Evening star., 1950-12-29
IeyWeighs
Political Plans
InFace ofCriisis
Communism Study
Has Prominent Place
On Meetings Agendo

On Meetings Agendo
The problems of political plan
ming in the face of world crisis
was to make up the days work OF
the American Political Science AS
sociation, gathered here for its
46th annual meeting.
Among the discussion groups
scheduled for the day were such
SUBJECTS as the underlying forces
and causes of the Asian conflict
the culture patterns of com
munism and Democracy ano
constitutional problems raised in
the control of subversive activity
At lunch. the delegates were
to hear from Leon Keyserling
chairman of the Council of Eco
nomlc Advisers, while Ernest A
Gross, American ambassador to
the United Nations, will discuss
the present threat to the U. N
at an evening session.
Amendment Suggested.
Far from restricting themselves
to purely academic discussion. the
educators last night heard a call
for a constitutional amendment
on treaty ratification by the as
sociation's president, DR.. James
K. Pollock.
Speaking at a dinner meeting,
DR.. Pollock suggested that treaties
should be confirmed by a majority
vote of both houses of Congress
instead of by the Senate alone.
DR.. Pollock is professor of poll
tica1 science at the University of
Michigan, and a former member of
the Hoover Commission.
DR.. Pollock explained that the
amendment would be aimed not
at reducing ''the effectiveness of
the United States Senate, but
rather from the necessity of
bringing the present constitutional
provision in accord with the re-
quirement of present international
life, both at home and abroad"
Urges Cooperation.
The speaker also emphasized
the need for "a more responsible
and cooperative relationship be-
tween Congress and the State De-
partment" to provide "the basis
for popular understanding and
support of foreign policy which
now seems to be lacking"
The speed of international de-
velopments today, he said, requires
closer cooperation also between
the Departments of State and
Defense as well as coordination
and unification of administrative
activities at home and in our
foreign missions.
Among other things" he added,
"these new activities require a
new type of public servant. With
out disparaging Our military or
diplomatic personnel, it is, be-
lieve, quite correct to say that
specialized administrative and
technical qualifications are nee
essary for the successful opera
ton of these huge overseas ven-
lures"
Awards Announced.
The association last night an
nounced the following annual
awards for outstanding publica-
tions:
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
award in the field of government
and democracy to Stephen K.
Bailey, Wesleyan University, for
Congress Makes Law"
Franklin D. Roosevelt Memo
rial Foundation award in govern
ment and human welfare to Ar
thur M. 'Holcombe. Harvard, for
Our More Perfect Union"
Freedom House, -Willkie Memo
rial Building award in interna-
tional relations to John B. Cond-
life, University of California, fol
"The Commerce of Nations"
In yesterdays panel on Person
ality in Public Administration
John A. P. Millet of Columbia
University declared that social
scientists must urge on political
leaders the promotion of plans
for the wider use of psychiatry
social psychology and cultural
anthropology in making policy.
Panel Discussions Urged.
DR.. Mlllet suggested formation
of panels of social scientists
Throughout the country to push
public discussion of current issues
so that better informed public
opinion could help produce better
leadership.
He urged that in dealing with
the Russians at international con-
ferences or in the U. NJ, United
States representatives be guided
by the hope that impressions made
on the U. S. S. r. delegates may
have some effect on their bosses
at home.
DR.. Millet added, however, that
while the Russians might have
vulnerable points in their per-
sonalities, you can't make a
Charlie Mccarthy stammer or
blush"
DR.. Mabel Cohen, of the Wash
ington School of Psyehiatry, an
other speaker, said career ad-
ministratorS usually learn early
in life how to get someone else tc
do the things they wanted done
She held that different motiva.