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troll yuan has made public a six
point program for cleaning out
corruption throughout all gov
eminent structures. The control
yuan is a sort of watchdog of gov
ernmental operations under the
Chinese system.
The Remedies
First. the report suggests that
not enough has been done to en-
phasize the Importance of honesty.
Second, the system Of brides to
get governmental work done on
time must be scrapped. According
to the yuan, many offices demand
payment for issuing certificates
or permits, and those who refuse
to give the brides may wait for
weeks or months.
Third, the control organ says
that government pay should be
raised and equalized. 1t notes that
special allowances supposedly were
eliminated when salaries were in
creased last year, but that they
continue. Ranking officials may
receive SIS month as a housing
allowance. whereas an ordinary
civil servant might get 81, the
control yuan declared.
1t also noted that pay Of $25 a
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Soviets Wooing Thoi|ond Again in Earnest

There is little internal unrest
in Thailand. The suspension of
the constitution, the banning of
political parties. and the arrest
of some opponents of the regime
had provoked no adverse reactions.
Whatever its faults, the Sarit.
government has given the coun-
try peace and great economic
prosperity. Devotion to mon
archy, discouraged by the previous
regime of Marshal Phibul, is now
again encouraged and has helped
to restore sense Of national
unity. The That's have no objec-
ton to a more or less autocratic
government, provided that it is,
efficient and not too harsh.
But the cold war winds from the
East and the West have begun to
lash the country. There is an old
Thai saying: Like the bamboo.
we bend with the wind" Which
wind it would eventually be. no
one can predict as yet. :
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Quotation
of the Week
IIIIIUIIlIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIuIIlIIuIIII

am aware that many o. my
contemporaries maintain that ma
tionS are never their own masters
here below. and that they neces-
sarily obey some insurmountable
and intelligent power, arising from
anterior events. from their race.
or from the soil and climate of
their country. Such principles
are false and cowardly: such prin-
clples can never produce aught
but feeble men and pusillanimous
nations. Providence has not
created mankind entirely indie
pendent or entirely free. II il
true that around every man a
fatal circle is traced beyond which
he cannot pass; but within the
wide verge of that circle he lis
powerful and free; as it is with
man, so with communities. A,exis
De Tocqueville - Democracy IN
America.
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By NARANJAN S. UPPAL
Contributing Writer

