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HAPPENINGS  —  EAST AND WEST
EASTERN REGION ESPERANTO INSTITUTE.  Sept. 22-23.  Three sessions.  Increas-
ing communication among Esperanto groups; class recruiting; teacher qualifi-
cation. Conference fee $3.00. Write Conference Committee, c/o E.I.C., 156
Fifth Avenue, New York 10010.
MEET YUKIKO ISOBE.  Japanese business woman and director, Esperanto Institute,
now on U.S. tour.  Also Kakehi Kunimaro, enroute Rotterdam to Kioto, Japan.
August 21, 8 p.m., Freedom House, 20 W. 40th Street, New York City.
CALIFORNIA:  Los Angeles County Fair, opens Sept. 15.  See Esperanto Exhibit.
Southern California Conference, October 28-29, Bahai Hotel.
MASSACHUSETTS Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, 1-credit course in
Esperanto for teachers.  Fall semester.  Fee $18.  Instructor Allan Boschen.
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CONGRESSMEN POINT OUT NEED FOR INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE
IN MESSAGES SENT TO ESPERANTO CONGRESS AT ST. LOUIS
DONALD FRASER (Minnesota):  While such speculation may seem far-fetched
at this time, the thought occurred to me that Esperanto would have vastly
simplified and expedited recent summit meetings between -President Johnson
and Premier Kosygin.  I have every hope that future Presidents and Premiers
will be able to converse in this universal language.  Organizations such as
yours are most important in transforming hopes into realities.
DON EDWARDS (California):  The work you are doing is a great contribu-
tion to dissolving the barriers which separate people from one another and
to increasing the communication so fundamental in easing tension throughout
the world.
ROMAN PUCINSKI (Illinois):  Best wishes for a successful and constructive
gathering.  Your continued efforts are to be commended. Keep up the good work.
GEORGE RHODES (Pennsylvania):  With confusion at the U.N. and around
the world, there is little doubt that the language barrier is one of the rea-
sons for it.
EDWARD PATTON (New Jersey):  Surely the recent debates at the United Na-
tions and the summit conference at Glassboro pointed up the very real need
for an international language and an international mode of communication.  I
certainly hope that your conference meets with great success in this regard.
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ESPERANTO  LEAGUE  FOR  NORTH  AMERICA
Officers and Directors for 1967-68
President:  Francis Helmuth                                                 Secretary:  Conrad Fisher
Vice President:  Mark Starr                                                 Treasurer:  Peggy Linker
James Deer  Margot Gerson  Wm.   Glenny  Wm. Harmon  Dorothy Holland
Jonathan Pool  Julia Regal   William P. Simpson  William H. Schulze
U.E.A. CONGRESS A SUCCESS DESPITE LATE LOCATION SHIFT
Wars are bad for Esperanto Congresses and it was only the devotion and
efficiency of the central staff of the Universala Esperanto-Asocio, assisted
by local members at Rotterdam and the Hague, which accomplished the miracle of
switching over from Tel Aviv and organizing the Congress at Rotterdam in eight
weeks.  In recognition of the vast amount of work which the Tel Aviv local Con-
gress Committee had already done, the 53rd Congress which took place August
2 to 9 will stand in the record as the Tel Aviv—Rotterdam Congress.
Despite the last-minute shift, over 800 of the 1200 registered Esperant-
ists attended.  The business meetings of the Executive Board, the general mem-
bership meetings, the special work sessions and the lectures were all well
attended.  Highly specialized experts presented in terms understandable to
the layman many problems of mechanization, food production and medicine.  Cul-
tural programs, including plays and music, maintained the expected high stand-
ard.  Sightseeing excursions went through on schedule.  A day-by-day account
would take too much space, but Jack Conroy's impressions which follow show
that the magic still works.
The most important decisions included following up with U.N.O. to get
more recognition of the Esperanto proposal to combat lingual discrimination
and cultural genocide. Most important news was that the illustrated "Plena
Vortaro" was ready for the printer and that enough money had been received
to publish the new review, "Monda Lingvo-Problemo."
