The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1945-11-08

this taVOrlCe county nave Tilt
same thoughts and questions OF
world problems as do those of 9th
er sections of these United States
The writer recently had an op
portunity of attending the an
nual New York Herald Tribune
Conference on current affairs anC
brings to the readers some of TIN
highlights.
"Set Your Clock AT U-235"
The theme of the conference
this year was Responsibility oil
Victory" and it was opened with
a dramatic presentation of Nor
man CorWin's poem, "Set Your
Clock at U-235." Thus the pace
for the trend of thought was set
for the audience was made keenly
conscious of the fact that the
atomic bomb. resulting from I'm
ranium, has changed the times as
well as the responsibility of
Americans as far as the rest of
the world is concerned.
Specific Responsibility In The
| Pacific
On this phase of the program,
DR.. Herbert V. Evatt, Australian
Attorney General; our own Major
General Claire L. Chennault,
founder and organizer of the
Flying Tigers; Hon. Sergio o.
mena, President of the Philip
pine Commonwealth; General
Jonathan M. Wainwright, and
Captain Harold E. Stassen were
among those heard from.
In speaking of the Philippines,
General Wainwright said, Our
interest in the Philippines is not
to be measured by geography,
nor weighed by the air and naval
bases that government is willing
to grant us The ties that bind
us to the Philippines, based on
long years of cooperation have
been re-forged in the fires of
bloody war They have been
our comrades and we will not
let them down. The General re-
ceived a tremendous ovation to
this as did the other speakers
who brought out the Importance
of acceptance of responsibility
and understanding toward our
Pacific Allies.
On the same program was a
Nebraska boy, Sergeant Ben
Kuroki, son of japanese parents.
An airman of the first rank.
who had won decoration after
decoration, had been injured, dis
charged, but re-enlisted to help
bomb Tokyo, he spoke of the i'm
portance of tolerance here in
America and the recognition of
American citizens for their own
face value rather than facial
characteristics resulting from the
nationality of their parents
Learning To Know Russia
An entire session was devoted
to Russia and needless to say, we
were convinced more than ever
that those in schools as well as
those of us who are beyond school
age, should learn to know more
of this vast nation, which has be-
come so vastly important to us
and as a world power. DR.. Err
nest Simmons, professor of Rus
sian Literature of Cornell Uni
versity urged that the Russian
language be introduced through
out the American high school sys-
tenn. In speaking of the Russian
American misunderstanding, he
very fittingly summed it up in
these words: "Never did so many
know so little about so much"
John Hershey, author of "A
Bell For Adano," told of the en-
Encouragement and financial sup
port accorded creative artists ir
Russia. He also told of the crit.
|icisms they made of his work.
The United States In A United
World
Il
Responsibilities in Europe were
the topic of one session and thu
final program was devoted to thu
place of the United States in ;
UNITED World.
James F. Byrnes, Secretary o
State, aptly sounded a keynote
when he said: There must b.
one world for all of us, or Their
will be no world for any of US"
DIR. Vannevar Bush, accreditet
with the perfection of the atomi
bomb, pointed out that the bonn
demonstrates that man hat
reached the ultimate in destruc
ton, and that a new world, goo'
or evil, as we choose, lies befor
us.
Hail To The Chief
The program was opened wit
-