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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
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Editor
DICK JENRETTE
B. MENDENHALL.
hinnugnui Editor
Sport tditor
CHUCK RAUSER
: BILLY CARMICHABL. Ill
Editorial Staff: Charlie Gibson. Tom Wharton. Wink Locklair. Bill KeUam.
Don Shropshire. Jimmy Rutherford. John Stump. Vestal TayloV.
fie ton Stuff: hov Parker. Jr.. Zone Robbing, fciil Johnson. Sam McKeel, Wuff
Newell, Don Maynard. Rolie Neill. Caroline Bruntr. Bob Ilennessee. Graham
Jine. Glenn Hafden.
Sport$ Staff: Frank Alkton. Jr., Ken Barton. Leftr Chcpman. Joe B. Cherry.
Larry Fox. Vic Goldberg. Art Greenbaum. Billy Peacock. John Poindexter.
Biff Roberts. John Sherill. Bebe Smith. Andy Taylor, Ronald Tilley, Buddy
Vaden.
hmineas ita: Oliver Watkins. Ed Williams. Neal Cadieu. June Crockett. Don
Stanford. Bootsy Taylor, Bill Brain. Frank Daniels. Ruth Dennis, Evalyn Harri
son, Dan Hohso'n, Ruth Sanders, Peggy Sheridan, Rodney Taylor. Marie Withers.
M;irrnret Garrett
Stufl Photooranhrr
James A. Mills
Falling Short of Obligations
In a political setup such as the one existing on this cam
pus, the most important function by far of the political parties
is that of drawing up a slate of nominees to present to the
electorate. When a party fails to accomplish this task, it is
falling short of its obligations to the students of this Uni
versity. It was with a great deal of regret, then, that we scanned
the list of nominees for the various student government posi
tions in the primary elections this week. Our regret was not
occasioned by any lack of ability on the part of the candi
dates; rather it resulted from the fact that two of the politi
cal parties did not present full slates of nominees to the
voting public Tuesday.
The Campus Party was the chief offender. Of the 34
seats which were vacant in the Student Legislature, the
Campus Party nominated candidates for only 21 of the va
cancies. Furthermore this party -did not present a candidate
for the coed seat on the Student Council. These figures
ere "justified" by a party policy of not nominating unless the
best qualified candidate can be found.
We have great respect for the Campus Party as an organ
ization but cannot concur with its policy of "not nominating"
unless it can find "the" candidate. To us, it is little more than
an admission of failure. The duty of a party is admittedly
to nominate candidates. Therefore this particular party
policy leaves the student with these alternative conjectures,
all of which reflect unfavorably on the Campus Party:
(1) By not nominating, the CP is saying there are no
"best qualified candidates" to be had, or
(2) The CP is admitting it is not capable of finding the
"best qualified candidates," or
(3) ' The Party is not nominating because of fear that the
"best qualified candidates" will not follow the party dictates
once elected. - - . . -
Knowing the Campus Party leaders, we are confident
that none of these alternatives apply. Nevertheless, they are
the only conclusions one can draw from the flimsy excuse
th CP offers for not presenting a full slate on election day.
The Campus Party is not the only defend
ent in this matter. The Student Party could
drum up but 31 candidates for the Legisla
ture, an unflattering achievement but 'still
better than the CP. Only the University
Party nominated-a full slate of 34. And while
its critics may claim the UP candidates were not always the
best available, the UP at least must be given credit for be
ing the only party to fulfill its nominating obligations to
the students.
' Our Legislature indeed would be in sad shape if all the
parties pursued a policy of not nominating candidates in
certain districts. Conceivably there could be permanent va
cancies in the body for want of candidates. Moreover, un
less air three parties adhere to a policy of nominating full
slates in the future, we might as well dispense with elections
in some districts. This lack of competition in certain dis
tricts results in entirely too much power for party nominat
ing conventions.
There are plenty of qualified students for office on cam
pus. And most of these are willing to accept a nomination.
It just doesn't occur to every student to go tripping down to
a party meeting when nominations come up. But the tal
ent is here; the parties are simply too lazy to seek it out.
Their excuses fool no one.
Primary balloting was held yesterday, thus may it be
clear to all that this editorial is not designed "to win votes
and influence elections." But now is the time to clean
house and throw out silly theories on nominating. The
parties owe it to the students they represent.
UP Alone
Presented
Full Slate
Extinguish That Danger
Last Wednesday morning's fire which heavily damaged
the BVP trailer and personal belongings of Earl Vaughan
emphasized a dormitory deficiency which needs to be rem
edied. Fire extinguishers should be placed in readily acces
sible positions on each floor of all the dorms, especially those
with wooden flooring.
