The Bermuda Recorder

              page six the bermuda reco-.deb saturday october 19 1957 wide illiteracy cited by unesco nasser arming arab worid to offset ike doctrine ierman emigration up churches urged to end race bias 68,000 left federal republic last year to live abroad bonn germany oct 9 despite west germany's growing prosperity more german men and women are leaving the count ry in search of n better future abroad cairo oct 14 president xasser is sending egyptian arms around the arab compass in an apparent c mint er offen sive against the eisenhower doctrine military ties under the joint command which includes egyp tian syrian and saudi ara bian forces with the arrival of egyptian i roops iu syria preceded hy egyptian tech nicians tlie two governments declared their determination to stand together againsl any aggression from turkey agency director says half of world's people cannot understand a newspaper crease rather than decrease it the present rate of population growth is maintained disciples of christ meeting offers peace at little rock the only way to bring last ing improvement the study says is to provide more schools for children and to keep them in classes until they become literate it then is necessary according to the report to in sure that they remain literate by providing reading material within their financial and mental scope for experience shows that reading and writ ing skills are lost if they are not exercised there were reports of a dual shift in the middle east : a swing toward stricter neutrality in cairo and da mascus and a weakening of support in pro-western leba non for the anti-communist u s doctrine emigration statistics pub lished recently showed that about 6s,00 germanys left last year to settle elsewhere most of them 35,6000 emi grated to the united states other preferred countries were canada australia and south africa by kathleen mclaughlin by george dugan cleveland oct 14 the international convention of the disciples of christ called last week on churches over the country to put in practice their preachments opposing racial discrimination groups or organizations that initiate or perpetuate racial discrimination or tend to in cite communities to violence hatred and lawlessness united nations n y oct 15 — approximately half of the world's people cannot read and understand a news paper according to dr luther evans director general of the united nations educational scientific and cultural organ the campaign to rebuild egyptian influence was accom panied by further maneuver ing to heal the i ifi > in t be aral world nasser poshed egyptian in fluence with these moves : congregational administra tive policies should be re viewed at the earliest pos sible time to bring them in line with christian attitude toward race lebanon previously under bitter attack from egypt nnd syria over ifs endorsement o the eisenhower doc-trine was reported asking the united states to let it renege on tliat endorsement the surprise landing of an undisclosed number of egyp tian troops at the syrian port of latakia yesterday was fol lowed by a formal display of egyptian naval force there he number of germans emi •■ it ing to the united states lias almost doubled since tli years 1953 to 1955 in 1956 l'lvjoo germans emigrated to canada mors than one and a half time as many as in the preceding year the conventioin overwhelm ingly adopted a resolution condemning segregation both within the church and in society as a whole of the more than 2,000 delegates scarcely a handful voiced a negative vote known locally as christian churches the disciples have a sizable con stituency in missouri and kentucky the church has about 2,000,000 adherents in the united states and canada ization the race between popula tion growth and the extension of literacy has produced a paradox in certain regions where there has been a reduc tion in the rate of adult illiteracy but an increase in the total number of illiterates from my point of view he said we are making too little progress against illit eracy churches should conduct local surveys of discriminatory practices in housing and the use of public facilities egypt announced it was sending to libya a symbolic gift of six armored cars and 100-200 rifles egypt offered arms to tunisia in september and sent vampire jet planes to saudi arabia in august both libya and tunisia en dorsed the eisenhower pftlicy and saudi arabian king saud at least tacitly approved it a trend toward greater neutrality by egypt and syria seemed 1o be evidenced by these reports the majority of german emigrants are refugees and persons expelled from east germany and former east german temtor : es dr evans made his com ment in connection with his announcemenf this week of publication of his organiza tion's widest survey to date of the status of the battle to spread knoowledge of reading and writing the brochure entitled vorld illiteracy at mid-century deals with con ditions in