerland in 1921 and returned to the Department in The Foreign Service JOURNAL welcomes contributions and will 1924 as Under Secretary of State. He served as Ambassa¬ pay for accepted material on publication. Photos should be black dor to Turkey from 1927 to 1932 when he was appointed and white glossies and should be protected by cardboard. Negatives Ambassador to Japan where he served for nine years. He and color transparencies are not acceptable. Please include full name and address on all material submitted was in Japan at the time of Pearl Harbor and was interned and a stamped, self-addressed envelope if return is desired. by the Japanese. After his release he served in the Depart¬ ment until his retirement in 1945. The JOURNAL also welcomes letters to the editor. Pseudonyms may be used only if the original letter includes the writer’s correct LONG. Frederick A. Long, FSR, died on May 25, in Arling¬ name. All letters are subject to condensation. ton. Mr. Long was associated with the radio and television Address material to: Foreign Service Journal, 815 - 17th Street, industry prior to entering the United States Information N.W., Suite 505, Washington, D. C., 20006. Agency in 1955. He served at Beirut and Nicosia. At the time of his death he was on loan to the Agency for Inter¬ © American Foreign Service Association, 1965. 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