"We stood among the group of people from many nations and spoke with them
freely and in friendship," writes Jack Conroy, a student at Muhlenberg College,
Allentown, Pa., who was attending his first world congress.  "We spoke about
the world and about their daily lives, not only without language difficulty,
but also without that sense of strangeness which holds people apart.  Without
Esperanto we could not have spoken with a colleague from Jugoslavia, or have
begun a friendship with two wonderful Netherlanders.
"The high quality of the lectures was most gratifying.  No mere parodies
of learning these, but solid academic presentations of high intellectual value.
Also there were many pleasing sessions about the culture and people of the
Netherlands to add to our enrichment.  The total impression of the Congress
sessions and of the Esperanto colleagues we encountered there was one of good-
will, friendliness and of overwhelming joy that Dr. Zamenhof' s dream might not
be so ridiculous—that maybe men can all share one neutral international lan-
guage in worldwide fraternity."
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REPORT ON E.L.N.A. CONGRESS PROGRAM AND ACTIONS
The first week in July was proclaimed "Esperanto Week" by the mayor of
St. Louis, Alfonso Cervantes, and the county supervisor, Lawrence Roos, in
honor of the 1967 Congress of the Esperanto League for North America (E.L.N.A.)
which met in St. Louis July 6—9.  Messages were read from Dr. Ivo Lapenna,
president of the Universala Esperanto-Asocio, and from Congressmen Don Ed-
wards (Cal.), Donald Fraser (Minn.), Edward Patton (N.J.), Roman Pucinski
(111.) and George Rhodes (Pa.).  (See Page 6 for the text of these.)
Speakers included Yukiko Isobe of the Japanese Esperanto Institute,
who told of her earlier visit to the United States and spoke of the useful-
ness of Esperanto in Japan; Duncan Charters of the University of Indiana,
who surveyed the problems of worldwide communication and pointed out the ur-
gent need of an international language like Esperanto; and Dr. John Lewine of
New York, who discussed the pro's and con's of "artificial" and "natural"
languages.  One meeting was open to the public and for this an exhibit was ar-
ranged which included the first Esperanto textbooks issued in America; these
were put out by the American Philosophical Society and had been shown at the
St. Louis Worlds Pair in 1904.
ACTIONS TAKEN:  The Congress at three well-attended business sessions
approved the following propositions for the coming year:
1.  Continuation of the $2,000 grant to the Esperanto Information Center
(E.I.C.), exclusive of the cost of printing and distributing the Newsletter.
2.  A grant of $280 toward a quarterly review, "Monda Lingvo-Problemo" to
be published for the U.E.A. by the Research and Documentation Center (R.D.C.)
with Victor Sadler as editor.  (Authoritative articles in various languages
will be printed with full Esperanto translation.)
3.  Rental of a print of the Oomoto Festival film for another year.
4.  Support for the idea of a new Esperanto textbook for the United States,
with President Helmuth empowered to appoint a committee of not more than
three experts to examine available manuscripts.
5.  E.L.N.A. members aged 62 and over may upon request pay reduced annual
dues of $4.00, which is also the present student rate.  Several other sugges-
tions about dues and finance were referred to the incoming executive board.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Balloting:  Officers and Executive Board members elected for three-
year terms:  Treasurer_Mrs. Peggy Linker; board members_William W. Glenny,
William P. Simpson, William H. Schulze.
Finance:  The Treasurer's report showed income for the fiscal year of
$4368; expenditures, $4410; deficit, $42.  (A non-recurring item was expense
in connection with U.E.A. President Lapenna's meetings and the petition
presentation at the United Nations.)
Esperanto Information Center (New York)—See enclosure with this Newsletter.
Membership:  Paid-up membership as of July 1, 1967, stood at 458, compared
to 490 at the same time last year.  The net loss was ascribed partly to the
rise in annual dues and to the discontinuance of the Review.
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Migrating Exhibit:  After the Washington Congress last year the exhibit,
which travels in three specially constructed cases, was used in western and
central Massachusetts by Allan Boschen and Warren Gould.  It was again on dis-
play at St. Louis, and anyone wishing to use it should get in touch with
George Palgier there (3622 N. Market St.).
Essay Contest:  Because no essays of sufficiently high quality were sub-
mitted, the committee awarded no prizes.  (Three prizes had been bought with
trading stamps sent in by E.L.N.A. members.)  The camera and radio were brought
to St. Louis and raffled off and the $168 so obtained was turned in to the
treasurer.  A record player, too heavy to transport, will be similarly raf-
fled off in California.
