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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1946
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WE MISSED OUR CHANCE
The University is about to lose one of the most outstanding
young coaches in the country, Lt. Ben Carnevale, and for no
good reason. Petty grievances ana jealousies in the Umvers ity s
athletic setup will cost the University a fortune in goodwill that
has been created by this year's basketball squad and its coach
Carnevale was offered a set salary comparable to the one offered
in pre-war years to Coach Bill Lange and the Athletic Associa
tion stubbornly refused to raise it in view of the extenuating
circumstances which existed.
The unofficial reasons being offered now in answer to the
storms of indignation and protest being raised is that raising
the set salary of the varsity basketball coach would not be fair
to other members of the coaching and physical education staff a
preposterous idea. When all precedent was broken ast year to
lure Carl Snavely to the University as head football coach, the
Athletic Association didn't lose too much sleep over the fact that
Snavely was to pull down a fatter pay check than any other
coach hi Carolina's history. If the feelings of any of e lesser
members of the coaching staff were abused, they were certainly
ignored. No credit is being taken away here f rom other meni
sci the basketball staff for their outstanding wrk
last season but the fact remains pure and llwerSU's
nevale is tops in his field and no one else m the U"
Soy today can hold a candle to him when it comes down to
pXfg out a topflight basketball am. Of course the Va
Academy offered Carnevale an attractive position, not to men
" other big schools that would have given their eye
teeth to obtain his services, but there is no reason on earth why
the Athletic Council could not have gotten out of their stupor ana
corrected the mistake which has now been made.
Once the popularyoung cage mentor leaves, he won't be com
ing back and the University will have to-dig m a lot of hay
stacks to pull out anything resembling a suitable successoOne
significant little item is that the men who played under Carne
vak fo?the past two seasons happen to appreciate his services
Ind Zl take a dim view of staying here to pi ay unde. : som -one
else such a dim view, in fact, that several of them at least
Z go elsewhere to play next winter. And the piously low
stipend which was offered Coach Carnevale is a mighty way
of demonstrating the University's appreciation for the magnifi
cent job he has done for two years. .
And it's very definitely not a question of not being able to
offer a higher salary because the money is there , forjurf, such an
occasion. Now that the news has become official that Carnevale
has accepted another post, there will be much weeping and wail
ing not only among student body and faculty but from a parti,
cularly irate group of alumni who have been making tremendous
strides in the past several years to stimulate and encourage
University athletics. W.F.
THE VIRGINIAN WAS RIGHT
The moving picture, "The Virginian," recently played I at the
Carolina points to a very important moral that many students
of national and international affairs often fail to see.
Molly the well-bred Vermont girl went to frontier Oklahoma.
Brought up in a long-settled community where an advanced law
enforcement agency dispensed justice, with courts, grand
juries, petit juries, habeus corpus, and the like, she was snocKea
out of her wits by the rough and ready handling of rustlers by
the good citizens of Oklahoma. Even though she had fallen m
love with the Virginian, she almost left him and went home
when she found out he had led a group of men after a group ot
rustlers and had hanged them. .
The wife of the rancher at whose ranch she was staying toiq
her off in no uncertain terms. The civilization that was being
created in that "lawless" community was being jeopardized ty
the rustlers. The "legal" redress from the rustlers was not
forthcoming from the sheriff. Three families had moved from
the area because their calves were being stolen, which was ruin
ing them. Molly finally saw the light.
To judge whether the action of an individual, community, or
nation is "right" or "wrong," "good" or "bad," "Christian" or
"unchristian," "legal" or "illegal," or any other moral or ethical
label we must first ascertain what the concrete system of law
is, "the conditions what prevail." "Thou shalt not kill," "Thou
shalt not steal," "Thou shalt not walk out of UNO meetings,
"Thou shalt not keep troops in another country," "Thou shalt
not hold secret conclaves," etc., etc., are all moral or ethical
formulas which must be applied to reality in the light of the
greatest good for the greatest number. Sometimes this means
the complete negation of these principles for the present, m
order that they may eventually be realized.
If this lesson, which Molly leamed the hard way, years ago
in Oklahoma, was understood by more people, much of the
righteous indignation of some , people would collapse in short
order. D. K.
Service f United Press
Editor
Managing 'Editor
. Associate Editor
JJasinesEr Manager
Circulation Manager
ISSUE:
Night Editor
Assistant Editor
J&ight Sports Editor
OverMoneyAid by YMCA
By Walter Stuart
If you are a veteran, you have probably heard of an organiza
tion which offered you a place to sleep while you were spending a
few hours in a town, just passing through, or on a pass or fur
lough. An organization which, supplied you with recreation to
ease yuur uuuwvu
while you had to stay away from
home to fight a war. Even if you
are not a veteran you still have
heard of the organization which
sponsors various programs to in
crease ihe use of Christian ideals
in every day life. I am speaking
of the Y.M.C.A., the loung
Men's Christian Association.
