Bank-Ifc.Fund Tennis Club

Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized WELCOME TO NEW STAFF-MARCH

(Seated L to R): Elizabeth Tyler, Economics Department, from Melbourne, Australia; Margaret Koilpillari, IFC Department of Investments, Latin America, Europe and Middle East, from Poona, India; Olga Papazoglou, Projects Depart ment, from Athens, Greece; and Carol Schmedeman, Administration Depart ment, from Denver, Colorado. (Standing L to R): Dolores de las Casas, Economics Department, from Camaguey, Cuba; Marietta Pe Benito, Adminis tration Department, from Quezon City, Philippines; Nicole Larocque, Africa Department, from Montreal, Canada; and Rosalinda Dacumos, Economics Department, from Manila, Philippines. (Unable to be present): Dora Sharpe, Projects Department, from Washington, D.C. and Grace Kang, Economics Department, from Seoul, Korea.

International Bank Notes Vol. 20 No.4 April 1966

Published monthly by the Personnel Division, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington 25, D.C.

CONTENTS Page Folk Dancing - An International Hobby ...... 3 Hail to the "Foreign" Washingtonians ...... 6 New Professional Staff ...... 10

2 ilLes Folkloristes du Quebec·' practicing in the school basement in traditional French Canadian costumes.

FOLK DANCING AN INTERNATIONAL HOBBY By Mona Boucher

After a year of peeking through the Lanciers, quadrilles and cotillions are windows of the school across the street easily recognized in the dances of from my home, I finally plucked up French origin though they were con enough nerve to ask if I might join siderably modified by the customs and the dancers who practiced regularly in ways of life in a new country. In a the school basement. I was thirteen at dance like the "danse de la jarretiere" the time and this was my first intro (garter dance) the influence of the duction to folk dancing. Scottish sword dance is obvious, bur "Les Folkloristes du Quebec," as this the dancers perform their intricate group of young people called them jig steps around and into the angles selves, were all interested in the same formed by crossed garters rather than goal-the preservation of the tradi swords because the early French set tional French Canadian dances. They tlers were not allowed weapons. worked very closely with the folklore I was the "baby" of the group for a long time before I discovered folk archives at Laval University. ,J distin guish French Canadian from other dancing was an international pastime, Canadian dances, not to create animos popular not only in canada and the ity among my fellow Canadians, bur United States, but all over the world. to point up the differences in the An "outsider" came to visit our group dances from the regions where the one day and invited me to a "folk French settled and those performed in moor." The expression on my face the rest of Canada. must have reflected my ignorance for he quickly explained that a "folkmoot" The origins of some of the first was a workshop with a guest teacher dances I learned could be traced back who specialized in particular regional directly to the earliest French settlers. dances.

3 A Croatian dance performed at an International Folk Dance Festival held in the Montreal Forum.

Life after that "folkmoot" was never tenegro, where their Oriental tradition quite the same and after a very short still shows up, women stay in the back time I found myself dancing five ground with their eyes cast down. nights a week. I led a group at McGill Serbian dances are gay and vigorous University and, as time went on, I be and are generally led by the best came very interested in Balkan dances dancer in the group. They are accom which were a complete revelation to panied by a flute ("frula") and violin me. I discovered there was a Croatian and, more recently, by an accordian. colony in Montreal with a very active The people of Macedonia are par folk dance group. I asked to join. ticularly devoted to music and possess After a bit of questioning they ac an innate sense of time and rhythm, cepted me into the group though they which probably explains why it is never could understand why I wanted choreographically one of the most in to learn their dances. This turned out teresting parts of the world. Dances to be a most exciting experience. More such as the "lesnoto" and "teskoto" than three quarters of the group spoke are danced at wedding feasts which little or no English. We used to con often last for three or four days and verse by signs and smiles. It certainly nights. These dances begin with a proved to me tha't you don't have to slow and solemn rhythm and gradu understand the language of a country ally accelerate to a wild finish. Monte to enjoy its music and dancing. • negrin dances are generally executed Many guest teachers came to Mon by couples and include a number of treal over the years from Macedonia, enormous leaps by the man towards Greece, Serbia, Croatia and other his partner. Slovenian dances, on the Balkan countries and the dances of other hand, usually have a three quar these countries are among my favor ter beat and are very similar to the ites. In the Serbian and Croatian dances Austrian-Bavarian "landler." women have an equal role with men, Let me answer a question now that but in those of Macedonia and Mon- I am often asked in Washington-is

A guest teacher (second from left) instructing a local Washington dance group in the more intricate steps of a Macedonian dance. Costumes are borrowed from embassies or from other dancers who happen to own them.

