SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1942.
y AGE TWO
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
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Beer and Barbed Wire
Let's talk about beer and barbed-wire, ,
Beer is the stuff we've been consuming in great quantities in
Marley's etc. Barbed-wire is the stuff that millions of students
are starving behind, in dozens of different blacked-out spots.
There's an incongruity here that we must appreciate, and
fortunately we can do something about it. Here are copies of a
report we received: "China. 75 percent are on relief, with living
costs 30 times .greater than 1937. Food is the greatest' need.
"Russia. 640,000 students dispossessed from 1,855 institu
tions . . . are continuing behind studies behind the front.
"Greece. 10,000 students must have food and medical sup
plies if life is to be saved.
"Unoccupied France. Refugee students from Central Europe
are in dire need of the necessities of life."
These reports go on. They're not the only ones. They keep
coming in all the time. Not so long ago we heard from a Chinese
student. There was one line different to forget. "I was cold and
I cried for I had no shoes . . . until I saw a man without feet."
All right, that's just propaganda. Laugh it off, but remem
ber this: Every time you kill an extra beer up town, or drink
a coke, consider these figures.
From $7.50 to $10.00 will feed a Chinese student for a month,
and $1.00 a month will provide a soy bean milk for Chinese
students threatened with tuberculosis. In German concentration
camps, where hundreds of thousands of students languish from
$.50 to $3.00 will buy a phonograph record which will bring en
tertainment to more than 2000 prisoners.
There's a question of values then, and they have to be con
sidered. We can not f orget'them.
It's not so ridiculous then, to suggest one dry weekend, this
one, and put the money where it can save a life. The War Chest
on this campus aims at raising $10,000 to help relieve some of
the situations we've pictured above. The figure is high. The lives
money can save are higher.
When the War Chest representatives comes around, remem
ber what the money is for, and where it is going, and what it is
going to do.
Text of Wettach Statement
As a member of the special committee of the Board of Alder
men appointed to investigate charges against local police made
in the Daily Tar Heel of Wednesday morning, I believe that
a statement of our intentions would be of interest to your
readers. I can appreciate the attitude of the articles which have
appeared in the Tar Heel insisting upon speed in this investiga
tion. I am anxious to have it understood why some time must
elapse before we will be able to make a report. Your own re
porter spent three weeks on the case before you were in posi
tion to publish charges agains the police. Our committee was
appointed on Wednesday evening at a meeting ot the Board of
Aldermen called for a very important but different purpose.
Since it was not possible to take any action at that time, the
Board adopted as the only reasonable course the appointment of
an investigation committee.
It should be clear that it is not our function to try the police
against whom charges are made. Our duty is to investigate and
report our findings to the Board of Aldermen. When we have
made a report to the Board of Aldermen, the Board may take
such action as seems to be best at that time. We will carry on
our investigations as rapidly as possible and will be glad to ar
range meetings with any interested persons who may have
statements to make concerning the Tar Heel charges. Appoint
ments for such meetings may be made by telephone. It will
expedite matters if we carry on this investigation privately
and informally. Furthermore, people will feel freer to make
statements to us if our meetings are not public.
We wish to assure you that we shall conduct this investiga
tion as impartially and as rapidly as possible, always keeping
in mind two objectives : (1) the determination of the facts un
derlying the charges made against the police and (2) the pre
servation of amicable race relations in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro
community which is a very vital matter at all times, but particu
larly so during the present emergency.
I believe that Mr. Burch would agree with the statements in
this letter, but, since he is out of town, I must assume sole re
sponsibilty for them.
Very truly yours,
Robert H. Wettach
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Sports: BILL WOESTENDIEK
The yv eary ff isher
OnceVhen I was editor of my high
school paper in fact, many times
when I was editor of my high school
paper I could find nothing to write
about. So I wrote an editorial tell
ing the good student body that it was
very rude and crude to put second
hand chewing gum In the bubble
fountains. I was editor for about
eight months. At the end there was
as much gum in the fountains as be
fore, and everybody called me
Preacher Boy.
At the risk of having the same
thing happen again, I shall write the
following about the physical educa
tion department.
"Within the last week or so a
couple of students have been bounced
out of school for not attending physi
cal education. And off hand, it would
seem that this is a most unfair
handling of too much power: too
much power in the hands of both the
physical education department and
the College of Arts and Sciences.
