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Soviet Plans Proceeding On 4 Fronts Comparison of Russian Capitalistic Systems Drawn by Nearing Scores W. R. Hearst Speaker Tells of Growth of Collective Farms By CHARLES PADDOCK Outlining four fronts on which Soviet economy is rapidly advanc ing, Scott Nearing, apostle of com munism, Saturday night drew a sharp, cutting comparison between the capitalism of the western world and the socialism of “the workers' fatherland.” He spoke in Villard hall. Typical of Nearing's telling con trasts was his condemnation of William Randolph Hearst, the man who “prompts us to ask, ‘are 10 million people starving in Russia every year?' " The answer says Nearing is, “No.” “But,” he con tinued, “when I went back to the U. S. S. R. last year they asked me, 'is it true that people are go ing hungry in the United States, land of plenty ?' ” The significant pause that fol lowed this statement was the most effective bit of public persuasion that Nearing attempted all eve ning. Four important phases of Soviet economy are now being developed, according to the speaker. They are industrial production, agricul ture, the standard of living, and the stabilization and guarantee of the livelihood of workers. Discussing industrial production Nearing said that while America had entered a period of stagnation the Soviet Union had increased her industrial figure from a base num ber of 100 in 1928 to 278 in 19154. Most important, he said, in no sin gle year since the Bolshevik rev olution has there been a relapse. Progress has been constant. Of capitalism he declared, “There has been no 12 year period in the history of any capitalis country un marked by recession and depres sion. Western economy has al ways been broken by the cycle. There have been an average of three lean years in each 10 during the last 145 years. This is typical of capitalism. In fact it is a func tion of the profit economy.” Nearing spoke extensively in de fense of economic planning. He pointed out the completeness of So viet planning, it. includes, he said, homes, schools, theatres, industry, farms, and all phases of economic and social organization. There are three reasons why it can be made to work, Nearing added. First, it has never before been tried; second, it is now being tried in a backward country with suc cess; and third, it has there at tained great efficiency in a brief period. Russian planners have achieved such accuracy that alter only 10 years at it their estimates seldom miss by more than five per cent. That is, the amount of work they lay out for each industry is usually realized within a compara tively negligible variation at the end of the year. Nearing predicted that the Unit ed States could, from the point of view of economics, reduce uncer tainty regarding production to a very slight margin of error within ten years. Figures were quoted to show the mushroom growth of collective farms in Russia. Of the 20 million farms, It! million are now collec tivized. There are 270.000 tractors. The number of fanners has been reduced from three-fifths of the population to one-fourth. The ul timate is expected to be 10 per cent at the end of the third five year plan. The case of a particular farm which turned cooperative in 1924 was cited to show the almost un believable changes attributed to communism. Nearing told how the farm, formerly worth 41,000 rubles, is now valued at two million rubles. It has 104 pedigreed horses instead o." the former six "crowbalts.” It has 445 registered cows, replacing NOW! - - - WALLACE BERRY in “The Mighty BARNUM” LAST DAY! - - - "DAMES’* DICK POWELL RUBY KEELER Send the Emerald to your friends. Subscription rales $2.50 u year. U. <). Grad U. /'. Head Willis Dunniway, graduate ofi the school of journalism at the, University of Oregon, has been made head of the United Press, bureau at Salem. He will direct' the handling of news for this agency during the coming session! of the legislature. While at the university he was editor of the' Emerald, student daily, and fol-j lowing graduation worked on the. reportorial staffs of the EugeneJ News «nd Portland Oregonian. [ the former 16. Their productivity has been quadrupled. The farm is out of debt and has 600,000 rubles in the bank for a rainy day. Nearing quoted Walter Duranty, Russian correspondent for the New York times, .as saying that the chil dren of Moscow look happier than the children of any other capital in the world. The reason, according to Duranty, is that there are no slums, the school children have a hot meal each noon, they have bet ter recreational opportunities, and they are freer. Nearing took a lusty crack at Hearst. “When Mr. Hearst tells you that 10 million people are | starving every year in the Soviet Union, remember these three things. At that rate there would bo no more Russians in 17 years; Russia's population is increasing at the rate of 3 1-2 millions per year; and Mr. Hearst doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” He spoke of the constructive at titude in