64005 Vol. 8 No.9 September, 1954 Malaya, Nigeria and Syria Mission members. MISSION IN TRIPLICATE by Shirley Boskey When the Bank announced in the benefit of the Malayan Mis­ September 1953 that it was or­ sion, while the Syrian Mission ganizing a general survey mission entrusted itself to the vagaries to Nigeria, it is highly likely that of the Premier elevator. Once the printing and drafting staff of housekeeping problems are settled, the Administration Department the TAL staff, and the area de­ read the news with foreboding. partments, turn to the task of And when that announcement was assuring that the missions, in shortly followed by announcements writing the reports for which they of s;milar missions to Malaya and alone assume responsibility, may Syria, it is even more likely that have available the comments and the spirits of those inhabitants constructive criticism of the Bank. of the first floor sank to the base­ These reports are based on the ment as they prepared themselves mission's survey of the country's for a long, hard summer and fall. economic potentialities; they in­ Although the Bank has sent out corporate recommendations upon 12 general survey missions since which the government of the coun­ it began this aspect of technical try can base a long-term develop­ assistance work in 1949, never ment program. The nine reports before have three missions simul­ already published for the Bank taneously taken up resid~nce here by Johns Hopkins range from the for the writing of their reports. trimness of the report on Surinam The missions have averaged to the bulk of the report on Cuba. about 12 members, some belonging But however much the finished to the Bank's regular staff and products differ in appearance, the others recruited as technical ex­ course of their production has perts by the Technical Assistance followed a familiar pattern and and Liaison Staff. And so the the Nigerian, Malayan and Syrian TAL staff, which specializes in reports are apparently to be no the care and feeding of missions, exception. had to find space and secretaries Each mission chief -- Aron and calculating machines for some Broches, the Bank's assistant 30 mission members, more or less chief counsel (Nigeria), P ieter at the same time; the Nigeria Lieftinck, lately the Bank's rep­ Mission pioneered in the heat of resentative in Turkey (Syria), and the Equitable Building, in space Sir Louis Chick (Malaya) -- upon subsequently air conditioned for his return to Washington expressed 2 Members of the Syrian Mission visiting the Roudj Project in February, 1954. confidence that his report would has come to revise his time and be completed within a few months volume estimates, prodded by the and that the report "would not be reminders of the TAL staff that long" .... considering the com­ it is later and longer than he plexities of the country, which thinks. Diligent and judicious were of course greater than those editing {referred to by the authors of any other country to which a as nruthless revision of material mission had been sent. During already cut to the bone"} will re­ those next few months the tech­ duce each report by 1/3 to 1/2 of nical experts one by one silently its original length. Maps and stole away, leaving behind masses charts will fall like autumn leaves. of papers on power, industry, The report will run the gauntlet transportation, etc., etc., maps in of the editor, the area department several colors, and charts of all concerned, the technical opera­ sizes and shapes. The hard core tions staff, a working party, the of each mission -- the chief and Staff Loan Committee, the authors two stalwart economists -- (John again and the government to which Adler and Robert Skillings for it will be sent. As a result of Nigeria, John de Wilde and Feliks this review, many sections of the Bochenski for Syria, William Gil­ report will be completely rewrit­ martin and Trevor Swan (of Au­ ten, innumerable small changes stralia) for Malaya) remained be­ will be made, maps will be re­ hind to write the main report. Re­ drawn, and large tables will be luctantly and ruefully each chief retyped and rephotographed. 