Panel discusses U.S. political influence
By EMMANUEL AKUCHU
"I am pessimistic that America can modernize the whole world all alone," Felix Moos, associate professor of anthropology, said during a panel discussion Saturday evening in the Kansas Union.
He was the moderator of the panel discussion on "American Impact on World Politics" at the KU International Club (I-Club) meeting.
THE GREEKS AND the British. Moos, said, had tried to civilize the world but failed. America is in the same situation and other powerful nations to follow will face the same problem of being caught between world forces, he added.
The panel discussion centered around American power and its applications throughout the world and particularly in Vietnam, Korea, Southeast Asia, Japan, Africa and Latin America.
International students from Africa, China, Latin America and Great Britain were represented on the panel.
Clifford Ketzel, professor of political science, switched the topic around to talk about the "Image ef the United States Overseas."
"I get the feeling that the international students envy our way of living." Ketzel said, "that so
many of them want to stay on after their education." He said that this reflected the good influence of America on the students.
ANOTHER GOOD IMAGE OF America overseas, he said, is reflected in what he described as "spiritualism." He said that this is seen in the references overseas to the names of leading American presidents such as Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Kennedy, and also the regard to Washington, the United States Capitol, as a symbol of good.
In terms of economic, military and technological power, Ketzel said, that America was the greatest in the world. He said America also gives the greatest amount of economic aid, but despite that, her image usually takes a shadow overseas.
Farah Gedleh, Somalian senior, said that American aid always comes in return for something. But the main problem, he said, was that it is usually given in a form at a time that suits America and not the recipient.
Pei Tsh "Sammy" Liu, Nationalist Chinese graduate student, said that the American truly contributes a lot to world development, but the handling is questionable.
"I THINK THE U.S. expects
something from the country receiving aid." Liu said, "whereas the recipients don't like it."
Luis Wachong, Costa Rica senior, said the problem with American aid was that it ended in the hands of the few top people in Latin America. Few people at the bottom have any satisfaction from the aid money, he added.
David Finch, graduate student from England, stressed the economic, cultural and social influence of America. He felt that American business was dynamic and that America could do better by educating the world in that direction.
Charles Weinaug, professor of petroleum engineering, said that the problem with overseas countries is that they want to accomplish American technical standards overnight.
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"I DON'T SEE HOW THIS can be possible," he said. The key to success, he said, lies in pulling available resources, including human resources, together.
On the question of technology,
Wachong said it is difficult to incorporate American technology.
From a social point of view, Farah Gedleh said that one of the problems of the "Yankee" is that he is overpaid, over-sexed and wherever he goes, he causes inflation and housing problems with too much money.
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