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Editorial Opinion
Steele's NYC Junket
Two campus ‘junior executives” certainly got a good
deal out of doing a good deed for Larry Sharp.
All-Unh'ersity President Robert Steele and his
“friend" Robert Yeager, senior in metallurgy from Belle
fonte, look a nice little junket to New York City to deliver
• check to Sharp, during the Christmas recess, it was
disclosed at Thursday night's Cabinet meeting.
They •pent $127.16 (of the students' money), accord
ing to the expense account Steele submitted yesterday—
more than two months after the trip and less than IS
hours after he was questioned at Cabinet on the junket.
Steele and Yeager extended the junket three days and
two nights. At first we thought they may have had a little
trouble in locating Sharp's hospital room, but it turns out
they found it the afternoon of the day they left State
College.
After reading the expense account, it js apparent they
did not attempt to cut costs. They apparently lived it up—
s 42 in meals (that’s eating well), $8 in tips (they are col
lege students?), $9 in taxi fares (maybe the buses were on
strike?), $46.30 for plane trip home (buses and trains were
in operation).
And since they saw Sharp the afternoon they arrived,
the extra day does not seem warranted.
It must be nice to take junkets like that. Bet they had
a ball. We hope we can get in on the next one. After all,
why stop at $127.16?
A Good Start
The All-University Elections Committee’s decision
to conduct the spring campaign under a “gentlemen’s
agreement” is a step in the right direction—but it is only
one step.
Under the plan, only major violations of the All-
University Elections Code will be considered, and punish
ment for these infractions will be possible disqualification
of candidates. The “agreement” replaces the old vote dock
ing system—thrown out last fall by All-University Cabinet
—under which the committee could subtract votes from
a candidate's total according to the seriousness of a
violation.
Ths "gentlemen's agreement" is clearly a step toward
more political party independence from Elections Com
mittee control. This is good, because more of such inde
pendence makes the parlies more dependent upon the
students themselves by transferring scrutiny of their
actions from the committee to the riudenl body.
The agreement is only one step in what should be a
long-range plan by Elections Committee to de-emphasize
its paralyzing grip on student politics and return its effec
tive control to the students.
Cabinet has thrown out the rotation system on the
committee's recommendation. Now vote-docking is gone.
Next on the agenda should be the committee's power to
censor platforms. After that, the present unrealistic finan
cial ceilings and the campaign time limits.
Both party chairmen have come out in favor of the
“gentlemen’s agreement.” Of course the best way they
can prove they merit Elections Committee's good start
and more independence in the future is by the conduct of
this spring’s campaign.
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Farm Column
Research Seen
Adding Markets
For Agriculture
By RICHARD L. GRAVES
HARRISBURG, Feb. 28 (ff)—
New efforts to expand industrial
use of agricultural production
may expand future markets to the
point there will be no surplus
problems.
Congress is looking into propos
als in four main categories to step
up industrial utilization of farm
production. The initial step in
launching such a program is
sound legislative action by Con
gress.
The first need is to develop the
importance, the possibilities, and
the urgency of industrial use of
farm production. The second ma
jor need is for physical, chemical;
biological and economic research
to find new uses for farm pro
duction.
Some farm economists feel
there is also a need to develop
more agricultural scientists
through government-backed
scholarship and fellowship pro
grams. At the same time they
suggest that there be financial
incentive programs set up to in
duce industry' to undertake use
of farm product research.
Many observers contend such
action would ennable agriculture
to do what industry’ has already
done as a result of its better in
tegrated units and greater re
sources of money and manpower.
A recent Congressional report
states that “agriculture has been
researched out of its natural mar
kets.”
For example: Half the market
for natural fibers such as cotton,
wool, flax and silk has been tak
en over by synthetic fibers. Two
thirds of the soap formerly used
has been replaced by detergents.
Two of every three pairs of shoes
are made wholly or in pari of
leather substitutes.
The commission noted that with
few exceptions materials from the
farm have not had the intensive
and systematic laboratory atten
tion given to products from other
sources. In areas where there has
been an intensive effort to carry
out utilization research in agri
culture, the results have been
outstanding—such as commercial
penicillin, frozen concentrated
fruit juices, nylon from corn cobs
and soybean products.
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203 Engineering “A*\ Dr. Henri Mar
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Formula to Gain
Congressmans Ear
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (/P) —The class began, and
the students settled down to study their unusual subject:
"“How to visit your congressman.”
In this specialized age, you can’t just drop by your
legislator’s office and say, “Joe, how about voting for
this?" Or, rather, you can, but
you’re not likely to get star
tling results
So 13 students of the Textile
Workers Union, from Tennes
see, Alabama and New Jersey,
are here learning the best way
to get a congressman’s ear, and,
if possible, his vote.
So let's see how the job is
best done. For the techniques
they use should work equally
well in any situation.
The professor was Hy Book
binder, a professional CIO-AFL
lobbyist.
“One of your basic respon
sibilities,” Bookbinder said, “is
to learn how to state your point
of view. Remember there aren’t
very many countries in which
this can be done. Ever hear of
a Russian worker delegation
going to a Russian Parlia
ment?”
Nobody had, and Bookbind
er turned to a brief civics les
son. He pointed out that the
committee chairman has vast
power, that he can push legis
lation he wants and block leg
islation he doesn’t want, that
he gets his job by seniority.
"Now in unions, seniority is
a pretty thing," Bookbinder
said. "We fight for seniorities
in unions, so we like to see it
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practiced in Congress, don't
“Yes,” said a scholar, falling
into the trap.
“No, we don’t,” Bookbinder
said. “In our unions we say
that if men have equal quali
fications, the job should go to
the man with the seniority.
“You can be the biggest dope
in Congress, but you’ve been
here 32 years. Now there’s a
genius on the committee but
he’s been here only 30 years.
So you get the chairman’s job
automatically."
Bookbinder sow; was ready
to advise how to visit a con
gressman.
“Be intelligent," he said. "Bo
polite. Be firm. Be informed.
Don't go in with a chip on
your shoulder. If you came only
to show anger, then stay at
home.
“Mostly you can convince a
congressman with facts. He
doesn’t care too much if five
million people in this country
are unemployed, but If you tell
him 3000 men in his district
are out of work, that means
something.”
And Bookbinder stressed a
point often overlooked by us
amateur lobbyists.
“You are way ahead of me in
convincing your congressma'n,”
said the old pro Bookbinder.
“You, and those you represent,
vote in his district.”