Article: Poles here for lessons in economics, government

Now that Poland has won its freedom, officials are turning to the United States to teach them how to build a democratic government and a free-enterprise economic system.

A group of Polish health and finance officials are in Illinois this week studying how Chicago and Illinois function.

Illinois Comptroller Roland Burris, who visited Poland recently, hosted a reception Sunday for the visitors.

"We left Poland with a strong feeling that the seed of democracy and the seeds of democratic governmental principles, which we have sown, will yield a rich and bountiful harvest and that Poland itself will forever be changed," Burris said.

Dr. Andrzej Kosiniak-Kamysz, Poland's health ...

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