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Remember When LBJ Called Diem The Churchill Of Asia?
"When asked about Vietnam, Mr. Nixon . . . called Mr. Thien one of the four or five best political leaders in the world."
—From Nixon's on-the-record-bitt-not-for-direet-quotation talk with reporters cm. the Presidential plane between Bang-
kok and New Delhi July SI.
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I. F. Stone's Weekly, Sept. 9,1969
How Hunger Stunts The Children Of The Poor In Infancy — And Its Social Cost
"Malnutrition and undernourishment among poor Amer- measures must be undertaken to assure that every pregnant
ican children can and does result in — apathy, listlessness, woman, every infant, every preschool child, and every
and loss of energy and ability to concentrate, slowness of school child who risks suffering from hunger or malnutri-
comprehension, inattention, restlessness, behavioral prob- tion receives an adequate, nutritious diet.
lems, and retarded learning ... In fact undernutrition may "The economic and social costs to our society — the loss
be the primary cause of diminished intellectual achievement of productivity and work capacity, the costs of disease and
among poor American children. At least one study in this mortality ... in short, the costs of blighted lives are also
country, in which other economic and social factors were the inevitable results of hunger and malnutrition. . . . These
controlled, has established a direct correlation between costs can be calculated in economic terms . . . The Bureau
undernutrition in infancy and stunted physical and mental of the Budget has already estimated, preliminarily, that
development in preschool years.* for every dollar we save by failing to eliminate hunger
"That severe malnutrition of the kind found in develop- and malnutrition it costs our nation $3.30."
ing countries results in permanent brain damage to children —From the Senate's (McGovern) Committee report an
who are retarded for life has been scientifically substanti- The Food Gap: Hunger and Malnutrition in the C7.S.
ated. More study is needed to determine the exact relation- *"They were shorter, weighed less and had small heads.
ship between malnutrition and irreversible brain damage in . . . Their IQs were lower than the control children and it
this country, but . . . the clear evidence that malnutrition was found that their neurological and intellectual develop-
is one major factor in retarded intellectual development is ment also correlated with the duration of their undernutri-
certainly enough to make action imperative. Immediate tion in infancy"—From footnote p. 15 of the report.
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/. F. Stone's Weekly, Sept. 9, 1969
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/. F. Stone's Weekly, Sept. 9,1969
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