William Hintnn
Luthor describes ‘New China’
By DEBBY BALDWIN
Of the Emerald
yjam Hinton, a noted author
lecturer on the People’s
,,blic of China. told a capacity
"nee in the Dad’s Room last
* night that after his first
descriptions of China in
newspaper headlines read
j Hinton says the New China
■ to stay.”
I guess we couid still write
t headline," he said.
J with pages and pages of
i he took during his recent
e-months stay in China still
ad and unanalyzed, Hinton
succeeded in giving a
ui, informal and very ar
atc description of the new
53-year-old Pennsylvania
farmer and author sum
his views of China in
of “great progress . . .
yen, and characterized by
bp, continuing struggles.”
hitiining various incidents of
i struggle. Hinton brought to
^ the atmosphere of the distant,
einating, and unknown nation
I Red China.
jit Chiang What University,
said, two opposing fac
> became so caught up in the
^logical interpretations of
}o’s philosophy that they
loved right through the history
Itraditional warfare, from fist
Its to rockets ... All
■aphemalia of this engineering
id was used in a battle to
ate the opposing force,
[twofactions each believed if
ley didn’t win, the entire
Itural revolution was
threatened . . . They held
buildings and used tractors from
the maintenance department in
six or eight major battles.”
Mao, whose beliefs Hinton said
were based on “persuasion, not
violence,” told the students that
the only positive side to this
confrontation was they even
tually “learned about modern
warfare.”
After many of the students had
been killed, Hinton said, the
conflict was resolved when a
liberation army of “400,000
unarmed workers marched on
the campus carrying red books
and distribution leaflets,” and
urging the warring factions to the
conference table.
“Political struggle is still
current,” Hinton said. “The
ultra-left has become so ob
sessed with Mao’s doctrines (in
reaction to the more ‘bourgeois’
right wing) that they attack those
who don’t agree ... It may be the
dogmatic cult of ?.xao which is
completely harmful to the
development of China.”
Hinton described the right wing
factions as followers of the Soviet
Union economists, who “take the
capitalists’ role, treating workers
with contempt and believing that
bribery is necessary for in
creased production . . . showing
little faith in collective
agriculture.”
Collective farming has suc
ceeded where there exists a
determined “political con
science” and strong local
leadership, according to Hinton.
“Socialist agriculture since
1948—self-reliance through
collective action—in outstanding
cases has been the result of a
Hark testifies on tenure
t State Board meeting
University President Clark testified before the Academic Affairs
mmittee of the State Board of Higher Education in Portland last
esday that tenure is essential to academic freedom.
Clark added at the public hearing, the first of two, that, “No
^factory substitutes for indefinite tenure are immediately ap
In his lengthy prepared statement Clark did not disclaim that fact
i alternatives to tenure exist. However, he said neither a six month
atmnary period similar to that used by civil service employes,
lve bargaining nor five-year renewable contracts would be as
“factory as the present policy.
Current state system tenure policy provides for two kinds of
^tenure—“indefinite,” normally awarded between the third and
enthyearof empj°ymenj aiMj “annual,” normally granted during
■its three years of employment and maintained until a decision on
'«mite tenure is made.
tic^taf^ °n annua* tenure generally must be given one year’s
indpf °re terminatlon’ hut may be dismissed for any reason. Those
laitetenure 030 only be dismissed for “cause” (misconduct or
»Ji nce’ subJect to proof in lengthy appeal hearings) or
“IiCla| emergency.
tewpiihfternent ^rk argue<l that academic tenure is “essential
remove °f umversity, that the present policy does operate
e Dreco t in.comPetent...and that modifications in the operation of
“ten" ■ *c^.can make it more effective.
[said •*!fe ^ not *ntended as a haven for the lazy or incompetent,”
nggj _ or ls *1 ar| impediment to the establishment of sound per
ich pojiCi^, Flexihility exists within the tenure concept to fashion
^mervT"!!0 a^eann^ °n tenure has been set for 7 p.m. Dec. 13 in the
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for success.”
During his recent stay in China
Hinton worked in a factory which
‘ did away with the incentive
system, and instead worked as a
unit,” Hinton said. After the
bureaucrats were ousted
production was doubled and a
warm, relaxed atmosphere
prevailed, Hinton said. “We
played ping pong during lunch
break, and if a match was im
portant, we went back to work
only after the match was over.”
‘Mao has been vindicated,”
Hinton said toward the end of his
two-hour discussion. “But (his
followers) have not concluded
that they will win. It is a partial
victory with no guarantee . .
with many battles still to be
fought.”
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