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★ WASHINGTON COLUMN ★
Close Ties to United States
Are Best Bet for Japan
BY PETER EDSO.V
Washington Correspondent
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
TOKYO—(XEA)—Responsible Japanese leaders would like
tne I'nited States to believe that postwar Japan is a modern,
democratic country, to be relied on as friend and al'y.
two-week tour, just concluded by this correspondent as a
jjuest of th** Japanese Foreign Office, reveals obvious strengths
unil weaknesses, 'lo a first-time visitor, Japan offers an amaz-
n v' contrast ol ancient and modern
THE ENERGY, AMBITION AND FRIENDLINESS of the 93
million Japanese people—who are the country's greatest asset—
uih! out on every hand. Iiut many aspects of Japanese life
re right out of past centuries.
i'lns is not written with any prejudice that all the world
r.hould be Americanized. The point is that any people as pro-
gressive as the Japanese would like the world to think they are
v ill not forever put up with wage levels, working conditions,
i...<usin;j and living conditions 50 years behind the times.
Even .so, Japan now has the highest living standard in Asia,
higher than Africa and Latin America, and the equal of all but
few countries in Europe. Japanese gross national product last
year was §40 billion, per capita income $365.
The program of the present government of Prime Minister
ifayato Ikeda. who will soon come to Washington, is to double
hesf figures in the next ten years. Japan's growth rate in the
list decade has been 10 to 12 per cent, highest in the world.
The Japanese think they can maintain this phenomenal
growth and do it without inflation. Realists doubt if they can.
JAPAN NOW POSSESSES THE FORM, at least, of a demo-
( ~atic government. liut today's democracy in Japan is criticized
I / no less an authority than Dr. Edwin O. Reischauer, recently
nominated United States ambassador to Tokyo.
Writing in the Japan Quarterly, Reischauer points out that:
The self-righteous fanaticism of certain intellectuals and
students during the .May and June troubles reminded me most
painfully of the attitude of the young officers who in the 1930s
knew" that they were right when they overrode the wishes of
the majority, thus destroying democracy and leading Japan
into disastrous military adventures."
There is agitation now for revision of the constitution handed
it by the U.S. occupation under General MacArthur.
One purpose of the revision would be to let Japan have
stronger defense forces and to develop its own missiles and
tiuclear weapons. Japan already has a contract to build its
own "Century'' series jet fighters. If Japan ever has to make
the decision to support the West ir. the Pacific, it will need such
modern armaments.
On the other hand. Japanese liberals and intellectuals insist
that the constitution is a good one and should not be changed.
The Socialists openly advocate making Japan a neutral.
Every place this writer went in Japan, he was handed the
argument that the ancient cultural ties between the Japanese
and Chinese people should be strengthened by closer trade and
political relations with Communist China.
ONLY A FEW JAPANESE REALISTS sec the fallacy of this
contention, which is right out of Japan's ancient past. Today
there are far closer cultural, political and economic ties between
the United States and Japan than between Japan and Red China.
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ptotm
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had bought for a few minimi dol-
lars. !
On this date —
In 1858, King Henry the 4th of
Pranei promulgated the edict of
Nantes which nave the huguenots
greater religious freedom.
In 1818. the U. S. flag as finally
adopted by Congress was first
raised over the house "V represen-
tatives.
In 1801, the national society of
the colonial dames of America was
incorporated.
In 1925, Henry Ford started the
first regularly scheduled airplane
freight line between Detroit and
Chicago.
In 1949, the most destructive re-
corded earthquake in the north-
west shook 150,000 square miles
in Washington. Oregon and British
Columbia, killing 8 persons and
injuring many others.
Ten years ago. the U. S. State
Department rejected Britain's but
lo get Red China a voice in Ja-
panese Peace Treaty negotiations.
Five years ago. fire destroyed
the Vienna Stock Exchange with
the loss estimated at 3 million dol-
lars.
One year ®go, Britain announced
its decision to abandon military
development of the medium-range
ballistic missile.—chief weapon in
its proposed nuclear armory.
Today's birthdays:
Former presidential assistant
Harold Stassen is 54 years old. Re-
tired Air Force General Ora Eakcr
is 65.
Thought for today: ,
Progress is a state of human de-
velopment. where a man pays a
laundry 'tor destroying his shirts
and collars.