NEW DELHI.-Thailand, only 10
years ago a diplomatic backwater
with fewer than two dozen en-
bassies and legations. has suddenly
appeared on the list for Russian
courtship. It's strategic position
makes it a vital cold war target.
For a long time, Thailand has
been staunchly pro-Western and
anti-Communist. Four years ago,
it risked breach of diplomatic re-
lationS with the Soviet Union when
1t expelled a Soviet Embassy at
tache, Khairulla Shalkharov, as
well as the correspondent of Rus
sian news agency, Tass. Also, it
banned the import Of Communist
China books and films which were
flooding the country.
But now there is change of
mood in Bangkok, the capital. The
Russian Embassy has rapidly in
creased in size. Moscow has Of
fered economic assistance in every
field" The Thai cabinet recently
debated the offer and, later, Pre-
mier Sarit Thanarat declared: IF
the assistance is in form of invest
ment and loan and is free from
obligations, it will be accepted"
The Russians also are staging
social comeback. So far their en-
bassy allowed only selected mem
berS of its staff or their U. N. per-
sonnet there to circulate freely.
Now they are making lavish offers
of vodka and caviar every evening.
Ambassador Nikolayev and his
French-speaking wife are rein
forced by personable woman as
Thai interpreter. The That's are,
naturally. flattered when any for
eigner speaks their language well.
But when this is done by young
woman, who has studied only in
Russia, the effect is twofold.
A Question Of Language
The United States Ambassador
also has young man as interpre-
ter whose wife not only speaks
quite good Thai herself but cooks
Thai food. But United States Vice
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It all started when one assem-
blyman-who is known as fire.
quent customer of the Chinese
equivalent Of geisha houses-ob-
served that the minimum waitress
age of Is was too young. He said
that perhaps they could be easily
cheated" at that age and sug-
gested ID.
Women legislators want to up
it to 20, which is the age at which
a Chinese girl ceases to be a
minor.
Their proposal was passed. and
the word quickly went out to the
grille restaurants and their at
tractive employees.
The chairman of the waitress
guild, Immediately called upon
some of her many friends at the
assembly.
Many Would Lose Jobs
She claimed that more than
half of the girls now working
would lose their jobs if the mini
mum age was raised to 20. ...
Reconsideration was quickly
moved, and the minimum changed
to Is. One assemblyman wanted
to eliminate any mention of age.
That was when the assembly,
women decided they had had
enough. Leaving. they charged
that the assembly was subject to
the influence of mattresses.
Yes or no. some of Taichung's
prettiest we're among those pres
ent for the voting. Observers put
the number at about dozen and
suggested that there was quite a
contrast between the women in
the audience and those who had
walked out.
According to the assembly,
women, many foster daughters
are compelled to work in the
grille establishments and fire.
quently become prostitutes be-
fore they are old enough to resist
the urgings of foster parents,
managers and clients.
Aren't there any respectable
mattresses?
Yes, but the tendencies of the
work and the environmental con-
ditions lead in the other direction.
Sunlight Dresses
AS the 1861 Directory of
Taiwan" puts it:
'Decked out in skin-tight high
slit dresses made of French lace,
American silk or Chinese satin,
the girls are painted to their fin
gertipS and have Hollywood style
hair-do. Although not necessarily
the most beautiful girls in town,
they are nevertheless the choicest
covey, mostly svelte, timber and
curvaceouS, some sultry and others
tantilizing.
These why girls, observing
more or less a certain code of
decorum, are mostly chary of sex
selling in the sense of a quick
deal However. a few of them,
particularly those from the bars
or houses of i'll fame, ingrained
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always effect the That's in a very
direct way.
In June this year the Thai gov
eminent announced that it had
uncovered two Communist plots
to seize power in the north
eastern provinces. According to
Interior Minister Charusathiara.
documents seized from 20 ar
rested Communist suspects re-
vealed that an outside power"
was supporting the plot. He did
not, however. name this power.
To meet the threat of Commu-
mist subversion. Thailand is now
raising a guerrilla force of 10000
men. Units of the regular army
have been diverted to the villages
to train special home guards. The
aim is that, in a crisis, Thailand
will be ready to meet guerrilla
with guerrilla. But observers, who
have travelled through the region
recently. are less optimistic.
"Bangkok's good intentions do not
reach as far as northeast" one
said. There the people really are
on the end of the line"
Items Of Assistance
Since the region has now high
priority in Thailand's defense
plans, appropriations for develop
ment are among the numerous
items of assistance Thailand
would like to receive. and expects
to get, from the United States.
Thai Defense Minister Kittika-
chorn has announced that the
United States has agreed to in
crease its military aid to his coun-
try by $50 million every year.
Thai and United States special
lists we're still discussing, he said,
whether the money should be
used to set up new units, as pro-
posed by the Americans. or to
strengthen the existing units, as
suggested by Thai experts. Many
units have only 20 per cent of
their wartime establishment.
In addition, Thailand will re-
ceive nearly $24 million as eco
nomic aid from the United States
during this year.
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other nations for limited period.
The exact terms and conditions
for both transactions remain to
be worked out.
Congress, which has to approve
the arrangement so far as the
United States is concerned, has
been represented here by Senator
Prescott Bush and Representatives
Abraham Multer, Henry S. Reuss
and Clarence E. Kilburn. They
are all members of the two bank
ing committees.
Congressional Approval
There will be no difficulty
about congressional approval early
next year of the plan discussed
above, Mr.. ReuSs said.
II the United States borrows
from the INF, as President Ken
nedy has stated it will not hesitate
to do, theoretically it must be pre-
pared to conform to any "condi-
tionS" the INF may at the time
lay down, as to the economic
policies being pursued by the
United States. At Breton Woods
great stress was placed on such
conditions. Actually, over the
years, the INF has allowed Dor
rowers limited degree of auto
maticity, subject to certain stand
ards.
Asked how the Congress would
react If, for instance, while the
United States was pursuing an
easy money policy and the INF
made it a loan on condition OF
tighter interest rates, Mr.. ReuSs
observed:
Conditions will be in no way
onerouS so far as the United
States is concerned. Our domestic
housekeeping is sure to be so tidy
that the INF would not be dis
posed to attach any objectional
requirements to help given us.
I'd expect that from time to time
the United States will want to
draw on the fund and I think
we should"
The mere existence of the funds
standby borrowing arrangements
and its corresponding ability to
give support to such important
currencies as the dollar will tend
to minimize speculative tnterna-
tional capital movements. For
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Getting q Mate

