Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-02-12
Minnesota Eyewitness
~ BRENDA UEIAND

BOWies President Trmans ambassador to
India spoke to TOO people at the RassOn Averen Har
BOwlss great ambassador what an Ambassador
should bel only Wdsh there were more like hIm!"
College told how he and his family
tiny sympathetic generous unit actually reversed the anaTu
surprised Apprehension Of
what Americans are really Hike
weather an inferno the Boes
family didn't retreat to the fashionable people
but kept working among the Indians with passionate
schoolgirl daughter worked Saturdays clinics for In
mothers and her United
States to keep cheeuly working only million Indians
educated But this language
kindness they could understand they
And the news spread like prairie fire
large friendly American business man. in tweed suit
with thick brown hair praca crooked paded
smile and angelic spirit And when by Philip
Psbur funny story but rushed into telling
us all that he could about India.
ashngy you could have heard
pin srresng important
He said that to Americans ncrutabe that the
like undfferentated
of dschks faces with slant
all inscrutabls."
they neither communist democratic path they
SsH We at terrible croSsroads stay
democratic for India Ii the key to the whole thing
The first thing TO do to understand
hatred coiOniAsm exploit
their leaders Jas
British jail for II the best years his life
But what hurts them most corrOdng resentment
white idioc assumption superiority
ed by what business said in introducing speaker
thought we wouldn't destroy
white people masse. only attitude
ghtf hateful unforgvable to Aans Remember always their
mpacable bitterness something we did to the Asian soul"
When India freed the Russians said India: Do
Only way you succeed The western slow de
giving freedom and votes and the right disagree mscrop
scopic onery
perfectabty way
walk We going try the western democratic way.
80 when dsapprove of Nehru must remember that he
was for He united them under the Constitution Of 1850 and
100 million Indians voted and knew what they were voting for They
for democratic because much to oandh
they said
they gargantuan hveyear plan irrigation
ct large Jersey education $50 million IL
hterae diet etc. III this
succeeds they will decide democracy workable makes sense But
II II fails3--
said way through Calcutta PeIdn"
given and what far
important they engineers
teachers helping They will everything everything to win
India
Then he told what we can do to help stay
must can't maStsmind Them insist they with
nor buy them.
Americans give money apt they
graeu?" Of way" said earnestly IF give
expect do to be properly
grateful don't ask him to explain
have made this meal possible Appalled, laughter for that just
what we dol
IF we in the West would only Say here
exploited billions and billions Of dollars
We'd like to help you now by giving tiny yours
by right We you succeed
They read great deal They Lincoln
Tom Paine Constitution and they ask why doesn't America
reach back great ideas!
you Americans around US: "oh that's just
cynical reaIsts parade today fighting
the old Ideals into our foreign policy
rapidly earnestly: IF give them just
percent military budget would the democratic
world very and wouldn't need very much
money engineers teachers advisors to help them
Remember wealth the real Of India the millions
Of hands and minds Of Indians put to work"
very happened to make comforting state
menthat business India oil men, etc. are dong
intelligent creative helpful Inn
agnaVe apparently meagr racial nobs and
revolving acqusitve gogetterS These new
men world revolution Of
equality help showing Indians that Americans
and be all night hope 30