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THE DAILY TAR HEEli
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 194?
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XditorUl Staff: Charlie Gibson. Tom Wharton. Wink Locklaif. Bill Kellam.
Don Shropshire. Jimmy Rutherford. John Stump. Vestal Taylor. ,
Wetuf Staff: Roy Parker. Jr., Zane Robbtns. Bill Johnson. Sam McKeeL Wuff
Newell, Don Maynard. Rolfe Neill. Caroline Bruner. Bob Hennessee. Graham
Jones. Glenn Harden. . .. ; ; .
Sporti Staff: Buddy Vaden. Frank Allston. Jr., Andy Taylor. Larry Fox. Lew
Chapman. Joe B. Cherry, Bebe Smith, Art Greenbaum.
fiuineit Staff :
Oliver Watklns. June Crockett, Neal Cadleu, Ed Williams.
Carelessness to Blame
The wave of fraternity and sorority house robberies
which has been recurrent at Carolina over the past few
years once again has sprung up. The robberies of the Chi Psi
fraternity and Pi Beta Phi sorority houses' this weekend should
serve as a warning to other Carolina students, whether they
are living in a fraternity or a dormitory. Over the past few
years nearly every fraternity house and many of the dorm
itories on campus have been looted.
. The Chi Psis were double victims this weekend,
with the second floor residents of the house being robbed
of cash early Saturday morning. Then during the football
game Saturday afternoon, the robbers returned to walk
off with an assortment of suits, clothing, and luggage.
The robbery of the Pi Phi sorority house is believed to
have occurred during rushing Friday night. All the sorority ,
girls were downstairs from the hours of 7:30 to 10:30, and
the robbers apparently took their time in systematically
fleecing the upstairs floors as the girls were conducting
rushing.
The first of the month, when many students receive
checks, and football weekends, when the fraternity houses
are filled with strangers, seem to be the favorite time for the
robbers. However, if it were not for the carelessness of the
students their task would not be so easy.
Residents of fraternity and sorority houses should be well
aware by now that they are the favorite prey of these
thieves. It isn't hard to find a safer place for one's money
than the desk drawer or a pair of pants thrown across a chair.
A few safeguards by the students would go a long way
toward making these fraternity and sorority operations un
profitable for the robbers.
No Rogues in the Gallery
A large number of students whose surnames begin with
the letters A-D won't get their pictures in the 1950 Yackety
Yack. It's their own fault, though. This group was scheduled
to be photographed last week. All week long Yack Editor
Bill Claybrook begged the students, to come up and get
their pictures taken.
A few more came around Saturday morning. After, that
it was too late, for there'll be no makeup period for those
who were too "busy" to spare a very few minutes to have
their pictures taken. Thus, no 1950 Yack pictures for them.
The photographing will continue for three weeks. Stu
dents with surnames beginning with the letters E-K will be
photographed this week. Those from L-R are scheduled for
the week of October 10. October 17 opens the week for those
from S-Z.
So, come early and get a good picture. The Yack staff
and the photographers will appreciate it.
Growls From the Quonset Huts
The University of North Carolina, like colleges all over
the nation, is feeling the efforts of a severe post-war housing
shortage. It has. tried in every conceivable way to house as
many students as possible in the available space, and has
even erected several new dormitories which are beautiful to
behold; but try to get a room in one of them!
The housing office has one of the most able and sympa
thetic staffs one could ever hope to find. The staff members
listen patiently to everything from vicious threats to tem
porary nervous breakdowns, and after hearing your heart
rending story, they smile, hand you an aspirin, and assign you
to a Quonset.
A Quonset is a large galvanized iron pipe about 25 feet
in diameter which has been sliced down the middle. These
two halves are placed on a slab of concrete, open side down,
and people can go in and out of either end. These huts were
figured out may years ago by a bunch of wild Indians who
couldn't see the teepee, and the federal government bought
them into use again in a severe national emergency.
Once inside a Quonset, you will immediately be struck
by a question; What is the ceiling, and what is the wall? The
answer is simple; The wall is the ceiling, and the ceiling is
the wall.
At first you may think you are in a mausoleum, as, on
either side, stacked one on top of the other, are niches where
a person can assume a horizontal position during the night
and wait for classes to begin in the morning.
Should it still appear tomb-like, one has only to drop a
match into the oil-burning booby trap which looks like a
stove, and the illusion will escape him along with most of
his hair and clothing.
Most of us associate night with sleep, but here we are in
for another surprise. Stack any twenty men in a single
shelter, and you will have as many conflicting daily routines
and personalities: The bull sessioneers; The midnight-oil
burners; The all-night radio fans; The two-beer inebriates;
The man whose nocturnal exhalations are as noisy as a
Sherman tank. Result: No sleep.