3 Through it all, the secretaries the murmur of proofreading and and the print shop will have pre­ redolent with stencil correction served their patience and good fluid. It is fairly certain that at humour. the height of the frenzy an error From time to time, crises will will be discovered in one of the arise, caused by self-imposed more complicated tables, perhaps but nevertheless sacred deadlines caused by the arrival from abroad for submission to the series of of more recent budgetary figures; commentators or by plans for there is an unwritten rule that this a ctivities unrelated to the report, may happen only when both of the made by mission members in Bank's long-carriage machines earlier and happier days when are urgently needed elsewhere or six months in which to write a broken. It was in the course of ~eport seemed time enough and . one such spasm during the writing more. Then the pace acc.elerates of the Nigeria report that a mem­ (words which, together with ber of the TAL staff, . who mod­ "rapid, " "major" and "imple­ estly wishes to be unidentified mented, " are beloved of missions; here, was moved to compose the it is a major responsibility of the following: editor to learn synonyms for them wThe mission we sent to Nigeria as rapidly as possible); there are Should have stayed in the dark­ evening sessions, extra secre­ est interia. taries are sucked into the vacuum Their unequalled vigors created by the rushing upstairs And penchant for figgers and back of men from the print Leave us all in astate of hysteria." shop, and the air is filled with At this writing, the mills of the Members of the Malayan Mission inspectin~ a tin mine near Kula Lumpur. 4 Members of the House of Chiefs of the Western Region in Ibadan. Nigeria. Malayan and Syrian Missions are vying for editorial attention, will steadily grinding out bits and be in some fashion uncomfortably pieces of their reports. These and mysteriously linked. But are finding their way to ·t he edi­ even by the gloomiest estimates, tor's desk, which is still liberally both reports should be completed sprinkled with comments and pro­ by early in the New Year, an posed corrections for the Nigeria appropriate time for the spirits report. There is grave danger of the TAL and Administration that the "integration" of the pro­ staff to soar .... until the next gram of which that report boasts survey mission is announced. may be carried too far, and that Despite the tumult and confusion the government of Nigeria may which attends their writing, the find itself puzzling over an ear­ end products have been, and nest recommendation to improve assuredly will continue to be, port facilities at Singapore while documents of which the Missions the government of Malaya tries to may well be proud. They have draw comfort from a cheery pre­ provided the governments of the diction that the Nigerian Railway respective countries with we11­ will be able within two years to considered recommendations for move the entire groundnut backlog. practical economic development Should this catastrophe happily programs. Their value is evidenced be avoided, there remains the by the gratifying extent to which possibility that the Malayan and these recommendations have, Syrian reports, which are running within a short time, been trans­ neck and neck and ate even now lated into action. 5 NINTH ANNUAL On September 24th the Bank will welcome to Washington its 57 Governors on the occasion of the Ninth Annual Meeting of the Boards of Governors of the Bank and Fund. Together with alternate Governors, Executive Directors and members of official delegations approxi­ mately 300 representatives will attend the six-day meeting. Special guests representing the financial fraternity from the U.S. and abroad will swell the total attendance to about 1,000. This year the meetings will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel. Officials and guests will be housed in several hotels throughout the city. Conference and delegation offices will also be located in the Mayflower and committee meetings and other conference business will be conducted in several rooms within the hotel. This marks the sixth year that the Annual Meeting has been held in Washington. In 1946 the First Annual Meeting was held in Sep~ tember at the Wardman-Park Hotel. Each year an interesting item on the agenda is the selection of the site of the following year's meeting. It was decided by the Governors in 1946 that the second meeting would be in London, and in September, 1947, the Governors met at the Institute of Engineers. The Third Annual Meeting was held in Washington at the Shoreham Hotel as was the Fourth Meeting in 1949. In 1950 the Boards of Governors met in the Bank of France in Paris and the following year they returned to Washington to meet again in the Shoreham Hotel. Mexico City's Hotel Del Prado was the scene of the Seventh Annual Meeting in September, 1952, and the Annual Meeting was held for the fifth time in Washington in September, 1953 at the Shoreham Hotel. 