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Editorial Opinion
University Welcomes
State Budget Excess
Every cent of the extra .money that the University
may ‘get from the state as a result of 'surplus revenues
will undoubtedly come in handy. ' '
An extrapolation of the existing revenue surplus
seems to indicate that Penn State will receive about
$400,000 more than the $2O. million allocation approved
by tl>e state legislature. However, this is still $3.6 million
less than the sum requested by President >■ Walker.
Although the additional ■ $400,000 will ba welcomed
by the administration, the [means by which these funds
will be made available to the University could establish
a dangerous and unwise precedent that would make the
state's educational needs dependent on fluctuations in
the economy.
- The educational responsibilities of a state government
should be met regardless of changes in the state of the
economy.
£ This year's set-up, which calls for the allotment‘of
certain surplus funds to Penn State, could establish - a
precedent whereby more and more bf this University's
budget, -already susceptiblefto the whims of politicians j n
Harrisburg, would become dependent on variablequanti
ties.
Such a possibility •mphaslrss the already urgent need
for the adoption of a state master plan for higher educa
tion.
Charles H. Boehm, superintendent of public instruc
tion; outlined preliminary proposals for such a master plan
two weeks ago. We urge bn intense followup to these pro
posals to insure that this “step in the right'direction"
become just another “valiant but vain effort” to,
improve Pennsylvania’s education.
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WAYKE HttJHSKI
BusioMs'MonagaT
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U.N. Bond Pure
President Kennedy's proposal
that the U.S. purchase; half of
the U.N. $2OO million (bond is-,
sue now his an excellent
chance of being approved by
Congress.
Despite widespread (Congres
sional opposition to the pur
chase of U.N.
bonds earlier in
this session, it
now appears
that Kennedy
will be given
full authority
to buy the U.N.
bonds by a sig
nificant major
ity in both
houses of Con
gress,
The U.N.
bond issue has kteb*
been necessitated because 69
nations including thi; Soviet
Interpreting
Red Farm Failure
May Affect Policies
Associated Pres* Neios~ Analyst
American expeijts are now estimating that the general
failure of'the Compunist agricultural (system, worst in
Red China but president throughout the .'bloc, is having or
will soonjiave an effect on the bloc’s military position and
influence oft the oufiside world. -
Ways and means of turning the situation to the ad
vantage of the non-Ccunmunigt "
front in the cold wait are hie
ing considered. Then) is also
wonderment whether; it may
groduce desperation policies in
[oscow and Peiping, i
The l£de Wendell; Willkie
once remarked that -the prin
cipal thing wrong with com
munism was that it wouldn’t
work. .Certainly, it ; has not
■ worked with regard ti> agricul
ture, and in industry Bed Chi
na’s great leap forward has
turned out to be a few toddling
steps.
In the Soviet too, Sjbe world
is beginning to realize that in
dustrialsation may be more the
product of natural itOth cen
„ fury growth in the foplsteps of
' more modern netiosjs, rather
than a result of communism. .
Despite all the bragging, the
Soviet economy is sljill under
extreme pressure because there
is more money than consumer
goods on which to spend it. The
improvements which 'appeared
two years .ago have ’ ; not kept
pace, ana American visitors
now call the situation.extreme
ly drab
Certainly it Is a fa s ct that in
the five years before World
# Open Letteif Plagiarism Charged
TO THE EDITOR: jj wish to widely as possible, and *they
enlighten those readers who specifically asked that no
might iusve assumed that some credit be given to them,
degree'Of local wit and Intel- —Bruce E. Knox,
ligence -produced the Open Grad. Student
Letter to President; Kennedy
from the Committee ibr a Sane
Navigational Policy. :
This is a case of plagiarism,
pure and simple. The advertise
ment,' paid for by soifne of the
faculty and' student: of this
university, is not an original
piece of work by thoss sponsors
but was written by four stu
dents of Harvard University.
It was first published in the
Harvard Crimson. AOct - 10,
1961). Even National Review
was courteous enough to give
credit where credit was due.
