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Show e f THE SUN CHRONICLE, THURSDAY APRIL 26, 1962 - t v , ''' r' r j 1 ' ' ' 'wy i k 1 1 "N AND ' ? ' . ' f . . - - ... ' ( . 'Ii,-- t 1!, ; .t ( 4 J u -- iV u ; T , y . -- 4 M t r. , . , . - - . . , BY DR. FRANK N. D. BUCHMANj AGO I sent an Easter message to the A MONTH the Moral Fences are Down. world, "AD blood-broth- Thera was an instant response. From the states men and the ordinary man in country after country came the word, "That is the problem. Help us to rebuild those moral fences for our nations and the world." General Bethlem of Brazil is a man who is doing just that In Miami, Florida, he dropped down on a group of leaders from all the hemi sphere. There was the General commanding the Army of Pern. There was the President of Parliament from Uruguay. There was the representative of the Minister of War from Argentina, the wife of the Minister of Reconstruction of Chile, docker leaders and industrialists from Brazil. There was the man who founded the Communist Party in Peru and brought in the first Popular Front Government in Chile. There General Bethlem also met General Inoue from Japan and with him the force of Japanese youth with The Tiger, their play about the answer to the Tokyo riots. He met Chief Walking Buffalo from Canada with his braves and councillors. He met businessmen from Switzerland, labor leaders from France and Germany. He met Philip Vundla, the elected leader of 600,000 Africans, whom the police once described as the most dangerous man in South Africa: and Vaitheswaran, six years a dedicated Communist in South India, whose change has helped give Kerala the solid rock of an answer, to Communism. He met William Pawley, son. of a former United States Ambassador to IPern and BraziL From Britain he met Peter uloward, the author, and Admiral Sir Edward of the famous Lord JjCochrane, jCochrane who helped liberate Chile and BraziL He ;met a Jamaican leader who said, "You m4h haVi the only hope for the Caribbean. We must mobilize now for this answer, otherwise we shall quickly go the way of Cuba." er The last time U No came to America he told reporters In New York that he was coming especially to Arizona to see me because of the urgent need for this message for his country. He had already sent his daughter to be with us at our assemblies. His word on leaving me was simply, "Come soon, come Boon to Burma." , Meanwhile U Narada and five Abbots are coming to Europe for the Assembly at Caux, Switzerland, and will celebrate with me my eighty-thir- d birthday in June. These worthies are welcome here and the highest in the land also, who long to come and find in the quiet of these mountains the key to their countrys destiny. In Japan it is the former Prime Minister Kishi snd his chief adviser, Mr. Saburo Chiba, who are planning the delegation for this assembly, with Senator Ohtani, a director of the World Buddhist Federation and adviser to a five million strong Buddhist group in Japan. Senator Ohtani says, "What Asian Buddhism now needs is Moral Re-- . Armament We in Japan have been given the light of MRA. Now we must sweep the whole world with this light" ' ' I ht quickly-conven- . ed , YOU SAY WHAT IS STRAIGHT THE TIGER" great-great-neph- I , ANSWER FOR THE HEMISPHERE AND RIGHT On May Day the Japanese launched their ideo- -' logical weapon, The Tiger, in Latin America. Crowds outside the Municipal Theatre in Sao Paolo were so great that the traffic was stopped. General Bethlem introduced on the stage a force of 150 people from 25 countries, and read cables from Italian and French Socialist leaders, from seventeen mineworkersof Britain, from the dock- -. era of Holland, India, United States and BraziL and from Hollywood stars. Former Prime Minister Kiahi of Japan cabled: Tonight is being followed tv by millions of Japanese who are joining this fight to root out Communism, exploitation and slavery ill around the world. Your fire and passion for a way which is not left nor right but straight will give the South American Republics their true It is just a year now ( destiny." Mrs. Dorothea Buck of Virginia, former President of the General Federation of Womens Clubs with a membership of 11 million women, received a rousing ovation whegs she challenged the women of North and South America to lay down their comforts and complacency, and to unite to take up this ideology without which our children snd grandchildren will live behind the Iron Curtain." Dr. Raul Migone, former Minister of Labor in Argentina, summed up his convictions when he is the chosen weapon said, "Moral for humanity not only to overcome Communism, which 1 am absolutely convinced it