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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13. 1963
Oregonian Finds England Changing, But
(Editor's note: J. Wesley
Sullivan, newt editor oi the
Oregon Statesman, Salem,
ii spending two months in
the British Isles, accompan
ied by his wife, under the
sponsorship of the Oregon
branch of the English
Speaking Union. During
'World War II he was sta
tioned in England as a
U. S. serviceman. In the
following articles, he tells
his impressions of Britain
two decades after the war.)
By J. WESLEY SULLIVAN
London-1 had my hair cut
in a West End London shop
this morning by a barber
(gentlemen's hairdresser over
here) who used a pair of hand
clippers. I asked him why he
wasn't using electric clippers
and he replied, On, they are
using them now in the prov
inccs and even in the sub
urbs, but my clientele here
in the West End expect me
to use hand clippers - that's
the way I was trained
This Is the story of Britain
today. Efficiency, moderniza
tion and power tools are clos
ing in on gentle archaic life,
which was born of the fruits
of the once-great British Em
pire. A generation ago, millions
of American servicemen used
these islands as a jumping
off place for war. They came
away scoffing at the British
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things. If they were to visit
England again today, as I am
doing, their first impression
likely would be one of amaze'
mcnt at the amount of con
struction since the war. Sky
scrapers are rising in London
where none existed 20 years
ago. Every city, even the tint
est of hamlets, has areas of
new homes. Satellite cities,
each with over 60,000 people,
have sprung up around Lon
don, each with its own indus
trial complex.
Less Than Startling
Britishers, who have lived
amidst this change, find it
less than startling, however,
They complain it hasn't gone
fast enough. Nine million pco
pie still have outside toilets,
they are fond of repeating,
The cry for central heating
is just now becoming a gen-
eral uproar. The returning
American is just as impressed
by the public demand for
such things as he is in their
progress towards achieving
them
Britishers aren't just call
ing for material things, ei-
'ther. The younger generation
is calling for more education
and questioning a system
which shunts the vast major
ity of the population away
from a pre-university training
on the basis of tests taken at
age 11. There a rent nearly
enough university places for
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those qualified. In a some
what unfair comparison
young people here note that
more Negroes are attending
universities in the U.S. than
all Britishers here
No Outstretched
Hands Ignored
By Rep. Powell
Washington - IUPD - Rep
Adam Clayton Powell (D
N.Y.) has made it clear that
when he travels abroad, no
outstretched palm is ignored.
In one of the most detailed
reports of "counterpart" fund
spending yet submitted to the
House, the veteran congress
man listed $346 in tips and
other miscellaneous expenses
on his highly publicized 35
day European trip during the
1062 congressional session.
Two women , members of
the House Education and La
bor committee staff accom
panied him. Powell ie chair
man of the committee.
Detailed Breakdown
The Negro legislator said
the trip was for the purpose
of studying the European
Common Market. He gave a
detailed breakdown of his
spending of the U.S. -owned
foreign currencies.
Altogether, Powell spent
$1,543 on his trip to England,
France, Italy, Greece and
Spain, he said. Mrs. Tamara
Wall, former associate coun
sel of the committee, spent
$1,653, traveling to seven
countries. Corrine Huff, a
committee secretary, spent
$1,773 in six countries.
Tips Described
Some of Powell's biggest
tips were $15 to his ship's
cabin steward, $30 to the
maitre d'hotel in his French
hotel, $36 to the capo earner-
lere portinaio in the Italian
hotel where he stayed, and
$24 to the major domo por
tero at his Spanish hotel. The
tips in each country averaged
about 30 per cent of his
spending for meals.
But Powell was not the
champion of his committee,
which spent a total of $18,063.
Former Rep. Carroll D.
