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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1963)
Today's Commentary Russia Advances In Foreign Aid By DONALD JOHNSTON United Press International Compared with the giant U.S effort, the Russian Foreign Aid Program is small. But Commun ist foreign aid is up to a bill'on dollars a year, and it is growing Since the death of Josef Stalin 10 years ago, Russia has been pushing a program of foreign aid as cold war weapon. Cuba is an example. Massive economic assist ance his established the Soviet presence throughout Cuban socie ty, from industry to the sugar cane fields, from the school rooms to the army. Since 1954 the Communist Bloc has provided credits and grants totaling about seven and one-half billion dollars, including two and one-half billion in military aid. About 75 per cent of this has come from Russia. That’s only a drop in the bucket compared with the 98 billion dol lars the United States has provid ed in aid to foreign countries since 1946. Some of it has come back in loan repayments and cur rency transactions but most of it has been a gift from the Ameri can taxpayer. The Soviet Union supplied Fi del Castro’s Cuban regime with military equipment at the rate of about 200-million dollars worth during last year. The companion program of economic aid runs that figure to about one million dollars a day. There are other recent exam ples of what the Communists are doing to try to win support around the world. Work started this month on the main body of the giant Aswan Dam on the Nile river in Egypt The Russians put up much of the money for the project and Nikita Khrushchev got the credit. At a ceremony starting the new work, United Arab President Nasser said: “This is very generous treat ment for which the Soviet deserve the deepest gratitude." Elsewhere, the Russians agreed to deliver MIG tighter planes to India. Indonesia got a Russian cruiser and expects another by next year. Moscow decided to give MTGS and missiles to Finland. New Soviet economic assistance may be coming up for Yugoslavia, Mai' and Brazil. Talks are pro ceeding. Before Stalin’s rule of the Com munist world ended with his death in 1953, Soviet economic and military assistance to coun tries outside the Soviet Bloc was unknown. Foreign aid was a mon opoly of the United States. But things are different under Khrushchev. The Soviet Union today is a competitor in the for eign aid field. Foreign aid is a key phrase in Khrushchev's “peaceful coexistence" campaign aimed at wooing the underde veloped nations, seizing the bal ance of power from the capital istic west, and spreading Com munism across the globe. Member nations of the Com munist Bloc are required to kick in on the Soviet Aid program but the USSR also doles out some to the Bloc. The Soviet Union has provided six billion dollars to its Bloc partners since 1959. accord ing to figures released by the U S. State Department. The Kremlin prefers bilateral agreements where it can exercise rigid control and be sure it gets plenty of propaganda mileage Tax Proposal Benefits Schools SALEM (UPI)—A third major income tax proposal was an nounced today by Democratic Representative John Mosser of Beaverton. The Mosser Bill calls for a flat five per cent rate of tax. increased personal exemptions, changes in the treatment of deductions, and elimination of special treatment for capital gains. The proposal differs widely from the plan of Senate Presi dent Ben Musa and the Adminis tration's net receipts tax submit ted by Representative Victor Ati yeh. Mosser says his plan would pro duce slightly more revenue than the Governor's plan and will pro vide enough money for an in crease in basic school support which he called for last week Mosser said his plan actually of fers a more evenly graduated scale of taxes than the state has now. He said that because of per sonal exemptions and dependen cy credits, taxpayers with lower incomes would pay much less than the five per cent figure, while those with higher incomes would approach the five per cent rate. Gnatt Registers SOUTH CAROLINA (UP!) — A 20-year old Negro broke down 100 years of tradition today when he registered at previously all white Clemson College in South Carolina. Harvey Gantt's registration ex tended desegration to the last of the nation's 50 states. He arrived on campus accom panied by Matthew Perry, an at torney who fought his case through the courts and finally won an order from the Fourth U S. Circuit of Appeals directing that Gnatt be admitted to the school. Anderson Charges Air Force BOISE (UPI)—The attorney for murder suspect Airman Ger ald Anderson charged in Boise, Idaho, Monday that the Act of I Congress which created the Air j Force in 1947 is unconstitutional The charge was made in a brief tiled by Attorney Robert Mc Laughlin in Federal District Court. McLaughlin said the Air Force cannot hold Anderson for the double murder committed in Mountain Home, Idaho, last year because the Air Force itself is unconstitutional. He contended that Congress is not empowered to establish any military force other than land Armies, Naval