APPROACHING the field for "a landing at Kunming, China, after a mission In September1942 is a familiar plane to most CBlers, a Curtiss P-40. It was the P-40 that performed so wellfor General Claire Chennault's AVG pilots, starting in 1941, and later for the China Air TaskForce and the 14th Air Force.

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Assam Railroad• A friend of mine wh:>recently toured Assam tellsme that the railroad whichran frem Tinsukia toAmingaon or Pandu ispractically out of business,due to trucking companie.susing the better wads incompetition.

HAROLD B. FISHER,Coral Gables, Fla.

Naga Independence•. Found the article on theNaga tribesmen (May)very interesting. Seemslike the little men have acase f.or the United Nations,if they knew how to getit there. It's easy to under.stand India's position, teo.If they gave the Nagastheir independence, theymight align with Chinesecommunists and their landused as bases for a possiblefuture conflict. On theother hand, these formerheadhunt~rs who did somuch to help the Americansand allies during the war,want t'O be free like any-one else.

STAN R. FREMONT,Dayton, Ohio

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KNIFE GRINDER at work in an Indian village. The ladat right is turning the grinder. Photo by J. T. Howard.

Would Go Back• Always look fo:ward t::>Roundup-sometimes wishI could go back and seewhat's around. WJuid liketo help start an Qmaha andCouncil Bluffs bash a, andam willing to use myoHicefer correspondence. CBI menand wemen may call myoffice if in :eres'~ed.

WILLIAM J. PAPPAS,3203 Dodge Street _Omaha 31, Nebr.

Just See,med Long!• Thirty-one months inIndia is a heluva longtime! Qf' cour,se, I wasn'tthere tha't bng-it justseemed long. Still enjoy themagazine immensely andmaybe will get energeticand come through with anarticle for you on the mailservice. Was with the lS;hBase Post Qffice at Calcut-ta, Chabua, Kunming andShanghai-two Hump tripsvia ATC and one over theRJad via truck. Many fineexperiences and memories,but don't wan't any mo,reexceptqs a tourist.

RAY CHAPMAN,Lubbock, Tex.

China Barber Shop?• The "sidewalk barbersh.op" you pictured on page4 of the May issue looksmore like a Chinese restau-rant .

WILLIAM Z. SMITH,Dallas, Texas

Erickson RetiresIt Maj. Gen. Edgar C.Eri:::kson, chief of the Na-tional Guard Bur'cau inWashington for the lastsix years, was scheduledfor reti~ement May 28 withformal ceremonies a't FortMyer, Va. General Erickson,a native o,f Worcester,Ma.3s., has been an activeNatkonal Guardsman formore than 45 years. Hisfirst assignment was On theMexican border in 1916. Heserved in both World Wars,receiving the Legion .ofMerit and Bronze StarMedal for his services inChina in World War II.

C. JACQBSQN,PeSJria, Ill.

Served in Burma• Bob Gist, who playsCary Grant's execu'tive of.ficer in the new motionpicture, "Qperation Petti.co~t,'~ was an infantry cap.tam during World War II.The Broadway actor hadfour years active du'ty inBurma, New Guinea, theSolomons and on Corregi.dar, according to press reoports.

ABRAHAM A. KRUGER,Los Angeles, Calif.

RICKSHA boys awalllng passengers at Chengtu,' Ch:na.Photo by Bob McClure.

CBI Congressman• Roundup readers maybe interested to know thatCongressman Kenneth B.Keating of New York is aCEI veteran. Having servedas a sergeant in!World WarI, Mr. Keating, who hadbeen a practicing attorn,eyat Rochester, N. Y., since1923, was commissioned asa major at the outbreak ofWorld War, II. He servedoverseas, mos:ly in CBI,and from 1943 to 1946 wasexecutive as.sistant to Lt.Gen. Raymo'nd A. Wheeler,Deputy Supreme Comman-der of the Southeast AsiaCommand. He was dis.charged as a colonel andlater promoted ito brigadiergeneral. Less than a yearafter his military dischargein 1946, he was elected toCongress.

CHARLES VENTRIL,New York City, N. Y.

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BAMBOO lath and plaster building under construction forthe Northern Engineer District compound at Peishiyi, China,in summer of 1945. Photo by Jim Bowman.

Bring Back Memories• Have enjoyed readingRoundup for the last severalyears; it sure brings backmemories of the days longpast. It seems that I havenever seen anything aboutthe 22nd Air Depot Groupthat was sta~tioned at Kar.agpur, India. I was station.ed there with the 422ndQM Plat., 22nd Air DepotGroup. Would like to hearfrom anyone who was sta-'tioned there from February1944 on. I left India April12, 1945.

MONTIE F. CAMERON,PostmasterKirkland, Texas

Tribute to Willie• I don't think I haveever read a .more touchingstory than "Willie of Kal.aikundah" by William D.Joyce in 'the March issue ofyour magazine. What awonderful tribute to a littleIndian lad, and told withexactly' the right amountsrestraint and emotion. I'lladmit it put a big lump inmy throat. I wish there wassome way Mr. Joyce's finepiece could be sent to Wil-lie Francis' withered oldGrandma. And I hope thatgrabby and "superciliouslittle Hindu doctor" in thehospital at Mid nap u rchokes on his own chapatti.

JOHN M. VIRDEN,Colonel USAF (Ret.)Washington, D. C.

HARRY M. J. LEE,Barstow, Calif.

Chinese College• Served in 21.5t Photoand 4 PTU, 14th Air Force;now mining engineer. Enjoythe magazine; i!t bringsback rrmmories of India,Bmma and China duringWorld War II. I waseducated in Chinese college(Lingnan) as well asAmerican. This is no hay,it's U. S. A. I would ratherdie here in this hole ofhell than any place in thewhole world and that in-cludes all the rice in Chinaand India put together.Amen!

HARVEST TIME in the terraced rice paddies of India. Bothmen and women are helping with the harvest. Photo by]. T. Howard.

Dalai Lama in India• I'm sure all CBI.ershave been watching withinterest the news of Tibet'sDalai Lama stay. in India.The guys stationed at Tez-pur must have been partic.ularly thrilled to note theDalai Lama and his partyarrived there as his firststop in India. And whereis he staying? At Mussoorie,our former rest c.amp.

HARLAN F. GANZ,EI Paso, Texas

Dinjan Airfield• Roundup is the mostthoroughly read magazineat our house, and I guessmy wife and kids get asmuch thrill out of it as Ido. The pictures alwaysbring back many memoriesof my tour of duty thereand I am constantly on thelookout for familiar namesand places. A recent movieI saw on TV (the picturewas at least 10 years old)was titled "Calcutta," withAlan Ladd and WilliamBendix. I got a real kickout of the name of the air.field from where theyoperated-Dinjan. Flew inand out of there manytimes in 1944-45, but itnever looked like it did inthe picture!

SPENCER D. TODD,Louisville, Ky.

JUNE, 1959 5

Philadelphia Schedule for' 59

Eventful Reunion AheadThere's a full schedule of fun and

entertainment ahead for CBI veterans andtheir families who a:ttend the 12thAnnual CBI Reunion on August 5, 6, 7and 8 at the beautiful new SheratonH::>tel in Philadelphia!

As an example of the type of enter-tainmen't planned, Commander B. B. RoseoJ the Delaware Valley Basha has justinformed R:mndup that Howard Klein,known as America's fo~emost hypnotist,will appear at one of the .many socialfunctions. The Delaware Valley Bashawill be host ~to the Reunion.

H:.ward Klein represents a new typeof prJJessional hypnotist. He has studiedhis subject as a science, and has givensome startling demonstrations. He hasbeen featured in Collier's, The Reader'sDigest and other publications, and hasappeared before .many universi!ty audioences and at ,meetings sponsored by largecompanies thr::mghout the country.

Other headliners will be scheduled.F:>llowing is thehenta!tive program:,

WEDNESDAY, Augus: 59 p.m.-Welcome cocktail party, hosted

by the Delaware Valley Basha. Free con.cert in Robin Hood Dell.

THURSDAY, August 610 a.m.-;-Opening .business session for

members.'Trip to the Zoo for women andchildren.

12:30 p.m.-Tour and picnic for all aithistoric Valley Forge Park.

8:30 a.m.-CBIVA Night at the BoydTheatre, "Cinerama" spectacular.

11 p.m.-Hospitality ro::>ms.

