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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 221949;
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Maun,.'; Minor . . CHUCK HAUSER
Stwrf grtlto. BILLY CARMICHAEL. Ill
kAuorutl SMtjl -Charlie Cluson. ,'i om . Wharton, Wink Locklair, Bill Kellam,
Don Sliroi,hir, Jimmy Ruthrfnrr1. John Stump; Vestal Tavlor. ,
,jew$ SMf: R9y Parker. Jr., .ane Robbing. .Bill Johnson, Sam McKeei. Wuff
Newell, , Don.Maynard. RoJfe.NoiU. Caroline Bruner, Bob . Heonessce, Graham
Jort, d?nn Harrier,
Sporu ila: Frank AUston. Jr., Ken Barton. Lew Chapman. Joe B. Cherry.
fcr.ry l!ox Vi5 Goldberg. Art Greenbaum. Billy Peacock. John Poindexter,
Biff Roberts. John Sherlll. Bebe Smith, Andy Taylor. Ronald Tilley. But'dy
Gripes and Grumbles
It it's like the Army to gripe, it is also like the student body.
The deal has been going on for years. Of late, though, we've
observed a trend of gripes the last one appearing in the
"Letters" column of this issue. Let's examine this one first,
and then get into some of the others:
The complaint is a messy cup, as discoverd in Lenoir
Hall. The complainant says that cigarette ashes were con
gealed to the side. Such a find is not a pleasant one but
Instead of questioning the "A" rating of an eatery in which
the university does its level best to provide good substantial
chow at a lower rate than can be found elsewhere, it might"
not be bad for the complainant to search out the "story
behind the story" which brought this-thing to light.
The dish-washing equipment is modern, and of the best.
But -t is intended to wash dishes, and dishes only. It is not
good or bathing dogs, sloshing down sidewalks, or putting
the didies on the line. Which all resolves to this:
' The manufacturers cannot find .ways and means to keep
careless persons from making garbage-cans out of dirty
dishes. That means, in specific, the butting-out of cigarettes
on anything that looks like chinaware. The stuff has a way
of. sticking, and the best mechanical dish-washer in the
world is not always able to scour such messiness out.
'f Instead of asking the near-impossible, then, or pot-shotting
at Lenoir, would not the more pertinent question be: "Do
people of college-level age do this at home,?" Is it the re
straint and good breeding that typifies Carolira? The ques
tion must be answered by the individual.
,The secondary matter of lipstick on a cup is one that
puzzles restaurant owners from coast to coast The gals like
the stuff on their lips, but they don't like its traces on the
cups. Neither, we agree, docs anybody else. For an answer
to, this, cherchez la emmc-aye wot? It's the coming thing,
though, for managers to disallow such wormn in-their busi
ness places who wear the stuff and gum the works.
Now. in line with these gripes about Hans. The more the
noise, the more the fuel. Martyrs like to be crucified, and
Hans is asking for it. The thing to "stem his deal the quickest
is to ignore him. So much for that.
; Now, for the deuce of it, let's get into a thing or two that
sets this university above the rest.
Where at the moderate price one pays can earnest men
and women get in better touch with broader ideas, more
this?S' m0r fun' more t0 do' in'any other university than
, Where can one see better games? Or get in touch with
better folks? Where, in the main, can one come into friend
lier touch with a better, more able, faculty? You tell us,
and we'll back down! Where can one leave $50 worth of
textbooks kicking around, and expect to find them' an hour
later? Show us any other place, in this, than Chapel Hill'
And, come to think about it, where on any bther campus
docs one step to a convenient phone and put in a call for
free? Or where does one catch better prices on better movies'
Yes Chapel Hill, now and, then, bumps into dithers and
difficulties what community this siz- doesn't? But in the
main we're sticking! The gripes will roll off as they come
and things will surely get fixed. They always have; they
always will. It's just a matter of patience-and a bit of con
siderationthat brings up the lag to set it right.