It is my serious contention that if the University must
resort to such extreme measures to house its students, it
would do better to increase its waiting lists! Better to do
this than to have them come to Chapel Hill and get such a
thorough disillusionment about college dormitory life".
William F. Heitman.
DICK JENRETTE
..C. B. MENDENHALL
...! CHUCK HAUSER
..BILLY CARMICHAEL III
VASHIIIGTOH
SCENE
By George Dixon
(Copyright King Features, 1949)
By George Dixon
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 Idi
otic thought for today: Do you
suppose the Russians will put
out guidebooks and maps show
ing the location of their atomic
plants such as we so obligingly
did in the fifth semi-annual
report of the Atomic Energy
Commission?
Having found that even the
oldest inhabitant has difficul
. ty getting around official
Washington without a guide,
the Senate Committee on ex
. ecuiive expenditures has put
out a chart diagraming the
administrative branch of the
federal government.
These charts measure 34 by
44 inches and show the 1,800
components into which the ex
ecutive , branch of the govern
ment is divided. Senators who
can find sufficient room for the
map have pasted it up on their
office walls.
I discovered one thing by
looking at the chart that had
hitherto escaped my attention,
and that is that we have a new
thing in Washington called the
General Services Administra
tion. It was created apparently
while my back was turned by
merging the War 'Assets Ad
ministration, Federal Works
Agency, National Archives, etc.,
etc.
In presenting his credentials
to President Truman the other
day General Shanker Shum
shere Jung Bahadur Rana, new
ly appointed Minister to the
United States from Nepal, an
nounced that he was doing so
at the command of his brother,
the Prime Minister, Maharaja
Mohun SHamsher'Jang Bahadur
Rana.
I understand, however, that
their mother just calls the two
boys Shank and Moe.
Senator Robert C. Hendrick
son, of New Jersey, came into
the Senate Chamber the other
afternoon sniffling as if his
little heart would break. He
plunked himself beside Senator
Irving M. Ives, of New York,
and asked tearfully: "What's
the count today?"
"Eighteen," sniffled Mr. Ives.
They weren't talking about
Geiger counters, uranium dis
coveries, or billions for Europe.
Both are hay fever sufferers
and Ives was giving his col
league the daily pollen count.
Senator Wild Bill Langer, of
North Dakota, "said that his
state is a paradise on earth
because of its comparative free
dom from insects.
"Our weather." he explain
ed, "is not good insect weath
er. It's so hot in the summer
they get sunstroke and die
and it's so cold in the winter
that they freeze to death."
Rep. Charles A. Eaton, of New
Jersey, ranking Republican
member of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee, has . largely -gone
along with New and Fair
Deal foreign policy. He is a sort
of Vandenberg of the Lower
House of Congress.
The global-thinking Mr. Ea
ton ran into Rep. Arthur L.
(Doc) Miller, of Nebraska. The
latter confided that the voters
of his district were becoming
increasingly critical of foreign
spending.
Rep. Eaton looked around
to make sure they weren't
being overheard. Then he
, whispered:
"That's funny! The people
in my district are beginning
to bear down on me, too."
Late release rom the Interior
Department's Fish and Wildlife
service:
"The sportsman afield this
fall is more likely than ever to
find a banded duck, goose or
mourning dove in his tag."
Personally, it would surprise
hell out of me.
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Georgia victory notes: A re
port from the Sigma Chi's in
dicate that a fine 'ole party was
in progress as "Steve's" , (better
known as Cafe Seville these
days), Friday night with good
music, and to quote one man's
opinion, plenty of sexy women.
Pete Moore, ATO, no lest,'
was over at the PiKa's early
Saturday morning, as were a
great many other people. Ted
Wall, currently a 2nd looie in
the Marines, was back yisiting
his brothers. Ted was president
over there in '46-'47. Wrights
ville Beach buddy Jay Quinn,
informed us that he is the new
ly elected PiKa president. Other
officers are Andy Toxey, Woody
Williams, Bob Daye, Sam Crav
en and Walter Allen.
Don't know where all the
Kappa Sig's were, but their
house was invaded by Georgia
folks Friday night. There was
a real, genuine pep rally in pro
gress. Stump Parker was visit
ing and wearing a red Georgia,
cap. "It was hard as the devil
to get.it," Stump said, "but I
finally made it."
Ike Williams, a Bulldog
man from Qyiiman, Georgia,
was praising Chapel Hill and
Carolina. "Chapel Hill is one
of the finest places I've ever
visited." Maybe he meant it,
loo, because he was surround
ed by Georgia folks and could
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
BAD TASTE
Editor:
Wha-hoppen to the Rendez
vous Room? That disgraceful
performance Friday night would
put the Tarnation in the shade!
I can not understand how any
one can stoop so low as to in
sult the fine talent of the pi
anist and vocalist by telling
filthy jokes on the same pro
gram. If the jokester is under
the impression that any of the
couples appreciated his joke, I
think I can safely say his is
strictly "from hunger."