There are those who would
make the same change about
the other Open Lettesf to Presi
dent Kennedy conceding fall
out suiters which w*is recently
published in The Collpgian. For
their information, jjermission
was obtained to use; this ma
terial
The original sigpers ex
pressed . the desire jthat this
advertisement be published as
Union, France, Italy and Bel
gium have defaulted on their
assessments for special oper
ations in the Congo and Mid
dle East. I.
According Ito the U.N. plan,
first proposed by Secretary-
General U Thant, bonds will be
issued in an amount that would
cover the deficit produced by
these military operations.
The fundsl required for the
ammertization of these bonds
would.be included in,regular
annual assessments.
This plan,; if given favorable
approval by the World Court,
would actually force all delin
quent countries to finance the
special operations or face loss
of their voting privileges.
The U.N. charter provides
that if any member is in ar
rears on the regular budget for
an amount that equals or ex-
By J. M. ROBERTS
War I, Russian industrialization
advanced far more rapidly un
der the czar that it does today.
The 1909-14 gains, produced in
part by an; audience in liberal
thought regarding labor after
the 1905 revolution, have been
estimated at -50 per cent.
The idea thnt totalitarian
government could be put on
the defensive with their own
people through offers of food
gifts is now getting greater
attention.
George Meany, president of
the AFL-CIO, has suggested
such gifts through an organiza
tion similar to the > one which
Herbert Hoover established for
Russia after World War I,
supervised]' by American relief
teams. i
He pointed out that by. sell
ing to the dictators, as some of
America’s! Allies have been
doing in Red China, the gov
ernments ■ are permitted to
make themselves look good.
They even indulge in cheating
their own 1 hungry populations
by reshipments for political
purposes, ias has happened to
Canadian i wheat sold to'Red
China which turned up in
Albania.
ase Hurts I Soviets
by joel hiyers
ceeds the, amount lot two full
-years, it shall have no vote in.
tfia General Assembly.
Because the bond issue would
be Repaid out of the regular
U.N. budget, the U.S. contri
bution fpr the peace-making
operations would be Reduced
from its present share of about
47.5 per cent to 32, per cent.
But, perhaps far- more im
portant |than any eventual
monetary savihg would be the
Soviet diplomatic defeat that
would result from the success
of the U.N. bond issue. More
than 20 Countries have agreed
to purchase part of the bond
issue. i
The Soviet Union has vigor
ously opposed the expanded
role of the U.N., which began
with its j precedent-setting ac
tion in Korea.
The Congo operation, which
has prevented the infiltration
of communist influence, into
central Africa, has also been
energetically jopposed. '
. If the.U.N. could be stripped
of its ability to settle disputes
by armed force, a strong block
to Sino-Soviet expansion -and
influence would be removed
from the world balance of
power, j
The Soviet Union has made
several efforts to cripple the
U.N. The most recent of these
took the form of the “troika”
plan, which would have ren
dered the office of Secretary
Gerieral [powerless.
All efforts by the Soviets to
disable the U.N.‘s effectiveness
have been defeated by the com
bined efforts of tbe U.S., its
allies and many neutral coun
tries.
Although the U.S. must not
consider; the U.N. as the pri
mary aim of its foreign policy,
it is important that we continue
to realize that the U.N: does
represent a significant force
in world politics.
The United Nation's military
mi g h ( t is inconsequential
against jthe background of ‘the
world’s; fantastic armament
stockpiles', but the support of
the world organization by
powerful countries tends -to
give the military force of the
world organization a power far
beyond; the capabilities of its
weapons. • '
. Several U.N. critics have
argued] that the larger nations
in general and the U.S. in par
ticular’are being discriminated
against because their votes are
worth no more than those of
tiny nations. ■ .
Although .this is true, and per
haps unfair, it should, be rea
lized that it, was primarily the
Soviet fear of alienating these
“powerless” countries that pre
vented it from vetoing the ap
pointment of U Thant on thft
death of Dag Hammarskjold.
The success of the U.N. bond
issue, first proposed by, U
Thant, may raise the
of the Secretary -General to a
new high, which could again
pressure the Soviets into
scuttling their “troika" ' plan
when the election for secretary
general comes up next year.
THURSDAY, APRIL 5. 1962