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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1961-09-14, Page 2Great Human Being Passes From ST jht "The spirit ^410 liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right , These words, from one of Sudge Learned ?land's most fa- mous utterances, could have been applied as well to the spirit of justice that guided him through, half a century on the redt:ral bench, It was a spirit reflected In the 2,000 -odd opinions he wrote over the years. Should the pro -Bolshevik ma- gazine The Masses, be suppress- ed (at the end of the first wurld war)? No, said Judge Hand. To do so would be "to disregard the tolerance of all methods of poli- tical agitation which in normal times is a safeguard of free gov- ernment," Should the conviction of the top U.S. Communists, under the Smith Act, be upheld (this was in 1950)? Yes, wrote Judge Hand, "The advocacy of violence may, or may not, fail; but in neither case can there be any 'right' to use it" It was for opinions like those — the opinions of a man "not too sure he was right" — that Learned Hand came to be known as "the judge's judge." Many considered him the most brilliant of his time, When the late Supreme Court Justice Ben- • jamin Cardozo was once asked whim of his eo1leagues on the Court he considered the greatest living American jurist, Cardozo replied: "The greatest living American jurist isn't on the Sup- reme Court, His name is Learned Hand." * * Born in Albany, N.Y., he was christened Billings Learned Hand (Learned was his mother's maiden name), he attended Har- vard, both the college and the law school, and received his ap- pointment to the Federal bench when he was 37, In 1951, he for- mally retired — at 79 — but continued to serve when called upon, Just two years ago he celebrated his fiftieth anniver- sary as a U.S. judge in New York's Foley Square Cour t - house — with Chief Justice Earl Warren among the well-wishers. Last month, at 89, Judge • Learned Hand died peacefully in the New York home where he and his wife had lived since 1902, Many would recall the words that ended his "spirit of Iiberty" speech; "The spirit of liberty is the spirit of Him who, nearly 2,000 years ago, taught mankind that lesson it has never learned, but has never quite forgotten: That there may be a ,Kingdom where the least shall be heard and con- sidered side by side with the greatest." British Fear of Mau ... As Kenya Moves Mau Terror Toward Independence By TOM A. CULLEN Newspaper Enterprise Assn, LONDON — (NEA) — Jomo Kenyatta's release from custody in his native Kenya shocked even those Britishers who tol- erantly hold with yesterday's imprisoned African leaders be- coming today's prime ministers. Kenyatta was the man found guilty nine years ago of manag- ing the Mau Mau terror that resulted in some 2,000 murders and countless mutilations in the British colony. The blood-letting etill is, fresh in the minds of Britishers here. So it will take some time for them to get used to the alleged leader of that conspiracy walking freely among his people once again. Because of public reaction, Kenyatta was held in protective eustody for several years after serving five years of a seven- year term. His time in prison was reduced because of his good conduct. But, as recently as 1960, the governor of Kenya described bishop Makarios of Cyprus The big question here is: can Jomo Kenyatta be trusted? Has he learned his lesson, or is his liberation likely to be followed by the re -birth of the Mau Mau? In releasing Kenyatta, the British had very little choice in the matter. Even behind bars, he never ceased to be leader of the Kikuyu tribesmen and of Kenyan Africans in general. The British found that Xenyatta ac- tually was more dangerous as a prisoner than he would be free. While he was in prison, he exer- cised power without responsibil- ity. So "Flaming Spear" ' walks again, to pose in tribal dress with the symbolic spear in his hand when necessary. But he personally prefers Western dress. For dramatic effect, he carries an elephant -headed stick and wears an enormous Gen- tian ring on his right index finger Orphaned early in life, Ken- yatta was brought up by Scot- 1(ENYATTA: Symbol of Mau Mau to the British and independence to Kenya Africans. him as "the African leader of darkness and death." But now the British govern- ment not only has released Kenyatta, but it also has built him a brand-new house with wide verandas and walls tinted blush pink and powder blue. In front of this house are two high -powdered Mercedes Benz motorcars, the gifts of rival poli- tical factions seeking to curry Kenyatta's favor. inside, the rooms are crammed with other gifts from Kenyatta admirers, And this is only the beginning in the "rehabilitation" of Jomo Kenyatta, now in his late 60s. This man, who calls himself "Flaming Spear," at the moment is barred from the Kenya legisla- tive council by a law which makes ex -convicts ineligible for election, But this restriction can and will be speedily lifted, Kenyatta is expectedto he - come first leading minister, then premier when Kenya gets inter- nal self-government in a few months' time, and finally prime minister on independence day (probably late in 1962), Ile thus will jnin the ranks of such other "jailbirds" who made eoncl es India's