Whether you know it or not we
have such an organization on
our campus. Perhaps while you
were registering you noticed a
place where you could indicate
whether or not you consented to
give two or three dollars to the
campus "Y" fund. And again,
perhaps, you have often wonder
ed what has become of this con
tribution you made. Well, your
money has been used in several
instances to promote the Chris
tian ideals all right, but the few
active members of the "Y" have
found .that they need help from
the students interested more
than they need the money con
tributed. The money was very
much appreciated but read the
following purposes of the cam
pus "Y" and see if you could ac
complish them with money
alone:
1. It shall endeavor to lead
the students of this ' University
and the people of this community;
Writers Decry Complacency
Demand Action for Armed US
By Thad Moser and Ed Mashburn
w iTYiP in non-emergency times, a President of the
A' VSJL V"V . , . ....... .
United States has mustered, courage to ask the American people
for an Army and Navy in proportion to our importance in interna
tional affairs. President Truman, on Army Day, adhering to the
convictions of his predecessor, openly called on the citizens ot
tlipsfi United States for one of the major necessities of any great
nation in present day interna-
tional politics. Almost any post
war President can be quoted as
wistfully wanting an adequate
armed force to protect this na
tion in a world composed of many"
nations. Comity and amity on
an international scale is desired
and advocated, but there are no
precedents for gaining that un
derstanding we so sincerely de
sire without sufficient forces to
maintain our diplomatic ideas.
The success of our diplomats,
we believe, will" be vitally affect
ed by those armed forces which
will add emphasis to their
opinions and the decisions of the
United Nations.
Twenty-six years ago it was
proved that the means of gain
ing international order and co
operation was not to sit com
placently astride our great con
tinent and naively argue that no
nation intends to fight for eco
nomic and political advantage.
It is well-advocated and well
recognized that strong nations
who cannot gain their ends by
peaceful means will attempt
force, and, if necessary, war.
The speech made by President,
Truman was not a call to war,
but a plea to the American peo
ple to use their strength as a
power for peace. Without an
armed force sufficient to protect
our interests, there might well
be another Munich, with all its
recent connotations, at some
not-too-distant date, and at this
"Munich," it would obviously be
necessary to any aggressor that
the name of the United States
head a list of those nations sur
rendering sovereignty and in
ternational order to brute force.
We contend that adequate pro
tection for our nation requires
forces greater than we can raise
to faith in God through Jesus
Christ and his way of life.
2. It shall endeavor to lead
them into membership and ser
vice in the Christian religion.
3. It shall endeavor to influ
ence them to devote themselves
in united effort with all Chris
tians to making the will of God
effective in human society,
through practical service and an
altruistic and ethical outlook.
These are noble purposes
aren't they? And they cannot
all be worked at with money.
The "Y" needs the aid of those
who wish to work toward them.
Before the war the "Y" was
quite active and since the war
brought about the absence of the
young men who participated, it
has declined in the past few
years. If you have contributed
you are a member, and we ex
pect you to attend the meeting
of members which will be held
in Graham Memorial on Mon
day, 15 April, 1946, at 7:30 p.
m. If you have not contributed
or are not sure of your contri
bution but are interested you
are welcome to come and offer
your contribution and aid. All
servicemen are automatically
members of the Young Men's
Christian Association. .
?witnout conscription. Today
conscription is necessary to the
security of this nation and the
United Nations. When conscrip
tion ceases to be necessary, we
will argue as strongly and sin
cerely to repeal peacetime con
scription laws.
In the world in which we live,
even with the United Nations as
a forum and lawmaking body,
armed force will be necessary to
enforce decisions. Justice and
right did not force a promise
from Russia to abide by United
Natfons decision and withdraw
her forces from Iran. Right or
wrong, Russia withdrew her
troops because there was suf
ficient lawrenforcing power in
the forces of those nations which
differed with Russia on the Iran
ian question. The existence of
any international organization
depends upon forces capable of
enforcing the will of the major
ity of nations in that organiza
tion. When a writer asks: "Why
can't our government take the
initiative, as she did when steer-
bv the great Franklin Roose-
velt, to weld the unity of the
United Nations?" Assuming the
writer intended the word gov
ernment" to mean "administra
tion," we contend that the an
swer to the question is in the
political fence-walking of our
Congress and the inconsistency
of our citizens. Until Congress,
instead of hedging and evading
discussion on compulsory mili
tary service, passes adequate
legislation to insure necessary
armed forces, or until the people
of the United States realize their
international destiny and re
sponsibility and insist that Con
gress act on the question, our
President will have no means.
