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farmers who own their own land and who are skilled. There is a tradition of pork and poultry production, and good. breeding stocks are present. The Polish people are hard-working, patient and persevering. There is wide international interest in helping economic development in Poland, but the assistance needs to be coordinated and planned so that it occurs in a timely, rational and significant way, Mr. Dietel stressed.
He described Solidarity, which began as a labor organization, as an amalgam of many interests and groups that will eventually display the sort of factionalism that we and other representative governments understand. The new government in Poland is, in effect, attempting to reconstitute a society where the Roman Catholic Church has been a signally important organizing influence, in spite of years of domination by the Communist Party, and it will remain so. The new officials, primarily with academic backgrounds, lack experience in public administration, management and politics, Mr. Dietel noted.
Mr. Dietel discussed and answered questions, dealing also with topics including the effects on agriculture of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, other pollution, population stabilization and education.
At 7:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 8, also at the Gay St. Theater, John Kiser of Slate Mills will discuss his experiences and observations as a businessman relative to conditions in other parts of Eastern Europe.
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