Communism's Weapon Is High Living Standard
MOSCOW—(UPI)—Soviet Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev said in a speech made public today that Communism's main weapon against Capitalism is a higher standard of living.
Stating that raising the standards of management in industry and agriculture "is a highly important political problem," Khrushchev again predicted the Soviet Union will overtake the United States in per capita output of meat and other produce.
The speech, delivered Feb. 23 at a Moscow farm conference, was published in the Communist party newspaper Pravda.
"RAPID EXPANSION of the production of material values and the advance in the living standards of the people is the main trend and the main weapon in our struggle against the old Capitalist world, in the struggle for strengthening the new society," Khrushchev said.
He said farm production had improved but not enough. The people in urban industrial areas need more meat, milk, eggs, potatoes and vegetables, he said.
He called for the elimination of the "embezzlers" and "figure jugglers" who were exposed at a party central committee meeting on agriculture in December.
PROTESTING that the non-black soil zone of the Soviet Union was not producing as well as it should, he said the area is able to turn out as much meat and milk per 100 hectares (about 240 acres) as farms in Iowa.
"When this speech is published," he said, "some Americans will be surprised. They might think: 'Iowa is the gem of the United States, and Khrushchev wants the non-black soil zone, where small grain harvests are taken in, to overtake Iowa now.'
"Indeed," he added, "I believe the Soviet Union will overtake the U.S.A. in the per capita output of meat and other produce."
No Fight on Votes for Young Democrats College Clubs
George Bennett, Lawrence senior and president of the KU Young Democrats, said yesterday there was no attempt to cut down college club votes at the Young Democrats State Convention.
The convention was held Feb. 25 and 26 in Hutchinson.
Jim Lawing, Okmulgue, Okla, graduate student and former secretary of the Young Democrats, had charged previous to the convention that part of the county clubs were trying to cut the college clubs' votes.
Bennett said there was an attempt to cut college votes last year at the state convention in Topeka.
"I think Lawing just has a good memory," Bennett said. "He remembers the attempt to cut college votes last year."
Bennett said Marvin Rainey, president of the Johnson County Young Democrats, was involved in the attempt to cut college votes in Topeka.
Rainey was a candidate for president of the Young Democrats this year, but was defeated by Jack Sullivan, president of the Douglas County Young Democrats.
The college clubs cast 50 of their 53 votes for Mr. Sullivan.
"I think this involvement in last year's attempt to cut college votes hurt Rainey's chances," Bennett said.
Mr. Sullivan is a Lawrence lawyer and a graduate of KU's Law School. He was president of the KU Young Democrats during the 1958-59 term.
Bennett was elected vice-chairman of the second congressional district. He was also appointed to the state board of Young Democrats with a research directorship.
Bennett said he will have to appoint someone to take his place on the state board because he is not allowed to hold two positions at the same time.
Convention delegates passed resolutions favoring abolishment of casual punishment and the state right to work law. However, they favored lowering the voting age to 18.
They also elected officers. They are: Ron Schierling, Emporia State Teacher's College, chairman; John Ivan, Fort Hays Kansas State College, vice chairman; Robert Olsen, Kansas State University, secretary; Keith Motley, Wichita University, treasurer.
Weather
Fair through Thursday. Rising temperatures west this afternoon west and central tonight and over entire state Thursday with strong gusty southwestly winds Thursday. Low tonight in the 30s. High Thursday generally in the 70s.
Daily hansan
Wednesday, March 1, 1961
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
58th Year, No.93
TOPEKA—(UPI)—Senate President Pro Tem Paul R. Wunsch, R-Kingman, said today that senate Republicans have reached agreement on at least 10 items which would increase Gov. John Anderson's proposed budget and still not cause a tax increase until 1963.
Kennedy Says McNamara Wants Stronger Military
"We can increase expenditures over the governor's budget by about $3.25 million without getting into trouble until March of 1964." Wunsch said.
WASHINGTON —(UPI)— President Kennedy said today that Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara has recommended strengthening this country's conventional military forces. But the President stressed that no proposal has been made for lessening reliance on nuclear striking power.
The President told his news conference he had "reached no decision that would indicate there has been a change in reliance upon nuclear weapons." He said he thought Secretary of State Dean Rusk made that clear in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday.
RUSK ISSUED a statement yesterday, approved in advance by the President, to clarify a memorandum he sent recently to the Defense Department. He said that the United States should bolster its conventional forces while maintaining nuclear striking effectiveness.
Rapid-fire questioning on this issue brought Kennedy's fifth Presidential news conference with 398 newsmen to a close, with the President stating that the administration is intent on maintaining American power wherever needed.
Kennedy said McNamara had
He said this could be done by combining the sales tax and general revenue funds and delaying distribution of the sales tax residue in 1962 or 1963. Combining the funds and delaying the residue are administrative methods which should pick up about $18 million.