HEADQUARTERS for the 1959 CBI Reunionin Philadelphia, Aug. 5-8, will be the beauti-ful new Sheraton Hotel.

FRIDAY, August 79 a.m.-Tour of the Philadelphia Navy

Yard.1 p.m.-Past Comrrlander's Luncheon

for all.3 p.m.-Business session for members;

"free time" for women and children.3:30 p.m.-Teen.age hop on Dick

Clark's TV Band Stand (in Puja cos.tumes).

5:30 p.m.-Pre.Puja Night dutch treatc::>cktail party.

6 p.m.-Puja Parade for all; bands andparade to the Burning Ghat.

SKYLINE of Philadelphia, site of the 12th annual CBI Reunion, looking down the BenjaminFranklin Parkway. Photo by Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau.

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-------------------- .•.Eventful Reunion Ahead9 p.m.-Puja Ball for all in Main Ball.

room of Sheraton Hotel. Prizes, dancing.11:30 p.m.-Hospi'tality ro-oms.

SATURDAY, August 8

10 a.m.-Closing business sessions.Trip to the Franklin Institute for womenand children.

2 p.m.-City tour by Grey Lines for all.Veterans' memorial service a't Independ-enCe Hall.

6 p.m.-Children's banquet (entertain.ment).

8:30 p.m.-Commander's Ban que t(dance and entertainment).

11 :30 p.m.-Hospitality rocms."Plus features" listed for the Reunion

include free baby sitters at all times;deep sea fishing trips available; souve.nirs, prizes and surprises; distinguished

guests; and TV and radio coverage.Tentative rates for registra:tion are $18.50for adults and $10 for children if attend.ing Children's Banquet in lieu of Com.mander's Banquet.

Indications are that lthis may be thebiggest CBI Reunion ever held, so thosewho plan to attend are advised to makereservations early.

Officers of the Delaware Valley Bashaadvise that space in the Reunion Sou.venirBook has been specially designatedfor names of Boosters of CBIVA. Individ.uals interes~ed in having their namesappear, can do so by writing Al Frankel.Chairman Convention Souvenir Book, 120Yellowstone Road, Plymouth Mee:ing, Pa.enclosing $1. Those submitting namesshould include the name of the basha towhich they belong. It is expected thatthis listing will result in discovery bymembers and friends of many old buddiesperhaps long since forgotten.

Pvt. Verner Nielsen, ex-Merrill Maraud.er, was walking his Headquarters guardpost, literally obeying the second generalorder, "keeping always on the alert andobserving everything that takes placewithin sight or hearing."

Suddenly an Indian coolie womanslumped to the ground and gave birth toa baby.

Nielsen is an old campaigner and hewasn't going to be caught short. So heyelled for the corporal of the guard inaccordance with the ninth general order,"to call the corporal of the guard in anycase not covered by instructions."

The corporal called the sergeant andthe sergeant called the OD, who happen.ed to be Capt. Charles A. Ohapla of theJudge Advocate General Section. WhenChapla got there the blessed event hadtaken place and evidence removed via atonga.

So Chapla, after calling for the help ofa tape measure and determining thatthe birth had taken place a quarter inchoutside the confines of the Ar.my zone,complimented Nielsen on his efficiencyand departed. Chapla said -he could findnothing in the military regulations

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,covering the case and in his experienceas an old Cleveland attorney he couldn'trecall a precedent, even in Ohio militiaannals.

In his report to the OD, Nielsen relatedit was about four in t!Ie afternoon whenhe noticed a group of tliree Indian cooliesand their memsahibs passing near hispost. Suddenly one of the women falteredand fell to the ground.

The rest of the party stopped, and drag-ged her to the shade of a tree borderingNielsen's post. One of the attendingIndians ran into the Headquarters yard,fetched a pail of water and explained tothe dismayed Nielsen, "Memsahib, bebee(rubbing his stomach) panee. Malum?"

"Damndest thing I ever saw," statedthe blond, six. foot. two Nielsen. "Therewas this gal, about 17 years old, lyingover there on the ground having a kidand not even yelling."

Nielsen continued. "Those Indians de.livered the kid and one of them severedthe umbilical cord with a rusty pocketknife. Then they wrapped the youngcoolie in a dirty sheet and carted it andthe mother off in a tonga. It only tookabout 14 minutes. I wish some of thoseArmy sanitation experts had beenaround."

Nielsen has appointed himself thechild's godfather and properly is passingout cigars.

Asked if it were a boy or girl, he con.fessed, "I forgot to -look. But, boy," hechortled, "was that OD stymied!"

JUNE, 1959 1

The Night War Came to MengtszBY DON WHELPLEY

I felt guilty about my duty inMengtsz. While others~f the AmericanVolunteer Group were making desperatelast-stands in Burma, during early 1942,I lolled around this peaceful Chinesevillage enjoying the good life of ac~lonial squire. .

Merigtsz nestled among the highm~untains of lower Yunnan Province, ina valley of jade-green lakes and lushfields. The rest of China .might be starv-ing, but here we wallawed in a harvestof ple'nty. Bea'utiful vegeta bles sp~ungfrom the rich earth, and chickens, eggs,and pJrk were in every market place. Itwas true that .many of the food merchantswere lepers, and their wares hung in theopen air to furnish a meeting place andfree lunch f0r millions of flies, but youcan't have everything.

Pete Carson and I ran the Flying Tigerradio station. We had taken great painsto conceal it in an age-old temple on theshore of a quiet lake. But as the weeksslipped uneventfully by, and no enemyplanes flew witHin miles, the war became.more rem~te. The savage bombings 'OfRangoon and the fierce air battles overthe paddies seemed mme like baddreams than the reaHties they had been.We began to relax and enjoy the tran-quility around us.

A touch 'Of the timelessness of ancientChina hung in the air, interrupted onlyoccasionally by the rude intrusion ofshark-toathed P-40's roaring into thegrass emergency field to refuel rJr theirstrikes to the s~uth. But as SOOn as theengine noise faded 'into the soft blue hazeof the distance, things returned tanormal. Nor,mal for us was a life 'Ofease.We lived in a, big, rambling white house,set in a walled garden. Recently theh~me of the French customs agent, ithad been abandoned when the Japs,moved into Indo-China, and the borderwas closed.

To make life even more pleasant, theChinese Government furnished us witha contingent of five servants, includingtw~ house-coolies two wash-amahs, andPan Wen, c80k and Number One Boy.Wise beyond his twenty-two years, PanWen began his education at an early age,hanging around the barracks 'Of the oldShanghai Marine Detachment. Later, hedrifted, about the camps. of variousforeign military .missions in China. Ayear with the Russian Volunteer Squad-ron at Nanking gave him a supply ofhilarious "tales about that hard. bittenband of bearded' Bolsheviks. Many anight we sat d~ubled. up with laughter

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and half stupified by vile, gut-searingrice wine listening to him tell 'Of theweird antics of the Russians. Hard-drink-ing, hard-fighting, and completely unpre-dictable, they would climb inno their oldfighters whenever the urge came-whether it was nOOn or .midnight-andmill around l~king for Japs. If the

.scramble was at night, then usually nothought would be given to getting backintJ' their darkened field, and wild con-fusion resulted.

At. first, Pan Wen tried to explain hisdaily purchases in bubbling pidginEnglish. Neither of us understo~d muchof what he said, so we gave him a flat2,000 Chinese dollars a .month to buyfo~d as he saw fit. No doubt half ~f 'itcwaspocketed in keeping with the old ChineseCU.3tomof cumsha. Still, we had no com-plaints.

Now and then he'd try to wean us awayfrom "Mellican chow," and introducesome native delicacy.

"Masta likee Ohinee chow? Jung gwofan ding hao. samee Mellican velly good,chop ch~p!"

AlmJst every sentence ended with"chop chop," .meaning that the job wouldbe expedited, and it usually was.

"OK, but if it's no good, you'll eat it-every damn mouthfuh ch~p chop."

That night he'd bring in his treat andlooking very smug, would await ourapproval. He was a good cook, and heknew it. We were never disappointed.Birds nest s~up, raw eggs dug up aftertwo years in the soil, sweet and sourpork-it was all good, if you closed yourmind t::> what it was.

One day, during this period when wefrequently accepted his suggestions with-out knowing what he was talking about,he sidled up to me.

"Masta likee two-piece feemer, chopchop?"

"Likee what?""Me cachee two-piece fee,mer. Two-

piece feemer!"There was no Use laboring the point.