4 square dancing the same as folk danc to-intermediate group meets every ing? I quote from the encyclopedia: Thursday. 'This group is open to any "Folk dance-primitive, tribal or racial one with two feet and a determination form of the dance, sometimes the sur to have fun. I was soon swept up in vival of some ancient ceremony or their activities. festival. The term is used also to in If I have told you enough to arouse clude characteristic national dances, your curiosity and make your feet country dances and figure dances in itch, you may be interested in attend costume to folk tunes. Many children's ing part of the International Folk Fes games, such as 'London Bridge' and tival sponsored by the D. C. Recrea 'The Farmer in the Dell' are tradi tion Department under the direction tional folk dances. Good examples are of David Rosenberg. It will be held on the Spanish alemana and fandango, May 13 and 14 in the Roosevelt High the Bohemian polka, the Hungarian, School Auditorium and is open to the czardas, the Irish jig, the Highland public. (Tickets will be available from fling and the English Morris dance, the author.) Or you may prefer a more sword dance and Maypole dance. active role. Newcomers are always wel American folk dances, such as the come in any of the groups dancing in Virginia reel and 'Pop goes the weasel' Washington. Besides the Thursday eve are largely derived from European ning group mentioned above, there is sources." Square dancing is just a small a more advanced group that meets at fragment of folk dancing. All Souls Unitarian Church on Satur day evenings. "More advanced" is not Folk dancing can be very helpful when you travel. Generally people who strictly accurate. This group seems to attract more energetic dancers, and enjoy it are friendly and eager to make the emphasis is on Polish, Israeli and a newcomer feel at home. When I first Balkan dances. Drop in some evening, came to Washington I looked up a if only to watch the more athletic men dancer I had met on a previous visit when "les Folkloristes" took part in perform their acrobatic leaps and twirls. a festival here. He took me to Roose velt High School where a beginner

The author (R) and three of her dance associates in French Canadian costume. HAil TO THE t~FOREIGNu WASHINGTONIANS by Gloria Hunt

How many times have we stopped In order to speed her training, she to wonder about the plight of our was first given a "floating" position. Washington co-workers who, as if by Her initial assignment was in the Ag magic, upon crossing the doors of 1818 riculture Division of the Projects De H Street, find themselves in a com partment. Agriculture! She had always pletely foreign land? The shock must, thought a bank dealt with money, not no doubt, be even greater when they seeds. Overnight she painstakingly try to figure out how such a thing practiced how she would answer the could happen only two blocks from telephone for her new boss: Mr. the White House. Khlaumpsteshnarbyll's office. Luckily, Let us consider the case of Miss or unluckily, the first person to call Alexandria Potomac, a native Wash that day was his wife who, with a ingtonian, who accepted a secretarial heavy accent, informed Miss Potomac job at our Bank. Just reviewing some that she was using her husband's first of the events that filled her first days name. She should address him as Mr. at work will give us a pretty clear Becquarantsunpyl. Miss Potomac gath picture. ered together the remains of her self As she entered the building on her confidence, strength and goodwill. She first day at work, Alexandria was im wanted to do a good job and she was mediately uneasy. Was she properly going to prove that she could. dressed? Some of the girls she passed Her first dictation referred to an ap seemed to favor very short skirts. praisal of a certain agricultural feeder others made her wonder if she should road in Timbuktu. Just what did her have worn her long ballgown. Still boss mean by a feeder road? By eleven others were wearing high, white boots 0'clock she was asked to telephone a and some had flowers in their hair. It number of people to convene a Work was too late to go back home and ing Party. This was the first time she change and besides, it would have been had ever heard of people working dur rather hard to decide what else to wear. ing a party. She was also asked to pick

