East-West Newsletter, November 1952

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> ebent. ete atte on Uni-

ted Pee stucests: Gould make to
uUnaerstanding, TrLendsaip, and
peace would be tO Participate an

Ube Mery act
ing on betwe
and Western

ie ab ie. fom
Students of
Students ar

ivities of exchenge go-
en students in Hastern
Countries,
resens sime le leading
the i ikigugu eval Oia oval, ent
& ViSHtinges the Soviet
Una omy February, au the in-
Law LOM the
Unton of Gtugen ts (BNUS),, @ dele.
gation of Chinese students visited
Britein ‘and “later went.to Norway
and Finland, A Soviet student de-
legation visited Norwey recently.
Last year the leaders of the BNUS
went to the USSR.
At the 1951 Internetion-
(81 Union of Students (is). Council?
‘meeting in Warsaw, the President
of the Canadian Fedéretion of Stu-
dents .invited Soviet studertts to
Canada and the Soviet student lea-
der reciprocated. Unfortunetely
the Cenadien Federation Executive
has withdrawn the Pave ta wLon.
Dorine thie Pest ya year the. 1S
helped orgenize internetionsl stu-

Gent .eemos in Itely, Gzechoslova-
kee? Hodelend.. Rump ni, Rast (Ger=
meny (a swimming Gann) tacit ea,

end Finland (during the Olympics).
Students from the USSR, Rumania,
Cue, Deretelpated in asthe LUD.
BNUS inbernetionel student chess
tournsment in Englend this.fell.
So fer U.5, students heave missed
out on these activities, we sould
make a beginning by exchanging
Lenters, By Sbry ine: LO serrense an
exchenge of student art or photog-
raphy exhibits with some Sovict u-
niversity or by corresponding with
studsnts at Mescow University
oabcut the possibilities of recip-—
BOCaw Visits of Studente ior py pr:O-
posing, to Cnerles University
‘Prague)students reguler. exch-nges
of newspaper columns between our
>t%wo Suudent publications, The
"C,ech” student representetive et
the lest 1Us Council meeting votcd
on Tavror OL such ame exch nee. of
NEWSOADEr erlicies, xlone these lines would be en ime
DEBHent Con Url On Lo Delendsiad p.
understanding end. DeaACe,
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DIFFICULTIES OF STUDENT EXCHANGE
by Me. Hinta
j POLS py mony thet one oF
priaery methods of esteablisn~
ing ay ter understending spong

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COuUMir! cs OL the, Heetern ond Wea=
tern eee would be to heve mutu-
ee MOMs o. Gn Ss bud emus.

There weave’ been
egeinst sueh exchenges: 1)tant.siu-
none would not be allowed tO see
everything they might wish to see,
a oe to whomever they liked in
Drivetese 2)that “there mint pe
senaen | of something happening to
students who went. Whenever pede
ple heve gone to the Hast, howcve;
es officiel reresentstives .of ‘come
group (such 2s th- Society of Rimds)
they heve returned safely.

In the lest few years student
exchenge hes become less “feasible
que. to. the “McCarran Act end the
Atete Depertment passport ban re-
stricting trevel to Communist eres,

At the conference of the U.S.
Nationel Student Associrtion (NSA)
this summer, the delegstes passed
@ resolution egainst that section
of the McCarran Act which prohi-
bits fae (entry | iatowtne Uso. Of
Pay 7 One = holding tne ecomonic or
pOlVELcal doctrines: woon which: 2
tOtCeliterian istete vis besed, In
Padi Lion ti sthis the NSA euthor—
ized tte Intemetionel Vice Presie
dent to investigete the possibili-
tics for student exchange through
the 2US,
titihe. inbernetionrl Union of Stue
dents <1US) consists of netionel
Student unions of all the Commu—
nist nations 2s well es some from
the Western, Asien-African end
South American stetes.. It would

some =rguments

therefore seem logicel to ~nezoui-
ate for student exchenge through
the is. However, the NSA end che