sixty-five countries it is available at a price of 2 at the unesco publica tions center 801 third frank speaking approved beirut sources said syria's president shukri kuwatly and akram hotirani leader of the dominant baath arab socialist resurrection party may he teaming up to try to curb pro-so\-je leaders in the government a preamble to the resolu tion also adopted by the con vention called on the denomi nation's 8,000 churches to speak frankly and without equivocation on particular so cial political economic and moral issues dr evans cited the ease ol brazil which succeeded in re ducing its adult illiteracy rate from 65 to 51 per cent between 1900 and 1950 but saw the total of illiterates in crease from 6,500,00 to 15,000 000 iii the same period minutes after the resolution had been adopted the dele gates joined in silent prayer for reconciliation in the dis pute - at little rock ark where federal troops are en forcing school integration their supplication was part of a nation-wide prayer network supported by the profestant roman catholic and jewish faiths regional secretaries who are constantly travelling through their group of states to work on educational and organiza tional chores to investigate complaints and to be on hand for emergencies in little rock this was clarence a laws secretary for the south western region egypt moved to weld stronge i statements of conviction on social issues are relatively in effective except when brought to bear upon particular situa tions where administrative policy is being formed or applied the preamble de clared all of the tables and graphs presented in the brochure were taken from government publications or from public speeches of officials dr evans noted he emphasized that the figures included are not to be regarded as completely accurate avenue britain fears new flareup the survey puts the total of adult illiterates at 700,000 000 or about 44 per cent of the world population 15 years old and over by far the largest concentration of the unlettered is found in asia and africa the data indicate hut the problem of illiteracy is by no means confined to those regions in the mideast when the telephone rings on \\ est fortieth street to report the difficulties in littd rock it is not long before u call goes through from new york to the washington office of the n a a c p directed by clarence mitchell christian churches today the resolution declared are now faced with the fact that their responsibility is one of mov ing from principle to practice within their own local situa tions we therefore urge our people to write or speak to their representatives when dis cussed or when particular problems focus public atten tion upon administrative de cisions it is at such times that christian witness will be most effective by charles h klensch these sources indicate that the soviet union has not as has sometimes beey asserted attained 100 per cent literacy in its population the statis ticians estimate that about 2.5 to 5 per cent of the soviet people — from 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 are still illiter ate london oct 14 london diplomatic circles today looked upon the dispatch of egyptian military forces to syria as northern border lor an ameri can-inspired assaull againsi tin damascus regime nly last week soviet com munist party boss nikita s khrushchev warned turkey against starting anything with syria implying that russia would rush to syria's aid suggestions offered more propaganda saber-rattling than a serious martial exercise — but also a move which in creased the possibility of a mideast flareup 1 trough his office arc co ordinated all the lobbying ac tivities of the organization — the appeals ior executive ac tion the work for favorable legislation the wiuning of friends and influencing of people wherever it may count in the integration struggle as one of its major con elusions the volume projects the possibility that the total of adult illiterates may in it made the following con crete suggestions ' " i nat cnurcnes mam mistakingly clear the in clusive nature of their fellow ship by employing a multi racial staff others might em phasize an interracial evangel ism program and still others could publicly announce in their pulpit or through ad vertising that their doors were open to all races un fare you go ing dancing tonight take home some fish and chips with lettuce and tomato 5 and 7/6 the green lantern serpentine road open daily 9.00a.m to 1.00 a.m for the united states they estimate between 3,300,000 and 4,400,000 illiterates com prising 2.5 per cent of the population there was no official re action from israel — a buffer between egypt on the south and syria on the north — hut unofficially the surprise egyp tian maneuver was seen as an attempt by cairo to assert leadership of the arab world diplomats m london backed their views that egypt was engaged in a propaganda move by noting the irony in damascus summoning aid from an army