forces and the Militia. In the brief. McLaughlin also said Anderson's right to a speedy trial and the right to bail have been ignored by the Air Force. He contended that the Air Force does not legally have jurisdiction in the case, according to legal pre cedents and the Fifth Amend ment. A State Court exonerated An derson of the murders of Mrs. Nancy Joy Johnson and her son. The state is holding Theodore Thomas Dickie, who has admitted those killings and that of a nine vearold Boise girl Russia's Still Ahead WASHINGTON (UPI) — The Administration summed up Amer ica’s progress in space for Con gress today, and came out with some plus signs for this country The 1962 Space and Aeronau tics Achievements Report said the Soviet Union still is ahead of the U.S., but this country is mov i ing ahead faster than Russia The report said last year "The United Stoles generated a greate r rate of space progress than did the USSK” in putting more than 50 satellite payloads into earth orbit. The Soviets orbited more than 15 payloads. And last year's achievements indicated "A record of even greater net advance” this year. The report had its gloomy side. It said the Russians were "still ahead in size and total weights placed in orbit, in the thrust of their rocket engines and in the art of rendezvousing in space ” Basin Project Finished EPI1KATA (AP)—Final signa tures were appended to new Col umbia Aasin project amendatory repayment contracts Monday an action hailed by President Ken nedy and other national and state leaders Tne day was called an "historic milestone" for the Basin. The new contracts Open up the entire 1.029,000 acres of the Basin for irregation and development; Mark the end of eight years of controversy and negotiation by the federal government and three Basin irrigation districts; Capitalize drainage charges un der the $131 BO per acre repay ment cost, eliminating a source of bitter friction between water users and the Reclamation Bur eau. School Aid Urged WASHINGTON' (UP1) — P vsi dent Kennedy will send his Ed ucational Message to Congress to day It's expected to urge Federal School Aid costing more than six billion dollars over the next three years. The bill was defeated on the Church State Issue in the last Congress, and the issue threatens to plague this bill. THIS WEEK'S CALENDAR of EVENTS U.O. CO-OP STORES COURTESY OF THE TUESDAY - 9:00—Oregon Program 9:15—Catholic-Lutheran Discussion 11:00—SU Directorate 11:45—Federal Career Day Luncheon Theatre Staff Noon—Academic Requirements Committee Oregon Program Luncheon Italian Table Baha’i 12:30—AWS Cabinet 1:00—Federal Career Day Lectures Accounting 337 Comm. Architecture 132 Lawr. Geology 105 Con. Law 3 Fen. Business Management 232'Comm. Education 127 Educ. Social Security 238 Comm. 1:30—Phi Beta Patronesses Style Show and Silver Tea, Gerlinger 2nd FI. 2:00—Federal Career Day Conference 3:00—Canoe Fete Steering Committee 4:45—AWS Reference Board 6:30—Phi Beta Meeting Chess Exhibition—ileshevesky 7:00—Biology Midterms 7:30—Beginning Silk Screen Lessons 8:00—Globe Trotters—Mac Court Meetings held in SU unless otherwise indicated WEDNESDAY - 8:00—Marines 9:00—Oregon Program 11:30—Rehabilitation Program Committee Noon—Mens Physical Education Staff Oregon Program Luncheon WEDNESDAY - French Table 3:00—ASUO Election Committee 4:00—SU Board Faculty Senate Russian Chorus Ger. 2nd FI. 7:00—Duplicate Bridge Institute of Oregon Underwriters, 138 Comm. Soccer Organization Meeting 7:30—Browsing Room Lecture Mu Phi Epsilon Patronesses initiation and desert, Gerlinger 2nd FI. 9:45—Coke ’n Combo SU open until 12:00, extended hour for Campus Chest, Penny a minute night til 12:00 THURSDAY - Institute of Oregon Underwriters 8:00—Marines 9:00—Oregon Program Noon—Institute of Oregon Underwriters luncheon Oregon Program Luncheon AAA Faculty Luncheon Russian Table AYI Biology Foreign Language Students Club Political Science 6:30—ASUO Senate SU Personnel Committee Chess Club 7:00—Hillel Film, Hillel Hebrew Lesson 117 Sci. Annex 7:30—Beginning Silk Screen Lesson Dames General Meeting, Gerlinger 2nd FI. THURSDAY - Development Fund Annual Board Meeting Institute of Oregon Underwriters 8:00—Marines Noon—German Table Baha’i 3:30—Charla 4:00—Civil Rights Committee Pat Lawrence—Speaker, “Vases Spena” 106 Lawr. 5:00—Academic Retreat, Albert's Lodge 6:30—Hawaiian Bowling, Rec. Area 7:00—SU Fun Nitc Movie 7:30—Cosmopolitan Club—President Flem ming Speaker American Association of University Professors meeting 8:00—Frosh Basketball, Sweethome, AAU vs. Oregon Ducks 9.00—Military Ball, Eugene Hotel SATURDAY - Oregon Program Development Fund Northwest Open Chess Tournament 8:00—Arnold Air H-2 Conclave 7:30—Peter, Paul and Mary, Mac Court 9:00—Bottom of the Bowl SUNDAY - Northwest Open Chess Tournament 2:30 and 5:00—Feature Movie “Blackboard Jungle” 3:00—Phi Mu Alpha, Gerlinger 2nd FI. 4:00—Faculty Recital, John Hamilton— Music Auditorium Art Supplies Scrapbooks Stationery Candy School Supplies Greeting Cards Fountain Pens Leather Goods Sporting Goods School Novelties Typewriter Rentals House Dance Decorations "THE STUDENT'S OWN STORE"
