friday, January 16, 1973
daily nebraskan
page 2
Polish dignitary
predicts decline
for grain trade
By Dick Hovorka
Grain trade between the United States and Poland will
decline in the next few years, according to Poland Vice
Minister of Agriculture Henryk Burczyk, head of a five
man delegation from Poland visiting Lincoln to study
plant production.
At a news conference Thursday afternoon, Burczyk
said the United States has s five-year grain agreement with
Poland to supply it with wheat, but the quantity "will be
reduced in such a way so our production will be higher."
He said that although Poland imports much of its grain
from the Soviet Union, it also imports grain from coun
tries such as the United States, Canada and France.
Collective and government-owned and operated farms
comprise 18 per cent of Polish farmland, Burczyk said,
and the other 82 per cent is individually owned. The size
of farms range from two to 30 acres.
"The individual fanners are taking the direction of
specialization," Burczyk said.
Comparing Poland's environment to North Dakota, he
said the water table in Poland is such that irrigation is not
a major problem, but it causes some drainage problems.
Virgil Johnson, UNL professor of agronomy, said the
Polish delegation is studying seed production and plant
growing, learning methods for introducing American agri
cultural practices and gaining knowledge on organizing
and managing.
"The University of Nebraska is one of the best in the
world (in agricultural research), especially the wheat re
search done by Dr. Johnson and his staff," Burczyk said.
"We would like to send graduate students and experts
to the United States to study. We would also like to see
VS. experts in Poland."
Johnson said the delegation will be taking a special
look at wheat research, plant breeding and genetics, while
The Polish delegation is not the first group to visit
UNL's agricultural research department. Johnson said rep
resentatives from other countries have visited and plans
are being made for a visit from a South African delegation.
"There are experimental equipment we are using and
research we are doing that we received from other
countries," he said.
The delegation's last stops in Lincoln will include a
tour of the Cathedral of the Risen Christ Roman Catholic
Church, the Capitol and the Gateway shopping center.
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Agronomy Prof. Charles Y. Sullivan, right, explains heat and drop tolerance of sorghum to members of the Polish
International Bowling Team Thursday.
East Union council has vacancies
The East Campuj Union Program Council (EUPC) will
conduct interviews for committee chairpersons Sunday.
EUPC Vice-President Anita Malone, a junior home
economics major from Waverly, said chairperson and
co-chairperson positions are open for five committees:
campus involvement, recreation, hospitality, education
and dance and concert.
The campus involvement committee arranges free
entertainment activities to increase interaction among
East Campus living units. It also prepares a monthly
newsletter for East Campus students and assists with the
East Campus Art Lending Library each year.
Western Week is the main recreation committee
activity, but the committee also schedules basketball,
foosball and volleyball tournaments, she said.
East Campus Choral Concerts are planned by the
hospitality committee. The education committee
schedules speakers for East Campus and arranges a careers
night for students.
Sadie Hawkins, the Go Big Red Dance and the
Western Dance are arranged by the dance and concert
committee. It also helps with Corns tock, a UNL East
Campus outdoor concert.
In addition to the regular responsibilities, 1976
committees also will arrange activities and projects for the
new East Campus Union, scheduled to be occupied by
1977.
Interested persons should sign up for an interview it
the East Union Office in the Activities Bldg. on East
Campus, or call 472-2955 or 472-2956 for an interview
time. .
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board I Monday hearings include general fund bill
LB651, to be heard publicly before the Nebraska Legis
lature's Revenue Committee Monday would require a min
imum of three per cent and a maximum of seven per cent
of total general fund revenues to be kept in that account.
Last year's Special Session of the Legislature passed a
similar proposal for one year only. The law would allow
the Board of Equalization flexibility in maintaining a
balance by adjusting tax rates to prevent cash flow shor
tages like the one which developed late last year.
Legislative Hearings
Committee!, Statehouia hearing room assignments, bills to be
heard Monday and their sponsors ass as follows. Hearings begin at
2 p jn. unless otherwise noted.
Appropriations, Room 1003
1 :30 p.m.-LB878-Provldes a deficiency appropriation of $38,750
for the Board of Educational Lands and Funds.
1 :45-LBs633, 684-Approprlates state senators' salaries; appropri
ates $42 million for personal property tax relief.
2: 1 5-LBS82-Approprlatei funds for Legislature's expenses, fiscal
staff and state ombudsman.
LB691 State agencies appropriations.
2:30p.m.-Department of Correctional Services
3:30 pn .-Department of Public Welfare
4:15-Department of Public Institutions
Education, East Chamber
LB626 (Ed. Comm.) Relates to salt of educational lands.
LB848 Raises school transportation allowance.
Judiciary, Room 2102
LBs638, 637 (Jud. Comm) Relates to enforcement of child support.
LB6S4 Uniform paternity blood samples.
Public Health and Welfare, Supreme Court Hearing Room 2414
1:30 p.m.-LB627 IMoylsn) Regulates the sate and distribution of
hypodermic needles.
LB674 (Comm.) Vocational rehabilitation for the blind.
Rt venue. Room 1019
LB646 (Dult) Exempts premiums paid to Insurance companies for
pensions and Individual retirement accounts from state
insurance tax,
LB6S1 (Canton) Directs Stat. Board of Equalization to maintain
a balance of not leu than three per cent nor mora than stvtn
per cent of state general fund by adjusting tax rates.
Course on UN offered this semester
About 50 of the more than 500 students expected to
participate in the Nebraska Model United Nations (NMUN)
conference Feb. 11 through 14 also are enrolled .'n a new
UNL course, University Studies 395E-United Nations
Studies.
The three sections of the course are taught by history
Prof. Leslie Duly, geography Prof. Brian Blouet and politi
cal science Associate Prof. Joan Wadlow, who also is
associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and
director of University Studies.
Most students registered for one to three credit hours,
Dlouot Sold. Cns student registered fsr four hours, which
will require more work and responsibility, he added.
Aside from NUMN participation, the professors lw
will require their students to prepare extra material to re
ceive credit, he said.
For example, students in Blouet'i section will represent
the African nation Zaire at the NUMN conference. He said
his students must study Zaire and write a paper about it
for his evaluation.
United Nations Studies students should not receive
credit hours for doing the same work other NUMN par
ticipants do for enjoyment, Blouet said.
The professors will avoid "directing" NUMN class
delegations, ho said, bcusg uwy wrt the students lode
the work and research for the conference themselves.
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