the U. S. S. R. Building is constant, the lecturer said. Peo ple are healthy and strong. They like entertainment and drama. There are four full-time opera houses open nine months of the year in Moscow. “Can New York | City boast likewise?" Nearing ■ queried. After the lecture many questions were asked of the speaker. He was asked to toll about military prac tices in the red army, freedom of speech, the home, religion, the nu merous political executions, and I "red scares.” VWould you be con | tent to live in Russia?" someone ! asked. “Yes," replied Nearing. “I now have a son living there and has no desire to leave. I visit him whenever 1 can.” Nearing was a guest of the Fac ulty club for the remainder of the I evening, where he answered more questions. He was a guest at Westminster house during the af ternoon. His appearance on the ; campus was under sponsorship of the Oregon Radical club. Dr. S. H. j Jameson presided at the Villard assembly. j Hay-Mow Beard (I'ontiiwi'd from l'a<i<• One) ! may "shoot his face off” criticiz ing, for he is criticizing' the gov ernment of which he is a part tiie rule of the proletariat.” American movies? “A great many, but only the "decent ones"; Harold Lloyd seems to be the fav orite. The eternal triangle and sex passion films are barred chiefly because the Russian movie | goers themselves have higher ' Bryson Tells About Student Days At Hall Former City Recorder: Appointed to Cities League Staff Office in Friendly Is Near; Old Dwelling —— t Roy S. Bryson, former city re- j corder of Eugene and well-known to many students on the campus; through his talks to groups of them, has officially been appointed: as a member of the staff of the j league of Oregon cities, it is an nounced by Herman Kehrli, direc tor of the bureau of municipal re- j search and service. Bryson is now working in the i league offices on the third floor; of Friendly, about two doors from the room he occupied as a resident of Friendly hall in the days when it was a men’s dormitory—and students were furnished board and room for $2.50 a week. Many times in the gay nineties, after a strenuous football practice, Bryson had gone down to the din ing room in Friendly hall and par taken heartily of the nourishment offered and then gone back up stairs to his room for a night of untroubled repose. Could he have gazed into a crys tal and seen the future he would still have seen himself in Friendly hall, but not as a student. Bryson played quarterback on the Oregon football squad with other players such as the Temple ton brothers, who later played for Williams colege; Herbold, later of Purdue; and Shattuck who made the rowing team at Columbia uni versity. He was manager of the equad in ’98. After graduating: from Oregon in 1899, Bryson attended Columbia university. Since 1908 he has done public work in Lane county almost continuously, serving both as county clerk and as city recorder for Eugene. His recent appoint ment to the staff of the league of Oregon cities gives him an oppor tunity to continue the type of work he has long been doing and of which he says, “I have always liked it." tasks, and would term such films "sloppy." Do you speak Russian, Mr. Near ing? "Yet, fairly well." Do you find it difficult? "Well,” and he wrote two words on a slip of paper -‘strchprst’ you try it!" To his amazement we did, but then, he didn't know the writer originated from the Slavic race! Are you working on another book? "Yes, the latest one will be oni ‘World Economy’.” We had many more questions to ask, but professor Nearing, for he was a professor for many years was ob liged to rush off to the University of Oregon Faculty club to tell the professors (he asked us not to mention it) -so we said “S Bo hem.” Law School Assembly j (lulled Today by Clark A law school assembly will be held this morning at 10:00 o’clock to discuss the annual winter term law school dance and to introduce Kenneth J. O'Connell, new law professor, to the students, an nounced Arthur Clark, president of the law school student body. Dean Morse will i n t r o duce O'Connell, Clark said. The dance will not be formal, it was definite ly announced. Send the Emerald to your friends. Subscription rates $2.50 a year. Laundryman figures how to save 5.6 gallons gasoline monthly REDUCES COLD STARTING WASTE lit' makes about *> eold starts a day. If Super-SHEI.L saves him, on an average, only Vi euji gasoline per start, lie will save 1(» gallons through tl«« winter c-'''"pYou can save up to a. cupful of gasoline in cold starting with Super-SHELL, because you use the choke only hr If rs long. And you get full power much quicker. In fact, while your en gine is still cold! Reason: it’s Thermalized for this climate. Vaporizes faster. And only Super-SHELL* »a Thermalized! Psych ological Exam s For Entering Students To Be Held Today at / The psychological examina tion for new students who en tered school winter term will be given today at 4:00 in 107 Vii lard. Students given permission by Dr. Taylor to take re-tests on the axamination can be accom