Kearns (R-Pa.), who traveled
to eight countries in Europe,
spent $2,366 In counterpart
funds. Kearns took the trip
after the end of the congres
sional session and after he
had been defeated for relec-
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The same wonderful Brit
ish people who put up with
so many privations and with
Hitler's bombs during the
war are now sick and tired of
being the poor relations in
the Atlantic alliance. They
are even poking fun at their
own wartime record. The big
gest musical hit on the Lon
don stage is "Blitz" which he
lives the wartime bombing
raids in a musical comedy
situation. The most popular
revue is "Beyond the Fringe"
which pokes fun at every
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WOULD ADVANCE INTEREST Secretary of State Dean
Rusk testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee In Washington at which time he said that despite the
risks involved, a ban on "nuclear weapons would advance
the interest of the foreign policy of the United States." Rusk
said when the pros and cons "are placed on the scale, it
will be tipped decisively in favor of our present proposals
for a ban on the further testing of nuclear weapons." (UPI
Yams Not Sweet Potatoes,
Morning Glories Not Lilies
A fat oppossum, cooked and
served with sweet potatoes.
was a traditional "one-aisn
meal" of the pre-20th Century
Deep South. Even without
'possum, sweet potatoes were
and are-very popular.
These tubers could almost
be said to be step-children, for
really they are not even dis
tantly related to the so-called
Irish potato. Neither are they
related to the yams; botanical-
ly they are dissimilar. Besides,
they arc just a little queer in
their habits and characteris
tics. What we call sweet potatoes
grow, of course, on vines. But
the vines never bear seeds, in
fact, seldom blossom. The real
sweet potato's nearest relative
Is the morning glory which
knocks itself silly by blossom
ing. But the morning glory
never produces any fruit, al
though it yields generous
amounts of seeds.
One thing both vines have
in common: they both like to
climb. The morning glory and
the sweet potato have at least
500 close relatives scattered
over the entire globe. They
all climb, so much so they arc
referred to as twines or climb
ers.
Grown for Centuries
Sweet potatoes were cultiv
atcd for centuries in tropical
countries for their food value.
The South American Indians,
particularly in Brazil, subsist
ed almost entirely on this
food. The large underground
tubers are very rich in starch.
The actual origin of the
sweet potato is uncertain.
Plant explorers and botanists
have argued about it for
years, and as new evidence
comes to light they have to
change their theories and re
vise thdir thinking. They have
agreed, however, that the
vine was grown in Spain in
the early 1500 s. and spread
from there into many Euro
pean countries.
Some tubers were probably
brought by settlers and plant
ed in the warmer parts of
America. The fondness of the
early sweet potato growers
for this tuber were deep
seated and constant. No writ
ten records seem to have been
preserved, but a good guess
would be that about 300 years
ago the yellow tuber with tlic
sweet taste became a stand
ard article of diet on the din
ner table.
There is some confusion be
tween the sweet potato and
the yam. Some say a yam is
the same thing as a sweet
potato. But, there is a great
difference.
Both Are Climbers
Both plants arc climbers,
but the yam is a native of the
East Indies and strangely
claims relationship with the
lily. A variety of yam jtowj
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thing which once was a sa
cred in Britain - the church,
royalty and even the wartime
RAF.
Visits People Knew
I soon found it was far
more interesting for an ex.
serviceman to revisit the peo
ple he knew than the places
he was stationed. A reunion
with a family which befriend
ed me was most pleasant.
This was in sharp contrast to
a pilgrimage I made to the
airfield from which I flew
as a bomber pilot with the 8th
Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. W ATKINS
(Register and Tribune
Syndicate, 1963)
in Java, and is known there
as the "winged yam." It
reaches tremendous size, and
may weigh as much as 30
pounds and measure three
feet in length. There is even
a "wild yam" which grows in
some sections of the United
States.
Most of the so-called "sweet
potatoes" on sale in the gro
cery store are really yams,
characterized by a deep
orange color just under the
skin. This color becomes par
ticularly bright after the tu
ber is cooked.
The genuine sweet potato
is usually smooth skinned and
elongated, with both ends
more or less pointed. When
cooked, it is a very light yel
low in color.
Very few genuine sweet
potatoes are found nowadays
on the market. The cooked
sweet potato is very dry in
direct contrast to the brightly
colored flesh of the yam,
which is exceedingly moist.
Conditions being what they
arc, you will probably get
yams when you order sweet
potatoes. You'll get yams, too,
if you ask for yams. Either,
of course, is good unless you
are afraid of generous
amounts of starch. Either is
"yammy."
