JULY1960

A CRANE lowers a tray of meat taken from the hold of the "Clan McDougal," a refrigeratedship docked at Berth 26 of Kidderpore Dock in India. The meat was brought from Australia forthe Allied Forces. U. S. Army photograph.

2 Ex.eEI ROUNDUP

• See you in Cedar Rapids!

Please Report Change of Address Immediately!Direct All Correspondence to

ADMIRER crowd ar und JinxFalkenberg on her ,-j it to Kun-mingo Ph;to by Thoma Lynch.

C. E. Mower Dies• Former members of the71st Engineer Co., LightPontoon, which served onLedo Road in Burma, willbe sDrry to hear of thedeath of Clarence E. Mower,TechniC'iah 5th Grade. 'OfConcord, Mass., formerly 'OfBelmont, Mass. He diedvery suddenly.

OTTO H. REISS,Concord, Mass.

24th Station Hospital• As a Roundup subscrib.er since 1949 I have enjoyedevery copy. I was lo::a;:edin Jarhat, Assam, wit,h the24th Station Hospital dur-ing 1944 and 1945. Raundupis an excellent magazineand should be read by allCBI veterans. I Ihave readall the letters <to'the editorin these edit:ions but havefailed ta find 'One from af'Ormer member ''Ofthe 24thStation Haspital. I wonderif I'm the only former memobe.r 'of that unit who sub.scribes.

FRANCIS A. CROCKER,Quincy, Mass.

July, 1960

Laurens. Iowa

SUBSCRIPTION RATEForeign: $4.00 per Year

$7.00 Two Years

Ex-CBI Roundup

Letter FROM The Editors

P. O. Box 188

Vol. 14, NO.7

• Once agai:l it's time for Roundup's "summer vaca.tion." This is your last issue until October ... no issuesare pubHshed far either August or September. We hopeyou w'On't take a vacation from sending us 'letters andother material for publication, however, because we'vefound 11hat summer is a good time to build up asupply of copy and pictures for use in later issues.

• Cover picture shows two Chinese soldiers compar-ing lots at Mu-se, Burma. One (at left) is an American-trained and American-equipped soldier of the ChineseArmy in In'dia; the 'Other a member of the ChineseExpeditionary Force. U. S. Army photo.

• If you move during the summer months, be sure tonotify Roundup so y'Ou',Jilget all your copies 'On timewhen fall roEs around aga\in. Each year some 'Of 'Oursubscribers are "lost" because t1hey fail to let us knowwhen they mave. Don't be on the "missing subscribers"list!

• Iowa Basha. members have been putting in con-siderable time lining things up for the 13th AnnualCBIVA Reun\i'On, to be 'held August 3-6 at Cedar Rapids.Most of Roundup's contacts have been with Ray Alder.son of Dubuque, bash a adjutant and Nationall JuniorVice COl?mander-North, and we can assure you hisc?Ope:atlOn has been the best possible. We predict afIne tIme for all who attend 11hereunion.

Clarence R. Gordon & Neil L. Maurer Co. Editors----- CONTRIBUTING STAFF -----

Sydney L. Greenberg Photo EditorBoyd Sinclair Book Review Editor

SECOND CLASS MAIL PRIVILEGES AUTHORIZED at thePost Office at Laurens, Iowa, under act of March 3, 1879.

Ex-CBI ROUNDUP, established 1946, is a reminiscing magazinepublished monthly except AUGUST and SEPTEMBER at 117South Third Street, Laurens, Iowa, by and for former membersof U. S. Units stationed in the China-Burma-India Theater dur-ing World War II. Ex-CBI Roundup is the official publicationof the China-Burma-India Veterans Association.

$3.00 per Year$5.50 Two Years

JULY, 1960 3

To The Editors

WRECKAGE 'Of a P-51 inswamp just west 'Of Nanningairfield. The pilDt walked awayfrom plane after this 1945crash. Photo by W. R. Sec-combe.

Looking for Burns• Wauld llike t'O make anappeal far the whereabautsof "Red" Burns, wha waswith me in the 10 WX Sq. atBelvedere. He came fromMontana, I believe.

WM. S. JOHNSON,Indianapalis, Ind.

Received All Copies• Pie a sea c c e p t myllhanks and appreciationfar the ''Outstanding job youd'O in publishing the mostread magazJine coming ta'Our home. I have receivedaU o:pies from the begin-ning.

C. L. BURCHETTE, Jr.Winstan-Sa'lem, N. C.

Friendly Recollections• Like Jahn M. Wellswhase letter appears anpage 3 ''Of your May issue,I have alsa enjayed read-ing "It Seems Like OnlyYesterday" by Col. EarlOollum. I have very friend-'ly rec[)llectians ''Of EarlOallum when he was pra-vast marshal 'Of Inter-mediate Seotian, CBI, as Imet him an numeraus 'in-spectian trips. Ta furtheradd ta the reminiscenceswe much enjoy 'Of the CBI

and alsa sent parties inta I wauld like you ta kna~the surraunding hills far t1hat recently I had a visitthe rema'ins of thase people in New Yark fram Lauwha lest t1heir lives in Cranwell wha was uheplane cra'shes. In the caurse 'Owner 'Of the B & A Club in'Of this wark I went inta the Calcutta. I am sure thatGara Hills, ,the Naga Hills,. many of' yaur readers willtihe Sadiya Frantier Tract, recall him and his nigihtthe Balipara Unadminister- club and the slat machines.ed Area, the Mishmi Hills He is now a big 'Oil-wallahand the Abor Hins. The in western Canada.warkaf Stackstad and JOHN J. GUSSAK,Laach and tlhe men wha New York, N. Y.served under them is wellappreciated by us and weboth ran inta the samegeneral types 'Of hardshlip.This letter is written 'Onlyta keep the recard straight

I wouldn't want Stack-stad, or those wha read himta think tihat when he leftIndia, the work stapped. Itdid nat.

JOHN J. GUSSAK,New York, N. Y.

Graves Registration• With respect ta tlheletter 'Of Arnald J. Stock.stad an page 17 (May 1960)cancerning "Graves Regis-tratian," I note that he 'saysthat he commanded the lastactive graves registratiansectian in India. T1his isnot quite sa. I believe ,thathe refers to, Laaeh's unitwhich did same 'Of thiswark during t!he clasingdays 'Of the India-BurmaTheater. The IBT was in-activated May 31, 1946. Anew unit, cammanded byE. F. Stanfard-B 1u n den,QMC, was 'Organized inAugust 1946 and was estab-lished at Dakhuria, 'on thesaut!hern perimete.r 'Of Cal-cutta. This unit was calledAmerican Graves Registra-tkn Service (AGRS) andcavered India, Bur.ma andather areas ''Of SautheastAsia wherever GI's areburied. I served in ColBlunden's unit as a maja~and my assignment wasAssam and the surraundinghills. l1his unit was de.signated as Search and Re-cavery and in the caurse of'Our wark, we taok care 'Ofthe cemeteries in Assam

REVIEWING the 'Official inaugural CDnVDY from the India-Burma Theater 'On its arrival in Kunming, China, 'On Feb. 4,1~45, were GDvernDr Lung Yun 'Of Yunnan and Maj. Gen.Gl1bert X. Cheves, SOS commander. U. S. Army phDtD fromCharles Cunningham, M. D.

4 EX-CBI ROUNDUP

________________________ To The Editors

HOOGHL Y RIVER scene at Calcutta on usual hot, muggyday. Note heavy monsoon clouds forming overhead. Photo byJoel H. Springer, Jr.

Dhobi Walla,h Basha• 'Dhe D hob i W a I I a hBasha intends to conduct adinner meeting in Portland,Ore., on Saturday, Sept. 10,a week prior to tOur Seattlemeeting, for tlhe purpose ofestablishing a basha for ,tihestate of Oregon. If anyCBlers from that state areinterested in attending,tlhey could write me f?r t~etime and place, whIch ISyet :to be determined.

LEE BAKKER,621-12th Ave. N.SeatNe 2, Wash.

St. Louis Basha• On the 17th of June, tothe delight of members,families and friends, theannual barbecue of the St.Louis Basha was held atthe summer home of Lor-aine Murray. Loraine andCliff Davis acted as Ihostand hostess. Plans werefinalized for the bash a'sannual family picnic andswimming outing to beheld July 17. This is also amajor event whidh we lookforward to with great ex.pectancy. The youngstersespecially look forward to

the treasure hunt and grabbag, as well as goodies andswimming. For the adultstG1ere is always, in additiionto good fellowship andgood food, draining of sudsfrom ithe barrel and shuf-fling 'Of pasteboards. Allindicatkms point to largerepresentation from the St.Louis Basha at the reunionin Cedar Rapids.

KEN BUTCHER,CommanderSt. Louis Basha

Ships to CBI• How about publishingpictures of the slhips thatcarried us to CBI.land? Iwent over on the West Pointand returned on the Gen.Brooke. Although I haveseen pictures of tlhe WestPoint (S. S. America) I havenever been able to get anypicture of the Gen. Brooke.I do think there are manyof the boys who wouldappreciate seeing sucih pic-tures. Keep up the goodwork-I hope Roundup can.tinues for many years tocome. ,

DONALD W. NASS,Southbridge, Mass.

If any of our readers havegood photos of the Jhipsthat carried them to andfrom CBI, we'd be glad topublish some of these pic-tures.-Eds.

First Sergea,t• Having been a sub.,scriber of Ex-CEI R~,undupfor about 10 years, I don'twant to stop nOW. En~losedfind cihecJ, fo:' another twoyear. Went overseas as firstse"f'Yeant of 715th Ord :lanceA,;;;: m u n i tion Renovatio:1Co., serving 'in Raidang,Nagagihuli, Moran andChabua, Assam, India.Spent 35 days on the Gen-eral Greely frem Wilming-ton Calif., to Calcn:'ta,Inct'ia, and the return tripon the USS General Hasefrom Calcutta to San Fran-cisco. 'Phe return trip Itook27 days. Boy! What trips!