I found complete lack of en
thusiasm among all the couples
arbund me and noticed there
was no applause, though there
was an abundance of whistles
and exclamations from the stags
seated on the floor.
Now I enjoy a good joke
as much as anyone, but there
is a time and place for every
thing. Up until Friday the
Rendezvous Room was the
one place where boys could
lake their dates to enjoy re
freshing and talented enter
tainment. Let's face it! How
much, talent does it take to
tell a dirty joke?
A gentleman is always ap
preciated, no matter how bad
his guitar playing might be,
but perhaps the guitar player
This 'nThat
Georgia Aftermath
By Bill BucHan
have said something else.
Lots of names are in our
little black book, but old age
makes us forgetful. Don't know'x
exactly why they were entered,
but among them are: Carl
James, Jim Cowan, Dave Wors
ham of Southern Pines, Ed
Fleming, Effie Westerfelt, Betty
Buelle, Frank Gloseclose, and
Harry Buchanan.
The Pep Rally Friday night
was the usual rousing success,
but there were a few empty -seats
here and there. And, please,
can't the local Mama's either
keep their children at home,
or else teach theinyhow to be
have when they're sitting' in
the balcony. Please.
Don't want to mention their
names, naturally, but if a cer
tain football team keeps party
ing on Saturday night in Ral
eigh like they were doing this
weekend, we shouldn't have too
much difficulty when we meet
them in Kenan Stadium. -They
had some sorrows to drown af
ter Boston College, though.
Our English professor an
nounced a schedule of classes,
etc., yesterday morning which
will make it easier for the
folks to go to New York to
BEAT NOTRE DAME if they
want too. He postponed a quiz
that ordinarily might have
come on a Friday, November
lacks confidence in his musical"
talent.
I hope the Rendezvous Room
will not turn into a spot where
we will be ashamed to bring
our dates. I just happened to
have a date with a young lady
from another campus' who has
been misinformed about the
calibre of the Carolina student.
I am afraid the erroneous
impression which she carried
with her when she left Friday
night was not conducive to
dispelling any of the rumors
which she has heard. I would
have been just as ashamed of
; the performance if I had been
escourting a Carolina co-ed.
A lady is a lady, home team
or not.
let's keep it clean. It's just
as much fun and much better
appreciated.
Dayton E. Speer
The above letter has been
read and the advice taken to
heart. Rest assured that the
Rendezvous Room will continue
to be a place where a boy can
lake his date with no fear of
embarrassment.
James Rathburn
GM Director
TO BE PITIED
Editor:
After I read your Animal Lije
And Chapel Hill in todays Tar
11th. Is he the first to ar
range things thus? 4
Another Georgian, Ed Lewis,
added that the North Carolina
people were certainly showing
him a good time. Thanks, Ed.
We appreciate those comments,
because some of us have bad
memories about red enamel
paint and black cars in Athens
last year.
Al Winn was elected as the
first year law school representa
tive to the law legislature. Mrs.
Josephine Munson was also
eiected treasurer of the first
year class there. As usual, a
woman handles the purse
strings.
Old buddies Russ Batchelor
and Jack McGee were stagging
it in the Rathskellar Friday
night. "We're handsome, rich
and have personalities," they
quoted, 'why doesn't some
naive coed call us for dates."
Well, ladies, they live in "C".
By the bye, when is the
Board of Trustees going to
get around to . naming those
three alphabet dorms. We're
still in favor of Daniels, Wolfe
and Ehringhaus.
Don't know wty, but Louis,
the local Milkman, gave Max
Mitas, the local restaurant own
er, 75c the other day for a
haircut. Is business really that
bad, Maxie?
Heel I found that I must take
issue on one point. Namely, that
people addicted to abnormality
are to be pitied just as much as
are victims of physical diseases.
Granted that there can be no
disputing the fact that the af
fliction of which you speak can
not be tolerated in this or any
similar congregation, I say that
they are to be pitied as well as
avoided. Abnormality is in many
respects similar to such diseases
as tuberculosis. They can both be
prevented and both can be cured
if caught in time.
-At the same time, however,
both are contracted by the per
son who does not know, or does
not know the importance of using,
the correct means of preventing
them. Victims of both are to be
pitied in that they were not
taught these facts and in that
fhey were exposed to the germs,
be they psychological or bio
logical, which cause the illness.
While there can be no doubt
that the victems of both must be
avoided for fear that others might
become infected, the real blame
lies not with them, but with you
and me, with their parents,
teachers and their friends for
not showing them how to avoid
the disease!
James P. Rogers
DREW PEARSON
e WASHINGTON
MERRY-GO-ROUND
WASHINGTON The famed
General George S. Patton prob
ably turned over in his grave
when President Truman an
nounced that Russia ' had the
secret of the atom. For Patton
was, one man who came near
preventing, or at least retard
ing, the Russian development of
the atom.
