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University Daily Kansan Thursday, March 13, 1952
If Recent History Means Anything, Latest Russian Proposal Doesn't
By PHIL NEWSOM
UP Foreign News Edito
By PHIL NEWSOM
UP Foreign News Editor
World opinion probably will force the United States, Britain and France to take a long look at the latest Russian peace proposal for Germany—but it doesn't mean that a German peace treaty is any nearer.
It is the "spectacular concession" predicted from Russia after the Western Allies agreed in their recent meeting in Lisbon to include West German forces in Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's European army.
The proposal handed to representatives of the Big Three in Moscow Monday night offers on its surface two important concessions to German unification.
It also has at least two important "bugs."
Appealing to Germans will be:
1. The right to have "national land, air and sea forces essential for the defense of the country" and the right to produce such supplies as are necessary to maintain such forces.
2. The "most rapid formation of a general German government," and withdrawal of all foreign troops within a year.
The two outstanding stumbling blocks are:
1. The Russian proposal that German frontiers be fixed in accordance with the Potsdam declaration of 1945.
2. The condition that Germany pledge not to enter any coalition aimed at any power which fought against her in World War II. Such a pledge would, in Russian eyes at least, automatically bar Germany from using its military Organization since the Reds claim NATO is aimed against them.
Either of the above objections would be enough to prevent agreement on a German peace treaty.
Neither the West Germans nor the Allies ever have agreed to the Russian claim that the Potsdam declaration permanently fixed Germany's eastern frontier at the Neisse line was set up as a sop to Poland in exchange for Polish territory gobbled up by the Russians.
The Russians have attempted to formalize the line by an agreement signed between Poland and the puppet East German government, in 1900 square miles out of what once was the German "bread basket."
On the second point, the Western Allies have said frankly that the success of General Eisenhower's army depends on German participation. And therein probably lies the kernel of Russian strategy.
Russia would like at most to prevent formation of such an army, or at least to delay it.
Either might be accomplished by drawing the Western Allies into another long drawn-out series of negotiations such as we presently are involved in in Korea, or by so playing on German nationalist feelings as to convince the Germans they had no hope of unification so long as they cooperated militarily with the Western Allies.
Another interesting point in the Russian plan is its proposal to "secure" for the German people such "fundamental freedoms" as freedom of speech, press, religion, position and assent, none of which seems to be characteristic to other areas under Soviet control.
KU Represented At Art Exhibition
KU was well represented at the opening Sunday of the 28th annual Kansas Artists exhibition in the Topeka High school art gallery.
John Armstrong, KU drawing and painting instructor, judged contest entries. Gerald V. Davis of Lawrence, professional artist and former University instructor, won first place in the watercolor division.
Mrs. Nancy K. Wolf, KU graduate, was awarded first prize in the oil painting division. Her canvas depicted North Lawrence during the height of the 1951 flood.
Swimming Hours Changed
The swimming pool free hours for men have been changed. The new hours are 4 to 6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Shop Instructors ToAttend Meeting
Three shop practice instructors will attend the annual convention of the National Society of Tool Engineers in Chicago Wednesday, March 19, to Friday, March 21. They also will inspect for possible purchase machine tools used in the manufacture of plastics
The instructors are Paul G. Hausman, associate professor and Grant Snyder and Howard Rust, instructors.
While in Chicago, they will attend the huge, 365-exhibit industrial exposition held in the Amphitheater in connection with the convention. The exposition will display all types of machine tools in operation, Professor Hausman said.
They will visit several steel-treating plants in and around Chicago to make a survey of the latest methods.
Michigan's shore line, touching Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie, is the longest of any state —2,302 miles.
University Hosts Advisor Meeting
The University will be host to a regional conference of the National Association for Foreign Student Advisors from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.
Advisors from Kansas colleges have been invited to attend the meeting which is first of a series to be held across the country.
Attending will be foreign student advisors from Kansas State college, Ft. Hays State college, Pittsburg State Teachers college, Wichita university, and Friends university at Wichita, Baker university at Baldwin, McPherson college, Ottawa university, Tabor college at Hillsboro and Washburn university at Topeka.
Members of the foreign student committee composed of KU faculty members will take part in the discussion.
Women's Club To Sponsor Fashion Show Tonight
Andee Drouart, graduate student will be guest model for the University Women's club fashion show at 8 p.m. today in the Museum of Art.
A professional French model, faculty women and children will also participate in the fashion show.
The show is for members of the club and their invited guests.
The area of Alaska is more than twice that of Texas.
Nine New Courses Offered By Correspondence Bureau
Nine new courses are being introduced into the correspondence study offerings of the University, it was announced today by Miss Ruth Kenney, director of the bureau of correspondence study.
Now available are Plant Biology, Kansas Plants, Economic Botany, History and Principles of Physical Education, Principles of Community Recreation, Introduction to Community Organization and Prehistoric Man—all 3-credit hour courses. Occupational Therapy is a 2-hour course. A 3-hour credit course in Child Psychology is in preparation.
Elementary and kindergarten teachers in Kansas who need additional courses to obtain provisional
certificates from the state department of public instruction will find five correspondence courses that meet the specific certificate requirements. Miss Kenney said.
These are Methods of Teaching in Elementary Grades, Elementary School Art Methods, Essentials of Reading, Personal and Community Health and Children's Literature. All are 3-hour courses except the latter, which is for 2 hours credit.
In line with the bureau's policy of keeping courses up-to-date, Miss Kenney said 20 courses were revised last year, 10 are currently in the process of revision and 13 more will be revised this summer.
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Cadets To Sponsor Annual Spring Dance
The University's Army ROTC cadets will hold their spring dance Saturday, March 22, from 9 p.m. to midnight in the Military Science building.
The dance will feature the music of Gene Hall and his orchestra.
The arrangement committee includes Stephen Tkach, Edward G. Campbell, Frederick G. Zahn and John M. Greeley, all college junior; Robert E. Coddington, engineering freshman; Richard Folck, education senior, and Richard C. Higgins, college senior.
Sociologist To Give Radio Talk On Race
Nino LoBello, instructor in sociology, will speak on the topic, "The Racial Problem in the Union of South Africa," on the Sociology on the Air broadcast at 9:45 a.m. Sunday on KLWN.
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He is the seventh speaker on the weekly broadcasts.
Mr. LoBello's article, "Probation and the Newspaper," will appear in the next issue of the Federal Probation quarterly, an academic journal published by the department of justice.
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