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Show liich Is Worse? The Salt Luke Tribune, Saturday, June 3, 1372 Demons in North Koreans Life Japanese Militarists,!!. S. Imperialists ::Two By John M. Lee New York Tunes Writer The problem with neighboring Japan is more complex. Thirty-fivcars cf Japanese occupation, from 1910 to 1945, which most Koreans remember as brutal, lias left a legacy of hatred and d svrust throughout the Korean peninsula. Yet North and South must come to grips with their resurgent and econnimeacy powerful rciehbor, and ties is proving a complicated business fur all thre- - parties concerned. As fir as the Japanese are torccrned, opinion polls show a continuing dislike for the Koreans. Thousands were brought to Japar as forced labor during the ,ai, and many ran amok as a Victor people when the war ended. The GOO, 000 Korean residents in Japan, duided m loyalties between North and South, also harbor a e PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA -Ttwo demons in North Korean life, "United States Imperialist" and 'Japanese Militarists," and it is hard to tell which is worse. The is more recent, ansing from the United States occupation of South Korea in 1945 and the Koie-aWar of 19)0 ST It is also perhaps a more tractable problem Fjongvang mre the principal msue is the continued American military presence m the South. here are -i fr Japan Problem More Complex If unproved relations between North rd South or American lead to withdrawal in the next few years and this seems possible then an easier lelationsh'p with the faroff United States U seems indicaed even if Washington IS ren rnns alhed with Scou' 'self-intere- Mafia-lik- e gangster element. The Japanese are also peeved at Korea's boasting of n older civilization and the conduit that brought Chinese cul- - Mas Lemer Arms Pact a Nixon Trip Gem, Believing Russ Another Item 9 NEW YORK, N Y My grandmoth-100- , died of fright cr, who lived to be when the Nazi soldiers burst into her Russian village. At least, so the family s Her : lore goes. Gita'. was name Resa, and she was s when in her my family went off to America in 1907. I was 4 at the time, , mic2-60- but remember her ' vividly. Thirty-fiv- I e Mr. Lemer years later she died In the village we had said goodby to and so did most of the remaining relatives. thought of them when I heard President Nixon speak to the Russian people about Tama, whose family died in the of ficge of Lemngrad. The mention 1 Tanya's diary reminded many American listeners of another girl, Anne flYank. Religious hatred has its victims 5 well as war. ' We were happy to leave Russia. I have never gone back, not out of principle (I have been to Germany, Poland, some- -' , Austria, Italy, Spain), but because Low each time 1 have made my plans, toil ivlliing lias happened tc break them. It is probably just as well. The Russians are a great, nchly diverse people, but the Soviet regime has given them a dull, regimented, secretive society. You would have to live there for several years to leam anything worth digging for. . r A New Identity To avoid military service under the czar, my father assumed a different name. Eeing a scholar, he took the name of a teacher, a learner. But neither the czar nor liis Soviet successors knew how to handle teachers, writers, artists, which is why the intellectuals have cut them-se'- v es off from the men in the Kremlin. Nor do they know how to treat minorities. The official Russian line is that, except for a handful of malcontents, the Jews are happy in the Soviet Union. The .underground papers tell a different story. So does every established Western correspondent. But why argue it? Put it to the test of reality. Let the bars down. Let these people go, and dont strip them of every possession as a penalty for leaving. See how many go. how many remain or Russia who lias experienced only one or the other I like the Russian wr.ters, from Gogol, Tolstoy and Turgenev to I like the composers. I Lke the lustiness and earthiness of the people I dont like the slippery ways of the K emlin leaders, their cavalier contempt for the bourgeois which Nixon and Brezhnev have concluded. I dont like the Soviet way with ideas and with creativv people. But this doesn't dimmish the vision that Walt Whitman had and Aiexis that the two de Tocqueville before him giant peoples of the world would be America and Russia, and that in many respects they have strikingly similar qualities. The Many Phases Americans have passed through several phases m their attitude toward the Soviet Union. First, there was the great fear that what it had done to property and religion would carry its infection the part of the liberal heic. Then-- cn Icft-th- ere was the silly notion that Russia was building some sort of Socialist paradise. Then there was the rush of during the Hitler invasion feeling about the "brave alv," which reached a depth of inanity in Joe Davies gushing about Joe Stalm. Then there was the cold war and the containment policy, and the duels between Stalm and Truman, Khrushchev and Eisenhower (yes, and Kennedy, too). of the Now there is the psychology which both pacts, regimes wanted and needed, and which s end the cold war with George Nixon-Brezhne- v Ken-nan- blessing. 