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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1962-07-26, Page 2• Talk. By PrOSiittOrkt Kpnnecly `•••,___•**L4A-1 r> NICL, GERI:ARM 6wen.d.olime R. Ct&rke SNE'AD AT' tarn former" British Open did* WOK, teachot for the oUtoprdbh lOOOk Of 0' yOUn • fan in ritiorip- Stotiond, &Irina d break hi' fitadtiel for the pelt CROWDED CITY :L-= Ta Hon§elt ty0i2a1 'Of d shifty in71-16tage* Kong, Mony•of thee tiny shacks house two tornilies at, the same time, One of the quiet involutions going on in Washington i$ tile reenentation of the State 1)e- inrtment to a new wor=ld. Now there are 3,U00 Fort:ign §e,,Qp.ce officers and a total a almost 24,000 people in "State This mushrooming growth came because the United States had 'to ftil a power vacuum after World War II that extended deep into Asia and Africa as the Bitropean colonial powers withdrew. With new respensibilities values am shifting. The depart- ment has grown so that tirst rate administrators are in con- tinuing demand And the weicife pace has increased with adeled World responsibility sitting in the lap of the united States. President Keened)? a-ire ' a speech in May to the American Foreign Service Association. It was recently released to the White House corps by press .:e- craters Pierre Satinger — a move to emphasize its impor- tance. What the President does is to recognize the shift in American responsibility in the world and its impact on the State Depart- ment, He is forthright, at times almost blunt. Today, he said, "is the golden period of the Foreign Service" — not the days before World. War IL He drew the parallel vividly: "I remember what Ambassador Dawes said, that the job was hard on the feet and easy on the brain. Theodore Roosevelt talk- . ed about those who resided in the Foreign Service rather than working' in it. "We were an isolationist coun- try, by tradition and by policy and by statute, And therefore those of you who lived in the Foreign Service led a rather iso- lated life, dealing with compare tively few people, uninvolved in the affairs of this country." But this is the "great period of the Foreign Service" and "now you have to involve 'your- selves in every element Of 'for- eign lige—labor, the class strug- gle, cultural affairs and all the rest — attempting to predict in what direction the forces will move." More, he reminded the diplo- mats that today any competent Foreign Service officer must "know all :about.; the United, States, every facet of its life, all the great reforms of the thirti4, the forties, and the. fifties." to What the Presiden was say- ing is that the life of an Ameri- can diplomat is neither simple nor easy. The world has chang- ed, irreversibly. Of this changing world he said "you just have to put up with it. Those who cannot stand the SALLY'S SALLIES "Going eixty'Ss In this little earl" :as tie. heat sliuuid..get tint of the kit- eben." It 11 41Vells that on July officers loft "State," ineStidieg 10: in the four highest eredes and 17 with the rank el !tweeter or ambassador. This resigna- tion was "forced" by an utttue tire retirement bonus, Many of those who left . were briiliant and hard to replace, But the act will in future matte it possible for the best of the younger men to move leeward ra•picity. Both the Preside-lit and Secretary of State Bean. Rusk have long witnted to retire some foreign service veterans and it is now done gracefully, writes Robert F. Bruhn in the Christian Science Monitot. While he was at it, the Presi- dent spoke up to explain that American diplomats must Un- derstand the difficulty of their position at home, often finding themselves in security contro- versies. For that, said he: "You have to recognize that ultimately you. will be subjected, as an institu- tion, to the criticisms of the un- informed, and to attacks which are in many cases malicious and in many cases self-serving. But either . you have to be able to 'put up with it, or you have to pick a more secluded spot." He must have grinned when he then' said, "Personally, I think the place to be is in the kitchen, and I am sure the For eign Service efficets of the. United States feel the same way," Letting go with both barrels, the . President emphasized that the elephantine size of the Ste te Department is still "no excuse for bureaucracy." •A rather stale metaphor around Washington is. that State is a "sponge," form- less .and indecisive, What the President wants is to have policy cleared in the de- partment "with - more speed." He acknowledged on tcp of this garguantuan job of often hav- ing to check with the CIA, De- fense, the White House, Trea- sury, Commerce, and the Con- gress. All in all the State Depart- ment has been given a gentle reinind:er - that its revolution must be . consolidated. .Men's • • Heads 'Are Growing Bigger Men's heads • are. bigger than they were. Before the war an average 4-nan, bought a size-678 hat, repOrts a hatters' organisa- tion Today most men's hate sold are size 71/8 . Men's heads have grown litger because they are using their brains more, says a ephysiologiet. But all through _history there. been famous. men with excep- tionally large heads. The poet. Robert Burns had an immense head-22172in. in circumference. Dr. Joseph Simms, an author- ity on the subject, has said that as a -general rule people who live in cold elimates have larger heads and heavier brains than those living in the warmer parts of the world.. The shape of heads is altering, too, • Skulls of our remote ances- tors have revealed that the fore- head sloped backwards, but that form of .head has became rare today, The long' head is. becom- ing more usual in white races, says the experte, but among yel- low peoples it is round, ,•Some, husbands h. v e wives . who dot pet kn. o•w what they want. CitherS arse not so lucky. Right now it is just 'about: too hot to think, much less move around. We are sitting among the trees in the garden. There is a breeze blowing but it is a hot breeze so it doesn't "'do much good. However. I suppose I shouldn't complain, as we have certainly had lovely weather just lately — cool nights and warm days. We took advantage of the weather to do a little visiting. One, day we drove up to the Shelburne district, high up in the hills. We passed through the lovely little village of Caledon where so many people have' built homes, in which to enjoy their retirement. A grand, idea — if that is what you like. Personally, although we love the scenery, we prefer to• be nearer civilization. The home that we visited was even farther out — several miles from the nearest town and of course in winter there are ter- rific storms which sometimes make shopping quite a problem. We love the country 'but is, it necessary to. go so far out? How, ever, everyone to his taste. We enjoyed our day especially as the roads were 'particularly good. Actually no construction work in progress. Wonder of wonders! Generally we run, into it wher- ever we go, Yesterday, for in- stance — on the Dundas highway — big construction job going on at the intersection of Highway 5 and the Streetsville Road. It will be wonderful when it is done as one road will pass over the other, thus one more dangerous intersection Will be eliminated. Earlier in the week my ne- phew Klemi was visiting us after returningfrom England, so I was brought up-to-date on' all the family news from over there. I am always glad to know what everyone is doing but I find. keeping up a steady correspond- , ence is more than, I can manage, which makes a "go-between" all the more appreciated. Klemi' has accepted a position as music in- structor, orchestra leader and lecturer at college four miles west of Bath ,-, a lovely 'loca- tion if ever there ,was one. We used to have auns and uncles in the Bath district but I iniag- ine. none are left now. However I shall send Klenii back well sup- plied with harries just in case there are a few, stray cousins still around. Family connections through the year have a way of increasing beyond recognition, Partner is.very busy outside these days. Two neighbour fam- ilies away on holiday so' he has, their ,gareleets to water as well as his own. And I have all kihds of eictra' 1.16tige' plants to look after as`alieSa 'ands family have gone to the .cottage and aSked mother,•,to,.care ,#'or,tbe plants arid I already, had several here belonging to a. neighbour who is, away for the slimmer; '86-"%reare well supplied