Thus far he hadn't .made a bum buy, sohe could get his "two-piece feemer,"whatever that was. One thing I knew-it consisted of two parts. "Piece" in pid-gin denotes units.

That night Pan Wen was gone. He haddelegated one of the coolies to preparesupper, and as a result we ate typica:coolie fare, cold rice with a few scraps ofwilted vegetables. ,He was gone the nextday and night too. We began t~ worry.Maybe this thing was too much for him."Feemer" could .mean "wild tiger," for allI knew. But the coolie kept coming backfOr each meal to bring' forth his lack.

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The girls were terrified of that ominoustalking box. As the coolies padded in andout, helping to load the table, theysneaked admiring glances at our Lolos.It was good that somebody appreciatedthem.

Dinner was a nightmare. We might aswell be eating with pigs. Our guests, usedto squatting on their haunches, squirmedmiserably in the chairs. One stuck herwhole hand in the bowl of stewedchicken, fishing liar a suitable piece,while the other grabbed a half.head ofboiled cabbage. One bite was enough,and it was tossed over her shoulder, toland on the rug with a greasy thud.

lustre bill of fare, so apparently Pan Wenhad expected to be gone a few days.

On the third day Carson and I, as usual,closed the radio station, and leisurelystrolled the 'half-mile home in the 0rangeglow of a setNng sun. This walk, on acobble-stone path lined with pepper trees,was normally the high spot in our day.We'd enter our walled castle to find awhite-jacketed Pan Wen ready with adrink-usually rice wine, but 0ccasional.ly, when suppU.es came in, Scotch. Thenwe'd sit down to one of his superb meals.

Tonight the end of the trail broughtno such pleasant moment. There was PanWen, and with him were two of thesCT0ungiest coolie-girls I'd ever seen.Bare-footed and dressed alike in fadedblue denims, they beamed at us withteeth as black as their scraggly hair.Heavy silver bracelets and earringsidentified them as Lolos, a tribe ofaborigines from the Yunnan hills.

I looked at Ca,rson. His mouth hungopen. He was trying t0 say something,but words wouldn't come. I felt the sameway. Pan Wen broke the silence.

"Me bHng two-piece feemer allee wayflum Kochiu." c-

Kochiu! No woAder he took three ooys.Feemer, femur, female. Why hell yes!Chinese have tr0uble with their "l's" and"r's." All the time he meant "two-eachfe.male."

"My God," Carson mumbled.Pan Wen scurried about. There was a

vase of flowers on the table and now hepoured the rice wine. It was obvious hewas setting the stage for a connubialcelebration. I could have w,rung his neck.The girls giggled and kept up a sing.song conversation between themselves.They were fascinated by the electriclights. It must 'have been the first timethey had seen such things. Carson triedto converse with the.m in his haltingChinese, but was met with blank stares.Pan Wen burst into the room with a trayof food.

"Feemer no savvy Chinee talk. SpeakeeLolo." .

That did it! They couldn't even speakChinese. I followed him back to thekitchen.

"Get those pigs out of here, now!""Solly Masta, no can do. Feemer no

can go back home. Disglace.""You mean we have to keep them?"He nodded happily. "Allee samee wife.

Washee crothes. Buy chap."My heart sank. He had gone up into the

hills and bought these girls. I had heardof the Lolos selling their children to workin the tin mines of Kochiu. Now I wasthe proud owner of a bartered bride.

Carson tuned the short wave radio toSaigon for music, but had to turn it off.

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Black teeth shane from a grinning,smeared face, and a handful of chickenbones were flung with gay aband~n.

Carsan laoked at me with despair. Iknew we had the same thaught. Therewas the lang night ahead. I felt sick. Notthat I had any objectian to. acquiring aconcubine. In fact, the thought wasappealing. But this!

Faintly at first, but growing in vJlume,I heard engine noise. It couldn't be!Who'd be flying at night? The Japshadn't bam bed this place 'in years, andnever at night. Our house, with the anlyelectricity in Mengtsz was lit up like aChristmas tree. But there it was, lauderand louder-the pulsating beat of twin.engine aircraft. Carson, half out of hischair, flashed me a grin. It was the firstHme that enemy planes had br~ughtsmiles, but thase engines were like music.

I grabbed Pan Wen. "Get tho.se feemersthe hell auta here. Tell 'em all deals areoff. This is war!"

He rattled this advice, probably inpidgin Lola, to our bewildered brides.They sh~ok their heads vigorously inunison, both talking at once. Pan Wenbacked away.

"Say no can go. B'long stay." ,All other saunds were drowned in the

roar of the bambers flying overhead.

Bishop Reveals HisImpressions of India

A visitar to India comes home withthree impressions-the friendliness ofthe Indian peaple for Americans, thegross need, and the extreme hopeful-ness-Methodist Bishop F. Gerald Ensleyof Des Moines, Iowa, said on his returnfram a recent ten.weeks taur of Indiaand Pakistan.

"Our governments have their differ-ence," the ,Iowa churchman said "but itdaes not reveal itself in the contacts ofindividual with individual . . . Whilethe governmental policy is coal towardmissionaries, the Church in India ismost desirous of continuing the labarsof the ambassadors for Christ which wesend out."

Discussing the needs of India, BishapEnsley observed that "if anyane thinkshe has ever witnessed poverty let himmake the acquaintance with the miseryof just one Indian city street . . . Itsickens a visitor to. realize that any ofGod's children must live in such sub.human circumstances.

"The everyday conveniences whichAmericans accept as their right are

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Their laad wouldn't be drapped this time.It was a p:edic:able tactic. They werefinding the target, and wauld swing widealong the rim af the mountains befarelining up for the main event. There werestill a few minutes left. Pan Wen wasdefeated, but nJt far long. A sly expres-skm crept over his yellow face.

We had to get out of there! The moanca,st a brilliant light. I ran far the shal.low ditch that had long since been ear.marked for just such an occasion, anddove in, face down for protection fromfalling debris. Carson lay a few feetaway. The muffled hum af motors wasaudible at the far end of the valley.

Pounding fJotsteps broke the uneasystillness, and a body tumbled into thedusty ditch. It was Pan Wen.

"Well, where are they?" I snapped."Ai ya! Me get lid of feemers," he

grinned, clutching a wad of grimyChinese bills. "Sellee to coolies. Makeeplofi t too!"

I turned over on my back. By damn,this was one bombing I was going to.enjay. Blue exhaust flames spurted, andmoonlight flashed off silver wings as theJaps thundered in on their final run.They couldn't have came at a better time.Anyway, it was great to get back in thewar again!

luxuries far missions of aur Asianbrethren.

"The third impression one carriesaway fram both India and Pakistan istheir extreme hopefulness. Althoughthey confront a mass of misery whichis incalculable, they believe that it canbe salved.

"Motivated by a deep faith in theircountry and implemented 'by the techno-logy of the West, they have every con-fidence that the problem of poverty canbe met in their lands as it has been incountries on this side af the sea."

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Fulbright Scholar Writes

Fifth Columnists in Burma

BY LEE S. BIGELOW

The bus was crowded with villagers,the ordinary people of Burma. Thesewere mostly Shans, however, since thiswas the Shan State. The Shan womendress exactly like the Burmese women,with long tubular skirt and sheer blouse.The Shan men, however, wear very loosepants instead of the Burmese longyi.They did me the honor of making roomfor me in the car, next to the driver.Luckily, one Indian man spoke English,

This is the secolld of three articles on lifealld conditions ill Burma, reprinted withpermission from the Fort IF/'orth, Texas,Star-Telef!,ram. It WaS wrillen by a youllgman who is ill Burma on a Fulbright scholar-ship to study the Burmese political parties.The f!,ot'emmellt of the ll-year-old South-east Asiall republic, Ilearly as larf!,e as Texasill area, was takell ot'er last September by themilitary "to preserve order alld politicalstability."

RANGOON, Burma-This is Burma'swinter season, the most pleasant of theyear. The temperature is like that ofTexas in early November, just barelycool enough to wear a long-sleeved shirt.Every morning is bright and sunny.There has been no rain for three months,but things still look fairly green becauseof the great reserve of moisture that wasbuilt up during the monsoon. Now isthe time to travel. I have recentl~ reoturned from a three.week trip to theShan State and Kachin State, which areroughly the eastern and northern sec-tions of Burma.

