Page 12 University Daily Kansan Thursday, Sept. 20, 196
Red Values Hinder Farm Production
A specialist on Soviet agriculture said today Russia's agricultural policy has been inconsistent because of conflicting values.
Howard Swearer, a political scientist professor at the University of California, was speaking at the opening session of a three-day conference on Soviet agriculture and peasant affairs.
"The tension between the drive for pervasive political control and superhuman production achievements, and the needs of a routinized, efficient bureaucracy were exemplified in Soviet agricultural administration during the last decade," Prof. Swearer said.
THE RESULT has been "constant flux" and "fundamental reorganizations."
He said this flux though disruptive and time-consuming, has its benefits.
"It breaks up inter-locking family groups and mutual protection societies which short circuit central control channels. It permits the infusion of new faces and ideas... and facilitates the expansion and adjustment of the bureaucracy to a rapidly changing and increasingly complex society."
PROF. SWEARER SAID the conflict of values has its roots in the "consciousness" which Lenin first emphasized in contrast to the doctrine of "spontaniety" found in orthodox Marxist philosophy. Following the Leninist force, the Soviet Union has striven to control and mould the lines of production.
Prof. Swearer said this line leads to a goal which runs counter to the requisites of bureaucracy. He described this goal as "the relentless pressure to transform the environment, to achieve astronomical goals. to remake man."
This abstract conflict of values manifests itself in the "continuous administrative reorganization."
Tangible factors influencing this continuous reorganization have been power politics, the regime's attempts to breathe flexibility into the bureaucracy by cautious decentralization, the condition of the Party in the country and the utilization of party forces.
The conference will reconvene at 9 tomorrow morning in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union. The schedule of conference lectures follows.
9 a.m.—"Soviet Agricultural Statistics" by Arcadius Kahan, department of economics, University of Chicago.
9. 45—Commentary by Luba Richter, research analyst for the Department of State.
10. 15—Open discussion followed by open period.
11:15—"The Soviet Approach to the Good Earth. Myth and Reality" by W. A. Douglas Jackson, department of geography, the University of Washington.
2. 00—Commentary by Robert N. Taaffe, department of geography, Indiana University.
2:30 "Agronomical Problems of Southeast Europe" by Earl Leng, department of agronomy, University of Illinois.
3:15—Commentary by Paul E. Lydolph, department of geography, University of Wisconsin.
3:45—Open discussion followed by open period.
8:00—"Khrushchev's Livestock Program" by Carl Zoerb, agricultural economist from Munich, Germany.
The hundredth anniversary of the University of Kansas may be commemorated in a special stamp issue if bills now before Congress pass.
Congress May Pass Bill for KU Stamp
Rep. Robert F. Ellsworth, R-Kan., introduced a bill yesterday directing the issuance of a fourcent commemorative stamp. Sen. Frank Carlson, R-Kan., has already introduced a similar bill in the Senate.
Rep. Ellsworth's bill directs that the first stamp be sold in Lawrence Sept. 12, 1966, the hundredth anniversary of the University.
"The University of Kansas has consistently ranked among the top 10 U.S. universities," Rep. Ellsworth told his colleagues. "The first chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi west of the Mississippi was founded on Mt. Oread."
Rep. Ellsworth also noted KU's gifted student program, summer science and mathematics camps, international education program and the People-to-People program.
Cuban Action Due in House
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Congress rushed its fight-ifwe-must resolution on Cuba toward final passage today.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee gave President Kennedy its unanimous backing to do whatever he deems necessary to curb Castro—including the use of force—less than 24 hours after two powerful Senate groups took identical action.
The full Senate was expected to stamp its approval on the resolution later today. There also was a possibility of House action before nightfall.
In its formal report, the combined Senate group said "the situation in Cuba should be taken seriously but not hysterically."
of campus life," Lt. Fenstemake commented in an interview.
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Chief Skillman cited two universities where the same type of traffic control program has been used for several years. Both the University of California and the University of Washington have met with continual success in their respective programs, he said.
"I HAVE BEEN CHIEF OF THE traffic and security division for 15 years and it is my observance that students are more mature than they used to be. Once they understand the reason for restrictions they readily accept it without questions," the director said.
KU Anthropologists Study Indian Cultures
A 13-man team of archeological workers under the direction of Carlyle S. Smith, curator of the anthropology department, have uncovered the remains of ancient American Indian cultures in Osage County, Kan.
Prof. Smith directed eight weeks of excavations during the summer south of Lvndon. Kan.
The area is to be flooded by the Melvern Reservoir, which is on the Marais des Cygnes River, and will be a twin of the Pomona Reservoir.
In comparing the figures of the last two years, there is an accurate indication that the number of automobile accidents on campus has increased.
The chief explained that in dollars and cents these accidents last year totaled $18,448.70, an increase of approximately $8,000 over last year.
Last year 204 cars received damages and five persons were struck in automobile accidents. In 1961, 154 cars were damaged and one person was hit, an increase of 54 persons involved in car accidents on campus.
"We've been living on borrowed time. We had to do something," Chief Skillman concluded.
Official Bulletin
Ph.D. Reading Examination in German Saturday, September 29. 9 a.m., 124 Malott. Candidates must register in 306 Fraser by Noon, September 22.
International Students: If you have not completed the important forms in the Office of the Dean of Students, 228 Strong Hall, please do so this week.
TOMORROW
International Club: 7:30 p.m. Ballroom. Kansas Union. Chancellor W. Clarke Wescow will speak, followed by contests and dancing. Everyone welcome.
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