Indo-china: The Orphans: Saved or Lost?

Bewildered orphans strapped inside flying boxcars; tearful parents straining to catch a first glimpse of their adopted infants; travel-weary but happy tots settling in at their new homes—such were the images that touched the public's heart last week (see color). Not since the return of the prisoners of war two years ago had there been a news story out of Viet Nam with which the average American could so readily identify, one in which individuals seemed able to atone, even in the most tentative way, for the collective sins of governments.

The genuine humanitarian...