Latvian Student Relates
Tales of Communist Rule
“Be happy that you are in the
United States and that you have
a free- country. And be happy that
you are able to avoid Commun
ism,” Adriana Jaunlins told her
audience at the international stu
dent luncheon Tuesday noon in the
Student Union.
Miss Jaunlins lived for one year
in her native Latvia under Rus
fiian rule, and based her talk on her
experiences under it.
Russia and Germany both desir
ed the little country for her good
seaports. After Russia was expell
ed from the League of Nations,
she invaded Latvia and the rest of
the Baltic states in 1940. Follow
ing her usual technique of claim
ing to enter a nation in order to
restore order, Russia made the
Latvian patriots out to be rebels,
and “as black as black could be,"
2Hliss Jaunlins said.
Russia Takes Over
Russia took over the Latvian
government and set up a puppet
government of her own. The form
er, president, Charles Ulanis, and
|ps cabinet, were deported to Si
beria, which means “for us every
thing bad,” Miss Jaunlins stated.
[ A “free” election was held, Miss
Jaunlins continued. She related
that everyone was required to
Vote; dead, small children, and ill
.persons included. A closed envel
ope with a filled out ballot inside
was handed to the voter, and he
was required to drop it in the bal
lot box. Armed guards were post
ed everywhere in the polling
^places, she said. As a result of the
election, Latvia became an annex
ed part of Russia.
Seventy-one thousand Latvians
were deported in 821 boxcars dur
ing the occupation year, by the
Russians. “They were put together
in a boxcar like carrots,” Miss
Jaunlins said. “There were no facil
ities. Still they were our ‘libera
tors/ You mustn’t forget that,”
I Her uncle disappeared during one
of the deportation movements.
Mock Irpny
Miss Jaunlins said that the Rus
sians took over the most beautiful
building in Riga, the capitol, for
their police station. “It was mock
irony, really,” she said. Torture
chambers were built in the base
ment, and confessions to non-Com
muni3t beliefs were extorted from
Latvians in them. She said that
often a person would confess to
any crime or accusation in order
to avoid the acid baths and like
forms of “persuasion” in the hope
of being killed immediately.
Two Hundred
Spectators See
Billiard Exhibition
More than 200 spectators were
on hand Saturday when Charles
Peterson, world’s champion billiard
player, performed in the recrea
tion area of the Student Union.
Another exhibition is on tap to
day at 2:30 when the 72-year-old
Peterson is scheduled to demon
strate his cue technique. This per
formance will also take place in
the basement of the SU.
Instruction for both men and
women, and a movie of some of
Peterson’s trick shots have also
been slated for today. The instruc
tion period has been set for 10
a.m. and the movie will be shown
at 3:30 in the ping-pong room.
Highlighting Peterson’s last day
on the campus during this tour
will be a billiards match between
the men and the women he has
instructed. The match will take
place at 4 p.m.
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Sculptor to Give Lecture Today
Jacques Lipchitz, one of the
great sculptors of the 20th cen
tury, will lecture at 8 p.m. today
in 207 Chapman. Mr. Lipchitz, will
talk on the function of art and his
creative function as an artist, R.
H. Ernst, head of the University
Lecture committee announced.
The sculptor will present some
JIFC to Meet Today
The Junior Inter-Fraternity
Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. to
day at Alpha Tau Omega.
Changes in the council’s consti
tution will be discussed, Gene Leh
man, secretary-treasurer of the
group announced. Plans for a wel
come dance honoring freshman
pledges will also be considered by
the council, Lehman said.
ot ills worKS at tne lecture.
The first major exhibit in this
country of the work of Lipchitz
opened at the Portland Art Museum
October 24 and will continue until
the end of November. From Port
land the exhibition will move to
San Francisco and then to Cincin
nati.
Some examples of Mr. Lipchitz
works, which are mostly of bronze
and stone, are “Mother and Child,”
“Prayer," “Sacrifice,” “Rape of
Europa,” and “Prometheus.”
Holding a ruler up to the jvmdow
on the fourth floor of Carson, the
ATO house measures not quite one
inch in length. It is only one-fourth
of an inch in height.
Pastor to Discuss
Thanksgiving Topic
Rev. W. M. Whitwell, pastor of
River Road Chapel, will speak at
the Inter-varsity Christian Fellow
ship meeting at 7:30 tonight in
Alumni Hall.
Rev. Whitwell’s discussion topic
will be “Thanksgiving for the
Christian.”
He has attended Oregon State
College, Cornell and Northern
Baptist Seminary.
The meeting is open to the pub
lic.
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