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! PAGE TWO TOimsnAY. OCTOBER 30. 1047 THE DAILY TAR HEEL - : i 5 i :ot . '! n,j "ill il Li -ti: .' i s i i 3' I T if ! ' M ( A Watchbird Watches You-and Everybody - Is there a watchbird watching you? Well, tion. The fourteenth amendment of our there are. several that keen a critical eve federal constitution has been a mass of on the University student constitution in words that have been construed to mean its first year of operation. It's all well and almost every conceivable thing, when it good to have these watchbirds to keep a was . orginally simple to protect the right discerning eye on the Constitution in ac- of the Negroes of our country. We cannot tion, but scrutinizing each and every word let our constitution develop into a con is .a strain on the optical nerves and is a glomeration of fourteenth amendments, vigilance far too strict. The constitution was written, not to pro There are several types of. watchbirds. vide a complicated document that would Some display brilliant hues. They strut and be an always available bone of contention preen their feathers and are members of between groups. Instead it was an attempt the peacock family. Their chief function to get as accurate a statement of the func is showmanship. There are several members tions of all organizations as possible. It was of the woodpecker family who see a worm ' to be a model of student government to in a hollow stump and tap out their message, show its structure to new-comers and to There are the sapsuckers who pick on the a campus disrupted in war-time, more lively matter. And of course, there We refer specifically to the case that are the parrots who repeat each statement was brought before the Council last night they hear in a shrill voice. contesting the judiciary powers of the In Originally the Constitution was written terfraternity council and its authority to with the idea of "preserving the form of try the violators of the House Privilege student government" in the words of the Board agreement with the coeds, preface of the document. Naturally, you In this first year of the constitution in action we do not have the time to keep digging out single words and rack our brains for a different connotation. It will take all of our efforts to get the campus student government running as a well-lubricated machine. As I See It t ; Scales Should Have Answered 'No Comment' can examine each word of the constitution and interpret it in any manner that you see fit. But this was not the purpose of the Constitution. It was written to give a com posite picture of the student government of the University of North Carolina in ac- Ado About Something or Nothing - By Winston Broadfoot Last July Ann Matthews, for mer member of the Communist party, testified before the House leaflet and he stated that he did i serially appearing on this page. issue it. Are we to believe that the testimony of Ann Matthews in It will be up to the Legislature to de termine if there is legitimate cause for Treasurer Sam Daniels to accuse John Clampitt, Bill Miller, and Herman Baker of using student funds to travel by un authorized means or if it is merely "much ado about nothing." We hope tfiat this dis turbance will not cast a veil of doubt to overshadow the merits of the NSA, and its well-planned program. ' This is the last thing that we would want to happen. The NSA, by its constitution and i ' aims, has proven that it can be an organization which would be a great asset to the University. The NSA has a wide following of colleges throughout the nation and we are quite confident that the group will be able to aid the University in its problems and our delegation will be able to provide useful suggestions toward build ing a better student government. Next year when the student legislature is faced with the task of selecting the dele gates for NSA convention, we urge it to devote much -time in preparing specific in structions to the members of the delegation. Especially, should they make an effort to elaborate on what the student funds may be used for in order to eliminate misunder standings. The legislature did a fine job this past spring of instructing the delegates in just what measures they should endorse at the convention. We hope that the ideas, and the material good that our delegation accomplished at the convention is enough to convince the legislature that the dele gation was a sincere one and no malpractices were intended. We are convinced that there was no wrong intended by the three delegates and that the confusion was merely a misunder standing between Daniels and