When the smoke has rolled away, you look" around. If
you look smart enough and fast fcnujgK you see an alumni
fjroup that cant be beat, a.jtudent body that gives you 50
gentlemen to every bum (and that'sL average) , build
ings and grounds that keep reaching out to fill the growing
needs, a respect from the outside world that takes hold when
you really look that far, and, as time goes by, a dream that
mellows with the years and gets a hold on your heart
mnT5 lhen' t0 Fraterility Row, things keep
moving abead. And gripes or none, old Chapel Hill stands
out with placid fortitude. And, as long as the Vell still
stands, and waters flow, wo'll keep her there-God bless her!
E.B.
LETTERS TO
ATTENTION LENOIR HALL
Editon
If this is the complaint depart
ment, , I would lie to register
one. ,
Why can't we have clean eat
ing utensils in Lenoir Hall? Two
times within a week I have re
ceived a dirty coffee cup for
breakfast. The first one had
lipstick on it. But today topped
all records. When I was about
half through with my coffee.
I noticed something BLACK on
the inside of the cup. Upon, in
vestigation I found that it was
cigarette ashes pasted to the
side. I doubt that it had been
washed at all! How does Lenoir
maintain an "A" rating?.
DICK JtNRETTE
C. B. MEND ENH ALL
THE EDITOR
It seems to me that if a cup
should get by the kitchen dirty,
the, men on the serving line
should also inspect them before
handing them out.
I hope something can be done
about the situation.
. Harold Cummings
HOW ABOUT IT STUDENTS
Editor:
I wonder how many people
on this campus are tired of read
ing about Mr. Hans Freistadt
and his Communist Party? Mr.
Freistadt was the subject of al
most the entire "Letters" column
(Oct. 21) and has been the
subject for many previous issues.
America is the land of the free,
yes, and everyone has the right
Carolina Scene ":
Mote On Hans
By Bill .Kellam.
Seeking a bit of self-edification
the other night, this, columni
ist dropped into" GerrarcT "Hall
to hear Professor Werner Fried
' efich speak on that Germanic
genius of universal genii, Goe
the. While Friederich was dis
coursing on 1 the man whose "
name has become synonymous
with originality of thought and
universal knowledge, one could
n't help thinking how much the
people of this supposed center
of free, enlightened thought,
had drifted away from the ideals
of Goethe and had let ourselves
be put to flight by the dogmatic
utterances of another character
of Germanic origin. You know
who I mean, our own grimy
little Hans.
As Dr. Friederich spoke of
Goethe's wisdom and hale of
reactionary conduct, the hand
ling of the after effects of the
last spring's Friesladt case
seemed to me to be more and
more ridiculous. Hysteria and
fear, egged on by a sensation
,mongering state and national
press, have led to excessive
curbs of basic freedoms which
would never have occurred
had we not let our imagina
tions run away wlih us.
Our emotionalism, spurred on
by our fear of his totalitarian
creed, has ballooned this ludic
rous little man into a terrifying
bogeyman whose reputation far
outstrips his deeds. Our fear
of his creed has forced certain
people to take preventive actions
far more arbitrary and repellent
to our democratic way of life
than the threat of Hans or his
party warrant or provide a need
for.
One has only to look at and
listen to Hans to lose whatever
fears, if any, you possessed if
you are endowed with average
intelligence and an open mind.
So, what chance has the tyran
ny which he extolls, of supplant
ing your faith in democracy.
Hans himself appears to be
the personification of the much
cartooned and be joked scholar
who traditionally inhabits the
lower reaches of library stacks,
where sunlight and fresh air
have never penetrated. x You
know, those stoop-shouldered
little characters who disappear
amid the tiers of books to lose
themselves in dusty, spider-web-garlanded
parchment and
papyrus manuscripts. Occas
ionally they'll reappear long
enough to refill their canteens
with ink and to deposit eso
terically phrased monographs
or books about obscure figures
in obscure fields. Then back to
the bibliophilic salt mines they
troop, to fight it out with the
silver fish and rodents for pos
session of the dusty tomes.
Such characters usually aren't
noted for originality of thought,
although they may be quite in
telligent. Hans is built along
these lines. Rumor has it that
Hans is an excellent physicist.