6 NEW PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS Thormod Andersen, Department of Technical Operations, from Jutland, Denmark, is a graduate of the Agricultural College in Copenhagen, and before coming to the Bank was Head of a Train­ ing Course and Workshop Unit at OEEC in Paris. Prior to that he was an Agricul tural Exten sion Expert with F AO in Iran and for ten years served as Agricultural Adviser in Animal Husbandry at the Agricultural Society in Horsens, Denmark. Alt Bergan, Department of Technical Operations, from Oslo, is a civil engineering graduate of the Technical College in Hanover, Germany. Mr. Bergan has travelled extensively in the Far East, Middle East, Africa and Europe, serving as Technical Adviser to the Norwegian Engineering Export Organization and to the Norwegian Legation in Teheran. His early career was with the German contracting company of Hochtief in Essen, Finland and Teheran. Marjorie Billings, Administration Department Staff Relations, originally from California, is a graduate of the University of California. Mrs. Billings began her professional career as a public s,c hool teacher, and has since been a Counselor in Train­ ing and Employee Re lations, Transportation Corp s, U.S. Army, responsible for employee orientation, counseling and guidance. Prior to joining the Bank staff she was a supervisor with the Remedial Education Center. Anyda Marchant, Office of the General Counsel, born in Rio de Janeiro of American parents, was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1943 and is a member of the Supreme Court Bar and District of Columbia Bar. Before coming to the Bank, Miss Marchant was Legal Analyst in the Department of Commerce; Associate in the law firm of Covington & Burling; Legal Assistant in the Light & Power Co. of Rio de Janeiro; and Research Librarian in the Law Library of Congress. Abbot Low -Moffat, Department of Operations, Asia and Middle East, is a graduate of Harvard and Columbia Universities. In 1943 Mr. Moffat joined the State Department where he was Chief of the Southeast Asian Affairs Division. Since 1947 he has ser­ ved as ECA Mission Chief in Greece, London and Rangoon. He has also participated in international conferences in Portugal, Canada and Australia. From 1928 to 1943 he was a member of the New York State Assembly. 7 Telephone COIIIPany elllployees service the switchboard and lIIaintain the complicated ",echanilJllf in the terlllinal roo", which contrpls the automatic dialing syste",. ALIVE A T THE SWITCH In the August 14, 1949 issue of Bank Notes an article appeared under the title of "Those Unseen" introducing the staff who serve us verbally but invisibly. Four of them are still with us today -- Hazel Dishner and Thelma Lambert who completed five years of service with the Bank in 1952 and 1951, and Zina Pattison and Lillie Frick who have been Fund Operators since 1946. Under the guidance of our Chief Operator, Katherine Kissner, and our Assistant Chief Operator, Claire Carpenter, who are General Services Administration employees assigned to the Bank and Fund, a record is kept of all personnel in our two organizations as v. ell as general information frequently requested by callers. The other four operators, two for the Bank and two for the Fund, are assigned to the switchboard which is operated fourteen hours daily, Mondays through Fridays, and nine hours on Saturdays and holidays. Katherine Kissner from Baltimore, Maryland, started het career with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company in Washington and later served with the Treasury Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the International Trade Commission and then Arlington Farms, which housed ten thousand girls during the war. She says that long distance calls average 60 a day and about 20 over­ seas calls a week. Sometimes as many as four long distance calls a month are unaccounted for, but many months show a clear record. She tells us proudly that the service was recently monitored by the Tele­ phone Company and was rated 100%. Katherine is an enthusiastic tester of Bank Notes recipes. She does volunteer work at Mt. Alto Hospital. Claire Carpenter, from Cleveland, Ohio, was employed first with the Ohio Bell Telephone Company and after 15 years moved to Fort Lesley J. McNair. After work as a clerk in the Post Sig nal Office she joined the United States Civil Service Commission where she served for three years before her assignment to the Bank and Fund 8 In August 1953. Along with Katherine Kissner she supervises the operation of the six position complex multiple switchboard which supplies service for 800 