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Vol. 75, No. 65
The Daily. Nebraskan
Friday, February 16, 1962 .
JFK's Administration
Seeks Trade Revision,
Not Entry in Market
. . . Says Dr. Wallace Peterson
By WINDY ROGERS
The Kennedy administration
is not seeking to take the
United States into member
ship in the European Common
Market, says Dr. ; Wallace
Peterson, associate professor
of economics.
What the president is ask
ing from Congress, he ex
plained, is a revision of the
trade agreements legislation
so he can negotiate on a very
broad basis, tariff reductions
with the Common Market
countries.
In 1958, seven West Euro
pean countries agreed to form
the European Economic Coun
cil, (EEC) also called the
Common Market.
France, West Germany, It
aly, Belgium, Holland, and
Luxemburg set up an approxi
mate 15 year program during
which they would, by stages,
eliminate all restrictions such
as tariffs on the movement
of goods and people within the
Common Market area.
Free Trade Area
When this is completed,
they will have a common tar
iff against the outside world.
According to Dr. Peterson,
the Common Market countries
planned to create a free trade
area by 1970. But, the goal
may be accomplished even
sooner because, "they've been
moving ahead in their elimin
ation of tariffs even faster
than expected."
Great Britain has asked to
become a member of the
Common Market.
Eventually, according to
Dr. Peterson, If the countries
in Western Europe such as
the Scandanavian countries,
Spain, and Switzerland follow
the British lead, the Common
Market could involve over 300
million people.
If no steps are taken to pre
vent it, the U.S. could be
squeezed out of its European
market.
At present, approximately
20-25 per cent of U.S. exports
are going to the Common
Center Hosts
'Thinking'
Conference
The emphasis will be on
'creative thinking" at the Ne
braska Center today as some
200 persons with management
background meet for a one
day seminar.
Dr. Bernard B. Goldner of
LaSalle College in Philadel
phia will conduct the sessions.
The idea of creative thinking
is as old as man, but the syste
matic and academic approach
of presenting a university
course in the subject began
under Professor emeritus Ro
bert Crawford at the Univer
sity of Nebraska School of
Journalism In 1931.
Since that time, Prof. Craw
ford has become an interna
tionally known authority and
has written a number of
1kk)1cs
A'though the approach to
teaching the subject varies,
the goal is a display of flred
up, free-wheeling mental gym
nastics in which the students
try to develop new Ideas or
solve old problems in new and
better ways.
Industry has shown great in
terest in the program in re
cent years.
Dr. Goldner, director of the
school of Creative Thinking at
LaSalle, is a plastics manufac
turer, inventor, author and
consultant to industry and
government.
The seminar Is sponsored
Jointly by the University Col
lege of Business Administra
tion and the Lincoln chapter of
the National Office Manage
ment Assn.
Dr. Goldner will speak at
2:10 and 3:45 p.m. at the
Center and at 7:30 p.m. at th
Lincoln Country Club.
Subjects to be discussed will
be ways to stimulate creative
thinking, how to be creative,
group dynamics and manage
ment musts. ,
Market area. In 1960, this to
taled approximately $3.4 bil
lion out of a little less than
20 billion.
To protect American ex
ports, President Kennedy is
asking Congress for the au
thority to reduce some tar
iffs, primarily on raw mater
ials, up to 50 per cent of their
present level, and to eliminate
others, primarily on manu
factured goods, completely.
This proposed grant of au
thority would last for a 5-year
period, a longer time than any
other such authority in the
past.
Dr. Peterson . . . "give
and take situation."
Neic Method Will Return
Teachers to Original Job
The University is experi
menting with a new method of
drawing "former theachers
back into the teaching profes
sion. An example of such a case
is Andrew N. Kunkle, adver
tising executive for mobile
homes at North Bend, mem
ber of the North Bend School
Board, and former high school
teacher for several years.
