UAR President Answers Letter
Written by Gold Hill Youngster
Gold Hill - G a m a 1 Abdel
Nasser, president of the Unit
ed Arab Republic, in a letter
to a Gold Hill seventh grader
said one of the most danger
ous features of the external
policy of the UJS. is "the ap
parent deviation from your
ideals that were declared dur
ing and before the last World
War."
The letter was written to
Sherman J. Kiger Jr., 13-year-'
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sher
. man Kiger of Gold Hill. He
wrote the letter to obtain
more information about coun
tries in Africa while studying
that country in social studies
at Hanby school. (
It was one of two answers
young Kiger received to six
letters to African countries
seeking information about the
countries, what they think of
the U.S. foreign policy and
that country's greatest prob
lem. Other Letter in French '
The other letter was re
ceived from the vice general
in Urundi, Africa, which is
controlled by Belgian man
date. It was written in French,
and as yet has not been trans
lated. President Nasser's letter
follows:
"Cario, 22.4.1959
"Mr. Sherman Kiger,
General Delivery,
Gold Hill, Oregon
U.S.A.
"Dear Mr. Sh. Kiger,
"I thank you for your let
ter dated Februtry 2, 1959.
There is no doubt that the
. U.S.A. is really a great nation
. and it has achieved an excel
lent standard of life and of
technical ability. In this ca
pacity it has ranked at the
top of the Western World. But
leadership, especially in such
a moving time as our own,
rests on two pillars; the first
being internal and the other
external.
Internal Front
"In the internal front I be
lieve that social justice is the
most important factor to solid
ify the nation. In this respect,
I ' believe that you have
achieved a great degree of
harmony between interests
cultural and otherwise of
your population which had,
and still has, different back
grounds; only a fraction still
suffers injsutice, namely the
coloured people of the U.S.A.
I do hop that a harmonious
relationship will prevail be
tween this section and the
rest of your population.
"Externally, the influence
of the U.S-A. is not to be de
nied. She has done good as
well as bad things, but the
most dangerous feature of
your external .policy, in my
opinion, is the apparent dev
iation from your ideals that
were declared during and be
fore the last World War. You
seemed to be dragged into
problems which are not your
own, and which at the same
time, are contradictory to your
ideals, as well as interests.
"For instance you have
played a major role to the
building and the keep going
of the State of Israel. This,
by the way, was mainly a
British problem. You also sup
plied France with arms and
financial aids which were
used to suppress the Algerian
Liberation Movement. You
stood passively in relation to
all African problems, such as
the South African, with the
supremecy campaign, the Cen
tral African problem, etc In
doing so you present your
selves to the younger nations
not as heros of freedom but
as the heros of the decaying
empires. i
"As for the major problems
here in the U.A.R., I should
think that in the political side,
it is how to keep neutral in
the real sense. We are often
attacked by one side or the
other or at least accused of
taking sides. To keep a cool
head and for a neutral path,
is not an easy thing. This
brings about consequences
that are related to the non
political issue.
Another Aspect N
"This brings me to the oth
er aspect. Here we are main
ly concerned with develop
ment, social and economic. We
believe that both are closely
related. Our first five-year
plan ranges from establishing
the steel industry to acclaim
ing (probably reclaiming)
land. The cost of this plan is
about 1,500 million dollars.
We have to find these tre
mendous funds locally and
from abroad. I think this is
quite a problem for a young
nation such as our own.
Yours sincerely,
7s Gamal Abdell Nasser
President of the United
: Arab Republic"
- The letter was written in
English.
Young Kiger said he was
surprised, and pleased, that
Nasser took the time to ex
press his feelings in a reply
to Kiger's letter. '
Besides letters to Nasser
and Urundi, Africa, young
Kiger also wrote to the gov
ernor general French Algiers;
office of resident commission
er Buhuanaland, Africa (Brit
ish); governor general, Sa Da
Baneria Angola, Africa, (Por
tugal); and the office of sub
governor, Aiun Spanish Sa
haca, Spanish West Africa.