Nehru. Ghana's. Nicrumah and Arch- tish missionaries; he worked as a kitchen boy, carpenter, inspec- tor for the Nairobi waterworks. But his oratorical ability led him to an active political role in the Kikuyu Central Assn. in 1928; he also published a Kikuyu- language newspaper in Nairobi. Coming to Britain for a short visit in 1929, he remained here for 1.7 years. He studied anthro- pology at the University of Lon- don, married an English girl: they had one child. With Kwame Nkrumah (now president of Ghana) he organ- ized a left wing Pan -Africa Congress in Manchester in 1945. He also made several trips to Moscow, his expenses being paid by the Soviet government. When Kenyatta returned to Nairobi in 1946, he won imme- diate recognition as leader of all Africans in Kenya in their fight for independence. Kenyatta always has denied his role as the brains of the Mau Mau, insisting that he urged his followers to give up terror., ism. But the British claim he clouhleerossed them, While os- tensibly speaking against Mau Mau, Kenyatta gave secret signs that his views wore the oppo- site, the 'British say. CORN ON THE CURB - Just to prove that country folks don't. have a monopoly on green thumbery, here are two scenes of e different kind of city growth. Corn stalk, left, carries on the struggle at New York's E. 60th St. and Madison Ave. Meanwhile, Bill Hancock, right, tends his vegetable patch atop his restaurant in the heart of Dalian, Tex. TABLE TALKS Jct.=a,abeaz The recipes which follow call for comparatively small quanti- ties, but these can easily be in- creased in case you want to make larger batches. PICKLED BEETS 2 lbs. beets 1 tbsp. salt Water 2 cups vinegar 14 cup sugar 1 tbsp. mixed pickling spices 1/ cup water Ye tsp. salt Wash beets and trim, leaving 1 Inch of stem and root end on. Put in kettle, add 1 tbsp. salt and cover with water. Boil until tender, Drain and cool slightly. Trim and skin. Pack in hot sterilized jars. If beets are small and all the same size, pack them whole. If they are large, slice into jars. Combine vinegar, sugar, spices, Y4 cup water and 14 tsps salt in a saucepan. Boil 3 minutes. Pour over beets and • seal, (Makes 2 pts.) * * * PICKLED CARROTS 2 lbs. medium carrots 2 cups vinegar 4 cups sugar 2 cups carrot water 1 tsp. cloves 1 tsp. cinnamon 4 tsp. mixed pickling spices Wash and scrape carrots. Slice crosswise or, if . desired, cut 2 - inch strips lengthwise. Boil in lightly -salted water un- til almost tender. Drain, saving water. Combine vinegar, sugar, carrot water and spices in saucepan. Bring to a boil and boil until clear and beginning to thicken slightly. Add carrots and sim- mer 3 minutes, Pack in hot sterilized jars and seal. (Makes 3 to 4 pts.) * * * CUCUMBER RELISH 4 medium cucumbers 6 large stalks celery 2 medium onions 1 green pepper 1 red pepper 1 cup sugar 1 tbsp. salt 1 cup 'vinegar 1 cup water 1/4 tsps turmeric VA tsp. mustard seed ?h tsp. celery seed Peel cucumbers and chop very fine. Chop celery very fine. Put onions and green and red pep- pers through the medium blade of food chopper, Combine vege- tables in a preserving kettle and add remaining ingredients. Put over moderate heat and cook, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved. Turn heat to low and simmer until thick, about 1 hour. Pour into hot sterilized jars and seal, (Makes 2 pts,) • * 5 PICKLED CANTALOUP 2 lbs. peeled, cubed cantaloup (2 medium) 2 cups vinegar 2 cups sugar 1 stiek cinnamon, broken up 2 tbsp, mixed pickling spices Soak cantaloup in vinegar overnight. Drain and save vine- gar, (if possible, have cantaloups the same ripeness so they cook in the same time.) Combine vinegar and sugar. Add spices and bring to a full rolling boil, Continue boiling un- til syrup is clear and beginning to thicken, Add cantaloup pieces and sim- mer until tender and transpar. ent. Pack in hot sterilized ears and seal. (Makes 3 pts.) YELLOW BEAN PICKLES 1/4 cup salt 5 cups water 8 cups cut-up yellow beans (about' 3 lbs.) 1 small sweet red pepper, chopped 1 cup sugar 1/z cup flour 3 tbsp. dry mustard 1 tsp. turmeric 1 qt. vinegar Combine salt and water. Add cut-up beans and pepper and let stand overnight in crockery or glass bowl. Bring to a boil in the same brine, in a large kettle. As soon as boiling, remove from heat and drain. Rinse under cold running water. Return to kettle and add fresh water. Bring to a boil and cook' until tender -crisp, 5 to 8 min- utes. Drain well again. Blend sugar, flour, mustard and turmeric. Add enough of vinegar gradually to make a smooth paste._ Add remaining vinegar. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thick. Add drained beans and mix thorough- ly. Pack in hot sterilized. jars. (Makes 4 pts.) MIXED MUSTARD PICKLES 4 cups. small pickling onions 4 cups cut-up seeded cucum- ber (cut in large chunks) 2 heads cauliflower 1 sweet red pepper, chopped • 2 green peppers, chopped Vs cup salt 9 cups water 2 cups sugar 1 cup flour 6 tbsp. dry mustard 2 tsp. turmeric 2 qts. vinegar Peel onions and put in crock or Large glass bowl. Add cu- cumber chunks, cauliflower, red pepper and green peppers. Com- bine salt and water and pour over, Let stand overnight. Bring to a boil in the brine in a large preserving kettle. As soon as boiling remove from heat and drain. Rinse under cold running water. Return to pre- serving kettle and add fresh cold water and bring back to a boil. Remove from heat and drain. Combine sugar, flour, mustard and turmeric in same preserving kettle. Add enough of vinegar gradually to form a smooth paste. Add remaining vinegar. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thick and smooth. Add drained vegetables and mix thoroughly, Pack in hot sterilized jars. Seal, (Makes 8 pts,) 5 5 * TOMATO CHUTNEY 4 lbs. tomatoes 1,4 ib. onions 1 clove garlic 6 oz. dates 6 oz. dried apricots 1 tbsp, salt 1 tsp. ginger I tsp. celery salt 1 tsp. paprika 1/2 tsp. cloves tsp, allspice 11 cups sugar 31 sup vinegar. Peel and chop tomatoes and put in large preserving kettle. Chop onions, garlic, dates arid apricots finely and add. Adel salt and spices, Set over low heat and cook slowly until quite thick, 1% to 2 hours, stirring Often. Dissolve sugar in vinegar and stir into tomato mixtere. Bring to a boil and boil hard 10 min- utes, stirring constantly. Turn Isle Of History — Also Mystery They call Socotra the Isle of Dragon's Blood and the Abode of Bliss, The history of the Arabian Sea's largest island reaches back to Biblical days when traders flocked there for the pungent juices and resins of aloes, frank- incense, and myrrh. Still exported are small quan- - tities of the traditional aromat, ies, which are used in perfume, incense, and drugs. So is the famous red gum of the dragon's blood tree, shipped abroad to make varnish and dye. But So- cotra, despite its exotic asso- ciations, is hardly a place to in- spire poets' or lure tourists, From the air this outlying ter- ritory of Britain's Aden protec- torate has a wild and haunted look, says the National Geo- graphic Society, Monsoon winds and waves have carved its bar- ren mountains and rocky coasts into strange forms, Lack of har- bOrs and the hazards of sur- rounding waters are handicaps that caused the British to trans- fer an early coaling station there, to the port of Aden on the Arabian Peninsula, The Sultan of Socotra, who also rules .the small mainland area of Qishn, is subjject to British control only in foreign affairs. He is absolute monarch over his people, who are kept docile and law-abiding by stern punishments decreed since me- dieval times. Unlike its more fortunate neighbors, Socotra has found no oil deposits to pay for develop - heat to low and simmer until de- sired thickness, about 15 min- utes longer. Pour into hot sterilized jars and seal. (Makes 3 to 4 pts.) M. R e PICKLED PEARS 12 medium pears (not too ripe) Whole cloves 4 tsp. whole allspice Small piece of ginger root 1/ stick cinnamon Strip of lemon peel 4 cups sugar '5 cups vinegar Peel, core and quarter pears. Stud each piece with a whole clove. Tie other spices and lemon peel in a cheesecloth bag. Dissolve sugar in vinegar, add bag of spices and bring to a boil. Drop in pear pieces and simmer until tender and transparent. Lift out of syrup with a slotted spoon and pack in hot sterilized jars, Boil syrup until quite thick and pour over pears to cover. Seal immediately. (Makes 4 pts.) ment. Though the island is near- ly 80 miles long and 22 roller Wide, no roads exist, Eiduoatiou is limited to a handful of boy* from prosperous families, whp learn to write` and read aloud from the Koran, Even the capital, 1-ladibo, boasts no modern. convenience* The sultan's "palace" is a simply furnished white building. Socotra's papulation — chiefly Arabs and Africans: — was re., Gently estimated at 5,000, More than half live on a northern. plain. They make a thin liveli- hood as fishermen, Partnere, merchants, and artisans. in the. mountainous interior., pastoral nomads live in caves. The island's chief exports are ghee (a, semifluid butter), aloest dragon's blood gum, pearls, and dried fish, Since Secotrans pro- duce less than: enough to feed themselves, they depend on the exchange of localproducts to obtain more food. At times the failure of seasonal rains or loss of outside markets brings hunger and starvation. Following disruption of nor- mal trade during World War II, the protectorate's agricultural authorities tried to introduce new farm methods, •irrigation and water conservation, But old ways were hard to change. Recent European visitors to the island — among them a sci- entific expedition sent out by Oxford University in 1956 — re- ported that lonely Socotra was "like an old hermit with his face to the ,past." The English team included biologists, physicians, an archae- ologist, and a cameraman. They collected curious plants and ani- mal specimens, studied Socotran customs and health, and exam- ined old ruins of walls and structures. On flat stones at onesite, the party found mysterious inscrip- tions and symbols. Questioned about their meaning, the' Socot- rans replied. "They are angel footprints. No than could have made them." LOVE ON TAP , You wouldn't think that to- day's teenage girls believe in love potions, would you? But they do in France, according to a man who has been holidaying. in the Pyrenees— where love- sick young men as well as young women flock to a certain spa to drink its "magic waters." By drinking enough of the wa- ter they believe they can bit "cured of love." But by drink- ing a little they become more attractive to men, it is claimed. ISSUE 36 — 1961 Back To School Fashion Hint 11 1111 I 1