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The official newspaper of the Publictions Union of the University of North Carolina at
Chapel wrn, where it is printed daily, except Mondays, examination and vacation periods.
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Complete Leased Wire
ROBERT MORRISON
WESTY FENHAGEN
EDDIE ALLEN
BETTIE GAITHER.
CLIFFORD HEMINGWAY
ASSISTANT EDITORS : Fred Jacobson, Eay Conner. .
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NEWS EDITORS: Bob Levin, Jack Lackey.
COPY EDITOR: EiH Lamkin.
REPORTERS - Betty Green, Jo Push, Frances Ealsey, Janet Johnston, Mary Hill Gaston,
Bettie Washburn, Gloria Robbing, Sam Summeriin, Elaine Patton, Mickie Derieux, Gene
Aenchbacher. John Giles, Roland Gidnz, Darley Lochner, Posey Emerson, Elizabeth Barnes.
SPORTS EDITORS: Carroll Poplin, Irwin Small wood..
SPORTS STAFF: Howard Merry. Frank Miller, Clark StaHworth, Mel Cohen, Bob Fried
lander, Baddy Gotterman. Jo Farris, Jim Kluttz. .
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BUSINESS STAFF: Suzanne Barclay, Natalie Selig, Claude Ramsay, Strowd Ward, Bar
bara Thorson.
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Sarah Wood, Gene Heafner, Bettie Cheatham, Nancy West brook, Jean Yonngblood,
Clare Hudson, Nancy Maupin. Ann Geohegan, Lois Clarke, Hal Dickens, Zeb Little,
Eddie Owens, Mary Widener, Fay Maples, Marianne Brown, Jane Slaughter, Mary Jo
Cain, Ann Cobb, Louise King, Jeanne Driscoll, Betty Lamb. Nooky McGee. Jo McMillan.
"The mind is its own place,
Can make a heaven of hell,
NOT ENOUGH VARIETY
Judging from recent presidents of the student body, we think
Charlie Vance is "tops," but we agree with Blount Stewart that
our prexy pulled quite a faux pas when he selected his committee
to investigate the foul electioneering in the recent UP-UCP
brawl.
Charlie Vance has been otherwise so diplomatic and efficient,
that we hesitated to write this editorial, but even popes and
saints deserve an occasional kick in the pants.
Here is the committee which Vance appointed to give an un
biased report on a political election in which two parties par
ticipated: Ed Emack (University Party candidate for vice
president of the student body), chairman; Archie Hood. (Uni
versity Party candidate for vice-president of the student body) ;
Allan-Pannill (chairman of the University Party); Twig
Branch (Pan-Hellenic candidate for secretary of WGA) ;
Meadie Montgomery (Pan-Hellenic candidate for speaker of
the coed senate) ; Ruth Duncan (Pan-Hellenic candidate for
president of WGA) ; and Lib Schofield (CICA-Chi Omega can
didate for speaker of the coed senate) .
Knowing all of these students personally, we are certain that
they will render a sincere opinion and we feel that Miss Scho
field is fully capable of taking care of herself, even though
everyone else on the committee are or have been supporters of
the University Party.
Just a poor piece of diplomacy, Charlie. You selected a fine
bunch of folks, but there just wasn't enough variety.
Then, of course, there's always the other side, and here it is,
as presented by Jack Lackey :
"Blount Stewart has sharply criticized the committee ap
pointed by Charlie Vance to investigate Jhe present system of
elections. Blount claims that six of Vance's appointees are mem
bers of the University party. This is not so. There are at least
' two members of the committee who are members of the United
Carolina party. Blount should know, however, that a committee
of this sort should not be selected along party lines. A coalition
group would only result in partisanship coming into their de
liberations with each faction feeling bound to look out for
their party's interests.
"Included in the group is the chairman of the University
party and the vice chairman of the United Carolina party, as
well as the present and past Delegatas (presidents) of the
Order of the Grail, the president and the secretary of the Wo
man's Government Association, the Speaker of the Coed Senate,
and the chairman of the coed elections committee. This is the
committee which is accused of trying to control the campus!
The Order of the Grail has been an outstanding success on this
campus in stamping out ill feeling between fraternity and non
fraternity groups and here two of its heads are accused of par
ticipating in such an effort to" dominate the campus. Surely
Blount couldn't have meant what he said.
"As for the absence of the Chairman of the present elections
committee, the reason should be obvious." It is the failure of his
committee which is being investigated. In the, American sense
, of justice the accused is heard but he does not sit on the jury
Walt Brinkley will be heard, to be sure, but he will not be on
the committee.
