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University Daily Kansan Thursday. Nov. 14, 1957
'Sputniks Hurt U.S. Prestige'
Russia's Sputniks have hurt America's prestige abroad according to a Daily Kansan poll of international students, faculty and staff members. Ten out of 14 believed that America's prestige had suffered while three insisted that the Sputniks did not have any effect.
Andre Waldmann, Paris, France, graduate student. "I don't think it has had a really great effect on American prestige in France. I think the sentiment that the U.S.S.R. was a great power was very deep in the French people's mind. That does not mean that all Frenchmen are Communists, however. The Sputniks have merely confirmed the fact that the U.S.S.R. is a tremendous power."
Yvette Delbeke, Brussels, Belgium, graduate student—I "am sure that the Sputniks had a certain appeal to European people because they are a step toward something that people have been looking forward to for so long. In a way they bring science fiction close to us."
"The Sputniks prove that the U.S.S.R. is not backward from the
industrial and scientific point of view even if she has not reached the same level as the Western world in other areas.
"This accomplishment will appeal to countries that are in a state of urgency because the Russians have been able to accomplish in a short time what is has taken the Western world much longer to accomplish. The Western world has progressed continuously in science since the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century -whereas Russia's work in science has been done mainly since 1917."
Tsung-Kai Liao. Formosa graduate student—"I don't think America's prestige has been lowered. This country hasn't worked as hard as Russia. I believe that the United States' scientific achievement is much broader than Russia."
Annemarie Christiansen, Schleswig, Germany, visiting instructor of German—"I would say there has been no lowering of America's prestige. Everybody sees that America has a lot to do to catch up. This shows that there is something wrong with the training in the American high school."
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Defense Spending May Be Boosted
WASHINGTON — (UP) — The Eisenhower administration has tentatively decided to boost defense spending about one billion dollars next year.
A highly-placed official said the military budget still is being Drawn up. However, he made it clear the administration has scraped its plans for a 38 billion dollar ceiling on defense spending for the fiscal year beginning next July 1.
Indications were the administration will ask Congress for about 33 billion dollars in actual defense appropriations. This would be one billion dollars more than requested last year and three billion more than Congress approved.
The Defense Department is also planning to go ahead with plans to cut the size of the Armed Forces to 2,600,000 men by next July 1 and reduce civilian employment by 70,000. Some programs deemed "obsolete" also may be cut back to save money for costlier weapons and military pay raises.
Phog Allen Opens KC Health Center
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —(UP)— Dr. Forrest C. (Phog) Allen held a preview opening Wednesday of the new Phog Allen Health Center, designed for conditioning business executives, in downtown Kansas City.
The center has the "most elaborate exercise room in the middlewest," the former Kansas University basketball coach said. It will be staffed by college educated instructors who will work out a prescribed program of exercise for each individual, he added.
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Switzerland graduate student."As a European, it didn't mean a loss of American prestige to me personally, but it did to some Europeans, especially those in the satellite countries and in Russia, America can gain this lost territory back again, but she needs to work a little harder in research."
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Alan Brooke, Sussex, England special student—"I believe that American prestige has been hampered because unfriendly propaganda has had ample material to carry out its work against the Western cause."
Wond Wossen Sahale, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia senior-"I think that it has tremendously jolted American prestige. Those countries who were providing military bases for the U.S. will take a second look at the situation."
Alvaro Wille, San Jose, Costa Rica graduate student—"To some extent it has lowered America's prestige but I suppose this is just a temporary reaction."
Merlie Wilson, Athens, Greece
special student—"It was quite shattering. I haven't been away from Greece a long time and I am sure that it came to the Greek people as it did to me. They probably feel uncertain, don't know what is going to come next and wonder whether America is as great a power as she is supposed to be."
Abdul Basit, Delhi, India graduate student—"I think that the Asian countries which are looking to the U.S. to lead them have been disillusioned to some extent."
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Fouad Habib, Baghdad, Iraq special student—"I think there was a great effect on foreign countries, especially the small ones. They looked to the U.S. as first in the scientific world, thinking of Russia as a poor second. After the Sputniks the small countries will begin seriously to look to Russia as the first in science."
Dulles, Stevenson To Discuss NATO
Beret Spillhaug, Oslo, Norway graduate student—"It probably surprised some people that Russia came first. I believe that people in Norway thought that the Americans were ahead of Russia."
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Sources said Mr. Dulles wants to explore with Mr. Stevenson the problem of building up NATO's muscles and to get some fresh thoughts that can be incorporated in administration planning. No firm U. S. proposals are expected to grow out of the Monday session.
WASHINGTON —(UP)— Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will meet Monday with Adlai E. Stevenson to discuss the Democratic leader's ideas for strengthening the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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