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up six copies of a certain green report pick up some travel medicine. After for this meeting. She wondered if eating donkey meat and all that, what these agriculturists would call it a else could you expect? mature report once it ripened. Now that Alexandria Potomac, after At last lunch time came. What a re a few months at work, has re-Iearned lief! She planned to enjoy a hearty, English and settled down in the Trans all-American meal. But destiny had portation Division, she proudly con something else in store for Alexandria. siders herself a multilingual authority. The cafeteria menu that day consisted Not everyone can readily understand of Pate au jus, Syrian souffie, Burro en Frenchenglish, Spanishenglish, Austral Jitomate and Wienersnitzel. The only lianenglish, Koreanenglish and all the word she could make out was burro other languages of the Bank. She can but she had always thought it meant now take dictation in any of these lan donkey. It came as no surprise to her guages and transcribe it into beautiful when she was asked to stop in the Angloamerican! Health Room during the afternoon to

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THINGS TO DO IN SUMMER

The U. S. National Park Service, Department of the Interior, has published a booklet for 1966 which lists spring and summer activities in and around Washington. The book let is available in the Staff Relations Office, Room 266. Most of the activities suggested are free. • •••••••••••••••• ***•••••** The YWCA has a day and evening school during the summer months with courses open to men and women and students on vacation. English, French, Spanish and Italian courses are offered as well as drawing and painting, home arts, creative writing, bridge and many others. This pamphlet is also available in the Staff Relations Office. Registration begins after May 1.

7 Blood Donor Response Excellent

Thirty-one staff members were able to go to the Red Cross Blood Center on Wednesday morning, March 30, in response to an appeal for blood to be used for the Leukemia Research Program carried on by the National Institutes of Health. Penny Usher, at least a gallon donor by now, was one of the volunteers. While waiting to go through the routine at the Center, Penny was approached by a photographer and public relations man from Red Cross National Head quarters. They asked if she would mind posing for some pictures of an all American looking donor which might eventually be part of a series of slides shown around the United States to explain the Red Cross blood program. Penny laughingly replied that, although she wasn't American, she would be willing to be their model. The photographs on these pages are some that were taken that morning. Besides Penny, the other IBRD/IFC volunteers included: Grace Aube Leo Grothe I. A. Menezes Carlos Azevedo Lydia Hennessy joseph Metherate Armonia Badenes Frank johnson Patricia Morrison Beverley Baxter A. M. Laing Sanchia Paskin Ernest Capbert june Lavin jenny Paterson Lei! Christoffersen Daniel Lecuona Maria Schornagel Colin Davis Helen Linfield Sue Schulgin Helen Duby David Love james Suit Hilary Dunthorne Nellie Manganello Marius Veraart Doris Eliason William Matthews Gillian Williams

Volunteering. Giving blood. As always when donors from the Bank and IFC give blood, the IBRD/IFC quota was credited with the number of pints of blood given on this occasion. By filling this quota each year, staff members and their immediate families are able to have blood needed for transfusions replaced free of charge by calling the Staff Relations Office. The next regular day for donating blood is Tuesday, May 3. If you are able and willing to give blood on that day, please call Extension 2685.

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CORRECTION In the March issue of Bank Notes, the photographs of Mr. Calisto and Mr. Fransen were transposed and the wrong pictures appeared by their biographies. They are rerun correctly below.

Manuel Calisto, from Ecuador joined the Western Hemi sphere Department on February 7. He worked for the Na tional Planning and Coordination Board in Quito from 1961 until he moved to Washington and was Chief of the Division of Promotion and Foreign Cooperation. From 1958-61 Mr. Calisto was Business Manager for Utah Inter national, a construction company with headquarters in San ~: Francisco. He was Assistant Manager of the Registrations Department of E. R. Squibb & Sons, working on the regis tration of their pharmaceutical products in Latin America ~ ' and Europe. Mr. Calisto studied at Catholic University in Washington and has his B.A. in Business Administration from Central University in Quito. He has also done grad uate work in Industrial" Management at Rutgers University in New Jersey and at Central University in Quito. The Calistos have a son and a daughter and are settled in Bethesda.

James Fransen, an Agriculturist with the Projects Depart ment since February 16, is already familiar to some of the staff as he served as a Consultant on the Mexican Mission from October to February. During the previous ten years Mr. Fransen worked in Bogota, Colombia as an Animal Scientist with the Rockefeller Foundation and was re sponsible for the development of their Animal Science Research Program in that country. He worked with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Oklahoma as a Con servationist from 1944-47. Mr. Fransen has his B.S. in Animal Husbandry from Oklahoma State University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Animal Physiology from Purdue University. He has also taken courses at the University of California and Cornell University. Mr. Fransen lives in northwest Washington.

