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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
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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. Mar
garet Brown is director of the
seventh grade chorus, and Al
bert Huntemann is director of
the junior high school band.
The program will include sev
eral popular numbers as well as
marches and overtures.
HEADS RESERVE GROUP
Bend (U.R Lt. Col. Roy C.
Edgerton, U.S. Army reserve,
Salem, Sunday was named pres
ident of the Oregon department
of the Reserve Officers Associa
tion. Edgerton is a resident en
gineer with the State Highway
Commission.
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