Friday, March 8, 1968
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Russians are cautious now says Stanford professor
After the Cuban missile crisis and Khrushev's rule in Russia, the Soviet government became cautious, according to Ivo Lederer, a Stanford University professor of Russian and East European history.
Lederer, a specialist in Russian diplomatic history, spoke Thursday in Dyche Auditorium on "Fifty years of Soviet Diplomacy."
"The Soviet restraint in Vietnam is rather remarkable," Lederer said.
Although Russia has supplied military equipment to North Vietnam, apparently no Russian troops have been sent.
"The Soviet Union is in a paradoxical situation today," Lederer said. "They are powerful at home but are plagued by grave world challenges. Although their field of activity is global, their concentration lies in East Europe."
Historically, the Soviets have been suspicious of the West because the two factions are geographically and ideologically separated. Lederer said the Soviets have suffered a sense of frustration and disorientation because of their inability to overcome the West.
Two faces emerged in Russia after the Bolshevik revolution. One was the expectation that events in Russia would set off revolution in Europe. The other was the adjustment to the reality that the European state system would not collapse.
In 1921, Lenin wanted to exploit the "capitalist contradictions," Lederer said. The blockade of Russia ended when Great Britain signed a trade agreement with Russia. With this step, the Russians felt, the capitalists were beginning to dig their own grave.
Russian Bolshevism was challenged when Hitler, an anti-Bolshevist, came to power in Germany. Russia tried to persuade Great Britain and France that they were threatened by Germany, and they signed mutual assistance treaties with France and Czechoslovakia.
After World War II the Soviet Union had to take strong economic measures in order to rebuild
their economy. They accomplished this through economic control of East European countries. Western Europe was released from the Russian grip when Stalin refused to bother with the Marshall Plan, Lederer said, and the West's preoccupation with internal problems left Russia free to advance in eastern Europe.
Ending his talk, Lederer said a Soviet radio station was once asked if there would be a third world war. "No," the station replied, "but the struggle for power will be so intense that half of humanity will perish."
Sophs will give scholarships
The sophomore class will give two $300 scholarships for the 1968-69 school year to members of the class.
The scholarships, to one man and one woman on the basis of scholarship, achievement and need, will be announced May 6.
Jean-Luc Godard speaks here Sunday
Jean-Luc Godard, famous French "New Wave" filmmaker, will be at KU Sunday to show one of his newest films, "La Chinoise," at 7 p.m. in Hoch Auditorium.
After the Midwest premiere of his film, Goddard will answer questions put to him by a panel of faculty members.
The lecture-demonstration is free of charge.
The 38-year-old film director is making a two-and-one-half month tour of American colleges, including the University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Los Angeles, Southern California, the University of Houston and Northwestern University.
Godard's color film, "La Chinoise," winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1967, stars his wife Anne Weazemsky, the current "darling of European theatre," who is expected to accompany Godard to KU, and Jean-Pierre L'eard.
KU is the only school that Godard is visiting within a 10-state area.
Godard's career began as a critic in the controversial French film magazine "Cahiers du Cinema," then he moved into filmmaking with the assistance of his friends, film directors Francis Truffaut and Claude Chabrel.
His films have won prizes at all major European film festivals including Venice, Cannes, Berlin and Edinburgh.
The director spends his time outside of film-directing watching all types of films. His films are oriented towards the young adult.
"Goddard works with a paradox of the similarities and differences between art and reality," Elliot Howes Gage, West Chicago, Ill., graduate student and Student Union Activities Special Films chairman, said. "Each film Goddard works with advances the aesthetic of the cinema," he said.
Perhaps Godard's best known film in the United States is "Breathless," starring Jean Paul Belmondo. This feature-length film had an instant impact in film history. The 1959 movie was filmed in four weeks with sound dubbed in later. Its anarchic style opened the way to a freer, more personal kind of cinema.
Applications, available after March 12 in the Office of Aids and Awards and the Dean of Men and Dean of Women's Offices, are due in the Office of Aids and Awards March 29.
Minneapolis Orchestra to give concert Sunday
The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Stanisław Skrowaczewski, will present a concert at 8:20 p.m. Monday in Hoch Auditorium.
Program selections are Brahms' "Third Symphony," Szymanowski's "Second Symphony," and Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite." Admission is free with KU student IDs.
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Ph. D. fortran IV test to be given March 20
A research skill examination for a doctorate degree in fortran IV will be given at 7:30 p.m. March 20 in room 301 Summerfield Hall.
Applicants for the examination must submit a graduate office registration form before 5 p.m. March 15 to the computation center in room 110 Summerfield Hall.
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