the delegates. An Apology to the LVA We have an apology to make to the Uni versity Veteran association for the article which appeared in yesterday's edition re garding their policy of allowing stags in the clubhouse during the weekend. Presi dent Hugh Wells assures that the UVA never has had such a rule on the. books. We published the editorial, written by a staff member, in good faith. . No malice or misrepresentation of facts was intended. The article did a great injustice to the UVA and we sincerely want to correct this. The author of the article was refused per mission evidently by a member of the dance committee Who was not familiar with the rules of the organization. For some reason the reporter misunderstood the dance com mitteeman and jumped to the conclusion that it was a new ruling of the UVA. The reporter who wrote the article should have! verified each of his facts. In printing the article we were assured that the facts con tained therein were verified. The reporter in question is no longer a member of our staff. un-American Affairs Committee ! July was untrue, but now in concerning the tobacco workers ' October Junius Scales is, in fact, head of a student group of Com munists? Hardly he held the job all along. All of which raises the tre mendously important question of honesty. Had Junius chosen to answer "no comment" to questions of his Communism, one might have objected to his reticence but no one could com plain of being misled. But the statement he did make, intro ducing as it did the red herring of past activities and tactics of the House un-American Com mittee, obscured the issue raised by the freely-given testimony of Ann Matthews: Is Junius Scales the leader of the student I PnmTnnnictc ot onol Will 9 Unless he would say that Com munism itself is something nas ty, I hardly see how Junius can claim to be "attacked," "smear ed," or "slandered" by a truth ful statement that he is a stu dent Communist leader. One hears often enough that Communists believe any means justifies a desirable end, and that they are not to be trusted in day to day affairs. Without knowing what tactical justifica tion Junius may have for his present turn-about, . I submit that he is part proof that as to Communism one may not safely rely on what Communists say. strike in Winston-Salem. She in cidentally mentioned that Jun ius Scales, resident of Chapel Hill, was head of the student Communist group at Chapei Hill. Asked about this testi mony, Scales, as reported in the July 24th Charlotte Observer, replied as follows: It is an unexpected honor to , be attacked by the same committee which has endeav ored to smear many of the finest Americans of our time, including the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henry A. Wallace, and Dr. Frank P. Graham. I believe the slandering: tactics of this committee should not be dignified by a reply from anyone who be lieves in the tradition of American liberty. Of course, one can readily see that Scales deliberately missed the point. The Committee- did not bother with him at all; he was simply asked by newsmen to comment on one woman's statement that she knew him to be a Communist. Nothing more was heard from Scales on the subject of Com munism until yesterday, at which time a mimeographed leaflet was issued on food price control, purported to be put out by the "Communist party of Cha pel Hill, Junius Scales, Chair man." I called Junius yesterday to check the authenticity of the Admitting the usual impro priety of one writer suggesting what another say, I do hope that Vera will see' fit to comment on something more than friendly atmosphere and the fine food, both of which apparently exist ed in abundance at Prague. I have specific reference to an ar ticle appearing in Time (Aug ust 4, 1947, page 24-25) quoted in part as follows: To Prague Journeyed 30, 000 young people of all na tions for a "World Festival of Democratic Youth." They had come to "play and work and learn together." They put on dramas, danced folk dances before bonfires. But they were a singularly youthless lot, for they had a serious task in Prague the revival (in dis guise) of the Young Commun ist International. Some of Prague's 30,000 were sincere youngsters who had been trapped by Com munism's pseudo-progressive propaganda. Others knew pre cisely what they were about. The Prague program was prepared by Otto Katz (alias Andre Simone) a well-known MVD agent. Well, what about it. Vera? Ires Ihiayre Sensitive Artistic Approach While on Communist matters, I should like to comment on the recent visit of Vera Scales to Prague, an account of which is Mudville Mutterings