For one two. day stretch I went by bus.I use the term loosely. It was a wartimeChevrolet truck with a wooden bus bodybuilt on the back. The hood seemed to bejust set on loose. The floorboard sort offloated around under my feet. It had anArmstrong starter. But it did start. And itdid roll over the road, which was what Iwas interested in. We did most of thetrip in second or third gear. Fourth gearwould pull us along only if we were ona dead level stretch, and there were notmany stretche's that could qualify. Goingdownhill, the driver put it in third gearto save on the brakes and switched offthe ignition to save on gas. Essentiallywe were on a high plateau, but it wasbroken by ranges of sharp hills. Weaveraged about 12 miles an hour, Iestimated.

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and he appointed himself my guardian . .1The driver was a Sikh, the Indian caste'who wear turbans. He was quite a hand-some fellow, about 30, and definitely thecaptain of his ship. He had two assistants.One was an Indian man with flashinggold teeth and untamed hair. The otherwas a Kachin boy of about 18 who couldeat more rice than anyone I ever saw.

We stopped for lunch at one town, Ithink the poorest one we passed through.Only a few shops were open. A Shanwoman fixed me some kauswe from hermeager supply of food. At one of thetables her daughter, about 12 years old,sat eating. The child would eat for afew minutes and then let out a mourn-ful whimper and put her head down onher arm. I saw then that she was blind.One eye must have been blind for sev-eral years and evidently the afflictionhad just spread to the other eye, whichwas inflamed. There was a smaller childrunning around and he had somethingwrong with his eyes also, although hecould still see a little by tilting hishead back. I thought that there waslittle chance that these children wouldhave any medical hel~ or therapy. Theywould just be drags on this community,which was already so poor.

The scenery that day in places re-minded me of the Black Hills of SouthDakota-pine forests. In other places itreminded me of Oklahoma-scrub waste-land. This area is very sparely populat-ed. With the help of one headlight wearrived after dark in the town of Keshi-Mansam. I went to a Chinese shop andhad something to eat. The Chinese ele-ment in the population had becomemuch more pronounced that day as wewent north toward China. Shop signs, in-stead of being printed only in Burmeseor in Burmese and English now werealso printed in Chinese. This shop inwhich we were eating had Red Chineseposters on the wall. They were of peopleworking or were ornamental such as fish~'.'or nymphs. One was of Mao Tse-tung.Afterward I noticed the same type ofposters in other Chinese shops or inChinese homes I passed by. I was able1.0 understand, better the suspicion withwhich the Burmese regard the Chinese.The Chinese keep their foreign identity.They are potential fifth columnists forthe 'day when (most people say "when"rather than "if") China decides to marchinto Burma.

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____________________ Fifth Columnists in Burma

A few days later I was in Lashio andgot a ride with some officials who weregoing to Namkham and Muse, on theChina border. This is the famous BurmaRoad, built before the Japanese got asfar as Burma. We climbed endlessly andfinally leveled off on a highland pIa-

Keshi-Mansam was evidently a regularnight stop for the bus. They had a largebamboo shed with a bamboo floor aboutthree feet off the ground. Several peoplehad already rolled out their beds andwere asleep. It looked good enough forme, so I rolled out my bed and crawledin.

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teau. The air was cold and the hills werebare of trees. There were few people. Itall gave me a Tibetan-like impression.We stopped for the night at Muse. Thebungalow where we stayed is on theedge of a bluff. Below was the flat val-ley of the Shweli River, which is theborder at that point. Five or six groupsof farmers were threshing rice and talk-ing. Then there was a village and thenthe river. On the other side there weremore rice fields, a small town and thenhills. It looked innocent enough, but itcould not erase the knowledge that theother side of the river was China-China,the great unknown.

~Pickers'Battle forFew Scraps lof PaperIn Streets, 'ofCalcutta

From the Calcutta StatesmanAn urchin and a woman old enough

to be his grandmother saw the piece ofpaper in the gutter simultaneously. Bothdived for it simulfuneously. Age, as ~l-ways, lost the battle. The look of despairon the woman's face prompted me toask myself what price paper and thewoman the meaning of the strangebattle. I learnt nothing from her; shewalked off in. a mutter of grumbles.Days af~erwards I obtained from abrother-in-trade of the urchin some ink-ling of the scene behind the battle.

Among Calcutta's millions battling forsurvival is an army of about 4,000 bare-bodied men, scrappickers (the referenceis to the "private sector," and not to thebetter known municipalized, motorizedsquads)', whose main weapon is a gunnysack draped over a shoulder. A metal orwooden spike is occasionally carried bythe more fastidious. The men have cometo Calcutta from many States, and haveevolved in part a lingua franca whichhelps them to get along with each other.

To meet Mantoo,.one of the scavengers,was an enlightening experience. About23, well set up, the smiling rogue toldme that he came from Andhra. To get agood day's pickings,. he said, you haveto be active. Some of the best hauls hemade were ,after 10 p.m. What goes intothe bag? Paper,. board, string, glass,scrap metal, rags, cotton,. jute waste,nearly everything' in fact, except ashesand.c kitchen refuse.-What happened toallthis? Mantoo, of course, did, not knowprecisely the. final destinations of allscrap. He took his collections to a depot.There are said to be. 500 ,of them inCalcutta, all licensed by th'e Cor,para-

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tion, all foul-smelling dens, all firehazards, and all menaces to the peopleof the localities in which they are situ-ated. The scavengers are paid at ratesvarying from Rs 5 to Rs 10 a maund;scrap metal and paper, of course, fetch-ing the best prices.

From the depots the paper, now madeinto neat bales, is sent to the mills'agents who in turn send them to themills. Bought from the scavengers at Rs10 a maund, the paper leaves the depotsfor Rs 16 a maund. Mantoo could notsay what the agents sold it to the millsfor, but he had no doubt that a goodtime was had by all.

Mantoo's earnings average about Rs 8a day, he emphasized the word "aver-age." Some days they fell to as low asRs 2. What did he do with the money?Food, of course, a~e up the best part ofit. Fortunately, he had no rent problems;he slept on the pavement. It was diffi-cult in the monsoon, but a bath was al-ways welcome. The balance of the moneywent on smokes, gambling, drink, andthe cinema. It was dangerous, he saidto sleep with money. The cinema, healso pointed out, swallowed up themajor part of the earnings of most ofhis comrades.

Mantoo again did not have a taxproblem though he used, and abused allthe amenities of the Great City. He look-ed greedily at the copy of the day's'paper in my hands. I could not do lessthan give it to him for all that he had.,given me. Have you any string, he asked'before parting. To my negative replyand to my question which followed, hesaid string was a good naya paisaearner. The makers of tissue paperneeded it for their product.

I was, puzzled when I looked up the.dictionary and saw scrap defined as"(pl.) odds and ends, useless remains."Whim a new edition is brought out, per-haps the publishers might care to seekMantoo's views and not be so super-ciliou'-s in defining the .word.

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Something New in India

Crusade Against 'Holy' CowsBY RUKMINI DEVI

Central Press Association

BOMBAY, India-The much-publicized"Hindu holy cows" which cause trafficjams, scare away pedestrians and goreinnocent women and children to deathhave ceased to be holy. A nation-widecampaign has begun to end this cen.turies-old menace of India's towns andvillages. However, the drive has not beenwithout heartbreaks.

The average Indian is a cow-worshiper-or has been one up till now. The Hindureligion elevates the cow to the status of"Mother." She is the giver of everythinggood and bounteous and the symbol ofvirtue and patience. Countless genera-tions have put up smilingly and withtouching indulgence with her antics.

Recently, traffic .em Bombay's busyKalbadevi road )vas held up for 40 min-utes just because a holy cow refusJd toyield the middle of the street. None daredto drive her away. She was the pet of alocal temple. Only when she chose tomDve on voluntarily did the traffic jamunle-osen -itself. N:>w, 'however, things arechanging after a series of rude shocksto public opinion.

A STREET WANDERING cow gored awoman shopper to death in broad day.light within sight of hundreds of horrifiedonlookers in North Bombay. In Calcuttaa holy cew lost its patience all of asudden and sent three school-childrento a hospital. An entire village in Gujaratwas at the mercy of a wild bull for morethan six hours and police had to be calledout to stop his depredations. His rampagecost shopkeepers $800.

New Delhi, the capital, has been hardhit by rampaging cows. Even the brandnew Diplomatic Enclave has not beenfree from the menace of stray cows. AEuropean diplomat and his wife werechased a quarter.mile by one of thetruants.

