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Sec. 2, Pg. 4 - Plnindealer - Wed. Oct22, 1969 Cdit&Uali w'-w Gypsies Of England There are currently some 15,000 gypsies in England, a remnant of a larger number which once roamed the English countryside. In the 1500's Queen Elizabeth I ordered gypsies out of the country but many never left-for they had not the money nor the means of travel. Since that time, that is for some 400 years, gypsies in England have been getting the short end of the horn in every way. And the towns and communities of present-day England still will have no part of them. Thus the gypsies roam the country, in old trucks and bat­ tered wagons, and try to eke out a living, perhaps steal. Most town constables run them out of the city as soon as they're discovered, and many towns and communities have closed parking areas to prevent their coming. Altogether the picture is an unhappy one, and it is probably true, as law enforcement of­ ficials claim, that the crime rate among gypsies is far higher than among other nationalities. \ Similar conditions occur in various parts of Euroffe and in eastern Europe Jews are still persecuted today, to varying de­ grees. All of which should make Americans proud to be cit­ izens of the United States, where no group is forced to live on the run, so to speak, and where discrimination is fought actively by so many leaders and organizations in every part of the nation, and especially by the federal government. Fair Shake For Dollar How long does a latent demand lay? Sinclair Lewis, the great of American novelist, wrote in 1920: "Somewhere in these states there is a young man who is going to become rich. He may be washing milk bottles in a dairy lunch. He is going to start a chain of small, clean pleasant hotels, standardized and nationally advertised, along every motor route in the country. He is going to have agreeable clerks, good coffee, endurable mattresses, and good lighting..." Mr. Lewis described in remarkable detail the young man who carried out his prophesy some thirty years later: Kem- mons Wilson founder of Holiday Inns. Mr. Wilson rose from clerk in a hot dog stand to establish a hotel empire which dwarfs the dreams of Lewis. His hotels blanket the United States and portend to have greater long range effect internationally than the American State department. Mr. Wilson's intuition and logic was simple and infallible: anyone from carpenter to king should get a fair shake for his dollar. Today, Mr. Wilson serves both carpenters and kings the world over. And he serves them alike. Like an earlier pioneer, Henry Ford, Mr. Wilson makes a million dollars on each carpenter for each dollar he takes from a king. Mr. Wilson recognized a need which had existed for thirty years. He knew he could build a better hotel, but he knew he had to sell it. Before he built his first motel in Memphis, he spent $20,000 on advertising--for the design of the now universally familiar Holiday Inn sign. Alcoholocaust Jerrv Marcu? A To I ) r̂ M\ \ V •<* y\ j" J - • JS\ "Driving or walking, Morton always has to be the first one away from a stop light." Almost 100,000 pedestrians were killed or injured at intersections in 1968. Are You New In Town? Do You Know Someone New In Town? We would like to extend a welcome to every newcomer to our community. . . CALL Cris Fail 385-408 4 ROYAL WELCOME Fran Ohen 385-5740 Joan Stull 385-5418 Ann Zeller 385-0559 , tfl The idea is still a good one... i'v * 3 I "•W I f - : i m i a « PUBLIC PULSE fThc Plaindealer invites the public to use this column as an expression of their views on subiects of gener­ al interest in our commun­ ity. Our only request is that writers limit themselves to 300 words or less signature, full address and phone num­ ber. We ask too, that one in­ dividual not writeonthe same subject more than once each month. We reserve the right to delete any material which we consider libelous or in objectionable taste.) Dear Editor: "The Students for a Demo­ cratic Society seems to be pro­ gressing by leaps and bounds, if we are *o take cognizance of reports in our daily news­ papers. The S.D.S. has been successful in gaining frontpage publicity, and then some. Their efforts on the streets have paid dividends, since it is what they want to read. Regardless of the fact that it is encouragement to the enemy, they are vindi­ cated by the current-day free­ dom of speech concept. The trend of influences here, it seems to us, is pointed too much in the wrong direction. "No matter what the impli­ cations regarding our relation­ ship with North Vietnam, for all intents and purposes, we are essentially at war. Any expres­ sion against our President's Vietnam policy is helping the enemy. It, therefore, follows that any word or action that is inflammatory toward our be­ loved government is treason­ ous , and should be dealt with as though we were in a state of