European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday september 24, 1964 China today Little difference seen in Rural areas editor s note communist China is parting the Bambo curtain enough to allow some non communist tourists from Western countries into the country for carefully supervised  s. Williams an australian businessman was one such tourist. With business activities in the Orient that extend evermore than our decades he i in a rare position of being Able to compare the old China with the new. The following dispatch which is the first of three begins with a trip by automobile from tientsin to peking by Harold 8. William written for United press International life alone the Road to peking seemed much As it Hud been before the revolution. The padded garments of the Farmers their Coats of Goatskin with fur inside the mud houses and the burial Mounds in the Fields arc All there As for decades  Farmers carts loaded with Straw and Reeds still Are being drawn by Manchur Lun ponies and donkeys. The Only difference i that the solid wooden wheels have Given Way to rubber tired wheels from old  has been some amendment of the commune system. It till extends to the main crops but not to the lesser crops grown in the smaller Fields around the villages. Farm animals once again Are privately owned and sold much As they were in the Days before the  the Road to peking is  when passing other vehicles we travelled at so to 80miles an hour most of the Way. Apart from buses and occasional military vehicles there was Little  we asked for a closer View of the mud House villages the guide brushed them aside As things of no interest to anyone. Wow Ere not permitted to have a closer View. Nothing could curb his enthusiasm however for pointing out official buildings especially culture palaces of the  lie recited the dimensions and seating capacities of  they were uninspiring Halls or buildings of earlier Days which had been  to a new use after the revolution. The Chin Chow hotel where we stayed in i King is a Post revolution building of six stories with a Large and Well furnished foyer and lounge suitable enough but not on a Par with Western standards. It was adequately healed. The rooms Are Large with High ceilings and equipped with private toilets and showers. The plumbing fixtures like most of the other equipment we saw did not appear destined for a Long life but maybe we were looking for faults. Our guide pointed out to us quite needlessly because no one can miss seeing them the blocks of apartment houses for the workers. They stretch along the streets in every direction. Whatever else the Peoples Republic May have Given or failed to give to the workers they have Given and Are still giving substantial housing in peking. Raving displayed to us some of the things which in communists had created our guide was Content to show us the Imperial palaces the Temple of heaven and All the other Superb lights of peking. The communists Hove succeeded where others have failed i teaching the Public that the Parks monuments and other Public property belong to them and should be safeguarded. Having seethe vandalism so prevalent in Japan and Australia this proved one of the most pleasing features of travel in communist  is permitted hut normally films must be developed before being taken  chauffeur and a guide accompanied us everywhere. No at tempt was made to chisel on  guide frequently informed us that China wants to be friends with All countries and yet seemingly he did not want us to meet the people. When we attempted to talk to anybody he would wave them off. We were herded from Point to Point and rarely left unattended. Next Shanghai the new and the old modern office building of left contrasts with the bombed out opera House giving a Stark contrast to the Frankfurt Skyline. A Campaign has began to restore the building to its pre world War n elegance. United press International photo election year books plentiful new York a the fever of authorship runs High among Public figures in a presidential election year and this fall the Reading voter has plenty of books to keep him informed. Presidential and vice presidential candidates senators and congressmen have entered theists. Backing them up Are biographers commentators an analysts. Republican presidential candidate sen. 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