g/,t AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE ★ * JOURNAL * * VOL. 14 MAY, 1937 No. 5 \tf**15 CaJU 9** *iv- ! ■ * v mm On a business visil your holel is doubly important. You then want the utmost in comfort and conve¬ cot***1**, nience, to turn you out each morning 100% effi¬ cient and "raring to go.” You also demand a local address in every way worthy of your own prestige and standing. The Hotel New Yorker meets these , w*. wdi°' toothsK ba citc^al two needs—and meets them so completely that it d Setvidot- a ^tesbe- is chosen by men of affairs. Make it your head¬ gin ** 5 on»eo" quarters. You'll say that it is the most thoroughly el c i*5'*"0'" satisfactory hotel you have ever known. 25% Reduction to Diplomatic and Consular Service Note: The special rate reduction applies only to rooms on which the rate is $4 a day or more. HOTEL NEW YORKER 3 4 T H STREET AT EIGHTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Ralph Hitz, President * F. L. Andrews, Manager JHE AMERICAN pOREIGN gERVICE JOURNAL CONTENTS (MAY, 1937) True American Comfort COVER PICTURE Scene at Ravello on the High Seas (See also page 295) PAGE s s SERVICE GLIMPSES—Photographs 257 WASHINGTON TOWARD NATIONAL PLANNING s. s. By Maxfield //. Dunlap 259 MANHATTAN CHARLES LEE COOKE __ 263 Largest, Fastest American Ships CEREMONY AT COOCH BEHAR in Transatlantic Service By Robert Coe 264 THE FUTURE OF BELLIGERENT RIGHTS ON THE SEA—By Fred K. Nielsen 266 A LEGEND OF SALTILLO By Monnett B. Davis ... 268 FOREIGN SERVICE PROMOTIONS. ... 270 BELFAST, THE LINENOPOLIS OF THE WORLD By Lucien Mernminger 271 THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AT THE EXPOSITIONS- By Clinton E. MacEachran 274 THE EDITORS’ COLUMN ... 276 NEWS FROM THE DEPARTMENT ..... ..... 277 ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY THACKARA By Augustus E. Ingram 280 Whether you are sailing for a foreign post in NEWS FROM THE FIELD 281 Europe, or a post reached via European ports, or A POLITICAL BOOKSHELF whether you are homeward bound across the At¬ Cyril Wynne, Review Editor lantic, you will find the American living standards “Reciprocity—A National Policy for Foreign Trade” you like on the ships of the United States Lines. Reviewed by Edward I. Mullins 282 FOREIGN SERVICE CHANGES 284 Huge decks, spacious public rooms and large cab¬ IN MEMORIAM ... 290 ins with real beds and private baths contribute to AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL your comfort — so do fine meals served in air- SCHOLARSHIP 291 conditioned dining rooms. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE CHANGES 291 BIRTHS 293 A Sailing Every Wednesday at Noon PERSONAL NOTES . 293 to Ireland, England, France and Germany. Also "Ameri¬ VISITORS . 294 can One Class” ships fortnightly to Cobh and Liverpool; PHOTOGRAPHIC REGISTER ... 295 and a sailing every Friday direct to London. How IT’S DONE IN PARAGUAY 316 Issued monthly by American Foreign Service Associa¬ tion, Department of State, Washington, D. C. Entered as second-class matter August 20, 1934, at the Post Office, I nited States Lines in Washington, D. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Offices in all Principal Cities 253 A FAMOUS MOTOR CAR AGAIN MAKES NEWS Chrysler lias always led the automotive world to new accomplishments. This year Chrysler again makes headline news. Action-line contour, new aero-hydraulic shock absorbers, a new Chrysler engine, new safety-type instrument panel—these are only a few of the things that make the new Chrysler the perfect car to own. 1937 CHRYSLER CORPORATION Export Division Detroit, Michigan, U. S. A. Bodies are wider, interior dimensions The long, sleek hood is hinged at the back. So roomy is the new luggage compart¬ roomier . the same is true of the built- The side panels are easily removed to ment in the touring sedans that two tires in trunks and luggage compartments . allow ready access to all parts of the lar¬ can be readily carried without greatly There is plenty of room for everything. ger, more powerful new Chrysler engine. reducing the space you need for luggage. 254 To Patronize Our Advertisers Is to Insure a Bigger and Better Journal for Our Service. Thoughts of INDEX OF ADVERTISERS WASHINGTON American Export Lines 287 American Security and Trust Company ... 285 Bacardi, Santiago de Cuba ... 315 Brewood (Engravers) ... 312 Calvert School — .. 313 Cathay Hotel—Shanghai ... 315 FOREIGN Service _ 307 Chase National Bank Officers Have A Particular Chesterfield Cigarettes ... 258 Chrysler Corporation .. 254 Interest In The Many Crillon, Hotel—Paris. 315 Activities of Government. Diplomatic and Consular Institute— ... 313 Dunapalota Hotel—Budapest 315 Federal Storage Company 294 • When next you visit Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. 29J The Capital, stay at the insti¬ France et Choiseul Hotel—Paris —- 315 tution where international per¬ General Motors Export Co 309 George V, Hotel—Paris _ - 315 sonages reside and great events Goodyear Tire and Rubber Export Co. 289 occur. Grace, W. R., and Company 298 Harris and Ewing — . 313 Harvey Institute 310 Single Rooms from $4 Hennessy & Co., Jas.—Cognac.. 315 Hungaria Hotel—Budapest.. 