Page 6 University Daily Kansan Tuesday, April 10, 1962
Persian Shah, Prime Minister Differ in Political Viewpoints
By United Press International
Two strong but totally different men run modern Persia. One is the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, king of kings, the shadow of God. The other is his tough prime minister, Dr. Ali Amini, wealthy lawyer, economist, diplomat.
The Shah, at 42, is, as UPI reporter Robert Musel once put it,
"very close to the storybook image of a potentate . . slender, wavy-haired, handsome, with great personal magnetism for women." Until he began breaking up his fortune and giving away his lands he was rated one of the world's richest men. He probably still is. Estimates of his wealth in lands, palaces, jewels have ranged from $50 million to three times that.
WEARER SINCE 1941 of the crown of the oldest continuous monarchy in the world — dating from the victory of Cyrus the Great over the Medes in 559 B.C.—the Shah in 1960 achieved what he called his “heart's desire,” a son. The boy was born to his third wife, Farah Diba, daughter of a wealthy but non-royal Iranian family, and secured the line of inheritance to the Peacock Throne.
Two other beautiful women were discarded by the Shah because they bore him no son. His first wife was Princess Fawzia, entrancing sister of then King Farouk of Egypt. She bore him a daughter. They were divorced in 1948. Then the Shah married beautiful, aquamarine-eyed Persian Princess Soraya. It was believed a great love match. But there were no children of the mating and the Shah divorced her in 1958. Soraya still is considered one of the world's great beauties. In December, 1959, the Shah wed Farah Diba and this time the union brought the cherished son. Life, said the Shah, was now complete.
AMINI SWITCHED to government as a career in 1933, joining the Ministry of Finance. He became the ministry's director general five years later, and in 1940 was elected to Iran's Majilis, or lower house of Parliament. He served several terms and in the process became Deputy Prime Minister.
Starting in the 1930s and continuing for the next decades Amini served for Iran on various world opium and narcotics control councils. In 1950 he was named Iran's Minister of National Economy. He went out of office during the 1951-53 regime of Mohammed Mossadegh but came
back into the Finance Ministry under the succeeding government, served briefly as Minister of Justice, then in 1957-58 was Tehran's ambassador to Washington.
On his return from Washington Amini appeared to have fallen into the Shah's disfavor, and after two inactive years he again ran for the Mailis under the label of the Independent Party. He lost, then raised charges that the entire national election had been rigged by the victorious National Party. The Shah voided the election and made it stick although riots in Tehran indicated the country might be on the verge of revolution.
THE POLITICAL turmoil reached a height in May, 1960. Unrest continued for months and in May, 1961, the Shah reached out to Amini. The Paris-educated lawyer showed his strength from the start. Accepting the premiership he announced that the Shah "must reign but not rule." When Amini insisted on a free hand to carry out reforms the Shah dissolved Parliament so Amini could rule by decree.
Since getting the power he wanted Amini, a gray-haired man of medium height and build, large nose and what has been called "a puckish smile," often has been rumored on the verge of dismissal by the Shah. But as week followed week in 1962 Amini still was working 18 hours a day in Iran's "Presidence du Conseil des Ministres." And the Shah still was, to Amini's satisfaction, at least, "reigning but not ruling."
IRAN LEANS heavily on its oil resources for its economic life and future development. Last year the country's production of crude oil rose to better than 57 million tons and in 1960 the eight international companies of the oil consortium
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which operates in South Iran handed over to the Tehran government revenues of 285.6 million dollars. This was somewhat less than 30 per cent of the national income, but oil easily is the country's biggest single earner, particularly of foreign exchange, since oil is Iran's main export.
Basically the country is agricultural. Four-fifths of its people live off the land and produce hides, wool, cotton, fruit. Caviar from the Caspian Sea is another product. Iran's industries—other than oil—are carpet weaving, cotton and wool processing and the production of silk goods. It has meat canning, brewing, distilling and tobacco manufacturing plants.
In 1960, the last year for which complete import-export figures are available, the country's imports cost better than 5.4 billion dollars, while total exports, excluding oil, were 1.001 billion dollars. Iran's leading trading partners are Britain, the United States, Germany, Japan and the Soviet Union.
George Anne Porter, Kansas City junior, was chosen vice-president of the Associated Women Students (AWS) Senate March 29 after the AWS Senate debated for two hours in an effort to break the tie for vice-president.
AWS Veep Picked Following Tie Vote
Miss Porter and Kay Timberlake, Leawood junior, tied for AWS Senate vice-president in the all-school elections March 28.
Miss Timberlake, as a runner-up in the elections will be a member of the AWS Senate.
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