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* ~ : PH é ™ or a a ‘ Director, FBI ee, 1/43/35 ¢ : . © “—"“"WAPLernodn Ereting TT re 1 EDCAR RHOADS presidine (lives in Filmington - in Leather Business) troduced DOROTAY SUPERE (wife of DOUGLAS STEERE)s ~ My hus- band and I were on an Sicht month trin around the world. Our first ston was Honolulu and there we hac ovr first lessons in adaptin=s owr outloox to understand that of the peoples of the East, ‘ne must be sensitive and respectful in the fast so as -- not to misunderstand and give offense. One learns that there is such wisden in what looks to us to be foolish. We learned mech fron the Tea House of the Aurust Yoon in this respect, We Ber the 2O0LcS and AQHA BRITON there, who have done such fine work in helping to unify peonles in Hawaii who are of many races, Be next went to Janan where we visited neichborhood centers and observed the warm aporeciation of the Japanese for all the work -done by Friencs there, DOUGLAS had many interesting talxs on “philososhy with Japanese scholars and especially with e group of yours Jeo seekers; we visited universities ticre with an international Biudent _bocys and were much izoressed, ly hus~ band talked to a Zen Fuddhist erouo and was such interested, especielly in their meditetions; dlso visited Frienés in Japan. Ivent to Sorea and visited the Fricnds grouo in Pusan and saz the provincial sospital run by Friends. Luch appreciation for Friends work was evident. In Kone Kone we wers behind the benboo curtain and saw that the peoole in Hone Hone are of three sorts: those who are entiroly oriental in outloox; thoso who ere entirely Aestern in outlook, and those who are trying to look bath ways. All seemed to us to te frustrated and torn betieen-two worlds, Ve then went-t9 Borna and Thailand. - In —_T the latter we visited in the comsunal tazily of one of cur Haverford Colleze students and observed the plece of wotan and the influence exerted b: woman. REGINALD TRICE rathered a group of Friends in Sanzkok; he is planning to fora a Friends grouvo there which will te united and influential. In Surma, we aan the Library in Ranzoon which was financed by the Ford Foundation and which houses many Suddhist encient writings and will preserve the best in Bnddhist culture. The Buddhist Con- grss5 interested us rreatly. Theres are about 80,003 Huddhist monks and about 20,000 woren in religious houses in Surna and -avery facily sends one of its sons to live in a monastery to Each family trices to have one son a monk. Thon I will never forget tho sight of the streets of ‘lesrn 1%5 ways. to India.