But as a convincing disseminator
of political ideologies, he is
something less than terrific. Dog
matism dogs his every word.
His fiery eloquence is more in
ducive to sleep than to revolu
tion or casting off of proletarian
chains. Most great leaders . in
spired and captured the imagi
nation of their followers with
their oratorical prowess. Hans
only catches colds.
Even his appearance is against
him. Hitler had a hypnotic gaze.
Stalin looks like an ominous
personification of the' Russian
bear. Hans, with his . oversize
spectacles and cropped head,
looks like an amiable raccoon,
and a near sighted one, at that.
Such is the awesome figure
who. has put us to rout.
i ,
to state his own opinions as
long as it does not advocate the
overthrow of our government,
but, has it ever occured to any
of us that the best way to cope
with a situation such ' as this
is to ignore it?
;We are aiding the cause of
the Communist Party when we
contnue to give it such publicity.
Nat Swann. Jr.
Ed. note We heartily agree,
with you, Nat. and are tired of
the subject, too. But practically
every letter we get deals with
Hans. Communism, etc. So ap
parently the students want the
discussion to continue. The DTH
would welcome further com
ments on whether to curtail
.these discussions.
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"I don't know," my friend Wil
bur Amberson said to me the
other day, "but if I was in the '
Student Party, I'd certainly do
a lot of thinking about all the
unnecessary publicity that the
SP has been getting already."
"What're you talking. ." I tried
to say, but eager-beaver Wilbur
interrupted me. ..'
"For instance, first Fred Thomp
son comes ; out last week' and
makes himself look foolish
'cause he spouted off too hur
riedly about Tarnation, then he
apologizies, all the time making
it clear that his views were his
own and not those of the SP."
"So what?" I asked.
"So what? Well, ' here comes ';
Charlie Odell this week in a
letter to the editor and com- '
mits what I consider the worse
and most obvious case of mud
slinging that has appeared in
print in a long, long time."
"Yeah, and I repeat so what,
he didn't write as an SP spokes
man." '
"No. he didn't but he indi
cated clearly enough that he is
a member of Ihe Student
Party and he says nothing
that might keep a freshman
from believing that the entire .
party thinks as he does."
"Well." I said. "I agree to
a certain extent, because I
sorla expected the SP to issue
a statement completely divoc
ing themselves from anything
'Odell had to say. He was pretty
vicious."
"Vicious," Wilbur yelled ."vic
ious. That ain't the word for it.
He, in plain black and white,
accused Kerr . of . printing that
Di Debates Arms
15. i 1J
No DecilfSn On Unification
; - 12 By Tom Wharton
The Dialectic Senate ended
its Wednesday night session this
week by reshelving a bill calling
for the "Unification of the. Air
Forces." The bill, the second
one treated by the pi Senate
this quarter, was introduced by
Senator Gus Graham and pro
voked such detailed discussion
from the military experts of the
body that time ran out before
the issue could be decided.
The bill called for the reso
lution that "all branches of the
air forces employed by the
United - States be incprporated
into a single Air Force under
one General Staff," and that
"this Air Force include carrier
based aircraft, which are cur
rently operated by the Navy,
as well as land-based- tactical
tar:
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This 'n That
Of SP Rash ness
47 ! By Bill Buchan
profile on Al because Kerr was.
mad because he wasn't on the
Orientation committee.
; "But Wilbur," I cautioned,
"it's nothing to get so excited
about, i So Thompson and Odell
did speak a - little hasty and
make a ' few rash accusations,
it 'isn't gonna cause the end of
the -world. : . ,:UV
"It might notcausetb.e "end"
of ;. the world, but with a few
more such incidents from a few
more people, folks are going to
get some strange ideas about
the firm SP denial of mudsling
ing, etc."
Again, I tried to interrupt,
but Wilbur raised his hand and
continued, "Just listen, I'll quote
you some of their statements
so you can see what I mean:
"Thompson 'Kerr has resort
ed to -malicious lies, in addition
to Honor and Campus Code vio
lations in his attempt to slander
Al Lowenstein. . . .'