IUS seem to be mutuelly distrust—-
fal, Of e7eh other, “Por one thins,
NSA is disturbed becruse IUS mem-
bership end policy ls primarily qo-
astern Prether th: non-partisan,
Secondly, it permits non—-represen-
Letive student groups te vote, Tf
the neticn®) union ef their countiy
dees not ettend its meetings. Jia
the field of student exchange, Nos
wes recently disturbed when Tho
Anti-Fascist Youth le oe cS
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THE SITUATION IN KOREA

Ap PakLetand proposal for on im-
mediste, cerse-fire »in Krres hes
been -uncfficially rejected by the
United Stetes.

ppeaking.;befcre -the. PclitieérL
end Security Co. mittee cf the Gen~
ereliGssembly cn Nev. 14, Sir M.E,
Kngih, cctioPeti stan stated.) thet the
fighting:..end., preleng> tion; of. ell
the « sugfering,. -mis.cry-.~ ond egony
ecnsecuent upen, it,.can and’ sheuld
be stepped, even failing an immoe
diate. sgreement cn these points
(i.e.,, the priscner exchange preb-
ten) and. pending their more lei-
surely ecnsideration."

Aeccrding. to, pthes NeY. TMmes
iNowv.. 15). ogy U sSen PRrepresecntea tive
speaking cutside» the ecnmittee
meeting srid..that he did not be»
licve, the American pbecple weuld
tclernte an immediate cease-fire
while. .a4mericen scldiers ere still
captives cf the Nerth Kereans. He
added, thet the UsSa-weuld fight:con
until the issue wes settled,

4& rescluticn presented. to the
U.N. yesterday, Wed. Nov. 19, by
India was alsc-rejected by the U:G
The prepesel called for immediate
rebatriation of el] priscners wen-
ting tc return but reteining these
wace@id netesco Gesire. s4thes sback
Of. mepatristicn,.wevuld bet hendied
by © .fcur naticoniccamissicn:ccn=
sisting cf non-Ccmmunist members. Ninety days
after en.ermistice, the resclutien
Baid, .- ecnference.weuld be called
te. determine. whet. would. be dene
With these priscners refusing» te
return home. The Uso. objechedy te
the propesel mainly fcr the reason
that it would. leavess prisoner in
Gapviviitye vumtlil he decided t@umze
heme.er urtid the eqnference+ywouid
decide »»what.teo,dc»with. him«ninety
cays Tater.

Right now -there-
little here er. compromise, ‘The
Communist and .U.S« prcepesals~-are
essertialily the seme as they were
five months ago

The Chinese
Kereans . want
change . all
Dorel Bulniws

‘appears

and Nec ye tay
both -sides...to ex=
prisoners. . They sup-
propcosel: with several
areuments* . 1) The.1949 .Gencua Gene
Vegtuien, [ones Ord Sonersr rot, wate den p=
ports, thelr pcsiktbLen aged nite vebe
ynvery" repeatrisuiom where all

i 1s :
priscners ere soreened tc cdeter=

mine wheter or net they wish to
return home. The Ccnvertions were
pressed’ beetuse it Wee felt that

pris- ners wore Oo Cepencent’ for ell
aspects of their living conditions
upon thelr captecrs, anc therefcre,
ne safefuarcs cculc be set up gue~-
renteeing thelr freed-m'cf “ehciee,
The Ri Cress nvestigetion ‘cf Ke-
je, Feb. 5-22, CAndiceting peer
ecnciticns, “use ef varicus pres+
sures during screening anc inhumane
use cf military foree against the _
prisoners seems to substantiete
their fears, 2)Histcric prectice,
In pest wers alk priscners heve
been repatristed, The Nerth Kor-
eens enc Chinese ecnclude thet the
veluntery repetristion proposal
means fecrced cetenticn and wes pro-
posed tc: blockra truce,

The: UsN. plan is. tcthave > com=
missilom cf «neutral nations’ re=
eciveselli«prisonere Yon nevwtral

ground end give them tc the side
efi their icheice .2.. The) ULM, -command
views the priscner issue 8s a moe
rel question, Should they er should
they not force men to return to a
gcvernnent that mey harm then?

