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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, March 25, 1953
Foreign Students Give UNESCO Panel Talk
By WALTER SCHLOTFELD
Five foreign students presented a panel discussion on "The American-Moslem-Indian Relations" last night in the Jayhawk room of the Student Union. The panel was sponsored by the Lawrence Council for UNESCO.
The first member to be introduced by the moderator Prof. Elmer Beth was Latheef Ahmed, graduate student from India, who spent six months on the UN Secretary General's staff. He emphasized the need for frankness in international relations and the difference only of degrees of the Western and Eastern worlds.
Imitiaz Khan, graduate student from Pakistan, spoke about the cultural and social relations of the Moslem world. He explained how the "Islam religion or state of life" might become a bridge between the East and the West and a defense against Communism. He believes that, unfortunately, American vision is limited only to Europe and not enough to the new world of Islam.
Mr. Cyrus Samil, graduate student from Iran, said that the U.S. has left good memories and impression in the Middle East because of the missionaries and GIs, and the influence of the U.S. has been a good stronghold against the threat of Russia. However, Mr. Samil said that the Middle East wants to be left alone to be dependent upon its own strength.
Virginia Baroudjian, graduate student, was the panel member for Egypt. She regretted that neither England nor the U.S. had kept the promise they made to Egypt during the war and recognized that now the American policy has more to do with the middleclass men than with the pashas—as it did till a few years ago.
The last member was Mr. Nick Kittie, an Australian who has spent many years in the Middle East. He said that America has to find a way to help the people in that part of the world and not the political present leadership only. Then he argued that the Moslem world is a composed group of groups with their own problems and without the unity of—for example—the nearby Arab states. Mr. Ahmed replied that the Moslem states have had dynamic changes in the last years, but they still have had a strong unity, especially in the UN policies.
In the following questions from the audience were brought out also the issues of the Pan Islamic movement favored by Pakistan, the revolution against the colonial powers and the growing autonomy of the Middle East and of the Moslem world in determining their own policies.
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Active Duty Time Reduced for Pilots
The active duty requirement for Air Force ROTC graduates entering flight training has been reduced to three years, Capt Carl V. Applegate, assistant professor of air science, announced today.
Men entering flight training from ROTC previously were required to spend four years on active duty, as compared with two years for graduates in the administrative or technical fields.
Capt. Applegate said this was done in an attempt to get more men to volunteer for flight training. "We recognize that many more ROTC men would take up flying if it wasn't for the extra two years required on active duty," he said.
A longer term of active duty is required of pilots because of the extensive training they receive. Flight training takes over a year, and if these men were on duty for only two years, the Air Force would not get a sufficient return on the large investment made in training.
Senate Expected to Okay Bohlen Today
Washington — (U.P.)— Charles E. Bohlen's nomination as ambassador to Moscow was expected to win overwhelming Senate approval today in spite of the spirited rear-guard action of powerful Republican foes.
Senate Republican Leader Robert A. Taft and Sen. John J. Sparkman, leading Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations committee, planned to make a report on her $evaluation of Mr. Bohlen's FIRI$e
evaluation of Mr. Bohlen's FB1 file.
Mr. Bohlen's supporters thought he be confirmed by nightfall with only about a dozen opposing votes.
Student Didn't Forfeit Bond
The opposition, led by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.), Sten.Styles Bridges (R-N.H.), and Pat McCarran (D-Nev.), admitted it was beaten.
The Daily Kansan corrects an error concerning Paul Harnar, college freshman, that appeared in Monday's Daily Kansan. Harner was fined $5 for going the wrong way on a one-way street, while in the previous article we reported that he forfeited $25 bond for failing to answer charges for speeding.
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