Getting a mate is not easy In.
today's Chinese culture.
Not long ago, the matchmaker
took care of everything. Match,
makers still operate, and probably
make more marriages than any.
one else.
But culture patterns are chang,
ing. There is a Discrimination to.
rely upon a professional match
maker. and to enter marriage with
a virtual unknown.
At the same time, the patterns
have not changed enough to per-
NIT easy. casual meetings Of
members of the opposite sex.
To very large extent, China
continues to be divided into a
mans world and another, separate
order for women. Dating is the
exception rather than the rule
at any age
Into this breach has stepped the
Taipei Women's Association, seek
ing mates for marriagables of al.
ages.
Its biggest problem is lack of
girls. Since operations began last
December II, applications have
been received from 1921 men,
but only 116 women. AS in the
United States and Europe, women
are the true conservatives. chang
ing slowly and fearful of the new.
They Must Tell All &c.
Applicants for prospective
mate must specify their education,
occupation. physical condition,
blood type. financial status and
supply chest X-ray.
Following suggestions made by
the applicant, the association
workers go through the files on
the opposite sex to see if suit
able candidate can be found.
If so, letters are written to each
to see if they would be interested
in a meeting. In the event of
affirmative responses, the asso-
citation arranges the first meet
ing at time and place suggested
by the girl.
Men registered include retired
generals, engineers, public Off
Gals, businessmen and plain Or
binary citizens. Among the women
are bank employees, teachers. gov
eminent workers and stenog-
raphers.
Most of the men are between
30 and 40, although Is are close
to so. College graduates total 624
among the men and 81 among
the women. Twenty men are
illiterate; none of the women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
By WILLIAM GLENN
Contributing Writer

TAIPEI.-The Peoples Republic
Of China (Communist) observes
its national day on Oct. l. And
the Republic of China National
ist) will have the 50th anniver-
sary Of its establishment in a 1911
revolution on october 10, usually
called Double Ten because it is
the 10th day Of the 10th month.
Under ordinary circumstances,
these days are mutually exclusive.
In Hong Kong, the police and their
auxiliaries patrol the streets block
by block to prevent violence. The
October riots of 1857 took in ex-
cess of 100 lives, although the
official reckoning was smaller.
But the Communists have an
nounced that this year, there will
be mainland observance of Oct.
10 as well as Oct. 1.
overly, the reason is the golden
anniversary Of the overthrow of
the Ching Dynasty of the
ManchuS.
Communists pretend, at least,
to respect for DR.. Sun Yat-sen, q
Honolulu-educated physician who
inspired anti-monarchial upriSings
in South China and finally, the
successful 1911 revolution that
began in Wuchang
But the Nationalist believe
Peiping has recognized Double Ten
only in hope Of appeasing the
FESTIVE masses of the mainland,
who are unquestionably hungry
and plagued with natural disasters
as we'll as the failures of the
Communist bureaucracy.
Communist Observance
Communism will observe October
! alone. The day supposedly marks
the establishment Of Red rule
throughout the mainland in 1949,
scarcely an occasion to win Ma
tionaliSt recognition.
Peiping has said that at least
for this year. there will be a rally
in the capital on Oct. 9 and
mainland-wide obServances the
following day.
On Formosa, the celebration
will be the biggest yet. and many
overseas Chinese are expected
from the United States, Hong
Kong and Southeast Asia. Golden
anniversary events will continue
through October 81, the 18TH
birthday Of President Chang Kai-
shek, who became the top Chinese
leader when Sun Yat-sen died
in 1925.
A military parade will demon
strate Nationalist fighting might,
which is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to
President Chiang-for recovery of
the mainland as well as for de-
Tense Of FormoSa, the Pescadores.
Quemoy and MatSu.
Oratory will resound from every
rostrum. and there will be no note
Of diScord. The speeches on re-
turning to the mainland will have
a new element of urgency brought
about by events at the United Ma
tons, plus the presumed despera-
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Support for Dollar in Emergencies
Principal opic at Vienna Meeting

