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Moscow-Trained Red Leader Faces Bao Dai in Indo-China r-r T r- iji mi) . TV.. ,,': BO CHi-MINH, Red leader. BAO DAI, Annam emperor, IAP NtwfturMI Two leaders face each other 1: Indochina's tug of war. Be hind each of them pull opposing nationalist forces. Ho Chl-Minh, Moscow trained Communist leader, faces Bao Dai, peasant leader and heir to the throne of Annam. Ho, called the "One Who Shines" and the "One Who Sees Clearly," was born in Annam, tate of Vietnam, 56 years ago. He was the son of a mandarin of the Annamite empire who held a position corresponding roughly to that of lieutenant governor of a small province. In 1910 Ho's father was re lieved of hi position. The French said it was because of drunkenness. Ho's friends say it was because his political ideas were too far advanced for the good of the French cause. Bo Traveled Widely As a young man Ho worked as a servant on French steamer and visited the United States, Britain and France. He stayed in Paris, educated himself and took up left wing politics. In 1923 he went to Moscow as a delegate to an international meeting and stayed to study un der the Communists. Two years later he turned up at Canton, China, nd made a plunge into revolutionary work. In 1931 he directed an unsuc cessful revolt against the French in his country. By this time he was Comintern agent ior south' east Asia and landed in a British prison for 18 months. He was sentenced to death, in absentia in Indochina. ' Chinese Jailed Him After the outbreak of World War II the Chinese Nationalists put him in jail for a year. In 1944 he slipped over the border into Indochina with 700 follow ers and organized the Vietminh or "League for the Independ ence of Vietminh." With allied support he fought a guerrilla war in Indochina against the Japanese. He became "Uncle " Ho to many Vietnamese who saw in him the symbol of their passion for independence. Indochina had been under French influence since 1787, under French control since 1887. Ho became the hero of a wide following of Communists and nationalists. A wispy bearded, snaggle-toothed politician, hp has a beguiling oriental person' ality. One American woman cor respondent, anti-commun 1st, came away from an Interview with him and called him a saint, Others regard him as a benign opportunist using a muddled sit uation for his own ends. Ho, despite his Moscow train ing, never has admitted a Com munist purpose although Com munists have been strongly be hind him. Ho's Thailand repre sentative told interviewers in February, 1950, that Ho would fight the Chinese Communist troops, then at Vietnam's bor ders, if they Invaded his country. Roving U. S. Ambassador Philip C. Jessup, who was in Thailand at the time, said there was no doubt Ho s movement was Communist. In his fight ' against the French, Ho was backed by thou sands of troops trained in a guerilla warfare extremely ef fective in a land of mountains. lungles and great river deltas. Some of the troops were trained by American OSS agents during the war to use guerrilla tactics against the Japanese in Indo china. . Hideaway Headquarters Ho's headquarters in his fight against the French, was at a hideaway capital northwest of Hanoi, near the friendly Red China border. For several years he was not seen by any visiting newspapermen in Indochina. Rumors spread he was dead. Another rumor said his fanatical Communist lieutenants had tak en charge. Against Ho was a French army of around 100,000 to 150, 000 troops, including some 15,000 German war veterans in the French Foreign Legion. Bao Dai, the man they sup ported, is a 37-year-old heir to the dragon throne of Annam, now central Vietnam. Bao Dai means the "great protector". He's a Religious Leader He was given seven years of schooling in France before he became the puppet state ruler and head of the Annamite relig ion, a mixture of Buddhism and ancestor worship. He is married to the daughter of a Cochin, Chinese businessman. The Jap anese retained him on the throne when they gained control in World War II. Bao Dai, stockily built, likes American sport clothes and good food and is considered a shrewd politician. After he was called back from exile by the French he signed an agreement to become provision al chief of state. It was agreed that general elections would be held for a constituent assembly after peace was restored. wlMMMJSilll.ll Kagawa Heie Thursday light Dr. Toyohiko Kateva, out standing Christian Mer, Jap anese evangelist, aulje and so cial worker, will licjre din ing an open meeting t be held at 8 o'clock Thursdtynight in Willamette universip gymna sium. I In addition to his enngelistic work, Kagawa has ben active in union work in Japa; In 1918 he organized the Ljbo Federa tion and in 1912 iouded the first labor union in fapn among the shipyard worka-s. Dr. G. Herbert 3nJi, presi dent of Willamette, wl preside over the Thursday evening meet ing. Rev. Brooks Moore, pastor of the First Methodist church and Dr. Arthur H. Haynard, as sociate professor of religion at Willamette, will have a part in the program. Musical number will be play ed by a string quartet composed of Thomas Facey, Salem, and Doris McCain, Gold Beach, vio lins; Martha Bernard, Portland viola and Wilma Aller, Yakima, cello. The meeting will be open to the general public. Dr. Kagawa will appear at Willamette chapel Thursday morning in the First Methodist church and will be dinner guest of the Cxford club, university organization for students plan ning to enter the ministry at naxter hall in the evening. Morale Booster Jean Car lyle, 18 (above), of New York City, and five other patriotic models have decided to boost the morale of GIs who don't get many letters. They plan not only to send a cheering message, but a pin-up picture as well. Descendants of the ancient ce dars of Lebanon are planted In Arlington national Cemetery. TRADE AND HIGH ' -i .. : . . PHONE 3-3191 4, POWER GRIP.. Always Pull Through Mud and Snow on POWER GRIPS! WARDS POWER GRIP 65 m SUPER POWER GRIP fo)55 ' 00-H Platted. Tax Deep knob treed give you svr traction el) ways forward-, sideways, In re vert I Power Crips ara built o "plow through" deep mud and snow . , . whero going b the hughull Ivy o set ml ,6.00-1 Phis Post. Tax super Power Crip give antra troction on worst "bock country roads' plus su rra mileaga on lha highwayl Cantor rib tread runs quieter, protects against skid on wet pavement! Priced to level Liberal Trade-In Allowance! 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