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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1942. ?AGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL This Is What To the Editor: At last the facts are made public. Facts about the injustices received at the hands of local law enforcing officers. Injustices that should not be. The Daily Tar Heel is to be commended for its presentation of the story of Police Violence. Facts were presented of cases in Chapel Hill, not in some other town. Cases near us, our problem. We must do something. I write this to call upon the Ma or and the Board of Aldermen of Chapel Hill to investigate the facts presented and if the investigation proves the facts to be true, then those charged with the violences must be made to answer for their acts. An investigation is imperative, for justice. - v Sincerely, !-- Richard Railey To the Editor: I read with interest the story on the local police and their mistreat ment of the three negroes. How ever, I was not surprised, however, for I have heard the same sort of reports before. Certainly such ac tion by the supposed protectors of our community is an outrage to us all. Common sense and decency as well as the American way of living will not tolerate this sort of thing to go on in the future. Knowing Bob Madry, our Mayor, I am assur ed he believes in the justice which our police have violated by their barbaric treatment of the three ne groes. It is my purpose in this letter, however, to say a word to the City of Chapel Hill and its native resi So Far, So Good The speed with which the Mayor and Board of Aldermen are acting promises a quick investigation of the charges against Chapel Hill police. More than that, Madry's statement that "we shall be glad to get the evidence from any citizen . . indicates that the investi gation will be thorough and not confined to the three cases alone Both men appointed to conduct the investigation Dean Wett ach of the University Law School and University business man ager P. L. Burch have outstanding records for service to the town, are conscientious and effecient. Their promise that the investigation will be just cannot be questioned. So far, so good. Night Study on Spot One bright spot in the confusion and disatisfaction about the rooming problem when students first returned to school was that the University business office opened all classrooms for night study. Students who lived in the rooms too noisy or crowded for con centration and who justly judged the library too confused for study could take their books and brains to Murphey or Alumni and accomplish twice the work in half the time. But now a steady protest comes from some professors that the next morning's 8 o'clock class finds desks defaced and dis ranged, coke cups and bottles and cigarette butts littered on the floor, unmistakable signs of muddy feet on the professors' desk.s The faculty cannot be blamed for complaining. It must be an noying and distracting to enter a classroom where half a dozen students held informal openhouse the night before, to lecture from notes on a feet-muddied desk. Apparently only a few students have been abusing classrooms. All the others who have studied in earnest are to be commended for their good care of University property. But the business office must now either receive full coopera tion from all students or close the classrooms and send students back to a library or rooms unsuited for the serious concentration demanded by the war. For their own protection, conscientious students must see that classrooms are kept orderly. The official newspaper of the Carolina Publications Union of the Univer sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where it is printed daily except Mondays, and the Thanksgiving, Christmas and Spring Holidays. Entered as second class matter at the post office at Chapel Hill, N. C, under act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price, 3.00 for the college year. Member Pbsocioted Golle&ate Press CWO BOSTON . LO AH a ELKS SAt) FBAKCI3CO Bucky Harward .. ; Editor Bob Hoke .'