that is still smarting from the fiasco of its defeat in sinai last fall to stand with syria against the alleged threat of turkey whieh has the finest fighting machine in die mideast we deliver farm-fresh milk daily to your order keep plenty on hand ! dunkley's dairy co ltd devonshire call and enquire today phone 1310 european countries with the lowest rates of illiteracy be tween 1 and 2 per cent in clude austria britain den mark finland germany ice land ireland liechenstein the netherlands norway sweden and switzerland bad skin ? ' nonetheless the israeli gov ernment was keeping close tabs on the situation because of recent incidents along its border with syria un emer gency troops on the israeli egyptian border have consid erably cooled that former hot spot banish painful skin blemishes fast with dr chase's ointment an active ministry of reconciliation should be en couraged by churches by bring ing together persons of vari ous racial backgrounds for planning sessions designed to eliminate racial barriers in the community the soothing medicated ingre dients in dr chase's ointment provide antiseptic protection against infection allay pain and suffering it relieves such condi tions as eczema boils pimples blackheads cold sores assured by turkey i lie turks have assured botii the xorth atlantic treaty or ganization and the damascus government that they will not attack syria those with highest illiteracy rates are bulgaria 24.2 per cent greece 25.9 per cent portugal 44.1 per cent ru mania 23.1 per cent and spain 17.3 per cent sundays : 1.00 p.m 1.00 a.m phone 2816 try dr chase's ointment . . . get the large-size tin six times as much „« should repudiate any activities of individuals charges echoed diplomatic circles ' said that gives egypt the opportunity io promote the syrian-egyp tian alliance to pose as the protector of syria against a non-existent invasion danger and at the same time play moscow's anti-turkish game the soviet news agency tass said the troop movement was carried out to help de fend syrian territory the soviet union has been echoing syrian charges that turkish troops are massing on syria's in asia afghanistan saudi !_■ j tt l arabia and yemen were esti mated to have betweea 95 and 99 per cent illiteracy and india between 80 and 85 per cent it pays to advertise comics ! comics ! powerful n.a.a.c.p stands behind the fight for racial integration every saturday sensational new recorder comic section virol continued j rom page 5 soliciting tax-exempt contribu legation if trouble develops when the assault is made the fund steps in with legal aid containing the president of the board of direcotrs of the fund which occupies a floor of offices at 107 west forty-third street is dr allan knight chalmers former treasurer of the n a a c p and a professor at boston university's school of theology mr marshall is director counsel tions 10 pages with 14 different features aimed at pleasing both young and old alike of forty-six cases tlie x a a c p has taken to the united states supreme court it has avon favorable rulings in all but four twenty of the cases have been argued by mr marshall who joined the x a a c p legal staff in 1938 lie has lost only two builds healthy watch for the mystery of vic flint children «_■• ammweaaa^~m*^w^m m - "■* * tm tm meet once more your old friends — between them the two or ganizations raised aud spent more than a million dollars last year in the fight against segregation most of it for the x a a c p came from annual membership fees rang ing from 2 upward for the fund the income came chiefly from 5 and 10 contributions in response to direct mail ap peals alley oop the little people the organization lias more than forty active eases in the eonrts most of them involving school desegregation xo one knows for sure how many cases have been won and where so many and varied have been the assaults on seg gregation and discrimination tiie pins in hie map on mr wilkins - wall have fallen far behind the march of desegre gation into ihe south boots — in addition to boots cut-outs captaen easy the nut bros • — _____ — . mm — — •___ — — — • ■— — brenda breeze growing children need virol read all these and more in the comic that's really worth your money because virol has the ingredients that build health and strength and glowing energy just see what's in virol malt extract refined beef fat glucose fructose egg orange juice mineral salts added vita mins yes the essential food factors your children need put them on virol today the basic patten of opera tion of the x a a c p has been something like this members are solicited and when there are enough of them local branches are formed the branches carry on a propaganda program fo prepare for an assault on seg price of saturdays edition with comic section i he chain of command tn the x a a p ('. runs up ward from the branch secre tary lo the chairman of the state conference — all of them volunteer workers v baeksto llll