Examination Service:  The U.S. Society of Esperanto Teachers reported
that of 25 persons taking the teachers' examination at the elementary level,
22 had received certificates (six with honors).  Five out of six aspirants
passed the intermediate examination, one with honors.
Congress Guidebook Julia Regal, who had been asked by President Hel-
muth to revise the rules governing Congress procedures, reported that she
hoped to have the new edition ready for the next Congress.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:  A vote of thanks was given the Local Congress Committee, es-
pecially George Falgier and John Sabin, for their good work
under tough conditions.  Thanks were also voted to Kurt Hitke of Miami for his
printing of various documents; to Doris Premier for her regular and competent
stenographic work as a volunteer in the E.I.CP office; to Helen Starr for
editing the Newsletter; to Bonnie Helmuth for handling mailing list labels; to
Conrad Fisher for his many years of service as E.L.N.A. secretary; and to Pres.
Francis Helmuth and Chairman William Harmon for their work on behalf of E.L,N.A.
COMMITTEES  The president appointed the following committees to function
during 1967-68:  Budget—Robert Runser; Membership and Organ-
ization—Armin Doneis; Textbook and Manuscript Examination—Duncan Charters
and John Lewine; Nominations—James Lieberman, Mary Murray, Allan Boschen,
Julia Regal; Letters to the Editor—Allan Boschen; Esperanto Books in Pub-
lic Libraries—Bonnie Helmuth; Traveling Exhibit—George Falgier.
A moment of silence was observed for Esperantists who had died during
the year, including Julio Baghy, Cora Fellows, John Rickey and Jennie Turner.
The press gave good coverage to the Congress and there was a color TV
interview with Yukiko Isobe and John Lewine which was re-run the next day. Mr.
Lewine also spoke at a St. Louis high school which specializes in languages.
Next year's Congress will be held in Los Angeles.
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(Other convention stories will be found on Page
6)
"Round the Country" notes had to be omitted from this issue for lack of
space.  Apologies to those who sent in news - see next issue.
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FISH STORY  —  A TOOTHSOME TALE FROM PRAKTIKO
A fish story to end all fish stories is told by Dr. Lehman Wendell of
Minneapolis in the June issue of Praktiko.  It seems that there was this woman
patient he made a denture for several years ago and then she lost it while
swimming off the California coast.  Then last summer another dentist, Dr.
Max Goldstein, caught a fish and — you've guessed it — the fish was wear-
ing the denture.  But the gimmick is that Dr. Goldstein, who lives in New
Rochelle, N.Y., was fishing off Cape Cod!  Fishy? It does sound that way, but
there it is, and the reader is at liberty to speculate whether the fish went
around Cape Horn or through the Panama Canal to reach the Massachusetts coast.
Or maybe it's a flying fish.  Another story—this one frankly labeled a
legend—is a translation by Dr. Wendell of an Indian story about the winds.
Praktiko, an Esperanto journal which combines teaching and entertain-
ment, also has other American items in this issue.  There is a half-page pic-
ture of Joe Dolan, a popular radio commentator on Station KNEW at Oakland,
Calif., who is an active Esperantist.  Pictures of children reading correspon-
dence from other lands, singing Esperanto songs and conducting science exper-
iments from Esperanto instructions, and one of a group of children and young
people at a conference - these illustrate a page containing program notes on
the Santa Barbara conference in April and the St. Louis Congress.
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Americas, official organ of the Association of American States, car-
ried a letter in its July issue by Paul Mimlitsch of Marlton, N.J., advocat-
ing the use of Esperanto as the best means of international communication
and pointing out that there are already Esperanto associations in most of
the O.A.S. member states.
Mr. Mimlitsch also wrote a paper for a class in education at Glassboro
State College (N.J.) entitled "For Terminal High School Students—A Language
Course."  His teacher will be moderator at the coming N.J. Teachers Asso-
ciation convention of a panel discussion on possible curriculum innovations
for terminal students and one of its aims is helping such students to develop
a world perspective.
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A Methodist Church bulletin in Delhi, N.Y. reports:  "The Esperanto kit
ordered for our church library for 60 days has been of enough interest to
be kept for permanent use-."