23 years after his historic article. The heart of it is the arms limitation pact, a great event for world history as well as for the two giants. For it rests (as Zbigniew Erzezinski has dryly put it) on Nixon's "recognition and acceptance y of a situation of relative panty in with the Soviet Union. My grandmother should have lived nonsur-vivabilit- long enough to witness it. pal tics cut i embed in power m Tokyo and SujuI I,i iccent mou'hs, there have been a few hesitant gestures toward Pyongyang slightly easier tiavcl to North Korea by Korean residents in Japan, a flood of journalists to North Korea (but none yet from Pyongyang to Japan) and talk of extending credit to accelerate rade. Sharp Protests From Seoul Each move has drawn sharp protests from Seoul, and the Japanese government is proceeding cautiously. Tokyo is obsessed with improving relations with Chma and North Korea is well down on the priority t. Seoul s suate0y has been to keep Pyongyang isolated and, by perceiving a continuing Communist threat from the North, either overtly or by subversion, to Keep United States forces physically pres- David Lawrence Actions Speak Louder Than Words h-- After watching two WASHINGTON "debates" on national television between Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota and Sen. Hubert II. ent m South Korea. Humphrey of MiPortraying itself as a bulvv ark against nnesota, it is not dif- Communism. Seoul has resisted political ficult to understand overtures from the North as ill disguised why the audiences attempts to obtain United States withw ere for both drawal and undy the country under Comrelatively small. It munism. But since last September, the is estimated by two governments have been feeling each media specialists other out through Red Cross negotiations that less than 10 on reuniting divided families percent of the regProfess Peaceful Intentions istered Democratic voters listened to the first debate between the men who are But Pyongyang is so persistent in proDemocratic presidential nomand intentions fessing peaceful rigid seeking the ination. is so out of fashion that Voters aren't interested in battles of Seoul is on the defensive and under pressure to explore the situation further. The words between two individuals who deNorth Korean premier, Kim II Sung, vote themselves primarily to criticizing The people v ant to recently called for a top political meeting each others position. life of what is going to know the facts even while United States troops reaffect will their that jobs, their happen mained. As far as Japan is concerned, Seoul, opportunities to share m the prosperity of while benefiting from aid and investment, the country, if there is such a thing, and is still suspicious. Japanese movies, songs, the chances of a big war and national toys, such as Samun warCertainly the Vietnam war created concern than anything else m more or Geisha helmets are all rior dolls, banned. Just this spring the first Japa- recent years because the youth of the nese - language school since 1945 was country were being drafted in large numopened and this was restarted to chil- bers and sent into combat. Undoubtedly dren of Japanese diplomats and business- this had much to do with the defeat of the presidential candidate of the Demomen. cratic Party in 1968. Now that Amei ican Campaign for Unification troops have been withdrawn so that a force remains in Indochina while small Kim has played on these fears in his efforts are being made to bring about a to 'campaign promote unification of Korea once the Americans are gone. "If peace settlement with North Vietnam, Koreans are united, they can keep Japan the issue is not as powerful politically as from reinvading our country, he said m it was four years ago. a recent interview with the New York Hurt Times. Moreover, an attemDt to head off Japan is one of the reasons for his continuing call for Seoul to open the door to greater contacts with the North. "What we fear, he said in the intei view, "is that if they shut the door continuously then Japanese capitalists will come into South Korea and South Korea will be subjected to Japan economically. We do not forget history. At the same lime, while railing against the revival of Japanese mill tar-is(an Asian catchphrase for Japanese economic power), Pyongyang is tr,.ng to improve its own relations with Tokyo. The immediate purpose is to gam access Party Nearly every election which has occurred at the tune of a recession or slump in business activity has hurt the party in power unless remedial measures were being taken and there were indications that recovery was under w ay. Yhnt will count on election day is the economic condition of the countiy. Employment figutes show that there is impiovcment and that the unemployment late is not as lugli as it was a year or so ago. The principal question is whether the country will feel that the recovery program beuig followed by the present administration will cut down unemployment even more or whether a new administration and new policies are needed. The average voter is not so much concerned with the kind of discussions that are featured in the debates over television. What the Citizen wants to know is whether the recovery of the country will be advanced at a greater pace in the coming years and more normal conditions will be attained. Wage and price controls were deferred for a long time but finally imposed m order to curb inflation and help economic conditions generally. The labor-unio- n leaders have been fighting such restrictions because they think they ought to be able at any time to press for higher wages, irrespective of the consequences. How Many Jobs The big problem today is liovv more jobs can be created, how additional trade can be generated with other countries so that there will be a larger market for American goods abroad, and how Ijw-coimports can be handled in order not st Soaper Says There will be more young delegates at national conventions this year. smoke in the smoke-fillerooms? the Funny-smellin- g d to cut domestic employment. These are questions the average voter doesnt follow too closely, but he does become conwhether addicerned about the results tional jobs become available and whether the dollars ho rams will keep their purchasing power. Candidates who piopoxc sensible for improving the economic condition of the country will get more votes than they would by television debates on pio-gra- abstract subjects. Campaigns are fought not on the television screen but by outlining dearly to tens of millions of voters what they are being oficred. The Republicans will argue that a change in administration would be risky. The Democrats, on the other hand, will be wise to concentrate