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Wp SbayBy ELEANOR ROOSEVELTTOKYO, Japan, June 25. — Last Friday evening we dined in what I was told was considered “the Iru-nier” of Japan. The big range is a part of the dining room so you can see all the orders being cooked and I really believe the food is as good as any in Paris. They make a specialty of seafood, as they do in most good restaurants in Japan, for this country has wonderful fish of all kinds. Meat, of course, is very scarce and on the whole rather rarely served.Three eminent professors dined with us and I had a long discussion with one of them on the relative responsi ;lity of the So Wet Union and the United States for the present world tensions. It is natural, I suppose/ that seeing, and in some ways suffering from, U. S. military installations they are far more conscious of our military power than they are of the Soviet threat It is hard for ur to realize that every acre of land in Japan, if it can be used for a crop, is needed.The Japanese have tended through their history, I think, to deal in theory and to shun reality. In their present economic condition, the Marxist theory as an ideal has a certain appeal. But I doubt very much whether the Communist reality as developed today under Lenin and Stalin would have any real appeal. One can only hope that the arguments one puts forth may bear fruit later on, For these are scholars and I think their integrity will oblige them to examine what has been said in spite of their dislike for facing realities.The national incomd of Japan is relatively far higher than the individual’s income. In the latter category, her people rate about 17th in the world, on a par with the Egyptians I was told, so it is easy to see that for the masses the standard of living is very low.On Saturday morning I had an interview with one of the foremost women writers in Japan, Mrs. Yae-ko Nogami, sponsored by Fujin-Koron Magazine. She asked my impressions so far and we discussed the position of women and the changes coming about in Japan.At 12 o’clock I attended a luncheon with the members of the Japan UN Association. Many of them had come from quite distant places and it was good to see how keen their interest was in the specialized agencies of which Japan is a member in the United Nations as a whole.There is a full realization here, I think, that more and more the small nations of the world must depend on the UN for their freedom and that naturally adds to their interest in the organization.I have enjoyed reading since I have been here my interpreter, Miss Yoko Matsuoka’s book which was published by Harpers in the United States. This book is called “Daughter of the Pacific” and tells the story of her life. She spent seven years in the United Slates and I think has done a great deal to promote understanding and friendship for us in this country.E. R.
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Reno Evening Gazette
Reno, Nevada, US
Fri, Jun 26, 1953
Page 14
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