ROBERT B. ALLISON,Los Angeles, Calif.

JULY, 1960

CHINESE ARMY on the move near Kunmin. In 194.1. Photoby Thomas Lynch.

5

Outline of Our Country's Position

American Role in Far EastBy]. GRAHAM PARSONS

u. S. Assista":1t Secret~ry of State

The following text was taken from anaddress by the Honorable f. Graham Par-sons, Assistant Secretary of State for FarEastern Affairs, before the If/isconsill BarAssociation ill Milwaukee, IJViscollsin 011

February 19, 1960.

The problems I deal with Ihav-e to dowith the Far East. It is a misnomer,however, for us in North America to speak'Of the Far East. We Americans, who-b'Order on two great 'Oceans, should moreproperly speak of the Far East as 'theNear West. Actually in the shrinkingworld 'Of t'Oday, it is near. You can boa:dan airliner hereabCluts and be in Tokyoin 20 hours 'Or sa.

Apart from being 1800 'Off course, thereis another strike against 'dhe term "FarEast." It is a European term and it 'fe.minds Asians 'of the calanial past. Thatera is gone. Of the eleven Asian coun.tries with which 'our Bureau in the De.partment deals, eigiht are newly inde-pendent, whHe for the three wh'O weresavereign beforeWarld War II-China,Japan and Thailand-the circumstancesare also vastly different from pre-wardays. The free peaples of Asia are deter.mined to eliminate l1he remnants ofcalanialism which is still a recent, un-happy memary and a sensitive subject.They may not express t'O us an aversi.anto the term "Far East" but I mentionthis as a reminder l1hat the new andpramising relatianShip we have withthese Asian peaples requires a cantinu-ing sensi'1:ive adjustment on all fr'Onts-political, ecanomic, sacial and psych'OI'O-gical.THE COMMUNIST THREAT

It is an unfartunate fact that the freecountries 'Of ksia have been barn--orreincarnated-at a t'ime 'Of crisis in thehistary of mankind. National:ism, that isto say, the aspiration of peaples ta bethemselves, is threatened by its antith-esis, international Cammunism. Thethreat is campaunded, of caurse, by theCammunist propaganda pretense of beingthe friend and benefact'Or of natianalismand the foe 'Of "'colanialism and imperial.ism." And yet in l1he post. war periad itis the Cammunists wha have 'taken 'Over12 countries and the farmer colonialpowers wha naw have s'Overeign equal

6

relations with 33 countries, former de.pendencies.

Like aliI new things, tU'lese new coun-tries were weak at birth. When 'Our 'Owncountry adopted its Cons1:!i'lution in 1789,it was no excepticn. We are all familiarwith the difficulties our founding fathersfaced in knitting together a united nationfrom thirteen individual cJ.Jon1ies. But wewere protected by 'Oceans and distanceand had plenty of time at our disposal.

In contrast, a glance at a map willshew us that the free countries 'of Eastand Southeast Asia are all islands orpeninsulas disper,sed around the 'centralland mass 'Of Communist China whoseaim is ta dominate and cammunize 'them.Thlis is the 'fateful central fact with whichour palicy toward the regian must dea!l.It explains why 'Our China p'Olicy is in-timately bound up with their p'Oliticaland economic futures and with tlhe rightof the peaples ''Of this vast region to workGut the'ir destinies in freedom.

I have said that many 'Of the new coun.tries were weak at birth. Between tlhemand Communist China there is an obviousimbalance 'Of pawer' which, if not reodressed, renders their prospects pre-carious. This is a matter 'Of great signif.icance far the United States, and it ledus to tlhe canvlicti'On that our fillSt taskin the regi'On is to assist the survival ofthese c3untries. That is why there is em-phasis on military aspects in 'Our aidpragrams and pasture in the area. secur.ity is the basic essential. First, as anecessary deterrent to Commun1ist at.tacks, we maintain bases and sea pawerin the region fr'Om which 'Our strengthmay be quickly prajected to meet avariety 'of situations. Also t'O prom atesecurity we render assistance to localforces through 'Our Military AssistancePr'Ogram so that these countries mayincreasingly guard against subversianwitlhin and interference fram withaut. Inaddition we have co-ncluded bilatera,lmutual defense treaties with same 'Ofthese countries, including Japan, Kmea,the Philippines and the Republic 'OfChina. Finally, just as we and 'Othersjoined NATO ta provide c'Ollective securityin t1he AtlanVic area, so have we joinedwith seven other coun'tries to form theSouth East Asia Treaty Organizati'On.

It is sometimes argued that our p'Olicyis thus provocative to Communist China.Actually, the exact reverse is true. Our

EX-CBI ROUNDUP

--------------------_.American Role in Far Eastcallective security structure was devel-oped 'Only after unprov:o.ked Cammunistaggressian against K'area. Our MutualDefense Treaty with the Republic ofChina was drawn up anly aifter Co.mmu-nist China's attacks an Quemay in 1954.SEATO came inta being anly after thefall af Dien Bien Phu, when Communistar.mies were threatening to' 'overrun allaf SautJheast Asia.

Gaing even further back, we wereaware af the Chinese Communist hostilitytaward aurselves and tJhe fr,ee natians 'OfAsia even before the Peiping regimecame to' pawer in 1949. FO'r example, anarticle written 'an Navember 1, 1948 byLiu Shaa-ohi, Cammunist China's Chief'OfState and second most pawerful Ileaderafter MaO' Tse-tung, declared that thewarld was divided into two, mutuallyantagan'istic camps-the sa-called "anti-imperialist" camp headed by the SavietUnian and cantaining the so-called"peap,les demacracies" af Eurape andAsia, and the "Lmperialist" camp madeup of Dhe United States and its "stooges."Declaring that these twa camps were in"intense canflict" and that neutralitywas impassible, he called on the sa-called "peaples demacratic farces" in aUcauntries to' unite with the Saviet Unianin 'Order to' "defeat the American imperi-alist plans for warld enslavement." Thisstatement reveals clearly nat only thatCommunist China was 'implacably hastileto 'our friends and alliies, 'but that thePeiping regime wanted us out 'af thewestern Padficarea so '1:hat our presencewauld not block its plans far future ex-pansion.

There has been nO' change in Cammu-nist China's views. During the TaiwanStrait crisis of 1958, Mao 'J1se-tung saidto' a Cammunist news carrespondent thatlit was the task of the people 'Ofthe world,and particularly the peoples of Asia,Africa, and Latin America, to put an endto' What he called "the aggression andoppressian perpetrated by imperialism,namely the United States imperialism."Repeatedly Peiping radio called upon usta leave the Western Pacific.

Despite langstanding Chinese Cammu-nist hostility '1:oward us, We did not auto-matically adapt a similar policy of.hostility toward them. When they cameto' power and in an attempt to sound autPeiping's intentians taward us, we leftour diplamatic and consular representa-tives an the China mainland until theywere driven 'Out by deliberate ChineseCammunist persecutian. On January 5,1950 President Truman made it clear ina public statement regarding Formasathat the United States wauld nat Use ~ts

JULY, 1960

armed farces to' interfere in the situ at ianand would "not provide military a'id oradvice to' Chinese Farces on Formasa."In a press conference on the same daythe Secretary 'Of State said: "We are notgoing to get invalved militarily in anywayan the Island af Formasa." It wasnat until after tlhe Cammunists begantheir aggressi'On in K'Ofea in June 1950that President Tru.man sent the SeventhFleet into the Taiwan Strait area to' pra-tect the flank af Vhe United Natians farces.Military aid to' the Republic of Ohina anTaiwan was begun anly after the ChineseCommunists' interventian in Korea.

This, then, is the origin af the so-caNedmilitary preoccupatian 'Ofthe U. S. in Eastand Southeast Asia. Out af the fires afCammunist aggressian in Korea and else-where we have farged a pratective shieldfar aurselves and far our free Asian neigh-bors. It has served them-and us-well'!Jhese past five years. We cannot affardto' put it dawn untlil the threat to' freedomabates.IMPROVING THE L:IFE OFTHE PEOPLES OF THE REGION

While our first task is 'cantributing to'the survival af these new countries, theirpeoples, like peaple everywhere, demandmare t1han survival. After ages af rela-tively static, albeit Ihighly develaped,societies, they now have new horizansand they aspire to' a better material,cultural and spiritual life. As they suc-ceed in this objective, bath with our !helpand that 'Of 'others similarly mativated,So' will they consalida'te the faundatiansdf their national existence. 'Ilheref'O're, asour second maj'Of 'Objective, We seek topromote self-sustaining economies to' en-able the free countries 'to achieve therate of progress they desire withautsacrificing human values as dO' the Com-munists. To l1he extent 'that we succeedin helping to prnmate the healthy growth'Of these new countries, the objectives ofthe internatianal Communists becomemore difficult to attain.

'Ilhe Chinese Cammunists recognize hisand seek to pre\-ent stabilizatian. I isfor this reason tha all along 'he'r borderstruculence, aggre "h-e. e_' a con antmilitary, econamic, po,i'-ca a"": 'ychol-ogical pressures. are - e -r r e 'Of heday-as far in-tance, - e' in ac ianin the Taiwan S rai' - - ei .upportfor the Communi- a-a -" Laos in1959, their poli ieal ar. mic pres-sures against Japa -n 1. - a: d 1959.and their incursia - e ndianborder in 1959. Thi a ChineseCommunist beha\"ia~. \ c e),:periencehas taught us to expec regard 'Of any

propaganda from Peiping abau "peaceful

7

American Role in Far East _

ca-existence" and the "Bandung Spirit"and regardless 'Of successive zigs andzags in their tactics of the mc,me!1t. .

