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Love of Count ry Accounts i
Willingness To Work. Mrs.
or Russians'
FPU Believes
BT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
St. Louis, Mo. As I look back
on all my experiences in the
weeks spent in the Soviet Union,
I want to say first that I under
stand well the love of the Rus
sian people for their own coun
try. It is a vast country, with
many climates, many resources,
many possibilities yet undevel
oped in soil, in coal and oil and
metals of all kinds. Above ev
erything else, it has vast re
sources in human beings.
Like all people who have lived
close to the soil, there is a de
votion for the particular area in
which they live. I can see this
even in people who left Russia
years ago. A taxi driver in New
York asked me the other day
aijout his old country and said
wistfully: "The village I came
from near Minsk was wiped out
-in the war but I would love to
go back and just see that coun
try again. I love it still."
Lot of Country
This love of country accounts
partly for the Russians' willing
ness to work and sacrifice when
they are told it is necessary for
the preservation of their native
land. A totalitarian regime
which regulates all news makes
it impossible for anyone in Rus
sia to understand that there are
different interpretations of
events from those they have
been given.
The fact that none but a Com
munist newspaper can be bought
within the Soviet Union, even
though there may be libraries
with some magazines giving a
'air opinion of the world scene,
11 means that the mass of peo
have very little concept of
its or thinking in the world
:de of their own.
ie continuing political strug
. at the top for power modi
only minor situations. The
rfror of secret police may be
ssened, certain arbitrary rules
ay change somewhat. But all
t the Soviet Union's leaders
lave believed in the Socialist
loctrine, so the promotion of
this idea goes on by different
methods, perhaps, but the basic
idea does not change. And I
doubt if it will change.
Idem Mar Be Modified
This basic Socialistic idea may
be modified as time goes on, but
that will largely depend, I think,
on what the free world is able
to prove. The free world will
have to believe as firmly that
the wave of the future is democ
raty, freedom and justice and
shew how good this can be for
Si3aa beings.
There is no real hope of modi
fying the beliefs of those dedi
cated to a Socialist and Commu
nist idea, which still holds that
communism is the final great
hope for the happiness of human
beings, unless we can prove by
deeds that our accomplishments
are greater.
In the life of the ordinary
man and woman in Russia, all
that is good has happened to
them since the Revolution. I
have told you a little of the ad
vances in education and in medi
cie. W'e must recognize that
there is an increase in urban liv
ing, but wTiere the government
is the employer, every man and
woman in the Soviet Union has
a job.
If a woman has many chil
dren, she may stay at home. Oth
erwise, the basis of all planning
is to make it possible for men
care of their children.
There is no comparison be
tween life in the Soviet Union
and in the United States, for in
stance, because the whole objec
tive is based on a different con
cept. This may modify as the
need for a big labor force les
sens, but at present it must be
the policy of any government in
the Soviet Union.
We must remember that the
vast number of Soviet people
have been peasants, have lived
in huts in overcrowded condi
tions with no sanitation and oth
er comforts, without medical
care, without education and that
religion was largely used to
make these poor conditions of
life accepted a panacea to keep
people quiet and make them
think of a future life rather than
of the miserable present.
So it is natural that the pres-
and women to work and, in spite I ent government stresses for the
of their working, to take good mass of people the possibilities
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
New York Queen Elizabeth, preparing to leave for home aft
er visiting America's largest city. "At the end of a wonderful
journey I am very glad that I have been able this time to see
New York."
Maebashi, Japan Army Specialist William S. Girard, when
asked by Judge Yuzo Kawachi if he didn't feel sorry for shooting
and killing metal scavenger Mrs. Naka Sakai on an Army firing
range last January: "I feel very sorry, sir."
Aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard Vice Adm. Wallace M.
Beakley, on the readiness of his U.S. Pacific Seventh Fleet in the
event of a war between Syria and Turkey: "We haven't been sit
ting on our ditty-box. Readiness is our mission out here."
Atlanta Dekalb County Solicitor Richard Bell, on why he
obtained a court injunction against the showing of the movie
"Island in the Sun," which features interracial romance and which
was picketed by segregationists Sunday night: "Because it is a con
troversial movie we thought it best to act before riots result."
The Family Council
Editor's note: The Family Council consists of a Judge, a psychiatrist,
three clergymen, a newspaper editor, a women's editor and two writers. Each
article is a summary of an actual report. The Family Council does not rive
was- nave
advice;- it merely reports on problems
responsible agencies and counselor.
keen dealt with
Jill D I won't turn my back
on my friend.
Mrs. R.D: What will people
think of Jill?
Jill D. I am a girl of 17 and
I've known the facts of life for a
long time, so I don't see why my
mother should try to treat me
like an infant.
A certain very good friend at
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high school was going with a boy
for a long time and they were
planning to marry, but their par
ents wanted them to wait. Well,
Cecile bacame pregnant and fi
nally she had to get married.