Generel Merk Clerk said recent
ly in an interview that he theught
the prisoner of wer issue wes en
excuse for ecnrrrying on the wer,
He. predicted thet the Communists
W1ill:sbe eble te fight the present
wer of ettrition: for “many years
without tiring. | 4

POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE REPORT

The Political Action Committee
presented to the Eest-West group
a.oshort: ‘summery cf i the’ o Korean
Peace’ talks and the priscnér re-
petrieticn issue, ~ While lecking
for more esta, the .ceomnittee: also
ciscussed the ccnseoucnecs cf an
immeciete’. cease fire with ciscuse
Sion cf the’ truce terms ’fellowing,
Sinee this would step the waste of
lives anc probebly permit more in-
telligent desisions, it seemedlas
if the cemmittee should press for
“nm immeciste ceese- fire, A reseed
luticn; “listing the pessible eons
sequences of A.cénse fire snd the
ccmmittee's conclusiens, ° wes -cén=
Sidcered “‘atocar générel “membéerskinp
mecting,


PROF, BODDE SPESKS ON CHINA

Mp. Derk sBodde,. carthor of athe
Peking Diery end Professor of: Chic
nose + Hiestony’ ati the University, of
Pennsylveniojocq-cddressed erin jokt
mecting: of Ehe Hast-West Club & the
Internstional, Rehetions; Club inst
wednesday. on! "Trediticnnl: Chinese
SocLety »eand- > Chinese Conmunismy”
Mr. + Bodder-wese-dn Chine Llestuin
1948-49, nine months before it was
taken by the, Communists end nine
monthe: -ftere:

The. ;stete-of; Chinese society,
Mr. Bodde srid,wrs pre-industrirl.
in. Lerge, percentrge of; the farmna
(the everege size of which is three
to four ecres)were worked by ten+
ent fermers whe commonly geve 50%
oftheir cnnupd: prop; to theimrdend
zords., Politicelly:> the Jand: was
contrclled .by~e. ruling oligarchy
ef. dends» Lords... ' Well+-bcrn: and ed-
uceted: men went almost exclusive?
dy inte .ecvernment’positicns:y in-
steed cf into the business er ccom=
mercied world, !? As, :2 result’ there
wes preetierlly no middle: ciss) of
eny/import:cither:politicrlly oT
econemicelly.'» The: effect of: this
leck of} @e:.sienificenti cinssion
Chinese ecconcmic: development wns
to. prevent: the rise cf enpitclism
such..°s herd grown in-the West due
te-w the: pooledjywerlthof private
individurls. Politicrddyieud here
wes ne grecup seeking tr. reduce the
eutecrstic powers. cf gevernment in
order tc pretect Ate ownimlehie
ond, inkerestoyrs did the 17th end
thy century middle! Melsas) Cri.Eu-
rcpe.

The sbroskdewnsc¢f thiss olde sce
cicty crme’ about wsthe ecnsegquenccec
of populetion.s grewthgy the infiux
ef Western ptdcesswhich ewhkcned *
new conscicusness nd new eeoncemic
ferces which worsened demestic
ccnditicns;: One suchs ferce Iwas
the intredueticn of Western end Jr>
penese. mrchine+m-de gccds*’ which
heve..destreuca vthed~eidoawiliege
heandicr-fts tindustri¢és;) reducing
further..the;subsistenceslevel of
perzsent ineccme.