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The summer Chautauqua program at Mt. Gretna, Pa., included a talk on Esp-
eranto and a demonstration lesson by William P. Simpson of Harrisburg.  Last
spring Mr. Simpson distributed 1500 copies of the little leaflet "Basic
Facts" to students and faculty of Elizabethtown College and 1500 more to
school visitors at the state museum in Harrisburg.  During the E.L.N.A. Con-
gress in July, Mr. Simpson set up an Esperanto exhibit at the St. Louis bus
terminal.  The Pennsylvania Engineer, organ of the state civil engineers'
society, carried an ad for Harrisburg classes.  This is what is known as
never missing a trick.
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Principal Events of 1966-67
In a review of outstanding events and trends of 1966-67 as reflected at
the ELNA Congress the following should be mentioned:
1.  The presentation of the Esperanto petition  to the United Nations by
a delegation headed by Dr. Ivo Lapenna, president of the U.E.A.
2.  Area conferences—one for the Midwest at St. Louis, two in California
and one for the Pacific Northwest, with workshops in teaching methods and
materials, visual aids and conduct of local activities.  While the large at-
tendance at these tends to cut down on that of the national Congress, they are
extremely useful.  Another is planned for the East Coast in September.
3.  The introduction of credit courses in Esperanto for teachers into
college programs, particularly on the West Coast.
4.  The expanding work of the Esperanto Information Center in New York
and of the Information Center at Hillsborough, Calif., and the Esperanto
Institute in the Los Angeles area.
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Society of Esperanto Teachers' Annual Meeting
The U.S. Society of Esperanto Teachers held its annual meeting in St.
Louis on July 6.  A discussion on "After the Course, What?" was led by John
Lewine.  Reports of 81 classes with 1405 students were received during the
year by Secretary Dorothy Holland.
The Society decided to change its name to "The American Association of
Teachers of Esperanto" in conformity with the names of most teachers' organ-
izations.  It is affiliated to the International League of Esperanto Teachers
and maintains, jointly with E.L.N.A., a teacher-certifying examination ser-
vice.  (See E.L.N.A. Congress report for statistics.)
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West Coast Information Center
An Esperanto Information Center on the West Coast is run by William and
Cathie Schulze from their home in Hillsborough, Calif.  "Our most important
work," says Mrs. Schulze, "is cooperating with people who want to intro-
duce Esperanto into the schools; helping them with publicity, and finding and
developing teaching materials."
Seven elementary schools in California already have Esperanto in their
curriculums.  Two credit courses for teachers were given as part of the State
University Extension service.  Esperanto workshops and displays were set up
last year at conferences of teachers' associations.
Answering inquiries (700 came from Joe Dolan's radio program plugs) and
issuing publicity releases and programs for the San Francisco Esperanto Re-
gional Organization form part of the Schulzes' volunteer work for the inter-
national language.
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SUMMARY      REPORT  —    1965 - 1967
E.I.C. Officers;       Chairman, Mark Starr; Executive Secretary, Margot Gerson;
Treasurer,  John Futran.        Advisory Committee»    E. Calvert,
D. Frezzolini, A. Gabison, T.  Kohn,  J. Lewine, S. Marx, D. Moneypenny, E, Svane.
Mail and Information;                        Letters,  etc.        Requests for
Received                Information
1965-66               1,200                           900
1966-67               2,700                        1,200
No count  is kept of letters written.    Routine requests  can be answered rou-
tinely, but many ask for detailed information on the finer points of Esperanto.
Correspondents  range from a library archivist  seeking a picture of Zamenhof
to a student group wanting to say grace at meals in Esperanto.    E.I.C. bids
for  support  for the movement  from leaders  in many fields.
Book Sales  (Gross)                                      Mostly textbooks and dictionaries.
1965-66      $390.65         E.I.C.  does not stock books but
1966-67        794.22          orders them on request.
Newsletter;     Eight pages  of news about Esperanto here and abroad,  sent to
every E.L.N.A.  member and used for public relations.    Issued
every other month,  alternating with the J.E.N. News Digest.    Last year it
was a quarterly publication.