on trying to persuade the people how much better they could handle the economic tasks that he ahead. Impact on Life however, the basic Fundamentally, issues are those having an impact on the life of the individual citizen. The voter will be urged by the Republicans not to "change horses in midstream," while llje Democrats will find it necessary to prove that they have a superior and comprehensive plan for economic reconstruction. In any event, it is the voters judgment of which party will provide more for the improvement of individual welfare that will count at the polls. This kind ot contest has happened before in American history. The party that can make the best presentation about the economic future really has the greatest chance of winning votes In the coming election. Television debate on generalities will not be of much avail. Speeches of explanation on concrete subjects will do far more to reach the people, who will by their votes determine the final result. -- m Dunagins People Ey Ralph Dunagin to Japanese heavy equipment and tech- nology on credit. By inviting Japanese Journalists and politicians for increasing visits since last fall, Pyongyang is trying to build up piessure m Tokyo for a change in official attitudes. Pyongyang has also launched a worldwide diplomatic effoit to picture Seoul as The czar was more easygoing, or maybe he just wanted to get rid of us. And so my earliest roots were in one giant land, the rest of my roots lr the other. These are my two giants, America ahd Russia, with whom my life was intertwined. Russia was the one we got away from, vvitn rankling memories of persecution. America was the one we came to, and it opened itself to us, made us work hard, yes, offered us the challenge of hard giound, but gave us the chance to breathe equal air. Have No Bitterness make it impossiule for me to this Does , judge the Russians fairly? I dont think so. I dont have the bitterness of political emigres from P.ussia, nor of Americans who have become alienated from their country. Who can know either America ture to Japan. Recently opened Japanese cmbs from ancient times show Korean wall paintings, and newspapers in Seoul made this page one news Japan made her peace with South Korea m 13 with a normalization treaty that recognizee Jtu government n Seoul as Korea's only legitimate government and paved the way for Japanese aia, trade and piohtable investment. There ate clo'-- peisonal and ideological tie5: be-t- u u ike right a mg, anti Conunum.-- t left-win- g a reactionary regime afraid of peaceful i In the interest ot world peace and continued irierdly relations with the Peoples of I want my China, Republic panda-bea- r. unification in a confederation of Communist and capitalist states. Pyongyang is careful to express its deep concern for the welfare of its brothers in the South and to limit its warmth to the South Korean president, Park Chung Ilee, and his "puppet clique. Seoul is deeply suspicious of the whole thing, and Japan, although renouncing war and territorial ambitions, is increasingly involved in the affairs of its historic vassal state. (Copyright) , I Dr. T. R. Van Dellen CONGRATULATIONS Booze Becomes Problem Even in New Hebrides Alcohol is a problem in the New Heb-- j rides Islands inhabited by about 75.0GG Melanesians and riled by a French and British condomini In the past, kava was d."nk as i part of strict cus- tom ntJais. But since liquor became I fi eely available, I crimes related to j booze have jumped. i among especially Dr, an Dellen joung male offend ers. Before 1362, It was illegal to sell Lquur Co the natives. Under a new law, beer 1 um. &ooir K ws could be purchased through government licensed cooperative stores. Imbibing is at its heaviest after paydays and on weekends, when groups of men gather to share a carton of beer. Unrestricted drinking has been possi- ble for eight years and the only consequences have been drunkenness and the effects on he family of the alcoholic. In time, the physical and mental effects will come to the fotx The punishment dealt out by the French and British courts for excessive dnnking is not adequate for these pecple (the same applies in this country). Traditional punishments, such as killing prj and offering them to wronged 4b i Stf- '- 4: New parties, are more meaningful to the Hebrideans. In social terms, it involves shame which hurts the drunkard more than the paying of a fine cf $6 to $10 or Euspending a week in jail. Apparently, ropean modes of punishment are not as effective as traditional methods because the number of repeaters is on the increase. Alcohol is one of our oldest drugs ar.d almost every culture since the beginning of man has been able to find wajs to make it thruugn fciiiieritatioa. It was used by the natwes for special tribal functions ar.d celebrations. Booze became a curse when man found that if he drank enough of it, he could escape reality. X TO: DAYS OF 47 QUEEN DRAWS WINNING ENTRY: Lee Ann Holt, this year's Days of '47 Queen, draws the winning entry. Those present at the scene cf the contest drawing were Mr. Jack Douglas, ana Mrs. Stillman J. Harding and their children, Richard, 24, Marilyn 18, Sheraiyn 8, Karalyn 7, Lanae 5, Robby 5. Mr, District Representative for Hughes Air West, Mr. Wesley Anderson, Vice President of Dees, Inc., and assisting Miss Holt with the entries was the Deeburger Clown. THEWINNING ENTRY, CHOSEN" FROM OVER 100,000 ENTRIES, WAS SUBMITTED BY RICHARD HARDING. THE PRIZE! will be provided fer their use... They will The Harding family wi fly to California via Hughes Air West . . . AN"tional stay at the luxurious Grand Hotel across P'e street from the Disneyland F nuance. Admiss on will be prov ded for Knott's Berry Farm, a Lion Cojniry Safari The Mov.eirnd Wax Museum, plus admissions and ndes for a day of fun in Disneyland... Dee's Will aso furnish $100 spending money . Tne return flight home v ill be via Hjghes Air West V ALL EXPENSES PAID PLUS $100 SPENDING MONEY Rent-A-C- . n - 4 |