59293 Press Seminar World Environment Day A uction is held July-August 1979 NeuJ3 about the men and women of the World Bank The lines in our lives EDsmake decision on compensation On May 25 the Executive Directors of the Bank completed their consid­ eration of the main policy issues from the report of the Joil;lt Committee on Staff Compensation Issues (Kafka Committee). Among the important matters, the Executive Directors have agreed that: • The US market will be used for setting staff compensation with the US private sector and civil service as com­ parators in the ratio 1: 1. A 10% pre­ mium for both professional and sup­ port staff will also apply. • There will be a continuing review of the international competitiveness of US pay levels and a survey will be mounted later this year to establish a firmly based compensation structure consistent with these principles for all levels of staff. • If the governments concerned do not exempt their nationals from tax on At the Xerox At American Securitv Bank income, the present reimburse­ ment system will be replaced effective January 1, 1980 with a system based on average deductions with a five­ year transition period . • To permit greater recognition of merit, the salary ranges for levels L and above will be broadened. • A new benefit for staff on leaving the Bank after at least five years of service will be introduced. There will be a grant of two weeks final net sal­ ary for those who resettle outside the duty station country, and for those resettling within the duty station coun­ try two-thirds of that amount, for each year of Bank service from July 1, 1979 with a maximum of 26 years service. The grant is thus equivalent to 3.8% and 2.5% of final salary for each year of future service. • Eligibility for expatriate benefits presently limited to those in G(iv) visa status will be extended to all expa­ triates including those in permanent resident status. At the time the decisions were made, the Executive Directors had be­ fore them the views of the Staff Asso­ ciation and the Kafka Committee, which spent some 17 months consid­ Photos: Y. Hadar At the gas pumps At the cafeteria ering the issues of staff compensation. Page 2 Bank Notes July-August 1979 J From left to right, Francisco Delgado, Mehmet Berberoglu, Thermon Eakins, and Solomon Tadde sort pages at the collator-the oldest machine in the shop. Mehmet Berberoglu (left) and Ed Taylor work at the multibinder. "Bunching season" creates a heavy workload for Print Shop By Nancy Caton Spring, or more accurately, March major work for the mechanical pro­ to July, brings the most business to duction of the four-color maps is done. the Print Shop. During the "bunching The second area contains the most season," all economic country reports important equipment in terms of the are printed in addition to in-house actual printing-the five presses and forms, menus, and the other constant five Xerox machines, in addition to the work of the department. four-color press used almost exclu­ Average workloads of nearly 15 sively to print maps. These are usually million impressions per month rise printed well ahead of the project report drastically during the spring; over 22 and stored within the shop until com­ million impressions came out of the pletion of the report. Negative sets of Henry Lauderdale operates the four-color map printer. shop this past April. maps are kept indefinitely; to date, over Despite the heavy load, reports and 12,000 sets are housed in bookcases, other jobs move through the Print some dating back to the early 1960s. Shop swiftly. There are two shifts daily, with a total staff of 45 be­ In the bindery, pages are sorted, collated, and, depending on the num­ Majority of staff vote tween the morning and evening shifts. ber of pages and the type of job, either Many jobs can be handled over­ night; jobs, that is, with no last minute stitched or glued togeth~r. Three ma­ chines collate material; one will also to amend SA constitution changes necessitating reprinting, re­ stitch the finished batch together. If a Bank staff have voted by lopsided all staff members and will probably be sorting, or rebinding. Lamentably, this report is to be glued to a book bind­ margins to recognize the Staff Associa­ deducted automaticallly from payroll is not the case with 90 percent of the ing, however, the collated sheets are tion as the negotiating agent for staff checks, although the procedure for work sent to the Print Shop; extra trimmed, then loaded manually into on matters of common interest and to doing so has not been decided on to work on the same piece can slow pro­ the "perfect binder." This machine ap­ institute annual membership fees of 0.1 date. Staff members will most likely duction. The actual printing and bind­ plies an extremely hot melted glue to percent of net salary for all members be asked to sign a form authorizing ing can take as little as three hours; the back of the book and clamps on of the Staff Association. The "recogni­ delays are often caused by indecision the binding. After this process, the tion" issue received 2,850 affirmative this deduction. If a member does not at the writing stage. report is finished by the "guillotine" votes as