Village Wives to Sew Popular literary detectives have discover ed that by reversing the phrase, "One good turn deserves another," they arrive at, "rehtona sevresed nrut doog eno." ftssodoted Cb0e6te Press BARRON MILLS EDITOR Managing Editor: Ed Joyner, Jr. Circulation Manager: Owen Lewis NEWS EDJ.TOR: Chuck Hauser HOWARD BAILEY BUSINESS MANAGER Sports Editors: Bill Carmichae! Bob Goldwater Associate Sports Editor: Morty Schaap NEWS: Bill Sexton, Charlie Gibson, Jane Meats, Herbert Nachman, Jr., Paul Rothman. Merrily Brooks, Nancy Norman, John Stump, George Roberts, Mark Sumner, Jean Baskerville, Bob Rolnik, Jim Spence, Earl Heffner, Sally Woodhull, Ruth Evans, Margaret Gaston, Roland Giduz, Everett Ford, Martin Carmichael, Bob Payne, Gilbert Fur guson. George Dew, Donald McDonald, Charles Veen, Nina Davis, Demont Roseman, McNeer Dillon, Wallace Kirby, Ashley Branch, Mae Belle Enman, Dortch Warriner, Gordon Huffines, Leonard Dudley, Raney Stanford, Elaine Patton. EDITORIAL: Bob Sain, Bill Buchan, Dave Soak, Russell Baldwin. PHOTOGRAPHY: Bill Harding, Wilson Yarborough. ' ' ' SPORTS: Dick Jenrette, Bill Rellam, Taylor Vaden, Kyle Cox, Larry Fox, . Bill Gallagher, Ish Moore, Miriam Evans, Bob Ousley. BUSINESS STAFF: James Crews, Jackie Rogers, Eaton Holden, Betty Huston, J. C. Brown, Mary Willis Sledge, Charles Pattison, C. B. Mendenhali, Stan Cohen, Joe Williams, Randall Hudson. The official newspaper of the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina, Cha pe! Hill, where it is published daily, except Mondays, examinations and vacation periods by The Colonial Press Inc., during the official summer terms, it is published semi weekly on Wcdncs days and Saturdays. Entered as second-class matter at the post office at Chapel Hill, N. C, under the act of March 8, 1379. Subscription price: $8.00 per college year; $3.00 per quarter. Good news this week for the little woman of the village who wants something to sew with besides her dish pan hands! The Chapel Hill chapt er of the American Red Cross is going to donate a sewing machine to the village to be used by all the wives. The machine r is now undergoing minor repairs but as soon as it . is ready it will be at Mrs. J. P. Blaine's home, 125 Johnson street. A notice will be put up in the rental office as soon as it arrives. Okay, girls, here's your chance to make your own "new look." A two-tone mutter was heard this week in connec tion with the "Portrait of a Backyard" editorial which appeared in last Friday's DTH. It is generally agreed that a nursery would be a wonderful addition to the Village and the spirit of the editorial in pointing out this need is much appreciated. There is, however, another feeling around there parts that things are really not quite so heartbreaking as depicted. The village is in habited in the most part by a group of pretty adult young people and their children are behaving pretty much as children behave eveywhere. The need for a nursery is as great as it is anywhere that there is a large group of young children with moth ers who work. However, Vic tory Village is not a slum and the case described in the Backyard editorial must be a very isolated one. Man's best friend came in for his share of the kicking around this week. At the Monday night council meet ing. Chairman Tom Critten den read a letter which he had received during the week complaining about dogs who bark in people's windows and generally misbehave. The letter suggested that the dogs be kept in the house at night so their beloved voices might at least be muffled. Tom, using great tact, appointed a committee to investigate the matter and recommend ed that the committee be composed of half dog owners and half non-dog owners to insure justice. As the first step toward getting an organized play ground the council chairman also appointed Mrs. Charlotte Haves to investigate the pos sibilities of getting a central and supervised playground for the kids. . ; Another suf estica was made at the council meeting which seems like a good idea. This idea is to start an ex change in connection with the co-op. Wives who have a special talent for making candies, cakes, etc. or knitt ing socks, making baby clothes, etc., would furnish these items and set the prices. Arrangements would have to be made with the Co-op of ficials but it sounds like a swell plan. What's Up in Graham Memorial 4:00 Lewis dormitory reception. Horace Wms. lounge 5:00 World Federalists, Grail room 6:30 Recorded dinner music concert, main lounge 7:30 Ping pong tournament, main lounge 7:30 Law Wives Bridge club, Horace Wms. lounge 7:30 Stray Greeks, Parker No. 1 7:30 Phi