If there had been any university-placed extinguishers
available Wednesday,' Vaughan would now be quite a few
dollars, some singed hair, and a lot of time and trouble to
ih good. Using their own extinguisher, Vaughan and an
other BVP trailer court occupant had the fire, which was
caused by a defective oil heater, under control until the ex
tinguisher ran dry. Then the flames got out of hand and
caused considerable damage.
Carelessly tossed cigarettes or defective wiring can eas
ily cause disastrous fire in dormitories such as Old East and
Old West. Such fires might be nipped in the bud if . fire
extinguishers are available for prompt application to the fires.
- As a precaution against another incident such as the BVP
.railer fire, we recommend that more fire extinguishers
be speedily installed in all the campus dormitories.
Letters
-To the Editor
Conduct at Cinema
Editor:
This is my first letter to your column and I
sincerely hope it is the last. Since most , of the
letters printed seem to be gripes of one kind
and another, this one should be in order.
My gripe is about the conduct of the so-called
"gentlemen" and, in some cases, "ladies" at the
local movie houses. These supposedly "mature"
students are the ones who hiss, boo, yell, and
otherwise make the show impossible for other
patrons, everytime the villian makes an escape,
whenever any man passes up a come-on from a
woman, and the appearance on the screen of
anything or anyone not precisely in keeping with
idea of the "Carolina way of life."
Instead of acting their age which appar
ently is-impossible these people seem more
like ten-year old boys at a Western where the
hero gets killed in the last reel.
Sure, they pay the admission fee and have a .
right to show disapproval but that doesn't give
them the right to disturb other people who pay
to see the show too. In America, the desires of -the
majority are accepted as law because it is
for the common good of the people. The same
should hold true at movie theaters. The majority
customers want to see the show in comparative .
peace and comfort, but can they? Oh, no. There
are always some overgrown adolescents making
like" a coal miner at a production management
meeting.
I sincerely hope these misplaced college
"men." and women, if the case may be, learn
by graduation time that there are such things
as tact, common courtesy and decency, respect
for other people, and supression of personal
desires for the good of the majority, and, thai
recognition and practice of these things are
necessary to make a success of life, both
socially and otherwise.
On second thought, these same people are
probably the ones, who will never graduate" be
cause they refuse to recognize their responsi
bilities to themselves and their fellow-men.
'Finest Son'
Editor:
The news of the tragic death of Lee Knowles
reached us hefe at Bloomington only last Tues
day, November 8. As to all who knew him it
came as a great shock and as another example of
the senseless slaughter going on on our streets
and highways.
To those who did know him. the loss is more
than a personal one; Lee was unquestionably
one of the most promising writers to be found
in our universities today. He possessed more
than knowledge; he possessed that very rare
quality, wisdom. His perception of people and
literature promised great accomplishments in
the tield of criticism. And in his death we have
suffered an irreparable blow.
It is hoped that his friends on the Hill and the
editors of the several Carolina publications will
strive to have what material he had completed
published. ' Certainly the English Department
should enqpurage the work of collecting and
editing the prose, poetry and notes which he
left. Such an effort would be a small, though
inadequate, monument , to one of the finest of
Carolina's sons.
John E. O'Steen
Vincent Williams
University of Indiana
Famous in Kansas
Editor:
The readers of the DTH will be interested to
learn that a picture of Ben Schreiber, the genial
proprietor-of Harry's Carolina Grill, appeared in
the current number of the humor magazine of
the University of Kansas.
I am told that the picture, showing Ben with
a monstrous beer mug and an equally monstrous
leer, was clipped from the Tarnation and re
printed by the Kansas humor editor for reasons
known only to him.
(DTH editor, 45-46) x
Robert Morrison
Random Shots
Signs of our time: When the Daily Tar Heel
printed a small notice yesterday to the effect
that pictures of Charlie Justice could be obtained
at a nominal fee, the newpaper offices were
jammed with customers all day. Photographer
Jim Mills, who snapped the action photo of Choo,
was doing a landslide business.
Last Resort
Do Letter to the Editor writers smoke or riot?
That is a question being batted around the DTH
office since Chesterfield agreed to present a car
ton of cigarettes each week to the person writing
the best letter. Thus far, none of the winners
have come by to pick up their carton.
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Wha hoppen Dept. After all the publicity
last week in State papers to the effect that a
new president HAD been chosen for this Uni
N versity, the whole matter apparently has fizzled.
The matter seems to have been momentarily
forgotten, despite reports published in the News
and Observer that the decision had been made.