Publicity;       In addition to the news usually sent to ths Esperanto and the pub-
lic press, the presentation of the Esperanto Proposal to the United
Nations in October,  1966, was  covered by releases to all the metropolitan    pa-
pers,  press services and T.V.   stations;  also to foreign language and suburban
papers.    E.I.C.  is indebted to Kurt Hitke of Florida for reprinting a release
and sending it to all delegates at the I.C.Y. White House Conference.
Requests for information have come to E.I.C. as a result of arti-
cles in such magazines as Business Abroad ("How European Businessmen Use Esper-
anto," July '66; The Lion Orion's International, Nov. '66); Together (Methodist
family magazine, Oct.'66); fljnklerama (hotel organ, June '67); and Read (Junior
high schools, Moh '67 — this alone brought over 500 requests, many for mater-
ial to supply an entire class*
T.V.  and Radio;    A discussion of Esperanto on the Alan Burke  Bhow (V/NEW)   in
May,  1967,  has resulted  in over 600 letters and a bid for a
radio interview.    Six radio programs were arranged through E.I.C.   in this period,
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E.I.C. Summary Report - 2
LEAFLETS, BROCHURES AND REPRINTED ARTICLES
(Except for items marked with an asterisk, all this material  was
orginated by or reprinted by E.I.C.)
Aids for Learning (list of books, records, home study kits, etc.).....     2,000
Correspondence Course in Esperanto, (descriptive leaflet)  ...........     1,000
"Be Ahead of Your Age" (posters and mailers with space for local use).     3,500
Illustrated folder, 52nd World Congress...............................     1,000
A Language for the Jet Age............................................     2,000
ditto, revised edition, June, 1967.............................     1,000
Esperanto Gaining Global Status (3 reprints)..........................   10,000
Esperanto Vivas Tutmonde (montage of headlines).......................     10,000
Folders for adult center classes......................................         800
Form letter acknowledging inquiries...................................     1,000
Leaflets* - Esperanto at a Glance, Basic Facts, Esperanto: Talk of the
World....    4,000    ea
Fiat* Illustrated brochures  and postcard   (Italy - 4  items)   ...........    1,000    ea
Danio en Bildoj*   .....................................................        500
Basic Facts (10 pp) and    other R.D.C.-U.E.A.  documents*...............        900
Esperanto Saves from Chaos  (Hitke printing)...........................    5,000
Secretariat News  (U.N.   staff journal)
1/15/65  - UNESCO-Esperanto  (3 reprints).........................    6,000
10/3l/66  - Propono Presentado  (2 reprints).......................    4,000
Congressional Record  ^Pucinski  insertion . - 3  reprints)................    3,000
La Esperanto Inform-Centro   Novjorka (Revuo Esperanto—U.E.A.  6/66)....    2,000
Usono Numero of Revuo Esperanto^  - U.E.A.   12/o6.......................        500
Elektitaj libroj en Esperanto (U.E.A.  Catalog)*   ......................        250
How European Businessmen Use Esperanto  (Business Abroad ?/ll/66)......    2,000
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Chief Tasks;  The chief tasks of E.I.C. in 19ti5-67 have been:
1.  Work with the United Nations in general; and in parti-
cular with extensive effort in the Lapenna presentation
of the U.E.A. Propono.
2.  The issuance of the Newsletter as a vital lifeline for
E.L.N.A. and clearing house of information among local
groups.
3.  Extensive information service at many leveler; classes
and meetings.
Report presented to the
E.L.N.A. Congress at St. Louis
July 6-9, 1967
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MEMORIAL FUND ESTABLISHED FOR JOSEPH SCHERER, 1901—1967
Joseph R. Scherer, who became an Esperantist 45 years ago in his native
Switzerland and helped to found the Los Angeles Esperanto Club in 1927, died
on July 20 from a heart attack.  He was 66 years old and is survived by his
wife, Helen, and two daughters.
A memorial fund "to support the ideals which for 40 years he so self-
lessly advanced" has been started by the Los Angeles Club, of which he
was president for many years.  Contributions to the Scĥerer Fund may be
sent to the club (2705 Carlaris Road, San Marino, Calif. 91108) or to
E.L.N.A.'s treasurer, Mrs. Peggy Linker, 1414 Monroe St., Walla Walla,
Wash., 99362.
