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CHALMERS, Executive Secretary 36 WE TOOK TO THE FIELD by An Amalgamated IVife board of directors 48 AN APPRECIATION OF THE LATE GEORGE TYLER THOMPSON, Chairman V. LANSING COLLINS, JR., Vice-Chairman X. BOBBLE by Seymour I. Nadler EDWARD T. WAILES STEPHEN WINSHIP FRED W. JANDREY, Secretary-Treasurer departments Alternates PHILIP W. BONSAI. 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITORS WILSON C. FLAKE EDWARD S. MANEY 14 TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO by James B. Stewart THOMAS F. VALENZA MISS MARGARET P. HAYS, Assistant Sec.-Treas. 19 NEWS FROM THE DEPARTMENT by Lois Perry Jones journal editorial board 31 RAY L. THURSTON, Chairman EDITORIALS Louis J. HALLE, JR. 33 SERVICE GLIMPSES CHARLES F. KNOX, JR. EDMUND GULLION 40 NEWS FROM THE FIELD RICHARD A. POOLE LEE E. METCALF 46 THE BOOKSHELF by Francis Colt deWolf, Review Editor LOIS PERRY JONES, Managing Editor GEORCE BUTLER, Business Manager Earl E. Huyck Antonio A. Micocci EDWIN C. RENDALL, Circulation Manager Francis Colt deWolf Wm. H. J. McIntyre MARY MERCHANT, Editorial Assistant 63 BIRTHS The AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ASSOCIATION is an 63 IN MEMORIAM anofficial and voluntary association of the members, active and retired, of The Foreign Service of the United States and the Department of State. The As¬ 64 CHANGES OF STATION sociation was formed for the purpose of: fostering esprit de corps among members of the Foreign Service 64 OFFICER RETIREMENTS, RESIGNATIONS and to establish a center around which might be grouped the united efforts of its members for the improvement of the Service. 64 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS 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 publication. Photographs ac¬ jehwcr companying articles will, if accepted, be purchased JOURNAL at one dollar each. Five dollars is paid for cover pictures. Reports from the Field, although not paid for, are eligible for each month’s $15 Story-of-the- COVER PICTURE: The Sphinx, in Egypt. Photo by Month Contest. Jack Grover. Copyright, 1953, by the American Foreign Service Association. Issued monthly at the rate of $3.00 a year, 25 cents a copy, by the American Foreign Service Association, 1908 G Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office in Washington, D. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Printed in U.S.A. by Monumental Printing Com¬ pany, Baltimore. * * ** *x CJLWVA. Pseudonyms may be used only if your letter includes your correct name and address. I**** PERSONNEL REORGANIZATION London, England August 27, 1953 To the Editors, FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL: We have just seen the Department’s CA-605 which de¬ scribes the reorganization of the personnel sections of the Department. Under this reorganization, management of Foreign Service personnel seems to be made the function of a unit under a branch under a division under an office under a bureau. In addition there is to be an office Deputy Director to “advise” (apparently with no operating authority X X or responsibility) on “Foreign Service problems and needs.” * X Although we realize that more information will be forth¬ * This is a typical scene aboard a X coming and that detailed comment now may be premature, X PAL DC-68 or DC-6 — o picture X X it does seem clear that this new reorganization is based on X of comfort and well-being that X X the assumption that Foreign Service personnel matters with X air travelers have learned to ex¬ X -X pect when they fly PAL. X their specialized and intricate problems, both professional ■X X and personal, can be effectively directed under normal Civil -X A new experience awaits you X -X when you fly PAL to the Orient X Service procedures and officials. -X or India — an experience in com¬ X We believe that very few officers who have served any X X time in the field would agree with this thesis. The argument X fort, attentive service and relia¬ X X bility unsurpassed in international X against it is admirably set forth in the JOURNAL’S leading X air travel. X editorial in the July 1953 issue. We wonder how much con¬ X X X Dependable DC-6B and DC-6 X sideration was given to these views in connection with the X sleeper planes, experienced X new reorganization. We wonder how far a proposal would X pilots and delicious complimen¬ * get to place Navy (or Army or Air Force) personnel in non- X x X tary cocktails, snacks and hot X professional hands and under Civil Service type procedures. X meals are added reasons why X Remembering that the structures of the Foreign Service is X experienced travelers prefer PAL. X X X governed by an Act of Congress, we wonder whether the X X new reorganization is consistent with the long-standing in¬ X X tent of Congress and the legal status of the Foreign Service X X X X as a disciplined career service (which in our opinion it must X X be if the United States is to be effectively represented X X X X abroad). X X In view of the importance to the national interest that X X American diplomacy be prepared to meet the challenge im¬ X X X Twice weekly departures from San X posed on US leadership in a chaotic world, we make no X Francisco to Manila via Honolulu, Wake X apologies for urging that the serious problems raised by the X and Guam, connecting (after brief lay¬ X X over) with PAL flights to Hong Kong, X reorganization be given renewed consideration at the highest X Taipei, Okinawa, Tokyo, Bangkok, Cal¬ X levels.
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