Diary 1963 - Murshid Sam's Living Stream

Diaries 1963-4In the few moments with Dr. Overton, the President, I said: “Do you realize that the Date is thesacred food of Islam, that Dates could grew all over the lands in which you have interested yourself,that we have the best technicians right here in California and this is what we could be doing?” Heassented. What next? I have not mentioned your name but can act as intermediary.How California Can Help Asia. This seems to me natural, easy and proper. But it has taken mea whole year to write my first manuscript complicated by the events of the day. Now the decks anddesks are both clearing.Tourism. I’ll have to keep “trade secrets” for the moment, as you see these other matters aremind and time-consuming, but I don’t talk in public on these matters, reserving them for travelagencies only. So you can tell Mrs. B.If anything comes out of the above, will try to visit Indio during the Festival; if not, will try tocome off season.CordiallySamuel L. LewisS. A. M.