Everybody knew and there was
a big fuss in the neighborhood.
A lot of girls were very nasty
about it and wouldn't even talk
to Cecile, but I just don't think
that's right. I talk to her .the
same as ever and went up to visit
her and her cute baby. I realize
that she did wrong, but she is
my friend and I'm not going to
turn my back on her the way my
mother wants me to.
Mrs. R.D. I couldn't have
been more horrified about this
scandal if it concerned, my own
daughter. I thought Cecile was
one of the nicest girls in the
neighborhood. I was always very
happy when she and Jill went
out on double dates together.
Now that I look back on it, I
almost turn sick ... to think
that my Jill was with that other
couple. Jill swears nothing im
proper ever took place while she
was around, but I don't know
what to believe any more. I
could have sworn that Cecile
was a mere baby.
Aside from that fact that I
don't want Jill to have such
friends, I am very much upset
about her reputation in the com
munity. Everyone knows they
went around together a great
deal. What will people think of
Jill if she continues to see Ce
cille? The Council: Mrs. R. D. ap
pears to be rushing to lock the
stable door after the horse has
been stolen. The period during
which Cecile's influence may
have been dangerous is at an
end.
Jill has had a very close and
probably somewhat frightening
glimpse of serious trouble. She
probably wants to reassure Tier
self of the happy ending in this
case. Cecile is now a resectably
married woman and is most un
likely to influence young girls
to follow the treacherous road
she traveled.
As for Jill's reputation, any
one malicious enough to cast
slurs on her because of Cecile's
wrongdoing is unlikely to be in
fluenced by Jill's present atti
tude toward Cecile.
Jill shows that moral stand
ards are important to her when
she refuses to turn her back on
a friend. Now that Cecile must
settle into the humdrum prob
lems of daily life, Jill will very
likely soon lose interest in her
unless her mother continues to
make this friendship an import
ant issue.
(Copyright, 1957, General Fea
tures Corp.)
of education, the giving of medi
cal care, the security of a job
and an old-age pension, even
though it asks for sacrifices and
offers comparatively slow prog
ress in the more modern com
forts of living.
Can Give Hope
These things can give hope to
the Russian people, and m the
signs in the factories which say
"Be grateful" have in back of
them some real improvements
which we must recognize.
In addition, leaders of this re
gime not only believe in educa
tion but they have a real enthu
siasm for research and a respect
for the scientific mind and the
processes which bring advances
in the present-day world and
which they feel bring them.
greater security in the struggle
with the capitalist world.
It seems to me that this situa
tion calls for understanding on
our part, respect for these
achievements, but a firmer be
lief in the possibilities of our
own system.
(Copyright, 1957, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF-
A DIVORCE COURT judge had a tough case with a stubborn,
unyielding man and wife who refused even to look at each,
other. "O.K.," conceded the judge. "Go through with the di
vorce, but understand that
everything you possess will
have to be divided equally."
"What about our three chil
dren?" demanded the wife.
"That's something you'll have
to figure out for yourselves,"
said His Honor.
The wife made a sudden de
cision. She seized her spouse
by the collar and ordered,
'Come on home, you lug!" To
the judge, she threw over her
shoulder, "We'll be back next
year with our children."
It was humiliating enough
when Cleopatra personally kicked her erstwhile favorite, Marc An
thony, down a whole flight of Egyptian stairs, but I am assured by
an old Roman who was present that she added insult to injury by
cheerfully explaining, 'I'm just toeing the Marc." "
O 1957, by Bennett Cert. Distributed by Kins Features SyndicsU.
Boxcar Loaded Vith Shells Catches Fire
Piedmont, Ala. (W A
boxcar loaded with artillery
shells caught fire early today on
the outskirts of this small
Northeast Alabama town and an
estimated 200 to 300 persons
were evacuated from their
homes to escape exploding frag
ments. The fire severed a power
line, cutting off electricity to
P i e d m o nt and surrounding
areas.
No one was injured. Police
and firemen plus a small detach
ment of troops from nearby Ft.
McClellan moved in to evacuate
about 50 homes in the tianger
area, about a half mile from the
center of town.
Authorities cleared out an
area about a mile square.
Mayor J. O. Chaffin said the
boxcar containing the shells had
by mid-morning burned down a
"smouldering hulk but the shells
were still popping off although
not as frequently as before."
Potato Freight Rate
Boost Draws Protest
Salem (IPl Increased freight
rates on potatoes shipped to east
ern points from Malheur county
in Oregon and Boise valley in
Idaho were protested to the In
terstate Commerce Commission
Monday by Oregon Agriculture
Director Robert J. Steward.
The increases, recently filed
"Washington Iffl The Jus
tice Department disclosed it has
launched a "full-scale FBI in
vestigation" to determine wheth
er big oil companies which own
pipelines are taking unfair ad
vantage of their competitors.
by the railroads, are to become
j effective Oct. 25.
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