Washington, D.C.

The importance of fixed long-range goals in American foreign policy and a program for working towards them was emphasized by Robert Murphy, Deputy Under Secretary of State, in informal remarks February 7, before the monthly luncheon of the Dartmouth Club of Washington.

In discussing the emergence of the United States as a world power, Mr. Murphy pointed out that we presently have relations with 74 nations and our position on many of their own problems, which formerly had been handled on a purely local basis, is now essential in their determination of action to be undertaken.

Drawing on his own experience, Mr. Murphy discussed dramatic incidents such as the Planning Conference in North Africa, which he organized for General Mark Clark prior to the invasion, and also his own subsequent activities with reference to the Italian capitulation and the abdication of the Italian King.

Mr. Murphy also pointed out that the requirements on the Department have forced a growth in its staff from several hundred people to many thousands carrying on essential activities all over the world.

At the head table were Edmund F. Mansure '24, former General Services Administrator; David S. Smith '39, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force; Fred C. Scribner Jr. '30, General Counsel, Treasury Department; I. W. Carpenter Jr. '15, Assistant Secretary of State; Robert C. Hill '42, Assistant to the Under-Secretary of State.

Among other guests were Mansfield Sprague '32, General Counsel Defense Department, and Harold Glendenning '18, General Counsel, Justice Department. Willis S. Fitch, president of the Club, presided.

"Dartmouth on the March in the Pacific Northwest" was the topic for this huddle of alumnileaders at the San Francisco regional conference last fall. L to r, seated: John S. Mauk '24,Seattle, and Sidney C. Hayward '26, Secretary of the College. Standing: Albert C. Boncutter'32, John W. White '17, and George C. Nickum '31, all of Seattle; and Erich R. Haessler '42and Samuel H. Martin '27, of Portland.

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