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Craig THE UNDER SECRETARIES OF STATE THE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARIES OF STATE THE ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF STATE 22 ON BEING PLUGGED IN by James J. Blake THE COUNSELOR THE LECAL ADVISER “ART DIPLOMATIQUE FRANKLINIEN” by D. D. Makrinitsas THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE 26 LOY W. HENDERSON, President GEORGE V. ALLEN, Vice President BARBARA P. CHALMERS, Executive Secretary board of directors HENRY S. VILLARD, Chairman departments CECIL B. LYON, Vice-Chairman HARRY A. MCBRIDE J. DAVID LINEBAUGH 4 PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS CHRISTOPHER A. SQUIRE, Assistant Sec.-Treas. Alternates ANNE W. MERIAM 4 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS ROBERT H. S. EAKENS THOMAS S. ESTES, Secretary-Treasurer 6 AMONG OUR CONTRIBUTORS ROBERT I. OWEN OUTERBRIDGE HORSEY 14 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO by James B. Stewart journal editorial board JOSEPH PALMER, 2ND, Chairman 24 SERVICE GLIMPSES CHARLES F. KNOX, JR. EDMUND GULLION EDWARD W. MULCAHY 30 NEWS TO THE FIELD by Gwen Barrows EDWARD P. MONTGOMERY NILES BOND 32 EDITORIALS : JOSEPH J. WACNER NORMAN HANNAH Benjamin Franklin—and American Diplomacy MARY VANCI: TRENT WILLIAM L. KRIEG Inroads upon an Injustice GWEN BARROWS, Managing Editor GEORGE BUTLER. Business Manager 36 NEWS FROM THE FIELD HESTER H. HENDERSON, Circulation Manager and Editorial Assistant The AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION is an 40 THE BOOKSHELF by Francis C. deWolj unofficial and voluntary association of the members, active and retired, of The Foreign Service of the United States and the Department of State. The As¬ 48 LETTERS TO THE EDITORS sociation was formed for the purpose of fostering esprit de corps among members of the Foreign Service and to establish a center around which might be grouped the united efforts of its members for the improvement of the Service. The FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL is not official and material appearing herein represents only personal opinions, and is not intended in any way to indicate the official views of the Department of State or of the Foreign Service as a whole. The Editors will consider all articles submitted. If accepted, the author will be paid a minimum of one cent a word on acceptance. Photographs ac¬ companying articles will, if accepted, be purchased at one dollar each. Five dollars is paid for cover PAUL BARTLETT'S WONDERFULLY LIFE-LIKE STATUE pictures. Reports from the Field, although not paid OF OUR FIRST AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE TODAY SITS for, are eligible for each month’s $15 Story-of-the SERENELY FACING THE ENTRANCE OF THE PARIS EM¬ Month Contest. BASSY. FOR COMMENT ON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITIES AT THE COURT OF VERSAILLES Copyright, 1956, by the American Foreign Service SEE PAGES 26 AND 32. Association. Issued monthly at the rate of $3.00 a year, 25 cents a copy, by the American Foreign Service Association, 1908 (j Street, N. W., Washington. D. C. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office in Washington, D. 0., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Printed in U.S.A. by Monumental Printing Com¬ pany, Baltimore. INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Promotions and Appointments American Foreign Service Protective Association III Cover The following list, including appointments of Foreign American Security & Trust Company 31 Service Officers of various classes, a Foreign Service Officer American Storage Company 16 promotion, and consular and/or diplomatic designations for AVCO 1 Career, Staff and Reserve Officers, was sent by the President Bookmailer, The 40 to the Senate on April 9, 1956: Bowling Green Storage & Van Company 43 B re wood 12 Foreign Service Officer Promotion Brown-Forman Distillers Corporation 7 From Class 6 to Class 5 C & W Frozen Foods 47 Calvert School 45 Carlson, Roy 0. 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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 33 Grace Line , 43 Class 3, also to be Consuls and Secretaries Harper & Brothers 41 International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation 15 Cefaratti, Anthony J. Loehr, Walter Q. Jefferson International Co., Inc. 5 Colclough, Otho T. Smith, Edwin L. Maphis, J. Alan 16 Felsenthal, Leonard Smith, Howard F. Merchants Transfer & Storage Company 10 Goodman, Leo M. Van Swearingen, Jay A. National Distillers Products Corporation 11 Kelakos, Michael G. Vazquez, Alberto M. Ney’s Shopping Service 47 Williams, Jack S. Norris Furniture Corporation 5 Kerry, Richard J. Radio Corporation of America 17 Little, Edward S. Worthing, Miss Marion W. Schenley International Corporation II Cover Seagram’s V. O. 29 Class 4, also to be Consuls and Secretaries Security Storage Company of Washington 31 Baker, Herbert W. Garrity, Edwin J. Service Investment Corporation 45 Barrow, John R. Goldman, Loren L. Sinclair Refining Company 6 Brown, Miss Elizabeth Ann Smith’s 14 Kimrey, Chester H. 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