9 NEW PROFESSIONAL STAFF INTRODUCTIONS

Ernest Joseph Cap bert, a Canadian, is a Staff Assistant in the Secretary's Department where he started to work on March 7. Mr. Capbert has his Bachelor of Commerce from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. He has worked for the Canadian Department of Public Works in Ottawa since 1962, starting as a Junior Executive Officer during 1962-63, next was Acting Executive Assistant to the Deputy Minister from 1963-64, during 1964-65 was Motor Vehicle Control Officer, and from 1965 until coming to Washington was an Accounting Officer. Mr. Capbert lives in Georgetown. Frank Higginbottom, from England, joined the Transporta tion Division of the Projects Department as a Ports Engi neer on March 7. From 1961-66 Mr. Higginbottom worked as a Contract Manager and Senior Agent for Kier Ltd., a firm of civil engineering contractors in London. He was Chief Engineer of the Nigerian Ports Authority in Lagos from 1956-61. During 1954-56 Mr. Higginbottom was Senior Engineer with Taylor Woodrow Ltd., civil engi neering contractors in Middlesex, England, and during 1950-54 worked for the South Porto Rico Sugar Company in the Dominican Republic as a Construction Engineer. He was an Assistant Engineer with the Port of London Au thority during 1948-50, held a similar position with the Manchester Ship Canal Company from 1947-48 and was Senior Engineering Assistant for the Borough of Twicken ham from 1946-47. Mr. Higginbottom has his B.Se. in Civil Engineering from Manchester University. The Hig ginbottoms have a son in the Merchant Navy and a son and daughter living with them in McLean, Virginia. John Durham North, an Englishman, has been an Engineer in the Transportation Division of the Projects Department since March 11, coming to Washington from Nigeria where he had worked for the Government of Northern Nigeria since 1951. During 1965 he was Chief Civil Engi neer of the Ministry of Works in Kaduna, from 1962-64 he was their Progress Engineer and from 1951-61 he was Executive Engineer and, later, Provincial Engineer. Mr. North was Assistant Civil Engineer in the Department of Atomic Energy of the Ministry of Supply in England during 1950-51. He has his B.A. and M.A. in Mechanical Sciences (Engineering) from Trinity College, Cambridge Univer sity and his M.Se. in Highway and Traffic Engineering from Birmingham University. The Norths have a son and a daughter and live in Carderock Springs, Maryland.

10 Bahman K. Abadian, from Iran, joined the South Asia Department on March 16. Mr. Abadian has been Director of the Research Department of the Central Bank of Iran since 1963. Many staff members already know Mr. Abadian as he has worked with the Plan Organization in Iran from 1958-63, as Chief of the Planniog Bureau from 1961-63 and as Head of the General Economic Group and Deputy to the Division of Economic Affairs from 1958-61. He was Head of the Department of Economics of the M.T.B. College in Surat, India during 1956-57 and held the same position at L.D. Arts College and M.G. Science Institute in Ahmedabad during 1956. Mr. Abadian has his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Bombay and did postgraduate work in Economics at Har vard University. The Abadians and their two daughters and son have also settled in Carderock Springs, Maryland. K. Dieter BIz, from Germany, is an Economist in the Eco nomics Department, coming to the Bank on March 22. Mr. Elz has his Diploma in Agriculture from Halle Uni versity in Germany, his M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from Toronto University in Canada and his Ph.D. in Agri cultural Economics and Economics from Pennsylvania State University. From 1952-58 Mr. Elz was Manager of an experimental dairy and poultry farm in Thornton Hough, England which belonged to J. Bibby and Sons, Ltd. of Liverpool. During 1960 he was a Consultant with the Ontario Department of Agriculture and during 1962 was an Instructor at Pennsylvania State University's Depart ment of Agricultural Economics. During 1962-63 he worked for Agri Research, Inc. in Manhattan, Kansas and during 1963 was Director of the European Office of To- . bacco Associates, Inc., a U.S. trade organization. Mr. Elz worked on commodity research in agricultural products in Gottingen, Germany under contract with the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture from 1964-65 and from 1965 until coming to Washington was a Consultant in the Commodi ties Division of FAO in Rome. Mr. and Mrs. Elz have a son and a daughter and have decided to live in Carderock Springs, Maryland. Cornelis P. Van Dijk, from the Netherlands, joined the · Education Division of the Projects Department as an Economist on March 23. Mr. Van Dijk has worked for O.E.C.D. in Paris since 1964 as an Educational Consultant and from 1963-64 he was with the Ministry of the Interior of the Netherlands Government in The Hague. During 1960-62 he was a District Officer with the Government of Netherlands New Guinea (now West Irian) in Kepi. Mr. Van Dijk was in South Africa from 1956-60, first as Assistant Economist with the Netherlands Bank of South

