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University Daily Kansan Thursday, Oct. 10, 1957
The International Scene Germany Yugoslavia Grows Trembles
Immediately after his re-election as West Germany's Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer pledged his country's support to the free world in the cold war. He pledged the resources of a nation third only to the U.S. and Russia.
In 12 years Germany has risen to the top position in Europe and now is extending financial help to two World War II victors, England and France.
The Germans have accomplished this rehabilitation miracle by changing from a traditional dictatorship government to a difficult-to-master democracy. Under the free rein of democracy, the Germans have risen from a thoroughly leveled country to become the strong force against Communist aggression in Europe.
West Germany ranks first in the world as an exporter of automobiles, second only to the U.S. as an exporter of machinery and behind only the U.S. and Britain as an exporter of electrical materials and chemicals.
This is significant because the price of capital goods is on the rise while the prices of raw materials and foodstuffs have declined since the Korean War. Thus Germany has established a profitable balance of trade.
The German people have made a place for themselves among the world's powers through hard work and a grim determination.
Twice in the last 40 years they have been smashed and at the mercy of France and England. The first time, they developed another Frankenstein government that led to their ruin. This time, however, the country seems to have taken to democracy. When it was tried before, the government structure collapsed and dictatorship moved in.
The Germans have taken advantage of every break in their comeback. Because most of the industry was in rubble after the war, new machinery and equipment had to be brought in, thus clearing away most of the outmoded units. This was a tremendous advantage when the Korean War-boom came along. Germany slipped into a prominent place in the world markets because she could take export orders for capital goods at short delivery rates.
The Germans have concentrated on producing for export expensive capital goods, realizing a tidy trade profit. Germany has not had to waste production time by arming herself for the cold war as the U.S., France and England have been doing.
Because of this, West Germany is so rich she is considered the banker of Europe. Besides helping France and England, she has financially helped European nations in states of emergency such as the Dutch flood and the Hungarian revolution.
Germany could be the key factor if World War III ever breaks out. With her great scientists and industrial might, she would be a mighty power in a scientific war.
She holds the power of Europe in the palm of her hand. The U. S. could well keep allied with a forceful and dynamic Germany.
—Dick Brown
While the satellite encircles the globe, "beeping" the progress of the Soviet Union, other, less dramatic sounds are heard. These are the whispers of decay, the decay of the communistic system.
In the last few weeks, stories of Milovan Djillas, former vice president of Yugoslavia and wartime comrade of Tito, have appeared in newspapers. These stories have seldom received prominent display, nor were they extensive in length. But they are significant, for they point to the widening schism in communistic thought.
Comrade Dijlas is in trouble for an old reason —he wrote a book. The book is "The New Class," the revelations of a disenchanted Communist, and currently one of the best sellers among non-fiction books in the United States.
The book was written while the author was serving a three-year sentence for conspiring against the Yugoslav government. Published in August, the book depicts communism as a system of bureaucratic exploitation of the masses. Djilas reveals that the controlling oligarchy is as selfish as any other oligarchy, that the current dictatorship by a group is as evil as Stalin's rule, and that state planning is just a system of prison labor.
The important fact is not that these faults are being criticized—they have been criticized for yearsbut rather that they are being criticized by a man of the stature of Djilas.
The effects of the book in Yugoslavia were great enough that last weekend Djilas received a one-day closed trial and was given nine more years in prison.
Djilas is not just another Communist boss that has gotten into trouble. He is not simply a bureaucratic boob who blundered into a purge trial. He is important because for years he has been a leader in one of the strongest communist countries, companion of a man strong enough to balk at Moscow dictates, and a leader of Communist intelligentsia.
'When a man of Djilas' stature comes into disfavor, it points to unhealthy rumblings in the Communist hierarchy.
John Eaton
Jerk Of The Week
We'll label this week's Jerk Of The Week the "library buzzer." Ever run across this character?
Last night's date, the bull session he had with George and next Saturday's big game are all hush-hush topics which The Buzzer is simply bursting to discuss.
The problems of the world are settled over Watson Library's study tables. Trouble is, they're settled in tones about 10 decibels above that of the Memorial Stadium public address system. A trainmaster announcing the 3:10 to Yuma is more subtle than our buddy, The Buzzer.
Friend Buzzer should be suspended from a "Silence Is Golden" sign with a cracked Guy Lombardo recording of "Whispering" going full blast in his ear.
Larry Boston
Short Ones
We're glad to see that the University has finally got a speaker that will lure the students from the Hawk's Nest during convocation.
The Russians are talking now of launching a manned space satellite, but they are having trouble finding someone that can say "beep-beep" in Russian.
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Along with Toxicodendron radicans (Poison Ivy) the Tyrnnosaurus baseballfanus will pass with the first frost.
Our suspicions are aroused when the last game of the World Series is many times the deciding game. Maybe those gents are better business men than baseball players.
Do you realize it is Oct. 10 and no queens have been crowned yet?
A bearer of a Vox banner at the KU-Oregon State football game said he thought it was some kind of new dance. New dance my foot, it's the same old jazz.
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