will do, but also to show the way for mankind as a whole." I . , A CURRENT IN THE AIR J or Communism. I know you businessmen, because I was like you. We ask our wives to live purity, but we are not pure. We ask our workers to be honest but we are dishonest I have changed and committed my whole life to this fight" To General Bethlems surprise and astonishment these businessmen three times halted his presentation at that lunch with' standing ovations. Some people may say this is an incredible response, but here is the fact Immediately General Bethlem and his force were invited tq speak to a meeting of six hundred leaders of the industrial and business life of Brazil and to take an hour and a halfs television program. Chief Walking Buffalo of the Stony Indians and his party created such a stir coming to this luncheon that hundreds of school children crowded Into the lobby to meet him. For half an hour he told them how, in the previous year, one hundred million people had seen and heard him on the wartour for path in his ninetieth year in a 62,0J0-inil- e Jhtla pages These men of action and responsibility like General Bethlem get this message on the move. It is like a current in the air. Take the story of that remarkable man U Nu of Burma. He visited Moscow and being attracted by their concern for Asia n said they should be invited to the next conference. But then he came to Finland. There he found the ideological plays of Moral He knew the effect they had had in his own country. He came at nine oclock in the morning with the Foreign Minister of Finland. What he saw in that theater changed his policy. On his next stop in Stockholm he called in the press and apologized for the hasty statement which had suggested ' the inclusion of the Soviets in the conference. j U Nu knew that Burma was a nation deeply Influenced by MRA. U Tin Tut; former Foreign Minister who had been to Caux, spoke of it as "the one unfailing light;" and Aung San, the first Prime Minister, whose widow as Ambassador in India closely follows this work, said, "This is what I want for the whole country." U Narada, the Abbot who is the secretary to the Presiding Abbots Association, responsible for 75,840 Buddhist Monks, has mobilized these monks throughout the country who believe in the validity of this message for Burma. He says, "My colleagues In the Presiding Abbots Association and myself have accepted the responsibility of rebuilding the moral fences in our country. Then we will have new men, new nations snd a new world. These monks are enthusiastically at work, and Have shown the MRA film. The Crowning Experience, In the presence of the Prime Minister at the national celebration at the Peace Pagoda in the open air to crowds so large that they had to sit on. both sides of the screen. The speaker of the Chamber of Deputies said, This film Is tailor-mafor Burma. Jt exactly fits the need of the Afro-Asia- cluding the representatives of Ford, General Electric, Goodyear Rubber and Swift General Bethlem said, "Both North and South America are at the most critical points of our history. Against the background of Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia where I have been Ambassador, and the new Russian offensive starting in Mexico on May Day, th'e inescapable choice for Latin America is Moral all-Bur- ' de country " 'forjba"doro( e, e, x I Pan-Afric- an Join In this supreme task and to give priority' twj of our nations- the moral THE FUNDAMENTAL ANSWER This African statesman echoes the convictions .of Eudodo Ravines of Peru, former Lathi AmerL j Van delegate to the Comintern, who spoke at the . Moral Hemisphere Assembly n Miami He said, "The fundamental answer to Communism in Latin America Is moral and spirit-ca- L Events in Cuba are happening because the Americas have not lived an ideology superior to Communism. That is where we Latin American are responsible. But neither has the United States exported morel values to Cuba. It has exported dollars and tourists and those thingd which made Latin Americans cynically call Havana the cabaret of North America. Morel decadence opens the door to Communist penetration. Many people say that Communism is the product of poverty, hunger and underdevelopment. However,. I say with the' of having successfully conducted fate At the greatest Communist movements in creatifig the popular front in Chile, the causa of the bhe tration of Commnnisnj Is corruption, andmofaj decadence. Ncrw the government of ,the. .United solve the States ia offering million of dollar economic problems of Latin America. But mijjtafyi is the ai and dollars alone are not enough.