24 The PLAIN TRUTH August, 1966 staff all its needed embassies and consulates with university graduates, let alone make a small dent in the tremen· dous need <strong>for</strong> educated leaders at horne. But Zambia had MANY more educated personnel avai lable <strong>for</strong> governmental duties than some other countries. In Tanzania there were only sixtynine graduates at the time of independence! But in Malawi, there were only SEVENTEEN! Can you imagine it ?-nations with only seventeen college graduates having an equal voice with the United States and Great Britain, with Russia and France, and with every other nation in the United Nations? Docs THIS begin to look like the <strong>for</strong>mulators of the United Nations charter lacked a little in <strong>for</strong>esight? Have you h eard about the Maldive Islands near Ceylon? They are independent-a "new nation" on the earth. Yet they are so poor that the United Nations must <strong>for</strong>ward their mail through the " Maldivian Philatelic Agency," which is just down the street from Macy's in Manhattan! Take a look at Rwanda. The prest· dent, Gregoire Kayibanda, lives in a sumptuous palace. His economy was un· til only recently a barter economy based upon cows! Cows were tribal symbols of wealth and importance. To purchase anything, from one of the pitifully few imported manufactured <strong>com</strong>modities to a wife, a given ntunber of cows were the medium of exchange. While the president of Rwanda may present quite a few headaches to his fellow presidents around Africa, and, indeed, in such far-off places as Washington, Bonn, Paris, Rome or Moscow - he has 110 telephone in his palace ;n Kigali! So, periodically, he sends a minister of his down the road to neighboring Uganda to get a look at what might be happening in the rest of the world! Impoverished though they are, some new nations have national pride and vanity which tends to create severe internal problems, and thus threaten additional international problems. Impoverished Dahomey, <strong>for</strong> example, has a presidential residence that cost over $6,000,000 to build, and is larger than Bllckingham Palace! Look at Upper Volta! So far, it has one quarter. mile of dual highway! Think of ityou could walk up and down this quarter.mile of dual paved highway in only minutes. And that's all there is. There isn't any more. The name of this first section of highway? "The Champs Elysees '" graft netted him $800,000 in government funds be<strong>for</strong>e independence was yet a year old!" What a world! NO Government Knows The Way To Peace In many countries where government is the biggest, and sometimes the ONLY industry in the entire country- PIP Photo THE CONGO-After independence, Belgian-owned riverboats-the backbone of the Congo's colonial transportation system-were tied up, allowed to rot away north of leopoldville. River be<strong>com</strong>e choked with water hyacinths. Native girl stands near canoe, above, typical of new mode of transportation. It was revealed there is an important sounding "Directorate of Forests and Waters" requiring a minister and staff in the new nation of Mauritania. Then it was found there are 110 <strong>for</strong>ests, and precious little water! But this is only the beginning gl impse of the problem. Graft, vice, corruption, brutal police rule, no rights <strong>for</strong> individuals, government seizure of private industry and farms, tribal wars and battles, starvation, illiteracy, dis· ease, squalor and filth- these are the daily way of life in many of the new nations. Corruption is so much a way of life and a part of the daily fabric of "government" in many of these emerging new nations that it is almost unbelievable. As T ;me magazine said, "A record of sorts was set by Burma's .first Minister of Commerce and Industry, whose industriousness at there exists, nevertheless, an equal voice in world affairs with the United States and Russia! Does it make any sense? Does it portend safety, peace, productivity and a new era of prosperity <strong>for</strong> the world? Hardly. In many cases, it means only more suffering <strong>for</strong> already impoverished peoples- now subjected to shaky and inadequate governments of their own. And so, INSTEAD of law, order, edu· cation, understanding, magnanimity, long-suffering, patience, kindness, jus· tice, equity, trust, faith, a deep grasp of human nature, total lack of racial and religious bias; and all of the lofty qualities which SHOULD go into any govern· ment- you find illiteracy, selfishnesJ and egotism. to the point of embarrassment; an insane desire <strong>for</strong> personal powef; graft and corruption, lying,
August, 1966 The PLAIN TRUTH 25 . KENYA-Independence Day celebration, December 12, 1963. In attendance, <strong>for</strong>eground, tribal natives clothed in skins . Government is now in hands of one~time Mau Maus. Is this a solid basis <strong>for</strong> a stable government?
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