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
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'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
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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. •
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| Seniors... This (May 7-12) is §|
The tentativeness of the Mon
day's board action leaves-several;
matters to be finally decided at'
the June' board meeting. ‘
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