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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, February 9, 1955
Reserves Too Weak Ridgeway Tells Group
Washington—(U.P.)-Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway warned Congress today that the nation's military reserves are in an "unacceptable state of readiness" and "would fail us in an emergency."
The Army chief of staff told the House Armed Services subcommittee of the "utmost urgency" of preventing American youth from being sacrificed in battle without adequate training. He testified in support of the administration's proposal for a modified form of universal military training to provide a large combat-ready reserve force.
Gen. Ridgway previously has warned that President Eisenhower's cuts in the standing armed forces will jeopardize the nation's security "to a degree."
"Unfortunately our present reserve forces continue in an unacceptable state of readiness, unable to reach combat effectiveness within any period of time likely to be available to us." Gen. Ridgway said.
The administration's reserve plan is aimed at building up a minute-man force of 3 million men. Since it includes a modified version of universal military, it is sure to kick off a new row in the House over UMT.
He said if the new reserve program is not enacted, "the Army will be compelled to continue to rely upon a demonstrably inefficient system which would fail us in an emergency."
The new reserve plan would make it mandatory for draftees who have served two years active duty to be in the reserves for another six
Butter to Replace Oleo in 17 Houses
Butter will replace oleomargarine on the dining tables of all housing units operated by the University, said Joe J. Wilson, director of dormitories. The change, which will be made as soon as the present supplies of oleomargarine are consumed.
The decision to use butter results from a state regulation prohibiting the use of state funds for the purchase of oleomargaride.
years. They would lose veterans benefits and get a discharge other than honorable if they failed to meet their reserve requirements.
The present draft law requires
six years in the reserves too, but
but with the extension, too.
forty years in the reserves, too, but has no teeth to make it compulsory. The new plan also provides that young men on reaching draft age may avoid the draft by applying for a special six months active training program, but they would have to spend $9^{th}$ years in the reserves, longer than draftees. About 100,000 youths a year would be accepted under this plan as a starter.
Clinic Started For Writing
A writing clinic sponsored by the English department is now in operation in Fraser hall.
Students preparing for the English Proficiency examination, those who have failed it and need help so that they can pass, and those with special problems in their written work are welcome to attend the clinic.
Students enrolled in composition courses such as English 1a, 1, 2, 2E, 3, 4 and 5 are not eligible to use them. Students must get help from their own instructors.
Voluntary use of the clinic is to be the keynote. "We want to help students who want to help themselves improve their writing." Prof. James L. Wortham, chairman of the English department, said today.
Clinic hours are from 3 to 5 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and 1 to 3 p.m. on Thursday and Friday.
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Dr. Rainey's visit to KU will be marked by a dinner at 6 p.m. Friday night in the Student Union with members of the sociology department and students who are majoring in anthropology. Dr. Carlyle S. Smith, associate professor of anthropology and assistant curator of the Dyche museum, is general chairman.
Anthropologist Froelich Rainey, moderator of the television quiz show, "What in the World?" will give a talk on lost civilizations and his personal experiences as an archaeologist in 426 Lindley at 8 p.m. Friday. His lecture, "Dynasties and Diggers," is being sponsored by the department of Sociology and Anthropology.
TV Quiz EmCee To Give Lecture On Anthropology
At 46, Dr. Rainey is president of the International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences. His TV show won the 1952 Peabody award; the museum he directs attracts some 135,000 visitors annually and maintains the world's most far-flung organization for the study of early man.
Dr. Rainey's speciality is the Arctic. On expeditions during 1935 to 1942, when he was a professor of anthropology at the University of Alaska, he traced the forebears of the Eskimo all the way around the ton of the world.
"Dr. Rainey is a star reporter of the story of man—from the Stone Age to comic," Dr Smith said. "He has spent half his life digging for the spent史料."
U.S. Papers Speculate On New Soviet Leader
The New York Times: "So far as can be judged from the information available, Mr. Khrushchev is now closer to being the single ruler of the Soviet Union than anyone has been since Stalin's death
The Washington Post and Times Herald: "Time alone... will tell. Such fragmentary bases for speculation as are now available, seem to forecast a renewed truculence in Soviet policy and a new eagerness to hasten the world revolution. The transfer of power proves once again that whoever controls the Soviet Communist party also controls the Soviet state. The appointment of Marshal Zhukov to a place on the central committee, and his probably nomination as defense minister in place of Mr. Bulganin, may be a recognition of the new
.. Mr. Khrushchev apparently chooses to rule from the supreme post of first secretary of the Communist party, leaving the premier's post to Mr. Bulganin, a man of obviously inferior stature. But if future discord should arise between the party and the military cliques, then the real test of Mr. Khrushchev's power may be had. . . The Soviet Union, it would seem is meeting our display of firmness with a similar display, while hastening to increase its military capabilities as rapidly as possible. "
New York Herald Tribune:
"Whatever else this political earthquake signifies, it constitutes an unmistakable admission that all is not well in Russia. From the standpoint of the more ruthless and reckless Communists, Premier Malenkov's two years at the Soviet helm have not been particularly productive.
political power of the military. There is abundant evidence... that the internal situation of the Soviet Union .has been steadily deteriorating."
San Francisco Chronicle: "Mr. Malenkov's current departure from this (ruling) circle differs from Mr. Beria's at least to the extent that he was allowed to resign the premiership and so far is not under arrest. It should be a matter of great relief to the world that the Soviet state can undergo this kind of power shift without any immediate indications of bloodshed or purge."
Chicago Tribune: "Except as it gives evidence of internal and economic strains in the Soviet Union, the latest upheaval in Moscow doesn't look like good news. Americans, Premier Malenko whose resignation was forced, was surely no great friend of the United States, but he occasionally showed signs of a genuine desire for prosperity for the Russian people."
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