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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1956
More Convertibles To KU? 1951 Farm Prospects Good
Washington—(U.P.)Next year's going to be prosperous for farmers. It will be keyed to the defense boom as more money pours into the hands of food-buying consumers.
That was the official keynote today as the Agriculture department opened its annual week-long fall conference in the farm "outlook" for 1951.
It was a far cry from the tone sounded at the conference last fall. Farm prices were dipping then. Government-held farm surpluses were mounting. The department then foresaw another 15 per cent cut in net farm income for 1950.
That turned out to be a bad guess. But the economists didn't foresee the Korean war and the resultant big rearmament program.
Farm and food prices are up. The department says now the actual cut in net farm income this year will amount to only six per cent instead of the 15 per cent it forecast.
Furthermore, the department is confident that net income for 1951 will rise "at least" 15 per cent above the 1950 level.
Acknowledging that the prospective defense boom will bring mounting "inflationary pressures," government farm planners have turned away from last year's problem: How to hold farm prices up? The problem now is how to get a big increase in farm production to keep food and fiber prices from skyrocketing as consumer incomes rise next year.
The department figures there's a good chance farm production will set a new record next year, if growing weather is normal. But farmers will have to cope with shortages of some items needed for production. Neither insecticides nor fertilizer supplies are regarded as fully ample. Farm labor shortages may develop in some areas.
A report issued at the opening of today's conference said supplies of feed grains are ample for expanding meat production next year. The department anticipates civilian meat supplies will hit 148 pounds per capita next year, a boost of three pounds over the 1940 level. It doesn't think that will be enough to keep prices from rising.
The School of Religion at the University of Kansas was formally inaugurated on Oct. 13, 1921.
Danish Film Third In Series
"Day of Wrath," a Danish film with English titles will be the third in the foreign film series at 7:30 tonight in Hoch auditorium.
The movie is a tale of witchcraft set in a land and a century that believed both in the existence of witches and in the righteousness of killing them.
Carl Dreyer, a Dane, produced and directed the picture which emphasizes every change of mood on the faces of the actors brought about by the moral conflict within them.
He is best known for his silent film, "The Passion of Joan of Arc," which he made in France 20 years ago.
Charges Made At A Debate
Young Democrats charged Republicans with having a negative policy and the Young Republicans countered by charging national Democrat office holders with being inadequate in a debate between representatives of the clubs Wednesday night.
The Democrats stated that the Republicans have a negative policy and avoid important issues. The Republicans countered with the statement that Democrats who hold office lack the necessary capacity and integrity for their jobs.
The debate between two representatives from each of the campus clubs was sponsored by the Y.M.C.A. as the first of a series of monthly forums.
Speaking for the Democrats were Robert Brock, third year law; and Jim Logan, Business junior. Republican debaters were Keith Wilson, third year law; and Dick Harris, third year law.
150 Persons Are Told About Body Defenses
More than 150 persons attended a lecture on "Phagocytosis" by Walter J. Nungester, professor of bacteriology at the University of Michigan. He spoke Wednesday in Lindley auditorium in the 13th annual Noble P. Sherwood lecture series sponsored by Phi Beta Pi, professional medical fraternity.
Dr. Nungester, who is also consultant to the editor of Science magazine has done considerable research work in the field of phagocytosis, the scientific name for the destruction of foreign proteins in the human body.
The field is not yet understood to the point that it may be fully utilized. Dr. Nungester said, but notable advances have been made.
He explained that phagocyte and leucocyte cells are the chief defensive cells of the body. Phagocytes are known as "amoeba of the blood" for they fold around harmful bacteria in much the same manner as an amoeba captures its food.
Certain of these cells are excellent in fighting tuberculosis bacilli but they seem to be somewhat ineffective in the lungs, hence the prevalence of tuberculosis of the lungs.
A great deal is yet to be learned as to how the phagocytic cells digest and destroy the invading organisms, but constant activity in this field will inevitably yield results.
Dr. Nungester followed his talk with some technical slides illustrating various important points.
Table Tennis Team Beats Kansas City
The University table tennis team downed the Kansas City, Kan., team 6-3 in the men's division and 4-1 in the women's division Thursday night.
The campus team will go to Topeka to play in the Missouri Valley team championships on Saturday, Nov. 11.
BEAT UTAH
UN Has Problem In Korea
The United Nations is faced with a huge reconstruction problem in Korea. It must restore exhausted rice stocks, rebuild a flattened transportation system and industries, rehabilitate the people, and rebuild the economic system.
Korea is an 85,000 square mile peninsula and has 33,000 inhabitants, mostly farmers and fisherman. The land is one of bare rugged mountains and terraced rice paddies. Pine forests grow in the harsh climate along the Russian border; and oranges grow along the south coast. Rice is the largest item of Korean economy and the normal crop more than fills their requirements.
There is a growing industrial population, but the rice farmers are the largest population group, with fishermen second.
The main problems in Korea are disrupted industry, disunity, and poverty. The uprooted people are
returning to their homes to find them leveled, with all means of livelihood gone. They are over 1,000,000 refugees.
The history of Korea is one of invasion. The Mongols streamed down in 1231 and in 1908 Japan had almost complete control. When Japan was defeated the Soviet American Commission could not agree on a unified regime so the 38th parallel division line came into being.
United Nations armies have defeated Communist attempts to gain all Korea. The U.N. is now faced with the many problems of rehabilitation.
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