The r4Gommuniss sppealiw-sxbrsaa
moinly.cn neticnelismiendttheir c+
Vere | LeweCCAGMmeG. fApPRoacks Meny
Chimese,.,-net.convineediof the .ds=
sir-bility cf the new regime's
eccncmie presrem, heve been influ-



enced by pride’ in CREPE GL
trys: sbility te bring to * stend~

Silo tT the Setrrasest CO prU SG
war, Och Obet wonlidyy + The # Ccnmis
Hise.” tt be nes sues against
Snete el MA Pati tion, which in
IS? ropened” such’ #-ocint"in
Boidie thet ori ces would srmetimes
Bcubleos ineeene?. day, proved, duite
effcetive, The Communist farm
Orcercn! hes -etnsisted* «r* Mend ree

ferm--in which the lsnd hes been
divided inte. °smell holding given
Beoitne Opeesents, vend widl not’ be
directed tewerd cecilectivisetion
until the Chinese rre mere willing
to wpecept Thiet ldeece ant ct ieriets
being. mede tegive to eech person
av hecling’ ef blece: end funetien tna
the oecmmunity, Students re made
“eU Tel theyere needed in the re=
construction cf sccicty. Educs=
ticn hes deen speeded up. In 1949,
cne third cf’the Peking University
students’ went Scuth with the Ccm-
munists te’ ect-es sxdministretcrs
in the-newly crgenized ecmmunities,

tim? cenclusien, "Mr." B-dde scid
1t isesn errer:t*" believes thet* the
Comrunist gcvernment will crcllrpse
iar %theone-r future. The me jority
CE Beeble | oheithinks, re’ in Tever
ef thei sréscnt> regime*end herve *n
eePnest Beve: in the future,’ *1t is
FOLMLSEN tes heaps Herio+return’ ce? the
KUcmintens-*s *this’ perty hrd- died
OT 1ES* cwn UweELigeht befcre the rise
ef the Communists nd “hes: long
Since. sessed’ tev bde“r scericus’ el}
Hernstive -f£er*the “present regime
im the? minds” cf mest-cf the Chi-
nese 'pecple.

CULTUR.D AND EDUC! TION
Ate (récent-merting of the East=
West! Club-2t wes decided thet’ the
OchmiUttee! werk” en’ the fcllcwing
prepessis$ “L)Am investigaticn of
the pesltigu ef min rity ter mops ay
Russie S}an-investige tien cf the
effect’ ef: Tndirn culture “nd“reiite
aten@‘upen “*eurrent Erst-West ten=
sponse TACthet. ¢eurtry; *S)..7° meal
with dishes, cf wertous Pends, che
lewed By f[-1Lk singing ond daneing;
‘hin exrmineticn: of “the saete cx
ond
ei ne

the sts “inthe 'Sevet Unicn,
af “the eesthetic cuticck
Russien g-vernmrent.

There will be 2 meeting this Mm
day! New, C4, 12350, Perel sh 20.










~ QUEKER PEACE PLAN

‘JIM BRISTOL PRESENTS GU..KER PE_.OR
PRO LO So. TO Bi oTeve ST. Chien
addressing... meeting .'-f othe

Committee. tc. 3etter Erst=west rew

LEULE DS sue Mirae Jim Brist ais faethe

american’ Friends Service O-nmittes

strted .thetethe United Stetesi was
net. new, fulfilling: its vewed- frre
€ign prlicy, aim -cf winning the
friendship of..the perple -f*the
werld, This can cnly be »eetmp~
lismed,i:Mr..Brist¢d, séeid,n@f the

U.S. ends its suppert cof reseticn-

ary.governments, such 7s. Bee Dri's



in French Indce-China, end. reecenios -

the euthentice revcluticn cfieclice
nisl. pecples fer self-detéerminn~
ticn,s+frecdom and welfs he, ti

Mp, »Bristols pointed ¢av thes
the Scviet. Uniecn hes epperred to
gine. up.cn the side cf the pecple
in revcit,. :fn: -meny/oparts Of "the
world, he seld,ithe Wess fs locked
upon .ags an -ally. ¢f icppression
while. the Communists rre regerded
as chempicns of perce rnd justice,
ScuntPles .im° Asi# feel thet cuz
napelm bombing cf.KArcrns, *8 well
eBSscumswuse i ch -theirtemid Bemh Ae
Grinst the Jeprnesc, indicntes' cir
erpesance towards .dcol-red pecplcs
cf. the’ world end crnnt-
win .their fricndship, He
Strted thet there is grewing slerm
over the "impetucsity™ of -ur pel-
icles in Western Eurcve,