opposed to 245 negative votes; pay dues, he will not be considered There are three main divisions that razors the pages even. the issue of paying mandatory dues in good standing, and will, therefore, within the Print Shop-the prep area, In addition to the very modern was only slightly less favored, with not have the opportunity to hold office the press, and the bindery areas. The equipment of the bindery, the oldest 2,369 votes in favor, 732 against. or participate in the activities of the Print Shop is also responsible for the machine resides in this area, a manual Though only 57 percent of eligible various committees. management of the copy centers and collator-a revolving table used for staff voted in the referendum, Staff The Delegate Assembly will be re­ the upkeep of all Xerox machines paper with index tabs that the ma­ sponsible for authorizing how the Association officers called the results throughout the Bank. chines cannot accept. It has been in funds are spent. The budget for fiscal The prep area includes all layouts "very encouraging." They contended the shop longer than any of the per­ and the plates which transfer the type­ sonnel, or quite a while, as most of that on anyone day, as many as 1,000 year 1980 is not complete at this time. set material into a form the presses the staff have worked in the Bank's staff members are not in Washington During fiscal 1979, a majority of the can use. It is here, with the help of three photo-direct cameras, and ° Print Shop for 1 to 15 years, and a few have been here as long as 30 on duty. According to the Staff Association, expenses went to pay lawyers fees that were charged for work related to deter­ one photo-reducing camera, that the years. membership dues are mandatory for mining the legal rights of the staff. July-August 1979 Bank Notes Page 3 Many of her students are from countries other than the US, and some of them are the children of Bank and Despite rare sunny weather, Fund staff members. "Teaching is a demanding occupation," Mrs. Hendry concert draws crowd indoors says, "and in addition to a 12-hour day of teaching and grading papers, I The Spring Concert of the Bank/ score lent a freshness to the work, as usually spend at least one day each Fund Choral Society that was held on did the interpretations of the choir and weekend preparing lessons and keep­ May 15 and 16 was well attended by soloists. ing abreast of current events." One the staff. Most of the chairs in the A fine performance was made by unit of study she taught recently was Eugene Black Auditorium were taken the bass, Lloyd Swartzengruber, who about the economics of developing na­ to hear Jean Tarnawiecki conduct the provided spoken narration as well and tions. "I'm trying to help the students two pieces, this despite the superb by Doris McLarghlin, the soprano. develop some kind of understanding weather, the first sun in several days. The concert combined the familiar of the world they inhabit 'and how it The first piece was ForkUidd Gud with the modern, finishing the after­ got that way," she adds. (God in Disguise) by Lars-Erik Lar­ noon with Psalm 137 by George When the university decided to sson, a contemporary Swedish com­ Handel, one of 12 anthems composed Grace Hendry award a degree to honor outstanding poser. ForkHidd Gud, composed in between 1717 and 1720 for the Duke high school teachers, a questionnaire 1939, was appropriate to Spring. It of Chandos. The tenors sang especially was sent to the 70 undergraduates who tells of the pastoral life led by Apollo well during the anthem. Bank wife are alumni of Walt Whitman High School and Georgetown Visitation Pre­ while he was atoning for his disobedi­ ence to Zeus. The work combines both The choice of order of the works was excellent, like the conducting, for paratory School. Sister Mary McNabb the sung and spoken poetry of Hjal­ the Baroque piece enlivened all pres­ honored by de Sales, who also received an hon­ orary degree, teaches at the George­ mar Gullberg, who is best known for his translations of Greek poetry. His ent for the fest of the afternoon. The Spring Concert was a lovely interlude lyric poetry and the simplicity of the in the midst of a busy week. Georgetown U. town school. (These two schools were chosen because they send a greater number of graduates to Georgetown A Bank staff member's wife was University than any other secondary honored along with two notable jour­ schools.) The students were asked to nalists, a Nobel Laureate, and a dis­ list the names of teachers who had tinguished diplomat at Georgetown "significantly helped you in preparing University's spring commencement. for college" and, in both cases, the Grace (Lyn) Hendry, wife of James B. choices were nearly unanimous. Hendry of the Eastern Africa Projects Mrs. Hendry says there is not Department, was one of two high enough community support for sec­ ,school teachers to receive the univer­ ondary education and that she is glad sity's first honorary degrees to be this award was given. "Many of my granted for teaching excellence by colleagues could have received the high school teachers. Through the award," she says; "I'm glad universi­ granting of the degrees,· the university ties are beginning to recognize the ef­ hopes to give special recognition to the forts many secondary teachers put into key role of secondary education. their jobs in order to prepare students Mrs. Hendry has been teaching for for the college classroom." 