Domiciliary Writers
Prepare for Contest
While City-Writers living
at the Veterans Administra
tion Domiciliary here are pre
paring entries for the annual
Hospitalized Veterans Writ
ing Project which closes Ap'il
15. according to Miss Enid
Holmes, chief librarian and
sponsor of the Readers' and
Writers' club.
The coniest' is sponsored
nationwide by the group of
volunteers with headquarters
at 333 East Huron St., Chica
go, HI. More than $5,000 in
cash and other prizes arc of
fered for some 20 different
types of writing. Submissions
range from short stories and
plays to outlines for novels,
newspaper columns, poetry,
book reviews, and songs t o
greeting cards.
Last year, 1.327 hospitali
zed veterans contributed 3,400
entries Through the years the
local domiciliary has more
than held its own in competi
tion with the VA s 171 instal
lations. Many famous people In the
writing fields will serve es
Judges in the various classifi
cations of the project. They
include Ogdcn Nash, Pearl s.
Buck, Ellery Queen. Bennett
Ccrf. Samuel Raphaelson,
Richard Armour. Bob Con
sidinc and editors of publish
ing companies, national mag
azines' and large newspapers.
Air Force. It was near a
small railroad stop named
Elmswell in East Anglia.
There has been snow on the
ground here vconstantly for
the five weeks we have been
in Britain. My wife and I
plodded through the mud and
slush of farm fields to get to
the 'old squadron housing
area. We found the concrete
buildings half destroyed, the
wooden ones reduced to their
foundations.
The briefing rooms and
mess hall have been taken
over as a cold storage plant.
Barbed wire farm fences now
cross the concrete roads
which once carried a heavy
The Family Council
Editor's note: The Family Council consists of a iudte a
phychlatrlst. three clergymen, three editors and a women's editor.
Each article is a summary of a family disatreement presented to tha
Council. The Council deals with problems, major and minor
encountered by guidance counselors and social workers. Edited by
Mrs. Alma Denny. (Copyright by General Features corp.) -
Mrs. J. Y, - They're just
shutting me out of their lives
Molly Y. - She insists on
moving in and living with us,
Mrs. J. Y. - I'm a practical
nurse in my 50s. At 17 I was
married to a drinking man,
Early in our marriage we
adopted a 2-month-old son. I
thought that would improve
things. But my husband de
serted us, and I supported
myself and the boy until a
few months ago when he got
married. He was 29 then, and
working on his first job.
The marriage delighted me.
for Molly was the girl I'd
picked for him. But she
changed like night to day.
During the engagement she
said she'd like me to live with
them, she'd stop smoking,
she'd change her religion.
Well, already she's back to
smoking, she talks about re
turning to her cnurcn, ana
she doesn't want me to live
with them, just near them.
Well, for all the attention
they pay to me, I might as
well move back to Omaha
where I come from.
Mollv Y. - My husband con
fided in me that he can't han
dle his mother and anything
I can do to get her to leave
us alone is all right with him.
I don't want to be mean to
her, but she takes the position
that we are in heavy debt to
her, that she put 25 years into
Alien, bounht him a car, and
so we dare not draw a single
breath without including her,
thinking of her, showing our
gratitude to her.
Before we were married,
she broke up her home and
took an apartment near the
small house we bought. She
hated the house, said it was
too old but that she'd move
in if we fixed it up. I told
her we liked it, and that we
wanted her to keep her own
nlace. She does nothing but
complain. If she hears we've
had company, sne asss wny
i,A ..,cn't tnuitr-ri She, wants
several phone calls a day.
Above all, sne wants to move
in.
The Council: By now our
seasoned readers know that
we can never present all the
rounds in these family bouls,
but must select a sampling of
the Jabs. Mrs. Y.'s list of the
blows she has suffered from
the son she calls "weak" and
from Molly whom she calls a
liar, includes everything from
financial fraud to physical
assault. And Molly is getting
deep into the snarl of trying
to please her husband, her
self, his mother, and her own
mother who, we learned, put
up the money for their house,
In order to give this mar
riage a chance, our words
must be aimed at Mrs. Y. She
had no normal marriage ex
perience herself. Her mother
ing of this son was of the
Break Occurs in
Gasoline Price War
Fortland-IUPD-A break oc
curred in a gasoline price war
that has spread through Port
land and the Willamette Val
ley Tuesday when Mobil rais
ed its prices eight cents a gal
lon. Virgil Rukke, a director of
the Oregon Gasoline's Deal
ers' Association said the rest
of the dealers were expected
to follow Mobil s price hike.