declared war. Furthermore, lack of patriotism on our part is a propaganda tool in the ranks of our enemies, that only adds strength to their deter­ mination to kill our boys. In fact, looking at it realistically, any weaknesses in our society, such as strikes, demonstra­ tions, narcotic addiction, rac­ ism and interruptions in our educational procedures, ad­ versely affect the chances for survival of our military per­ sonnel. We are for a "Get Tough" policy to stop War at Home while we are diligently seeking a reasonable solution to our conflict abroad. It is high time our citizenry awak­ ened to the necessity for whole­ hearted PATRIOTISM. "By the way, Veteran's Day, formerly Armistice Day, is less than a month away. There is a dire need for a return to the recognition of this memorable day over our entire country. Why wouldn't it be most ap­ propriate locally by joining in the traditional "Armistice Day" program in McHenry's city park, with all facing east at 11 o'clock? - "Let's all make this a day of true significance! "T.L. Young, Chairman "Veterans Day Committee" Japan And Assessed By The Future Senator By Charles H. Percy (During the recent Congres­ sional recess, Senator Charles H. Percy of Illinois and his family spent three weeks trav­ elling in Asia. This is the last of four articles by Senator Per­ cy recalling highlights of the tour.) Japan had played a special role in my efforts as a business­ man to expand world trade ties. As president of Illinois-based Bell and Howell, I moved to organize a Japanese affiliate. After a considerable amount of negotiation, my former com­ pany succeeded in complying with the rules governing for­ eign firms that invest in Japan. This joint American-Japanese venture now employs approxi­ mately 1,000 persons and is a commercial success for the United States as well as Jap­ an. Employment and sales in the United States have steadily increased throughout this per­ iod. It is with this background that, on the final segment of our world tour, we travelled to Shimoda, Japan, to participate in the Second Japanese-American As­ sembly. At this meeting, some thir­ ty-five Japanese leaders in bus­ iness, government, publishing, education and other areas joined with a like number of Ameri­ cans to discuss a range of prob­ lems that currently affect re­ lations between the United States and Japan. The main topics that I raised at Shimoda were the consequen­ ces of Japan's emergence as a world economic power and the restrictions that Japan present­ ly imposes on manufactured im­ ports. ECONOMY HIGH From the vantage point of Ill­ inois and Washington, D.C., we see a nation across the Paci­ fic that enjoys a high standard of living operating under the world's third-largest economy. (It is a very large customer of agricultural as well as indus­ trial and consumer products manufactured in Illinois.) We see a nation with substan­ tial and growing financial re­ serves in a strong balance-of- payments position. And we see a nation with an elaborate system of export preferences, restrictions on di­ rect foreign investment, and a variety of non-tariff trade bar­ riers more appropriate to a country that is in its initial stages of economic growth. An adverse reaction to this disparity is growing within the American business community, in the government and in the halls of Congress. If it is not soon reversed, this adverse re- For Your Information Dear friends, A lady told us recently that she had never fully realized the meaning of flowers at a fun­ eral until she had experienced the loss of a loved one. The floral cards, she said, are stifl her treasured possession - a remembrance of those who expressed sympathy in this beauti­ ful way. Floral expressions add beauty and comfort that cannot be measured. Respectfully, McMenry. Illinois o>* PETER MJISTEN * SON FUNERAL HOME 5-0063 action could lead to a serious impediment to Japan's contin­ uing ability to market an ever- increasing volume of exports in the United States. Each day brings more bitter letters from the Illinois bus­ iness community in protest a- gainst the barriers that they have encountered in trying to sell their goods in Japan. Each week brings a fresh ap­ peal to the Congress to impose restrictive quotas on a wider range of Japanese imports. Each month brings fresh draft legislation proposing to protect American industry against Ja­ panese inroads. And -- perhaps most alarm­ ing of all -- a number of my colleagues in Congress from both sides of the political aisle who in the past have been known as advocates of a freer trade are beginning to join in the new protectionist cry. If the United States reverses the free trade policy it has pursued, since the aftermath of the dark days of Smoot-Hawley, and goes pro­ tectionist, the flood gates will open and other nations will fol­ low. DISPLAYS CONCERN Japan has a legitimate con­ cern that in our