Rural Development in Asia: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, First Session, Part 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 - 580 pages |
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activities agencies agricultural AID mission American Asian assistance Bangkok basic Burma Central Chairman Chiangrai China Chinese CODY Communist CONGRESS THE LIBRARY cooperation defeat Deputy development program district economic efforts election enemy farm farmers forces FRASER funds going groups HABIB Hamlet Chief HARALDSON improved Indonesia institutions kamnan land Laos leaders leadership loan MACDONALD ment military million MURPHY needs Northeast Office OLEKSIW operations organization participation Pathet Lao percent personnel Philippines political population problem production projects Province Chief refugees revolution revolutionary development rice road rural areas rural banks rural development Saigon Sangwan Security deletion social South Vietnam Southeast Asia southern strategic subcommittee supervised credit Taiwan teams technical Thai Thai Government Thailand tion TRAGER U.S. AID U.S. imperialists U.S. troops United USIS Vientiane Viet Vietcong Vietnamese Village Administrative Committee Village Council WHALLEY ZABLOCKI
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Page 239 - School took to the streets in a vigorous offensive to destroy the "four olds" — old ideas, old culture, old customs and old habits.
Page 228 - That assistance furnished under this title shall not be construed as an express or implied assumption by the United States of any responsibility for policies, acts, or undertakings of the Republic of China or for conditions which may prevail in China at any time.
Page 544 - Asian economies, is relatively better able to accomplish the necessary changes, for the colonial power left a going concern on which the independence leaders can build. The task of creating, managing and staffing the new industrialization is infinitely more difficult. Public and private skills at every level either do not exist, or exist in very short supply. Imported skills are necessary, but while useful in the short run, create problems. Southeast Asia has to institutionalize in order to train...
Page 537 - The doctrine of nonintervention, to be a legitimate principle of morality, must be accepted by all governments. The despots must consent to be bound by it as well as the free States. Unless they do, the profession of it by free countries comes but to this miserable issue, that the wrong side may help the wrong, but the right must not help the right.
Page 389 - ... following fundamentals. II. Fundamentals of economic development Economic development consists in the increase of goods and services available to all for consumption and investment. The concept of development and the efforts to achieve it must be understood in relation to the dignity of the human person. The aim of development is the improvement of the standard of living which will contribute to the achievement of higher values of human existence. True economic development also has as its purpose...
Page 306 - Article 29 Within the limits of the number of members to be elected for the village council, the candidates who win the largest number of votes are declared elected. In case of a tie. the eldest candidate is declared elected. For the position of hamlet chief the candidate who wins the largest number of votes is declared elected. In those hamlets that require it. the candidate who wins the next most votes is declared elected as deputy hamlet chief. In case of a tie, the eldest candidate is declared...
Page 390 - The fundamental purpose of this productivity must not be the mere multiplication of products. It must not be profit or domination. Rather, it must be the service of man, and indeed of the whole man, viewed in terms of his material needs and the demands of his intellectual, moral, spiritual, and religious life. And when we say man, we mean every man whatsoever and every group of men, of whatever race and from whatever part of the world.
Page 252 - But if an organization itself cynically votes to scrap its own principles in an effect to please those who refuse to abide by its principles, it destroys itself. I don't want to destroy the UN I would say, Please don't wreck the UN under the impression admission will change Red China or enable the world to deal with her more successfully. It will only confirm her in her belligerence and weaken the UN It wasn't Mussolini's action that ruined the League of Nations, but when they voted to abandon its...
Page 537 - Nam in some words of the great defender of civil liberty, John Stuart Mill. Mill said : "The doctrine of non-intervention to be a great principle of morality must be accepted by all governments. The despots must consent to be bound by it as well as the free states. Unless they do the profession comes but to this, that the wrong side may help the wrong, but the right side must not help the right.
Page 255 - ... will support it." I said the people have about three choices: They can stay in their villages, which they would like to do, but it is becoming intolerable. They are under the Vietcong at night and the Government forces during the daytime. A second choice is to go over to the Vietcong, but the Vietcong simply do not have the resources to give the people better living conditions or any security. The third is to support the Government. They will go with whichever offers them the greatest hope. We...