A by.praduct 'Of such C?mmumst Ohl.nese activities is a grawmg awarenessamang Asian peaples 'Of Oammu.nl~stChina's ,mativatians. Out 'Of these dLSII-lusianing C'Ommunist ,acts and 'Our CJn.trasting po'sitive assi'stance has come abetter understanding 'Of 'Our 'Own mativa.tians, 'Of 'Our wililingness and abiliity talive up ta 'Our abligatians, and 'Of thecontribution U. S. pawer makes ta thesecurity of each Asian natian threatenedwitlh C'Ommunist aggressian. The well-knawn news carrespandent, Ernest Lind.ley, recently wrate fallawing a tauI' 'Offree Asia that a pranJunced trend isdevel'Opling there taward a mare rea'listicappreciatian far and understanding 'Ofthe United States and its rale in deter-ring C'Ommunist aggressi'On. If such atrend ,has devel'Oped, it cauld nat havehappened with'Out tilie stimulus 'Ofpaliciesand actians which we have 'initiated inthe last decade.WHAT OF THE FUTURE?

Yau may agree that "so far Sa gaad,"but point 'Out that no real salutions 'Of'Our pl"oblems are in siglht. OammunistChina exists and is grawing stranger.We cannat affard t'O ignare, 'Or turn 'Ourbacks 'On 600,000,000 Chinese. Y'Ou ,maysuggest we must therefare have a newpolicy.

Let us take a IOJ,k at that prapasitian.F1irst 'Of all I think that 'One ''Of our betterqualities as Americans is the restlessdriving urge we 'seem ta Ihave far findingsamething better. On the other hand,when we are faced with a particularlystubbarn problem, we must not let thisurge lead us ta advacate -change just {J'rthe sake 'Of change in the wishful h'Opethat all will turn 'Out f'Or the best. Narshauld we turn ta a new palicy 'On themere assumpti'On that since the prablemis still with us, the 'Old po'licy must beineffective. Befare a graup 'Of lawyerssuch as this, I da nat need ta labar thatpoint. However, ,having made it, rr wauldlike t'O ga 'On and say that we would bederelict in 'Our resp'Onsibility if we didnat welcame cans~Tuctive thinking framwhatever quarter, did nat search for newand pramising ideas, did nat keep 'Ourminds oopen, ready ta agree when samenew policy 'Or caurse 'Of action wasdemanstrably better adapted ta serve thebraad national interest. It is in that spiritthat we try ta approach this very vitalproblem 'Of China palky.A NEW CHINA POLICY?

During the last few manths there havebeen a number 'Ofwidely-publicized pra.

8

pasals fro.m vari'Ous saurces f'Or a n.ewChina parliicy. Here with yau I wauld lIket'O take a laak at 'One or twa which, areb'Oth carefully prepared and which repre.sent a va:iant 'Of an aften-prcposed salu-Han knawn as the "twa Chinas" palicy.

The pl"Jpanents 'Of the "twa Ohinas"mlution argue samewhat as f'Ollaws:

"U. S. China palicy has as its primary'Objective the cantainmentof Cammu-nist China by isalating 'it fram 'the rest'Of the wopld. Such a p:>licy, they say,is unr,ealistic in that it igncres Cam-munist China's rapid gr'Owth inta astrong ecanomic and political farce inAsia which cannat far lang be heldback by anything we do fram assum-ina an impartant internati'Onal Tale; itcu"ts 'Off all cantacts between t'he 600,-000,000 peaple 'On the China mainlan.dand the peaple 'Of the United States; Itprecludes any chance 'Of arriving at amadus vivendi with Cammunist Chinain Which majar 'issues separating C'Om-munist China and the United Statesmay be settled by neg:)tiation; and it isunpapular with 'Our friends and allies.They canclude that the United Statesshauld abandan t'his palicy, which, intheir apinian, by its inflexibility 'Onlydrives the Chinese Communists closerinta the armscif the Soviet Union, andshauld explare mar? dynamic alter-natives aimed at t'he establishment 'Ofa basis far negatiating at least some 'Of'Our difficulties with the Peiping regime.In the meantime, since 'Our suppart farTaiwan is 'One 'Of the majar saurces 'Oftensian between Peiping and 'Ourselves,the critics suggest that we shauld seekta create a situation in Which we canmaintain 'Our cammitments 'to,wardTaiwan as Taiwan, nat as the repre-senta'iveaf China, and in which Cam.munist China can be accepted by usas the spakesman 'Of the peaple cn tiheChina mainland."I wauld like naw ta discuss this line

'Of argument, point by po,int. First, weda nat lignare C'Ommunist China's gl'Owthint'O a 'strang ecanomic and palitical farce;as a matter 'Of prudence we must acceptthis fact and our policy seeks t'O dealwitlh it. Indeed, it is imperative that allAmericans understand that in this newd,ecade of the 60's Communist China maywell grow yet stronger and the threat itposes ta its neiehbors may became stillmare dangeraus. Faced with this pwspect'Our p'Olicy must continue t:) promote 'thedevelapment and strengthening 'Of thefree cauntries.

Parenthetically, let me nate ,here thatthe dracanian measures adapted by tlhePeiping regime t'Ospeed its industrializa-

EX-CBI ROUNDUP

---------------------American RoleinFarEast

ti'On campaign have unquestionably basis. While under our laws tlhe reciprocalcaused widespread resentment among the admission of an equal number of ChineseChinese people, especially in the country. coriespondents cannot be guaranteed inside where most of the population dwells. advance, we have made it clear that theAlthough the regime appears to be firmly Secretary of State would be prepared toentrenched, the possibility cannot be ask the Attorney General for waivers inruled out that the pentup animosities 'of individuall cases. No Chinese Communistthe people, especially if they should in. corr.espondent has applied for entry 'intofect the armed forces, miglht bring about taJe U. S., and with 'One exception, nothe violent destructlion of the regime from U. S. correspondent with a validated pass-within. We have seen before that police port has been granted permission by thestates can be brittle, hard without, but" Chinese Communists to enter mainlandrotting within. However, the point is that China. It is clear that the whole issue wasour China policy is not grounded in an a typical Communist propaganda 'hoaxexpectation of 'collapse. It would be fQllly and that the Peiping regime was not andto base our policy on such calculations. is not really interested in an exchange of

But simply because we cannot prevent journalists with us. This, of course, isCommun'ist China from increasing its but one of many indicati'Ons that thepower in absolute terms does not mean Chinese Communists do not relish 'objec-that we should therefore abandon a tive inquiry nor do they want contactspolicy which seeks t'Ooffset such growth; except on their terms.far 'less should we adopt measures which The charge that 'our China policy pre-might abet it. So lang as Peiping is cludes any chance 01£ arriving at a modusdedicated to using its growing strength Vlivendi witlh Communist China on majorfor aggressive purposes, we must adhere issues through negotiation again turnsto measures designed to cope witlh that matters upside down. We have negotiatedstrength. or attempted to negotiate with the Chi.

To saddle our policy with the respon- nese Communists ever since 1953---'Orsii)ility for cutting off contact between since 1951 if you include the protractedthe people of mainland China and the Kore?-n armistice negotiations at Pan-people of the U. S. is simply to ignore munJom. We have 'had since 1955, 95tlhe record. I have already recaI<Ied that. _ meetings in Geneva and Warsaw at thethe U. S. retained its Embassy and Ambassadorial level. Our experience withprincipal consular establishments 'On the these negotiations has demonstrated thatmainland following the imposition of the only modus vivendi that could beCommunist rule but that after some worked out witlh 'the Chinese Oommunistsmonths we were compelled to with. would be one based 'On surrender to theirdraw them. At the same time many t~rms. These terms, when defined in theirhundreds of prlivate American citizens slmpilest form, are that the U. S. get outwho had remained On the China main. of the west Pacific and leave the coun-land after tJhe Communist takeover also tries of East and Southeast Asia to copefound 'themselves systematically harried with Peiping as best they can, 'separatelyuntil they left, and American-supported ?-nd alone. Considering the vast disparityinstitutions were liquidated or taken over I~ pow,:r and resources between. Commu-by the Communists. Several dozen Amer. mst Chma and the other countrIes of theican citizens were imprisoned and many region, such a retreat from responsibilityotheI1s were subjected to other harass- on 1:Ihepart of the United States wouldments. In short, the Pe'iping regime from be fatal. Yet ,this, in essence, is whatits inception pursued a deliberate policy ~eiping offeI1s us as a basis 'for neg) ia-of obliterating conta'cts between the tlOn.America.n and Chinese people which had I will nat deny that our China policy-been bUIlt up over a century. By the fall at least some fundamental aspec s of itof 1950 we were engaged in bloody com. such as our opposition to sea i g hebat with so.called volunteer Chinese Peiping regime in the United _'a,'ons-Communist forces 'in Korea. Under these has been unpopular in some cou . 'es.circumstances it was the duty of your I do deny that differing \'ie\\'_ 0 ChinaS.t~te Department to prohibit American policy, for example with India. a'e beencItIzens to travel in Communist China a significant stumbling bloc!' r rela-where they could obviously enjoy no ti~ms with such cou,'es Of muchsemblance 'Of,protection. greater importance is e 'ac . a coun,

In the summer 'Of 1957 the Department tries in East and '0 eas', s'a. whoannounced that it would validate pass- have felt and continue o;ee . rea enedports for travel to Communist China for by Chinese CommunL- 'e do not aska substantial group of journalists. This Us to change our cy. 'ac. anymove was made on an experimental hint or rumor ha we migh re rea from

JULY, 1960 9

American Role in Far East _

i i- a source of profound disquiet tosuch countries. It is isignificant, further-more, that in the area with which myBureau deals 10 of the 13 c()untries donot recognize C'Ommunist China. Onlyone has reorganized tlhat regoi.me since1950. On the other hand, as I havealready noted, understanding and appre-ciation of our China palicy has greatlyincreased in the area, particularly in tlhepast year and a half, as a result 'Of thegrowing awareness among its govern-ments and peoples of the tlhreat posed byChinese Cammunist pOlUcy.

