Diary 1963 - Murshid Sam's Living Stream

Diaries 1963-2I have just learned that one Prof. Bocher of Davis is about to leave for North Africa so I haveoutlined proposals in full, this being a follow-up of correspondence with Dr. Milton Fireman, etc.Cross-trailing this is that controversy over the Udall Plan. I have found in Congressman JohnBaldwin of Contra Costa a man after my own heart. He is primarily interested in soil and waterproblems and not in subjective philosophies. During any peregrinations I hays found even top industrialistsagreeing that there is too many dialectical anti-Marxism and too little American pragmatismand so far as I am concerned I shall not support any candidate of either party who is any kindof dialectician. Not one dissenter.Baldwin wishes to go into Salt-water conversion and that is what I have been preaching to allthe Islamic nations; together with the soil programs worked out in principle by Dr. Roy Donahue ofFord Foundation. This Udall plan destroys, if it goes through, the hope of making this State the laboratoryfor much of the world, and the very examples would be, to me, the best form of foreign aid.I spoke briefly on “Foreign Aid for Pakistan.” The audience was too divided into hate-oneanother“Clay’ plan, more foreign aid and less foreign aid, to face specific reports—which was whatI gave. Everybody wants policies and they all differ on the policies. But to me there is no such thingas “foreign aid.” A prosperous California which could be a model to be copied would be the bestexample for much of the world, and our failures could be avoided, our successes emulated, and themoney spent here to good purpose; on the other hand, this semi-socialist came out for private helponly. The big Foundations have a continuum, they do not work at cross purposes, they recognizeeach other, they do not overlap, they do not compete, they mingle with the people (nationals), theyrespect local religions and traditions, etc., etc. No governmental agency does that, and the governmentalagencies have no integrating body excepting in Washington and I know what I am talkingabout.This will be followed up. But now that big persons are interested I have been able to follow up.Yesterdays “Chronicle” had an article, “Stock Feed from Sewage” which entirely justifies all my literaryresearch, etc. It fills in a big gap which only those far advanced in soil science have realized. So itgoes and by next month there will be more.Well “Father was right” maybe. The Social Creditors have swept British Columbia, gainingmore seats in the legislature than they were prepared for. The Socialists came in second, but lostground. The Conservatives did not elect a single man. But what these people believe I don’t knowand efforts to find out have brought up zeroes.I am wondering if you could meet Major Sadiq and myself either at your place or at anyDiner’s Club restaurant from here down—there is plenty of time to answer.Regards,Samuel L. LewisS. A. M.