11 Africa from 1956-59 and then as Economist with the Im perial .Chemical Industries (South African) Ltd. from 1959-60. He is a graduate in Economics of the Netherlands School of Economics in Rotterdam. The Van Dijks live in Arlington with their two daughters and son. Bashir A. Malik, from Pakistan, is an Engineer with the Transportation Division of the Projects Department, ini tially on a one-year appointment which began on March 14. Mr. Malik has worked for the Government of West Pakistan since 1955 as a Superintending Engineer involved in the planning, designing, execution, maintenance and administration of civil engineering projects and, most re cently, as a Director of Research. He held a similar position with the Government of Punjab from 1951-55 and du.ring 1948-49 and 1944-45. Mr. Malik has his B.Se. in Civil Engineering from Lahore University, his M.Se. in Highway Engineering from the University of Utah and has partici pated in an advanced highway engineering course in Turkey under the U.N. Technical Assistance Program. Mr. and Mrs. Malik have four sons and have settled in Arlington. Mahbub ul Haq, from Pakistan, started his one-year assign ment as an E.D.I. Lecturer on March 21. Mr. Haq is on leave from the post of Joint Chief Economist of the Pakistan Planning Commission'which position he has held since 1965. From 1957-65 he was Chief of the Perspective Planning Section of the Government of Pakistan Planning Commission and worked not only on Pakistan's Perspective Plan (1965-85) but also on the Third Plan (1965-70). During this period Mr. Haq also served as a Consultant for the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East for short periods in 1962, 1963 and 1964. He has his B.A. in Economics from Government College in Lahore, his M.A. from King's College, Cambridge University and his Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University. Mr. and Mrs. Haq and their li ttle girl found an apartment in Bethesda. Gunter H. Rei!, from Germany, has been a Country Econ omist in the Far East Department since March 31. He had been doing economic research on developing countries as a staff member of the Economic Research Division of Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau in Frankfurt since 1962. Mr. Reif worked for the U.S. Embassy in Bonn from 1956 62, reporting and analyzing economic and financial devel opments in Germany. He attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and received his Diploma in Economics from the University of Bonn in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Reif have two sons and a daughter and will live in Bethesda.

12 Noriaki HoriJ from Japan, joined the IFC on April 1 as an Investment Officer in the Africa, Asia and Middle East Department of Investments. He has his B.A. in Economics from Tokyo University and did graduate work in Corporate Finance under a Fulbright Fellowship at the New York University Graduate School of Business Administration. Mr. Hori has worked with the Industrial Bank of Japan since 1956; in the Osaka Branch from 1956-58, in the Foreign Department from 1959-61, on an assignment to the Research Department from 1961-64, held the post of Advisory Officer of the Research Department during 1964 and was an Advisory Officer in the Loan Department from 1964 until he came to Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Hori took an apartment in Alexandria.

Avigdor MerozJ an Israeli, is an Economist in the Eco nomics Department, coming to the Bank on April 1. Mr. Meroz worked for the Economic Planning Authority of the Israeli Prime Minister's Office from 1964-66. He was ·a Student Assistant in the Department of Economics of Hebrew University from 1960-63 and during 1962 was a Researcher in the Department of Business Administration. He has his B.A. and has completed all but the final paper for his M.A. in Economics from Hebrew University. Mr. Meroz is still looking for an apartment.

Alfred B. PusarJ a Canadian, has been an Economist in the Transportation Division of the Projects Department since April 1. From 1961 until coming to Washington Mr. Pusar was a Research Engineer and Planning Officer with the Canadian National Railways and during that period also did private consulting work on transportation and mar keting problems. He took a consulting and research assign ment during 1964-65 in Pleasantville, New York with Foley Brothers, Inc., a firm of international contractors and engineers, which involved considerablci travel in Africa, Europe and North America. During 1960-61 Mr. Pusar was a Project Engineer with C. D. Howe Consulting Engineers in Montreal. He has his Bachelor of Civil Engi neering and his M.B.A. from McGill University in Mon treal. The Pusars and their little boy are still househunting.

