Brookings-Harbor pilot., April 25, 1957, Image 3

B r o o k i n g s - H a r b o r P I L O T * * * » B r o o k i n g s , O r e . * ♦ * * A p r i l 2 5 , 1957
World Peace Through
People To People Program
Erskine R. Miller
U ncle S am h as fin ally learn ed w h at sta m p collectors have
k n o w n for m an y y e a rs — th a t in te rn a tio n a l u n d e rs ta n d in g and
Rooa w ill is fo stered th ro u g h p erso n al co rrespondence. No official
p ro g ram of p ro p ag an d a or econom ic aid can tak e th e place of per
sonal co n tact. W ord now com es o u t of W ashington th a t th is has
been o fficially reco g n ized an d a p ro g ram is being dev elo p ed to e n ­
co u rag e in te rn a tio n a l person to person contacts. A D ivision of the
U. S. In fo rm a tio n S erv ice has been d esig n ated to han d le this p ro ­
gram . I t is u n d ersto o d th a t th e P re sid e n t stro n g ly su p p o rts th«
p ro je c t becau se of his g reat in te re st in w orld peace
Y ears ago th is w rite r began to d er how e v e ry th in g en d s Many
co rresp o n d w ith fo reig n ers. A t ch anges should be d o n e e v e n
th a t tim e I w as not in te re ste d in w ith us, b u t it w ould not be
p h ila te ly and m y d esire w as sim ­ good to solve th e s itu a tio n w ith
ply for frien d ly co n tac ts <md e x ­ arm s. We had enough of it d u r ­
ch an g e of m agazines, photos, p ic­ ing th e last w ar.” Do you th in k
tu re post cards, etc. A lm ost im ­ he w an ts w orld peace?
m e d ia te ly
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th a t
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A s m o r g a s b o r d w ill
be s p r e a d in t h e V F W
h a l l t h i s c o m in g S a t ­
u rd a y a fte rn o o n and
e v e n i n g , f r o m 5 :3 0 to
7 :3 0 . P r o c e e d s f r o m
th e f e e d , a t $ l. 50 f o r
75 c e n t s f o r c h i l d r e n ,
w ill g o t o w a r d s c o m ­
go to g eth er.
| th ey look o v e r th e ¡n j , efc and he
p l e t i n g th e S c o u t b u i l d ­
To please m y p en p als I ac- s Pe n f n e a rly fo u r y ears in a con-
q u ire d su p p lies of U. S. stam p s c e n tra tio n cam p A fte r th e w ar in g .
I b ecam e a p h ila te list! Now my
m a rrie d and now has foui
T h e s u p p e r is b e in g
fo reig n in te rc h a n g e s give m e ch ildren, so I guess i t ’s N e w
d o u b le p leasu re; b u t th e frien d ly G u in ea for him h e re a fte r. The
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p a r e d u n d e r th e d i r ­
le tte r-w ritin g is of g re a te r in ter- frien d ly le tte rs h av e been com
est th a n th e sta m p collecting.
in g for o v er fo u r years!
e c t i o n of th e l a d i e s of
A ny p h ila te lis t w ho has foreign . *.r°i.n n an<?°!; M o,nar >n Ka
E m b le m C lu b a n d
p e n -frie n d s can easily dem on- IL C 1
cam e a le tte r th e
in J a n u a r y 1957, m w h i c h h i
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V F W A u x ilia ry ,
stra te th e efficacy of p erso n al w rites: H ere at K a p o sv ar th e rt
le tte rs to p ro m o te in te rn a tio n a l w as no stru g g le and w e arel
Ib ra h im O z e g e n ta s , a you n g te a c h e r fro m
good will. 1 h av e found th a t teach - h e a lth y all to g e th e r 1 have to M e s d a m e s A l i c e B o r d -
ers a re m ost in te re stin g ones, send very m any th a n k s to your w e l l , C l a r a B o w lin ,
T u r k e y s to p p e d a t th e h o m e of E r s k i n e M i l l e r an
d th e y su rely a re an ex cellen t n atio n for help in g o u r poor na
m ean s for sp re a d in g good w ill tion by th e Red C ross ” A fine V e lm a B i n g m a n , D o llie
in B r o o k i n g s on a r e c e n t v i s i t t o t h i s c o u n t r y , for
A m erica.
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fam ily.