1 ""fit! '
READ LETTER - Sherman J. Kiger Jr., seventh grade student
at Hanby school in Gold Hill reads letter from Gamal Abdel
Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic, as his teacher,
Deane Roberts, Central Point, watches. The letter was in
answer to one young Kiger wrote seeking information about
the country, its view of U.S. foreign policy and the major
problems faced by the U.A.R. today.
3,414 Tour Museum in
April; Classes Visit
Jacksonville -UPD Visitors
from 32 states, including Ha
waii, five countries and Wash
ington, D.C., visited the Jack
sonville Museum during April.
A total of 3,414 persons
toured the museum during the
month, an increase of 366
over April, 1958.
Classes touring the museum
included the Eagle Point and
Canyonville eighth grades;
Myrtle Creek sixth grade;
Kerby fifth grade; Ashland's
Walker school third grade;
and pupils from Cave Junc
tion and Selma schools.
Members of a geology class
from Oregon State college,
Corvallis, also visited the mu
seum as well as a chemistry
class from St. Mary's school,
Medford; and a history class
from Southern Oregon col
lege. Groups Visit Museum
Among the groups which
visited the museum were the
College Women's club, Church
of the Brethren, Christian Sci
ence Youth class, and dele
gates attending the County
Veterans Service Officers con
vention in Medford.
A group of 15 Catholic sis
ters from Coos Catholic school
Coos Bay, and members of the
convention of the IOOF Lodge
in Jacksonville, also visited
the museum. Among the vis
itors were several Scout
groups including Cub Scouts
from St. Mary's, Den 8 ?ack
8, and Den 2 Pack 4; Medford
Troops 12, 26, 143 and Grants
Pass Brownie troop 128.
Among the items contrib
uted to the museum during
the month were volumes of
the Southern Oregon Miner,
newspaper, spear-head . and
stone cross, pictures, a sur
veyor's relic, preserved ' cu
cumber, ivory miniatures, di
ary and booklet, Swedish
Bible, china and silver arti
cles and various articles of
clothing including two wed
ding dresses.
Persons donating the items
included Graham Dean, Ash
land; Russell Hall, Jackson
ville; Jack Sutton, Grants
Pass; Allen McGee and Mrs.
Alice Applegate Peil, both
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Sunday, May 10, 1959
Air Force Unveils
Hew 'Mace' Missile
Washington- (LTD -The Air
Force has unveiled the Mace,
a guided missile its builders
say will "bob and weave like
a fiitball halfback" on its way
through enemy defenses.
The Mace is being sent to
U.S. Air Force units in Eu
rope to replace the older
Matador - missile from which
it evolved. '
The Martin Co. of Balti
more, builder of the Mace,
said its elecontained guid
ance system "enabled the
missile to dodge heavily-fortified
areas or geographic ob
stacles, cary its cruise alti
tude and even bob and weave
like a star football halfback
making bis way through a
field of enemy tacklers."
EDDIE TO SHED, WED
Las Vegas, Nev. -(UPD-Sing-er
Eddie Fisher plans to shed
wife Debbie Reynolds and
wed Liz Taylor on the same
day - this Tuesday. David
Goldwater, Fisher's attorney,
said Friday the singer would
file for a divorce from the mo
ther of his two children Tues
day morning when court op
ens here and marry Liz, moth
er of three," in a private cere
mony -at her rented ranch la-
The American Embassy, in
Baghdad, the capital of Iraq,
is a replica of the White
House in Washington.
Ashland; Fred Ober, Jackson
ville; Joseph Pankey, Gold
Hill; Mrs. Ranald Axtell,
Trail; Ashley H. Russell, Port
land; Mrs. Harms Meier, Miss
Ann Livingston, F, B. Sween
ey, Mrs. Aurie Peabody, and
Mrs. W. R. Peabody, all Med
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