Eta Sigma, Parker No. 2 7:30 Wilmington-Carolina club Parker No. 3 7:45 Western N. C. club, Park ' er No. 3 8:00 Golden Fleece, Grail room 9:00 Science-Fiction club, Par ker No. 3 By John K. B. McDowell Mr. Ives Tinayre, baritone, assisted by the University String Quartet, appeared in a recital this past Tuesday night which was notable for the ex ceptional artistry of the sing er and for the freshness and quality of the works perform ed. ' Mr. Tinayre does not possess a particularly distinguished voice, but his intelligence coupled with a sensitive and inherently artistic approach to the works he performs, makes the hearing of each song both an emotional and an intellec tual experience. The program opened with three songs of the XIII Cen tury French . School, the sec ond of which, a pastoral, was delivered with tenderness and fine feeling. Mr. Tinayre's next song, a ballade by Guil laume de Machaut entitled "Rose, lys" was beautifully sung, and none cf the varied mood of the song was lost by the singer. The final two songs in the first group were by Gilles Binchois, a fifteenth century composer, and by John Dowland, the eminent lutenist-composer of the late XVIth and early XVII cen turies. The second part of Mr. Tin ayre's program consisted of a Cantata da Requiem by Ales sandro Scarlatti. The Univer sity String Quartet, assisted by Mr. Wilton Mason, helped Mr. Tinayre to make the per formance of this work a mem orable experience. This canta ta of Scarlatti is dramatic in quality, and harmonically foreshadows Beethoven. The last Aria in this work bore an unmistakable resemblance to some of the music of "Fidelio." After the intermission Mr. Tinayre resumed his program with the "Motetto par lo Sanc to Spirito" by Giovanni-Paolo Colonna. This motet, in three parts, was concluded with an Alleluia, distinguish ed by its graceful baroque proportion and by its expres sion of radiant joy. The final portion of the program was devoted to the "Angus Dei" of Francesco Durante, and the aria "Ora pro nobis Deum" from the motet "Regina Coeli" of Mozart. The Durante "Ag nus Dei" is a deeply moving and profoundly spiritual work, and Mr. Tinayre's performan ce of it was both exquisite and humble. The concert was brought to a close with the lovely aria composed by Mozart in his early youth. Mr. Tinayre's distinguished performance needs no addi tional mention. The University String Quartet, however, de serves further comment for its fine accompaniment, and for the quality of the musi cianship of its members, Wil lis Gates and Dorothy Alden, violinists, Emily Porter, 'cel list, and Edgar Alden, violist. Wilton Mason, pianist, gave fine support to the soloist and to the ensemble. Carolina Carousel r m New Clerk Boosts Coffee Sales At Book-X By R. Foo Giduz Coffee sales are up an esti mated 30 per cent in the Book X over thp last week, according to unofficial Y Court reports. Obvious reason is comely Mrs. Virginia Morris, GI wife, and new java-jerker of Ray Ritchie's Book Exchange staff. . .So they tell, Carousel, she's got guys buy ing coffee who nevcr-ncver touch the stuff. . .Go find out for yourself. Hey, little sugar, no cream for us. And talking of java, jamoke, and a cup of joc, the new Colon ial House downtown is dishing out fine chow. . .Though quite confusing sometimes: That's pro prietor Whid Powell behind the counter, not law student and cx BMOC Mike Carr. They're exact twins for our money! . . .P. S. to Saleeby-Moore twins shen nanigans on page one: Huckster Saleeby currently has the lavst laugh. . .Moores each sported a brightly colored argyle sox box in the Y Court yesterday con taining a gift from thoughtful Emily, er Emile. Contents: One pair of pink unmentionables each, size 20 (so they said);. . . So much for laughs. Hope they're getting their kicks! From here, the current stu dent governmental fuss over the alleged "manipulation" of funds by NSO delegates Baker, Miller and Clampitt is nothing more than phoney baloney. It was un questionably and admittedly the Legi.jture's original intent that the trio travel to Madison via air. They went by train, for all practical purposes. However an unintentional omission in the expense authorization bill caus ed this misunderstanding. Wo see no reason to take the case to the Honor council. . .Come, come men, we're all fighting the same war. The whole works should be corrected tonight when Basil Sherrill introduces n measure to legalize (officially) the expenses for air travel. OLD EAST ELECTION Leroy Milks was elected pres ident of Old East dormitory in a runnoff election held Tuesday night. Other officers elected are: Earl Helms, vice-president, and Bennie B. Ward, secretary-treasurer. Write Away Alarm! Ring The Tocsin! Editor: Sound the alarm! Ring the tocsin! The time has come for every one hundred per cent American to seek out and de stroy the insidious influences which are corrupting our land. The situation is critical. Things have come to such a pass that even our Congress has fallen or may fall under the sway of an alien idea. I quote from an article written in the Daily Tar Heel by the eminent journalist, philoso pher, and political scientist. Bill Buchan. . ."Laws will Crossword Puzzle ANSWER TO FEEVIOUS PUZZLE ACEOS3 ' t dean 4 Malic gk 9 Digit 13 Late humorist . 