Mr. Bristol mneted thet caeh oF
us, thrcugh taxes, gives shly-ten
Gents. |e. yean te gunner’ the Uni-
ted Neticns end $500 te re-rning,
He wegered thet we orebably do
net spen much mere on Pceint’ 4
Poet Cy dhe, Ne

Our erns program: -2teselt.° Mr,
Bristcl seid, d-es net @entribute
tc werld perce. "Arms ere! eruse
of wer even Af they ere crested
te preserve: peacey" tft neticns
heve. erma they use them; even fcr
“retrlicting ® "..4n entiotprticn
of, ne@eresgaien.

Mr, Bristed tcitted. ai pceints
thet the wmericen Friends Service
Committes believes

“is

hepe tos
eilso .

U.S.. boing perce end: freedem to
the’) wrlé: 1)ae cenn-t exert lec~
dership in the werld cs icng ©S we
Exololt’ © pecple-in this COURLTY »
The issue -f discriminsticn esnn-t
be eensidered rpert frem the issue
ePivekee, “The pecvle cf the-werld
went te know whrt the U.S, ean dc
instesd cf merely hearing whet is
wreng with ccmmunism. The first
etep we ern teke in shcwing them
te end discrimineticn »2rinst
minerity grcups incur cwn ecuntry.,
2)We sheuld be cppcsed te tyranny.
W" shad be -n the side -f on sue
thentie reveluticn, By ae dreing
we weld hesten the end ef eclce
nislism with-ut the use -f feree,
B)We sheulc heve - genuine pre gram
ef “technicrl assistence opersting
threugh the U.N. 4)We sh-uld sup-
pert the U.N. while making sure
thet it d-esn't beerme 2 front for
the U.S. We mast: emphesize its
peace meking functicns nct its wer
meking potentislitics, 5)We must
preserve ¢ivil libértics, 6) abcve
ell we must heve diserm-mérnt.

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FIGHT

“-TO END DISCREIMIN:.TION

The students -t Linecin tai-
versity” ere new wreing » deter
mined bettle egrinst diseriminre
ticn in the villege cf Oxfcrd,. P-,
where they must put up with dis
crimineticn in mevies, restcurents
end bers insvite cf the fret thet
S€gregerticn is rgrinst the i-w ih
Pennsyivenis, Over the prst six
yerrs they heve breught ceses te
ccure but herve net becn. suecess=
ful, New they hévé - orse in the
distriet ccurt cf Philsdelphie,
Their evidence of diserimineticn
is.thet fcpr stucents were errces—
ted at a movie in Oxfcrd when they
Sry Cate. in the isec haat reie
served ‘fer “whites,

We \caen help these fellow stue
dents in their Struggle »*seinst
discriminseticn, Race Rcelaticns

will heve a grceuvo of Linecln stu-

would MeO Pa geents here cn ae Dee, 35


x De Ae ess 2 Sa

Over (200 stu-

Tho | Gent croncc

to. .mect'.the growing

in ecucaticon thnt.stucents

Li 2s 8 « Mosul cl. ther aautience

danger of e third world war, This

denger cf wor h=s been menifest in

the growing suppression cf acacen-

ie frecdcem end increesed discrini-
netion,

The program ceveloped at the Ma-

disen “CUcnierence called fom: peace
by negetiation end intern-tional
student fricndship threugh °cx=
chenge, fcr stuccnh, setion ongue—
Permvoce acecenic. Lrcedoms. Dorgan
cnc to discriminction-=prepesels
Moen which all stucents ,can ser?

