Correspondents' Correspondence

...A section chief at a large company complains that even taking his younger employes out drinking does not get them to work harder...

...Four thousand miles from here, Uganda's President Idi Amin Dada is even contemplating restoring three "provincial" monarchies...

...The desire of Senator William Fulbright (D.-Ark...

...While high school students are not permitted to smoke, visit pinball parlors or bars, or see "adult" movies, a recent poll of 317 Tokyo teenagers revealed that 70 per cent have broken the taboos at least once...

...air and maritime complex at Kenitra that Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield (D.-Mont...

...Because he maintains only a one-vote majority in Malta's all-Catholic legislature, however, Mintoff has declined a generous Soviet bid for the facilities, and held in abeyance a decision on the reward Libya offered for neutrality...

...Similarly, high school girls who dislike their knee-length skirt uniforms have lowered the hems to make drab midis, but they still wear the uniform...

...It's just temporary freedom for most of us," one youth explained...

...That could be what really worries older Japanese: Their children seem more devoted to leisure than the work ethic underlying Japan's remarkable economic comeback...

...Recognizing this, Malta's new premier, Dom Mintoff, has asked nato for $72 million, six times the price the previous government commanded for letting it use the island...

...As if to further confuse their elders, the majority of 1,600 college students interviewed in another poll said they felt superior to the foreigners their parents accuse them of "just following...

...Moreover, the Rock's revived strategic role has affected not only its own politics but those of Morocco and Spain...

...RUSSELL WARREN HOWE...

...with the new uncertainties over Malta, as have the big American base at Rota, Spain, and the nato facilities at Gibraltar...

...But Hassan can now relax a bit...

...We have less shame than our fathers, but not enough to prevent us from cutting our hair when company examination time arrives...

...aggression and imperialism" wore American clothes and drank Coca-Cola...

...it was embarrassingly kakko warui (square), they said...

...Television commercials, too, are aimed almost exclusively at the youth market, using a curious mixture of Japanese and English to project what the admen call "the young mood-o...

...Although the 6 million other Ugandans were not informed that the 3 million Baganda had a king again —and the republican constitution was not changed—the presence of police to keep order at the rites conducted in a rural clearing, and the tolerated presence of two reporters (including this correspondent), made it clear that the coronation was not taking place without Idi Amin's knowledge...

...Despite the outward looseness, though, the inner cultural ties seem binding...

...I think the mass of young Japanese are just drifting, remaining basically nonpolitical and seeking the fun of leisure...

...Last April, he allowed the heir of the late "King Freddie" to be enrobed as the new Kabaka of Bu-ganda...

...Mansfield's decision to accept a long-standing Moroccan invitation as part of what was essentially a European junket reflects U.S...

...Japan's Youth Cult TOKYO—The number of young Japanese walking the streets in American blue jeans and Mao-style caps might lead a visitor to think this whole nation is under 35...

...He didn't say he expected them to wear kimonos and drink green tea, but the implication was clear—the young Japanese, like their elders, are caught between two worlds...

...As an American student who has lived in Japan for a year observed, "They buy, eat and wear foreign things, but they are very conservative and naive—very Japanese...

...A reporter for Asahi noted that many students at a recent demonstration against "U.S...

...Students protested having to wear the traditional fundoshi (loincloth) at summer beach outings...

...A recent survey of over 9,000 new employes found that 60 per cent were not sure they would stay with their firm until retirement...

...Mansfield took back to the Hill the ifs and buts of American embassy opinion on the kingdom's future...

...Senate to scrap the base had greatly upset the monarch, who views the American presence as a deterrent to Algerian adventurism...

...Madrid could not get quite such unanimity through fair balloting in its Moroccan enclaves, yet huge majorities would certainly prefer them to remain Spanish...

...the official opposition is critical of Hassan, but fervently royalist...

...Ironically, pressure on Malta by Hassan's greatest enemy, Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya, has helped Rabat obtain continued assistance...

...All of which suggests what is probably the most significant fact concerning today's Japanese youth: They appear on the way to freeing modern Japan from their ancestors' historic hangup about gaijin, or outsiders.—MICHAEL BER-GER...

...but by letting it wither on the vine, Spain has increased its chances of keeping its own five "gibraltars" in Morocco —Ceuta, Melilla, la Velez, Al Hoceima, and the Chafarinhas Islands...

...On the other side of the continent, Peking is building a naval facility at Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, which Chou En-lai is expected to visit later this year...

...African Maneuvers RABAT—With Suez closed, the Western Mediterranean has become a major gateway to the Indian Ocean and the East...

...While they may not be as uptight as their parents, I don't see any revolution coming...

...Washington is Morocco's main source of aid, and aid is contingent on Kenitra...

...The monarchy itself is unpopular only with young intellectuals...

...Numerous emerging business practices reinforce that impression: One "swinging" bank here has hired jazz pianists to play mood music in its lobbies and has painted its offices in garish colors to attract young customers...

...and 51 per cent were prepared to act against their company if it was found to be a source of pollution...

...the Soviets will pay out some $250 million over the next four years for utilizing the installation...

...Last year Madrid quietly allowed traffic with Gibraltar to resume (so long as it was by sea across Algeciras Bay in noncommercial vessels...

...Yet because the majority either disagreed or did not care enough about it, the tradition endures...

...They just don't feel the obligation like I did when I was young," he says...

...The nation's new affluence and its exposure to foreign influences certainly have made Japanese youth less willing to accept some, if not all, of the old ways...

...Surface craft, subs and sub-seeking aircraft clog the Gibraltar Straits, and defense bases in the area have taken on a new importance...

...Today Spain also admits cars with Gibraltar tags (providing they go through Tangier) and has permitted British European Airways to reopen the Gibraltar-Madrid air link...

...Only the Germans were thought to be "slightly superior" to the Japanese, and 62.7 per cent of the students felt the biggest fault of their countrymen was "a complex toward foreigners...

...Indeed, many of the "subjects" of life-term African presidents look back on traditional monarchy with some nostalgia...

...The Spanish claim to the island has not officially been withdrawn...

...This represents a dramatic change from the traditional attitude of absolute loyalty to the company...

...Morocco is so sensitive about the U.S...

...upon returning home from a recent trip to Rabat, insisted he had not even mentioned it to King Hassan...

...Understandably, the older generation is concerned about their youth somehow becoming "less Japanese...

...Following the abortive, bloody July coup, the King has promised land, economic and education reforms...

...While the Moroccan opposition wants the territories seized, Hassan seems to welcome the leverage—productive of economic and other aid—that tolerating Spain's presence gives him...

...Widespread skepticism prevails, though, and on the day of the Montana senator's arrival, the Moroccan Students Union voted to back the opposition coalition, Koutla al Watania...

...But Moscow will not be left out in the cold: Premier Alek-sei Kosygin traveled to Algiers last week largely to conclude negotiations on the former French naval base at Mers-el-Kebir...

...concern about this troubled ally on the Gibraltar Straits...

...In a 1966 vote, 99.6 per cent of Gibraltar's citizens chose to remain British...

...25 per cent sought more individuality in their job...

...22 per cent were reluctant about working overtime...

...and others in the U.S...

...Kenitra has become more valuable to the U.S...

...An incident at Tokyo's Gakushuin High School—an elitist institution in prewar days and still attended by children of the royal family—would seem to corroborate this view...