Acting on insistent complaints fromthe residents of one of New Delhi's dis-tricts, the police rounded up in a singleweek more than 3,500 stray cows. Someof them belonged to local cowherds and",milk shops" but most were ownerless,depending on the charity of the public.

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and Rajasthan States. The officials thereprotested that already they had teo manystray cows on their hands and could nottake in more. He-wever, religious senti.ment forbids the killing of cows.

A number of state legislatures havebeen rushing through new laws to dealwith the stray cattle menace. The Bombaystate legislature has just passed a billempowering police officers to exile be-yond town and village limits cows andbulls which are not kept under properguard. Fine::; are also pl'Ovided.

More than 20,000 cattle fram BombayCity have been moved out to 20 milesaway to form Asia's biggest state-rundairy farm. The experiment 'has provedso successful that government has an.nounced that it will expel the remaining15,000 cows and buffakes from the city'ssuburbs also. Cattle-owners, naturally,protested violently.

ONE INDIAN in the ci~y of Hyderabadundertook a 66.day hunger-st,rike "tofocus attention on the injustice beingdone to Go Mata (Cow Mother"). Therehave been periodic demonstrations in thecountry to condemn the authorities for"failure to protect the Cow Mother." How-ever, public opinion, once so favorable,is now turning against both the sacredcows and their champions.

In some cities "cow squads" have beenformed by public-spirited citizens toround up wandering cows and take themto the municipal pounds. Some wealthycattle-owners are employing "cow sitters"to help look after their animals whenthey are away at the rate of just twocents per hour.

The holy cows are waging a losingbattle but public sentiment 'is still tolend its weight to suggestions that"mercy killing" of stray cattle, whichhave become "dry" and hence useless forthe community, is the only real way outof the problem. So, the authorities havejust no alternative but to build thousandsof cattle pounds for segregating andsheltering these nomadic rogues.

One sentimental Hindu .millionaire ofAhmedabad City in West India hasoffered to construct a mammoth "cowhome" (go shala) which could accom.modate 1,200 unwanted members of thespecies. -

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Edited by BOYD SINCLAIR

THE MARAUDERS. By Charlton Ogburn Jr.318 pages. Harper and Brothers, New York,1959. $4.50.

A full, documented story of the Marau-ders which is being praised by somecritics as about the best literature ofbattle that has ever been written. Theauthor was a Marauder Signal Carpslieu'tenant. Photographs and maps.

A PERSON FROM ENGLAND. By FitzroyMaclean. 314 pages. Harper and Brothers, NewYork, 1959. $5.00.

Through his own eyes and the eyes ofother travelers, official and unofficial,civilian and military, the au!thor describesre.mote Turkestan over a period of ahundred years. He tells of his journey toBokhara and his return after 20 years.

FITZGERALD'S RbBAIY AT. Edited By 'tal'lJ. W'eber. 158 pages. Colby College Press, Water-tJille, Maine, 1959. $6.25.

This new edition of "The Rubaiyat ofOmar Khayyam" was published on theone hundreth anniversary of the firstpublication, a'tribute Ito the Irish poet,Edward Fitzgerald, as well as to Omar,the old Persian poet.

WAKE ME WHEN IT'S OVER. By HowardSinger. 315 pages. G. P. Putnam's Sons, NewYork, 1959. $3.95.

A combat veteran of World War II inthis novel is called back into the AirForce during !the trouble in Korea. He hasit pretty soft this hitch, organizing aresort hotel on a Pacific island for militarypers::mnel.

INDIA IN COLOUR. By MuIk Raj Anand.125 pages. I11cGraw-Hill Book Company, NewYork, 1959. $17.50.

A narrative and seventy full. page colorphotographs, several of !them fold-outplates, depicting many aspects of Indianlife and culture. The photographs are bySuzanne Hausammann.

A SHORT WALK. By Eric Newby. 240 pages.Doubleday and Company, New York, 1959.$4.50.

The fantastic adventures of twoEnglishman, one a salesman, the other adiplomat, who, with very little prepara.tion, ventured mountain-climbing intothe Hindu Kush area of easternAfghanistan.

JUNE, 1959

THE ICONOGRAPHY OF TIBETANLAMAISIIl. By Antoinette Gordon. 162 pages.Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont,1959. $12.50.

A newly revised edition includes adiscussion of many new tankas (Tibetanpainted banners) which have been addedt:) the Tibetan collection at the AmericanMmeum of Natural Histmy. New illustra-tions also added.

PHILOSOPHY OF THE BUDDHA. ByArchie Bahm. 175 pages. Harper and Brothers,New York. 1959. $3.00.

The author, professor of philosophy atthe University of New MexicJ, examines'the original roots of Buddhist thought,and asserts the religion rests on a singlepsychological principle: avoid frustra-tiDn and desire of the unobtainable.

INITIATIONS AND INITIATES IN TIBET.By Alexandra David-Neel. 222 pages. Univer-sity Books, New York, 1959. $5.00.

This bJok, published originally inEngland in 1931, is by a French womanwho traveled and lived in Tibet for along time. Her subject deals with thedoctrines and practices of the Lamaisticfaith.

THE GREAT DECISION. By Michael Amrine.251 pages. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1959.$3.95.

The author tells the early history of 'theatomic bomb, fram April 12, 1945, whenPresident Truman tolch of the weap::m,to August 6, 1945, when it exploded overHiroshima, also of the secret, scientificdevelopment previously.

PARADISE IN TRUST. By Robert Trumbull.222 pages. J/7i11iam Sloane Associates, New York,1959. $3.50.

A report on Americans in Micronesia,1946-1958-the Marshalls, the Carolinas,the Northern Marianas-and how theyhave been governed by the United Statessince 1947. The au'thor is a New YorkTimes correspondent.

ENDURANCE. By Alfred Lansing. 282 pages.McGraw-Hili Book Company, New York, 1959.$5.00.

An epic of the sea, the story of theAntartic expedition headed by Sir ErnestShackleton in 1951. The expedition's ship,the Endurance, was crushed in pack ice,leaving 'the men stranded. A suspensefulnarrative of courage and fortitude.

THE LAST NINE DAYS OF THE BIS-!.MARCK. By C. S. Forester. 138 pages. Little,Brown and Company, Boston, 1959. $3.50.

Another great story of the sea, told indramatic episodes. The Bismarck wasa fonmidable German battleship. This isthe narrative of its pursuit and destruc-tion by the English Navy at the begin-ning of World War II.

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Marauders Story Finally Toldgagemen:ts against the finest armyImperial Japan ever put into the field.Worse, the Marauders fought malaria,dysentery and scrub typhus, and mis.management so fantastically bad i't hadto be seen to be even half believed.

ELEVEN DAYS earlier a Jap had shottwo inches of the bone out of 'the rightarm. It had been bandaged and splintedby a comrade. The bandage had not beenchanged since.

He didn't seem too much worried abouthis arm. "Aw, it'll be all righ't, it ain'tgot a maggot in it yet. They tell methem Pennsylvania University docs atLedo are real hot-sho'ts at bone. grafting.They'll put a piece of my shin bone inhere where the Nip hit me and I'll havemost of the use of my arm, I'm lucky.Lot of the others in my outfi't wasn'tthis lucky."

That's the way the Marauders were,

MILLIONS of words have been writtenabout Merrill's Marauders. They becamea legend, for courage, endurance, reck.lessness, and plain cussedness, a yearbefore the war ended. But nobody man-aged :to really tell the true story of thegallant men, who were frequently lost,often forgotten and occasionally close toopen mutiny until one of their own num.ber !tackled the thankless job of tellingthe whole truth about the magnificentband of roughnecks who accomplishedthe impossible.

Charlton Ogburn, Jr., a platoon leaderand signal officer for the Marauders, iseasily 'the most unlikely jungle fighterimaginable, though he was a natural atthe trade.

After graduating- cum laude fromHarvard in 1932, this Georgian was awriter for the Alfred p,. Sioan Founda:ticn.Then he was a book reviewer for theBook.of.the-Month Club. In 1941 he joinedthe Army as an Infantry private. Hevolunteered for the Marauders (all !theMarauders were volunteers) and was inevery fight with them. He was a captainwhen he was discharged in 1945.

I remember one spring day in 1944,sitting beside a jungle trail wi!th a lean,red-headed corporal of the Marauders.He came from Stigler, Okla. We wereborn only a few miles-and 20 years-apart.

