Speech #680091138

Then came the attach from America and convinced the people of Japan. and the housewives of Japan in particular. that the roundgrain rice of California would respond to the cooking of the cooks of Japan. which it did. with the result that we now have the greatest foreign market for rice we have been ble to find in the world. all as a result of the work of the commercial attach. who by being on the ground and understanding the situation was able to solve it to the advantage of everybody. This shows that. after all. gentlemen. we can change the trade currents of the world. we can change treaties. we can make new laws. but we can not change the laws and rules of the cooks of the world. And I will say in closing. gentlemen. that as I read of the differences we are having with Japan about restricted immigration and alien ownership of land. I want to express the hope that the housewives of Japan and the rice growers of California have woven a bond of mutual sympathy and common interest between our two iAations so strong that neither the warrior nor the statesman will be able to break it.