--Thimoment for America to export a mqral ideology to Latin America. Therefore, the mission of Moral is of fundamental and partieultp I V . importance. Afo, From this Assembly In Miami retuinetwo Swiss businessmen who had given evidence, 6 viHe striking response to this answer from jtedastTf', politics, and press in Catholic central Swzerfilifl. One said, "I came back from America vritit' fhe deep conviction that my Job was tAbe kjssdjht pack my bags and travel to bring this anxwiyV'ftt a world crisis like today the old Style simply doesn't make sense. Businessmen without a superior ideology only help Cosm;ui(ha.;! think of the industrialists who gave Castro thirty million dollars and have lost it all And- of.the corruption that has become a way .of'Ufj'tqr businessmen in many western land and brtKjgbt us to the edge of the abyss. We fte&f fifer.npd women who will pay the full price- of. pfcatype, honesty and fearless leadership ln,ouf nations if ' the world is to be saved. t f rity te s j . -- - - - SOLID GROUND FOR STATESMANSHIP . t j it . . . - r , . Rs-Arias- T n -- v sl the-purit- V God-dire- ct w If; - J- v r. A'u : ; L V. ' r t of the naflor have been publiihed by over 350 daily and - ent I i v; tax-deductib- le, , V : The Moral Assembly Ceng' in June will be the focus for leaders from ev'ery continent who are seeking solid ground for.lt4te manship. His Excellency Bernard Hardion,' p senior diplomatic adviser to the .FrentVFosei&w Office and former Ambassador fas FrSziL said, "Moral is a: modem chivalry.--' Chivalry was inspired by faithAnd belief in It was not a substitute for religion. We must once ' and for all end this defense of a past for ever dead. We must take the offensive la the battle for 'the future and for the submission of men to the divine voice. .t Dr. Azikfwa, the first African Goversb-Gcn- -l era! ef Nigeria, who architected his countrys free- -' dom, told how he discovered Ira Can the IdeaAf "Not who is right, but what is right? which, "proved to be a pearl of great price at a time who we were on the threshold of a great political . awakening. The Catholic philosopher Gabriel ; Majrcri; spoke to the foreign press in Geneva. He said that( in Caux he had seen a power that brought "a rxdj cal and lasting transformation, in people. ;It U magnificent, and cannot be gainsaid."- , ; V t. Robert S chum an said of his experience rfk-- . Caux, "I am accustomed to Conferences; but fEef? are very different from this. Nonhllly.thsy eni, with great disappointment JLerrwp find nothing .1 but satisfaction and hope." - : .. General Marcel Carpehtier, who commanSeA the ground forces of NATO of Central Europe, sounded a challenge, at the moat recent affigmblyl in Caux; "We need a floodtide of Moral ment to sweep across the werld.-Theden in gby" eminent will be farced to make the right decision that 8priiig'not just from the intellect, bfit from our hearts and faith." i Like a mighty army move this fo fee acreae' the world. Men and women of all races did tuition united with a common commitment The woflcf Jr on the knife-edg- e of decision' Wt tfitUfc IlLobil to save eur nations. When .clem 'thaigagoAtd arel gripped by the fire and passion;. honesty of a morel Ideology, miracles Isappeat, the T. foundation is laid of a newworid. tot on the Shift-'- 1' : ing sand of corruption and compromise but ftp rock-lik- e ? character of mep and requests weekly newspapers across America as a public service. Contributions, which are fair Information,' may be sent to Moral 640 Fifth Avenue New York 19; 833 South Flower ' Street, Los Angelei 17; Cedar Pointf Mackinac Island, Mich, ' 1. ' u celling since a force of Moral left from Caux to work in the Congo. What is the battle they are fighting? It is a difficult task. But they are meeting with such a response that the Minister for Information and National Defense in Leopoldville says that "Moral has saved the Congo from a far greater catastrophe." The other day they were invited to the controlled area of the Lower Congo, in which are the ports of MatadL Boma and Banana. En route they encountered several Congo Army road blocks. At I We one the sergeant said, Morel listen all the time to your radio broadcasts, and he began to sing one of the songs. He was overjoyed to meet the Colwell Brothers from Hollywood, who had put these songs twice a day on the radio in the languages of his people. At every road block, as the soldiers realized the MRA men were in the car, they crowded enthusiastically around, and at the last block before entering Matadi, the soldiers cheered them for bringing the answer to Communism. At the end of the road in Boma the square was a sea of faces as ten thousand people crammed into the Civic Centre to see the MRA