later the illustrious Baghdad. But century after century of decline followed the Mongol conquest in the 13th Century.

Now, oil has brought a renaissance. Thousands of Arabs have learned western trades and tasted western civilization. Hundreds of thousands will be affected to larger or smaller degree by the activity of Tapline across the deserts of the nomads.

Few Americans had ever lived on that desert before but now American families will be settled along the pipe line from Eastern Saudi Arabia to the hills of Lebanon. And there is no need to feel that they will suffer by the experience.

Life within the pump station settlements will be made far more comfortable than any region of that desolate country ever was before. At each station there will be air conditioning and refrigeration plants, a

Lines near Berth No. 2 being tied in at the Mediterranean Terminal