State GOP OK's Budget
completed a reappraisal of this country's entire defense strategy and "part of his recommendation is to strengthen conventional forces."
BUT HE denied that this would be any "shift" from the nuclear weapons concept. He said McNamara was talking about "a general strengthening of armed forces."
THE PRESIDENT said:
He has ordered the establishment of an experimental volunteer "Peace Corps" which will be sent overseas to help the underprivileged. He asked Congress to make the program permanent.
President Kennedy spelled out his new program at his press conference and in a special message to Congress asking for the permanent legislation.
APPLICATIONS FOR the first members of the Peace Corps will be accepted soon, President Kennedy announced. Recruits will receive special training courses for six weeks to six months before being sent abroad.
American men and women joining the corps will be assigned to provide skilled manpower in underdeveloped countries.
President Kennedy said that he hoped to have between 500 and 1,000 workers in the corps by the end of this year.
The message to Congress said Peace Corps membership will be open to all Americans. Applicants will be carefully screened.
THE PEACE CORPS members will operate through U.S. government aid programs, international aid agencies and private voluntary agencies.
The corps will be organized under the State Department. President Kennedy said its director has not yet been appointed. His brother-in-law, Sargeant Shriver, has been organizing the program.
The President said the program will stick to clearly needed projects and avoid ones of "marginal" economic value.
The length of service in the corps will vary, but generally be from two to three years.
"PEACE CORPS MEMBERS." President Kennedy told Congress, "will often serve under conditions of physical hardship, living under
primitive conditions among the people of developing nations.
"For every peace corps member," he said, "service will mean a great financial sacrifice. They will receive no salary. Instead they will be given an allowance which will only be sufficient to meet their basic needs and maintain health."
"It is essential," the President said, "that peace corps men and women live simply and unostentationiously among the people they have come to assist."
At the end of their duty they will receive a small "severance pay" to help them during their first weeks back in the United States.
Peace Corps volunteers will not be exempt from selective service. He has recommended that Congress restore Former President Eisenhower to the five-star rank of General of the Army which he held before resigning it to run for the Presidency in 1952.
He has invited West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer to come to the United States. Adenauer has accepted and will be in Washington April 12 and 13.
HE SAID THE week ending today was the first since last July which produced "no net outflow of gold from this country to foreign countries." The President, while realizing the improvement is temporary, feels that it signifies that confidence
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Senate Votes on Anti-Recession Bill
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — The House today moved toward a vote on President Kennedy's first anti-retiree measure — a $1 billion extension of benefits for the jobless—amid protest at "gag rule."
Passage of the measure was assured, however.
Rep. Wilbur Mills, D-Ark., chairman of the Ways and Means Committee which drafted the measure pretty much as recommended by Kennedy, told house members it would help the economy "march back up the hill."
House leaders forecast a light vote against the proposal, which came up under ground rules barring any general attempt to amend it. Opportunities were allowed one shot at trying to send it back to committee.
English Proficiency Celebrates Its 23rd Birthday
By Carrie Merryfield
Fill your pen, blow the dust off that dictionary and buy a theme notebook — it's time for the English proficiency examination again.
Tomorrow night at 7 p.m. the doors open and quaking students,
BUT DON'T think the examination is a new innovation, evilly conceived by the English department to thwart KU students.
clutching pens, walk in to a fearful two hours.
It's been the waterloo of students since 1938.
"It ain't hard to rite them things. Just to pass them.
"No student will fail the examination unless a majority of the committee, after examining his work, decides that the failure is merited," the article continued.
At that time a student could take the test at the end of his sophomore or junior year providing one semester had elapsed since he completed the freshman rhetoric requirement, the UDK said in a Jan. 13, 1938, article.
THE 1938 examination called for two or three short pieces of "simple exposition."
"Students are urged to fulfill this requirement as soon as possible; postponing the test may lead to unhappy complications," the article concluded.
The "unhappy consequences" have been experienced by seniors who found that their graduation was delayed when they failed the examination. Other students resigned themselves to taking the
The reasons for failure are the same now as they were 23 years ago. Faulty mechanics and sentence structure, lack of coherence and transition between paragraphs cause the faculty members to mark a paper a failure.
test again, and sometimes for a third time.
Test administrators say a paper can be grammatically perfect but be empty in content. This often causes a paper to be rejected.
They sit back and smirk as their friends dejectedly trudge to the hall where the test is being given.
But what about those lucky few who are exempt from the test?
HOW ARE THEY to fortune? These students, (who should not be allowed to speak to those taking the test) received an A in English 1 and 2 or a B or better in English 2H.
However, most students do not make these high grades, so up the
steps of Strong Hall they creep, toward the office to register, then suddenly turn pale at the door and run away thinking. "I'll take it next semester for sure."
"Oh well, you can take it again next year,