'The next day." Wilbur
went on, "Thompson back
tracked with this, 'It was
never my intention to involve
Tom Kerr " personally in the
matter as an offender of ihe
Honor and Campus ' Codes.'
"Of course." Wilbur said,
"Larry Botto, the vice-chairman
of the party came
through and stated that what
Thompson had to say 'does not
represent . the views of the
Student Party.' but neverthe;
less, .their chairman said it
and many people automatical
ly connect it to the party.
Then there's Odell," my C
grade friend went on, "he comes
out in a letter and says the
ahdii strategic air forces of
all
rbrarhes of the Armed Forces
leading speaker for the op
position was Senator Miles
Smith, member of the NROTC.
whose theme was, as he put
it." that "the rape of ihe Navy
.will win no wars." Senator"
Jack Roland, also a member
of the NROTC, cited England's
"bad luck" with a unified air
force, ths R.A.F.. during the
past wear. A guest speaker for
the opposition was John
Stump, Daily Tar Heel col
umnist and member of the
NROTC, who predicted that
if a single air force were to
replace the present U.S.A.F.
and Naval Air Corps it would
be commanded at the top
levels by ex-Army and Air
..i.z3J,-.
Tarnation' . . . has been lopse
in its use of invective and sland
er. The personal bitterness of
one of its composers over not be
ing selected as orientation coun
selor is being quoted confiden
tially by some people as being
the reason for their latest villi
. cation.'
L"Now ' folks "wouldn't ; even
Ikriow that Odell was a SP mem
ber," Amberson said, "if he
hadn't thrown that 'P.S.' on the
end of his little love-letter. "Yes,
Mr. Kerr Thank God, the re
volting elements did leave the
Student Party.'
"What he was referring to,"
Amberson informed me, "was
part of the, Lowenstein profile
that mentioned the exodus of
certain people from the SP to
other parties."
"Now, don't interrupt me," he
said, "the reason I have taken
pains with you to point out all
this is to make one point clear.
The Student Party should hire
themselves a good public rela
tions man who will prevent any
of their group from making rash
statements or writing rash let
ters which will be published."
We had been standing out in
the Y court all this time, and
I was tired of standing and lis
tening, so I began walking away
from my gentle friend.
"Buchan," he -shouted at me,
"this problem is serious! What
are we going to do about the
SP?"
I started to reply, but then;
I spied Mac Copenhaver walking
towards me,' so I hurried to her
and left my thinking friend
alone. .,
Force brass who know nothing
, about navigation, etc..
Proponents of the bill includ
ed Senator Gus Graham, who
introduced it to the floor, and.
Miss Peggy Moon, of .Hilo, T.H.;
who witnessed the Japanese .at
tack on Pearl Harbor, in 1941,
Senator ; Peter Cooper assumed
the rostrum to poiht ' out the
"bad effects" of the duplication
of effort by the present branches
of the service in the a.ir and the
"unnecessary complexity of sev
eral separate air arms."
In all, seven speakers for the
opposition attained recognition
by Art Murphy, President of
the Di Senate, while only three
speakers for the proposition were
allowed to speak.
DREW PEARSON .
e WASHINGTON
Merry-go-round
Us
WASHINGTON You can
understand why folks get cyni
: cal abput'good government when
j-yoii watch the, parade of little
income-tax evaders who are
' hauled' to" court.' every week,
While certain big boy's get their
cases postponed interminably.
Fbr instance,, it. .has now been
. one .year since this column
Oct; 19 lyr-first reported the
, shameless' manner in' which" two
road contractors, living under, the
' nose of Wasrifngton 'officials, had
cheated their government in
building the, network of Mac
Adam roads which wind around
the largest building in the world
the Pentagon.
The two contractors, W. J.
("Doc") Hardy and F. McKenzie
Davison had been taught by
treasury agents quick-changing
Uncle Sam out of $500,000" by,
all sorts of devious, tricks.