odated at this time. Baker, Hi His Head Glee Directorate; Work Under Wav Elizuhrtli Pratt, Betty Bean Assistants; Committee Appointments Made Lyle Baker and Louis Hillis were appointed co-chairmen of the Frosh Glee to be held near the end of this term, at a meeting of the freshman class officers last Thurs day evening. Elizabeth Pratt and Betty Bean will be assistant co-chairmen. Ralph Cathey, president of the freshman class, who made the ap pointments, said, “We want to get started on our dance as quickly as possible, so as to be sure of making it a success.” Although no definite date has been announced as yet, work has been started on the plans for the dance, which, according to Baker, will be one of the most unusual of the season. “This year we are going to or ganize the Frosh Glee in a differ ent maner than formerly,” said Baker. “As this is a class dance, we are endeavoring to give a chance to the greatest number of freshmen to work on their dance. We believe that this will give us two-fold results, in that it will bring the class together and will also help to put our dance over as we would like it to be.’ The committee heads for the dance are as follows: Warded Wil lis, finance; A1 Carter, assistant; Bill Jones and Marjorie Stith, pub licity; Darrell Nelson and Frances Waffle, music; Marjory Brainard and Lila Weis, refreshments; Dick Sleeter and Avery Fisher, floor; Dick Hill and Henry Ash, clean up; Betty Bernett and eJan Walker, corsages; Frances Johnston and Bill Speirs, programs; Noel Benson and Sam Fort, decorations; Joe Hill and Kay Pasquill, patrons; Beverly Burkitt and Bill Cooper, entertainment; Clyde Keller and Isobelle Miller, construction. Campus Brevities Returns After lilncs Henrietta Mummey returned to school Friday after being confined to her home for a week with the mumps. * * * Back From Convention Mervin Rodda, president of The ta Chi fraternity, and Henry Rob erts are expected back today from the national Theta Chi convention held in Miami, Fla., during the holidays. They are making the trip by motor. Spends Weekend At Home Francis Spence left Friday for McMinnville where she spent the weekend with her- family. Visit in Corvallis Dorothy Read and Arlene Rey nolds left Saturday morning for Corvallis where they visited friends over Saturday and Sunday. In School After Illness Katherine Greenwood, who has been ill for the past week in the Pacific Christian hospital with pneumonia, returned to school Monday. \ isits in Portland Kathleen Duffy returned Satur day from Portland after spending Friday and Saturday in Portland with her parents who motored from Bend. a: * * Returns from Salem Bill Haight left Saturday for Sa lem to visit his father, Represen tative C. P. Haight, who is a mem ber of the state legislature. He re turned to the campus Sunday. Guest for Weekend Virginia Gaddis was a weekend guest at the home of George Brice in Portland. * Returns From Trip Home Edith Calvan returned Sunday after spending Saturday and Sun day at her home in Albany. Guests of Chi Omega Mrs. R. N. Brown spent the weekend with her daughter, Aud ria, at the Chi Omega house. Visit ing with Mrs. "Brown was Mrs. Frances Sanders also of Portland. Visitor from Medford Here Charles Conaway of Medford was the guest of John Gribble at Phi j Sigma Kappa over Saturday and Sunday. Conaway, motoring from Portland, attended the sophomore informal and visited with other Medford friends on the campus. Attend Portland Symphony Concert Among those from Eugene at tending the concert of the Portland Symphoy orchestra Sunday when Frances Brockman appeared as violin soloist were Dean John J. Landsbury, George Hopkins, R.ex Underwod, Mrs. Bert Borckman, Sally P-eed who played the first movement of -a Tschaikowsky piano concerto with William Van Hoogstraten’s practice symphony Friday night, Bobby Garretson, El len Dixon, Howard Halbert, Jay Wilson '34, and his brother, Dave Wilson, ’32. Tufis College Offers Teaching Fellowships Tufts college,' located in Med ford, Mass., is offering three teach ing fellowships in economics dur ing the academic year of 1935-36, to holders of B.A. or B.S. degrees from recognized colleges. The Fellows devote half of their time to teaching and half to grad uate study in advanced courses in theoretical and applied economics, within the department of econom ics and sociology, and through this may obtain a master of arts de gree in two years. Tufts college is located on an at tractive campus of 80 acre's within the metropolitan city of Boston. This location offers advantages of living and studying in one of the outstanding cultural, industrial, commercial and financial centers of the United States. Additional information concern ing the applications will be given by Dean J. H. Gilbert, of the col lege of social science. Five Pennant (Contmurd from pane 3) winners, while Germiniano Gan ueias, Dorotheo Niedo, and Ellogio Oligario were ‘flashes of La Casa speed. Alpha Tan Omega was awarded a win over Sigma Alpha Epsilon by default, when the S.A.E.’s failed to