28 years. She has taught in the US and Mrs. Hendry says that she was sur­ abroad-in San Francisco, and East prised that she received the honorary Lansing, Michigan, as well as in Pe­ degree; she had no idea that the sur­ king, Saigon, and Dacca. She has been vey was being made. "I am honored to teaching history and economics in receive this award," she says, "but it's Montgomery County, Maryland since even more special because the stu­ 1966. dents did the choo~ing." Lunch-hour films celebrate World Environment Day A three-day program of lunch hour irreversible problems, such as the ex­ films was presented by the Office of tinction of some forms of plant and Environmental and Health Affairs on animal life. June 4, 5, and 6 in recognition of "A Place to Live" showed how en­ World Environment Day. June 5-the vironmentai problems in industrialized anniversary of the opening of the UN urban areas are different from those in Conference on the Human Environ­ rural areas. Life in Auckland, New ment-is the official date World En­ Zealand, where plans are being made vironment Day is observed. to c~mserve particular forest areas that The films showed that human beings contain much of the city's drinking are only as healthy as the environ­ water, is compared with Jakarta, In­ ment they live in, that environmental donesia, where clean water for drink­ problems exist in rich and poor coun­ ing, as well as paved streets and health tries alike, and that everyone can help facilities, are only now being made solve some problems by conserving available to most of the city's people. energy. The role that scientists and ecologists play to work out problems Some serious environmental prob­ was also discussed and some possible lems of developing nations were iden­ solutions were provided. tified in a 60-minute film entitled "En­ vironment and Development." Al­ A short film entitled "The Seamless though the principal aims of de'Velop­ Web" described the "chain of life"­ ment are to solve such problems as how plants use energy from the sun, poverty, disease, hunger, and illiteracy release oxygen, and support animal associated with the lack of economic life. Man's consistent tampering with development, the process of develop­ the links in this "chain" (polluting the ment often creates new problems when waters, clearing forests and not re­ the environment has to be deliberately Clean water, paved streets, and health facilities are not available to many of planting, filling the atmosphere with Jakarta's people. smoke from industrial plants) creates (Cont'don Page 6, Col. 2) Page 4 Bank Notes July·August 1979 The collection consisted of all gifts The largest category consisted of valued over $50 which had been given metallic serving pieces, in copper, to members of the Bank staff during brass, silver, and lacquer. The silver the past three years in the course of trays included two lovely filagree silver their work. Nearly half came from pieces from Sudan; other donated only eight countries, Egypt, India, Ko­ items were a cut glass bowl from rea, the YAR, the Philippines, Chile, Yugoslavia, a Korean enamel teapot, Mexico, and Romania. But there were and two Burmese mother of pearl items from as near as Pennsylvania, plates. as well as from various countries in Many of the pieces had simply a Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the decorative value, for exampl~ the Middle East. In all, gifts from 38 Burmese and Korean paintings, and countries were auctioned. plaques and wall hangings, which Bidding was fiercest on the cloth came from many countries. goods; the most sought after piece A beautiful cappa shell mobile from was a set of bronze flatware from Thai­ the Philippines sold for quite a good land, which eventually sold for over price, as did a box of Korean white $350, but only after heated bidding ginseng. Other novelties included two that lasted a good 20 minutes. swords from Yemen, one straight, and one scimitar-shaped. The collection was quite diverse; it The jewelry and other small items ranged from jewelry and silver tea were left until the end of the auction. sets to furniture, art books, and two In addition to the jewelry, there were swords. The clothing included caftans, several boxes in which to keep the smocks, several silk ties, many scarves, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and and purses, both of cloth and leather. rings. Two were especially nice, both Adam Weschler and Sons was the site of the first Bank auction in three years. Also auctioned were three pairs of of lacquer, one of which had an inlaid slippers and one pair of handknit design of mother-of-pearl. There were mukluks. There were several bolts of also several boxes of silver and leather material, two of silk. Cloth and table both for jewelry and for cigarettes. Sale nets $3,828 for UNICEF settings were also popular, and with good reason, for there were two beau­ The jewelry included many silver ob­ jects, necklaces from Egypt, the