with plants, 'Oh Well, I Might be glad to return the compliment some, :day This inotning. about sit# °clock f v,Went" :Outside' to the garden' in my bare feet. and nightie. :Why? Rabbits were hav- ing en May, ,breakfast off our :green beatise,As It there wasn't enoughgrasa ana Weada for their! to feed .0te Adttitilly We have quite V 16bffti,alid life around here including rheequitodis The other day I Wee driving around, one of our main side roads — and on Went the brakes,, in a hureyt Wandering around in the middle' of the road were four young pheasants_ I wonder how many get killed that way. Too bad nature hasn't proVidecl them with a better sense of self- preservation. Saturday we drove to Milton, Bob and his family did not know we were coming so there were , great cries of 'excitement when the boys saw us from the garden, Ross immediately started plan- ning how the table should be set so there would be room for us all at the supper table. We told him we wouldn't be staying — and then there was trouble. Ac- luallY- we went down only to collect a lawn mower that had been left for repairs. Once the 'mower was in the car Partner wanted to get back, to cut the grass. Ross is going to summer school for two weeks 'and -is very proud of himself. It, seems to me summer school is an excellent idea for' pre-schoolers. It gives them a little idea of what school is all about before they start kindergarten in September. And now may I conclude with a word of warning? It is to those who inay be taking out some' kind' of health insurance, :Make 'quite, sure what 'you are getting, If in doubt phone or, write to the Bet- ter Business Bureau for advice, giving, the name of the Insurance ' company in which you are in s terested.' 'am' telling you this because a doctor told me recent- ly that so many patients :come to , him for treatment; bringing their insurance cards and policies, thinking all their medical ex- penses be covered, Very often 'only partial- protection is , provided. The patients,. through misunderstanding, _still ..have to pay the ,d.o,cter for office, and ',treatment, So do be careful, folke. Better be sure than sorry. 'Saskatchewan be, the Only province that has medical prob- lems,- Kidnapped Jewish Boy Is Found In. an immigration Office high above "New York's Hildsori RiVei one night recently, a weeping won an was repeating "Mein zun, mein ran” (my sop, my son), while a lanky 10-year-old boy with bitten fingernails' stood stiff and avordlesS in her em- brace. "My r e a 1 mother,' the boy insisted, "is in Argentina." At this, thy ...woman lifted his gold, - ,embroidered skullcap, pointed to a scar beneath the black hair, slid told hoite it Oris ginatect in' a childhood tussle,' The boy smiled. Reaching out, he took her hand. When, she asked a few minutes later, "Y,ott want to go home, jdon't yeti?" the boY 'ziaddect. Looking •On tine:it0i a half= open door,. U.S. Initiligration Service authorities were finally satisfied. that the'. bey.; who delft ed to be Jacob Frankel Was really Yossele ,§chuhma- cher, who was kidnapped in. Israel' three years ago. Yossele's reunion • last month with his. Mothers , Met'.. Ida Schuhrnocher, resolved. a btzar r e mystery 106t - which. has torn apart a familY and a nation. The drama began in, 1953 when. Lh e Schuhmachers, emigrated from theie native Russia to. Israel, Faced with the struggle of establishing themselves in a, strange laprl,, the parents,sent Yossele, then 5, and his. older sister: te. live temporarily with. their grandfather, Rabbi. Nab- man, Shtarkes,, in, the ultra- Orthodox Mea Shearim tuarter of Jerusalem.. The bearded,, one- eyed rabbi had always disap- proved of what he viewed as; his son-in-law'S irreligious, ways,. Hoping to bring up, his grand- child in the: Orthodox faith, ,Slitarkes, enrolled Yossele in, Si devout Talmudic schema. By 1959, the Schulmachers b.adi acquired, jobs and. a modest, home near. Tel Aviv. Theys, sent, for their children, The girl] was returned at once; Yossele 'bad disappeared. Thereafter, the search for Yossele spanned two years and three countries, growing ,into a cause célèbre which sharpened the antagonism between Israel's secular majority, a n d its. fana- tically Oethodex minority. 