Show r sills sills' PETTY 8 u DARN DAnN Chinese Reds neds have hav 1 l. been associating With Americans Amen Ameri cans eans too much for the good of 01 their philosophy and ours oura even if 11 the relationship has haa been only on a hostile basis baals Chinese are expected to believe belleve that this sojourn is only a camp campon on the trek to Join the great In In- In finite Ent Enterprise in this life lIte is futile they say because our days here are fleeting and earthly hopes are as dry as the bamboo walls In Chinese houses Americans lire are Just the opposite Out nut now the Chinese at the Pan Ian t truce site in Korea are arc I digging in for lor a long stay and are ore replacing the ba battered conference I l tent that could have been folded silently any night and whisked away with a solid wooden housea house house- a structure that can stand in definitely The building Is of ot more solid saUd structure than is Usual In Korea ItIs It Itis Itis is made of ot wood but has a concrete con can crete crate foundation The walls are arc of ot white pine Weve We've be ben n fearing tearing that those deadlocked truce talks would last forever Now with the Chinese those fellows who go In generally for tor paper furniture and straw lit raw houses houses building building upon concrete it begins to look as If they consider as the great infinite Its It's association wl with with h Americans that did it Were We're surprised that the United States forces didn't build a story 10 apartment house on the site survey the streets and erect a shopping center Our patriotic pride is hurt that we let the Chinese first firstI I Instill Estill a theme of permanence into som something thing the very nature of which is Is' Is ephemeral ephemeral-a a conference to end enda a war They outdid us at our own game and built their permanent conference confer canter ence ence headquarters before we could put up even a gasoline station or motel We were caught idling away our time and contemplating our OUT navels by a 0 bunch of ot paper dragons toting concrete blocks That's no way to win a 8 war ar |