Mr. Scherer became a member of the Esperanto Academy in 1935 and for
many years was U.E.A. delegate from Los Angeles and Hollywood.  In 1930
he embarked on a three-year world speaking tour as special delegate of
the International Central Committee of U.E.A., in the course of which- he
visited 41 countries and gave more than 300 illustrated lectures in six
languages.  He was an inveterate camera man and out of 41,000 pictures
taken on the trip he made 7,000 slides.  Armed with these and the. inti-
mate knowledge which his worldwide Esperanto contacts had made possible,
he gave some 800 lectures on the customs and family life of Asian countries
at American schools and universities, geographic societies and other groups.
In 1936-37 he went on a European lecture tour.  He wrote for the Esperanto
press under the pen-name of "Joroŝo" and was much in demand as a speaker
even in recent years.  His books, "Around the World with the Green Star"
(1933) and "Through the U.S.A. with a Rolling Stone" are now out of print.
In 1964 Mr. Scherer initiated the "Committee of Fifty" which raised the
money to start E.L.N.A.'s enlarged activities.  Heroldo, in an article about
him in 1962 celebrating his 40th year as an Esperantist, said: "Mr. Scherer
enjoys the esteem of the entire Esperanto world.  On the occasion of his jub-
ilee, we too congratulate him."
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Side Lights on the Pacific Northwest Conference, Walla Walla,Wash., June 16-18
Sixty people attended, including "outsiders" from California (12),
Alaska and British Columbia. ... A taped message from Tashkent, Uzbekistan,
which is just opposite Walla Walla on the other side of the globe; also mess-
ages from 11 other countries-.-. . . Japanese dances (Yukiko Isobe) , European
folk dances (Hans and Caroline Schnoor of Portland).... A puppet show. . . .
A youth section led by Frank Lanzone of San Carlos, Calif. . . . Public
school teachers sat in on Cathy Schulze's discussion of teaching methods and
materials  and saw slides of Esperanto activities in Doris Vallon's public
scnool classes in,San Mateo, Calif. . . .Local papers carried five conference
stories totaling 40 column inches.
Next year's Pacific-Northwest conference will be held in Spokane, Wash.
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Jennie Turner Dies at Middleton, Wis.
The many friends of Glenn and Jennie Turner will be saddened to hear of
Mrs. Turner's death at their Middleton, Wis., home on June 29 at the age of 82.
Like her husband, Mrs. Turner was an ardent advocate of peace through world gov-
ernment and of Esperanto as a world language.  A remarkable 1700-word letter,
written in her last days, which will be the concluding chapter of her autobio-
graphy, "Not Quite," was published in the Capital Times of Madison with an
editorial which said in part:
"Mrs. Turner's warmly human, inspiring and provocative letters in the
Voice of the People are known and cherished by thousands of (our) readers.
There is not much that we can say about Jennie Turner to add to her splendid
image in the public mind—an image which is permanently enhanced by the remark-
able letter she composed in her dying hours.  It is her usual plea for compas-
sion among men, for courage in our living and for appreciation of the wonders
of nature and the human spirit. . . .
"The Capital Times has published many letters from this remarkable woman
and we have always done so with great pride. . . . She was a woman of great
distinction in the service of her state and community.  But her greatest dis-
tinction was in serving the cause of all mankind with her warm humanitarian-
ism and superb command of the language."
Mrs. Turner obtained her Ph. D. at the University of Wisconsin under Prof.
John R. Commons in 1922, was a labor representative on the Minimum Wage and the
State Employment Advisory boards,- and for 20 years was state superintendent of
adult and vocational education.  She developed many courses in literature and
for 15 years edited for Station WHA a program, "Following Congress."
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A uniformed policeman at Expo 67 in Montreal accosted Conrad Fisher,
E.L.N.A. secretary, and pointing at the Esperanto sticker on the car, said,
"Kiel vi fartas?"  They talked for 10 minutes in Esperanto, which the police-
man said he had learned 10 years ago.
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A mass was celebrated entirely in Esperanto for Catholics attending the
E.L.N.A. Congress in St. Louis on July 9.  The celebrant was the Rev.
Giles Spoonhour of St. John's Seminary at Montour Falls, N.Y.; Robert
Runser of Glen Ellyn, 111., served at the mass and acted as reader.  A simil-
ar mass was said at the recent Canadian Esper
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