By COL. JOHN M. VIRDENEditor. The American Weekend

Those who go "down to the sea inships" swear that many sagas of saltwa'ter are written by landlubbers whothink a plymoll line is a length of Manilarope. There must be some truth in t,hatold gripe or it would not have enduredso long. Being a landsman myself,' Iwould not know how much of tha!t isgripe and how much is the golden truth.

However, this I do know, far too manyaccounts of the great deeds of WorldWar II have been written by the little-men who were not there-men who haveno better than a fourth-'handed knowl-edge of what really happened and whyit ,happened.

Take. the case of "Merrill's Marauders"as an example. And here it is, ~told in allits frank fullness by Charlton Ogburn, Jr.,(Harper, N. Y., $4.50),

Ten million words, including the tran-script of a Corlgressional investiglltion,have been written about these threewildly assorted battalions of junglefighters who fought their way from Ledoto Shingbwyang, Shaduzep and clear toMyitkyina, Burma, early in 1944. Theymarched 700 miles behind the Japaneselines over what Winston Churchill called"the most forbidding fighting countryimaginable." Their pack mules andhorses died by the hundreds. They atesome of these wretched creatures whenthe Air Corps pilots couldn~t find theMarauders in the deep jungle.

I knew the Marauders well, officersand men, and even a few of the toughMissouri mules that remained uneaten.

Ogburn has told the s'tory of Merrill'sMarauders as only an eye-witness witha deep feeling for the foot soldier pos-sibly could.

They were perfect fer the job theywere picked to do-get back of !the Japlines in Burma and stay there longenough to disrupt the plans and opera.tions of a whole enemy army, to live onalmcst nothing and "shoot at anythingyou can't kill silently."

Hardly a wonder men under. suchorders should have little patience withoutsiders, and none at all with the rearechelon and headquar1ers types.

In the process of this deep penetrationoperation, the Marauders fought fourpitched battles and a dozen smaller en.

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News dispatches froth recent issues ofThe Calcutta Statesman

KARACHI-The Pakistan Governmenthas decided to release immediatelyGerman ~property, (Jonfiscated duringWorld War II, to the Federal Republic ofGermany, it was .officially announcedhere. This was being done as a "gestureof gaodwill towards Germany," the an-nouncem~nt said. .

BHAWANIPATNA-One hundred andse,:en persons were killed by wildammals and snakes in Kalahandi districtduring 1958, according to reports receivedby district.' officials. Ninety-six werek!lled by tigers, one by a bear and 10dIed of snakebite. During the first Ithreem.onths of the current year, 36 personshave been killed by tigers.

CALCUTTA-Wqrried that wild life inNepal is fast perishing, the Interna!tionalUnion for the Conservation of Nature hasappointed Mr. E. P. Gee, well.knownnaturalist, to inquire into the status,number and distribution of the greatIndian .one-horn rhino in Nepal and sug-gest measureS. for the animal's preserva-tion. Il is reported that the danger is notso much from poaching as from indis-criminate opening up by hillmen of forestareas foor habitation.

LUCKNOW-During a 10-day hunt inthe dense reserve forest between Pilibhitand Tanakpur in the Naini Tal.Taraiarea, four maneaters were killed by aProvincial Armed Constabulary squad.The tigers were responsible for threedeaths near Manjhola village and causedmuch panic among the villagers.

CALCUTTA-Mr. Biswanath Lohia,newly-elected president of the IndianKapok Mills Association, has urged theGovernment toOItake steps to stop destruc-tion of kapok trees and to grow themextensiv,ely to ensure a sufficient supplyof raw kapok.

CALCUTTA-The Indian Air Force,founded in 1933, completed 26 years ofits existence on March :31, 1959. The AirForce in the words of Ithe Prime Minister,has been a "messenger of healing andgoodwill in times of natural calamitiesinside the country."

JUNE, 1959

KARACHI-The Pakistan Gove:nmenthas presented six chinar seedlings itoJapan. They are to be planted in thegarden ,af the Ozaki Mem::lrial Hall.Chinar, a picturesque tree, finds pride o,fplace in gardens in Pakistan, especiallythose laid out by the Moghuls.

KARACHI-The coal mining industryin We:5t Pakistan is to be modernizedunder a Rs 7-crore project to be launchedshortly by the Pakistan Industrial Devel-opment Corporation.

NEW DELHI-The output and con-sumption of electricity in India havemore than doubled since the beginningof the First Plan in December, 1958..

NEW DELHI-The use of bigger andmore suitable aircraft than Dakotas 'onthe air service between. Calcu!tta andAssam to ensure full security against thegenerally inclement weather in Assam isnow being considered. '

NEW DELHI-It is reported that goldsmuggling dropped by 50 per cent in1958, as compared with 1957.

NEW DELHI-The Lok Sabha 'has dis-cussed a resolu!tion urging that the ex-port of monkeys from India be complete-ly banned, on the grOl,lnds that it is ameasure of crueI'ty and against India'straditi.ons. The argument that thesemonkeys shipped to the United Statesserved the cause of medicine or broughtforeign exchange did not haId a,t all.

CHANDERNAGORE-Nearly 50 wash-ermen .of the town demonstrated outsidethe office of the Mayor, demanding sup-ply of washing materials at a fair priceand continuance of the exis!ting facilityof washing clothes in municipal tankswithout paying any tax.

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CBI-er'sViewpoint

This month's question:

What was the oddest superstition orbelief th~t you encountered during yourCBI service?

LAWRENCE SNYDER, Casa Grande,Ariz.-"The one that Itakes the cake formy money is the belief behind theParsee superstition of burial on the"Towers of Silence." In this rite, the bodyis carried to the itop of a 'high tower. Afterservices, the door is closed and vulturesdescend to devour the remains, pickingthe bones dry. The philosophy is: To buryin the ground is to contaminate itheearth; to bury in the sea is to contami-nate the water; to destroy by fire is tocontaminate the air. By way of theParsee Tower of silence, only the vulturesare contaminated, and they are alreadyconsidered con:taminated. Burr-r-r-r"r!'

MORRIS CATALIN, Bronx, N. Y.-"Onereason why India remains a backwardcountry is some of the unchangeable be-liefs and superstitions of the Hindureligion. Scme CBI-ers may rememberin 1943, when Calcutta was blacked outdue to possibility of air raid, the Bri!tishunderstandably forbid the annual Festi-val of Lights. In this colorful ceremony,the natives carry tens of ithousands oflights, flames, torches, etc., through thestreets. Realizing the :tremendous targetit would afford a Japanese air raidsquadron, the festival was banned thatyear. But I understand the British hadto bear arms against a huge mob thatinsisted on carrying out the holy affair."

GEORGE A. STERNS, Estes Park, Colo.-"Speaking .of beliefs, none Ito me isstranger than a man so religious he willdie of starvation when millions of sacredcows and bulls are running around loose.That was the caSe during the greatBengal Famine of 1942."

LARRY HAUG, Lincoln, Neb.-"Oldestsuperstition I recall in the CBI areais that many Chinese people believe theyare being followed by an evil sprit. Theywere positive that if they ran in front ofa moving vehicle, being missed by onlya few inches, their evil spirit would bekilled. This pradtice led to disaster formany of our Allies. Some seemed to

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favor running across the path of a land-ing plane. In some instances, rather thankilling his evil spirit, the Chinese him-self would be maimed .or decapitated byspinning propellers. His fellow workerswould gleefully shout, 'Very good,' know-ing :that their late friends' earthlytroubles had ended."

MILTON KLEIN, Suffern, N. Y.-"Whileon convoy through the Sind Desert in In.dia, driving a jeep, I noticed natives sud-denly dash from one side of the 'road' tothe other, but always directly in front of'the vehicle. Often the jeep barely missedhitting them. We made a night stopoverin Allahbad, and I had an opportunityto visit with an English-speaking Sikh.He informed me that these nativesdeliberately risked their lives runningin fron't of moving vehicles because theybelieved the jeep would destroy theinsidious devils that accompanied them.Such spirits were supposed to follow be-hind, and plague the natives until thedevils and evil ones were destroyed inthe manner described."

STERLING 1. THAYER, Chicago, Ill.-"By and large, the Chinese are a verymoral people. But I muld never get usedto i1:heir idea of mixed bathing in thepublic bath houses."