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Greater Unity Need In NATO if
Communism Is To Be Impressed
By LEO ANAVI
A. P. Staff Writer
The many meetings between
President Kennedy and British
Prime Minister Macmillan last
week ended on a note of unity. The
talks between the President and
Chancellor Adenauer of West Ger-
many also should end on a note of
•unity. Late.-, when Kennedy goes
lo France and engages in thorough
discussions with President De
Gaulle, the filial communique prob-
ably will stress unity.
But that won't make the West-
ern |>ositton any stronger. If any-
thing, this harping on unity without
going into details t'nat can be spell-
ed out end measured, will do more
harm than good. We have a mili-
tary alliance in the West. It would
be regrettable indeed if the mem-
bers of NATO were not united in
the objectives of the alliance.
That kind of unity is implied.
It does not have to be mentioned
on every occasion. There is such
a thing as protesting too much,
even in a matter on which there
is com men agreement.
But there is another kind of
unity. When a group of nations de-
cides on a given course and t'ne
majority is supposed to prevail,
everyone must go along. There
cannot be lone-woll' players. There
cannct be what could be described
as conscientious dissenters. Too
many times in ihe past we have
seen one member or another of the
NATO alliance refuse to go along
with the majority plan, and on the
weakest possible grounds.
There is unity in this country,
hut it works differently, it works
differently despite disagreements
on basic philosophy. When an elec-
tion is over and the winner takes
over, the loser doesn't say he won't
go ajong. He will continue to lead
the noonrable opposition but he
won't refuse to cooperate with the
winner.
That is the kind of unity the At-
lantic Alliance must have if it is to
impress the Communists. It may-
be true that the United States as
the main contributor has a greater
voice in the West, but there are
some decisions which must be
made strictly on a democratic
basis
The Herbarium of the Smithson-
ian Institute sometin.es assists the
F. B. I. in crime detection. It iden-
tifies and gives probable orgin of
seeds, leaves and twigs found in
clothing of crime suspects.
Guerilla Warfare
Lights For Our Minds
By BRUCE BIOSSAT
With National Library Week com.
in. up April 16-22 uhai do we have
t' celebrate?
The lihrars specialists say some
lev thuias. such as tlit. extension
■ liliraiN service to some rural
.ire.is nor heretofore covered. But
itindameiiiailv. then say, the na-
ion sin.ers a tremendous "book
•«a|;
Nobody needs to be reminded of
the connection between the read-
nit: of good books and the neces-
sary informing ol a people in a de-
inncrao
Y't. despite th^ recent luial
LITTLB Lttl
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the '-sfKtscc: too. %• '-
dm OUR WAY
gains it is estimated nearly 25 mil-
lion Americans in rural rones have
no hhrarv services at all.
Two-thirds of alt the nation's e4e-
mentarv schools have uo central li-
bra r> facilities, which means 10
million children are deprived of
this vital mental nourishment in
formative years.
Most high schools are a good deal
better o'if. but even .1 per cent ol
these have no central library. And
half the four-year colleges don't
have the 50.000 volumes considered
minimum.
Even Ihe 403 public libraries ser-
ving 50.000 or more peonle are not
uniformly adequate. Library au-
thorities say it would taxe another
S100 million a year to bring them
up to standard
Having books on the shelves isn't
the whole story, either. Trained
librarians ere reouired. Still, of
some 82,000 schools studied in a
survey only 42 per cent had such
personnel.
Just to take up the slack in the
public library field and to extend
service to uncovered rural ami ur-
ban areas '31 million urhan dwel
lers get inadequate service', an
outlay of S500 million to $750 mil-
lion would be required. The bigger
annual expenditures would be in
The Star-Telegram
Steps being taken by the armed
forces to bolster the "forward de-
ployment.' *oV American units in
strategic areas of the world arc
commendable, if belated. As Sec-
retary of the Army Elvis J. Stahr
has put it they are designed to
"deal swiftly and effectively with
military adventures directed a-
gainst any part of the free world."*
Lest tnesc adventures "multiply
and spread."
However, the moves include the
formation o'i a new airborne task
force and manpower reinforce-
ments for other conventional for-
ces. Such measures will be of li-
mited effectiveness in curbing the
type of adventuring the Com-
munists know best and now are de-
monstrating in Laos and South Viet-
nam. This basically is guerrilla
wartVe. Combating it with regu-
lar military forces is like fighting
a fog with boxing gloves.