zeal to reduce or to eliminate our balance- of-payments deficit and to halt inflation we deal fairly with her in our bilateral trade account. At the same time, the United States has a strong interest in further substantial moves by Japan toward a liberalization of her trade restrictions, a reform of the import licensing system and in easing of restrictions on direct foreign investment. America's role in the post­ war reconstruction of Japan and Japan's dramatic ascension to preeminent industrial status are now a matter of history. The present time finds us both carefully examining our tradi­ tional trade relationships. If that examination brings crea­ tive and productive results, then I am confident that a solid foun­ dation can be laid for our mut­ ual trade and continuing friend­ ship and interdependence. In both the United States and Japan, there are new internal pressures that make it urgent that we place a floor over the pit of human disaster and at the same time continue to raise the ceiling over the level of hu­ man individual opportunity. And we must show by example, not by preaching, that we are com­ petent to manage our own in­ ternal affairs and use our great material wealth to continue the "quiet revolution" that has been going on inside our countries for so many years. We must show that we can ef­ fectively deal with the rapid urbanization of our populations without destroying the quality of life and work. We share in common with Japan a quest for the solution to problems of en­ vironmental pollution. When I drove through the streets of Tokyo and saw the heavy cloud banks of smog ris­ ing from automobile exhausts, factory chimneys and backyard garbage disposals it reminded me of the severe problems in Los Angeles. PROBLEMS TO SOLVE We must find ways to pro­ vide an adequate amount of moderately priced, attractive housing for our people. We must learn to move traffic through our city streets today at least as fast as it used to move by horse and buggy through our streets of yesterday. And mass transit must be developed using new concepts th*t will move people in large numbers swift­ ly, economically and in comfort and safety, taking into account a desire for individual dignity and treatment. We must find an answer to lawlessness -- by youth as well as adults. We have a great prob­ lem of violence against person as well as property; in Japan it is more against property than person. An answer must be found for a more orderly means of protest and constructive crit­ icism within the framework of tolerable levels, whether it be on a university campus or in an urban ghetto. We must ac­ celerate the planning and de­ velopment of new towns that can serve as models for improved urban living. We must learn how to live in a "disposable" society in which commerce packages our pro­ ducts in paper or cellophane wrappers, in aluminum cans that won't rust away or in dis­ posable bottles, with municipal governments required to as­ sume responsibility for their ultimate disposal. We must find a way constant­ ly to upgrade the education and skills of our people in a tech­ nologically dominated society where changing needs require great adaptability and where ac­ quired skills of trained peo­ ple can quickly and frequently become obsolete. We are just beginning to learn what can be done through better nourish­ ment of body and mind to give the children of the poor a bet­ ter chance to start the race of life on a more equal foot­ ing. These are just some of the challenges of the future. It seems to me that agnation able to land men on the moon with­ in a decade of making the de­ cision to do so, working togeth­ er with a nation that has achiev­ ed an economic miracle, can not only raise expectations but also elevate the mind and spir­ it of all mankind. Read your BIBLE dally and OO TO CHURCH SUNDAY If you're coming to Chicago for a rest don't come to Sherman House. There's4po much happening at Sherman House. For instance, there's the famous College Inn, headlininglhe most exciting names in show business. And to go with the College Inn, Chicago's most lively and memorable restaurants and lounges--the Well of the Sea, the Celtic Cafe, the Dome and the Scuttlebutt. So if you're coming to Chicago to be turned-on, not off, come to Sherman House. And leave the rest to us. Sherman House a MetroAmerica hotel ?ndolph-Clark-LaSalle * Chicago 606' Reservations: (312) FR^2-2100 j a WM l̂SSmTWM0&® UNTIL THEIR UNION WAS ORGANIZED, IM 1870. RAILROAD SWITCHMEN WORKED IZ HOURS A OM, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK-FOR 7CENTS AN HOUR.' EXPERIENCE ? SURE I WAS STOKER ON /E STEAMSHIP MONSIEUR' -WHERE DOES ONE PUT ZE COAL? LONGER THAN THE STREET' A FIREMAN ON I 3 AN AUTO? RIGHT' « 1 'CHAUFFEUR" IS FRENCH FOR " STOkER"' ' f fr g A f* 'j- !•: < t;\ a £ 0*| vA Servirp of the 'United. 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