TED McALISTER, Taos, N. M.-"Thetopper to all strange ~uperstitions is thisone: The Chinese would dash in front ofthe running propellers .of our planes,hoping that their "evil spiri:ts" wouldbe chopped to bits behind them. Need-less to say, often he was the victim him-self."

LOUIS MIDDAUGH, Pocatello, Ida.-"Anyone who worked with Moslems inIndia during :the war will recall theyfaced toward Mecca and prayed fourtimes a day. My bearer, one BehadiMohammed, set certain times of the dayfor this ritual, and whatever he was do-ing when the time came, he dropped itand did ithe needful!"

ROY ALLEN LAWSON, Cincinnati, 0.-"What about the Oriental belief of pay-ing a dowry to the father of the bride fortaking her off his hands?"

Next m.onth's question:

What is your guess as to thefinal disposition of Nationalist vs.Communist China?

Send your reply to the above questionto the Roundup editors for inclusion in thenext issue.

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

IN ACTION at Laban, near Wakaung, in the MogaungValley of Northern Burma are members of the 38th ChineseDivision. Photo by Jack Jenkins.

Repair Squadron Midwest Convention• Was with the 47th Re. • The spring meeting,pair Squadron, stdtioned at dinner and danc~ of thethe Eastern India Air Depot Iowa Basha on AprIl 11 wasat Panagarh, India. Enjoy morE; o,~ a "midwest C:)n.reading Roundup' keep up ventJ.:m as CBI vets fromthe good work. ' five states attended. Fritz

S. E. PEDERSON, Marz was in charge of ar.Eau. Claire Wis rangemen'ts for the event,

, which was held at Amana.Truly Great Surge~ National Commander Bob• Glad to see John Op. Doucette and Sr. Vice Com.penheim's letter c:>ncerning mander Harold Kretchmar!the distinguished Genera~ both addressed the 125 whoRavdin (May issue), Dr. attended. Other natio'nalRavdin of 20th General officers attending wereHospital, Led::>, is indeed GeJrge Marquardt, Samone of America's truly great Meranda, Bill Leichsenringsurgeons. If that old CBl'er and Red Adams. The com.can't fix you up with his mander of the Chicagohealing knife you've 'had it Basha also came out to theand might as well send for "corn state" with severalthe nearest chaplain. The Windy City CBI vets. Newltruth of it is Dr. Ravdin was Carl F. Moerschel Iowaa nationally known surgeon Basha officers elected forbebre he came to Led::>. 'the coming year wereThough most of us rough. Henry Hertel 'O'f Amana,necks who gave him a hard commander; Kermit Kuhl.time while patients at the man of Colesburg, vice com.20th ... and on certain mander; Ray Alders:m ofsocial occasions ... just Dubuque, adjutant; Bendidn't have sense enough ,to Hopkins of Montezuma,know that. So, belated chaplain; Neil Maurer ofth::>ugh it is, I'm glad to see Laurens, public relations;that medic get Mr. Oppen. and Donald Doyle of Si.:mxheim's nice bowl of roses City, judge advocate. Fortyin print. Iowa CBI vets joined the

JOHN M. VIRDEN, national CBIVA a't theColonel USAF (Ret.) Amana meeting. Leo MinerWashington, D. C. read a tentative program

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already scheduled for the13th national CBI Reunionto be held in Cedar Rapids,bwa, on August 4, 5 and 6in 1960.

RAY ALDERSON,Dubuque, Iowa

Looking for Meyer• Have been trying tolocate Col. Edward Meyer,whose original address wasGreat Neck, Long Island,N. Y. He was in charge ofthe Port at Karachi. Anyonewho might know his where.abouts, please contact ,me.

DENNIS J. LOUGHMAN,Box 31Waynesburg, Pa.

Rickshaws Exciting• We may want b framethe picture of the rickshawin y:>ur last issue (May). Iam told all of India's citiesare doing away with thismode of transportation dueto modern competition.

GEORGE A. LYLE,Daytona Beach, Fla.

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ENLISTED MEN'S CLUB, 330th Troop Carrier, at Myitkyina,Burma. Photo by Edward V. Panek.

VILLAGE near Kunming, China, with threshing floor inforeground. Photo by George J. Johns.

Dea,th of Wilson Pal Airplane Driver• Jahn B. Wilsan, 47, a •• Well, fan my brawlCBI veteran, died recently And where have I beenat Lubback, Tex., where he these past dozen years talived far ab'Out 10 years not knaw abaut Ex-CEland was engaged in the Raundup? If it hadn't beenreal estate business. Sur. far Chuck Haley, a fellawvivC'rs include his wife, twa airplane' driver at Misa-sans, his mdther, five mari, I might still bebrathers and faur sisters. dreaming 'Of the past in-John entered service fram stead 'Of reading about it.Atlanta, Ga., and served as Feed me the issues of themaster sergeant in the last five years and put me'Operations section of the down f'Of a c'Ouple mare in20th Tactical Recannas- the future. Don't pass meiance Squadr'On at Dinjan, by anymare!Tingkawk-Sakan and Myi't- RALPH L. GRAY,kyina. He was an outstand- Wichita. Kan.ing airman, devoted t'O dutyand ta his fellows. He wasfriend and council'Or ita allof us in the 20th, andserved his cauntry well.

JOHN J. KENDRICK,MajDr, USAFRBrawnfield, Tex.

Major Milligan Dies• Arthur G. Milligan, Jr.,42. wha served as chief ofSpecial Services for thearmed forces in the India.Burma Theater, died April11 at his home in Buffalo,N. Y. He was a dramaticcoach, active in summertheater work. During WarldWar II he enlis'ted as aprivate and advanced tathe rank of majar. Hismather and twa brotherssurvive.

JOSEPH M. OVERFIELD,(lOth Weather Sq.)Kenmore, N. Y.

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Myitkyina Missicmary• Whatever became 'Ofthe American missianaryat Myitkyina wha wroteseveral articles far Roundupa year 'Or sa aga? At thattime I recall he said hisfamily and an ather personwere the 'Only Americans inthat city, which 'Once washeld by thausands 'OfYanks. His articles were in-farmative and interesting.

DONALD HAUSER,Pittsburgh, Pa.

Old C.47's Still Used• Attentian, former ATCpilats: If yau thaught the'Old C-47's were about warnaut when we left India,here's news 'far yau; They'restill using them on theIndian Airlines Assam runs.

JOHN J. BUTLER,Sacramenta, Calif.

Book on Chennault• In the May book re-views page, Gen. Robert L.Scatt's baak an Chennaultheads the list, which is asit shauld be. Anyone whoserved il\ the 14th Air Farcewouldn't want ta miss read-ing this wanderful achieve-ment. Lots 'Ofhistary, actbnand a bit 'Of cantraversy,too.

CLARENCE IRWIN,Reno, Nevada

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PINUP GIRLS in the original CBI Roundup attract theattention of a Chinese soldier.' Photo by Jack Jenkins.

General Beebe Dies• In !~h2 May is,we ofRoundup someJTIe was ask-ing about Colonel Beebe.My son, Majo~ RobertFensler, was in the 308thGroup of which ColonelBeebe was commander. I3ent the clipping to mydaughter-in-law and justthe day af:er receiving itshe read in a New Y:}rkpaper of the death of Maj.Gen. Reyden E. Beebe, Jr.,USAF (Ret.) following aheart attack while playinggolf at the Andrew.3 AirForce Base. Services wereheld May 4 at ArlingtonNational Ceme'~ery. Genera,lBeebe, 51, retired recentlyas the Air Force .member ofthe Joint Chiefs of StaffStrategic Survey Commit-tee. Prior to his service onthat staff, which began in1956, he had directed thecombat readiness of allAmerican Air Force units inCentral Europe for NATO.He was a West Point grad-uate, and had been an AirForce officer since 1933.MRS. CLARK W. FENSLER,Tulelake, Calif.

BIRLA TEMPLES at New Delhi, India, are shl)wn in thisunusual photo by Dushyant V. Patel.

Calcutta Gharry missing a good bet. If any-one is interested we are

• Golly! That picture of listed in the Washingtonthe horse gharry on page 19 h -~ k d Ch.of the May issue'did w.on- p one x un er ma-

Burma-I dia Veterans As-ders for my morale'. A good seciation. Give us a call.many GI's who frequentedCalcutta will find fond MURRAY URAN,me.mories in the picture Adjutantalso, I'll bet. I think the Washington, D. C.best part of riding in thosecarriages was the inevit-able friendly argument wehad over the fare each time!