"Of course there can be no doubt that Blount has been under
considerable strain during the past several weeks. Perhaps we
should consider his comments in this light. I am sure he would
not have made his remarks if he had given the facts further
consideration." R. M. -
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Service of United Press
Editor
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
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Circulation Manager
and in itself
a hell of heaven."
Milton.
Ex-Union Member Presents
Own Views about Labor
Dear Mr. Morrison :
University students accord
ing to tradition have always been
inclined to advocate changes in
the social system. This idea
stands out in almost every study
01 particular men in a univer
sity scene Oxford, Harvard,
Yale, and if you please, U. N. C.
In general, the University stu
dent is very young; his knowl
edge of life is limited and he is
deeply impressed by what he
hears and reads. For these rea
sons, he should be very careful
to consider all the facts before
passing judgment on an idea or
an organization. He should con
sider the opposition in an un
prejudiced manner.
The Communist party is well
organized in Los Angeles. They
have regular meetings. When
was there (last year) their meet
ings were held in schoolhouses.
There was quite a heated con
troversy when a religious group
was refused the use of a school
house for a revival meeting.
lived iii a Government Housing
Project in Los Angeles. We had
a reading room consisting of
some back-date magazines, books
by Earl Browder, New Masses,
The Daily Worker, and the C. I.
O. Pilot. Yes, pressure organiza
tions get things done.
I belonged to the A. F. of L.
Sheet-Metal Workers union in
Los Angeles. Membership was
compulsory in the yard in which
I worked. The initiation fee was
$75 and the dues $3.50 a month.
Millions of men were coming into
this work for the high wages.
Most of the ones I knew said
they would leave the work after
they got a "stake." And they
kicked about having to pay off
the union.
Day after day, our crew
went to work with nothing to
do. Men were so thick they
were in each other's way. The
union steward told us when we
came in that our duties con
sisted in punching a time
card, paying our dues and leav
ing the res to him. Our daily
greeting was, "Hello, you
traitor to your country, why
didn't you stay home today
and save your government
$18?"
Yet we were constantly pled
with to remain on the job. "You
can't spell Victory with an ab
sent "T," read huge . signs
throughout the ship-yard.
In my opinion, our bases of
world leadership have been:
(a) Mass production malting
our living standard the highest
in the world. A nation's wealth
is not expressed in money. If
the goods are lacking, money is
inflated to the point of useless
ness. (b) Liberty of the American.
If legislation is forced down his
throat he may rebel. Each man
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must be free to have what he
can within the law; to express
his opinion on any subject; to
vote as he pleases; to have his
own ideas. The ideas are very
important. Unshackled Ameri
can genius has made our nation
wealthy in goods, in the arts and
sciences. Shall we bind him down
with legislation and red tape?
What other nation can match
our own under what some of
them call "inefficient" democ
racy? We have problems, of
course, and we will have prob
lems from now to Utopia. Our
most pressing problem, as I see
it, is to keep our nation strong
and free and ready for any even
tuality. Before we accept or support
any organization, let us examine
it carefully to determine If it will
serve us effectively and wisely.
Sincerely,
Paul E. Mullinax.
- MUSIC MAKERS -
Decca Records
By Brad McCuen
Decca Records are incurring
quite a good deal of dissatisfac
tion from collectors these days.
First of the counts against the
company is their current policy
of placing their better releases
on the expensive 79c label. Many
feel that this firm, who made
their name in the recording in
dustry with the cheap 35c disc,
are going high-hat and money
mad. Second of the charges con
cern the quality of the Decca
records. As an example, the
copy of Jimmy Dorsey's
"Lover" which we bought last
week has been played between
six and eight times and it is
ready for the junk pile. The
surfaces will not stand up
even for a dozen playings.
The material that goes into
Deccas is the reason and better
results, are obtained by playing
the sides with a nail-file rather
than a needle. Let's hope that
Decca "straightens up and flies
right." "
Hot Notes: "Who Threw the
Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's
Ovaltine" is the latest titled
waxed by the Hipster, Harry
Gibson . . . And speaking of new
zany tunes you can watch
"One-zy, Two-zy, I Love You-zy"
which will be the next "Chickery-
Chick." Some will no doubt think
it is louse-zy, however . . . Talent
scouts of Victor passed through
town last week looking for back
country folk musicians to record
authentic hill-billy stuff. Only
corn they found here came from
the ABC stores so they pushed
The Baldwins
IF HE FALLS -HE'LL
SPLATTER INTO A
THOUSAND SMALL
bits- oh rr
WHAT A HORRIBLE
THOUGHT'.''
