g/,c AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE VOL. 24, NO. 1 JOURNAL JANUARY, 1947 THE NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE, WASHINGTON, D. C. ENJOY THE FINEST-TASTING THREE FEATHERS IN 63 YEARS ' wy* * nnn* The American Whiskey Par Excellence ^BEE FEATHERS THREE FEATHERS DISTRIBUTORS, Inc. Empire State Building, New York At IIS KHJV-WAB HKYI THE CONTENTS JANUARY 1947 FOREIGN JOURNAL Cover Picture: fU Vol. 24 JANUARY, 1947 No. 1 Ul Aerial view of the National War College, Washington, D. C. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY AMERICAN FOREIGN Foreign Service Changes 3 SERVICE ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, D. C. Copyright, 1947, by the American Foreign Service Association The Foreign Service in the National War College 7 The reprinting of any article or portion of an article from this By Foy D. Kohler publication is strictly forbidden without permssion from the editors. College Education—Free or Regimented? 11 The American Foreign Service Journal is open to subscription By Carl W. Strom in the United States and abroad at the rate of $2.50 a year, or 25 cents a copy. This publication is not official and material ap¬ pearing herein represents only personal opinions. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cul¬ tural Organization 14 By Stephen P. Dorsey JOURNAL STAFF Foreign Service Milestone, 1895-1946 16 HENRY S. VILLARD, Chairman By The Hon. James B. Stewart EDMUND A. GULLION RORF.RT MOCLINTOCK„_ 1 Editorial The Reincarnation of a Hospital 18 JAMES K. PENFIELD f Board By Ruth Yearns ROBERT H. MCBRIDE JANE WILSON. Managing Editor The New Security Program 20 CARL W. STROM Business Manager By Stanley R. Goodrich ADRIAN B. COLQUITT Treasurer Editors’ Column 23 The American Foreign Service Association The Manpower Act Reexamined The American Foreign Service Association is an unofficial and voluntary association of the members of The Foreign Service of News from the Department 23 the United States. It was formed for the purpose of fostering By Jane Wilson esprit de corps among the 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. News from the Field 26 The Bookshelf 28 Honorary President In Memoriam 29 JAMES F. BYRNES ^Secretary of State Foreign Service Association Luncheon—photos.. 30 Honorary Vice-Presidents Foreign Service Women’s Luncheon—photos.... 31 DEAN ACHESON . Under Secretary of State Letters to the Editors 32, WILLIAM L. CLAYTON . Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Births 32 BENJAMIN V. COHEN Counselor DONALD S. RUSSELL Assistant Secretary of State Exit from Albania 33 WILLIAM BENTON Assistant Secretary of State Letter from Agnes L. Henderson SPRUILLE BRADEN Assistant Secretary of State JOHN H. HILLDRINC Assistant Secretary of State Service Glimpses 34-35 WILLARD L. THORP Assistant Secretary of State Retired Foreign Service Officers, as of November ROBERT WOODS BLISS _ President 13, 1946 36 EDWIN C. WILSON Vice-President CLARE H. TIMBERLAKE . -> Secretary-Treasurer Oliver Bishop Harriman Foreign Service Schol¬ arship 43 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Scholarship Announcements 44 ELLIS 0. BRICCS, Chairman Change of Address Form 45 EDWARD T. WAILES, Vice-Chairman LESTER D. MALLORY, JOHN M. ALLISON, GEORGE HAEHING. Marriages 53 ROBERT M. BRANDIN, CLARE H. TIMBERLAKE ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE Issued monthly by the American Foreign Service Associa¬ MILTON K. WELLS tion, Department of State, Washington, D. C. Entered as CHARLES W. ADAIR, GEORGE L. WEST. JR. second-class matter at the Post Office in Washington, D. C., SYDNEY K. LAFOON, ROBERT F. HALF under the act of March 3, 1879. 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WOLFF, of 5 Minerva Place, New York City, has been assigned to Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, as Vice Consul. In 1939 Mr. Wolff received his B.A. from New York Uni¬ versity. As a Sergeant in the Army, he served in Italy and Germany during World War II. ROLAND H. BUSLINER, of 111 South College, Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been assigned to the staff of the U. S. Political Adviser in Tokyo. After graduating from Joplin Junior College, Mr. Bush- ner attended Kansas State Teachers College, Julliard Insti¬ tute of Musical Art, and Tulsa University. A Lieutenant in the Air Corps during World War II, he received the SINCLAIR Distributors Air Medal with seven clusters. JOHN Q. BLODGETT, of 2638 39th Street, N.W., Wash¬ ington, D. C., has been assigned to Stockholm as Third throughout the world make Secretary and Vice Consul. A graduate of Georgetown School of Foreign Service, Mr. Blodgett also attended the University of Michigan, available a line of highly where he took graduate studies in Japanese. He served during World War II with the Army as a Lieutenant in the infantry and in military intelligence. SPECIALIZED LUBRICANTS for JAMES M. BYRNE, of New York, has been assigned to Bern, Switzerland, as Third Secretary and Vice Consul. all Indus trial and Automo¬ Bom in Oyster Bay, New York, Mr. Byrne received an A.B. and LL.B. at Harvard Uiversity. In 1941 he was ap¬ pointed an Auxiliary Officer in the Foreign Service, and tive needs. NEW SINCLAIR served until February 1945 as a Special Assistant in the Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. OPALINE MOTOR OIL devel- CARROLL E. COBB, of Fort Myers, Florida, has been assigned to San Jose, Costa Rica, as Third Secretary and Vice Consul. oped through wartime A graduate of the University of Florida, with honors, Mr. Cobb served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army during World War II. experience, is a PREMIUM JOHN B. CRUME, of 2605 Gladstone, Louisvil'e. 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Y. * THE AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL JOSEPH A. MENDENHALL, of Calvert, Maryland, has been assigned to Istanbul, Turkey, as Vice Consul. Mr. Mendenhall graduated from the University of Dela¬ ware, and attended Harvard Law School and the University of Pennsylvania. He was inducted into the Army as a Private in December 1941, and at the time of his release in June 1945, was a Captain in OSS, Strategic Services Unit. 5 JOSEPH J. MONTLLOR, 40-32 Hampton Street, Elm¬ hurst, New York, has been assigned to Lyon, France, as Vice Consul. Mr. Montllor graduated from Columbia University, Phi Beta Kappa, in 1939, and received his M.A. in 1940. The following year he attended the University of Santo Domingo GRACE LINE as an exchange scholar. Prior to joining the Foreign Serv¬ ice, Mr. Montllor served as Associate Social Scientist with the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, as Executive DIRECT SERVICES Secretary of the Coordination Committee for Haiti, and as Director of Information in the American Embassy, Port au between Prince. Haiti. ARTHUR L. PADDOCK, of 18 East Orchard Street, Somerville, New Jersey, has been assigned to Genoa, Italy, New York New Orleans San Francisco as Vice Consul. Mr. Paddock received a B.A. at the University of Iowa, Seattle • Portland an M.A.