WEDNESDAY. MAY 9.1962 Prof Cites Soviet EconomicChaHenge Berkowitz By PENNY WATSON jportant In improving the competi-j United States in the export of: UJ Tr* J . ■ I - J The main challenge to the position of the United States.: agricultural products. I | Q SB GO Cl ed States ! in the years to come will be that of competing with the Soviet .Union in economic growth,' Dr. Jan S. Prybyla, assist ant- professor of economics, said Monday night. 7‘ Speaking on "Competitive ! Co existence and .Soviet Growth,” Prybyla 'said the Soviet strategy of economic development appeals to backward countries. Soviet in vestment is concentrated in indus try,! especially in those branches! which yield nigh rates of growth, 1 he said. . j , j THE SOVIET TOOLS of eco-j noraic development are- not sol attractive 4o backward nations. Prybyla said: These'tools consist! of centralization of total planning! in allocation of . resources, un-| questioning obedience to the Com-j iriunist party, nationalization of] enterprise and creation of a totali tarian form of government, he added:' ’: [ The ability- of the United States to compete economically with the USSR inj the future depends on her ability to adopt the Soviet, strategy] of economic development with the) tools, Prybyla said. Dr. Marvin E. Rozen, assistant protessorj of economics, agreed that ecopomic expansion is bn- Housing , (Continued, from page one} 'unit Risheberger xaicL If the own er alters his structure,in any way, the inspector would also be re quired '?<) re-check the unit ONLY! RENTAL UNITS which house, two or more persons or units which provide cooking fa cilities Will be affected by the code, Risheberger said. If condi tions are .found to be sub-stand ard, the landlord will not be per mitted to rent the unit until he meets the borough standards.. A line would probably be imposed on the' -1 landlord' by the borough solicitorj he added. - Present-housing complaints concerning- fire hazards should be referred to the Labor and Industry i Inspector in Philips burg, Risheberger said. The Phil ipsburg inspector has.the author . ity to inspect State College) hous ing unite which lack fire escapes and thejrequired number of exits, he added- j LUTHERAN STUDENT VESPERS TIKE:—6:3O to TsQQ P.M. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 I i i 0 Eisenhower Chapel 1 ' I ! i (Everyone Welcome) llatr IHjnp U2S v AthnSt. THE DAHY COLLEGIAN. UNIVERSITY PARK. PENNSYLVANIA He said, however, that although! 'President Kennedy’s proposed there is a present-day : einphasis, Trade Expansion Act represents; on wage-price stability and the!*** l attempt to compete success balance of payments, technological ; Aiuy with CammonMarket coun- | , A u «v progress and increased production, tries, Mares said-The act I PiFtl S and investment are more im-cut tariffs on some products by w* «W* ■ *»*»*• ' 1 Howard Berkowitz, caterer of DISCUSSING -Aid and the : „nmwri qtat2 lßeta Sigma Rho - was c!ected Balance of- Payments,” Rozen f®?".,*” w "'!**, president of a cooperative organ-j praised the 1961 Alliance for *r® izati °h of fraternity caterarsi, Progress.: The plan combines £3 <l h *!*J' Monday night. . ; l! United States aid with self-help v,orla tr3de ’ M saw - I The purpose of the organization ' 'programs for the .countries being; THE TROUBLE with the act is to buy rood in quantity at low-'! aided, Rozen said. Making,re- is that it tries to negotiate on too ! er prices than those obtainable in'- [serves available to countries with many issues, Mares said. There is State College area stores, Berko [deficits prevents any serious dis- no need of a formal association Iwitj said. . iruption of world trade,-he said, to act on so wide a basis, he said-! THE ORGANIZATION is sane-'> | Dr. Vaclav E. Mares, associate! The session was the second and!*| 0I l e<l ., th« Interfraternity || professor of economics, said the final program of the Contempo-i“ 0 “ although it is separate, recent agreement on agricultural rary Economic Issues Lecture! fr *j£P ?** Council. Berkowitz said., [policy reached by the Common iSeries, at which “The Economics'.. The decided to compile j Market countries will hurt the of Kennedy” were discussed (lists- or daily meal expenses per ; — ; fraternity man so that groups with similar food budgets could-! join aaa cooperative to obtain dis-' count jpriees. he said !! If four or five fraternities would-! jointly'purchase $l,OOO worth of., [meat, they could get at least a! 1 lOjpet cent discount, Berkowitz,! sain. new taxes were agreed upon and At the next caterers’ meeting,!! a third was reduced. Each of the a speaker will discuss planning,, six component boards will assess [balanced and appealing meals. K" a "10 per cent tax next year on (booklet on planning menus willj! every resident liable'for the oc-'soon be published for the caterers,, eupational assessment set up byjby Berkowit2‘ and James R. Kei-| the county commissioners. jser, assistant professor of hotel The second new tax is a busi-jadministration. 1 ness privilege tax—a one mill, Or A meeting on better methods' one-tenth of a cent, levy .against[of food preparation is ’ being! the gross income of professional planned for fraternity cooks,! people and service establishments.|Berkowitz said t aw rviCTTwr i; THE CATERERS also hope to! AN EXISTING mercantile com pij e a list of extra waiters cense ta* was reduced. from and cook* who are available for to 1 mill on retail businesses on-dj-work on oig weekends or when ** mlßs on w^o esa^e !regular kitchen helpers are sick,- businesses. he added. . In addition to these taxes, the, Other officers elected Monday: State College Board will collect: n i g ht were Barrett Silver, Phi! the following taxes for the com-1 Epsilon Pi. vice president; James ing school year: a 33 mill propertyiEvans, Phi Kappa Theta, secrc tax, a $l5 per capita, or head taxijtary; and Carl Riess, Phi Kappa a 14 per cent wage and salary tax.lsigma. corresponding secretary a 10 per cent amusement tax ana! a V 4 per cent real estate transfer* tax. , Joint Board Tentatively Approves j Record $3 Million School Budget By MB AXILBUND ’ Aii expected record enrollment of BOO pupils in the schools ad ministered by the College Area Joint School Board contrived to .tentative adoption Montfw night; of a record $3,049,323 budget for] the coming year. ■ Other factors which boosted the' current budget $357,064 to the new! high were higher basic salaries; for . teachers, salaries for at least 13 new teachers to instruct thei 300 new pupils expected, costs of; an insurance and major medical: benefit plan for teachers, costs in-; volved in running a trial summer • school and payments . for new schools.' THE FIVE TOWNSHIPS in the joint board—College, Ferguson,! Halfmoon, Harris and Patton— and. the State College Borough School Board will have to raise the funds to finance the budget from the various taxes they indi vidually levy and from, funds granted by the state. The tentative share 'of the State College Board was set at $1,482,- 490.78, Robert B. Weir, adminis trative assistant to the supervising principal, said. To adjust board income, two! State College Andrew* G«fs Appointment | . Dr. :France* Jt. Andrews, pro-' of music education, has been appointed editorial associate' of the. Journal of Research inti Musicj Education. • 2jniimiitiiiuinmnittanniHHmnjimuiiimjimimmmiiiimiimMiiimmK | Seniors... 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