AUFS Man Views Russia-Iran Link
E. A. Bayne said today the objectives of the Russians and the determination of the Iranians, to remain independent have remained almost the same for the last 150 years.
The visiting American Universities Field Staff representative discussed the impact of Soviet policy on Iran and the history of Russian interest in Iran before a Soviet Problems and Policies class this morning. ___
The Russian objective is to subvert or conquer Iran, he said.
"The Russian position in Iran has rested on a treaty of friendship signed at the end of 1922.
"This treaty has one clause which gives the Russians the right to determine whether the Iranians are associating with a foreign power to the detriment of the Russians.
"This clause gives the Russians the right to march in and rectify the situation to their own interests." Mr. Bavne said.
He said the Russians have made several threats in citing the clause in the treaty of 1922.
"Khrushchev has said the Iranians cannot expect Russia to stand by if they try to receive help or advice from the United States," Mr. Bayne said.
Russian objectives have been well known for a number of years, he said.
"Iran is in a peculiar position geographically and thus it is a football between the East and the West.
He said constant pressure is kept on the Iranians and they are submitting to the kind of pressure Russia thinks will work.
"Iran has had a rather keen sense of its natural history and the fact that it has been able to remain independent. It has maintained integrity down the line." he said.
Mr. Bayne said that Iran adopted
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The Daily Kansan made two errors in listing the candidates for class officer posts yesterday.
Jan Banker, Russell junior, is running for senior class president. The Kansan reported Janet Baker, Leawood junior, was the candidate.
Virginia Lee Smith. running for secretary of the junior class, is from Topeka, not Washington, D.C., as reported.
a form of constitutional government in 1907, and with the aid of Great Britain forced the Shah to accept it.
"The Russians were opposed to this because the British favored it. The Czarists had learned that it was easy to buy influence and maintain a position in northern Iran. They were opposed to the constitutional movement in the country until the Bolshevik Revolution," he said.
"In 1907, th. traditional rivalry between Britain and Russia in Iran changed. They decided to come to an agreement and divide the country in half." Mr. Bayne said.
He said that the Russians were given almost complete authority, though the Shah still existed.
"Both the British and the Russians established military forces in Iran for the protection of their interests there." Mr. Bayne said.
He said the Russians established a Cossack regiment in the country and the British also established a military force to protect their oil and trade concessions.
"In the 1930s, Russian interest in Iran began to increase, especially in the development of industries in the country," Mr. Bayne said.
"In 1941, with the attack by Hitler on Russia, the British and the Russians found themselves again in alliance," he said.
He said that Russia undertook to develop a political party and to develop the oil fields in northern Iran.
"Russia undertook a fairly full scale program of looting the country during the occupation," Mr. Bayne said.
He said the Russians were very unwilling to leave Iran after World War II.
(See page 12 for E. A. Bayne's comments on the labor problems of Italy.)
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56th Year, No.117
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Thursday, April 2, 1959
Harkness Will Give Kansan Board Speech
The dinner, sponsored by the govern- ing body of The Daily Kansan, will be at 6 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom. A coffee hour will be held later in the South Lounge where displays of prize-winning Daily Kansan stories and advertise- ments will be shown.
At the dinner awards and scholarships will be announced for outstanding journalism students. Newsmen from throughout the area, University faculty members, students and guests will attend the dinner.
The 46th annual Kansan Board Dinner will be held May 9, with Washington radio and television commentator Richard Harkness as the guest speaker.
Mr. Harkness, a 1928 graduate of the University who broadcast the first network television news program from Washington, D.C., in 1948, has not announced his topic
Mr. Harkness, of Artesian, S. D., has been working as a newsman for over 30 years.
In the past, such speakers as Ben Hibbs, editor of the Saturday Evening Post, and columnists Doris Fleeson and Hal Boyle, have been speakers at the dinner.
Last year, Bill Vaughan, Starbeams editor of the Kansas City Star, was the speaker.
Mr. Harkness joined the United Press in Kansas City after college. He was involved in reporting the Pendergast machine activities.
Before he moved to the Washing-
Bouncer Bounced
Airmen's Squawk Bags Light Colonel on Wing
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. — (UPI) — An airman charged today a "storming" lieutenant colonel ordered him and six other enlisted men off a plane taking them home from Japan on emergency leave.
