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Page Two THE DAILY TAR HEELk WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1946 Safety Program Would Help It becomes increasingly apparent that the traffic safety prob lem in the town of Chapel Hill is getting to be a big one. With more students here than ever before and with the num ber of cars increasing all the time as students purchase their long-awaited automobiles, the road space available remains static. Caution on the part of student drivers should be a necessary prerequisite to having a car on the campus. Unfortunately, one sees evidence daily that such is not the case. Careless driving is doubly dangerous on the streets of Chapel Hill. The situation has reached the point where pedestrians are hard-pressed to cross Franklin street in the vicinity of the post office during the day. With cars coming both ways, out of a side street and others turning around in the middle of the street, the poor pedestrian is at a decided disadvantage. Possibly something could be done to remedy the street cross ing problem by means of a stoplight, safety zone, or a change in traffic rules. But the big problem as we see it is the careless way in which many drivers handle their cars. Rules regulating the operation of auto vehicles by students on the campus have existed before. Automobile accidents in volving Carolina students have always had serious repercus sions. Before the war a safety council, comprised of students, the Dean of Men, and chief of police, existed to regulate vehicles on the campus. Unless utmost' caution and care is taken by some of our present-daycampus cowboys who still fancy themselves as flying P-38's, something will have to be done again. In any case, it might be well to consider installing some type of safety program to help lessen the perennial danger of auto mobile accidents. A national auto safety program is now in existence. A local one on the campus would do no harm could do much good. - Keep Your Feet Dry Yesterday was the first cool day of the fall quarter. Normally, we don't have much to say about the weather except when the rains come to make canals out of the walks. But the coming of cold and wet weather this winter will be accompanied by the ominous threat of a flu epidemic. Conditions are very crowded, as you all know, and disease germs won't have far to go. A common cold, still with us in spite of the Atomic Age and penicillin, can spread very rapid ly. No more doctors than weather men, the editors of the DTH caution everyone to keep in as good physical condition as pos sible so as to avoid any disease germs that might be around. With double the number of students the facilities of the In firmary will be severely taxed. There will probably not be enough doctors to go around and once any sickness gets a start there will be little space for hospitalization. We feel that the advice to check a cold before it gets too far will be 'a special need for all students this fall. So with winter coming on we say, "Don't get your feet wet." Signpost With married folks becoming nearly the rule rather than the exception on college campuses these days, such stories as this run in the Indiana Daily Student excite no undue comment . . . Under the head, "Busy Stork Can Count on I. U. Aid," officials on the Bloorrilngton campus announced that the University was "ready to join hands with the stork.. Arrangements were made with the Medical center at Indianapolis so that wives of stu dents may receive maternity tare at the William H. Coleman Hospital for approximately $71. College, 1946 a far cry from what it used to was ! (ACP) We Live; We Learn Many a fledgling chemist has to learn the hard way. Fellow students will never forget the look of utter horror that came across a chem. 8, lab student's face as he watched a neatly-copied-in-ink English theme dissolve in some spilled hydrochlor ic. Humble title of the theme: "The Benefits of Chemistry." (ACP) The official newspaper of the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina Chanel HUL where it is published daily, except Mondays, examination and vacation periods; Vfj the official summer terms, it is published semi-weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays. SSrVl L secorTmatter it the post office at Chapel Hill. N. C. under the act of March 8. 1879. Subscription price: $5.00 per college year. COMPLETE LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF UNITED PRESS The opinions expressed by the columnists are their own and not neces sarily those of The Daily Tar Heel. BILL WOESTENDIEK ROLA'ND GIDUZ .... IRWIN SMALLWOOD BILL SELIG BURTON MYERS Editor Managing Editor Sports Editor Business Manager Circulation Manager AssociATH Editob: Ray Connor. Asslstant Editors: Gene Aenchbacher, Fred Flagler, Eddie Allen. Editorial Staff: Matt Hodgson, R..H. Hamilton, Jud Kinberg, Bob Jones, Sam Daniels, Bob Finehout, Bettie Washburn. Dbsk Editfr : Barron Mills. News Staff: Roy Moose, Darley Lochner, Jo Pugh, J. C. Green, Arnold Schulman, Burke Shipley, Bob Morrison, Sam Whitehall, Helen Highwater. Night Sports Editors: Howard Merry, Bob Goldwater, Jim Pharr. Subscription Manager: Brantley A. McCoy, Jr. Business Staff: Suzanne Barclay, Ed Parnell. Natalie Selig. Barbara Thorson. Strowd Ward. " ' i w by Unitad Feature Syndicate. UcTI fTm. U. S. Pat. Off. All rightt rasarvad j "Now let's all get our heads together" World Affairs .... Wallace Dismissal Termed Triumph for Republicans By Manny Margolis About a week ago, the President of the United