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University Daily Kansan
Friday, Nov. 16, 1956
U.S. Far East Policy Confused, Expert Says
By RAY WINGERSON (Of The Daily Kansan Staff)
U. S. policy in the Western Pacific is way below par, Albert Ravenholt, American Universities Field Staff lecturer, said Wednesday during a 2-hour press conference with 17 students of the Journalism School's Reporting II class.
"The United States has become involved in so many problems that they have been unable to delineate a policy with direction," Mr. Ravenholt told the reporting students.
The situation has become too complex to grasp, he said.
"Formosa is an illustration of where things have gotten so complicated that we've lost our sense of direction," he said.
To remedy this lack of directed foreign policy in the Western Pacific, Mr. Ravenholt called for the selection of capable persons to represent the United States in that area.
Dedicated Persons Needed
"Too many persons are in the foreign service just for the financial advantages," Mr. Ravenholt told the students. "This must change. Americans dedicated to their work should be employed to study, understand and formulate foreign policy in that area."
Along the same line, he said that a revamping of government foreign agencies was needed to make them effective in the Western Pacific.
Mr. Ravenholt also suggested a change in the thinking of the U. S. Army. He said it never learns from past mistakes.
"The U. S. Army is making the same mistakes today in Formosa that it was making 15 years ago in China," he said.
The continuation of today's foreign policy, he said, will result in decreasing American influence and acceptance in that area.
White Man On Way Out
White Man On Way Out He quoted Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, $ ^{p} $ retired-commander-in-chief of the Pacific Fleet in World War II and former ambassador to the Philippines:
"Within 10 years there will be no white men left in the Western Pacific."
Mr. Ravenholt, commenting on the Sino-Soviet alliance, stressed that the white man's foothold in the area is slipping.
"If the Sino Soviet alliance continues, there will be little room left in the Western Pacific for the West," he said.
World Situation Would Shift
World Situation Would Shift If the alliance doesn't continue, he said, the world power situation will change considerably because both Russia and Red China will
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need large forces to defend their long and common border.
Looking ahead, Mr. Ravenholt sees China becoming a greater problem than the Soviet Union.
China, he said, has taken Russia's place as the mecca for communism in the Far East and, if she ever gains atomic power, there will be another serious change in the world power situation. Our State Department, he said, pays too little attention to this fact.
Croquet, a national scandal back in the gay 90's when daring enthusiasts openly played it on their lawns on Sunday, is making a comeback in the Midwest. It was the favorite sport of the late critic, Alexander Woollcott.
Big Change In Bus Travel
A luxury bus is now operating between Kansas City and Wichita on the Kansas Turnpike.
"Many students are calling about this new service." J. R. McKinley, agent for Continental Trailways, said this morning. "We make reservations here, although they must go to Topeka or Kansas City to get on the bus."
On the twice-a-day runs, both east and west between Kansas City and Wichita, a hostess serves free refreshments. A passenger may have coffee or tea, or a cold drink with sandwiches. Pillows are free. The bus has rest rooms, music, bottle warmers, electric razors, magazines, Mr. McKinley said.
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Debaters Enter Tournament
The University Debate Squad has entered two teams in the Central State College Tournament, being held in Edmond, Okla., today and Saturday. Ronald Riepen, Overland Park and Kenneth Irby, Ft. Scott juniors; Ray Nichols, Lawrence freshman; and William Summers, Wichita sophomore, have entered the tournament.
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