Page 12 University Daily Kansan Thursday. Oct. 23, 1958 Burton Saves—
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Committee Proposes Senior Gift Ideas
Trophy cases for Allen Field House, cushions for Danforth Chapel or furnishings for a room in the new Kansas Union wing are being considered as possible class of '59 senior gifts.
Bob Billings, Russell senior and chairman of the gift committee, said that these ideas came up in the committee's first meeting. He said he hopes suggestions from seniors not on the committee will be given to him for presentation at the next meeting.
He said the committee will submit a list of possible gifts to the members of the senior class. The final selection will be made by the class next spring.
Members of the committee are Martha Crowley, Pittsburg; Creta Carter, Jennings; Bill Reed, Kansas City, Mo.; Karen Miller, Horton; Doug Scott, Ottawa; Joanne
Clark Attends Atom Conference
Professor Carrol D. Clark, chairman of the KU Department of Sociology and Anthropology, is attending a 4-day conference on "Atoms for Power" at Columbia, Mo.
The conference, which begins today, is held in co-operation with the American Assembly of Columbia University. Leaders in industry, public affairs, and education will discuss the use of atomic energy for power.
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The State Department is considering the recognition of Red China in an effort to solve the offshore islands dispute, Robert A. Burton, specialist on Chinese Communism, said yesterday.
Recognition of Red China May Aid Islands Dispute
He said Red Chinese recognition would have to be in the best interests of the United States before we would agree to it.
"Of course if we find we can not further our interests, there would be no point in recognizing Communist China," he said.
Mr. Burton, an American Universities Field Staff representative visiting the University, said yesterday the United States policy on the Formosa Straight has recently become more flexible in an apparent effort to reach a diplomatic settlement of the problem.
The State Department is afraid the United States may lose face by appearing to reconsider its previous Quemoy position while the islands are under fire from the mainland, he asserted.
Mr. Burton addressed a faculty forum at noon yesterday and later was interviewed by the University Daily Kansan.
He said Chiang Kai-Shek's hopes for a general revolt by the peasants on the China mainland would have to depend on the success of a drastic social undertaking by the Peking regime.
He said the State Department's policy is less rigid than before because it apparently is eager to use its influence to peacefully settle the issue of the off-shore islands claimed by both Communist and Nationalist Chinese governments.
In 1956 and 1967 the Red Chinese
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government mobilized the peasants into collective farms. This spring the Chinese Communist government began organizing communes, which contain several collectives each.
Complete Control Is Aim
"If the commune system is successful," Mr. Burton said, "the government will have complete control over the peasants and no uprising can occur. On the other hand, if something goes wrong with it, there is always the possibility of serious peasant unrest."
This commune system is a plan to make the people of China live in a true communistic fashion. The people work and live communally, have their food cooked in communal kitchens and eat in the commune's dining halls. Even the babies and children are taken from the family and put into common dormitories under the supervision of state workers.
"This will destroy the concept of family life," Mr. Burton said. "Under the commune system, a man sometimes see his wife at night, and sometimes only on weekends. His children are raised by other people, so he rarely sees them.
"The Peking regime said all of China will eventually be so communized the function of the state will be concerned only with external aggression. In this respect, their immediate plans are much more ambitious than Russia's."
Mr. Burton felt the commune
system is unpopular with the peasants. The government has a method of applying social pressure to make the peasants conform to the government attitudes, he said.
He said each peasant is required to attend several meetings a week at which he states his views on certain issues. If his views are different from the government's, the other people at the meeting try to persuade him that he is sinful for thinking as he does. If this is unsuccessful, the government applies economic pressure in the form of higher taxes.
The Peking regime has said it plans to catch up with the United Kingdom in steel production within three years, Mr. Burton said. He said that it seems to be a difficult job because the United Kinkdom's steel production last year was 23 million tons, while Red China's was about $5_{1/2}$ million tons.
Steel Production Up
"Peking plans to increase their steel production," he said. "By encouraging the construction of more small steel plants instead of spending a lot of money for a few large ones.
"There is great reliance in China on small scale activity multiplied many times. The Peking regime is counting on this ant-like approach to increase their steel production and to maintain an adequate level of food production for their growing population."