. Managing Editor Bill Stanback Business Manager Henry Zaytoun Circulation Manager Associate Editors : Henry Moll, Sylvan Meyer, Hayden Carruth. Editorial Board: Sara Anderson, Paul Komisaruk, Ernie Frankel. News EDrrpRS : Bob Levin, Walter Klein, Dave Bailey. Reporters: James Wallace, Larry Dale, Sara Yokley, Walter Damtoft, Janice Feitelbertf. Burke Shipley, Leah Richter, Frank Robs, Sara Niven. Jud Kinberg, Madison Wright, Rosalie Branch, Fred Kanter, Betty Moore, Arnold Schulman, Helen Eisenkoff. Bruce Douglas, Jane Cavenaugh, Robert Johns, Roland Giduz, Kat Hill, Jerry Hnrwitz, Tiny Hutton, Sam Whitehall. Gloria Caplan, Pat Bhartle, Lee Bronson, Sol Seiko. Sports Editor: Westy Fenhagen. Nkht Sports Editor: Bill Woestendiek. Sports Reporters : Charles Easter, Phyllis Yates, Paul Finch, Herb Bodman, Charles Howe. Don Atran, Bob Goldwater. Photographers : Karl Bishopric Tyler Nourse. Local Advertising Managers: Bob Betteaann, Marvin D. Rosen. Durham Representatives : Charles Weill, Bob Covington. ADVESTlsma Statf: Betty Bronson, Be be Castleman, Victor Bryant, May Lyons, Edith Colvard, Blanche Crocker, Henry Petaske, Larry Rivkin, Fred Brooks, Jean Herrmann, Loomis Leedy, Al Grosner. Circulation Stapp: Rachel Dalton, Bob Godwin. i FOR THIS NEWS: BOB HOKE They Are Writing In dents. I understand that they think students have trespassed on their domain by publicizing practices of their officers. Their idea seems to be that as long as we are only stu dents in the University it is not our business to try to run the town just as it is none of their business to try to run our college. To this , attitude and also to the attitude I have noted among the lo cal police, who apparently think it is all a big joke and a gross mis representation of facts, I say: if the allegations are true, and we have reason to believe them so, we are in sorry straits indeed. I am confident that Dean Wettach and Mr. Burch will investigate until they get all the facts and the com plete truth on the case, and then discipline police accordingly. It is not our intention nor that of the Daily Tar Heel, I believe, to try to run the town. The paper, ' as I see it, has brought up the issue and left its investigation to the Board of Aldermen, representatives of the public. But as students we are also citi zens of the nation, for which we will soon be fighting. It is not our in tention and we cannot sit by in apathy while other citizens endure injustice at the hands of the po lice who are supposed to represent justice. Hobart McKeever To the Editor: To my mind the charges against the Town of Chapel Hill police are extremely serious in any times. They are doubly serious now when we are fighting a war to protect our rights these very rights which brc8bntbd rem NATIONAL ADVBRTI8INO BY National Advertising Service, Inc. College Publishers Representative AZO Madison Ave. new York. N. Y. ISSUE: SPORTS: CHARLIE EASTER the Daily Tar Heel charges are being violated. If democracy means enough to us to assure our sacrifice its victory, it ought to mean enough to insure our endeavors to guaran tee these rights to the least of us. And this apart from the question of the attitudes of a group of Am ericans toward' their own govern ment. The least that the citizens of Chapel Hill can do is to insist that the Town investigate these charges openly and thoroughly. Public hearings must be held and all who testify should be given protection to assure their accurate testimony. Yours truly, Dr. L. O. Katsoff CPU Round Table How High Will Taxes Go? By Bob Rosenast With the cost of the war largely distributed between borrowing and taxation, there is the major prob lem as to what proportion each of these shall contribute. Of major concern to Treasury officials and liberal economists is the continua tion of equitable taxation. The functions of a war time tax bill are to raise the maximum amounts short of the point at which taxes impair production and to curb inflation. Even after taking into consideration the new Victory Tax, there is a sizeable inflationary gap (estimated at $17, billions.) More taxes can be levied, for we are still . far from drawing off our large ex cess purchasing power. Computations which take into consideration the new tax bill show that taxes in Canada are one third higher than in the United States and that Great Britain is even more heavily taxed. Taxation in a democratic nation should be based on ability to pay rather than on benefit received. Thus our progressive taxes now take $153 from an income of $1200 and $899,500 from an income of $1,000,000. Exemptions under the new tax bill are much less than similar ex emptions in 1917. For instance the exemption for a single man was $3,000 in 1917 as against $500 in 1942. On incomes above 200,000 dol lars, the tax rate raises as high as 82 percent. With a few exceptions, the new tax bill gives a combined normal and surtax rate of 19 per cent out of the first $2000 of tax able income and increases sharply from that point. A married man earning $2,000 a year with no de pendents other than his wife will pay at least seven times what he paid last year. Cooperation