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eeepc, ce ee oe oe ~ eae far PH 10036015 om Miss BUCK continued: Lis X 2 liad "I never saw a Chinese Woman willing to send her son to war, They would weep and yell, for their sons are their most valuable possessions. Without them the family line dies OUte o co oo e ¢ Don't think I'll be glad to be a gold-star mother. I'm not going to be brave, They'll take my sons over my dead body, not Willingly or proudly, ; "I don't believe in war. I don't think it is inevitable, War is a confession of weakness, a disease that can be prevented if precautions are taken. War comes because certain steps have not been taken. Perhaps it's too late to stop a war now," . The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin of May 4, 1951 reflected that PEARL BUCK, speaking before the Book Sellers Association of Philadelphia in Kugler's Restaurant, stated that the removal of General DOUGLAS MacARTHUR fron his command was a lesson in Democracy for the Asians, In Japan and China, she reminded her audience, military men are not removed by civilians, "Nothing could have shown them better that ours is truly a civilian government." bs _ On July 5, 19) IN 20:03 that PEARL BUCK had 01D addressed a mecting on April 18, 1951 at the Abington Friends Meeting, Abington, Pa., where she spoke about the role of the United States and the present war conditions exisiting in Asia, According to the informant, the failure of Asians to understand American idealism, which is usally mot backed by deeds. She stated that the Asians do not understand abstract ideals of liberty, never having been free; that they will fight for bread, mever for ideals, Miss BUCK deplored the United States! dependence on militarien in the East and the belief that we can conquer anything by force alone. This idea, she said, is disastrous and that if we were to bomb China it would not hurt Asia too mich » but it would finish us, The Orientals are convinced that we resorted to the atom bomb in Japan because the Japanese are Orientals, not white; whereas, we would not have used the bomb in Europe --..' = .--against other white people, Discussing Communism, Miss BUCK said it filled = | -@ Vacuum in Asie efter World War II, when the United States failed to exhibit _=S°“. . moral leadership, The people there were confused. -They had never revolted "=: ggadast exploitation because they did not know how until Commniem, which uw ~ ", has become the standard pattern for all revolutions, promised so mich, The ; ‘Asians like the Russians, who ere mostly Oriental people, have throughout theity) ~ 10 « \ carey e? CO Rapes. dab ae ee