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- Mahler's 4th Symphony at AB'S INTIMATE BOOKSHOP
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Eaton Discusses China
By Dick Koral
Last Sunday the CPU heard
a distinguished visitor, Major
James Eaton, brotner of Mrs. E.
E. Ericson, recently returned
from Yenan, the capital of Com
munist China. The CPU had dis
cussed the Chinese situation a
few times before, but for the
first time it had someone who
had seen first-hand the North
China area.
Major Eaton described the po
litical democracy and agrarian
reform of the so-called Commun
ist regime. While elections on a
scale broader than county-wide
was impossible, due to lack of
communications, (the Japs held
most of the railroads and high
ways throughout much of the
area) each district elected its
own governing agency. By a self
imposed rule of the Chinese
Communist Party, only one-third
of those elected may be Com
munists. If more are elected the
of Poor Quality
on . . . Hollywood is turning its
technicolor cameras toward com
poser Rimsky-Korsakov so you
can bet that his works will enjoy
a vast new popularity a la
Chopin. It won't be long before
"Shahrazad" with some added
lyrics will be on the Hit Parade.
"Mama Never Told Me" by
Helen Carroll, a record we re
viewed last column, has since
been banned by NBC and Victor
has stopped pressing it. There
are still some copies left in the
local stores, however . . . Bing
Crosby and Eddie Condon's band
turn in the best version of "Per
sonality" to date.
New Releases: Andy Kirk and
the Jubilairs put over a good car
bon copy of the Inkspots on "I
Know" and hit a jived-up spirit
ual on "Get Together With the
Lord." Sammy Kaye won't break
any sales records with his "Put
Your Little Foot Out" but some
fans will like his "I'm a Big Girl
Now." Georgie Auld's' version of
"Air Mail Special" is noise and
not such hot noise at that.
Dean Hudson, whose band
has played many times here on
the Hill, does all right on "I
Wuv a Wabbit" and "Para
dise" while his "More I See
You" and "Caravan" are bet
ter than average.
Record of the Week: Vaughn
Monroe and the Norton Sisters
have done it again with their
"It Seems Like Old Times." Not
much to say about it except that
it can't miss being a hit. The
reverside is also a potential hit,
"G. I. Wish." (Victor.) .
Bounce Again!!
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excess must yield to a non-party
nominee. The local government
is supreme, except for such broad
over-all policy as one handed
down last year that North China
must become self-sufficient, and
not figure on buying food from
the Jap-held towns with captured
Japanese currency.
Perhaps the most interesting
thing Major Eaton described was
the campaign to wipe out illiter
acy. Students from Yenan g.
about the countryside, visitinpr
the farmers. In each household
they write the Chinese character
for table on the table, for chair
on the chair, for door on the
door, etc. The aim is to get all
the people to learn a basic 100
word vocabulary. Yenan pub
lishes a daily newspaper in this
basic Chinese, and for the first
time the Chinese people can
learn of events throughout the
world.
The United States gave little
or no help to the Chinese Com
munists during their war with
Japan, even though they bore the
overwhelming brunt of the Jap
aggression. The American
trained and armed Chinese na
tionalist troops were used for
the most part by the Kuomin
tang to blockade Chinese Com
munist troops, and were held in
reserve for the end of the war
when they forced out Commun
ist troops from areas being va
cated by surrendering Japanese
troops. The Central government
instructed Japanese troops to
surrender only to Kuomintang
troops. They were aided by the
U. S. Navy, which transported
them north after the cessation
of hostilities. The Chinese civil
war could never have been
launched by Chiang had he not
had American help.
Major Eaton was one of a
small detachment of American
Army personnel who was sta
tioned in Yenan for the purpose
of intelligence and retrieving
Army fliers shot down over Japanese-held
areas. In many cases
the Communist troops fought
pitched battles with the Japs for
the American pilots. Unlike the
Central government, they never
asked for or were paid for the
hundreds of American personnel
saved.
The Communists were ex
tremely cooperative and friendly
to their American allies. They
have, however, since the end of
the war, become very impatient
with American aid to Chiang in
the internal troubles of China.
According to Major Eaton they
believe, and he concurs in the
belief that only coalition gorern
ment can assure the progress of
China. Recent news of General
Marshall's bringing together of
the two factions is very hopeful,
and indicates that a basic change
in American foreign policy u
coming about, for the good.
By Al Capp
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