taxes look very sim ilar to open drains to the Boards of Directors. New legislation cre ated an increase of 31 to 40 percent in corporation taxation. While these might have been worse, a flat 90 percent, of which 10 percent is re fundable after, the war, excess prof its tax was levied. Excise taxes on liquor, cigarettes, and other commodity items have in creased considerably. In addition, Congress recently passed the so called "Victory Tax." Beginning January first, 5 percent of all gross incomes over $12 . a week will be deducted from pay envelopes, (Ex emptions: Armed forces, farm la bor, domestic servants, and some entrepeneurs.) All who pay the tax will be entitled to a credit of 25 percent but not over $500 for single men; 40 percent but not over $1,000 for married men; and 2 percent but not over $100 for each dependent. This credit has the effect of non-interest bearing bonds to be redeemed after the war or may be used as credit on 1943 in-' come taxes returns. Far from adequate is this bill al though Congress labored eight long months. This largest tax bill in U. S. history falls short of its dual aim to curb inflation. To pay as much as possible for the war through taxation. While Americans with a $2400 income paid only $6.00 on their 1942 income tax es, Englishmen paid $480.00. We have a long way to go. The Treasury is hard at work on newer, bigger, and better taxes at this time. One of the chief difficul ties in levying taxes is providing for their collection. Many citizens who are well able to pay larger taxes and are honest people will become tax delinquents unless col lection methods are bettered. The Rumhe plan of deductions from pay - ll: By mm ACROSS 1 Military car 8 Trap for fl&h 9 Ardent lover 10 Explains 12 Greet 13 Stomach poisoning 15 Bestowed 17 Storm 18 Pronoun 19 Autocratic ruler 20 Female deer 21 Strainer 23 Places to Bleep 24 River dike 25 Bodies of land in water 27 Whittle down 23 Bounder 31 Philippine tribe 32 Destroy 33 Indefinite article 34 A tissue 38 Over-enthusiastic embraces 88 Printers measure 39 Plunder 41 One of Great Lakes 42 Melted 44 Severity ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE HjAlMlAi BlegTH isjojgie AVE1 ATP AR T TlgjAY WE ATL 515. S "IHTZE E e g Qle ST JT AM1SS -tpIi rfsZ IpT- 3lECrJpgQAPnMiOW A s fMMnl a llSuMlR M E Abb DT T ANp Pjg A L t r yoM jls n lESE3 e ' lAPlrfF bgjE S TL SjTjOjie"R2N E AlPjS AiBtek "liEAiJP APTs T Y RNE dA UMsNLlgjSS 45 Horse's ordinary pace 48 Subdues DOWN 1 Lends 2 Neglect is ib 77Zn w lr IZlfl" ZZ1!IZZZ - , J r 1 lrl MM Dlstr. by United What the WSSF Dollar Buys For Needy of Nations at War By Jud Kinberg Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of explanatory articles on the three relief agencies that will the bulk of the $10,000 now being raised by Carolina's first War Chest. Every dollar given to the World Student Service fund sends books, musical instruments, food, medical supplies or clothing to students in Germany, China, Japan, Canada who are prisoners of "War and circum stance." A contribution of $7.50 will feed a Chinese student for a month. One dollar will keep a Student in fam ished Athens alive for a week. Vitally necessary medicines for 300 ill Europeans can be bought for 500 student dollars. In the prison camps of Germany, soft ball equip ment, five books, or six ounces of quinine sulphate can be supplied for a five-dollar bill. Every WSSF shipment sent has been received by the men it was in tended for. Neutral Swiss and Swed ish inspectors go into the , prison camps and occupied countries to check on the delivery of the WSSF supplies. These men have reported no vio lations, no packages "lost in tran sit", and their reports are given full credence by the governments of the United Nations. That delivery has been so satis factory is due to the factor of reci procity, more than the Geneva con vention of war prisoners. Since both belligerants hold enemy prisoners, both must watch their step in treat ment of them. Any serious violation would bring immediate reprisal. As important as the benefits of WSSF relief today are the long range effects it will have. The stu dents of Europe and China, disallu sioned by Nazi and Japanese cynic ism have had their faith in man, in the future of this world restored by the interest the WSSF shows in their welfare. By their' contributions, students of the United States are creating a bond of sympathy with all students of the world. This bond may pay off envelopes was partially adopted in the Victory Tax. His plan deserves further consideration by Congress men. The new Victory Tax reaches in comes never .before taxed. However the higher income brackets have not been taxed heavily enough as yet. As long as the new taxes are equit able, as long as they do not make the poor poorer and the rich richer, they will be acceptable. The American people are willing to sacrifice for war while their sons stand to sacrifice all on world bat tle fronts. 