Touring Newsmen Inspect Auto
Works, University in
(Editor's Note: Marshall Formby
and Robert llix were airtone a group
of American newsmen who have just
visited the Soviet L'nlon while on a
tour of Europe. They have written
their views on some aspects of the
Soviet scene in the following dispatch
written while in Moscow. Formby
owns several radio stations in Texas
and Tix is a Ravenna. O.. newspaper
publisher.)
By ROBERT DIX
And
MARSHALL FORMBY
Writled for The United Preta
Moscow (U.R) The people
of Moscow have two institutions
they like to show the few visitors
who ever get behind the Iron
Curtain the Stalin auto works
and the University of Moscow.
Both are modern, and the uni
versity's buildings are new. So
viet officials went to great pains
to show both of these to the
American editors visiting here.
About 35,000 persons are em
ployed at the Stalin auto works,
which is of course, owned by
the state. Here the workers
manufacture Zis automobiles, a
special large car for government
officials, Zis trucks, bicycles and
refrigerators. The Zis is the
largest car made in Russia, and
looks like a pre-war Packard.
The car can not be bought, but if
it could it would sell for about
40,000 rubles, or about $10,000,
according to our exchange rate.
The trucks are well built and
sturdy. The bicycles are lighter
weight than American-made
ones, and sell for 620 rubles, or
$155 in U.S. money. We never
got to see any of the refrigera
tors.
At least 40 per cent of the
workers at this factory were
women and in some parts of the
huge plant, we saw only women
working. And they were doing
heavy work. Most all of the bi-
cycle factory work was done by
women, most of them girls in
their late teens and women
under 30.
wages are oasea on piece
work, units completed during
the month, rather than on an
hourly wage. Laborers make
from 600 to 2,000 rubles per
month, which would be from
$150 to $500 per month on our
exchange. But it must be remem
bered that extremely high pricey
prevail for just about everything
except rent. The ruble equi
valent of our dollar won't buy
half as much as it will buy in
America.
We talked to one girl in the
auto plant who was doing a
man's work. She averaged about
1.100 rubles per month. Workers
all appeared to be in excellent
health and well fed, but most all
were dressed in shoddy and poor
clothing, according to our stan
dard. Working conditions are
satisfactory, . but proper safety
precautions are not taken as at
horne."
8 A
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diamond.
9 SOUTH CENTRAL
On the southwest outskirts of
Moscow stands the 32-story
tower of the main building of
the University of Moscow, built
in 1953. There are 37 buildings
in all on this 700-acre campus.
Living quarters for the students
and some faculty members are
on the top floors of the large
building. There are rooms for
6,000 students and apartments
for 200 instructors.
Founded in 1755
The University of Moscow was
founded in 1755 with its first
buildings on Red Square. Two
years ago, the university was
moved to its present location to
make room for expanded growth.
The science buildings, favorite
of the Soviet government, are
near the main building.
This university, one of 36
throughout the entire Soviet na
tion, has an enrollment of 21,500
students. Men students only
slightly out-number the women.
More than 9,000 students are en
rolled in natural science courses.
At least 97 per cent of the stu
dents are on a scholarship, which
means the state is entirely foot
ing the bill for their education.
It takes five years to get a regu
lar degree, as we classify college
work, because the freshman year
at the university is somewhat
similar to the senior year in high
school in America. Freshmen are
admitted only after passing a
rigid competitive examination.
Medford Music Groups Win
Four 'Superior7 Ratings
In Festival, Top Entries
Medford student musicians
won four "superior" ratings dur
ing the Southern Oregon Music
festival and contest here Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, it was
reported today. This was the
largest number of the top ratings
won by any music department.
Klamath Falls was next, . with
two top ratings.
Judging was not competitive,
but based on standards set up in
each group. Judges included
Charles Lawrence, University of
Washington, Oscar Bjorlie,
Southern Oregon college, and
Karl Ernst, San Jose State col
lege, for the vocal groups: and
Clarence Sawhill, UCLA, Maur
ice Brennan, Willamette univer
sity, and John O'Connor, Oregon
State college, for instrumental
groups.
Ratings Given
Ratings were I, superior; II,
excellent; III, good, and IV, poor.
Superior1 ratings were won by
the following groups:
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When he graduates, the student
has his choice of several jobs,
but once he chooses one, he must
take the assignment for three
years.
Professors' Pay High
Pay of the instructors and pro
fessors is high in proportion to
the salary of other workers in the
Soviet Union. Assistant instruc
tors start at 1,100 rubles per
month, a senior assistant gets
2,800 per month and many of the
professors get 6,000 rubles (about
$1,500) per month. Those who
are voted into the 110-member-ship
of the Academy of Science
get an additional 6,000 rubles
each month. Also some profes
sors are furnished automobiles,
which is considered a great
privilege in Moscow.
We talked to students from
various parts of the Soviet
Union. They were serious-minded,
but pretty much like college
students everywhere. They talk
ed and visited in the halls, ate
ice cream bars and candy and
are interested in many kinds of
sports. The percentage of young
persons attending a university
in the Soviet is so small, that
university students are consid
ered among the very select of
the country.
