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Show f ' ' ' . . ;--. ) : .1 ' v r ' l ft .. y .v I -- ' . V - ' ' i' - " -y A I - - ; v . . " ; ,' , :; - - S 1 "if ' : i GOING HOME Ahsan Ahmed, Pakistan student here on a Ford Foundation grant, who has been staying with the Alroy Gillman family, explains about his country to Mr. Gillman and Review feature writer Karl Banks, as Mrs. Gillman and son Larry look on. Mr. Ahmed will now return to his native Pakistan where he expects to help his country with the things he has learned here. Pakistan Student Returns Home After Living With Farm Families in Kansas and Utah "The people of Pakistan and of the other Asiatic countries have great respect for the American people, but they are all suspicious of them," said Ahsan Ahmed Saturday. Sat-urday. Mr. Ahmed, a native of Pakistan has been living with the Alroy Gillman family for the past month. In elaboration of .the above quotation quo-tation the Pakistan visitor explained explain-ed that he could not understand why the American people, who had always enjoyed freedom, continued to support European nations who deny liberty to the Asiatic people under their domination. Mr. Ahmed stated that while he was in Calcutta, Cal-cutta, India, he saw the British army shoot down 300 native students. stu-dents. They used American-made rifles and bullets, he said. "Americans take liberty for granted; but why do they do things like that, he asked?" This reporter report-er did not have the answer. Ahsan Ahmed is an alert, energetic, en-ergetic, well-educated young man of 22. His home town is Jessore, Pakistan, a small buffer state between be-tween India and Russia. Since May 10, 1954 he has been in the United States, under the sponsorship of the International Farm Youth Exchange. Ex-change. His expenses are paid by the Ford Foundation. The purpose of this program is two-fold to study methods of mechanized fanning in the United States; and to foster a better understanding between Pakistan and the other countries visited. Mr. Ahmad spent three months in Kansas with two farm families and three months in Utah living one month each with farm families in Payson, Lehi, and Pleasant Grove. In answer to the question, "What do you think of American food?" Mr. Ahmed stated that their food is quite similar but they don't have as much of it; and it does not cost nearly as much. Eggs, he stated were six cents per dozen, and beef and mutton about eight cents per pound. This brought up the subject of farm income in Pakistan. The visitor stated that the average yearly income of a farm family in his country was $85.00 per year; and said he with a twinkle in his eye, "No farm supports." Mr. Ahmad said that in his country coun-try women were much more modest mod-est and retiring than in the United Unit-ed States. "A woman's place is in the home," he said, "and we do not favor our women leaving their home and children to work in business and industry." Mr. Ahmed stated that education for the masses in Pakistan was almost al-most non-existent. There are no public schools, and the private schools are so expensive that only the children of the rich can afford to attend. Only four per cent of the children go to school at all; and only 14 per cent of the population popul-ation can sign their own name.. The visitor explained that his country's greatest needs are improved im-proved education, more books on scientific subjects and more technical tech-nical exports to direct the development develop-ment of Pakistan's unlimited natural nat-ural resources. Mr. Ahmed, on the eve of his departure de-parture for his homeland, had nothing but praise for the Gill-man's Gill-man's and the other farm families he come to know intimately in the United States. He expects to get home on December 3. |