3i Kinsman 4 International language 8 Forest 6 Shade tree 1 Marsh-elders 8 They pull Santa's sleigh 9 Catarrh 10 Cubic meter 11 Fillets worn In hair 13 Cheap race horse 14 Female sheep -16 Land In water 21 Savage 22 Religious ceremonial 23 Breed of spaniel 24 Concealed 26 Arouse 27 Top of head 29 Hill nymph 30 Genus of geese 33 Premiums for exchange 35 Eskers 36 Red, tuberous vegetable 37 Encourage 40 A number 43 Height (abbr.) 44 Sun god Feature Syndicate, Inc. big dividends when the nations sit down at the peace table. Carolina fits into the WSSF plans to the tune of $6,000. This is the por tion of the $10,000 War Crest ear marked for the fund. Last year, UNC's contribution was considerably smaller. Two factors necessitate a much bigger response now. With the spread of the war to the United States, the need for the World Student Service fund was in creased tremendously. A large part of the $200,000 it hopes to raise this year will go to aid American stu dents in Japanese and German pri son camps. Carolina has pledged itself to be one of the five WSSF "key colleges" in the country. To fulfill the pledge, we must raise that $6,000. DO YOU DIG IT? Submitted by Mr. R. K. Phillips Huron, Ohio ...-..'.vv.-.'.'.f.-..v.-.v. J&' 3- SvASv t SrVUvi. ' tV K "J. i vCvV WHAT DO YOU SAY? Send us some of your hot slang. If we use it, you get $10. If we don't, you get a rejection slip. Mail slang to College Department, Pepsi-Cola Company Long Island City, N. Y Pepsi-Cola is made orty to Pepsi j j To the Editor: Honest and intelligent criticism is the foundation of the democratic process. However, criticisms based on incorrect facts and erroneous conclusions hinder rather than help the processes of student govern ment. The letter appearing in Sunday's Tar Heel by Mr. Lehman concern ing the Yackety-Yack was of such, a nature. This letter demonstrated a complete lack of understanding concerning Yackety-Yack finances in themselves and in relation to , the general publication finances. It is mere truth that many of the facts given in Mr. Lehman's letter were false in connotation and in them selves. The implications of Mr. Lehman's statement, "There certainly must be plenty of profit made somewhere along the line," have far reaching effects. It is evident that Mr. Leh man suspects that there is graft "somewhere along the line." The ex penditures of the publications are authorized by the Publications Un ion Board, the Student Legislature, and audited by the Student Audit ing Board. No gravy train rides in Carolina's student government. Furthermore, Mr. Lehman felt it "unfair" for the Junior Class to spend $2,450 for representation in the Yackety-Yack. If Mr. Lehman feels this way, then he should ask for a reconsideration of the budget passed by a large majority of the Junior Class. The majority of the cost of the Yackety-Yack is borne by the classes, organizations, fra ternities, and other organizations who vote specific sums for Yackety Yack space. Mr. Lehman expreses surprise at the cost of the Yackety-Yack to the individual student. This cost varies greatly according to the various times he votes for Yackety-Yack representation for his class, his fra ternity, his organizations, etc. How ever, it should be stated that it would be foolish to ' expect a privately printed volume such as the Yackety-Yack at a cost of less than four or five dollars. The Yackety-Yack is maintained by the students because they vote that way. So long as the students vote to have an annual, so long as there is democracy on the Carolina campus, and so long as it is phys ically possible, the staffs of the Yackety-Yack will endeavor to pub lish the finest annual possible. Sincerely, Jim Loeb Managing Editor. On The Hour . . 5:00 Glee club meets in Hill hall. 5:30 Town girls meet in Graham Memorial lounge. 7:30 Hillel services in Hillel house. 8:00 Wihter musical show tryouts in Hill hall. 9:00 Barnyard Shuffle in Graham Memorial. 7 ENGLISH TRANSLATION This wag is telling how he got in solid with the f il. Sugar-talk cuts no ice. , Just dish up the Pepsi-Cola 'cause she likes that mighty good! And no wonder it's a very nice drink! - Cola Co., Long Island City, N Y yjLi.tKi s rom coast to coast. (
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