There is no other department on
the campus that can get a student
canned for not attending classes.
Students who do not complete the re
quired work for a course are flunked,
which is proper and as it should be.
Standards must be kept up. But why
should physical education kick a man
out of school when a flunk in history,
English, or math is merely a loss of
hours and money?
The students who were bounced
will have to go through, the red-tape
Outlook
It's been the war all the way
through Guadalcanal, Libya, Tu
nis, and Stalingrad. And then we
read something about a 96-ring cir
cus in the Senate. It all started
with the introduction of the Geyer
Anti-Poll Tax Bill and for a circus
it's pretty darn important espe
cially to the South.
The Geyer Bill recently passed by
the House states that it shall be
unlawful to require the payment of
a poll tax as a prerequisite for voting
for the President, the Vice-President,
and the members of Congress. The
bill denounces the poll ax as "a per
nicious political activity."
The passage of the anti-poll tax
law in the Senate will enfranchise
approximately 10 million Ameri
cans. In the Presidential election of
1940, statistics show that only 22
of those over 21 years of age voted
in the poll tax states of the South.
In non-poll tax states, the vote was
60 in Kentucky, 51 in Arkansas,
31 in Tennessee, and 83 in Utah.
The case against the poll tax as an
undemocratic measure designed to
defeat the spirit of the Fourteenth
Amendment ("No state shall make
or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges and immuni
ties of the citizens of the United
States") cannot be questioned.
The Supreme Court on six dif
ferent occasions has held that citi
zenship has nothing to do with the
right to vote. Foremost constitu
tional lawyers believe: "The power
to fix qualifications of the voters is
vested in the states . . . the right of
suffrage is not a natural right nor
is it an absolute personal right . . .
the Constitution left to the states the
qualifications of voters."
In short, the right of Congress to
pass the Geyer Bill is highly ques
tionable. There are many who believe and
rightly so that any removal of the
poll tax laws should stem from the
people of the states and not from the
Congress above. These people are
not necessarily states-rightists. They
believe that the Southern States can
Through War Chest Students
Can Contribute to U. S. O.
By Jud Kinberg
If a soldier wants to write a letter
home, if a sailor on leave wants to
cut a rug, or if a marine wants a
place to sleep, shave and shower,
there are U.S.O. facilities for him.
The U.S.O. was created to deal
with the problems of recreation for
the men in uniform in a more effi
cient, satisfactory way than the
World War's loosely coordinated or
ganizations.' In the short time since it has
started operations, U.S.O. has been
immortalized in song by Irvin Ber
lin and in words by the thousands of
grateful letters it receives from men
in the armed forces. '
Wherever American troopships go,
U.S.O. representatives follow. De
tached troops on dreary Cape Cod
have found that they can get every
thing they need to avert mental stag
nation by "just asking the U.S.O."
In Hawaii, U.S.O. facilities are set
up in the home of a native princess.
By Hayden Carruth
and Sylvan Meyer
of going before the readmissions
board. If they are readmitted, pre
cious time has been lost they may
have been drafted or called to active
duty. These. days, when time is short
and every student is trying to crairi
as much education as possible before
the call to arms, sucb practices by
the University run directly counter
to administrative policy.
It is unfair. More than that,
somebody ought to do something
about it. '
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"I hear a new personality has cap
tured campus popularity," the squir
rel commented with his usual astute
ness as he flicked an ash from his
cuff.
"I'm not surprised," I replied.
"Who do you mean?"
Ignoring my remark, he went on.
"She seems to have been catapulted
into the heights of success round
these regions by some force or other.
Such heretofore brilliant characters
as Mrs. Stacy, Ditzi Buice, and even
I, have been eclipsed by the me
teoric soar of this individual in the
public eye. It just goes to show you
how the human mind is constructed.
From one second to another it shifts
its loyalty like the treacherous- apple
polishing of a commerce student. Oh,
fickle man."
The squirrel gazed musingly at
the horizon for a moment. Then he
turned. "I say, old man, have you
seen Stella?"
By Jim Loeb
always find a means to restrict vot
ing if the Geyer-Pepper Bill passes'
the Senate and is upheld by the Su
preme Court. Today in Texas, no
Negro may vote in the Democratic
primary. This very effectively ex
cludes all Negroes from the polls.
