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Show SUP Hears Of Trip To China Another most enlightening and rewarding dinner meeting meet-ing of Sons of Utah Pioneers, South Davis Chapter, was held April 25 in the Pine Room of Servus Drug Seventy-five members and guests attended, including Mr. and Mrs. William B. Smart as special guests. THE MEETING was conducted con-ducted by chapter president Harold L. Pope. Clifford L. Olsen, program chairman, introduced the speaker of the evening, William B. Smart, managing editor of Deseret News. Mr. Smart reviewed his recent trip to China made in connection with officers and advisors of United Press International In-ternational as guests of the controlling China News Agency. THIS GROUP spent 17 days in various parts of inland China, including a province overlooking Tibet, a three day trip down the Yangtze River, and a visit to portions of the Great Wall of China. This wall runs 3,500 miles over almost impossible rugged terrain indicating in-dicating the extent China, In former years, had sought isolation and protection. Mr. Smart and the group probably enjoyed freedoms not normally accorded visitors. visi-tors. He jogged almost daily. He was allowed to leave the touring group at one point and return to a primitive threshing floor where wheat was being recovered by manual shaking, with winnowing win-nowing by a primitive blower. Gleaning was being done around the area by elderly -Chinese. CHINA'S THREE quarter of a billion population is a vast reservoir of labor and the majority of China's population popula-tion is engaged in agriculture while in America less than ten percent feed our masses with a surplus. Through thought control loyalty to the state has been engendered. This and peer pressures have brought about changes in the past generation genera-tion so that there is no apparent ap-parent privation. Everyone seems well-clothed but not according to our standards. Their "standard" of living is much below ours. There is very little crime. Personal belongings were safe for this touring group. FULL SUPPORT of government is evident and the people seem physically fit, in part due to planned programs of exercise. The absence of automobiles has put literally - millions of bicycles on the road. Mr. Smart, through interviews inter-views with responsible persons, per-sons, gained the impression that Christian missionaries would not be allowed in China in the foreseeable future. Pres. Spencer W. Kimball has studied verbal and written reports of Mr. Smart and seemingly has arrived at the conclusion that China's vast hords must and will be reached. ALREADY, IN recent weeks, the media has announced an-nounced that Jesuit missionaries mis-sionaries (agricultural) are. being admitted. According to Mr. Smart, the LDS Church meeting houses and classrooms in Hong Kong presently are being be-ing used extensively to provide members the opportunity oppor-tunity to learn Mandarin Chinese which is the language of a majority of Chinese, so that many persons will be ready to teach when China opens its doors to the missionaries. |