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= betieen-two werlds. We then went-to - : + 7 . Director, FBI . & : i A A3/32 ¢ . . To wARtérnoon_Rreting 7 a EDGAR RNOATS presiding (lives in Filmington ~ in Leather Business) . troduced DOROTHY STARE (wife of DOUGLAS STSERE): ~ Hy hus~ band and I were on an eisht month trin around the world. Our first stop was donolulu and there we has ovr first lessons in adaptin: our outlook to understand that of the peoples of the Fast. ne must be sensitive and respectful in the /ast so ag not to risundcerstand and give offense. One learns that there is such wisden in what looks to us to be foolish. ‘te learned much fron the Tea House of the Aucust Yoon in this respect. Ye sew the ZOLcS and ANNA FRIUTON there, who have dons such fine work in helping to unify peoples in Hawaii who are of many raccs. Be next ment to Janan where we visited neisnborhood centers and observed the ward aporeciation of the Japanese for all the work -done by Friends there, DOUGLAS had many interesting talks on philosophy with Japanese scholars and especially with 8 croup of youn: Jep seekers; we visited universities trcre with an international siudent body, and were much izoressed, Ly hus~ band talked to a Zen Ruddhist prouo andi was such interested, especially in their meditetions; dlso visited Friends in Japan. I went to “orca and visited the Friends grouo in Pusan and sax the provincial sospital run by Friende. Luch sppreciation for Friends work was evicent. In Kong Kone we werg behind the benboo curtain and saw that the peoole in Hone Kong are of three sorts: those who are entiroly oriental in outloox; those who ere entirely Zestern in outlook, and those who are trying to look both ways. All seexed to us to te frustrated and tom . the latter we visited in the cowsunal Ly of one our Haverford Colleze students end observed the place of woxan and the influence exerted bs wouen. REGIKALD PRICE patherod a group of Friends in Sanzkok; he is planning to form a Friends e@rouo there which will te unitcd and influential. In Burna, we san the Library in Rangoon which was financed by the Ford Foundation and which houses many Suddhist encient writings end wil preserve the best in Buddhist culture. The Buddhist Con~ 7 gress iuterested us rreatly. There are about 80,00) Bucdhist nonks and about 20,000 woren in religious houses in 5ursa and -every fevlly sends ene of its sons to live in a monastery to ‘lcern 1%s ways. tach family tries to have one son a monk. Than to India. I will never forget tho sight of the streets of aay va and Thailand. -In - ©-—-—---