The claim that tlhe Government of theRepublic 'Of China cannot adequatelyrepresent 600,000,000 people on the main-land ,from whom 'it has been almOSTtotally cut off for nearly ten years is aplausible one. On the other hand, theChinese Communist regime took powerby farce of arms and maintains itself bythe highly develaped and ruthlesslyapplied techniques 'Of a police state. Itis tihe Republic 'Of China which adherestu the traditional vaJlues and culture ofthe gifted Chlinese people and even todayI venture to say that it is ,more represen-tative 'Of the feelings and thoughts ofthe mass of the people than is the regimein Peiping. Indeed the very bitternesswith which Peiping assails Taipei isevidence of the valUe of an alternate andtruly Chinese focus of loyalty to Chineseeverywhere, on the ,mainland, in South-east Asia and overseas. It so happensthat only three days ago in his messageon the Mutual Security Pragram thePresident referred t:> the vigorous andskilled population on Taiwan whichthraugh econami'c refarm and develop-ment has achieved a standard 'Of livingin Asia secand 'Only ta that of Japan.Under its leadership, which is derivedfrom all parts 'Of the country, the Re-public of China has tlhe potential, as thePresident noted, for a pace and degree'Of development in excess of that undertotalitarian methads.

I would like next ta deal briefly withthe proposit'ion 'that U. S. policy hasdriven the Ohinese Cammunist regimeinta the arms of the Saviet Unian. Againthe record refutes the charge. Long beforeour present China policy was evolved, theChinese Communists lined themselves ups:>lidly with the Soviet Union. This rela-tionship was formally established by analliance between Peiping and Moscowcancluded in February 1950. At that timewe were still maintaining consularestablishments on the mainlan'd and Ihadpublicly declared a hands-afif policy withregard ta Fonmosa. We had na prohibi-

10

tbn against travel and no embargo ontrade.

The Sina-SoVliet alliance was a logicaland inevitable consequence of a palicyoften proclaimed even befare the Com-munists came ta power. Mao Tse-tung (aswell as Liu Shao-Chi) .had declared thatthe world was divided int'o two camps,socialist and imperialist, and that Chinawauld join the social'ist camp headed bythe Soviet Union. This fundamental

-decision of foreign policy, which I repeatlang antedates the current China palicy'Of the U. S., springs fram Mao's deep-rooted Marxist-Leninist convictians. TheChinese Cammunist party was 'Organizedin 1921 with a Camintern agent namedMaring playing a leading rale. As la1:eas 1927 directives ta the Chinese Cammu-nist party emanated fram tlhe SavietLegatian in Peking before it was closedby the Chinese authori'ties. The party hasever acknowledged Moscow as the headof the sociallist camp, it has ever opposedwhat it calls imperialism and it deniesflatly that a 'third 'or neutral road exists.

It is true that recently we have seensome signs 'Of differences between MaoTse-tung and Khrushchev over interpre-tatbns of Communist doctrine and for-eign policy tactics. Yet there has neverbeen any convincing evidence tlhat Maohas con;;jdered any 'other course thanthat of solid alignment with the SovietUnion which each partner believes to beof great political, military and economicadvantage for rhis own purpose. In recentyears, especially since the first Sovietsputnik in 1957, Mao has talked not justabaut inevitable Communist victory buthas declared that the Communists areeven now winning, or t'O use his lan-guage, "the Eas~ wind is p~evailing overthe West wind." Maa's canfidence thattihe tide of Communist victory is nowrushing in cannot be reconci'led with anyexpectation that he is prepared to aban-don a palicy iQ,falignment with Moscowif an acceptable madus vivendi 'could beworked out between Communist Chinaand the U. S. Any U. S. effort to this endwould inevitably be regarde'd as evidence'Of weakness and would be exploited tothe utmost.

l1his brings me t'O the final argumentadvanced by these cJiitics of our Chinapalicy, namely, that we should create asituation in which we can maintain ourcommitments to Taiwan as Taiwan, andaccept Peiping as the spokesman formainland China. Offhand many peoplefind tlhis idea attractive, because itappea-rs to reflect the situatian as itactually exists, with the territory 'OfChina for 10 years now divided between

EX-CBI ROUNDUP

_____________________ American Role in Far East

twa hostile graups. They therefare sug.gest the best way 'Out 'Of the dilemma,and t1he danger, pased by this situatianis ta work aut an agreement whichf'Ormalizes and accepts the status quounder apprapriate guarantees. A basicweakness 'Of this suggestion is that thetwa-Ch'ina cancept in any way, shape orform is t'Otally unacceptable bath ta t1heRepublic 'Of China and the Chinese Cam-munist regime. It is in fact the 'One issue'On which they agree. Ironically, 'One 'OfPeiping's principal prapaganda themes isthat the United States is attempting taIimp'Ose just such a salution. The ChineseCammunists have made it repeatedlyclear in every c'Onceivable way that theywill have nathing t'O da with such aprapasal; yet it is canstantly put f'Orwardby critics 'Of'Our China policy as though itwere a practical baSis far negatia tianwith the Peiping regime. Ta prapose asa seriaus basis far negatiatian with Peip-ing a cancept which it has repeatedlyand vitrialically rejected and ta' which'Our a,lly, the RepubHc 'OfCh'ina, is bitterly'Opposed, is merely t'O expose 'Ourselves t'Oridicule by the Cammunists and ta mis-trust by 'Our ally. We shauld also st<oopta cansider the principle invalved. Despitethe disparity 'Of its camponents, China isa divided country just a,s is Vietnam andKarea. Da we wiSh ta advacate a similar'SQilutian repugnant ta these aBies taa?

What we have dane, and are daing,with regard t'Othe Taiwan Strait prablem,recagnizing its inherent dangers, is tacancentrate an mitigat1ing them. Ta thisend we have made it clear ta Peiping wewill nat talerate t1he salutian 'Of theprablem by farce. When Peiping ,forced acrisis in late August 1958 in 'the TaiwanStrait, it saw that we were firm and itleft 'Off further prabing. At the same timein the Warsaw negatiatians, we havecalled upan the Chinese Cammunists t'Ocease fire, to' renaunce farce, and 1''0 seek apeaceful 'S'Olutian. On tlhe 'Other han'd, bymeans 'Of the Jaint Communique issuedby President Chiang and the late Secre-tary Jahn Faster Dulles an Octaber 23,1958 the Republic 'OfChina made it clearthat it wauld pursue its palicies in thearea primarily bypalitical rather thanmilitary :means.CONCLUSION

This brings me to my canclusian inregard t'O China and the Far East ('OrNear West). It has twa parts.

First, I share the canclusian 'Of theRackefeller Brothers Fund repart an U. S.fareign palicy: "taward mainland Oh'inathe alternatives 'Of pDlicy are, far theshart-run, laeking in creative passibi:!-ities."

JULY, 1960

Secand, I am canvinced that 'Our Chinapalicy is nat a thing which can be dealtwith ,in isolatian because it is intimatelyrelated t'O t1he future 'Of the whale area.Viewed in this light it has demanstratedvery real creative p(}ssibilities. Under thepolicy which we have fallawed, there hasbeen survival, cansalidatian and grawt1hin the free cauntries 'Of Asia, includingthe Republic 'OfChina. Cammunist aggres-sian in Karea and Indachina has natagain been attempted. Communist ter-rarists na langer run riat in Burma,Malaya, Indanesia and the Philippines.Cammunist prabes in the Taiwan Straitand Laas were damped dawn. This 'haspermitted the wark 'Of 'creati'On ta ga 'Onin t1he new countries and the w'Ork 'Ofsaund re-creatian ta ga an in Japan. Ourpalicy and presence ha's redressed thebalance in this great area in the criticaland turbulent decade 'Of the 1950's. We,must take care naw nat ta unsettle tlhebalance by 'Other alternatives ofp'OlicywhiCh cauld under present circumstanceshave 'Only disastraus passibiilities far theca use 'Of freedam.

Finally, under the present alternative'Of p:>licy, there are further and greatcreative possibilities far all 'Of these freecauntries if, in 'Our relatians witlh them,we cantinue alsa 'Our palicies 'Of callec-tive security, 'Of mutual assistance, ofwarm and sensitive appreciatian of theiraspiratians and their problems, and 'Ofsympathetic understanding 'Of their views'Of us. To believe less---'ta believe that apalicy which has helped sa much ta takethem and us this far will nat take usfurther~is almast ta 'deny ,faith in thecapacity 'Of free peoples ta build their'Own lives under a free system. Hawever,a great resp'Onsibility still rests upan ust'O endure, t'O be strang, ta be patient andta devate the resaurces required to meetthis crucial and persistent challenge. Iam sure that 'Our c'Ountry which has danesa much will nat falter. -THE E."D

Tell Your Friends

About

Ex-eBI Roundup

11

13th Annual CBI Family Reunion

Cedar Rapids o '601Plans are now complete for the 131Jh

Annual CBI Reunion to be held at CedarRapids, Iowa, and reservations for theevent are rolling in at Hotel Roosevelt,the convention hotel.

A lfull schedule of fun and enterta'in-ment has been arranged fer CBI veteransand their families who attend, startingwith the big welcome cocktail partyWednesday evening, August 3, and run-ning through the Commander's Banquetand Dance Saturday night, August 6.

Following is a schedule of events, allof which will take place on the GrandHall floor of Hotel Roosevelt unless other-wise noted:

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31 p.m. to 5 p.m.-Advance registration.9 p.m.-Welcome cocktail party, hosted

by the Carl F. Moenshel Basha 10.£ Iowa.Entertainment by Amana Young Men'sBureau Ohorus, featur'ing barbershopquartets and German songs.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 49 a.m.-Registration.10 a.m.-opening business session for

CBIVA members. Invocation, singing of

HOTEL ROOSEVELT in Cedar Rapids, Iowa,where the 1960 CBI reunion will be held.