Kunkle decided this past
nast vear that he would like
to return to teaching, but he
found that his Bachelor's and
Master's degrees in business
administration and education
didn't satisfy the state's
teaching requirements.
Although he had the re
quired educational courses, he
larked five hours of student
teaching required for certifi
cation. A return to the Uni
versity for an entire semester
would have been a financial
obstacle.
Norman Thorne. assistant
iIkmi of Teachers Colleee. said
University officials felt that
it is a waste ot teaching tal
ent not to certify such men
as Knnkle.
lis in ir Kunkle as a trial
case, the Business Teacher
Education department ot uie
University set up an intensive
week of training and testing
in student teaching. The testr
ine involved Kunkle's teach
ing four subjects business
law, bookkeeping, typing, ana
office machines each day
for a week, under direct su
pervision, at University High
School.
The one-week testing is not
an easy short-cut but more
of a common sense approach
fa satisfying the reauirements
for qualified persons. Only
persons of broaa experience
in their particular areas to
gether with teaching experi
ence will be allowed to take
an advanced test in student
teaching, reported Dr.
Thorpe. The usual time re
quired for student teaching
is still a full semester for
those who do not have the"
qualifications, Dr. Thorpe
said.
The advertising executive
believes that certain men of
business and industry can be
of great help to education, in
some cases directly, as a
teacher.
What Kennedy is seeking,
said Dr. Peterson, is actually
a revision of the Trade
Agreements Act, first passed
in 1934 under the Roosevelt
administration when Cordell
Hull was Secretary of State.
Since that time, the U.S.
has 'succeeded in reducing the
average tariff levy by about
80 per cent.
The Trade Agreements Act
was a revision of the 1929
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act. This
act marked the last time Con
gress gave the tariff structure
a thorough overhualing and
set tariff rates.
Dr. Peterson believes that
granting Kennedy the authori
ty he seeks would greatly
benefit the U.S. "This, is a
give and take situation," he
said. , 1
More to Gain
"I think we have more to
gain than the members of the
EEC because in Europe, the
tariffs on American goods are
higher than tariffs in America
on European exports.
"So if we can get a reduc
tion of the existing tariffs, we
will benefit even more."
Dr. Peterson also' pointed
out that a reduced tariff
agreement with the Common
Market would benefit expan
sion of U.S. export - trades,
and in turn, create more do
mestic income and employ
ment. "I believe this will strength
en the free world in general,"
concluded Dr: Peterson.
"I find new satisfaction and
it's refreshing to talk to the
classes again. I think people
like me have something to of
fer these high school stu
dents," he added. "I b r i n g
training, experience and back
ground in business with me
to the classroom, and I think
that's important for these
young people."
And how did he do in the
week-long test?
He passed without a hitch,
and Teachers College gave
him six hours of credit in stu
dent teaching,
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Dean W. V. Lambert (standing rear)
of the University is shown helping Indian
students investigate the microscopic world
at the School of Basic Sciences and Hu
manities of the Uttar Pradesh Agricultural
University, New Delhi, India. Dean Lam
Channel 12
Starts New
Play Set
Brings Broadway
To TV Viewers
Television viewers will
bring the Broadway stage in
to their living rooms when
"The Play of the Week"
makes its debut on KUON-TV
Monday, February 19, at 9:00.
Hailed as one of television's
finest, achievements, "The
Play of the Week" includes
some of the world's most dis
tinguished plays enacted by
the greatest actors in the liv
ing theatre. Some of the stars
who will appear 'are Judith
Anderson, Helen Hayes, Gert
rude Berg, Eva LeGallienne,
and Susan Strasberg.
"The Play of the Week" is
a series which began as an
experiment on New York's
independent TV station,
WNTA. Its success was spon
taneous and its popularity
grew so rapidly that when
viewers heard that the show
might go off the air, they sent
unsolicited dollars to the sta
tion. Actors and actresses be
came so excited about the
series that they agreed to ap
pear for a fraction of their
normal salaries. The series
of two-hour dramas has won
the respect of audiences in
New York and other Eastern
cities and has been called a
symbol of magnificent drama.
