Daily hansan
58th Year, No.140
Friday, May 12, 1961
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MARVIN ALISKY
Alisky Pessimistic on Latin America Future
"Frankly, I'm pessimistic," said Marvin Alisky, chairman of the department of Mass Communications at Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz., who spoke here today on Latin America.
"There is a change coming in Latin America," he said, "a change which will be either peaceful and evolutionary, or bloody and revolutionary, and the American press has to start reporting it."
PROF, ALISKY, who has traveled widely through Latin America as an observer and correspondent, went on to say that we should have learned from the Cuban fiasco that there's no excuse for bad reporting on the part of U.S. news media from countries that are on our doorsteps."
With what he termed a "missionary type zeal," he said, "Momentum is picking up like a fast snowball going downhill, and we have to become more aware of the change in our brothers to the South.
"Even if the present drastic increase in population levels off, we will need a lot of public and private enterprising, and intelligent loans from the U.S. to boost the economic, social and political depressions of Latin America.
"WE NEED to encourage Latin Americans to believe in and invest
Prof. Alisky spoke briefly about several Latin American countries
in their country," he said. "Citizens investing in their own country is the only sure way for them to help themselves."
"Haiti is probably the lowest the spectrum i nfact, there's no hope at all," he said. "All I see in Haiti is chaos and a fantastically over-crowded country."
HE CONTIUALLY stressed that the American press is doing "a lousy job of reporting" in the 20 countries south of the border.
"The caliber of correspondents is low," he said. He pointed out one example of fighting in Nicaragua where the UPI correspondent was apathetic, the AP reporter did not know a revolt existed and he, a visitor, reported the fighting to NBC.
"Mexico is the future of Latin America," he added, "providing it goes the right direction.
"There's no place in Latin America inaccessible by plane, and there's always a telephone," he said. "Yet we have better coverage of desolate areas in the Middle East and Asia than we do these countries."
"But we can't underestimate the people of the hinterlands who live by the motto 'bread and justice.' If they can't get justice, they'll settle for bread."
Geneva Talks on Laos Yield to Seating Battle
GENEVA—(UPI)—The 14-nation conference on the future of Laos was postponed today until tomorrow or Monday because of an East-West fight over which Laotian delegation to seat at the talks.
The initial meeting of the conference was to have started at 8:00 a.m. (CST) today, not long after a delayed formal report arrived here from the International Control Commission in Vientiane confirming that a cease-fire actually exists in Laos.
Khrushchev Tells Need for Peace
RECEIPT OF THIS report cleared the way for United States and British participation here, since both Washington and London has insisted they would not take part in the Geneva parley unless a cease-fire was certified by the ICC.
Stressing the need for peaceful coexistence in a world living in the shadow of nuclear weapons, the Communist leader said:
MOSCOW — (UPI) — Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev said today he wants to get along with the Kennedy administration despite differences of view on social and political questions.
"Taking a realistic view, we have to live on the same planet, and we have to find solutions. We are ready to build up our relations with any country to safeguard peace throughout the world." He made the point that the Soviets are confident they "will win" any contest.
"Although President Kennedy and I are men poles apart, we live on the same earth. Therefore, although we probably have a different understanding and a different assessment of the Socialist system and the Capitalist system, we have to visualize realistically, so to speak, that there are now Socialist countries on our planet, which number over a milliard (one billion) inhabitants.
Referring to his desire to get along with the United States, he said:
"We have to (visualize realistically) that there are capitalist coun-
Weather
The weather bureau predicts warm, windy weather to continue in Kansas today, but there is a possibility of a wet weekend.
But no sooner was that issue resolved than an East-West struggle started on the seating of the Laotian representatives.
Mild temperatures were forecast through tomorrow. Highs today are expected to be in the 80s. Lows tonight 50 to 60.
Reds Say US Preparing for War
The Accused -
THE MINUTES ticked by without any resolution of this question until about an hour before
TOKYO — (UPI) — Communist North Viet Nam today accused the United States of intervention in South Viet Nam and of preparing for war in Southeast Asia.
THE STATEMENT accused the United States of a "grave violation
Radio Hanoi broadcast a formal statement by the Foreign Ministry of the Communist North Viet Nam government. It denounced the visit to Saigon of Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson and his talks with President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Viet Nam.
"Everyone knows the U.S. imperialists are plotting to intervene still more deeply in South Viet Nam." the statement said, "Particularly in the field of military reinforcements, preparations for war and preparations for U.S. armed intervention in Viet Nam."
of international law, grossly infringing upon the dependence and sovereignty of the Vietnamese peoples and seriously menacing peace in Indo-China and Southeast Asia."
VICE PRESIDENT Johnson pledged more United States aid today to help South Viet Nam build up its military forces and economy against communist aggression and subversion.
It "condemned and resolutely denounced" Johnson's meeting with Diem and U.S. plans to increase arms supplies and other aid to the Communist-beleagured Southeast Asian nation.
He announced the plans to the National Assembly and then discussed them for two hours and 45 minutes with President Diem. He said he and the president had a "complete meeting of minds."
Radio Hanoi accused the United States of violating the 1954 Geneva Agreement, of which the United States is not a signatory.
The day's developments made it clear that President Kennedy's administration will go a long mile and more to win the critical test of its ability to counter Red aggression in Southeast Asia.
Johnson refused to disclose figures or other details for security reasons but he said the United States is prepared to "carefully consider" increases in South Viet Nam's armed forces even beyond what Diem proposed.
Diem had asked help to boost his 150,000 man military forces to 70,000.
Johnson also called for "compent" U.S. military assistance leaders to cooperate in developing counter-guerrilla forces.
tries, with a highly developed monopolist capitalism, and that there are countries which have just liberated themselves from colonial slavery.
"And of course we understand differently, apparently, these three categories of people, and have a different notion of freedom."
Khrushchev made his 85-minute speech to a crowd of 10,000 at Tiflis on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Soviet regime in the Georgian Republic. His speech was made available here.
The speech was regarded by western observers as remarkable for what was left unsaid.
Khrushchev ignored the scheduled opening of the peace conference on Laos in Geneva today, and made no mention of the NATO meeting in Oslo which reaffirmed allied determination to stay in Berlin and to combat Communist encroachment everywhere. Nor did he refer to U.S. involvement in the invasion of Cuba.
At one point, Khrushchev took a slap at rich Americans. He said living with people does not necessarily mean approving of them.
"Why is it we are treading on the toes of America, the U.S.A., the richest country of all? Are they not richer than we are today? They are."
the scheduled start, when a British spokesman announced the postponement without explanation.
This delay was disclosed following a meeting between British Foreign Secretary Lord Home and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, co-chairman of the conference.
Western spokesmen said the initial meeting might be held tomorrow or perhaps Monday. Lord Home and Gromyko were meeting later to try to work out an accord on this point.
There are three groups from Laos demanding representation. Two—the Pathet Lao rebel and the neutralists—are Communist-supported. The third, the Royal Laotian Government, is backed by the United States and most of the other western countries.
A U.S. source acknowledged this East-West dispute, but added that another reason for the delay was that the Royal Laotian, Cambodian and South Vietnamese delegations still had not arrived here.
The postponement came after the International Control Commission had reported that a general ceasefire exists in Laos.
A British spokesman said the cease-fire report was "reasonably satisfactory." An American spokesman said "the cease-fire is no longer an issue."
But the question of who is to represent Laos remained a big issue.
SLAMMING THE FACULTY—Bob Edmonds, Lawrence, Chuck Woodin, Lawrence, and Phil Bowman, Hutchinson, all third year law students, took a few swings at the faculty today in the Law Day skit. For related story see page 16.