Marcos RamirezJ from Mexico, joined the Education Divi sion of the Projects Department as an Agricultural Edu cation Specialist on April 5. For the past year Mr. Ramirez has been working as a Research Entomologist with the Mexican Government and the Rockefeller Foundation. He has worked with the Mexican Government as a Research Agriculturist and in Extension work since 1947. In 1952 Mr. Ramirez became a Professor at the National School of Agriculture in Chapingo, Mexico and from 1961-65 he was General Director of the school. He is a graduate of this school and has his M.S. and Ph.D. in Entomology from Cornell University. Mr. and Mrs. Ramirez and their two sons and daughter look forward to living in one of the Washington suburbs. 13 .BANK-IFC.FUND TENNIS CLUB There comes a time of the year when at the end of the working day there appear in the lobby of the Bank a number of individuals who are conspicu ously clad in white (some more than others) and revealing (some more than others) outfits, in sharp contrast to their more conservatively dressed colleagues. These ill at ease individuals-carrying tennis rackets in place of brief cases are members of the Bank-IFC-Fund Tennis Club who are looking forward to getting to the peaceful courts in Rock Creek Park where they will bat about the white balls until the stars in the sky are more clearly visible than their opponents. The experienced observer will have noted that the number of these individ uals has been increasing over the years. Last year the club reached an all time high of 99 members and indications are that this year the membership will be well in excess of 100. Membership in the club is open to all Bank-IFC-Fund staff members and their families. The membership fee is $15 for men, $10 for women and $20 for husband and wife teams (thanks to a recently married club chairman). On Saturdays and Sundays between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. the club rents three courts at Carter Barron on 16th Street N.W. On Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays three courts in Rock Creek Park are rented from 6 to 8 p.m. The Carter Barron courts have already opened for the season and the weekday courts should be ready about the third week of April. The Tennis Club Committee for the 1966 season includes: Bilsel Alisbah -Chairman Luis Azocar (F) -Treasurer °Dliv~ Vapugh~nl_Joint Secretaries enlse egOlx ~ Walter Ewing-Committee member David Grenier-Committee member The club definitely welcomes beginners and is interested in helping them learn. To this end, provided at least 15 members are interested, the services of a teacher will be acquired to provide group lessons for beginners. The lessons will commence the first or second week in May and will consist of six one hour lessons on Saturdays at 10 a.m. The six lessons will cost $8 per person but half of this will be paid out of club funds. In addition to the lessons, beginners will also have the opportunity of playing with the more advanced members of the club. During the season the club also attempts to kindle the flames of competition and to this end a number of tournaments are held, including the club cham pionship which is held toward the end of the season. At some stage of the season Bank members with the help of Fund members gang up against IFC members and compete for the George Woods Trophy.

14 Those interested in receiving application forms, acquiring additional informa tion, or signing up for the beginners course should get in touch with Miss Olive Vaughan (Ext.2056).We hope that many of you will do so. With your continued interest and support perhaps we can begin to look forward to the day when Bank and IFC staff can pay for some courts of their own.

Some of the trophy winners of the 1965 season shown at the presentation ceremonies last fall. (L to R): Rosemary Garran who, together with Jackie Ash, won the Ladies' Doubles; Hugh Scott, the Men's Singles champion; Jayarajan Chanmugam, winner of the Men's Doubles trophy with Hussein Mustafa; Mrs. Mustafa who presented the trophies to the 1965 recipients; Hartsell Cash who, with his wife, won the Thailand Cup in the round robin tournament; Jackie Ash, Ladies' Singles champion; Hussein Mustafa, also winner with Jackie Ash of the Mixed Doubles Cup; and Mrs. Hartsell Cash.

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VOLUNTEER HELP NEEDED Project Head Start, a program designed to help young children get ready for the school experience, needs volunteers with varied skills for all aspects of the program. Teenagers who cdn assist during the summer months will be especially welcome. Volunteers are asked to work a minimum of eight hours a week for at least two months, whether participating at a center or working in an office. For further information please call the Head Start Office, telephone 659-110, extension 344.

15 Me~bers of the Board of Directors. (L to R) : Cyril H. Davies, Humayun Mirza, Kenelm Gumness, Jonathan Levin, Frederick S. Elofson, Arie Bouter, Vincent ]. Riley and Anyda Marchant.