main stations; handles at least 2300 calls per day and an extra load during the Board of Governors ~teeting in September. Claire is Head of the Auxiliary for the Volumeer Fire Department in Beltsville, Maryland. Operator Thelma Lambert, a Washingtonian, is married and the mother of two daughters. For 15 years she was with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company here and then resigned in favor of horne duties. In 1942 she returned to telephone work with the British Supply Mission where she remained until joining the Bank staff in 1946. She tells us they get some strange requests over the Board. "Give me Ravi, Ceylonese Boy." "Has anyone called lately asking if my husband has a wife - he forgets to tell me about social engage­ ments. " "Give me a tall, blond-haired man who works there." You really need a sense of humor and patience in this work, she says. Thelma's favorite hobby is babysitting with her grandchildren. Operator Hazel Dishner, from Bristol, Virginia, also began work with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company in Washington and later served with the same Company in Roanoke and Norfolk, Virginia. She was with the Department of Interior until accepting employment with the Bank in 1947. Catching on to the Bank and Fund names is a real job, she says. Sometimes we have to find out the nationality of the person and painstakingly discover even the first two letters of the name requested; then we phone the translation section for help. Our callers are very polite, she says. Hazel raises canaries and is trying to run a competition with Lillie Frick. At present she has five nestlings and three parent birds. Continued on page 11 (L to R): Claire Carpenter, Hazel Dishner, Katherine Kissner, Thelma Lambert, Zina Pattison and Lillie Frick. NON-SENSICAL APPRAISALS This is the first and only one of a series of my impressions of "Impressions of places visited by 'Spottie' Spottswood". by Diane Hardesty Being a Southerner, a real Southerner, that is, I must admit that was somewhat amazed at the accounts of another re"al Southerner's experiences in various parts of this old world. I've often heard it said, and rightly so, that the Southern people are a little slow on the uptake. However, I found nothing slow in our Southern gentleman's reactions to the French follies, the Latin American "spitfires" or ~ the English (if you will pardon the expression) "pubs'. What really interests me though, is the reactions of the personalities and places to a Southern drawl. Imagine, if you can, our party of the first part cCswapping tales" in an English (again pardon the expression) pub. Instead of fish-n-chips he orders spoon bread and turnip greens and in place of a tankard of a Ie he prefers a Mint Julep (preferably served in a DIXIE cup). Instead of putting the accent on the first syllable of a word, he drags out the ending and R's are ommitted completely. While watching the antics of a French folly, this same gentleman might say to the Mademoiselle in front of him, ftpawdon me, ma'am, but would you-all mind removing the bonnet!" A small sensation. But perhaps the greatest reaction of all would be rece ived when our Southerner, in his very best Rebel Spanish gives out with a CCVenga Usted-all" (or where we come from "Yawl Come"!!!) As for the siesta, this is the one episode in his wordly sojourn that I can understand. A Southerner, having been born tired and raised lazy, could probably appreciate this feature more than English tweeds, .) French perfumes or Central American firecrackers. The main difference between a Southern siesta and a Latin or South American siesta is that in the South American countries, the people enjoy a short two hour rest during the heat of the day, usually right after lunch. In the South, however, a siesta can take place from breakfast until "supper" .... and usually does! Continued on page 12 10 PAKISTAN LOAN SIGNING, JUNE 2, 1954 Seated (L to R): H. E. Syed Amjad Ali (Pakistan Ambassador in Washington), Mr. Black, Ghulam Faruque (Chairman of the Sui Gas Transmission Company Ltd.)