Show H Hed He'd d Better Get Gel Himself a Sheet H UNGER HUNGER strikes aimed at achieving a political objective are areld old ld stuff in India where Ghandi particularly has made them thema a major weapon in his fight for Indian independence but they are something new in political affairs in the United States Chester Lake an assistant to the administrator of of the rural electrification authority has gone on a hunger strike until he says the R Ii E A is removed from political domination and made madean an independent agency once more His protest followed action by the department of agriculture in abo abolishing his job with the RE REA A. A It is d difficult t to conceive that Mr Lake will sway official or public opinion to any appreciable extent with his fast Before he can hope to achieve the success Ghandi has hell he'll have to wrap h himself in a sheet and go into the great silence Something more than thana a simple refusal sal t to eat cat will win be needed to impress skeptical Americans Without the Ghandi aura to carry convi conviction tion its it's likely most Americans will win just regard Chester Lake as a little touched touch d in the head |