From Representative Durham
A day or so ago I talked with you in regard to the measures we
have passed for veterans housing. At that time the Senate had
not acted on the Housing Bill.
As I told you, we have already passed in the House the sum of
600 million dollars for the Federal Public Housing Authority which
is used for moving and placing in critical areas houses that federal
government agencies
already
own. This applies to cities and
institutions such as the Univer
sity at Chapel Hill. This meas
ure had full support from the
Congress. Only one vote was
cast against it, and I favored
this measure.
As I stated to you, my chief
objection to the Patman Bill was
that there was no allocation of
the 600 million dollar subsidy
provision in the amendment of
fered on the Floor of the House.
This entire fund could have been
used for one specific building
material. This also could have
been building material that did
not go into veterans housing be
cause at that time the President
had not issued the Executive
Order channeling practically all
priorities into veterans housing.
This .Executive Order could have
been promulgated earlier in the
year and should have been done,
in my opinion. It would have
saved a lot of confusion. Now
the Executive Order has been
promulgated, and also the Senate
has placed limitations on pre
mium payments that are needed
to provide assurances that this
type of assistance will be con
fined to the extra margin of ma
terial production that cannot be
achieved through any other
method.' It was stipulated in
making use of this subsidy to
stimulate the production of ma
terials that the Expediter, Mr.
Wyatt, shall place emphasis on
avoiding either economic dislo
cations or adverse effects upon
established businesses. Another
restriction limits the over-all
amount of production to be coax
ed forth through premium pay
ments to 30 of the total amount
of material needed for the vete
rans housing program and other
ogs
mm
After a long period of dor
mancy it once again seems neces
sary to let the cry of the cogs be
heard.
Last Thursday in the consti
tution convention, made up of
the legislators of the campus,
Article IV was ratified. Now to'
just mention the number of the
Article will mean little to many,
so I'll try to tell you what it
says. According to this clause
of such a momentous document,
the editors of the three campus
publications would no longer be
nominated by us, the students. It
would place the nominating au
thority in the hands of the staffs
of the publications, the PU
board, and a special committee
from the legislature, appointed
by the speaker of the legisla
ture. The constitution would
have these three groups meet in
closed sessions, pick three can
didates for each editorship, and
submit them to us to vote on.
There would no longer be any
such privilege as we've had for
years in the past, as anyone on
campus being able to nominate
his or her choice for the position.
There would no longer be any
such opportunity as we've had
for years in the past, as having
an open field from which we
could choose. We would be told
who could have the jobs, and
'
f .-tmn With ihi
and other safeguarding pro
visions I have no objections to
the measure as passed by the
Senate. Also, Mr. Wyatt has
given his pledge to use such pay
ments to the minimum extent
necessary after consultation with
industry. The measure will now
come back to the House for final
approval, and I expect to support
the measure as passed by the
Senate.
With kindest regards, I am,
Sincerely yours,
Carl T. Durham
Woe On Us
To the Editor:
The circulation department of
THE Daily Tar Heel is not the
only one that seems to be stag
gering along on a slightly in
ferior grade of moonshine. Your
proof reading slips are also
showing.
In Wednesday's edition the
night editor, Jack Lackey, seem
ed to overlook two glaring mis
takes which I think are impor
tant enough to point out. Name
ly, in an article derogatory to a
certain political party (the Uni
versity I believe the night edi
tor can check me on this one) a
quotation made by a Mr. Lackey
was mangled beyond recognition.
Also, a very significant line in
Monte Howell's poem was left
but in preference to repetition
of the penultimate line. Since
this line is applicable to so much
behavior around us I think it,
along with the line the night
editor preferred should be
printed :
And you'll find their rage is par
ticularly blinding
When you touch the particular
See LETTERS, page 3
in the Wheel
By Allan P&nmU
from the three choices of these
groups, we would have to choose.
Good or bad, wanted or not
wanted, hot or cold, we would
have to choose from those put
up to us !
When this issue came to a
final vote, after three meetings
of debate, it was passed by the
narrowest margin yet to be re
corded since the start of the con
vention. By much the same mar
gin, the Article itself was rati
fied in its entirety. Still the fight
is far from over. When the en
tire constitution has been re
viewed by the convention, any
section of it can be brought up
again for reconsideration, and
this section will definitely be re
considered! All that is asked is
that you tell your delegates.
those who are supposed to repre
sent your wishes and ideas, ex
actly how you feel about beinc
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told who you have to choose from
for such a major position. Think
about it, students, and realize
what is being forced upon you !
If we should again lose our fight
ior student's rights, it will he.
your turn to defeat the
when the constitution is pre
sented to you to ratify in a cam
pus vote.
Help us fight for nnr nVMa
-fc AdgAtMJ
as students in a student's uni
versity.