~ Alive at the Switch - Continued Operator Lillie Frick, from Columbia, South Carolina, is married and the proud mother of two sons. She worked for the Chesapeake anc. Potomac Telephone Company in Newport News, Virginia and later in Washington, and then covered many hotels and apartments in the District including the Statler, Roosevelt and McReynolds. She after­ wards moved to the Navy Department as Long Distance Supervisor. She was with UNRRA before her appointment to the Fund. Lillie is undisputed winner of the bird contest since she has a collection of 25 parakeets and canaries. In addition she raises beautiful flowers and has 150 cookie recipes which she makes up for her friends at Christmas. Operator Zina Pattison, from Norfolk, Virginia, is married and has a son and daughter. Another ex-employee of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company where she served for nine years, she later worked for 15 years with the Associated Press. She was Chief Operator with CensQrship before becoming the first telephone operator ,. hired by the Fund. "Watch your cut-offs, girls." That's a key phrase around here, she says. It is especially important when transferring calls. People can get mighty annoyed if they're left hanging on the ",ire. They're always very nice about it though, she says, if it happens. 11 COMMUNITY CHEST RED FEATHER CAMP AIGN The Bank's participation in the 1954 Community Chest Red Feather Campaign began with a meeting on August 31, 1954, of all campaign workers for the Bank. The drive is headed by Mr. Black, Chairman, and Mr. Sommers, Vice Chairman. This year the Bank, together with certain other selected organi­ zations, was asked to conduct its drive early in a campaign to be designated "Operation Advance". This calls for the completion of solicitation for the Community Chest in the selected organizations during the month of September. The rest of the campaigning will be conducted in October, to be known as Red Feather Month. If the firms in Operation Advance can complete their solicitation in Sep­ tember, it will provide the Chest campaign with the "shot in the ann" it will need to do the rest of the job during October. The objectives of the Community Chest and the purpose of the annual campaign for funds are well known. The Bank has always supported the Community Chest extremely well and Mr. Black has expressed his hope that our contribution in 1954 will be a generous one. Non-S ensical Appraisal - Continued And whereas Southerners don't speak Southernese, the South does have a language of its own. (Some of those sounds are words). And whereas the water in the bath tubs below the Mason-Dixon line may run clockwise, to my knowledge, its the only thing in the South that runs at all -- everything else being reduced to a slow Southern pace! But this much I'm certain of. In all of the places that have been "visited" by our Southern Ambassador, a touch of Southern hospital­ ity has been instituted and the Confederate Flag is undoubtedly well known. So save your Confederate money, boys .... the South is on the rise again! 12 "Read back that last Nigerian Report correction, please." ECONOMY YOGURT To those of our readers who are Yogurt consumers, Hind West, of the Economic Staff, offers the following helpful hints on economizing by making it yourself: First buy prepared Yogurt. You start to make your own Yogurt by boiling homogenized milk. At the moment the milk comes to a full boil remove the pan from the fire and let the milk cool. Since Yogurt was first made before the termomenter was invented, it is hard to tell what degree it should be, but a good test is to wait for about 15 minutes and then put your (clean) finger in the still very warm milk and count ten. If the milk is too hot to stand, wait longer until you can leave your finger in while you count ten. Then stir in the prepared Yogurt, putting in 2 level tablespoons to one quart of milk. Then empty the mixture into the container in which you intend to keep the Yogurt. Next wrap the container in one or two thick towels and place it in a rather wann place or in a place not exposed to cold or drafts (an oven for instance) and let it stand for 5 hours or over­ night. Yogurt is then made. Chill after you remove from the container and serve. If you are a permanent consumer of Yogurt, you'll save a lot by buying Yogurt once and then keep buying milk (which, in equal amounts, is much cheaper than Yogurt). The above process turns one quart of milk into one quart of Yogurt and may be repeated in­ definitely. 13 Jeanne Wells, Administration/ New American Citizens: Monica Personnel, was married to Howard and Joseph Fajans, Department of Francis Prat on August 28 at Operations - Europe, Africa and St. J ames Anglican Church, Australasia, on August 10th and Bridgetown, Nova Scotia. Her Mickey Winters of the Treasurer's gown was white satin, with rose­ Department on August 17th. point lace. She wore a finger-tip Judith and Marty Rosen, Depart­ veil held in place with a coronet ment of Operations - Europe, headdress, and carried a cascade Africa and Australasia, have a. bouquet of white roses and steph­ baby daughter, Andrea Sarah, born anotis. After a honeymoon in August 2, 1954, in the George eastern Canada, the newlyweds Washington Hospital, weighing will make their home in Washington. 