and two members of the Committee reciprocated by singing or chanting in their own languages. The Committee was then taken on a tour of the Old-Age Home and found it to be one of the best such facilities it had visited. It was new and airy, the rooms and corridors were sunny and the accommodations were clean and comfortable. Parti- cularly, because of its location, it was also quiet and restful. The Sister explained that 80% of the cost of the Home is from the central government and the rest from donations. They had accommodations for 150, with 50 on the waiting list and 100 beds planned. ‘The tour included visiting the living quarters, therapy rooms, nandicraft work areas, auditorium, and cafeteria. At the end of the tour, the residents and staff sang a song for the Committee as it boarded the bus for the return trip to Nagasaki. 4A-BOMB MUSEUM As in Hiroshima, it is difficult to imagine today that Nagasaki once reeled under the blows of an atomic bomb. Nagasaki is modern and picturesque. A seaport city, ‘There are great shipways within the city's limits and the sight of half of a 300,000-ton tanker sliding down the ways into the sea was eloquent testimony to the rebirth of Nagasaki from its own ashes. As in Hirgshima, uowever, there are still reminders. Located within view of the hypocenter, the Nagasaki A-Bomb Museum contains the same terrible evidence of the terrible destruction and death caused by the bomb; [O14bbT oarticularly poignant and ironic were 61