12

"God Bless America," color guard, weI.come address by Mayor of Cedar Rapids,introduction 'Of national 'Officers, minutesof 12th reunion, Jiinancial report and ap-pointment of committees.

12 noon-Buses leave Hotel Rooseveltfor world.famous Amana Colonies.

1 p.m.-Smorgasbord picnic at Amanaball park (to be held in club house incase of rain).

2 p.m.-Tour through the A.manaColonies, including stops at the woolenmills, furniture factory, meat market,A.mana Refrigeration Co., Amana Museumand the Winery.

5 p.m.-Social 'hour at the Amana ClubHouse.

6 p.m.-Family style chicken and 'steakdinner at the Ox Yoke Inn.

7 p.m.-Buses return to Cedar Rapids.9 p.m.-Western party and dance at the

Roosevelt Hotel, with music by JohnnyKetelsen's Cowboys. Prizes to be awarded.Please bring western attire ror this event.

Mid n i g h t-Hospitality rooms. Fourbashas lhave already made reservati'ons.

FRIDA Y, AUGUST 59 a.m.-Registrati'On.9 a.m.-Conducted tour through the

Quaker Oats plant, the world's largestcereal mill, located near the conventionho~el.

10:30 a.m.-Business session; old andnew business.

12 noon-Buses "lpave Hotel RooseveltfoT' Ems Park.

12:30 p.m.-Old fashioned "Corn Boil"at EIlis Park-all 1Jhe Iowa corn andbutter you can eat. (This will feature acomplete Friday dinner).

2 p.m.-Golfing, swimming, tennis andboat rides at Ellis Park. Bring ,dongnecessary equipment. Contests and gameswith prizes.

4 p.m.-Past reun'ion movies at hOltel.5 p.m.-Dinner 'on your own.6 p.m.-Puja Parade for all; bands and

parade to the Burning Ghat. Bring cos.tumes as there is no costume rentalservice in Cedar Rapids.

8:30 p.m.-Puja Ball at hotel bal'lroom,with music by Ding Boa Dixielanders.

11:30 p.m.-Hospitality ro:>ms.SATURDAY, AUGUST 6

9 a.m.-Registration.10 a.m.-Closing business 'Session, reo

Ex.eBI ROUNDUP

----------------- Cedar Rapids in '60!

AERIAL VIEW of Cedar Rapids, site of the1960 CBI reunion.

port of comm'ittees, election of officers,selection 'Of 1962 reunion city.

1 p.m.-Past Oommanders Lunche'On(open to all) witlh National CommanderHarold Kretchmar as master of ce;e-monies, Governor Herschel C. Lovelessof Iowa as speaker.

3 p.m.-Memarial service at VeteransMemorial O:JIiseum, conducted by FatherEdward R. Glavin of Albany, N. Y., CBIVAchaplain.

4 p.m.-Opportunity for parents to takesmall children ta Bever Park Zoo andKiddieland.

6 p.m.-Children's banquet.7 p.m.-Commander's Banquet with

Past Nat10nal Commander Robert E.Nesmith 'Of Houstnn, Tex., as master ofceremonie3. Presentation of AmericanismAward, talk by new commander, etc.

9 p.m.-Commander's Ball with musicby Joey Paradisa Orchestra. Flaor showincluding Burns & White, comedy musicand dancing; George Johnstan and Betty,camedy, magic and fun from Ed Sullivanshow; Denny White as Me; HaraldShover at piano.

RegistraN'on fee for the entire reunionwill be $19.95 far adults, witJh two maremeals than last year included, and $7.50for children under 14 years of age.

Reservations at the reunion hatelshould be made early, becaUi3e it is ex-pected that attendance at the reunionwill set a new record. Reservations maybe sent to CBIVA Reunian, Hotel Roose-velt, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 'Or to Leo Miner,Reunion Chairman, 2449 Debora'h Drive,Geda.r Rap'ids, Iowa.

Don't f.crget _he dates-August 3, 4, 5and 6-and the place-Hotel RO:Jseveltin Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Meet your CBIlr.enjs at the leunion this year.

GUIDE leads a pack horse over a caravan trail, somewhere in the Himalayan Mountains.Photo by J. T. Howard.

JULY, 1960 13

Turning Back the Years to 1944

It Seems Like Only Yesterday

SEND FOR YOURS TODAY

(Screw-on Type)

Price only $1.00 each

Ex-CBI RoundupLaurens. IowaP. O. Box 1S8

lapel Pins

gloves-Stilwell forces take Mogaungrailhead---'street fighting continues inMyitkyina-14th AF hits Changsha area-EAC hits Japs in Kohima-Imphal andMyitkyina-Mogaung areas-Ohinese Sal-ween Force (accompanied by Gen. FrankDorn's group) takes Chiangtso~Dornnamed as designer of CBI shoulder patch-a full page 'of Burma combat soenes-Nurse Lt. Pauline Hendershot administersplasma-Babe Didrikson Zaharias winsgolf tourney-Col. Bob Neyland assignedto CBI---'Gen. Covell, spurred by Roundupstory, gets size 14lh shoes for T/4 Crow-Ledo Road Engineers battle monsoonmud-Kathleen Turner adds her bit 'ofcheesecake-FDR signs GI Bill~rackfighter pilots protect giant B-29 airbasein China-eBI GIs fall victim to guile 'ofgem dealem-Sgt. Karl Peterson writesab.outthe third-class carriage on Indianrallroads-Lt. Harold L. Griffith belly-lands safely in sto'rm with 18 passengers-T/5 Frank C. Dallons 'carves beef to beair-dropped-and T/5 Frank Campagna,APO 689, had to turn down an invitationto a wedding in Ohicago on account ofother business. . ,

Col. Earl O. Collum ReviewsCopies of CBI Roundup

NO.5 in a S~ries

Review of original CBI Roundups, June1944: Sir Bernard Montgomery laudsAmericans in Normandy invasion; Stalinadds praise-St. Louis Cards and St. LouisBrowns lead National and AmericanLeagues-Major General in London"busted" to Lt. Col. after loose talk atcocktail party-Stilwell Forces surroundKamaing as Ohinese Salween Force cap-tures Lungling-EAC planes smash Bang-kok-a page of photos of Ohinese-Amer-ican Oomposite Wing-Sgt. GeorgeSchoenitch uses sand table to aid inbombing preparations-Sgt. Carl A. Coreyuses small liaison plane to Myitkyina tohand-drob bombs on Jap ferryboat inIrrawaddy-T/4 Paul W. Crow writesRoundup that he can't get any 14lh 'shoesto fit him-Actor Jimmy Stewart is pro-moted to Lt. Col. in .England-Babe Ruthhas cartilage removed from knee, den!ieshe plans comeback-Senate Committeeokays ex\ra pay for Infantrymen (asErnie Pyle :had suggested)-Lt. DaleHorney and crew complete successfulwalkout-Col. Casey Vincent of 14th AFi'Snominated as Brigadier General at age29-Capt. James J. England of 3rd Tact-ical AF becomes Ace witJh eight Japsdowned-story and photo of new B-29 nowhitting Jap mainland from CBI bases-Major Clark Gable being discharged afterflying series ('f missions in ETa-ArmyNurse Lt. Mary Tobin holds flashlightbeam on cobra while companion ki'lls itwith brick-Capt. Hank Greenberg onduty witlh 20 Bomber Group in China-

. Col. Tex Hill's fighters continue to giveJaps bad time-Gypsy Rose Lee picturedwith clothes on-rain checks British pushagainst Japs north of Imphal-14t1h AFhits Jap shipping-bad weather hindersGen. Stratemeyer's EAC-new GermanrObot-bomb used against Britian-featurestory on Chinese Nurse Daisy Can withY.Force-14th AF Group adopts Ohineseboy as mascot-ATC Pilot James Cooperrescued from tree by natives after bailout-WAC Sgt. Thresa March becomes war-rant officer at Ceylon, earns title of"Mister"-Gov. Dewey named Republicancandidate-the long remembered cheese-cake pic of Kathryn Case covering herbare upper-front with a pair of black

14 EX-CBI ROUNDUP

News dispatches from recent issuesof The Calcutta Statesman

CALCUTTA-Twenty. two of 246 spe.cially-bred horses Which reached Ca<lcut.ta by ship from Australia recently diedof heat stroke. Nineteen 'Of them diedabaard ship and three shartly after ar-rival. The horses [had been i.mported bythe Unian Government far the Army.

ROURKELA-India ,has begun ,to im.part steel. The ,first cansignment ''Of 2,000tans 'Of heavy steel slabs, weighing eightta 10 tons eadh, left Visakhapatnam inApril far West Germany.

RAWALPINDI-Indian and Pakistani'Officials are cansidering the feasibility 'Ofintraducing a tlhraugh passenger andgoods train service between East andWest Pakistan tlhraugh India and be.tween Calcutta and Darjeeling throughPakistan.

ALLAHABAD-T he Allahabad Hi g hCaurt recently upheld tlhe 'Order of theSessions Judge 'Of Meerut sentencing thelife of a 55-year.ald devatee of the gad-dess Kali-an a charge of slaughteringhis faur-year.old san as an offering tathe gaddess ta save his family from de-struction. The pro'secutJian case was tJhatan Sept. 21, 1955, at 7:30 a.m., warshippersat Deviji Temple in Chaziabaa saw HimSingh 'carrying the bady 'Of the child inhis arms and a blaodstained knife inhis 'hands. They saw him place the badyan the graund and heard him shaut "JaiMaha Kali. I have braught the sacrificeto tJhee." They further saw him takingblaad from the bady and applying "tika"an the deity.

BANARAS-A sparts cammentatar andthe editar and publisher 'Of a Bambaynewspaper were named as defendants ina defamatian suit filed by the Maharaj-kumas of Vizianagram. The Maharaj-kumas alleged that an article abaut himhad used "grassly defamatary language"and was published "with the set purpase'Of lawering the campla1inant in the eyes'Of cricket fans in India and 'Outside."