315 Double Rooms from $6 305 International Telephone & Telegraph Co. Subject to a Diplomatic Kressmann & Co., Ed.—Bordeaux 315 Manhattan Storage and Warehouse Co 286 Discount Martinique Hotel 310 Mayflower Hotel 255 Merchants Transfer and Storage Company ---- — 311 Metropole Hotel—Shanghai — 315 Montgomery Ward -— 302 Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of Amer- ica, Inc. 307 Munson S.S. Lines 286 National City Bank 303 National Geographic Magazine— — 291 New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. 312 New Yorker Hotel II Cover Pagani’s Restaurant—London 315 Palace-Ambassadeurs Hotel--Rome 315 Pan-American Airways, Inc 292 Park Hotel—Shanghai 315 Philco Radio Company — 256 Plaza Hotel 293 Powhatan Hotel 307 Rockefeller Center III Cover Sapp. Earle W., C.L.U.. 312 Savoy-Plaza Hotel 293 Sea Captains’ Shop, The—Shanghai 315 Security Storage Company of Washington 285 Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc 301 Tyner, Miss E. J. 312 Underwood Elliott Fisher Company 295 United Fruit Company.. 313 United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company 292 United States Lines 253 Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.. IV Cover Woodward and Lothrop __ _ 299 '55 The PHILCO Klintlfeitl Test A group of critics sal in the audition room, Test this True tone realism yourself. Ask your blindfolded. First, they listened to the programs dealer for a free home demonstration without directly from the studio with the glass obligation and inspect one of the great¬ panels moved hack. Then, the panels est features in radio today - - PHILCO were closed and they listened to the same Automatic Tuning. One twirl of the music broadcast into the microphone dial and you're tuned in instantly, per¬ and brought to them through a PHILCO. fectly, automatically, with machine-like This routine was repeated several times. precision. Once you try it you will be The reproduction was so true, so per¬ fect that they couldn't definitely decide satisfied with nothing else. whether they were listening to artists directly or through the PHILCO — they You can’t beat a PHILCO because it has couldn’t tell the difference! That’s Illustration shows the the greatest combination of engineering operation of PHILCO’S PHILCO realism. Automatic Tuning features found in radio today. Feature. PHILCO-« musicul instrument of quutity 256 A study in black and white from Walter G. Nelson, Surgeon. V.S.P.H.S., Berlin. Owen and Lucien Faust about to take the jumps. Vice Consul Charles H. Taliaferro does not claim it is pos¬ sible to catch large fish near Progreso by spearing. He Relaxation at Oslo. William H. Beck, says this Hero was caught by trolling at Los Alacranes. Consul General, at the oars. THE FOREIGN JOURNAL cn PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE AMERICAN SERVICE ASSOCIATION VOL. 14, No. 5 WASHINGTON, D. C. MAY, 1937 Toward National Planning Work of the National Resources Committee By MAXFIELD H. DUNLAP Secretary, State Planning Section, National Resources Committee THE most ambitious survey of America’s natu¬ tious, but the underlying theory is simplicity ral and human resources ever attempted has itself. In order to understand public problems been under way for the last four years. The growing out of the use, misuse, or neglect of na¬ National Resources Committee has been trying tional resources, the National Resources Commit¬ to discover the facts regarding the use of nearly tee collects from all sources and integrates the 2,000,000,000 acres by 130,000,000 citizens acting most essential data. Next it brings together the individually, in groups, and through 175,000 experts from various departments of government different governments—Federal, state and local. and from the world of science and the social This may sound too ambitious, if not preten¬ sciences. The final step is to draft a balanced LAND USE IN THE UNITED STATES 1700 1879 rf 1930 CROPS PASTURE FORESTS WASTELAND EACH COMPLETE SYMBOL = 200,000.000 ACRES 259 JHE AMERICAN pOREIGN gERVICE JOURNAL statement of the facts underlying the problem, The function of the National Resources Com¬ and on that basis recommend to the Chief Execu¬ mittee is thus to find essential facts and advise the tive immediate steps to be taken as well as a President, who then recommends to the Congress. long range program of action. The execution of laws subsequently enacted is dele¬ gated to administrative agen¬ cies, and not to the National Resources Committee whose true function would be lost sight of if loaded with admin¬ istrative responsibilities. Recognition of the value of coordinating and planning func¬ tion is seen in the Report of the President’s Committee on Administrative Management. Part IV of this much discussed report describes the planning function and contains a recom¬ mendation that a permanent planning agency be created and BARREN WATERSHEDS LIKE THIS (LEFT i HELP MAKE FLOODS LIKE THIS (BELOW) Wide World Photo, Courtesy "American Forests" 200 Urban Population and its Water Supply One Million Person* supplied with treated Water other One Million Persons supplied with chlorinated Water One Million Persons supplied with untreated Water attached direct to the White House.