Now a grant from TV Guide
makes it possible for twelve
stations including KUON-TV
to present the series of plays.
The first play, "Burning
Bright" by John Steinbeck,
tells of a man's obsession
with finding immortality
through a son.
Other plays scheduled for
the Channel 12 viewers are:
Feb. 26 ...."A Month in the
Country" A
March 5..."World of Sholom
Aleichen"
March 12 "The Cherry
Orchard
March 19 "Miss Julie"
March 26 "Juno and the
Paycock"
April 2.. "Tiger at the Gate"
April 9... "Don Juan in Hell"
April 16 "Volpone"
April 23 ....'.."Mary Stuart"
April 30. ."House of Bernarda
Alba"
May 7 . . ."Legend of Lovers"
May 14 "Medea"
Spring Day Posts
Spring Day committee in
terviews will be held Satur
day, in 340, Student Union.
Students interested in
signing up for committee
positions should sign for an
interview time at the Stu
dent Council office, third
floor of the Union.
Ag College Dean Assists India
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NEW DELHI PftOBE
IWA Board Approves
Constitutional Changes
Re-evaluating Purpose
Culminating three months
of study, the ' Independent
Women's Association (IWA)
board has approved a revised
constitution which re-evaluates
its purpose and function
and reorganizes its governing
board.
According to Norma Contry
man of the constitutional com
mittee, "this new structure
emphasizes direct lines of
communication and responsi
bility, a close alignment of
program to purpose, and a
necessity for creativity."
Policy Committee
Among the changes institu
ted by the constitutional re
vision is the delegation of vot
ing power to members of the
policy committee.
The policy committee is
composed of persons elected
by each independent women's
group from its own member
ship. According to Miss Contry
man, the house representa
tives will also serve as "com
municative links between the
board and the living unit."
Under the new constitu
tion, workers wiH no longer
be in a pool. They are to be
assigned to the standing com
mittees by preferencing the
committee's name. In addi
tion, workers will be rotated
to give variety of experience.
Concerning the re-definition
and clarification of IWA pur
Mrs. Biegert
For 'GalV on
Nebraska's Democratic na
tional committeewoman said
a Republican Congressman
"had the gall to isay federal
aid to education would take
away from parents the privi
lege of scraping to put their
children through college."
Speaking to the University
Young Democrats Thursday
night, Mrs. Maruine Biegert
of Shickley noted that the
state's four Representatives
and two Senators "all felt
justified in voting against"
federal educational help.
If President Kennedy is for
something, she asserted, Ne
braska's Congressional repre
sentation, all Republican, will
be against it. "You just
watch, they will."
Mrs. Biegert, a farm wife
and mother of 3 small chil
dren, pointed out that the bill
Congress passed recently to
help pay teachers' salaries al
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bert is In India under a contract with the
U.S. Agency for International Develop
ment. He assists the Vice Chancellor of this
first Indian land grant college with the
new Institution's organizational problems.
poses and function, Miss Con-
tryman explained that iwa
must serve the individual
woman.
' But she added that "a sel
fish woman is not an edu-
IWA APPLICATIONS
Applications for Inde
pendent Women's Associa
tion may be picked up to
day through Febr. 23 In the
Ag Union or on the bulletin
board outeide room 340 in
the City Union. Applicants
should sign up for inter
views at that time. Inter
views will be Saturday,
Febr. 24.
cated one. Our program must
provide opportunities through
which women may contribute
to the growth and develop
ment of their University."
To provide a working base
for the realization of IWA
goals, the following purposes
have been outlined:
to promote the organiza
tion of independent women,
to coordinate, their activi
ties, to encourage independent
women to take part in extra
curricular activities,
to promote and recognize
Blasts GOP
School Aid
so provided up to $1,000 schol
arship aid for college students.
