national relationships, Miss Finch said. American Gadget Civilization “Sometimes it was humiliating to see ourselves as others see us." she said. “American technology and wealth is so spectacular to the Jap anese that they can see little else. They see us as representatives of a gadget civilization, without c u 1 ture. "Always there is enthusiasm for America, but the -e is also appre hension and chagrin that Japan is so molded by an America which seems indifferent," she reported. Miss Finch and other Americans in Japan tried to bridge the gap by entertaining Japanese in their homes and studying their customs. She also translated letters of the Hiroshima maidens, brought to Mount Sinai hospital for treatment by Norman Cousins, of the Saturday Review. “There is an implication that the American way is superior, but we just don't understand their ways,” Miss F’inch said.

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