13 Apple juice 14 Conditions 15 Surgical gauze 17 Alongside 19 Drinks lightly 20 Autocrat 21 Living 23 Vari -colored horse 28 Passion 27 Regretful 28 Engineering . degree 29 Female sheep 30 Farts of churches SI Sports follower 32 Musical not 83 Gather 34 Nuisance 35 Shake 37 Chairs IS Measure of distance 39 Health resorts 40 Kind of china 42 Refinery 45 A grain ' 46 Badgerlikt animal 48 Night before 49 Stain 50 Hard metal 51 Father 5liW J tVAjN T Ida fTeie l l aeN M E A Rj Al PAPPJ AIIf onTjon AN TN, O'K A!N i, h i M 15 U 17 2 I 9 ' j I Tfrio r r 15 M w . Jf - DOWN 1 Queen of fairies 2 Harem room 3 Thoughtful 4 Shaft of a colusia 5 Swine 6 Small fish 7 Tellurium (symb.) 8 Wipers 9 Jeweled headdresj 10 Away 11 Superlative ending 16 Low resort 18 Child 20 Wearier - 21 Ready 22 Deeper 23 Armed band 24 Smallest 25 Slight depressions 27 Break up ore 30 Saunterers 31 Dined in style 33 Among 34 Ring like bell 36 Act 37 Enchan'menti 39 Kind of duck 40 Turf 41 To satisfy for service rendered 42 Bainte (abbr.) 43 Girl's name ii Crimson 47 Toward have to be passed by Congress making membership in the Communist party unlawful and treasonable. . .it will not be surprising, however, if such a law failed to pass in Congress. With our renowned system of freedom those who oppose it could very probably hire enough "liberal" lobby ists to. . .persuade enough vote-conscious Congressmen that such a law is unnecessary and undemocratic, and out of the window it would go. Per haps this sounds improbable, but it certainly isn't impossi ble. . Friends and fellow country men, the issue is now joined. Herr pardon me, I mean Mr. Buchan has pointed out the true import of the situation. Even the Congress of this land is in danger of being subvert ed by this pernicious ideal of freedom, this ideal which is no longer supported by any one except Communists and their tools. Let us review the development of this dangerous situation. For some centuries, under the leadership of such radicals as Milton, Locke, Voltaire. Paine, Jefferson. Mill, and, I regret to add, the late Chief Justice Holmes (all but two, please note, were foreigners), an alien idea has been devel oped within the framework of the theory of democracy. This idea, the root of our difficul ty, is the absurd theory that the minority has some rights which the majority is obliga ted to respect. This idea is, of course, contrary to common sense but it has been so ably propagated over the years that only a few people, with ex ceptionally keen insight into the matte, have dared to challenge its validity. My hat is off to Mr. Buchan. In 1789, under the pressure of radical groups (some of them, alas, from North Caro lina) the so-called Bill of Rights of our Constitution was drawn up. These 10 amend ments presumably protect our freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, etc. They arc. of course, of little value to the average right thinking citizen and merely serve to protect the dissident element of the population. They should be dropped from the Constitution at once. The will of the majority as inter preted by the duly constituted governmental authorities should define the only beliefs to be permitted. No dissenting person or group should be al lowed to hide behind this poli tical relic, this "Bill of Rights." and escape the pun ishment due those so willfully obstinate as to set their opin ions up against those of the omnipotent majority. It does not matter whether they are Communists. Fascists. Free Traders. Single Taxers. Pro hibitionists. Socialists. Free masons, or whatnot. Their views are not those of the ma jority and they should be com pelled to shut up. Germany, Italy and Russia have shown the way. Let us, too, drop the absurd fiction of minority rights which allows dissenters to grow, like cancers, upon the body politic. Wake up, America, and proclaim to the world that we also have join ed the Wave of the Future In the 20th century minorities have no rights. . Perrell F. Fiyae, Jr.