She said more than half the
American people earn less
than $5,000 a year and then
asked: "Now how many of
them can scrape up the
$1,600 it takes to put one boy
or girl through the University
for a year?"
"Not many," Mrs. Biegert
asserted. Of the Republican
Congressman with gall, she
said: "I'll almost wager he
never had to work a day in
his life, not even to go through
college if he ever did."
She declared: "It irritates
me so when we Deomcrats
get the reputation of being
big spenders.
The Democrats, Mrs. Bie
gert said, are "interested in
people," while Republicans
"think along the line of their
pocketbooks and what's good
for them personally."
W. V. Lambert, dean of the University's College
of Agriculture for twelve years, is now in India working
for the United States Agency for International Develop
ment (AID).
Dean Lambert is serving as an AID educational spe
cialist, advising the vice chancellor of Uttar Pradesh Ag
ricultural University. ;
When Dean Lambert left the University in 1960, he ex
plained the goal of the project:
"The program is aimed at improving the status of
agriculture, increasing food production, which is their ma
jor problem and eventually working with industrializa
tion." He pointed out that the U.S. moved through a similar
cycle and because of improvements made in agriculture
the move to industrialization was possible.
"Today the average U.S. farmer can feed himself and
24 others. In India most of the population is required to
work on farms just to provide food," he said.
Dr. Lambert came to the University in Oct., of 1948,
and also served as a professor of animal husbandry.
Overlooking the Himalayan foothills, Uttar Pradesh
University was opened in July of 1960. AID helped plan
and finance Uttar Pradesh and now provides a farm
management advisor and technical advisory service to its
faculty. In addition to the College of Agriculture, opened
in 1960, a School of Basic Sciences and Humanities has
since been opened and work has begun on a College of
Agricultural Engineering and Technology to open by 1963.
The Indian government, in art action reminescent of
American college land grants, transferred Tarai btate
Farm to Uttar Pradesh University. Tarai .State Farm
comprises 16,000 acres of land that 14 years ago was
thick jungle and malarial swamp. Now, Taraj State Farm
is India's largest mechanized farm and is used for the
development of modern farm management practices and
for research.
Although much construction and campus development
work remain, the college is already popular with students
from all parts of India. There were 1,640 applications for
admission when the University first opened.
achievement in scholarship
and activities, and
to promote cooperation
between IWA and 6 1 h e r
groups within the University
community.
Miss Contryman noted that
to create closer coordination
within the group, all board
members in the public rela
tions, scholarship, activities,
and social committees will
work more closely with tha
corresponding house represen
tatives. Selection Of President
Another constitutional re
vision places selection of the
president and vice-president
in the hands of the entire
board.
Under the old constitution.
candidates for these two ex
ecutive posts were selected
from the six senior nominees
for the board. Then the two"
niminees were chosen by the
outgoing senior board mem
bers and the advisers.
In the new constitution, the
nominating committee still
consists of the same mem
bers, but nominations may be
made from the floor at the
same time the final report of
the committee is presented.
If there are one or more
such nominations (of either
junior or senior women), the
entire board will choose the
final nominees.
Under the new organiza
tional plan for the board, ten
persons, including the presi
dent and vice president, will .
comprise the executive com
mittee which heads the stand
ing committees. The other 14
persons on the board, selected
from 36 nominees, will serve
as assistant chairmen on
these committees.
Permanent Committee
The vice president will be
in charge of the permanent
policy committee.
Prior to approval of the re-, -vised
constitution, an informal
committee met weekly from
November to solve problems
of communications, organiza- " .
tional-mechanics, and fi
nances. Material Needed
For Rag-Scrip
Material is now being ac
cepted for the spring edition
of the Nebraskan-Scrip. K
Short stories, essays and
poetry as well as art work
and photography will be fea
tured in the spring issue.