TUTICORIN-Pearl fishing operatiansoff the Tuticarin caast yielded a richharvest 'Of aver 15 .million 'Oysters t'hisyear.

JULY, 1960

RAWALPINDI-'-Law students 'Of PunjabUniversity in Lahore recently brakewindawpanes, damaged furniture andwalked aut 'Of examination halls in pra-test against "stiff, difficult and lengthyquestian papers."

HYDERABAD-Officers 'Of the Hydera.bad police have visited King Kathi (resi-dence 'Of t'he Nizam) under orders 'Of theChief City Magistrate to inquire inta arepart that aver 400 men, women andchlildren were detained there as slaves.The informatian was ,furnished ta theChief City Magistrate in 1954. 11he Magis-trate then 'Ordered an inquiry whereuponthe Nizam appealed ta the High Caurtwhich 'held that as Rajpramukh 'OfHyderabad, the Nizam was immune framany criminal proceedings. In Decemberthe SUpTeme Court held that since theNiizam was no longer a Rajpramukh, aninquiry could naw be [held.

CALCUTTA-The Autamabile Assacia.tion 'Of Ea,stern India Ihas undertaken topublish a 700-page guide containing theminutest details 'Of all matarable raads inIndia. The baok will also "deal withparallel transport systems-railways,waterways, air rautes and bus routes.

PATNA-Seven private parties havebeen granted licenses ta start paper millsat Darbhanga, Samastipur, Sakrigalighat,Barauni, Patna and Dalmianagar on therecommendation of tlhe Bihar Gavern-,ment. The annual output of the sevenunits would total SO,OOO tans. The Gavern-ment is encauragling private enter-preneurs to establish paper mills to meetthe grawing demand far paper and toachieve proper utilization of bamborD,sabai grass. straw and bagasse, whic'habaund in Bihar.

BHOPAL--A fireman of a goads trainwas killed here when he 'last his balanceand fell while dhanging the bulb 'Of theheadlight an the lacamatlive while thetrain was moving.

CALCUTTA-In open spaces an thesautJhern edge ''Of Nilratan Sarkar :\IedicalCollege and Haspital an Lower CircularRoad, Calcutta, are the hovels of gaalasand their cows and buffaloes. Despi ere.peated appeals and threats. he gaalashave refused ta ,mave.

NEW DELHI- Camel and 'Or es willbe pressed inta service run mobilepost 'Offices in the dese and hilly areasof Rajasthan if a proposal now being con-sidered by the Gavernment is finallyadopted.

Keen Coincidence in Illinois

Film imilar to 'Rhule Story'From Illinois State Journal-Register

Springfield, Ill.By WAYNE ALLEN

Naw playing at the Orpheum-"TheMeredith Rhule Stary?"

N,o., but there is a ke€n similariity be-tween the derring da 'Of tlhe hera 'Of"NeverSa Few" and Rhule's explaits in wartimeBurma and China.

"IT REALLY brcught it aH back," Rhulecammented abaut the ,mavie dealing withguerilla warfare in the jungles of nartlhBurma and a raid acrass .the Chinesebarder_

Like the key character played by FrankSinatra, Rhule was an O.S.S. oHicer whaled a band 'Of native traaps on supersecret missians behind tlhe Japaneselines. And like Sinatra's spectacularblowup 'Of a Japanese air installatian,Rhule's service citati'Ons credit him withsimilar daring in Bur.ma against theenemy. Rhule also was credited with sav-ing the U. S. Air Base at Ch'indhiang,China when enemy farces attacked it in1944.

OF COURSE, "Never Sa Few" was TamT. ChamaJles' fictlianalized autobiography'Of his service in Burma. Like Rhule and ascare 'Of 'Other Allieddfficers, Chamalestrained at Nazira, Assam, O.S.S. head.quarters in Burma. But whereas Chamalescammanded a battali'On 'Of AmericanKachin Rangers, Rhule led an all-nativeKachin and Naga unit. And where Chaomailes stopped after a contraversial Chi.nese barder incident, Rihule crassed int'OChina t::> lead small bands 'Of Chinesefighters en O.S.S. missi'Ons.

"My team in Burma was made up 'Of'Only 32 men," Rhule recalled, "I thinkthere were about 300 in the ,movie-so, itcauldn't have been .my graup."

TECHNICALLY, Rlhule thinks MGM haspresented an authentic a'ccaunt 'Of theBattle 'Of Burma. He was particularly lim-pressed with the battle scenes and air-drap action. The lush tropical scenerywas not exaggerated, Rhule said, andBrian Danlevy in the rale 'Of an Americangeneral looked enaugh like his real 'lifecaunterpart ta be him.

"I thaught it was tlhe real general far aminute," he remarked.

Rhule took exception, hawever, ta thefilm's final linside-Oh.ina raid. And alsa tathe political ramificatians 'Of the incident.

"THEY CROSSED over 'On foat like itwas a ,matter 'Of a few haurs," Rhule

16

laughed, "They ignared the little matter'Of a mountain range called the Hima.layas. Even if tlhey had traveled theBurma Road (which they cauld nat havein the war era depicted) it wauld havetaken days-and mare equipment thanthey carried."

"And ';Ihat business abaut shaoting ofa bunch 'Of Chinese saldiers," Rhule rued,"Nat even the Japanese cauld get awaywith sJmething like that!"

RHULE SAID he Iheard unreliablerumors abaut Chinese War Gards "play-ing bath sides against the middle" inthe early days 'Of World War II. Hawever,in nane 'Of his persanall encaunters Withthe Ohinese, he insists, did he encaunterany anti-American acts. Inside China,Rhule warked clasely with Gen. Tai Lee,Chiang Kai Shek's right hand militaryleader. Rlhule also met the Generalissimaat Chungking, Chiang's mainland 'head.quarters befare the Reds drove hisgavernment ta Farmasa.

A RECIPIENT 'Of China',s "Claud andBanner" and "Order 'Of Jade" citatians,Rhule was 'Offered the jab 'Of trainingNatianalist Oh.ina's secret po,lice force atthe end 'Ofthe war by Gen. Tai Lee. Rhuledeclined the hanar at a Washingtan, D. C.receptian far Lee lin 1945, the 'Only timeChina's fabled "mystery man" visited tlheU. S.

Rhule, wha served as Sangaman Caun.'ty's sherliff fallcwing his return fram warduty, does nat claim that "Never Sa Few"is his stary. Even if ~he dharacter playedby Sinatra capied Rhule's n'On.GI "warbannet" and in 'One !soene appeared witha pet mankey an his shaulder.

Rhule admits that a mankey named"Dudley" was his trademark in his war.time O.S.S. 'Operatians. But he insists Ihenever saw any girl wha loaked likeGina LoUabrigida, Sinatra's ca-star inthe film.

MRS. RHULE canfirms this:"He stiH talks abaut Dudley, but I've

never heard anything abaut L'Olla-palacza?" -THE END

Tell Your CBI FriendsAbout Roundup

EX-CBI ROUNDUP

Edited by BOYD SINCLAIR

FORTRESS. By KenNeth Attiwill. Doubledayand Compan)', New York, July 1960. $3.95.

The story of the siege and fall ClfSingapore in World War II by a sUIvi.vorof both tIDe battle and subsequent 1m.prisonment. This eye-witnes~ acc0l;I~t ofthis military catastrophe IS 'OffICIallydocumented.

THE TRIBES OF THE SAHARA. By Llo)'dC. Briggs. Harvard University Press, Cambridge,April 1960. $6.00.

Beginning witID the dawn of the Chris.tian era, the author writes of the forcesthat have shaped Ithe way of life of thepeople of tIDe Sahara. Sober truth thatis more mysterious than any fairy tale.

THE ART OF CHINESE COOKING. B)'Mimie Ouei. Random House, New York, Ma)'1960. $3.95.

Recipes for auUhentic Chinese dishes,from appetizers 'to desserts, adapted forAmerican use. Covers cuisine, prepara.tion, utensils, customs, etiquette, teas,wines, festivals, superstitions, and sym.boIs.

PRESTER JOHN. B)' Vsevolod Siessaret'. Uni-tlersit)' of Minnesota Press, 'Minneapolis, May1960. 56.00.

Presents historical backgmund for themedieval legend of a Christian ruler ofIndia, a facsimile of the French editionof a letter purporting to be from him, anda translation and commentary.

If/OLFPACK. B)' l/?'illiam M. Hard)'. Dodd,Mead and Com pan)', New York, April 1960.

3.50.

The LUzon Strait in the summer of 1944is the setting for this suspenseful seastory of these American submarines thatstalk a Japanese convoy. Intense pictureof U. S. fighting men in action.

INDIAN IMPRESSIONS. B)' George Biddle.Orion Press, New York, Ma)' 1960. S 10.00.

Biddle, best known for his 1943 book,"Artist at War," acco,mpanies his textwith more than 50 drawings, impressionsgained during his visit to India in 1958.He sketches people fmm Nehru on down.

JULY, 1960

BLACK SATURDAY. B)' Alexander McKee.Holt, Rineha1"t and lF'inston, New York, July1960. 53.95.

In the small hJurs of October 14, 1939,the British ba~tleship Royal Oak plungedto the bottom with nearly 803 trappedmen a'fter four mysterious expl03ions.Was it submarine 'Or sabo~age?

MY THREE LIVES. B)' Teresa Lighl11'0od.E. P. Dutton and Compan)', New York,May1960. 53.50.

Tine personal story of an unusualEnglishwoman and her devoted serviceto the people of Thailand over a periodof decades. She has achieved excitementwith artless, unpretentious prose.

DARK PILGRIM. By Peter Vellter. Muhlell-berg Press, Philadelphia, Ma)' 1960. $3.50.

11he moving account of a South Africannative who leaves his reserve to searchfo~ a lost brother in a dity shantytown.The author is an Afrikaaner and thestory originally was pubUslhed in theAfrikaan.