MARGARET SAGER,New Orleans, La.

Stilwell Basha• The Stilwell Basha,Washington, D. C., held aregular meeting April 16 atithe residence of the Chineseambassador, the HonorableMr. George Yeh, at TwinOaks, Washington, D. C.Among the guests presentwere General and Mrs.Howard Davidson, Con-gressman Harmon of Indi-ana, Chinese Military At-tache General Fu-ning Lu,and Pardee Lowe of theU.. S. Information Agencyand Mrs. Lowe. We hope tohave more of our meetingsat embassies, and theChinese ambassador hasasked us to pay a returnvisit. CBIers in and aroundWashington who have notyet joined our basha are

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Commander's

Message

by

Robert W. Doucette

National CommanderChina-Burma-India

Veterans Assn.

Salaam Sahibs:

A sincere Thank You to all the bash asand individuals who made the CBIVAmembership drive a big success. The CarlMoerschel Basha of Iowa won the firstprize for the greatest number oJ newmembers during the 'contest period whileWashington, D. C., took honors with thegreatest percentage increase of NationalCBIVA members. The individual honorswent to Ray Alderson of the CarlMoerschel Basha and Boyd Rose cJ theDelaware Valley Basha. Congratulationsto the winners. THe prizes will be aw~rd-ed at the CEIVA Convention in Philadel-phia.

Now that you fellows have found outthat new members are not hard t'0 find,I hope that even though the contest isover, your interest in obtaining newmembers will continue. I realize that weare limited as a veterans organizaU::min compariscn with the VFW and theAmerican Legion on some matters butwe also have several advantages. Perhapsthe main arguments on Our behalf arethat we are non political, family type oforganization from one theater of opera-tion, have perhaps the finest veteranpublications, the best (by far) nationalconvention, the friendliest people, andlast, but certainly not least, the NationalCBIVA is large enough to be of serviceto you but small enough to appreciateyou. Please keep your interest high incontinuing to make the CBIVA grow.

On April 10, 1959, I had the pleasureof attending the spring party of the CarlMoerschel Basha of Iowa. Thanks to RayAlderson and all the Iowa gang, Mickeyand I had a wonderful time and werevery happy to sign up 37 new nationalCBIVA members who had come to attendthe spring reunion.

When you receive this edition of theEX.eBI ROUNDUP, the spring nationalexecutive board meeting will have beenheld. We had many decisions to makeand I wish to thank those members whohave written to me expressing their ideas

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as to how to improve their organization,the CBIVA.

Two of the ideas received fer discussionby members have been the adoption ofa suitable bronze CBI plaque for pre.sentation to the United States govern.,ment for display at the National Ceme.tery in Arlington, Virginia, in honor ofthe CBI veteran and the publishing of acomplete membership book to be dis-tributed to all members. Interest shownby suggestions of this nature speakswell for the members of CBIVA.

I imagine most of you are making yoursummer vacation plans. I sincerely hopethey include the National ConvenUon inPhiladelphia on August 5, 6, 7 and 8th.The Delaware Valley Basha has workedhard on convention plans with the pur-pose of staging the biggest and best reounion to date. They have the facilities,they have completed a wonderful pro.gram, they have the enthusiasm and theworkers. All they need is you and yourfamily.

Many of you undoubtedly saw the"Twentieth Century" television show onthe subject "Burma Road and the Hump."Through the courtesy of the PrudentialInsurance Company, the producers of theshow, a sound film copy of the show willbe made available for our USe at thenational convention in Philadelphia.ThDse of you who did not see the showand those wives who have doubted someof the "tall" stories they have heard fromtheir husbands as to the CBI theater, willhave an opportunity to verify some facts.It should prove interesting ! ! !

In the May issue of the EX-CBIROUNDUP, a most interesting article,"The 'Sentimentalists' were sent to theCEI," appeared. It was written by GlennHess and whether you agree or not, Irecommend it for interesting reading.

Don't forget Philadelphia in Augustand you fellows whose outfits are goingto have a reunion within a reunion, letme know so that we can arrange a timefor all your outfits to have a "bull"session.

ROBERT W. DOUCEITENational Commander6232 Washington CircleWauwatosa 13, Wisconsin

This space is cantributed to. the CBlV A byEx-CBl Raundup as a service to. the manyreaders who. are members af the Assn., af whichRaundup is the afficial publicatian. It is im-partant to. remember that CBlV A and Raund.up are entirely separate arganizatians. Yaursubscription to. Raundup daes nat entitle yauto. membership in CBlV A, nar daes yaur memobership in CBlV A entitle yau to. a subscriptionto. Raundup. Yau need nat be a member afCBlV A in arder to. subscribe to. Raundup and"he lIef'sa.-Eds.

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COW PATTIES, each bearing a hand print, are shown dryingon a waIl off Karaya Road in Calcutta. As they faIl to theground they are gathered up for fuel. Photo by George J.Johns.

COMPANY street of Company A, 1875 Engineer AviationBattalion, at Shadazup, Burma, in the faIl of 1944. Photo byJim Bowman.

China Pictures• Go:>d to see so manyChina pictures in recentissues. I realize tha't thegreatest percentage of CBIveterans served in India,and that more pictures andother material on India areavailable for publication.

CLAYTON B. MANSAR,Miami, Fla.

Flying Tiger• G e n era I Robert L.Scott's new bJok, "FlyingTiger: Chennault of China,"is a dandy! It gives a truepicture of General Chen.nault's real worth, andpoints an accusing fingerat those who tried to dis-credit him during the war.For Chennault's men, asthe book says, "there reomains to this day a bitter.ness that has been and willbe felt for a long time . . .For they saw the humanjealousies and ignorancekill their friends and WDrse,render their own sacrificesuseless."

GEORGE CODY,., Stockton, Calif.

the road would still be inprocess of constructionwithout the many thou.sands of Indian, Burmeseand Chillese coolies whotoiled long and 'hard topush it through.

JESSE E. HARPER,Anaheim, Calif.

Trip to India• I do envy Mrs. Richard.son who mentioned in theMay issue that she wentback to India last fall. May.be she will write a fewwords for the magazineabout the things she saw.

Mrs. HARVEY PLAGER,Naples, Fla.

Charcoal Burners• C:mgratulations on asplendid job of putting outa swell magazine for us CElwallahs these past manyyears. Have often wonderedif the charcoal. burningcars and trucks are stillbeing used in India?

FRED SCARBOROUGH,Providence, R. I.

1/7ar.born, the deviceswere discontinued in mostinstances when gasolineagain became available.-Eds.

Coolies of CBI• The May issue cover,showing oxcarts workingalongside an Engineer bull.dozer on the Ledo Road, isbut .one of many unusualincidents common to CBIcountry. Even with our thenmodern pieces of equipment

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rass •I s r m ndia'DEMAND FOR SMALL gift items

in India Brassware motivates our offerto CBI.ers for this month. All of thesmart ideas presented on this pageare low in price. Remember, minimumorder is $5.00, we pay the pos:age!

INDIA BRASS POLISH CLOTHS

At last a jeweler's rouge cloththat will keep your India Brass-ware brightly shining. Clothslast for years. Nothing to dryout or spoil. Only 75c

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No. 180. Oval ash tray, 3~" by 4~", only85c each. No. 183. Ice hammer-bottleopener,heavy engraved brass piece, handy item fcrbar or kitchen, onl~- $1.65 each. No. 130.Coaster or ash tray, engraved, 3", fitsmost glasses, only 300 each.

/tltNo. 182. Double Peg Measure, 4", only $1.00ea. No. 173. Incense Burner, spiral design,with bell in lid, only $1.00 ea. No. 192. Incense Burner, 3" Tall, typically Indian, onlySl.00 ea. No. 120. Bottleopener with bell, 9Oc.

No. 187. Night Candlesticks, engraved, only $2.95 pair. No. 181. Jigger or toothpickcup, 1'h", 35c each; 2'h", 60c each. No. 172. Small incense burner, 2", onl~' 85c each.No. 191. Small Bells, 2", $4.20 per dozen.

No. 134. Card Tray, 5'h", richly engraved,many uses, onl~' $1.25 each. No. 204. LeafMint Dish, 5", $1.50 each. No. 196. LeafAsh Tray, 5", only $1.50 each. 1646 Lawrence St. Denver 2. Colo.