If the Anti-poll Tax Bill forces the
South to such measures, then it
be better that it be killed. Then,
were the Supreme Court to call the
Bill unconstitutional those South
erners who are anxious to repeal the
Poll Tax laws, would find it ex
tremely difficult to convince a legis
lature. For, the legislature might re
act to it as another "Yankee" intru
sion. The circus which Mr. Komisaruk
described is a result of this factor.
In addition, there are many who feel
that a Congress overburdened with
war problems should not attempt
long-range reforms at this time. If
it is parliamentary possible, the
Southern Senators will tie up the
Congress from now to Kingdom
Come unless the bill is removed from
the floor.
Certainly the effects of such ac
tion on our war effort and on the fu
ture of the legislative type of govern
ment would be serious. There are
those who believe that we should
prove our democracy if we are to win
the war and the resultant peace. The
price may be our unity for a be
lated and unconvincing democracy.
That the poll tax is undemocratic,
no one can truthfully deny. That last
ing and desirable democratic reform
has always stemmed from the peo
ple, no one can deny. That the Con
gress of the United States does not
represent the people of the Poll Tax
States on this issue, no one can deny.
This is a job for the state legisla
tures. The proponents of the Geyer Bill
would do well to lobby in the state
legislatures rather than in Wash
ington. The Southern States fought
Oi bloody war because it was their
business. That complex remains in
force.
In Savannah, Georgia, a U.S.O. band
that plays "blues New Orleans'
style" has been formed.
In Britain, Africa, Asia, the story
is the same. The U.S.O. has done its
job. There are no longer those
streams of Army, Navy and Marine
corps men, at liberty Saturday
nights, all dressed up with no place
to go and no one to go with.
To do all this takes money in the
millions. Carolina's portion has been
set at $10,000. Out of the $10,000'
War Chest, 10 per cent has been set
aside to meet that quota.
Carolina students have a personal
interest in the success of, the drive
and the resulting success of the
U.S.O. pledge. Many alumni are now
serving in the armed forces and will
directly benefit from the $1,000.
Many present students will soon en
ter active service and will, in effect,
be contributing to their own entertainment.
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Bonds Bought Now Cancel
Post- War Taxes for Some
By Bob Rosenast
"Buy War Bonds and Stamps for
Victory." What does borrowing
mean ? How much should we bor
row? There are two sources from which
the government can borrow the
people and commercial banks and
related agencies. At the present to
the general public, the Treasury ex
pects to sell about $12 billion a year
to the general public. Government
trust funds and agencies may take
$5 billion more; Mutual banks and
insurance companies may take some
$2.5 billion; and other non-banking
purchasers may take some $5 bil
lion. Unless such borrowing is ex
panded, the Government will look
to the banks to absorb the balance
some $29 billion.
It is apparent that if the same
people who pay the taxes hold the
war bonds, then post-war taxes are
..merely a matter of book-keeping
or paying taxes to pay yourself.
..This is the reason that the govern
ment is encouraging everyone to
buy war bonds. Increases in the
sales of War Bonds tend to close
the inflationary gap as well as make
available funds. On the other hand,
selling of bonds to the banks cre
ates new money.
"New money" is created this way:
In exchange for a $500 war bond,
the bank writes a new credit in its
books and the Government can
draw against this credit. If the
bank had assets of. $1,000,000 and
deposits of $1,000,000, the bank now
has assets of $1,000,500 and de
posits of $1,000,500. The Govern
ment uses its new credit to pay for
goods and services and the purchas
ing power has increased by $500.
Thus, we continue on the easy road
to inflation.
It is for this reason that the Gov
ernment seeks to sell as many bonds
to the people as is possible even
at higher interest rates. Also after
the war, it is important for people
to start spending. The payment of
government bonds to the public will
make available a greater purchasing
power and help us through the dif
ficult period of reconversion to con
sumer production.
However, paying back the banks
would have an opposite effect. Just
when it would be most important
to have consumer spending, the'
Government would have to levy
- taxes to repay the banks. The banks
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cannot spend money. They can only
lend it.
There are many who dislike the
idea of War Bonds. There are many
who believe that the war should be
largely financed through the sales of
war bonds. It is impossible to give
more information in such short
space. Excellent articles on taxation
can be read in many of the busi
ness magazines and current news
publications.
The financing of the war is an
intricate problem. Yet, it is a prob
lem that you will want to under
stand. If we have whet your desire
for looking further into the matter
then we have done our job.
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