States found himself in a very awkward position. His cabinet was hanging by one of its hinges. It made a very bad appearance. The door was squeaking. So, the President called upon his architects of peace and asked them for their advice. They advised him to throw the hinge away, which he did. Thus, Henry Wallace, the last of the Roosevelt New Dealers, with all the cards stacked against him, was dealt the final blow. Henry had three aces, while Harry had two pair two Carolina Merry-Go-Round By Bob Jones To more than half of you who at least glanced at the title of this column the CAROLINA MERRY-GO-ROUND is a new and unfamiliar addition to page two. However, paternity is not mine for Jim Taylor and Dan Mc Farland pushed its baby carriage through the summer's editions of the DTH. Jim is in Law School now and with diabolical charm he suggested that I continue the abuse. My answer was definitely no. So there is the background and here starts the column with all the misgivings the Editor has at his disposal. Few veterans know what Public Law 589 is about but it is one of the most important pieces of legislation passed in the last session of Congress for it expands the scope and benefits of Na- : tional Service Life Insurance. Sec- th Carolina coeds are this cruarter. Democrats and two Republicans. The last of the New Dealers is gone, and the press and the Republi cans are full of tongue-in-cheek con gratulations. The advocates of a get-tough-with-Wallace policy were lick ing their political chops. First, the President approved Secretary Wal lace's "get-agreement with Russia" speech. That was bad. However, two days later, the President hurriedly changed that to approving the "right of the Secretary of Commerce to de liver the speech." That was a little better. Three days later, Acting Sec- An Open Letter to Chancellor House Dear Sir: During the latter part of the sum mer session, you called a special meet ing of all the students ' to discuss a raise in the rents of the dormitory rooms. At that time student opinion was very strong in demanding that the rents not be increased. Most of the demands came from the veterans who felt, and rightly so, that they could not live on their fixed income if the rents were raised. A complete and detailed resolution was passed by the body of students, to be delivered to the Governor of North Carolina in person. Tnis resolution was never presented to the Governor. But on the day following the student mass meet ing, the Governor made the statement to the press that he did not think the rents would have to be raised. We believed the Governor and the matter was dropped by the students. But some undercover forces were at work while the students were on vacation for one month. The Admin istration was carrying out their plan to raise the rents, in spite of the great objections of the student body and the statement of the Gov ernor of North Carolina. The rent for single men was raised from $18.00 per quarter to $25.50 per quarter with three persons in a room. It isn't the $7.50 per quarter that hurts as much as the under-handed and sneaky tac tics adopted by the Administration of the University. They have broken faith with the students. Evidently student opinion and the will of the people does not mean very much. It would be understandable if this increase was used to raise the wages of the janitors or the other personnel of the University. But his has. not happened. I will take up he subject of wages in another let ter tomorrow. Jerry Pearson 208 Stacy. retary of State William Clayton af firmed that Wallace had the right to make any kind of a speech he wanted to. That was, terrible ! The President's loyal opposition protested. The newspapers screamed for Wallace to "shut up or quit." The following day, the President and his Commerce Secretary had a two-hour conference. Henry promised to be a good boy, and be quiet when there was "company" around. Then, the following day, with all the news papers full of their indignant ap praisals as to why Henry wasn't going to run away from home, the news broke of the President's request for Wallace's resignation. There was no kick coming from Republican quarters. Bipartisan unity had once again been restored. But it seems sort of a hollow victory. It was a debacle in terms of the war of international prestige. We, after all, have always been a nation which has prided itself on its ability to accept and even stimulate differences of opinion, as a tonic for democratic progress. We have been quick to criticize the uniparty system of the Soviet Union, for its abortion of free political expression. It must seem a rather strange phenomenon to M. Molotov at Paris to see the spectacle of an American Minister gagged and eventually thrown out of the govern ment, for having made a political speech, even after having received the Chief Executive's consent. And what did this man, "with the air of earnest stupidity," as one cor respondent put it, say that was so tion 3 adds to the previous type poli cies (ordinary life, 20 pay life and 30 pay life) three new desirable plans: 20 year endowment, endowment at age 60 and endowment at age 65. The new law also sets up four optional methods of settlement: (1) in one lump sum, (2) in equal monthly in stallments for 120 months certain with the payments continuing during the remaining lifetime of the first beneficiary, (3) in equal monthly in stallments of from 36 to 240 and (4) as a refund life income for the bene ficiary. Included in the act fs an optional feature for protection and monthly