films and hear these men speak. That crowd stood for four hours and when asked if they wanted more, roared their approval and said, "We want the MRA force to stay for a month right here to spread this idea. The Bishop of Matadi said after the film, You say what is straight and right. This is the good and only way, the way of MRA which we all need. I congratulate and thank you. I will give you my fullest support so that the masses will follow this idea. Africa can be lost in the sinking sands of the materialism of East and West. Leaders of Africa welcome Moral because it is the fear-fregreed-fre- e solid ground on which a hate-frecontinent can be built. Marking the independence of their country the Government of Sierra Leone invited the representatives of fifty-sinations to see The Crowning Experience. The Deputy Prime Minister, presenting the film said, I have decided to throw my whole weight into this work of Moral Humphrey Wood, officially representing Moral at the independence celebration, presented my message: "Sierra Leones destiny is to be a nation guided, not by th6 will of others but by the will of God to follow what is right Strong as a lion she will be among the nations. The whole world is anxiously waiting to see what God can do through one nation wholly given to Him. Sierra Leone can be that nation. My heartiest congratulations." Introducing Ike Crowning Experience, which was repeatedly interrupted by applause, Manasseh Moerane, Vice President of the thousands 'of African teachers of South Africa, said, "Political independence is important: economic stability is important, but above all a new nation needs an ideology. We in Africa cannot afford neutralism. JVe have got to stand for what is right Bremer Hofmeyr, whose family have held six Cabinet posts in South Africa, said, "Moral is' the ideology that sets men and nations free, that keeps men and nations free, and ' unites free men to win the world." . President Tubman of Liberia has also asked to present for the men of Moral The Crowning Experience to the Conference which, opens thia week in Monrovia. He says, "I invite the leaders and people of Africa to nt ( General Bethlem had held two diplomatic posts as Ambassador of Brazil to Bolivia and Pakistan, but now he was on a trip with his wife for a holiday in New York. As He listened to these men speak, he wds gripped by thfcir unity that was like a rock because God Was in. command. This was the answer for the hemisphere. Within a week he had turned around and was leading an advance force of these very men to Brazil, which was followed a few days later by a planeload of 129 from 25 countries,, to Initiate what the newspaper, "El Pais", of Montevideo called, "the greatest Ideological offensive undertaken on the Latin American continent Tie General eagerly went back to give Brazil the solid foundation for world leadership that he had longed for for his nation. As his advance-guar- d he took' with him Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Admiral Cochrane, Vaitheswaran, and Takasumi Mitsui of the great Japanese industrial family. They prepared the way. When the main international force arrived they were met by radio, press and television. In fact one enthusiastic television cameraman got on the plane before the visitors could get off. It was national news. Immediately they spoke at a lunch to four Hundred leading industrialists and businessmen, ini X .Moral He spoke of the time he made me a twenty-eigyears ago, when he gave me the name of "A Wo Zan Zhn Tonga-Gr- eat Light in Darkness." While the Chief was speaking, there came a message from across the street from the Mother Superior of Sao Paulo's dost famous convent school for seven hundred children from leading families, asking him to come with his friends to speak to a .school assembly. The response was electric. Said the Mother Superior, "This will be a marking day in the annals of this college." Said another Sister, Thia is the work of the Holy Spirit" After a television program that reached a four million audience on the number one program of the week, a Mother Superior said, "This is a very profound message. We must work together. You must go to all the Catholic schools. They will respond." This can be the normal life of these countries, for which people have been saying there is not much hope. Otherwise these businessmen and their families with all their money and social life will lead to an absence of God, spelling the breakdown of the moral fences of democracy, and, eventually; to Communism, I ... j . 1 V"--. j- .'vf-V- t ; , K , a I- - .'IV V 1 f- . -- v- - vr.-V- - -- v r . .V I I,,?, v '"3 ?'' c.. .M. .a VV -- A A . Vt. - |