example, spectators will think
twice about buying marks with
dollars as a gamble. when large
amounts of marks will be available
for dumping on the market
through the INF.
Convertible Currencies
Although the INF now has a
pool Of about $40 billion of gold
and convertible currencies, its
holdings of German, Italian and
other European money, now in
considerable demand for world
trade. are deemed insufficient
even for current needs. So. in addi-
ton to the standby arrangements
under discussion to prop the dollar
and the pound in emergencies,
the way has been cleared for
the INF to borrow shortly marks
and lire needed elsewhere.
The negotiation of the standby
arrangements under which the
INF will be able to borrow strong
currencies to help the dollar will
still take several months. Details
must still be perfected as to the
amounts involved, the interest
rate to be paid, the conditions Of
repayment by the INF to the
lending countries, the terms and
conditions under which the United
States and others in turn will be
able to borrow from the INF, and
the like. Several hard-currency
countries demand assurances.
Secretary Dillon in his pre-
pared speech told the INF
governors that the IMF's re-
sources must be decisively in
creased through the bilateral
standby arrangements; the money
must be promptly available - as
in the case Of run on the dollar;
that Tin Difference to French and
some other objections) there must
be adequate safeguards for the
lending countries; and that the
funds past lending standards
must not be weakened
With this step, he stated, the
monetary system Of the free world
will have been substantially
strengthened.
The United States balance of
International payments deficit
this year has been considerably
smaller than the crisis proportions
of the past three years. But there
is no assurance that other balance
of payments deficits of magnitude
won't have to be faced. With the
United States now running
budget deficit and envisaging huge
expenditures in coming years for
space and defense activities, OBJ
servers here think the dollar bears
watching.
DiIIon's Position
Secretary Dillon was we'll aware
of this opinion when he reiterated
here the administrations determi-
nation to balance the budget in
fiscal 1863. even if it means asking
the Congress to increase taxes.
Nonetheless, the plan for strength
ening the IMF's resources by
standby arrangements must be
viewed as but an interim measure.
There Is in some observers minds
here feeling that ultimately, per-
haps not too many years ahead,
the worlds stock Of monetary
gold will be insufficient and will
have to be supplemented or
stretched in some way.
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President JohnSon's recent visit
had its bad moments. His shak-
ing hands with Buddhist monks in
violation of custom caused some
raised eyebrows. No monk may
ever be touched and he must never
acknowledge a salutation.
Bangkok's main dissatisfaction
with the West is over the ineffec-
tive role of the Southeast Asia
Treaty Organization. The That's
charge the United States State
Department with vacillating too
often and intervening too little
whenever a dangerous situation"
such as in the neighboring Laos
or South Wet Nam-ariSeS. Thai
Foreign Minister Khoman told
the recent SEATO conference that
his country's faith in the alliance
was shaken 1t could not stay
long, he said. in state of "inse-
curity" surrounded by hostile
neighbors. In the strongest Ian
guage he could muster, a promi-
nent Thai official called SEATO
"a dead paper tiger"
SEATO was precluded from in
terfering in Laos by the terms
Of its charter. which said that
SEATO could act in Laos only
at the invitation of the legal
government and in the case of
armed invasion. All this seemed.
and still seems, to the That's mere
legal clubbing. If SEATO cannot
save Laos, they feel, then SEATO
may be of little use to them. They
still have to be convinced that
the position in the two countries
is quite different, since Thailand
is a SEATO member and Laos
only under its protective umbrella.
importance of Loos
Strategically. Laos points like
dagger into Thailand's vul-
nerable northeastern provinces.
This is the poorest area Of Thai
land and an obvious target for
Communist penetration, quite
apart from the fact that it has
long hisory of separatist move
ments. Events in Laos, therefore,
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Women's Rights