appear on court two at 4 p. m. Today’s schedule lists at 4 o'clock in the “A” division, Yeo men vs. Omega hall, Delta Tau Delta vs. Delta Upsilon; at 4:40, Kappa Sigma vs. Sigma Nil, Beta Theta Pi vs. Chi Psi; and at 5:20, Phi Sigma Kappa vs. Sigma Alpha Mu, Sigma hall vs. Abba Dabbas. Play is being held on courts one end two on the gym floor. Brown to Speak Over Air in 2nd Law School Talk Professor Will Broadcast' Over Station KOAC On January 1 7 Claude H. Brown, law school professor, will speak Thursday night. January 17. at 8:15 over KOAC on “Arbitration as a Meth od of settlement of Commercial Controversies,” the second in the “Law in Modern Society” talks sponsored by the public relations committee of the state bar and the law school. Mr. Brown will discuss the im portance of commercial arbitration in the business world of today and will refer to the Oregon Statutes in the lettling of labor disputes. Carlton E. Spencer, professor at the lav/ school, who spoke last Thursday night on “Some Legal Aspects of Advertising” discussed the principle of intention as relat ed to the meaning of the advertise ment in law suits. “Suppose a man advertises col lie dogs for sale. Suppose fifty people order one. Could the late comers feel that they could sue for breach of promise ? The courts have said that the advertisement is not a promise, but an invitation to the people who read the an nouncement to make offers,” Spen cer said. In discussing false representa tions in the advertisements, Mr. Spencer said that the advertiser is bound by representations of fact, that is, warranties, but not by mere statements of opinion as to the nature or quality. “Various types of advertising are prohibited by statute. For exam ple, the following are prohibited in Oregon: Advertising articles or in struments of indecent or immoral use; advertising books or papers purporting to narrate criminal ex ploits or which are devoted to crime or lust or which are ob scene or indecent; publishing an advertisement to cure special dis eases, and advertising lottery tick ets. The corrupt practices act pro vides that political advertising must bear the name of the author and printer,” continued Spencer. As to publishing a person’s pho tograph, it is not unlawful in the case of bona fide newspaper stor ies, but where the right of privacy has been extended to the reproduc tion of one's photographic likeness, particularly in advertisements, it is now safe to say that it is illegal to publish one’s picture in an ad vertisement without his consent, he said. The Only Barn um Lives Once More Bv CYNTHIA LILJEQVIST “Sorry old pal but me and you've got a ” future.” So saying the mighty Barnum i Wallace Beery) neatly taps his ruin soaked partner (Adolph Menjou) on the head and turns to dispose in less violent fashion his Sabbath-souled. Con necticut wife. Nancy, who despises her husband’s pet monstrosities that adorn her house. “Your mind is full of snakes, just like the one that corrupted Adam and Eve,” admonishes the nettled tongued Nancy. “I sure wish I had that one,” he replies. (Typical hu mor). Such is the family life of Bar num, an indebted store keeper with 7 i Ripley tendencies, and a clever partner, Bailey Walsh. Barnum's idea that “he had the public pulse in his pants pocket" struck New York like a tinder box one day and “Barnum’s Monstrosi ties, Featuring Today the Bearded Woman” became famous. Despite Greeley’s exposes of his hoaxes, public humiliation when he insults Jenny Lind, a fire, his wife, et al, he manages to block fate's kicks until he becomes the one and only- - Zanuch’s problem in presenting the life of the great showman was not one of embellishment -the true story of Barnum is amazing in it self, but one of telling the strange .story convincingly. He missed a chance of producing a great show. Barnum is always Wallace Beery and is not depicted with sufficient and convincing shwerdness that is attributed to Barnum. Throughout the show he is the big bloke that made the banquet scene painful. Aloph Menjou’s “no longer weep for me when I am dead" bridges some of the bogs. If he doesn't en- 4 tirely take the show he borrows it for half the time. Virginia Bruse does the best job of dubbed singing we've seen this season. \ Emerald Announces Classified Solicitors The solicitors for the classified advertising department of the Em erald were announced yesterday by Dorris Holmes, classified advertis ing manager. They are Jean Cecil, Therese Nelson, Maluta Head, Phyllis Baldwin, Virginia Van Dyke, and Maxine Wyatt. Myrna Bartholomew is to serve as bookkeeper for the department. The department will meet today at 2 o'clock at the Emerald busi ness office. Send the Emerald to your friends. Subscription rates 52.50 a year. Before closing this pleasant evening.., which has been held in the interests of truth and brevity.,, may I say,. , Long speeches have been made about this and that, but when it comes to a good cigarette, you can say it all in just a few words . . . MILDER © 1935. Ugobtt «i Mvmu TomccoCo. TASTE BETTER