BACK TO BOKHARA. By Fituo)' Afaclean.Harper and Brothers, New York, AIa)' 1960.$3.50.

A rather shJ'rt book by that livelyEnglish traveler, Fitzroy Maclean. Thistime he takes off to Tashkent and pointsbeyond in Soviet Asia. Traveling with SirFitzroy is almost as goad as going your-self.

INDIA'S NORTH.EAST FRONTIER IN THENINETEENTH CENTURY. Edited by VerrierElwin. Oxford Unitlersity Press, New York, May1960. $7.45.

A bOJk about country familiar to thou.sands of CBI.wallahs, bordered on thewest by Bhutan, on tIDe north by Tibetand China, on the southeast by Burma,and on the south by Assam. By a manwho knows the tribes.

FROM EMPIRE TO NATION. By RupertEmerson. Hart'ard Unitlersily PreH, Cambridge.May 1960. $7.75.

This book deals with the rise to self-assertion of Asian and African peoples.The auth-Jr has taught courses on im-perialism and nationa'lism at Harvard for.many years.

TIBET: TODAY AND YESTERDAY. ByTieh-tseng Li. Bookman Associates. _ 'eu' York,Februar)' 1960. $6.00.

A scholarly treatise on Tibetan foreignrelations, this book is a reprint of theauthor's "'I1he Historical ta us of Tibet,"published in 1956. The work has beenrevised and new material has beenadded.

17

One Cut Above Beggars

Rag Pickers of CalcuttaFrom the Calcutta Statesman

By STAFF REPO.RTER

How many rag, bone and waste paperpickers are there in Calcutta? Nobodyseems to know. But everyone in the"profession" or connected with it main.tains that the number is legion. On anythoroughfare in the city, even in themost exclusive areas, they may be foundgoing about their work unobtrusiyelY.with the inevitable gunny bag. the markof their calling, slung ::;ver their shoulder.The majority of them are payementdwellers, earning on an a\'erage Rs 2 ,0 Rs3 a day.

They are a cut above beggars, thoughthey sometimes look more grubby, as thehead of a social welfare centre, whichemploys people for such work, put it.It is certainly dirty work, but it is notas despicable as committing a theft, saidanather. Same time aga the centre in.vestigated. the canditian of these people,to ascertam what sart of relief cauld bepravided far them, but it faund thatmany 'Of them earned enaugh ta su bsist.

These pickers, men, women and chil-dren, collect scraps 'Of paper and similarmaterial, metal, strips of gunny andother types 'Of dath, pieces 'Of glass andbane-almost anything they can layhands an-off the streets. But this kind'Of activity is hampering Calcutta Corpa-ratian's canservancy wark because almostthe entire conservancy staff has enteredthe trade.

On Chingrighata Road on the way tothe Dhapa Refuse Dumping ground is apIot 'Of land adjacen a a bustee wheremembers of the Corporatian's canserv-ancy staff dwell. On Wednesdav I sawneatly laid out an he ground t'heir 'Oldclothes, rags, was e paper. hoes andsuch ather thing . all _ rted and graded.The ,men and u hi s who were at workdisclased that Co ra ion lorries stoppedthere regularly a dump salable itemscarefully collee ed from he garbageheaps they were emp ayed a clear.

During the hoI' 'me I wa there faurCorporation lorries sopped a his place.They were half loaded and -everal bigcans, baskets and bundles. which musthav~ 'Occupied cansiderable pace in thevehIcles, were taken off and their con-tents, emptied out here. The vehicles thendrove away. Residents 'Of the area saidthe{' ~had camplained to the HealthOffIcer 'Of the municipality about this

18

unhygienic practice but their letters werenot even acknowledged.

Twa brothers, Ani! Das and LakshmanDas, who live on the pavement inDharamtala Street, and a woman and herpickers, wha have a rag collection centrein a nearby side street, have, of coursenathing to da with the canservancy staff:Anil lef his home in Titagarh abaut 16year ago and his brother, wh::;, is 18,f<?llowed him faur years later. They haveSInce made the street their 'home andhave become veteran rag-pickers. Thepolice warry them same~Lmes but theymanage to keep gaing. They sell theirstuff ta a shop in Mission Row awned bya Fire Brigade employee. The womanand her "staff" occupy a vacant plot ofland beside a garage and collect discard-ed articles from about 100 people.

Mast of the waste paper and rags goultimately t'O paper and baard millswhich buy these at fixed rates, dependingon the grade. There are middlemen inth~ trade who are said t'O have grawnqUIte wealthy. The present impart reostrictions an paper and pulp have in-creased the demand far waste materialand that means a stea'dy incame for therag and bane brigade. Bane chips anddust, scrap metal and glass are also saidta fetch standard prices.

That the 'Organized callecti'Onof wastepaper can yield an appreciable incomeIS shown by a Salvation Army centrenear Lower Circular Road. It runs a freeclinic-dispensary, emplays 150 men andw:omen in its waste paper workshop andgIves free food and rati'Ons to many poorfamilies with the proceeds from wastepaper. Those wha work regularly get Rs2 a day. The work includes the sortingand grading 'Of waste paper, which iscollected by the centre's three handcartsapd two trucks mostly from offices andfIrms. -THE END

Roundup $300Binders

Postpaid

Ex-CBI RoundupP. o. Box 188 Laurens, Iowa

EX.CBl ROUNDUP

------------------------ To The Editors

TRADESMEN at Darjeeling display their wares and wait forcustomers. Photo by William S. Johnson.

Gruesome Goats• My wife tJhought thepicture 'of ,the goat sacrificeto Kali (June) was realinteresting. J 0 k e r s whohave really seen this ritewill tell you it's a grue.some affair. BloJd is every.where, and the smell is allbut appetizing. For an un.usua'l itreat, watch the guywith the knife on a nearmiss!

JERRY CALDONE,Win'ter Park, Fla.

U. S. Losing Friends?• At the rate the U. S. is'vosing its friends abroad,we ,may some day find our.selves facing Russia in a,hot war-alone. I'll neverbe able 'to understand whywe didn',t lay tJhe law downta Russia right after WarII.

KACHIN PATROL burns village harboring Japane e police andspies. U. S. Army photo from Charles Cunningham, M. D.

380th Service Group• Would likke to hearfrom anyone in 604th AirMat e r i e ;1, 380th Servic;~G:'Oup, Karadhi.

THOMAS F. TOWEY,737-50th St.Brooklyn 20, N. Y.

India: East or West?• I 'have 'Often panderedthe questian 'Of what roleIndia would play in a newworld conflict? In 'tJhesedays, a country as strategicas India does not stay"neutral." Tfhey are eitherfor 'Or against Cammunism,far 'Or against the West. Myguess would be :that shewould bend taward iliheCommunists, since 'she ispractically surraunded bythem.

STANLEY PLEUGE,New York, N. Y.

The Graceful C.46• Re tJhe picture of theca.mauvlaged C.46 an page2 'Of June issue, yau justdan't see any 'Of thesegraceful planes any more.Jets ga alang with progressbut these gaHant planesdid a great job for us inCBI during the war.

JOHN W. NIELSEN,Detroit, Mich.

India Scientist's Pay• The story about tineIndian scientist's suicide(June) is 'Soul.sear:n~. Whyin the world is a man witha dx:tar's degree fromFordham pe:mittedto work--eve:1 in India-far only$51.45 per month, before de.ductiom,? No wonder Ihecammitted suiCide.

GEORGE GREGORY,Ana;heim, Calif.

SAM LOVELIDGE,B:'onx, N. Y.

New Subscriber• What a surprise to find'Out that the Roundup ispublished! Please enter mysubscriptian immediately. Itis wanderful to read theis'Sue that I have and bringto mind th'Ose happy expe.riences 'Of the CBI.

ROBT. R. LEWIS,Pacoima, Calif.

JULY, 1960 19

To The Editors --------------- --------

EAGER PEDDLERS offer refreshments at railroad stop inIndia. Photo by William S. Johnson.

The S. S. Mariposa rocketing costs and :the now• As one of those who intense competition fromwent to India 'on the S. S. the airlines made it uneco-Mariposa I was greatly nomical to go forward withinterested in the letter in work on all three ships. Theyour May issue from James line requested approval toE. Hurley of Casper, Wyo., sell the Mariposa to foreignasking what had happened interests but this was atto this magnificent Matson first refused for defenseliner. I have kept reason- reasons. Several more yearsably good track of this passed with the ships ,l~ingvessel since the end of the idle on the West Coast andwar so imagine mv 'chagrin no progress in the negotia-in finding your editors giv- tions with the Government.ing the wrong information At the end of the Koreanin response to Mr. Hurley's War the Government reoinquiry! The present day len ted and permitted saleMarip:Jsa to which you reo of tlhe Mariposa to the Homeferred in your reply is in Lines (Italy) and Matsonfact a new and different c::mcentrated on refurbish-ship, smaller than tlhe ,one ing only the Lurline. Thewe knew, but sailing to the Lurline proved popular inpoint,s you mentiion. The luxury service to HawaiiCBI'ers Mariposa had two and so shorNy thereaftersister ships. the Monterey the Monterey was refur-and the Lurline. At the end bi3hed and renamed theof the war Matson planned Mats::mia. More recentlyto modernize these ships Matson added two newand restme them to Pacific smaller ships for service tocruise service. 'fIhe Govern- the South Seas. They were,ment was to 'make some named the Marip:sa andsettlement with Matson for Monterey. Starting to getrefurbishing them but be- confused? The old Mariposacause the amount was in became the flagship of thedis put e, several years Home Lines witlh regularpassed before conclusion of sailings between Montrealan agreement. When work and Europe. Her new namefinaiHy got started it had is Homeric. During thebecome obV:ious that sky. Winter cru'ise season she

20

-sails out of New York tothe Caribbean. I visited herwhen she was in New Yorkfor her maiden voyage asthe Homeric and tlhis was,as you may weB imagine,a nostalgic ex per i e nee.Gone were the life rafts,gun tubs, degaussing cable,blue lights and gray paint.She was painted lin warmcolors, sumptuously fur.nished and gay witJh de.parting cruise passengersand their guests. Needlessto say accommodatlions forpassengers had vastly im-proveed since my voyage toIndia.LAWRENCE G. CALDWELL,Glen Head, L. 1., N. Y.