Women's rights are still what
men decree they should be in Free
China.
And the men are in favor Of
younger and prettier mattresses at
establishments that are variously
called tea houses. wine houses,
and grille restaurants.
Six lady members of the Taiwsn
Provincial Assembly were so
burned up that they walked out
on the proceedings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01
By HERBERT BRATTER
Contributing Writer

VIENNA.-The International
Monetary Fund, designed at Bret
ton Woods in 1914 and now COM
posed of 70 member nations, has
been holding its 10th annual meet
ing in this beautiful and historic
capital on the Blue Danube. The
chief topic of discussion among
the scores of finance ministers,
central bankers, legislators. COM
mercial bankers and others as
sembled here has been how,
through the INF. TO bring support
to the dollar in the foreign ex-
change markets during times of
emergency.
Memory is still fresh of the
United States balance of pay
ments and dollar crisis of October
l960-during the election cam
paign-when fear of the United
States determination or ability to
avoid initiation spread over the
world and the dollar went to a
large discount in the London gold
market. On that occasion millions
of privately owned dollars-both
American owned and foreign
owned-moved abroad en- masse.
their owners acquired in exchange
German marks, Swiss francs. Bri-
fish pounds; Italian lire, Japanese
yen and other currencies.
This outflow of capital oc-
casioned a severe burden on our
gold. Since the United States
monetary and banking system is
based on the TreaSury's gold re-
serves. the outflow threatened to
be deflationary in it's effects on the
United States economy; and the
Federal Reserve System, faced
with the need for an easy money
program as a business stimulant,
found itself handicapped by the
overburdened reserves.
Support Envisioned
Obviously, anything that inter-
feres with the United States do
nestle money and credit system
is of great Importance to all
Americans. The plan which has
been under discussion here and
which is to be perfected by early
next year Is an arrangement
whereby it will be possible quickly
to mobilize, through the INF,
large amounts of now "hard"
foreign currencies, such as those
mentioned above, and to support
the United States dollar, as we'll
as the pound sterling and other
key currencies, If any of them
should be threatened by a tenn
porary loss Of public confidence.
Had such an arrangement existed
last October, the more than So
billion exodus of hot money"
from the United States would have
been offset by the offering of
other currencies on the exchange
markets and there would have
been no effect on United States
reserves.
The plan, then, is for the INF
to negotiate bilateral agreements
with about a dozen countries, in
Guiding the United States, for
standby credits. For example.
Germany will enter into an agree
ment with the INF to lend the
latter a certain amount of
deutschmarks on demand, so
that the INF in turn may lend
them to the United States or
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month to man with a wife and
several children could only result
in some sort of corruption. be-
cause it is not possible to live on
such an amount.
Fourth was proposal for more
realistic regulations regarding ex-
penses. An example cited was that
of an employe receiving only 81
per diem for a field trip.
Fifth. said the controllers, those
guilty must be punished more Sc
verely.
Sixth, accounts must be audited
more strictly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01

ton of many people on the main
land.
Among some there is a growing
attitude of now defined as per-
hsps the next year of two-or
never.
What happened so years ago
was establishment of Asia's first
republican adventure in de-
mocracy for the worlds most
densely populated country.
The promise Of that moment
has not yet been lost, the Nation
alistS say. There is still hope of
a free and democratic China, pro-
vided the Communists are de-
feated.
But that is only half Of the
Nationalist argument. The other
half is that unless the Commu-
nistS are sent packing. an agrees
sive China will overun what is
left Of freedom in Asia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-01

in vice practice, sometimes may
break the code, off and on, and
accept a caSh-on-the-barrel deal,
In pace with the burgeoninR
tourism on the island, the grille
restaurants seem destined to play
a new role. Some of the girlies
are taking English lessons with q
flirting eye toward the world
tourists" >
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On Corruption

Nationalist China has taken
great pride in the government
cleanup that took place after
withdrawal from the mainland.