Y AR, tiful lace tablecloths, one from Ro­ and Peru; cufflinks from Egypt, and By Nancy Caton mania, and one from Brazil, as well as Thailand; and rings from Egypt and several sets of placemats from the Latin America. Oher pieces were jade An auction was held at Adam mately 75 people were stuffed into the Philippines, Bangladesh, and Romania. earrings, rings, and necklaces from WeschIer & Sons 5 June 1979 to sell front half of the auction house to Books on the art and culture of Asia, and a pearl brooch from a pri­ the gifts that the Bank had accumu­ view and bid on the various items. Egypt, Italy, Korea, and Mexico were vate company. lated between April of 1976 and April Most of the people stayed for the en­ sold; Brazilian, Romanian, and Vene­ In all, the auction was a success, of this year. The auctioneer, two as­ tire auction, which lasted over two zuelan records represented the musical and netted $3,828 for UNICEF dur­ sistants, all 190 items, and approxi- hours. arts. ing the three hours of bidding. has started, it spreads rapidly, and Seminar held you may have only seconds to get out. Each person should identify two exits by local from his room. Second story windows may need a rope, chain, or ladder to enable occupants to escape safely. A firefighters meeting place outside should be chosen so everyone wiU know that the others have escaped." "More than 6,000 people die in their A final point made by the two fire homes each year as a result of fire," department officials was that detectors Inspector Donald Harrison of the "should be maintained and tested peri­ Washington DC Fire Department re­ odically according to the manufactur­ ported to a group of Bank staff at a er's instructions." seminar on Wednesday, April 18. The seminar, entitled "Smoke Detectors and Fire Prevention in the Home," was sponsored by Staff Relations I. Inspector Harrison and Michael Staff amass Smith, a firefighter for the metropoli­ tan fire department, said that most peo­ ple die from smoke and toxic gases discount rather than the fire itself, and that many of them never even wake up. According to Inspector Harrison, coupons one can protect himself and his family During the first two weeks of June, A question and answer session with Mr. McNamara concluded the seminar. by: 1) purchasing, installing, and main­ when United and American Airlines taining one or more smoke detectors were issuing half-fare coupons to pas­ in the home to sound an alarm when a fire starts; and 2) develop and prac­ sengers, more than 70 Bank staff mem­ bers and/or their families took do­ Journalists gather to discuss tice an escape plan to enable everyone to get out safely. Mr. Smith demonstrated the different mestic flights on one of the two air­ lines. The coupons were handed out to problems of development kinds of detectors and showed how all passengers on every domestic flight Twenty-three journalists from the and Public Affairs Department. they worked. He said that detectors through June 17. Each coupon en­ United States and Canada escaped The journalists were addressed by could be battery operated or electric titles an individual to a 50 percent dis­ from the rigors of daily deadlines to Ernest Stern (economic development "plug-in" types. The "wired-in" types count on a full fare round-trip ticket spend two days at the Bank learning and its prospects and relations in the are difficult to install and should be (coach or first class)-no matter how about the problems of the developing 1980s); Montague Yudelman and Roh­ done by an electrician. long the trip-on almost any United world. Representatives from the Wash­ ert Picciotto (increasing world food "The detector should be placed on or American round-trip flight from ington area, as well as from New York, production and the Bank's role in the ceiling or high on a wall near the July 1 to December 15 of this year. Wisconsin, Texas, Utah, and several bringing the poor into the mainstream bedrooms to enable it to sense the Pan American Airlines will also ac­ Canadian newspapers were present at of development); Yves Rovani and smoke as it approaches the sleeping cept the coupons-but only through the two-day seminar, which has been Efrain Friedmann (the Bank's role in area," Mr. Smith said. "Know how to July 19-for travel on economy round­ held annually since 1947. The semi­ escape," he continued. "Once a fire trip domestic flights. nar was arranged by the Information (Cont'd on Page 6, Col. 3) 9 July.August 1979 Bank Notes Page 5 • champion Alberto Tejano, with a perfect score of no ties no defeats. Bank Calendar Runner-up honors were shared by Greg Arroyo and Fred Reams, and R. Rhomberg finished fourth. The tournament was ably directed by Tommy Heintschel. Bowllng League-The winners for the 1978-79 Season are as follows: Alberto Tejano is leaving the Bank to return to the Philippines. A party First Place Second Place Third Place Last Place was recently given in his honor by his friends and opponents in the Club. Gurus Robinhood's Men Superstars Buccaneers The Club regularly meets in the E building cafeteria at 6 P.M. on A. Kundu T. Etcheverry W. Jones M. Etherton S. Kundu L. Toehl T. Espina J . King Tuesdays. Everyone is welcome. R. Johnston B. I