A few d ay s ago I receiv ed a
My e x p e rie n c e convinces me B r a i n a r d , E d i t h W e ll s ,
le tte r from O m ar K elan i, an p ractically all of m y co rresp o n - H a r r i e t t
B a k e r, Ruby
A rab w ho teach es at th e S h a rk ia d en ts, irre sp e c tiv e of race color
S chool in K u w ait, A rab ia He is or creed, w an t one th in g an op- L o w e , a n d
Irm a d e e
22 y e a rs ot age (MC above photo) p o itu n itv to live m peace and
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T h e little boy w hom he is hold enjoy a few of the co m fo rts of
ing by th e h an d is th e son of a life E very stam p co llector in th is
p rin ce of A rab ia J u s t th in k of c o u n try has an o p p o rtu n ity to h e ld in th e V F W h a l l .
th e o p p o rtu n ity , th ro u g h O m ar re n d e r a s s i s t a n c e to tlie “people
T h e fo o d w i ll be d o ­
K elan i, to fo ster good w ill for to p eo p le’’ p rogram , and to bene
th e U n ited S ta te s to his fifteen fit h im self in te lle c tu a lly , th ro u g h n a t e d a n d c o o k e d by th e
or tw e n ty p u p ilsl O m ar tells m e fo reign co rresp o n d en ce
he has read ab n it A ddison,
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la d ie s , w h o a re m e m ­
F ra n k lin . L incoln. E instein, and V A I TTTT
s
o th e rs: an d now h is a m b i t i o n is
U r U & C
b e r s of the^ s p o n s o r i n g
to sa v e e n o u g h m o n e y so th a t he T IM B E R LAGS BEH IN D g r o u p s
f o r th e G i r l
m a v c o m e to th is c o u n tr v an d
stu d y m ech an ical en g in eerin g .
V a lu e of
t i m b e r S c o u ts a n d th e B r o w n i e s
A n o th e r te a c h e r is Ib rah im
r\ s r'
O zg en tas from A n k ara. T u rk e y S a l e b
On ° & C f o r e s t s
T i c k e t s m a y be h a d
* Zi’un*, ni“r,‘
w ,h “ in W e s t e r n O r e g o n a r e f r o m a n y m e m b e r of th e
ft* and child. A fter we cor-
resp o n d ed for a y e a r or so, he l a g g i n g b e h in d l a s t y e a r G i r l S c o u t s , B r o w n i e s
cam e to th is c o u n try on a jo in t .
n
p ro je c t b etw een th e T u rk ish g o v
a o o u t 4U p e r c e n t ,
o r a t th e d o o r .
e rn m e n t an d th e F ord F o u n d a ­
C a p t a in a n d M r s ,
tio n He visited us in o u r hom e
for th re e d ay s: an d w h ile here T W O T O A T T F N n
R
o
b e rt B ro o k s a n d
he m ad e an ad d ress to th e pupils
of o u r h igh school.
S E N IO R W E E K E N D
tw o s o n s h a v e r e t u r n e d
home Y ou°cansieZ “re fn e n d iA T O R E G O N S T A T E
to T r a v is A ir F o r c e
R o b e r‘ D im m ic k a n d
B a s e , C a l if , a f t e r e n ­
ter, from w h ich I q u o te: “I re- L a r r y H a n n o n ,
h ig h
j o y i n g a w e e k s v is it
m em b er th e b e a u tifu l lan d scap e
z
» f t
of y o u r area, th e P acific Ocean. 3 C h O O I s e n i o r s
f r o m w ith h is p a r e n t s , th e
w aves, gphgulls, red w o o d trees, n
. .
B e r t B r o o k s ’ an d o th e r
an d frie n d s.” I th in k his f r i e n d - B r O O k i n g S h a v e r e g i s
sh ip fo r th e U S. w ill en d u re.
.
A te a c h e r in C zechoslovakia is ^ e r c c ^
*th O r e g o n S t a te r e l a t i v e s in t h i s v i c i n ­
Mila H am ouz. H e is seen h ere c o l l e g e
t o p D a a r r t tic
in n f p i t y .
w ith his w ife an d little H elen —
.
ic ip a te
they have their troubles, y o u A p r i l 26 to 28 in th e
D R IV E C A R E F U L L Y
may be sure. A fte r the H u n g a r-a n n u a ’ S e n i o r w e e k enc
•an revolt, he wrote me: “ I w on1 a c t i v i t i e s .
The to u r is ts a r e h e re
T E A C H E R O M A R K E L A N I h o ld in g t h e h a n d of a s o n o f a n A r a b i a n
P r i n c e . M r . K e la n i t e a c h e s a t th e S h a r k i a s c h o o l in K u w a it. He is a
r e g u l a r c o r r e s p o n d e n t o f E r s k i n e M i l l e r , of B r o o k i n g s .
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