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Quote from the Consul. Next night, on the White House south lawn, the Johnsons greeted about 800 top-ranking military officers and Defense Department officials and their wives. In a jovial mood, the President ambled over to the bandstand, hoisted himself over a railing to shake hands with each band member. Cried an Army general in the audience afterward: "I thought you were going to play all the instruments. Mr. President." Replied Johnson: "I can play 'em all. I'm a switch hitter...
...brief talk to the brass. Johnson recalled that "a friend of mine, observing some of my problems, recently sent me for my desk a quotation from a Roman consul back in 168 B.C." The consul was Lucius Aemilius Paulus, speaking to the Roman Senate, which had picked him to lead Rome's legions in the Macedonian war, then heaped criticism upon his conduct of that war. Said Paulus: "I am not one of those who think that commanders ought at no time to receive advice; on the contrary, 1 should deem that man more proud than wise who regulated...
...record 3,000,000 Americans expected to go overseas this year, very few will run afoul of foreign laws. Those who do can expect fair treatment, even in many Communist countries. Everywhere, the troubled tourist's best friend is the U.S. consul, reachable from remote places by wiring "Amconsul" in the nearest large city. Today, the consul negotiates from strength-no one wants to discourage a mounting influx of U.S. tourist dollars...
Despite these consolations, the rare American who winds up in a foreign jail cannot expect to lean on the U.S. Constitution. Every tourist is subject to the laws of the land in which he travels. All his consul can do is see to it that he gets the same legal treatment as any citizen of that country. Among the legal pitfalls most likely to face U.S. tourists...
...something airlines frequently forget to tell Americans. Japan forbids all private persons from owning or carrying firearms. Though arrested persons may be held for as long as 30 days without charges, no other country's police force is so eager to hand Americans over to the nearest U.S. consul. A robbed tourist is so rare that he is likely to embarrass the entire country...