CREDIT UNION REPORT

The 19th Annual Meeting of the Bank-Fllfld Staff Federal Credit Union was held on March 29, 1966 in the Bank dining room with about fifty members attending. The President, Mr. Joseph W. Lang, reviewed the 19th Annual Report and pointed up the "growing pains" the Credit Union had experienced in passing the million dollar level. Both shares and loans exceeded one million dollars on December 31, 1965. He expressed regret at the need for the slight dip in the dividend rate for the la~t half of 1965, and expressed hope that as a result of the new interest rates on loans the dividends for 1966 could at least be restored to their old level of 4"Y4 % per year. The Manager, Mr. Y. C. Chen, who celebrated his tenth anniversary with the Credit Union last August thanked the membership and officers for their support and guidance during his decade of service. New members of the Board of Directors, Credit Committee and Supervisory Committee are listed below.

Board of Directors* Mr. Dana E. Brantley ...... (B-F) Mr. Cyril H. Davies ...... (B) Sir Kenelm Guinness ...... (B) Mr. Jonathan Levin ...... (F) Mr. Humayun Mirza ...... (B) Mr. Vincent J. Riley ...... (B)

'*' The three Board Members continuing from last year are: Mr. Ari~ Bouter (F), Mr. Frederick S. Elofson (B) and Miss Anyda Marchant (B). Credit Committee Supervisory Committee Miss Joan P. Harris ...... (B) Miss Maria Beer ...... (F) Mr. John M. Malone ...... (B) Mr. Jochen Kraske ...... (B) Mrs. Alison K. Mitchell ..... (F) Mr. Michael Kuczynsky .... (F)

Two members of the Supervisory Committee (L to R) Jochen Kraske and Maria Beer with the Manager, Y. C. Chen, the Records Auditor, Frank Davies (F) and the Legal Adviser Tenley Jones (B). THE 5T AMP BOX

by Raymond E. Deely The Dead Sea, that low, hot and formerly useless body of water, is now one of the greatest sources of salts in the world, containing billions of tons of magnesium chloride, common salt, calcium chloride, potassium chloride and magnesium bromide. Its exceptional climatic conditions, inch]ding year-round, regular temperatures, high air pressure and very low rainfall, result in an extremely high sea water evaporation rate, a phenomenon which is used most advantageously in the production process of the salts. The Dead Sea Works Ltd., formed in 1952 to develop these vast natural resources, is the successor of the Palestine Potash Company Ltd. The latter company was started in the early 30's by Moshe Novomeysky, a chemical engineer, who, after many years of negotiations, had obtained a concession to extract certain minerals, principally potassium chloride (potash) and bromine, from the Sea. In 1960 DSW undertook an expansion program and in July 1961 the Bank lent DSW $25 million for the project. The most important and most costly part was in connection with the expansion of potash production. This required the construction of some 47 kms. of dikes to enclose about 100 sq. kms. of the sea area for use as concentrating ponds. Israel, in mid:1965, issued two stamps in honor of the Dead Sea Industries for their important contribution to the country's economy. The overall portrayal of an extraction plant has been divided between the two stamps, a 12 agorot and a 50 agorot. The design can be completed only when the twO are placed side by side as has been done in the illustration. Actually, these are individual stamps from separate sheets. The drawings are symbolical, showing industrial cranes and vats with the Dead Sea in the background and piles of extracted chemicals in the foreground. The stamps are in shades of blue-green and purple.

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17 This month's recipe is a light, airy, elegant and easy to prepare dessert. Chocolate Sponge tablespoon gelatin o cup sugar 1/4 cup cold water Pinch of salt % cup boiling water 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 squares bitter chocolate o pint whipping cream 3 eggs, separated Soak gelatin in cold water, add boiling water to dissolve. Melt chocolate in top of double boiler. Cool slightly. Beat egg yolks, sugar and salt until thick and lemon-colored. Add gelatin, chocolate mixture and vanilla. Blend well, then let stand in cool place (or bottom of refrigerator) until mixture begins to thicken (about 30 minutes), then beat egg white until stiff and gently fold into mixture with a metal spoon. Pour into a lightly oiled ring mold and chill in refrigerator until firm (at least 4 hours or can be made the day before). Unmold on a serving platter. Either fill the center or frost top and sides with sweetened, whipped cream. Sprinkle with grated, bitter chocolate.