Near the university, as well
as near the Stalin auto works,
many new apartment buildings
to house all kinds of workers are
under construction.
chorus, class E; Medford Junior
High school girls' chorus, class
C; Klamath Union High school
band, class AA; Medford High
school band, class AA; Myrtle
Creek High school band, class
E; Klamath Falls choir, class
AA; Medford Junior High band
Here are how other Jackson
county groups came out, the
three ratings showing how the
judges voted:
Other Results
Phoenix Girls chorus, class
C, II II II; Rogue River chorus,
class C, III III III; Jacksonville
chorus, class C, II III III; Crater
chorus, class B, II II II; Medford
Junior High school orchestra,
class E, II II II; Medford High
school orchestra, class AA, I II
II; Medford choir, class A A, I
I II; Jacksonville Junior high
school chorus, class E, III II III;
Medford High Boys' chorus,
class A, I II II; Central . Point
Junior High chorus, class E, I
II II; Medford High girls chorus,
class AA, II II II; Crater band,
class B, II II II; Medford Junior
High cadet band, class D, I II
II; Central Point Junior high
band, class E, I II I; Rogue River
band, class C, III III HI; Jack
sonville band, III III III, Talent
band, II II II; Phoenix band, II
III III. :
Raff Lehi II Held
To Satisfy $820 Fine
Alameda', Calif. (U.R) De
Vere Baker conferred with his
lawyer today about a possible
court appeal to free the Lehi II
from government seizure.
The Coast Guard seized the
banana colored raft Friday and
towed it from Jack London
square to Government Island in
Alameda, where it has since been
in the custody of a U.S. deputy
marshal.
The Coast Guard seized the
raft to satisfy S820 in fines
levied against Baker and the
Lehi Scientific Expedition be
cause of deficiencies in the first
Lehi.
However, Baker's attorney
George . E. McDonald," Oakland,
said he will appeal the fines on
grounds the Lehi II belongs, not
to Baker or the expedition, but
to Alfred Martin, Oakland build
ing supplies dealer.
Commentator, Gobel
Head Awards List
Athens. Ga. (U.R) John
Daly, ABC news commentator,
and George Gobel, NBC comed
ian head the list of the 1954
George Foster Peabody radio
and television awards, it was an
nounced today.
Daly received his award for
radio-television news and Gobel
REV. CLINE HALSET from Los Angeles, Calif.
A man with a message from the hour.
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Chicken Vaccine
Claimed Developed
Washington (U.R) The Agri
culture Department's research
service today announced devel
opment of a vaccine for chickens
that may save poultry growers
up to $50,000,000 a year.
The vaccine is not yet avail
able to poultrymen, nor reconv
mended for use by them. The re
search scientists headed by Dr.
B. R. Burmester at the U. S. Re
gional Poultry Research Labora
tory. East Lansing, Mich., first
must verify their findings under
a variety of conditions, simplify
the vaccination technique, and
get vaccine production on a prac
tical basis. , .
So far, the vaccine has devel
oped high resistance or immunity
in chicks to a cancer-like disease
of poultry, visceral lyphoma
tosis. It is also known as "big
liver disease." .
New Operation Aids
Sufferers of Cancer
San Francisco (U.R) Three
San Francisco doctors discloS'
ed today they have developed a
revolutionary operation for the
treatment of cancer, involving
transplant of the adrenal glands
The doctors said the operation
has helped 10 of 17 women pa
tients who submitted to the
treatment although it is still in
the experimental stage.
The operation has relieved pa
tients of pain, restored appetites,
resulted in substantial gains in
weight, and in some cases, caus
ed shrinkage or disappearance
of the cancer.
Announcement of the opera
tion was made at the opening of
the 39th annual meeting of the
Federation of American Soc
ieties for Experimental Biology
here.
New Earthquakes Hit
Philippine Islands
Manila (U.R) New earth
quakes today hit the Lake Lanao
area toppling many of the build
ings left standing in an earth
quake disaster 10 days ago that
killed more than 400 persons,
Weather Bureau officiate said
the new tremors were equal or
nearly equal to the last ones that
struck the area on Mindanao Is
land in the Southern Phih
pines.
The first fragmentary reports
did not disclose any deaths. A
Philippine news service survey
said district leaders reported
"several" persons were injured
ana laxen to Hospitals over
crowded with victims of the
April 1 quake.
The earth throughout the is
land of Mindanao shook under
the new impacts during the
night.
Pope Pius Calls for
Disarmament Program
Vatican Ciey (U.R) Pope
Pius XII, in an Easter Sunday
appeal for peace, called on world
leaders to "start a progressive
disarmament" that would spare
the. world the horrors of an ato
mic war.
The 79-year-old Pontiff ad
dressed 850,000 Easter pilgrims
who jammed St. Peter's Square
and its approaches one of the
biggest crowds ever seen in the
Square.
He exhorted atomic scientists
to "persevere bravely and confi
dently" with the development of
nuclear energy for peaceful pur
poses and asked God to prevent
their efforts "being turned into
an : infernal violence which
would destroy everything."
Abundance of rabbits reaches
its peak about every years,
according to recent Australian
science studies.
for television entertainment.
The winners were announced by
Dean John E. Drewry of the
Henry W. Grady School of
Journalism of the University "of
Georgia.
The' university, with the Pea
body board, administers the an
nual awards designed to recog
nize disinterested and meritor
ious public service by radio and
television and to perpetuate the
memory of the late George Fos
ter Peabody, a native of Columbus,-Ga.,
and New York banker
and philanthropist.
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