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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1947)
Price System Said Valueless By Technocrat Evis Joberg, authorized speaker for Technocracy, told a University audience recently that America can produce abundance but that abundance cannot be distributed by a price system. Mrs. Joberg declared that abun dance destroys price. Communism, .•fascism, and free enterprise, she < aid, have been but different meth ods of distributing a scarcity. Technocracy Blueprint Technocracy, she explained, is an engineering blueprint for produc ing and distributing goods and ser vices without the interference of 'jsrice. There are no physical bar riers to attaining a high standard ' o f living for Americans, according to Mrs. Joberg. She pointed out that this continent has over half the world's developed resources and technology. Technocracy’s system of distri 1 ution would eliminate a medium < f exchange. It would employ “en < igy certificates” which would be vilid only to those for whom they v 'ere issued, and for only a set pe j ,od of time. They would not con 1 Polished Stoneware .Shaving Mug, $ 1.00 Refill 601 _gw f. H Webb to Lead Seminar Lyman A. Webb, instructor in physics, will discuss “Wilson Cloud Chambers: Their Construction and Use" Thursday at 4 p.m. in 105 Deady hall. The talk is in conjunc tion with the physics seminar, but will be open t > the public. f___ stitute wages, said Mrs. Joberg, | since the individual’s supply would be unlimited. Spent certificates would be used as orders for replace ment of the articles purchased. Urges Investigation The speaker urged her listeners ' neither to accept nor reject Tech nocracy on the basis of one short presentation, but to investigate its analysis. Mrs. Joberg is chief of staff of 1 Section 3 of Technocracy in Seattle, Wash. On Fr iday she spoke before a senior editing class In the school of journalism. fa_ ■ .ill.—... i DESTRUCTION IN VIENNA Emerald Classifieds M All classified is payable in advance at the rate of four cents a word the first insertion, two cents a word thereafter at the Emerald I Business Office. ' Classified deadline is 4:00 p.m. the day | >vior to publication. | WANTED: Girl for part-time work. Telephone 1015, Midway Drive-in. (40) FOP. SALE: Five-hundred records, jazz and swing albums, singles 10" and 12”. Took ten years to collect. Price $300. For infor mation phone Ted Hallock, KUGN, 2800. (39) FOR RENT: Juke boxes. Pacific Amusement. Phone 1860. (38) FOUND: Ball point pen in Oregon hall, October 31. Ext. 317, Seder strom hall, Room 220. (38) LOST: Lady’s gold Bulova wrist watch between basement of Commerce building., Co-op arid Hendricks hall. Reward. Phyllis McMahon, Hendricks hall. (39) BOARD for student. 767 E. 15th street. Phone 4324, Mrs. Lar son. (1) LOST: Bulova watch in men’s gym. Call 324. Bruce Harlan. Reward. (41) Get off to a flying start... With the creamy-rich lather of Seaforth Shaving Soap, the heather-fresh exhilaration of Seaforth Lotion, you're headed for better, pleasanter grooming. Enjoy them yourself... soon! These ami other Seaforth essentials, packaged in handsome stoneware, only $1. Scu forth, 10 Rockefeller Pluztt. A. 1. 20 LOST: Two white plaster heads and one white plaster skull miss ing from Kappa Sig house some time Friday night. Articles are expensive and property of Art school. If found, please return to Art school or notify Kappa Sig house. (40) 17="' " " ■'■=== U O Pair Attends Inter-Frat Meet Attending the western district interfraternity council conference held at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles this week are Wilbur Craig and Bob Wallace, IFC President John Gil bertson announced Wednesday. The conference will convene at noon to day and continue through to Sat urday noon. According to Gilbertson, the con ference will discuss mutual prob lems of fraternities in the western district, greater cooperation be tween fraternities and colleges. Ad Staff Day Manager Tom McLaughlin Assistant Day Manager Jim Ivory % Layout Staff Myrleen Lanson Yvonne Sneed Joan Wagenblast Ann Kafoury Shirley Fossen Janice Hughes Sales Staff Dorothy Taylor Nancy Kuhnhausen The HARMONY TROUPE featuring Norman Nelson, Lyric Tenor Offers from Metropolitan Opera, Hollywood, and radio networks. plus Wally White. Tampa. Florida Southeast Regional Vice-President of Y. F. C. International. Saturday, November 8, 7:45 p.m. Wilson Jr. High Auditorium 12th and Jefferson Eugene "QlaMaukKrisit” Pure Nylon Sweaters • 100% pure DuPont Nylon • Soft and warm as wool • Colors: white pink and blue. Sizes, 32 to 40 Open Friday Nights Until 9 p.m.