'Po- lice' who 'scoured' the. ghetto-like Orthodox .quarter tan 'int6 a wall 'of ° hostility, The .boy's grandfather,- pleading eoncern for Yossele's religieus..welfares adamantly edefied a court order to return the boy and , was pr6mptly jailed. Despite a ,stir- felt of rumors, nOthing More was heard of -Yossele until last month. Then, through the corn- bined efforts .of the Israeli se- curity service, Slain„ Beth, and - Inters) 0.1, U.S,, immigration agents acted on a tip, and dis- covered the boy in Brooklyn. Yossele' had been living there for' three months as- the ward .od Rabbi Eanvil ,sGertner in the Williamsburg'', section,, ,an area populated by striet'Hasidie..Jgkis so Orthodox tharkithen cut bat all their hair when married — to make thenis less attractive to other men. How he arrived in_ the United States is ,etill uncere lain.: 'Rabbi Gerttier refused to 'say and Immigration .SerVice in- vestigation added only that the case "is not yet closed.” (Israeli 'officials are investigating a rue ;nor that Yossele "twee" spirited , cut of the cduntey by 'a decors-. e tive Parisian bloride,), If and . when. the details of the, . case _ere „fully, rey,ealed„ they are certain ,to ,generate exc'itemen't. in Israel. Twice in the last year, bitter quarreling 'in. 'the Knesset over the case • has brought - the! nation near religious cival eetege,„ Nowetesthe relief odeIsreelis; these .shy, scholarly youngster ,,w o sparked the fur was ,restored„ at les+ to his . horne. Sailed Aticinti AU By Himself The 1,011.1 was twinning as the Queen Elizabeth heeded out from New York lierboe„ But predictions were for fair wea- thee and the liner's 1,340 passen- gers were expecting an unevenf, ful trip, As the stetely,i 83,073-ton ship neared the StatPe of toiherty, hev massive steam whistles came alive with a guttural roar, On the bridge, officers cheered, and. from the fantail, the proud cols ore of England dipped in smart salute to a mere cockleshell pass ing off the port, beam. Aboard that cockleshell (the 'R-itorr, cutter-rugged Gipsy Moth :all, a weary,: white-haired' man squinted into the sun and waved lback triumphantly, Sixty - one - year, old Francis, Chichester, a• land:on mapmaker end pioneer in the barnstorm- ing days of aviation fin 1929` lie became the' seeorie man to) fly from Brigland to ,A,Vralfa), had just done what the: °yachting world often said was impossible — salting acme across; the' Aitlarv- tic in 33 daysz to beat, lifs own' record of 40' days set in 19B01 when lie wore the' first transatlan- tic yacht race ever held for one.' man crews, Chichester's arduous trip, be- set with wind, whales, calms;, and° even a wayward pigeon, was' anything' but uneventful. At New York's City Island,. where he tied' up i his' sleek 28- footer for minor 'repairs, Chi- chester said hes• had ,"workedl harder this! trine — sailed near- er to' the( wind."' Bitt, sailor-aiker lie gave most of the credit to the dark-blue Gipsy ,Moth III, which • was custom-limilit. for kin's in• 1959( at an Irish shipyard. "A great boat"' Was his opinion, "S'erssi- tive. Actuality, she sail's better with me out of the way. She must be' humored, for sfre• has' a sea- faring einstirrets But, if I give her freedom, she 'does her damndest to get back to' the fastest course," The yachtsman said a home- made "automatic pilot" — a wind-vane sail mounted on the fantail and, controlling the helm through an elaborate system of to snatch "up to four hours' sleep to, snatch "upto four hours' sleep at a time." "But , the 'pilot' „kicks like a mule and could knock one over- board you know," he added, Chichester, who at 156 pounds is as trim at the boat he sails, said he was -alternately plagued by calms, or winds that were too high to permit use of the. Genoa jib. Off the Grand Banks, he said, more' than once he had to use' his foghorn, to frighten away grampuses that. threatened to ram his becalmed and, helpless craft. The pigeon came into Chil- chester's life when he was scarce- ly a day out of Plymouth and the bird dropped „aboard, exhausted. Through, radio contact with The (Manchester) Guardian — which he maintained throughout the ,trip — he learned it was a fern- ' otis racing pigeon that had been blown off 'course. "Pidgy