The colonel and his family then took off in the plane for a Hawaiian vacation.
Airman 2-C Robert J. Kindl said here, today;
The airmen appealed to Lt. Gen. Robert Burns, U. S. military commander in Japan, who ordered the Military Air Transport plane back to Japan a half hour later and personally bounced the colonel from the flight.
"We were all on emergency leave. My son had died, and the funeral was being held up. Another airman's
mother had died. The daughter of another was in a hospital and fear was expressed for her life."
ton U. P. office in 1934, Mr. Harkness was also assigned to bureaus in Oklahoma City, Dallas, and Jefferson City, Mo.
Gen. Burns personally ordered the plane back to Tachikawa Air Force Base after it had left with the colonel, his wife and four children. The general went to the base to make sure the enlisted men got on board.
Airman Kindl said the plane had to dump large quantities of fuel as a safety measure before landing back in Japan.
He joined the National Broadcasting Co. in 1934 and now broadcasts news for a Washington television station.
He is also a member of the NBC-TV "Ask Washington" panel and appears on other network news special events programs.
Mr. Harkness has covered political
Richard Harkness
conventions, the Roosevelt-Churchill Quebec conference, the 1945 United Nations Charter conference in San Francisco, and has traveled throughout Europe.
Collaborating with his wife, the former Gladys Suiter of Macksville, Kan. Mr. Harkness contributes articles to many national publications.
He is a member of the National Press Club, the Gridiron Club, and was president of the Overseas Writers Club.
Tips for Would-be Phi Betas:Be Active, Study Early
AND BRAINS, TOO—These three have more than coiffures on their minds. They are three of the 36 seniors elected to Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary society in liberal arts and sciences. Form left: Kala Mays, Lyons; Marcia Hall, Coffeyville; Virginia Stephens, Parsons.
It seems that many Phi Bet Kappas are active individuals who prefer to study early in the evening.
Melisande Magers Jones, Lawrence senior, said that cramming for exams is her pet pieve. "I like to study in the evening and try to finish by about 10:30 p.m. because I get sleepy after that.
Lynn Miller, Dodge City senior, said, "I like to get my homework done as early in the evening as possible. I feel that I am just fooling myself when I stay up late to read, because I just get too sleepy."
"In a sorority house there are so many activities that it is sometime hard to study. I found it much easier to study after I was married."
Miller will be at the University of Geneva, Swietherland, on a Rotary Fellowship next year. Although his major is English, he will be working toward his master's degree in international politics.
"It is surprising how much time you can waste during the day, 15 minutes here and there and it all piles up. I think that a person who plans a little will be surprised at how much time he will have left." Miller commented.
Charles E. Platz, Hutchinson senior, said, "I study best when I get up very early in the morning. I do my best work when I go to bed about 8 p.m. and get up at 3 a.m. I generally do not study that way, though. Usually I study between 8 p.m. and midnight."
Platz, who has a double major in zoology and chemistry, will study at the University of Chicago Medical School next year He said he plans
"I have felt at times that I have been burdened by extra-curricular activities. It is harder for me to study since I have been married because I want to spend more time with my wife. The solution to this problem is that I usually study on the hill." Platz said.
"I find I learn a lot easier when I take courses that I am really interested in. When I can, I take courses in which I can develop some interest. I picked courses in English in which I had a little interest and then tried to develop more interest in the course. This is where true learning begins." Platz said
to complete his Ph.D. after he has his M.D.
Howard Marvin Johnson, Topeka senior, said, "I try to keep my study habits well organized. I keep my course assignments up to date and give a certain amount of time to each course. I never really stav up late, and I have quite a few outside activities. When I study I work hard to get it done. I plan to get a master's degree in mathematics education. I'd like to teach for a while, and get a doctor's degree in secondary school education."
Mrs. Patricia Lee Bell, Atchison senior, said, "I just keep up with my assignments, and read a little. I'll probably go into secretarial work after I graduate."
Linda Lois Farmer, Pratt senior,
said, "I try to study when I have
free time. I hope to take graduate
work in English and then teach. As
far as outside activities are
concerned, I am very busy. But it seems
the more I have to do the more work
I get done. I don't waste as much
time when I'm very busy."