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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1957)
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE HXXS YiF MOTHER'S DAY MAY 12 to Mother-from Wards MOTHER'S DAY MAY 12 Z K Tuesday, May 7. 19S7 MEET WITH IKE GOP congressional leaders, Represen tative Joseph Martin (left) and Senator William Knowland talk with reporters outside the White House following their first conference with President Eisenhower after his return from his Augusta. Ga. vacation. Knowland said the President may make a nationwide broadcast to pre- . sent his side of the budget-foreign aid controversy to the people. ' Private Americans Target Of Much Criticism in Asia Tokyo (U.R) Private Ameri can citizens living in Asia these daysneed to have thickkins or supplies of tranquilizing pills. Thev are the natural target I 1 1 .j- rrt . i ui aii criui's. iney always are dodging verbal darts thrown by friends, allies. Communists and even American officials. They get blamed for what they do or do not do as private individuals. And they also get lambasted for the signs of omis sion and commission of their government. "Observing my fellow Ameri cans in Asia has proved one thing to me,", a U.S. business man in Manila remarked to me, "The rugged American pioneer spirit and ability to stand up in the face of adversity are not dead." , Right now Americans in Ja .pan are getting the "cold stare' treatment because an American- built plane, given the Japanese under an aid program, crashed with a Japanese air force pilot at the controls. The Americans are being ac cused of palming off obsolete equipment on the Japanese with the not-so-veiled suggestion from many quarters that Ameri cans do not care whether Japa nese get killed or not. This affair followed not too far behind one involving a jet plane which the Americans had turned over to Japan. After a Japanese pilot crashed it, there was a fuss because the plane was not equipped with an eject ing seat. The "Fast Buck" It was suggested in some newspapers that while the Amer icans always equip their own planes with the latest safety de vices to protect themselves they strip down the planes before they give them to the Japanese because they don't care about Japanese lives. No mention was made of earlier criticism of American jets as being too lav ish and expensive, and contain ing a lot of unnecessary fancy equipment. The private American living in Asia is blamed for inflation the blackmarket, high rent, and a lack of understanding of "broad American objectives. The other day a man who is in the American army and who tracks down law violators spoke to me about a matter involving some private American business men. He said many of them were in Japan to make a "fast buck" and made it clear that he figured they didn't care how they did it. He did not mention the fact that most of the items available on the blackmarket in Japan came out of military post ex changes sold to the Japanese by military personnel in what must have been an effort to make a "fast buck." Diplomats and military people can brins cars into Janan duty free. Mr. .Private American Citi zen, if he is lucky enough to get an import permit, can bring in a car and pay additionally ,up to 110 per cent of its cost as import and commodity tax. The private U.S. citizen in Asia always is looking for a place to live a place he can afford. There are not too many "western style houses avail able, and the demands far ex ceed the supply. The "Rich" Americans His troubles are not made lighter when he attends a cock tail party and hears one of his embassy friends bemoan the fact that he can't find a house big enough and expensive enough to use up all his government liv ing allowance. ' Neither is he happy when he finds out some U.S. Army offi cer has paid three times the going rate as rent on a house which he will use only for two or three months until he moves into low-cost government pro vided quarters. The amount of cooperation that the private American busi nessman gets from the U.S. em bassies depends upon what coun try in Asia he happens to be in. In some places businessmen praise their embassy staffs. In others, they shake their heads sadly. A Japanese vice-minister of foreign affairs once told me that American businessmen in Japan would have much smoother sail ing if . the Americans in the Tokyo embassy negotiated as hard on behalf of private Ameri can interests as they do on what they consider their own diplo matic privileges. Many Asians can't tell the dif ference between private Ameri can citizens and U.S. officials. They don't seem to realize that every American does not have direct access to the gold at Fort Knox. When buying, there is a ' tendency to expect private American firms to sell below cost "because America is a rich country and we are so poor." If the private American citi zen in Asia has so many prob lems, why does he stay in Asia? The fascination of Asia at tracts private Americans, a great many of whom live under con ditions far below the standards they would enjoy back home. The area offers opportunities, and the challenges appeal to the spirit of private American enter prise. McLoughlin Slates Annual Concert McLoughlin Junior High school will present its annual spring concert Friday, May 10, in the school gymnasium start ing at 7:30 p.m. The program will consist of number by the all-school orchestra, girl's Triple Trio, cadet band, and the seventh grade chorus and band. Elmer Ayres is director of the orchestra, Ray Lewis directs the girls' Triple Trio, and the cadet band is directed by Ayres. 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