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Page four/Carolina Journal/November 28, 1978 Columns on South Africa "full of contradictions To the Students: What a bunch of con tradictions the reader found in "Left/Right" last week about "American foreign policy in southern Africa. Writers Evans and Hamrick both dislike American foreign policy in that region: Hamrick claims Carter doesn’t sup port the South Africans and Evans says he does. Evans claims Carter doesn't support Idi Amin in Uganda while Hamrick seems to assert the op posite. Meanwhile, both miss the point entirely. Evans, approaching the troubles in Rhodesia from his "liberal" viewpoint, maintains no legitimate government can be form ed without the consent of Mugabe and Nkomo, two self-proclaimed "leaders" of the people. The fact at least one of these "leaders” is a self- admitted terrorist/execu tioner of women and children and both are avowed Marxists makes no difference to Evans. Who chose these "representatives of the people?" The power these men have does not give them the sole right to determine the destinies of millions of Black Africans. Certainly Evans does not represent the true "liberal” viewpoint. This concept of "might makes right" is where Hamrick is also wrong, to the extent of being ludicrous. He says, "It seems the major problem with these tragic govern ments is that they are white minority ruled na tions with a sizeable number of blacks not in cluded in the decision making. Well I say, so what?" So what indeed! Hamrick, the supposed defender of freedom and supporter of limited government, actually sup ports the enslavement of millions of innocent peo ple by a brutal totalitarian state! His justification that "no one is upset" by the equivalently brutal regimes in Uganda and Cambodia is a lie and no justification at all. Where are Hamrick's ethics, his conservative principles? A conservative is not a fascist. Conser ¬ fifar Legislation will give District of Columbia 2 senators By Michael D. Evans The District of Columbia should receive the kind of representation the remainder of the United States receives, and this includes the option of selecting their own senators and representatives. Every state should immediately comply with the Congressional mandate and rubber stamp their approval of this measure so the citizens of the District of Columbia will no longer have to suffer “taxation without representation” — that ideal our forefathers fought against. Opposition to the measure has been inconsistent at best. The conservatives cannot find a strong enough reasoning for disapproval of this bill as is evident in their losing some of their major votes on it (Strom Thurmond of South Carolina for example). The reason is simple: representation is a long over due, extremely positive act in the District of Colum bia. Regardless of what the conservative opposition might seek to tell you, their main opposition revolves around the four “too’s” theory — that Washington is “too urban, too black, too liberal and too Democratic.” All accusations are factual, and the district can only be commended for this. After all, the District of Columbia was alone with the state of Masschusetts in voting against the incumbent Republican disaster, Richard Nixon, in the 1972 presidential election. Given their views, Nixon must have loved his home those six years. Since the people of the District of Columbia are considered American citizens, they pay American taxes, and are governed by American-everything else, it is only proper they should have some say in how they are being governed. A Senate committee is certainly not as accessible to the people as a local ci ty government would be. The District of Columbia deserves their right to proper representation. The Congress has given its approval and now it is up to the states, which means the individual state legislatures are going to have to show how willing they are going to be toward pro viding simple justice across the board. The legislatures failed to provide justice with ERA; maybe they can make up a little ground with a positive vote here. vatives are supposed to believe in freedom and principle. Hamrick espouses inhumanity, racism and dictatorship — for the sake of cheap diamonds. Where is the responsi ble opinion in favor of freedom everywhere? We should equally abhor and oppose the enslavement of blacks in South Africa, the viscious slaughter by Communists in Cambodia and the meglomaniacal antics of that dangerous madman Amin, in Ugan da. The African peoples, and the Asians, need freedom. They need hope, education and support so they can direct their own destinies, free from the control of communist and By Sammy Hamrick Washington, D.C. should not get two senators. This last minute attempt by Congress to pervert the U.S. Constitution should be rejected by the states. In an attempt to come to a conclusion on this ques tion we must look at why a district was created and why its citizens have never had voting representa tion. Washington, D.C. was originally created to be the seat of the federal government. This was to be a district free from interal political strife creating an atmosphere for sound decisions on national policy. A need for such an atmosphere still exists. As long as the central government complex area is excluded, most conservatives don't mind letting D.C. elect representatives to the Congress. The conser vative proposal is to cede the residential area of Washington back to Maryland. There is a precedent for this. The area south of the Potomac River was ceded back to Virginia years ago. The District’s residents would be given one, possibly two, voting representatives and would vote in Maryland’s senatorial elections. If liberals were truly interested in giving representation to the District, why aren’t they opting for this proposal? The fact is the citizens of D.C. already have more representation in Congress than any other American city. A House committee and a Senate subcommittee provide these citizens with more than adequate in put into the affairs of government. But President Carter is still pushing the amendment. He says it is a “human rights” issue and that is supposed to make it O.K. Other liberals complain D.C. shouldn’t have to pay taxes without elected representatives in Congress. What these perverters of justice fail to admit is that Washington gets back $1 of our taxes for every 29 cents they contribute. There’s no way they would get more even if they had two senators. Finally, the ultimate liberal myth is that the whole idea is too black, too liberal, too urban and too Democratic for conservatives to accept. I have never heard a conservative make this charge. With all the other reasons to oppose this measure, there is no need to speculate who might hold these offices. Congress made a mistake by passing the D.C. amendment. It is up to the states to correct the situa tion by opposing the legislation. Hopefully. North Carolina will lead the way. other totalitarian regimes. consistent or humane Neither Evans or alternatives. Hamrick represent logical, Doug Lerner Commuter lot pothole problem taken care of To the Students: In today's letter, I will be brief and try to give you a rundown on several things happening concer ning you. As you know, my committee is dealing with the possibilities sur rounding some type of walkway for the apart ment students across 49 to the main campus. We have already got some feedback on this from Ed Ayers, director of the Physical Plant. We plan to meet with him again after Thanksgiv ing. Until then I feel it would be better to not comment on anything yet concerning this problem. So I ask these apartment students to be patient because we will give them an answer. If you remember, I men tioned a pothole next to the commuter parking lot. Thanks to the Physical Plant this problem has been taken care of. I know that is good news, especially for the com muters on campus. As far as the student handbook is concerned, my committee will con tinue work on this throughout the semester. As things surface I will try and report it to you as soon as possible. I also mentioned in my last article that I was con cerned about crosswalk and safety signs on cam pus in regard to the students' safety. My com mittee, after Thanksgiv ing, will begin the work of investigating this problem. This, as I repeated before, is a very serious problem where you are concerned. Another thing I talk about a lot is the need for more publicity and better communication between you and your represen tatives in student govern ment. My committee is going to be in the next few weeks talking to resident coordinators in the dorms and people from the Com muter Association about this matter. From them, what we hope to get is some good concrete plans or suggestions on what (continued on page 7) Carolina Journal “I must Create a System or be enslav’d by another man’s.” — William Blake Nancy Davis . . James Braswell Jeff Nash Gary Nelson .. Kim Burns .... Editor ... .Managing Editor ...Business Manager Advertising Manager News Editor Joyce Wright Arts/Features Editor Jim Dcdmon Sports Editor Robin Colby Photography Editor Steve Swetnam Graphic-Artist Bob Mellnik Distribution Manager
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