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Show - A.TrjV'-' idem from ether editors From the Shamokln Citizen, Shamokln, Pennsylvania: What standards ot conduct are to apply to American servicemen who become be-come prisoners of the Communists? As more . Information ' becomes public about brainwashing tactics of Communist captors, public sympathy sym-pathy naturally goes out to the victims of this psychological torture. tor-ture. For the policy makers In the Department of Defense, the knotty problem of prescribing correct conduct con-duct for American prisoners is being complicated by the public disposition to condone phony confessions. con-fessions. Fliers recently released by the Chinese have admitted to making "confessions" under duress. The much publicized account of one details de-tails the treatment that gradually wort down his resistance and made him finally feel further refusal was futile. More revealing information about brainwashing is promised. These personal accounts help the general public to appreciate the .ordeal of American members of the Armed Forces who have fallen Into the hands of Red captors. But the frank commercialization of these experiences make us wonder if a premium is not being placed on submission to the Communist brainwashers. : In establishing a policy ot treating treat-ing with understanding those sub jected to brainwashing, the - Defense De-fense Department is still concerned with countering this diabolic method meth-od of psychological warfare. E:.sp,-it de corps is better maintained th a tradition of heroism than it is with a record of submission. So that no unfair onus can tie placed on released prisoners, the Defense Department sanctions p.ni-lication p.ni-lication of the experiences of limsa who yielded to Communist press. ue only after bodies and minds were weakened by continuous mistreatment. mistreat-ment. But there is danger in repeated re-peated publications of these accounts ac-counts that the standards of conduct con-duct for Americans prisoners of war will be lowered. For the security of America still depends on the will of the soldier to die for his country. From the Chlckasha Star, Chxk-asha, Chxk-asha, Oklahoma: With the vacation season upon us, here are suggestions sugges-tions on places to go for folks having trouble deciding on a particular par-ticular spot., A trip back to the old home town: ,The only drawback to this type of vacation Is that the fellow who went to the big city to make good is sure to bump into a lot of old friends who stayed home and made out better. A camping trip: This is recom-mended recom-mended to people who enjoy life in the raw especially food. |