Portrait Of Two Men In Taxi

In Pago Pago, American Samoa, last year, a touring “PIM” man had trouble with a taxi. He wanted this taxi to take him, and an affable American companion, up a hill, but the taxi wouldn’t. It started off all right, but half-way up the hill the taxi —or perhaps the Samoan driver—gave up in a cloud of steam. In the next ten minutes quite a lot was done to encourage that taxi —or perhaps the driver—to get up that hill; but it was of no account. The “PIM” man and the American walked. The “PIM” man’s comment was, “I thought America had plenty of good transport. This wouldn t happen even in New Guinea!”

He ivas wrong, of course.

The two men who are not riding in a taxi in the above Picture are Americans—Harold J. Coolidge. Executive Director of f the Pacific Science Board of the National Academy of Science Washington Dr. Alexander Spoehr. Director of the Bishop Mi L *™m. and all's Commissioner for the South Pacific They w P graphed by the same “PIM” man as the three of them were —up a hill 20 miles outside of Rabaul in May, where they haa been attending the South Pacific Conference.

The taxi is not exactly in the Picture because it two at the bottom of the hill. The taxi had s Guinea driver — but half-way up the hill it-or perhaps the New Guinea anver gave up in a cloud of steam.

The Americans dAdn’t say a J} ytJ ing ’ nonage ? It could probably best be put in the American language, it is. shoot your mouth off too early, sonl