Tho Continu:ticns.« Gemaitteewol
the Conferencc, which meb-im-Chi-
1st month...scb cs vebew bas k
the coneretc implcneutatien ici tthe
prcerem .edcpted oot Whecomsimaand
the “cstrblishment, cf sworsenhbzyvtion»
ey orrencements , te ..hekp soopry Jit
out. , ae Chiceec mectime ipdoptec
ps "ts “mein, pro joet «be «regents.
Bicy to, Students, maticne lip ier can
Aencemic Frecdcm, Charten,to which
Lt prepdcses 45, exther 500.4000 isis
nabwrcs, The ce al nise Maunched
PROJ ECES 4 Alea, ary immedinte censce
TEPe” Ln. Korca.

Nine OWalidiens,. ond, «Pronk Sic
verts, corcncing iron, Swarthmore,
cxercesseo. “suppert,. ofrathac: Confer
onee Ss "ime “snd: idcel6, put weirc
fumeeriLcin. brut Lhe.v-luci dy some
et tre’ nephcce, cor .amnplemcntetion
CuLLIne. in) Chicare,

CHES

BULLETIN BORD COMMITTEE _REPORT

THE Bulictin Berrd G-mmittce
Bes’ trice to oubliciza whet it.be—
iveves™ her ypc major wacvanccs. rand
PeELreAts “in DoLtching. welatigns
between est end Wests ,By point-
ine cub new? prcposecls wicRaiecacc
ana» ccoopersticn, Atsatwicd te shaw
Barceerncre Le ecutioiniy - mages
towerds. Det bee Oe these reintions,
i Wf

Sey Y Wait Ja on 1S
BiG Las Bea oe Nae: V ae >

bai ter..(ifivsceennes TOng Hol t2

re RI OE dS abate P eee Ones Se one eer neh



RE PRE Pe HORE BOB A EE AE 8 one

Weeks 54, recently rc-
Fe Mawes trip around the
will speek this Tuesday,
cn student movements acd
i11 sre welcome,
it
(EXCHANGE DIFFICULTIES ecnt'd frm P2}
of the. Scviet Union friled to“an=
sworlenttnvatetson tor tour "Sh e
Scencinevian ccuntriecs together
With es delegrtion from the Us5-.

On, the other. hand, the IUS has
continurlly ssked for "the sclec~
tion, by stucents ef U.S. Univers
sities, oof, 2° dclesation cf’ student
representetives,. The IUS is pre-
pered te support with its member
orgenizetions * visit of this ce-
hegebionitonthe ceuntries er these
member ercanigations,+) if in re-
turn »thciNSA will support sna’ ar-
rengcasyreciprecnlivisit~ oF hae
TUS tdelegation’ (to -U ties," (Lettcr from IUS te NSA.)
Tae. NSAv “has inever-cene thre’ nor
dees; fits’ hesdérship® show eny in-
tenticn Gotuc Tit tnvehe near
Hubure «

Waet fois

: Sshelecn
turn od
werld,
Lae 25),
cas the @lope.



oR

thodsolutien fer Laces
of awise hWhe would ‘like -te sec such
exchenses int Lerst ettenptec? We
mamortinet of aii write legrcrs to
NSA or work with NSA te enecursge
roti witw 10m 6 beapere i ees “ie
We ‘epty s@emchy writc ict
tc, scurnuectticressnen Pmc-cur
asking Cr" the
the

Or Cy
ters
Stabe Deprriment
repos cfith. MeGrrrsn act ene
Strtc Department prssport ben.

Moi chonses: smcng stucents of the wWes-
torm werled tc help binc its. n*ticns
teecther, Why net bromacn’ cxehen-"
gcs, tr»anelude: stucents’ threughcut
iachawenhc? ente” thereby help’ vind
rAd ne tions ey ae’ ad:

TRE. “SURY. REPORT
Sinec: the Est-West Committee's
omiyasonrec BRircvcnuc erc* éues*rnd
voulntery dcncticns,’ "lil members
are urged itc contributes