was with me twenty days," said Chichester solemnly, his lean brown' hands ,folded in his lap. "Then we had a-tragedy. Poor Pidgy fell, into the sea and drOwned." Upon his arrival in New York, Chichester received personal con- . gratulations from two other famcius sailors — President ken- ,nedy and, England's Prince Philip —' and was met at th,e dock by his wife. ,... Chichestep,.,who swas maetersof • Britain's Guild ,ef A,ir Pilots ,;and. Air Navigators- in his' 'flying -days, wee casked about the relas,' tive appeal of Abe stays-mad sear "Ipr?f ee sailing to frying, you lifoinpt ,.. answer. "You 4t,litfalW Aim& on :Ybiar boat. "op,..,donit: through that tommyrot of seeletrag e a place !eta come down. • MORE LIKE IT — College stu- dent Beth Staley wears on attractive, though unconven, ,tionct, "uniforp-t" trok- Peng deliveries as a substitute moil carrier in Altoona, Kan.. Odours Identify Pacific Islands r , There are dozens of places in the Pacific that a blindfolded old-timer could identify merely by sniffing. Let me 'try and des- tribe a. few. Take 'Suva, the capital city of Fiji. You approach it with the trades of your bads, swing into channel — and suddenly you smell the town. There is, as ev- erywhere in the Pacific, the sweet scent of copra, 'which from a distance reminds you of a freshly opened jar of dried, co- conut but which grows more un- pleasant as you come closer . . . Or take the odor of Pago Pago. You corne upon the harbor sud- denly, entering through a tricky channel: You swing left,' and abruptly the ship is in ,a harbor which ie,like a pool at the bottom of very steep motintains.„,What. you smell is the meeting of jungle and sea, first the smell of coolness becauset of ',the, sha- dowing -Mountains, then seaweed with its iodine. overtone, then a smeller fume of tidewater life which conies from wind over- exposed live coral and the rotting of crab "Shell's end' the gas from 'a stranded Portuguese • man-of-, war, Some smells have. a splendid individuality. They occur in ortlY one place and, are not blended with other smells. The smell of vanilla,. rich and sweet, over salt water and one can be sure he is in the channel between Moorea . and Tahiti where-the heavy wet breeze from the valleys slid over acres of bees enclealid s etit to sea with the vanilla odor twisted through it. The heartwood of sandalwood has an aromatic odor which, apparently, /Ives as long as the Wood does.. There was a time when the odor was heavy in .the Hawaiian Islands as the son- ' dalwood was cut..for' export to Chinese cabinet makers. Today, , • Abe only place where the sea and sandalwood smells meet,, that 1 know of, is the island of Eros mange in the New Hebrides Honolulu is, of soutee,, an al- o s t completely westernised city. Its safriells reflect its pressers.. ity and respectability, But it still has ',re unique ernelle the smell" of,spineappleessel'he comes from 'he P 0,1 el pecking house near Waikiki. 'ClOteeto the peck- r:,ing house the, smell le a bit too: rich, too thick, too heavy; but 'over the ocean or diluted with t the trades the smell' is delightftlf.e. Often there will' he.' the pure sweet odor of fruit :separate send discrete in the air -- limes, matt= goes, dtiriah, liaPaye, hesia and parts' of theoPhilip- ' pines there is.ea strange ,)lose puckering, erne:Doti-sat k floats ..far out to sea arid comes from rubber beihg peoceseeds ,There are,, also.. the story-book smells of cinna- mon, raw black pepper, saffron, sandalwood, drying fish, litchi nuts.---Profri "The Blue bf Cape ricorn," by tugetiek:turdirk, Acquaintance ,is a degree of , friendship called slight when its — object is poor or obscure, and intimate when .boi!list• rich or fatuous: Ambrose Bierce.S Whatever' troubles Adant, had, iqd Men could make him sere saying whell he told a joke: "I'Ve heard that One befOre? N ' 'r ON WRINKLE — Wcilt`bisny's laugh-happy "Son of Rubber" introcitices the "lubbertzed" football suit, an infintabte device enabling the runner to soar up, andi over, his opponents At left, Leon Tyler prepnres to' take. off when tackled. Up. and' floating, Tyler 'blimps" along' to, tai touchdown Ca-stars are Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan and Ed Wynrr.