5 lbs. 12 ounces. Mr. and Mrs. James Munkacsi Joan Brown, Office of the Gen­ (formerly Joyce Ericksen, Depart­ eral Counsel and Mary Thompson ment of Technical Operations) are of the Fund, flew to Bridge­ the parents of a baby girl, Joy town, Nova Scotia, to be brides­ Elsie, born August 8th at New maids at the wedding of Jeanne Brunswick, N.J. Wells. Anne Marie Steup, Office of the It is with deep regret that the General Counsel, was married to Bank learned of the death on Roland Kalivoda of the Fund's August 5, 1954, of Mrs. R.A. Exchange Restriction Department Wheeler, wife of our Engi­ on Saturday, July 31, 1954 in neering Adviser, Department Arlington, Virginia. of Technical Operations. BANK V ACA TIONERS Mary Oleski - motor trip through Betty Lipetz - Columbus, Ohio. New England States. Mr. and Mrs. Gregh - Europe. Peggie Russell and Marion Brooks ­ Ursula Zieschang - Oregon. Quebec and Montreal, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Kruithof - home leave Jacqueline Hynderick de Ghe lcke ­ in Holland. u.S. Western National Parks. Mr. and Mrs. Freeman - Rehobeth David Gordon and family - New Beach. Hampshire and Grand Manan Is­ Harold Graves and family - Fen­ land, New Brunswick, Canada. wick Island, Md. 14 =====:=:::f!fRA·j)'N-G -PO$~========== FOR RENT: Unfurnished, 3 bedroom house, Hollins Hills, Va., 1130 month. available now through May 15, 1955. , Georgetown, 2 bedroom apartment, one girl to share with 3 others, • 143.75. Staff member would like to share her one- bedroom apartment in Arlington. Va. ,with another girl, 150 month. , SUBLET: September - October, air-conditioned efficiency. fully furnished. 1120 month. , TO BORROW: Staff member would like to borrow for a short time a Pitman Shorthand book. For information on the above. please call Extension 2951. &1&8 ======== The following new books have been added to the Staff Relations . Library, Room 1212. They rent for 3¢ per day and may be reserved without charge by calling Extension 2951. A FABLE HEALING OATH by William Faulkner by Andre Soubiran OF WHALES AND MEN WAR AND PEACE by R.~. , R obertson by Leo Tolstoy NO LOVE LOST MASK OF GLASS by Margery Allingham by Holly Roth There will be a book sale in Room 1212 beginning September 16. These books will sell for 50¢ each. Come early to get widest choice. Bank Vacationers - Continued William Howell and family - Wild­ Stewart Mason - Ontario, Canada. wood, N.J. Doris Garvey - Toronto, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Ibrahim - Canada.. Dr. and Mrs. Basch - Eagles Esther 0' Grady - Winnipeg, Mani­ Mere, Pa. . toba, Canada. Ursula Gajewska - Lake Placid. Barbara Huntley - Asbury Park, Mr. and Mrs. Cargill - home leave N.J. in England. . 15 by Helen McLeod The Bank-Fund Tennis Club holds its annual tournament this year as usual at Friend's School beginning Saturday, September 11th and continuing on subsequent week-ends. Although [his is not a handicap tournament the Committee hopes all members will participate. Classes of competition will include Men's Singles, Women's Singles, Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Cups and prizes will be awarded for each of the above events. Five cups, which were originally donated to the Club, will be awarded the win­ ners as follows: Mixed Doubles Cup donated by Mr. Black Women's Doubles Cup donated by Mr. Black Men's Doubles Cup donated by Mr. Garner Men's Singles Cup donated by ~v1r. Rooth Women's Singles Cup donated by Miss D. Stratton A schedule of matches listing individual matches and the time, date and courts on which they will be played has been posted in the canteen since Friday, September 10th. All matches will be played as scheduled and players who fail to show up at the appointed time will fode it the match. The Tournament Committee, composed of Rudy Kroc, Colin Conron and Roger Chaufournier, is looking forward to another successful and enjoyable round of matches. Good to see so many enthusiastic members out last week from the Western Hemisphere Department -- the Knapp, Umbricht, Chau­ fournier, Mason set particularly looked like a real battle. THEA TRICAL GROUP Any staff member interested in joining a Bank theatrical group please call Staff Relations, Extension 2951. Several members have expressed an interest in forming such a group, and, if enough of the staff would like to participate, a meeting will be held to work out the details. 16