This would put the cost of
gasoline for regular at 32.9
cents per gallon compared to
the low of 24.9, and raise the
cost of premium gasoline to
36.9, up from 28 9.
Rukke said the price war
started during the Christmas
holidays.
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Still Has Its Vitality
flow of Jeep traffic around
the big field.
One runway of the airstrip
has been bulldozed into a
heap. The other probably will
go soon. If any Oregon ex
serviceman has a latent nos
talgia to return to his old
wartime base in England, for
get it.
Rent An Apartment
Far more interesting to us
has been our life in London,
where we have rented an
apartment to try to live like
the British for a bit. We have
a large room with beds at
one end, living room facility
at the other,, with central
smothering, possessive type.
A normal parent raises her
son specifically to enable him
to fly the coop, to stand alone,
to make wise decisions.
Here are two ways of re
stating that last sentence in
far more eloquent terms than
ours. First, the Bible's: "A
man leaveth his father and
his mother, and cleaveth unto
his wife, that they may be
come as one flesh." And then
Kahlil Gibran's, "Your chil
dren are not your children;
. . . their souls dwell in the
house of tomorrow, which
you cannot visit; . . . you are
the bows from which they as
living arrows are sent forth."
If Mrs. Y. wants to "hold"
her son, she must let go. Then
he can take a deep free
breath, stand aside, see her
with fresh loving eyes, and
come back as a good friend,
rather than the obedient pup
py she'd like. There must be
few "must's." There can be
respect and admiration. But
no demanding.
Instead of weeping into her
pillow so much. Mrs. Y. should
rejoice that she has a place of
her own in which to live. Re
gardless of the pre-marital
talk, the present housing ar
rangement is healthier. Mrs.
Y. should use her spare time
now to mix in new circles,
make new friends. As Con
fucious might put it: She who
puts all into son, excepts all
back. Poor she, poor son!
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heat and an electric fireplace.
We have a private bath. The
steam radiator pushes the
thermometer up to 60. The
fireplace keeps us warm. -
To operate the fireplace, as
well as the refrigerator, the
hotplate and the electric tea
kettle, we must deposit a shill
ing in a meter every few
hours. The apartment costs
$40 per week- Rents, except
for the public housing in
which the rate varies with
the tenant's Income, are high.
Food costs are high, too. The
supermarket hasn't arrived
full-scale as yet. My wife
complains that at the biggest
food store near here she has
to pay for each item of gro
ceries as she buys it. The gro
cery stores sell only food. Pa
per table napkins must be
bought at a Woolworth's.
Beer and wines at a separate
store.
'Public transportation is
cheap. We can get to central
London for 6 cents by bus or
by underground. Theaters are
cheap. We can see the best on
the London stage for $2.50
seat, or stall, as they are
called here). Tickets to a sim
ilar show in New York would
be $9. Restaurant's meals are
inexpensive. A three-soiirse
lunch (Britishers eat their big
meal at noon) at a pub costs
75 cents.
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Summing up the present
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ber of Parliament told me,
"History is catching up with,
us. For generations we en
joyed a virtual monopoly ot
trade within the Common
wealth. Because of this our
economic system grew lazy.
We expended great stores of
our national wealth in two
titanic war efforts. We have
allowed our educational sys
tem to develop along class
lines. History is presenting
the bills for all these things
at one time."
With virtually no natural
resources, England must, as
her government leaders say,
"Export or die." Somehow,
this hasn't reached through
to the general public as
something they, as individu
als, must help promote.
On the other hand, the suc
cess of their national medical
plan and other welfare bene
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ina nlaccne onH hiv Bra tiom
manding more of these.
The whole nation is going
through a period of asking
what its role in the world is,
where it is going economic
ally and how it will get there.
To the Britishers themselves,
their nation appears to be in
a muddle. To an American,
however, returning after
nearly two decades, the over
whelming signs of progress
in the face of adversity are
clear indication that England
still has the vitality, which
made her great.
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