TEN YEAR STAFF-APRIL Joseph J. Filippi

FIVE YEAR STAFF-APRIL (L to R) : Ann Dippie, Gaspare Giammetta, Ardys W. P. Rao and Marie-Claude Larrieu.

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BIRTHS: Kenneth Eakins, first child marine engineer with Vitro, assigned for Patricia and Thermon Eakins, of to the Polaris Submarine Project. The the Administration Department, couple live in Kensington. weighed 8 lbs., 6 ozs. at birth in the Alison Turner and Sidney Wheelock, George Washington University Hos who were married on April 9 at the pital on March 18. Cleveland Park Congregational Church, Giuseppina and Aldo Spinelli, of Washington, D.C. They are now living the Administration Department, are in Ottawa, Canada. the proud parents of their first child Margaret Moore, of the Adminis and daughter, Patrizia, who was born tration Department and David B. Kirk on March 23 in the Holy Cross Hos whose wedding will take place on pital in Silver Spring. She weighed April 23 in the Bethlehem Chapel of 7 Ibs., 8 ozs. the Washington National Episcopal Evelyn and George Samuel's first CathedraL Mr. Kirk, from Fostoria, child, a little girl named Lalitha Ohio works for the C. and P. Tele Indrani, was born on March 27 in phone Company and attends the Capi the Washington Sanitarium weighing tol Institute of Technology. The Kirks 6 lbs., 1 oz. Mrs. Samuel works in the will live in Arlington. Office of the President. Lois Schindler, of the Economics Alessandro R. Pessotto, second son Department, and Alexander Karb who for Sylvia and Giovanni ~_essotto, of will be married in Silver Spring on the Administration Depahment, ar April 24. Mr. Karb, from Arlington rived in Suburban Hospital on April 2 where the couple will make their and weighed 8 lbs., 4 ozs. home, is a geologist with the U.S. Erminia and Oliviero Pesce, of the Department of Defense. Junior Professional Program, are Helen O'Meara, of IFC's Depart pleased to announce the birth of their ment of Investments, Latin America, first child and son, Pietro, who Europe and Australasia, and Elliot weighed 7 lbs., 5 ozs. when he was Krafsur who will be married in Brack born on April 9 in the George Wash nell, England on May 7. Mr. Krafsur ington University HospitaL is from Frederick, Maryland and is an BEST WISHES TO: Susan Navarro, entomologist with the U.S. Naval Med daughter of Lota Fairall of the Eco ical Corps. The couple will be living nomics Department, who mar ri e d in Foggy Bottom after a wedding trip J ames Coleman on March 26 in the in England. U.S. Navy ChapeL Mr. Coleman is a

IN MEMORIAM Jelena Avramovic, mother of Dragoslav Avramovic, on March 16 in Belgrade.

19 New books added to the shelves of the Staff Relations Lending Library recently include: THE THREE LIVES OF CHARLES DE GAULLE: A BIOGRAPHY David Schoenbrull De Gaulle as a soldier of France's Third Republic, as the liberator of the Fourth Republic and as the creator of the Fifth Republic.

CISSY PATTERSON-Alice Albright Hoge The life, loves and extravagances of Eleanor Medill Patterson, former pub lisher and editor of the Washington Times-Herald.

THE MAGUS-John Fowles Another elaborate spellbinder by the author of "The Collector".

NO ONE HEARS BUT HIM-Taylor Caldwell A wholly new novel built around the setting and · spirit of the author's pre vious book "The Listener" again dealing with the man who listens and the troubled strangers who seek comfort.

CHILDREN OF ALLAH-Agnes Newton Keith The author recounts her nine years in Libya as the wife of an F AO official and the transformation she observed in the country when oil was discovered in 1959.

THE BEGINNERS-Dan Jacobson Dozens of characters criss-cross through the lives of the members of a single Jewish family in South Africa.

I SAW RED CHINA-Lisa Hobbs An Australian-born staff writer for the "San Francisco Examiner" records her observations on a three-week trip behind the Bamboo Curtain.

Mysteries

THE UNEXPECTED MRS. POLLIFAX-Dorothy Gilman The first spy in fiction whose adventures should have been illustrated by the late Helen Hokinson. Good for smiles and thrills.

SOMETHING TO HIDE-Nicholas Monsarrat A novel of crime and retribution told with utterly compelling suspense.