The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1962-11-30
The Submerged American

and curiosity among students and
steering them into even the exotic Ian
guages such as Telegu, Tamil and
Mongolian. Yet over half of our high
schools offer no foreign language.
Of the leading eighty-three world
languages, we are prepared in a de-
gree to teach some fifty. The rest
however are not known to US.
EMERGING SOCIETIES
REQUIRE HELP
This interchangeable transforma-
ton of primitive pastoral societies
to modern ones-is the hub of the
cold war. These underdeveloped ma
tons constitute the battle-ground. 1t is
there that the contest will be won or
lost. For that contest turns on the
political balance in the world.
To help these new nations lay the
foundations of free society requires
some money. But people and ideas
are even more important. Schweitzer
in Africa gives a measure of the
inspiration of one human in a be-
nighted area. Samuel Jordan, who
spent forty years in Iran teaching
English, brought more profound in
fluence to that ancient land in the
direction of free society than the
So billion we have poured in there
since World War II. We of the West
including Israel and India-must
MI 5,11x f1a Sah hn
dams by hundred thousand or even
more.
Has the American sense of adven-
ture, the American experimental atti-
tude been dulled by the affluent So
ciety? Will a people who practice dis
elimination at home be eager evangel-
lists of equality abroad? Are we suf-
ficiently tolerant to permit our peo-
pie and our aid to construct socialist
societies in other nations? Is free
now greatly transformed
in this country and only shadow
of it's original form, still such pow
erful symbol as to immobilize us from
work abroad?
Is the orthodoxy that has caused
the left to disappear at home and
that has resulted in a polarization
of political thought at the center
and to the right going to paralyze
us for revolutionary deeds abroad?
Can we make revolution" a re-
spectacle word or have we given
the Communists a monopoly on it?
These are soul-searching questions
concerning America that are as yet
There can be no doubt
hat the Cold War would be easily
won if we released abroad our tech
meal skills, our humanitarian i'm
pulses, and the idealism of the Dec
aration of Independent. Are we so
welded to orthodoxy and the ease of
he affluent society that we will lose
oy sheer default?
In the period of the Three King
IONS (221-277 ADJ there was
Chinese strategist by the name of
A'ung Ming. He was also prime
His rare capacities made
him a hero of the Chinese people.
lie made several military inventions
or military use, including a bow that
hot several arrows at once. In one
he had his fleet in excellent
They were awaiting the
enemy and could easily have won. AS
lie paced the bridge of the ship lead
ng the fleet he said, eve have every
hing in readiness. We are stronger
han the enemy. All we need now is
n east Wind ;
That is our predicament today. Will !
We too fail for lack of that east wind? {
If the mood of this day reflected !
he spirit of the Declaration of In {
dependence, the renaissance would
ave arrived. Then the ideas of equal
5y would energize us and result in {
n outpouring of talents for work t
verseas in villages where ignorance,
overly, and filth pile high. Then the {
lea of "the consent of the governed" {
7ould become a principle worthy of {
onor in the most backward nation. V
; would take fire at home and bring c
ito all phases of our foreign policy |
concern for people rather than for
over blocs and military bases. 7