A French-born expert on guerri-
lla-type conflict. Prot. Bernard B.
Fall of Howard University Wash-
ington. D. C.. told why in a recent
interview. He pointed out that his
own experience as a member ol
the French underground and later
as he accompanied French forces
in the war in Indochina had convi-
ced him that a single guerrilla figh-
ter could pin down 15 regular sold-
iers.
In Malaya, he said .the British
had to throw 200.000 men against
8.000 guerrillas: 500,000 French
addition.
All those needs have piled up at
a time when the prospect is for
higher and higher book costs, heav-
ier usage with faster wearing out
of books, bigger demand 'tor scien-
tific and technical works.
As the nation's population mounts
rwl interest in books more than
keeps pace, government at all le-
vels clearly must attend to need for
buildings, personnel and reading
materials.
Who dares to say we cannot af-
fort those things needed to fuel the
minds of free citizens?
In a southern town only recently
blessed with library serviee, an
elderly man tried to tell a library
teacher what it meant. He groped
for the right words. As he talked,
street lights came on. He loOKed
up. and then said:
"That how it is. Books are a
light. See how bright it is now?"
That's how it should be, 'for all
Americans everywhere.
troops have been held by 30.000 Al-
gerian rebels, and 800 Castro guer-
rillas topped the 25,000-man Batis-
ta army in Cuba. On this basis, he
calculated that a conventional
army o", 75.000 would be required
merely to break even in a light
with the 5.000 Bed guerillas in
Laos.
President Kennedy's request for
funds to double America's "spec-
ial forces," 'which will be used pri-
marily to train guerrilla cadres
for friendly countries is an indica-
tion of high - level consciousness of
the facts mentioned by ProYessor
Fall. The move lo strengthen free
world guerrilla war capabilities al-
ready is perhaps farther along than
many realize. For example, the
Army has revealed plans for a
school in the Panama Canal zone
this summer to teach the art of
guerrilla and anti-guerrilla w arfare
to the armies ot Latin American
countries which request it.
But the effort may need even
more emphasis than the new ad-
ministration proposes. Strong 'free
world nuclear forces have persuad-
ed Communist leadership to turn
principally to guerrilla tactics as
an instrument of conquest. Might I
not strong free world capabilities
in guerrilla war also deter them
frcm using these tactics?
BARBS
* By HAL COCHRAN
It gets to be a habit when
the work you put off today
until tomorrow was what was
left undone yesterday.
The answer to pedestrians
trusting motorists and mo-
torists trusting pedestrians
is CRASH!
If vou enjoy keeping out of
the limelight 'just, act upstage
with votfr friends.
' v*'
'We're strong for very
small apartments for tieuhi
ma.ricd couples. Less rooni
for arguments.
Oh MA HE S POME rTA6*IM-
•ju-j.t look at the <sa<&
that c>mlp'3 warfep
«CKier CP MUVIO* HAfr
COVE UP WITH TH>S.
WELL, >F
FUOUfiH TO BRlMfi IM
CLOTHES PIN AAA, HE AT
LEAST COULPNT HAVE
GIVEN IT A TITLE.'
whv mothers set
CARNIVAL
by DICK TURNER
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«1MIN
Today In History
Today is Thursday. April 13th.
the 103rd day of 19C1. There are
262 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
On this day in 1743. The 3rd Pre-
sident of the United States. Tho-
mas Jefferson, was born at Shad-
well. Virginia. It -was Jefferson
who wrote the Declaration of In-
dependence. He also was directly
responsible for the Louisiana pur-
chase o'i 1803 and sent the Lewis
and Clark expedition out to ascer-
tain the true status of the lands he
• Q'sondA's
O—What iS ' Pancake Tuti-
da>i"?
a—An old British name for
Shrove Tuesday,
Q—Which of our presidents
gave the longest inaugural
address?
A—William Henry Harrison.
Q—Vpon what does the fish
croio feed?
a—Mostly shellfish and
other seafoud.
Q—What damarji VftS Hone
in the Wall Street explosion
of the 20s?
A—The bomb explosion on
Sept. 16, 1920. killed 30 per-
sons, injured 100, and propertv
damage amounted to two mil-
lion dollars.
(N« ipap«r tuteipn'.t AratSftfa)
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e
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