payments in case the insured be comes disabled, liberalization of choice of beneficiaries and the op portunity to get insurance even though the veteran had previously been barred because of some dis ability. If you have allowed your policy to lapse you may reinstate it any time up to January 1, 1947, without physical examination. Forms can be obtained in room 208 South' Building and complete in formation and rate tables can be -secured by dropping a card to the Richmond Branch, Insurance Divi sion, Veterans Administration, Rich- - mond, Va. My spouse, Bobbie, remarked yes terday on how pert and well groomed "revolutionary?" True, he may have offended Viscount Montgomery who was visiting the U. S. at the time, by stating that he-was neither pro- nor anti-British, pro- nor anti-Russian. Or he may have stepped on several newspaper publishers' sensitive corns by frankly condemning "all types of imperialism and aggression, whether of Russian, British, or American origin." But the true key to the mystery probably lies elsewhere. It lies in the fact that Wallace was baring, in a rare demonstration of political as tuteness, the real character of the bipartisan rapprochement which seems to have seized the Missourian imagination of that man in the White House. It lies in the fact that Wal lace was warning the people that the mandate which they gave the late F.D.R. in 1944 (and to Mr. Truman) to carry forward the Roosevelt blue print for peace was being neglected and forgotten, that Arthur Vanden berg, John Foster Dulles, and Robert Taft are being given the go-ahead signal on foreign policy, while Demo cratic New Dealers such as Ickes, Wallace, and Pepper are regarded as illegitimate children. And Truman continues to fiddle while Byrnes roams. And the people ask what has happened to the Demo- an observation that I had made last week but preferred to let go un voiced. Which leads us to the little scene that took place on Friday last when two cute things with shoulder length hair brightened Franklin Street by strolling past its shops and window displays, an event not particularly noteworthy until I counted the gal lants who formed the rear-guard some four paces behind and halted abruptly whenever the girls stopped to look at something in a window dis play. There were FIFTEEN hope fuls!! It's a good thing that there's no shortage of hope for I'm told it springs eternal. The New York State Executive Committee of the American Legion recently denied a permanent charter to the Duncan-Paris Post command ed by Marion ("See Here Private") Hargrove and composed of World War II veterans on the grounds that four of its 275 members had con tributed to what the committee termed, "Communist Publications." True or not, the remaining 271 ap parently are not wanted either and once again an old-line veterans' or ganization demonstrates that it has no room for young veterans who know that there are problems yet to be solved, reforms yet to be made and fresh leadership yet to be developed and utilized. In Dubious Battle By Jack Dube Variations on an old theme: Many of the old-timers will remember this colyum from the days when along with the phrase "Chepell Collitch" we swept into the hearts of the stud ents, .we banged out happiness to all the kiddies for about three years and then felt the call, .returning January last to renew our babblings helped by our gag writer, Bud Imbrey, hav ing the unique distinction of getting a degree in Asiatic Tongues from South Bldg., has gotten himself en gaged to our next best girl and is busy preparing to support same by running guns to the afganistans and wogs. . . .Fortunately for you dear readers we continue our residence at this monstrous institution and you reap th benefits. . . . Fair warning Dept: It is perhaps a little late tj inform you that your name may r.ppear here and with its appearance 3-ou may find your whole mode of living altered, .you may ap- cratic majority in the Congress, and pear next to a crack and be expected to our Democratic Administration. In t.n ho the Hfo nf tViP nnrfv f nnw our present state of "delirium Tru- mans," we are indeed being led by a foreign policy based on the platform of the Republican Party of 1944. We could have sworn they LOST that election ! 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Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings: Ad in the Tarheel: "Veter an Exterminating- Co." . .hmmm. . . overheard at the Spencer Dorm open house "I see she's back, and her voice has changed from no to yes!" . . .Bob Schwartz tells us that the weather's so changeable that he doesn't know what to hock next. . . .maybe it was Bobby Illig who was telling us about the gal who would never get as old as she looks. . . . Balderdash and folderol: The gloom that pervaded the campus after the V. P. I. tie went with the rain when the news spread of Dook's loss to State. This humble one observes that the uproar created by a loss in "that neighboring institution's" column is greater than a midnite show used to be when the brew ran out in Harry's . . . .we understand that one gink, never did get through the registration line, seems he got switched to the ticket line for the game by error, for tunately he still had his raincoat from Tuesday. . . . Gageroo: Mrs Skunk to Mr. Skunk: "How many times have I told you not to come near me when you've been eating onions." . .which reminds us of the vet who finally handed in his forms all filled out and accompanied by a tuft of hair. . .
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