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fe Dy East and Wise Aw : b> Wrest 43 Street, New York 19. N. Y. MUnay Hill 2-8565 i? i a ae FOR DMMEDIATS RELEASE ed : October 21, ami thereafter "WHILE THE UNITED STATES IS FRARTICALLY TRYING TO RESCUE WESTERN EUROPE from Russian domination, Asia is passing almost by default into the Russian camp,” Harolé R. Jeaaca, veteran Far Eastern correspondent and author of No Peace for Asia, waid in an interview here yesterday. “Commmist gains in Asia," he said, “are due more to American failures than to Russian action. People in Asia are losing faith in the quality of American world leadership.” Ieaaca was interviewed at the offices of the East and West Association (62 West 45 Street), of which Pearl S. Buck ie president. He will serve as moderetor on & series "AMERICA AND THE RISING PEOPLES OF ASIA," sponsored by the Association, and be- ginning at 8:15 p.m. next Tuesday at the Theresa Kaufmann Auditorium of the YMBA, Send Street and Lexington Avenue. The series will bring together some of the most promi- nent American students of Far Eastern affairs and representatives of many Asian countries for a full report on America's problems in Asia. “There ia nothing more tragically preposterous," Ieeacs said, “than the idea that guns and dollars alone can cope with the problems of Asia. The incoming Republi- can administration evidently plans to increase the flow of guns and dollars to Chim,” he added, “and this program,” he flatly predicted, “will fail. The problem is not one that can be mt by military mentality. The peoples of Asia wanted to join us in making All we have done is place obstacles in their path. It is high time the American people realized that there are titanic battles being fought and lost in Asia. No matter what bappens in Europe, these struggles vill mortally affect our whole future. We have to remember that few Americans were even conscious of Asia's exist- ence, and then came Pearl Barbor, and Americans were suddenly dying because the prob- lem of poverty in Asia had not been met. That is going to bappen again unless ve democratic revolution and that we a nev world. grasp the fact that the revolution in Asia can be 4 can and mst help it along by every means in our power.” Jaance and Pearl Buck will be the featured speakers at the opening meeting next representatives of the new countries of Asia will be Dr. Tuesday evening. Amorg the Republic, and Dr. Soemitro, Financial and Trade Representative of the Indonesian Dicedado Macapagal, President of the Philippine Lawyers’ Association, Burma, Ceylon, a India and Vietnaz will alec be represented. -