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Faris Calls for Policy To Win Arab Friends
A strong plea was voiced last night by Dr. Nabih Paris for the United States to revise her foreign policy in order to get along better with Arab nations.
In the last of a series of 15 lectures on "The Arab World Today." Dr. Faris, who is a visiting professor from the University of Beirut, Lebanon, said that today the United States is the Arab's "enemy number one".
Blunt, constructive criticism was leveled at the U.S., by Dr. Faris for the American foreign policy following World War II which, he said, "handed the Arabs a slap in the face."
"During the period following World War II, America was the last best hope of the world," he said.
Glowing descriptions sent back by immigrants to America and the high ideals expressed in former President Wilson's Fourteen Points were two reasons why Arabs formerly looked to the U.S. for leadership, he said.
"A good deal of this was more romantic than real," he said, "but nevertheless, the United States could not help but stand up well in comparison with other foreign nations who had colonized the Arab world."
Dr. Raris lashed out at nations who are proponents of colonialism, chiefly Britain and France, for their past actions to retard independence and social progress among the Arabs.
"Colonialism tends to place social conditions in an 'icebox'," he said.
he said. By allying ourselves with these colonial policies we are alienating ourselves from the respect of the peoples under colonial rule, he said.
"In order to have a really constructive foreign policy, the U.S. should eliminate all partiality in giving foreign aid, lead the way to implementation of United Nations resolutions, and aim at enlargement of the free world instead of containment of Communism" he said.
The former isolationism of the U. S. is a thing of the past, for since World War II America has picked up the burdens of world leadership laid down by Great Britain, he said.
"The honeymoon of 'no responsibility' is over for the United States in world affairs. American boundaries no longer stop at the geographical limits of the country, but extend throughout the world. To protect these boundaries, America has military bases from Morocco to Saudi Arabia in the Arab world," he said.
In addition to military protection, Dr. Faris said the United States should take an interest in the Arab world for its petroleum, valuable to American industrial life, and for its strategic "middle" position in world activity and travel.
"We must transform negative policies to positive and dynamic efforts to insure that freedom shall not perish from the world," he said.
Varying somewhat from his usual lecture technique, Dr. Faris offered constructive criticism which was directed towards better American-Arab relations.
Speakers Set For UN Group
Franklin D. Murphy, chancellor, and Dr. Wilfred H. Pine, professor of agricultural economies at Kansas State college, will be principal speakers at the sixth annual United Nations conference here January 25-26.
Dr. Murphy will give the keynote address, speaking on "World Health." As personal representative of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, he was a member of the American delegation to the sixth World Health assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, last May. The World Health organization is one of the important nonpolitical activities of the UN.
Dr. Pine will discuss world agriculture. He spent two years in Turkey, 1950 and 1951, as an agricultural economist for the Economic Cooperation administration mission. The mission's task was the development of Turkish agriculture as part of the United States assistance program.
Both speakers will emphasize United Nations functions as they affect American affairs, according to Miss Ellen M. Batchelor of Manhattan, who is state chairman for the UN conference.
The name caribou comes from the Indian names "Maccarib", "maccaribo" or "cariboo". It is a close cousin to the reindeer.
Proposal Studied For Butter Pileup
Washington — (U.P.)—The Agriculture department today was reported studying a series of new plans, for getting rid of surplus butter piling in government freezers at an "alarming" rate.
One proposal said to be under consideration calls for the sale of some of the record 270 million pounds in government hands to processors to be mixed with regular stocks for re-sale to housewives at reduced prices.
Under the plan, the department would sell to processors at slashed prices—about 30 cents a pound. The processors would mix the low-price butter with regular stocks now selling for about 70 cents a pound and offer consumers two pounds for an average price of about 50 cents each.
The National Milk Producers federation said a drop in support levels would be "unthinkable" since supports on corn, a principal livestock feed, will be maintained at 90 per cent through 1954. Federation Secretary Charles W. Holman said his group will confer with Secretary Benson on the 1954 support level "within the next two weeks."
Other farm developments:
1. The National Grange said the administration's proposed "flexible" price support plan does not include "enough emphasis" on foreign trade. Grange Master Hershel Newsom said after a meeting with Secretary Benson his group favors selling commodities like wheat and cotton abroad at "competitive" prices rather than have them supported at levels so high they would move into government ownership to be sold at a loss.
2. Sen. Edward J. Thye (R-Minn.), an opponent of the administration's flexible price proposal, said Benson gave the $enate agriculture committee "absolutely misleading" figures on overall farm program costs since 1932. Thye said the $16-921 million figure mentioned by Benson included costs of the school lunches, veterans aid programs; and research and education projects.
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The ninth annual International Collegiate Photography contest sponsored by Kappa Alpha Mu, national honorary fraternity in photojournalism, is now open to all college students, the fraternity's national headquarters in Columbia, Mo, announced yesterday.
Contest Rules Told
Pictures, judged in four classes—news, feature, sports, and picture story or picture sequence—must be submitted not later than April 1. No entry fee is required.
Each student interested may enter 10 pictures but no more than five in any single class. The pictures must have been taken since April 1. 1953.
First place winners in each class will receive a $25 Government Bond and the opportunity to have their picture displayed at colleges and universities throughout the nation. All pictures remain the property of the maker.
For entry forms or additional information, write to print chairman, Mabel Stewart, Room 114, School of Journalism, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, or to Ken Fee, KAM secretary, 18 Walter Williams Hall, School of Journalism, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.
Executives' Ball Set Feb. 5 in Union
The Executives' ball, featuring the selection of "Mr. Executive" and "Miss Secretary," will be held at 8:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5 in the Student Union ballroom.
The pair will be chosen by those attending the dance. Tickets will be sold at organized houses, the information booth, and in business school classes. Prices are $1 per couple if the purchaser is a member of the Business School association and $1.50 per couple for non-members. The Varsity Crew will play.
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