Among other things they made
out checks to two other con
tractors W. W. ' Thomas and
S. M. ; Redd, who later ''gave ''
T-men ' affidavits that the! !
never received the checks. lri-'!
stead' Tardy and Davison forged
the endorsements, cashed the
checks, and deducted this as ex
pense. -. - 1
However, when the treasury
and justice departments finally
caught up with them, the two
Virginia asphalt kings appealed
to powerful Senator Harry Byrd,
plus other Virginia politicians.
A series of conferences followed.
The Justice Department listen
ed patiently, but stood pat.
, Last July the income-tax case
of the two men who gypped
their government on war-contract
taxes was sent to U. S.
District Attorney George Hum
rickhouse in Richmond for
criminal prosecution.
. This writer, querying Hum
rickhouse in July, was told there
would be no delay in prosecut
ing the Hardy-Davison case. It
would come before the first
grand jury in the autumn.
But when Mr. Humrickhouse
was queried this week, he was
evasive.-, The autumn grand jury
had been in session for some
time, but. he said he had no
immediate plans for presenting
the case. In July he had said
he; was quite familiar with the
case... But on Oct. 17, he talked
as if it was something he had
never heard of and devoutly
hopeL would be forgotten.
Note AJr. Humrickhouse
was appointed to his key job
as district attorney through the
powerful Byrd machine of Vir
ginia. '
; President Truman hasn't given
up on the Brannan Farm pro
gram, despite the kicking-around
it received from Congress. It
will definitely be the farm plank
of the DtTiocratic Party's 1950.
campaign, Truman recently as
sured National Farmers Union
t Boss Jim Patton. t -
"The current battle over farm
-legislation has had at least one
good effect," The President told
Patton, "It has served to smoke
the boys out into the open. .We
know, how they all stand, in
cluding some we .expected r to, '
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The' President named no
names, but obviously referred to '
Senator Clint Anderson of New
Mexico and Senate majority j;
leader Scott , Lucas . pf Illinois.,,.
The latter, though keeping out .
of the headlines, helped to lead
the fight against the . Brannan
income - subsidy program once
more to the people not only
the Brannan Farm Program and
. the nomination of Federal Power.
Commissioner Leland Olds, but
everything else Congress has
scuttled," advised Patton. "After,
all, it's the people themselves
who have been victimized . by
this skullduggery."
Truman agreed.
"The combination that fought
the Olds nomination was about
the toughest lobby I've ever
seen," he remarked. "You're ab
solutely right. We've got to take
it on and I have every intention
of doing so." -' -
j. While , prices of most British
, .and Canadian goods come down
as. a result of the pound's de
valuation, the Canadian news
print companies, which usually
operate as a cabal, have .flatly
decided not to reduce prices to
American newspapers.
This means that the highest
' newsprint contract prices in his
tory will continue.
It also means that the profits
of Canadian newsprint compan
ies will continue at their highest
peak, while Am'erican newspaper
profits are off considerably. Be
tween 1945 and 1948 for instance
Canadian newsprint prices
zoomed from $58.50 a ton to $100
per ton, with profits almost
trebling.
Profits of such big companies
as Abitibi shot from $10,101,512
1945 to $25,237,584 in 1948, while
Consolidated's profits increased
from $10,539,451 to $25,116,345.
Meanwhile the operating pro
fits of a typical cross section of
American newspapers dropped
54 per cent. .
The interesting, fact is that;
when the shoe was on the other
foot, the Canadians immediately .
put it on. In 194S when the
American dollar was pegged at
$1.10 as against $1.00 for . the
Canadian dollar the same news
print companies jumped their
prices by exactly ten per cent.
But now that the exchange lias
been reversed, they refuse' tu
drop their prices proportionately.
Note of course it was the
newspapers which yelled loud
est for the end of Chester Bow
les' OPA and the price controls
which kept newsprint at its
low 1945 price. However, it's
the small papers representing
the gackbone o fa free press
which get hit hardest in the
present price gouge.
The visit of India's prime Min
ister Jawaharlal Nehru to Wash
ington will help the State Depart
ment decide whether or not the
U. S. A. recognizes Communist
China. Nehru is. considered the
wisest top official in the Far East,
with the. exception of Australia's :
Herbert Evatt.
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