493rd Bomb Squadron• Like the rest of the oldCBI gang, I look forward tomy copy ,of Roundup everymonth. I sit down and readit fro.m cover to cover, asan old friend would greetone he had not seen fora long time. Would ,like tohear from anyone whoserved with the 493id BombSquadron,'7th Bomb Group.

ALFRED FRANKEL,120 Yellowstone Rd.Plymouth Meeting, Pa.

Supply Sergeant• Have read mo'st everyissue IS'ince the first publi-catJion, but rarely have seenmention of any members orthe 72nd Airdrome Squad-ron, 1st Air CommandoGroup. I was the supplysergeant, and sure wouldlike to hear from same of!jjhemen who were at Asan.sol or Warazup.

JIM WHITE,300 Ontario St.Cohoes, N. Y.

Chanyi Market

• Was 'looking throughsome back i'ssues last n'ightand came across tlhe picturein the Maroh edition show-ing the market in Chanyi.How well I remember thisstreet bazaar, wlhere youcould buy most anythingif you Ihad the price!

HENRY T. SCORE,Lakewood, COfO.

EX.CBI ROUNDUP

WELCOMEChina-Burma-India Veterans

HotelRoosevelt

+Cedar Rapids'

Newestand

Finest

• 100% Year 'Round Air Conditioning

• Free Television in All Rooms

• Beautiful Farm House Restaurant

• Family Plan-Children Under 14 Free

• Free Overnight Parking

Dancing Nightly .... Piccadilly TavernJ. C. "Mike" Kennedy, Manager

JULY, 1960 21

Commander's

Message

by

Harold H.Krelchmar

National CommanderChina-Burma-India

Veterans Assn.

Salaams and Ding Haos:

With reunion time again growing near,I can't 'help but feel a certain fever ofanticipation. A certain warm glow ?fexpectancy of soon, for a fe~v days, ag~mgetting together with old. friend:" makmgnew friends and sharmg with themlaughter, good-fellowship, jibes and alltlhose pleasures which go to make up areunion. With them I'll expect to re.minisce and reca,H that great adventurewe shared 'Some fifteen years ago.

Reference to such places as Bhamo,Kunming, Laihore, Assam, Chabua, etc.,will be as famBiar as Peoria, Hersheyand Beaumont. Will hear expressions orwords in Chinese or Hindustani which Iwill know or whidh at least will have afamiliar ring.

Not only will I see again our me.mbersbut their families as well. Have come toknow some 'of the wives and children ofour members as well as I know themembers themselves. It sometimes seems!Strange t1hat I know some of these peopleas well as I know same of my relatives.Some of the chi'ldren I will be seeing forthe eleventh year. Have seen theseyoungsters, in some linstances, grow fromsmall children to young adults. Tlhisdoes have certain drawbacks. It makesme reaHze that the tide of yeal's continuesan'd that I and those mho I have had thepleasure of knowing, these several years,are getting older.

To some it may seem strange that I'dbe excited about a reunion after havingattended ten previous ones, but odd asit may seem, althougih most of the reounions follow a similar pattern, no twoare alike. Each reunion has its owncharacteristics. Each adds something tihatno prior reunion has offered. A reunionis a matter of personalities. The peoplethat attend vary and this in itself isenough to make the difference.

A reunion committee can do a world ofplanning, lay plans that are "out of thisworld" but lit is the people wlho attendwho make a reunion.

22

Have always harbored the feeling thatmost CBIers come to a reunion with amcral obligation to Ihave fun and enjoythemselves, and invariably they do.

lt would be extremely difficult to finda more cong'enial group of people thanthe waHahs and memsa!hibs that I havemet at reunions. Can't help but wonderif the circumstances, environment, dis-comfiture, p:livation, distance, unusualexperiences and adventures, as well asthe feeling tlhat we were forgotten in theturmo.iJ of war, hasn't moulded us intoa clcser knit group, finding ease andsatisfaction in the company of those whoshared our parcel of this experience.

Invariably there are 'Some individualsI anticipate seeing at a reunion who can'tmake it and this always leaves a void,but co-rresondingly I'll meet sc,meonemaking tlhe. reunion for the firSt time orones I haven't 'Seen for several years andthe void isfiUed.

No doubt there are a number of mem-bers and readers of this magazine whohave planned tD attend t1he reunion butnever get around to it, and each yearthey say to themselves, "1',11 have to,make tlhe reunion next year." At almostevery reunion I meet someone makingthelir first "pilgrimage to Mecca" and Ihear them re.mark, "I always wanted togo but something was always 'comingUP, but I'm sure glad I made this 'one.I'll be back again next year." At tlhe closeof every reunion the most common andrepeated words heard are, 'TIl be seeingyou next year in----"

Those of you who have been thinkingabout attending the fortlhcoming reunionin Cedar Rapids, August 3-6, especiallythose from the midwestern and mountainstates, I urge you to stop the debatingand send your reservations to the Roose-velt Hotel. I assure you that you won'tregret H. If you're <like some of us oldhands you'H be looking forward to tlhenext reunion with the same anmcipaNonwhich engrosses me now.

HAROLD H. KRETCHMAR2625 Arthur Ave.Maplewood 17, Mo.

This space is contributed to the CBIV A byEx-CBI Roundup aJ " service to the manyreaders who are members of the Assn., of whichRoundup is the official publication. It is im.portant to relT[ember that CBIV A and Round.up are entirely separate organizations. Yoursubscription to Roundup does not entitle youto membership in CBIV A, nor does your memobership in CBIV A entitle you to a subscriptionto Roundup. You need not be a member ofCBIV A in order to subscribe to Roundup andvise versa.-Eds.

EX.CEl ROUNDUP

________________________ To The Editors

Amana Food Served Family StyleAmana's Largest Restaurant

20 Miles West of Iowa City in Amana, IowaOwned and operated by eBl Veteran Bill Le - ring

(Get your gas at the Homestead Phillips 66 Stationfrom CBIer Henry Hertel)

Crittende:l. Retires• Col. Frank M. Critten-den, late of L:Jwry Air ForceBa~e, Colo., retired April30 after 27 years in tihe AirFo:ce. During 'the war Col.Crittenden ,served lin Ohina,as an engineer, in charge ofbuilding and maintainingairfields for B.29's.

JOSEPH A. BAIER,Depver, Colo.

1st Air Commando• A reunion of 1st AirCommando is planned forSep't. 24 incident to the AFAOonvention in San Francis-co. It will be at either Fair-mont or Mark Hopkins(d e t e r min able upon ar-rival). Anyone interestedshould drop a card to Lt.001. Bob Moist, USAF, %2567th Air Reserve Center,Bldg. 170, 17000 VanowenSt., Van Nuys, Calif. It isexpected that J.ohnny Ali-son and Bhil Cochran willboth be on hand.

R. E. MOIST,Van Nuys, Calif.

Hasn't Missed• C e r t a i n 1 y wouldn'twant to ,miss an issue ofEX-CBI R a u n d u p, as Ihaven't missed an issuesince its inception.

RACHEL ANDREWS,Providence, R. I.

pore when the 9th PhotoRecon. was there. He ispresen tly pastor of tineBurncoat Baptist Ohurch inWorcester.

DONALD W. NASS,Southbridge, Mass.

Dateline News• The little news items inyour monthly "CEI Date-line" feature lis a'lwaysin'teresJng. It is the onlyway we can keep abreast'of what's going on in asmall way in India.

CLYDE I. HAWK,Me.mphis, Tenn.

CHINESE fire on Japs from former enemy positions at Bhamo.U. S. Army photo from Charles Cunningham, M. D.

New Reader• An old air c:>rps buddyof mine last week sent mea couple of current copiesof your wonderful maga-zine and so far I !have readthem four times from cover-to-cover! This was the firstI knew lof Ex-CBI Roundupand I was shocked to learnit has been published forthe past 13 years. How wasI supposed to know it wasbeing issued? Suresorry to read in the Aprilissue of the death ofChester L. Mayer, formerRed Cross Field Director. Amore congenial, finer fellownever lived.

ARTHUR L. MULLEN,San Diego, Calif.

28 MO:l.ths in India• Served in India for 28months with the 958 Engr.Top:>. Co., being stationedin Barrackpore, just northof Calcutta. Have neverread any articles or lettersin Roundup from ot!hermembers of the 958th. Dohope that others from myold outfit know about thisfine magazine. Recentlysaw a picture of Rev. Nor-man Korb in a Worcester,Mass., paper and if I amnot mistaken he is theformer chaplain at Barrack-

JULY, 1960 23

ater Buffalo Horn Carvings'r New Shipment ReceivedlThese striking black cranes

(Rice Paddy Birds, to you) arehand-carved with amazing skillfrom the horn of lndia'n WaterBuffalo. After carving, the hornart is highly polished and mount-ed on ,a rosewood base. Each hastiny ivory inlaid eyes.

You'll agree these beautiful cranes are won-derful conversation pieces. The low prices beliethe stunning appearance and workmanship.Excellent for the mantle or fireplace.

. ,You'd expect he_e beautiful cranes to be expen-

sive, but hold on 0 your _eats and read these prices,shipped to you PO TPAID!

Crane 12" • $3.75

Crane 14 • • $4.95

Crane 16 • • • $5.95

Elephant 2 • $2.50Also a\-a' ab e: ,'m' ed quantity

are desk Ie er opener- in buffalohorn. While hey a -, only 75 centseach.

PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE.MINIMUM ORDER SENT

TO ONE ADDRESSPOSTPAID

55.00 1646 Lawrence St. Denver 2, Colo.