In the first week of May"l945,
Patton's 3rd Army crossed the
Czechoslovak bordernd enter
ed the city of Pilserj, head
quarters of the vast Skoda Mu
nitions Works. Patton had romp
ed into Czechoslovakia before
the Red Army had time to move
its ponderous forces, , just as
U. S. troops advanced to the
suburbs of Berlin, only to be
ordered out by , General Eisen
hower. 1
When this columnist report
ed the peremptory withdrawal
of U. S. troops from Potsdam
at Russia s request, it was of-
ficially and categorically denied.
However, General Patton's
diary, now published, together
with other memoirs show that
these withdrawals were based
on the Roosevelt-Stalin agree
ment at Yalta defining the
limits of Russia's advance into
Europe.
Therefore, when Gen. Eisen
hower ordered Gen. Patton out
of Czechoslovakia, Russia im
mediately moved in and took
over the uranium deposits at
Jachymov, just a shout as Pat
ton used to shout from Pilsen.
'And having marched into
Czechoslovakia, the Red Army
refused to leave until Russia
had been given extraterritorial
rights over the uranium mines
of Jachymov. This made Rus
sian citizens immune to Czech
law in this aera, a condition
which continues. Even today no
visitors are allowed in Jachymov
not even officials of the Czech
government.
Of course, the present Czech
Communist government has no
objection to this arrangement,
but the earlier Czech govern
ment of Edouard Benes did.
In fact, the late Foreign Min
ister, Jan Masaryk later murd
ered by the Russians rose on
the floor of the United Nations
in January 1946 to place Czech
as favoring the use of atomic
energy for peaceful purposes
Slovakia's . uranium should be.
only, and proposed that Czecho-
i t - f r- it .
oslovakia officially on record
made available to all nations.
As a result, official Moscow
stood on its ear. The Soviet
Ambassador in Prague protest
ed to Czech Minister Fierlinger,
and the threat was implied that
unless Czech uranium mines
remained under Soviet juris
diction, the Red Army would
march in again.
Since the mines are only
three miles away from the
Soviet zone of Germany, this
was no idle threat. Meanwhile,
the extraction of uranium, by
German prison labor, continues.
Whether Russia has any other
sources, of uranium is not known,
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but it is known that this is th
richest source in Europe, an
1 without it the recent atomi
explosion might have been in-.
possible. . ,
Note--It should be recalle
that the Yalta agreement w
concluded at a time when ou
wartime . partnership with Ru;
sia was working reasonably we J
and when Roosevelt's great ami
bition was to continue thill
harmony to insure woria peacei
On the other hand, it shou'i
also be recalled that Alger His !
since accused of leaking Stat
Department documents to th
Russians, was an adviser a
Yalta.
As a good Mormon, Sen
Arthur Watkins, Utah Repub
lican, isn't supposed to drind;
tea or coffee. But he wsf
wUh g teapot front cJ
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his plate
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The incriminating pot wa
spied by Sen. Ralph Flandersi
Vermont Republican.
"Aha!" exclaimed Flanders
And he lifted the lid off the'
But the pot contained only!
plain hot water. g
"You won't catch me drink-
ing tea," smiled Watkins. ThenR
he explained that he was drink-
ing "Mormon Tea" hot water. j
milk and sugar with no stim-jj
ulants. 1
Note It is also against Wat-rj
kins' religion to use tobacco or J
liquor. To show the moral of 'J
this, he ordered the library ofj
congress to furnish him with!
statistics on the smoking andg.
drinking habits of non-Mor-C
mons which disclosed that
Americans-have been spending j
$67.22 per capita on liquor andE'
$26.39 per person on tobacco P
but only $21.79 per capita onl
schools.
In any administration, wheth- j
er Democratic or Republican, 1
the key cabinet post from a
political 'viewpoint is that of
the Attorney General. For it's f
in the DeDartment of Justices
that the anti-trust cases against . -big
business can be prosecuted V
or fixed; where income-tax t
cases against political friends
can be pushed or dropped;)
where the big gamblers who
contribute heavily to most po- J
i : a : i i til
litical campaigns can be sent
to jail or winked at.
I
For instance, the political!
power of the Justice Depart-
ment to break big city machines
was one reason why forthright ;
Attorney General Frank Mur- J.
phy was kicked upstairs to thpp
Supreme Court.
Because if this it is alwaflM
dangerous to put a politic. ,
in charge of the Justice 1 f
partment; and for that rea;o i ,
1 A -1 1 a 1 l
ci jut oi peopie wni De waxcranfe
Howard McGrath, just appoint
ed Attorney General after serv
ing as Chairman wqf the Demo
cratic National Committee
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