How to get out the campus vote on election
day: Place a 'ballot box on the steps of South
Building. While this traditional meeting place
was jammed with reposing students all yester
day, the polls were all but deserted. Seriously,
Gerrard Hall probably would prove a more
popular polling place than Memorial Hall. The
Y Court is just a natural meeting place. ,
48,000 people saw the Virginia
weevils strive to chomp up
Carolina's cotton bowl last Sat
urday. 47,999 lambs were shep
herded to their folds that night
by the traffic cops, convinced
that Charlie Justice and Art
Weiner deserve their All-Amer-ican
labels. But . the proberbial
lone stray, this one being a cava
lier cavalier who affixes his W.
Atkinson to the sports column
of the Roanoke, Virginia, Times,
violently dissented to the length
of 53 choleric column inches in
the Monday Times.' "
Atkinson vehemently main
tains that Jake Wade, the CAA
"tub thumper," not the boys in
blue, was the villainous force
which dilly dallied the locals,
who have "one of the poorest
records ever taken into a bowl
game," into the Jan. 2 date in
Dallas.
Thus, without Jake's pro
lific mimeograph, the local
gridders would have a white
Christmas, white not with cot
ton, but while rather with one
of Jake's verbal snow jobs.
Maybe up and Atkinson is
correct, but we feel it took
something besides press clip
pings to subdue 'seven tough
foes and give twa other mighty
rough sessions.
Even Jarrin' John Papit, who
"has gained r more this season
than the entire Carolina back
field, including - Choo Choo,"
will admit that he was jarred
several times Saturday with
something a mite more solid
than news print. Ask him about
those blue-shlrted paper dollies
wearing numbers 25, '53, 70, and
50. :
Atkinson, in and outburst of
charity, avers that an "unsung
quartet of doughty defensive
boys Dick Bunting, Irv Hol
dash, Joe Dudeck, and Eddie
Knox, managed to save the day
for a thoroughly beaten Caro
lina eleven time after time."
What was that final score
again,. Jake?
The Carolina cheering section
got a negative pat on the back
from Atkinson for their annoy
ing vociferousness. Atkinson ad
vises the Virginia college to note
this "innocent form of amuse
ment, for it looks so much bet
ter than carrying the drunken
(Wahoo) students up through
the aisles." With this kind note,
Atkinson exhausted his store of
constructive criticism.
Justice is the .main target
of Atkinson's thorny bouquets.
His remarks as to the Choo .
Choo's thespianic talents make
one wonder if it weren't
Brooks Atkinson, the NYTimes
drama critic, who wrote the
'piece.
Atkinson did solve one mys
tery, though that of Justice's
postgraduate career. Foot
lights, not footballs, will be his
new element, judging from
Atkinson's remarks as to
Charlie's aciing..'abilily. of
which our friend said: .
By Bill Kellam
"He never misses a cue, mak
ing his entrance and exits per
fectly. When the team dashes
out from the dressing room be
fore the game he is always the
correct distance in front with
the remainder of the support
following in a bunch. That is as
it should be in the show busi
ness the king always gets the
applause and then graciously
turns part of the acclaim over to
his eourt. Present day big time
football is nothing more than a
big show business with the $
sign governing. The bigger .and,
better the show then the $ .
grows."
Say, didn't Virginia refrain
from signing the NCAA purity
pact regarding aid to athletes?"
Hasn't the Carolina football cap
tain always led his mates onto
the field? Oh, well.
Justice is even begrudged a
new jersey to replace those
which are torn off so frequently
by bloodthirsty opposing line
mens. Atkinson champions our
oppressed and faded Bunting:
."In contrast, Bunting's shirt
looks like it has been through'
several washings in a color re-
mover. As it so happens it
makes Dickie about as easy to
spot as Charlie and something
should be done about that." This
columnist is starting a New-Jer-sey-For-Bunting
drive, all con
tributions will be accepted at
the DTH office. '
Not even Charlie's wife was
- safe from Atkinson's pen. Of
her attire, Atkinson, who is
also a fashion critic, chirped:
"She must make them herself
because we can't see how
Charlie can buy them on the
leaf sweeping or whatever job
the University gives him to
work his way through school
to comply with the NCAA reg
ulations." v CAA officials will be quite in
dignant over that one. Whatever
fortune Charlie does get comes
from interested alumni. We're
sure that John Papit and similar
naturalized Cavaliers matricu
lated at Charlottesville because
they like to visit nearby Monti
cello. 5 .
. The biggest laugh is Atkin
son's description of Weiner's
fake of Wahoo back Rufus
Barkley on the famous TD pass:
"Barkley apparently didn't see
Weiner until the Carolina end
was behind him."
No doubt Barkley was raptur
ously watching the plane towing
the "Jones Pork Sausage" sign
when Weiner whizzed by. The
fact that Weiner faked Barkley
almost into Snavely's lap had
little to do with the "Nose's"
getting into the clear.
His hilarity goes on and on.
If you want to see this fabulous
prose in the flesh, drop by the
"Y" bulletin board. It's posted
there as a tribute to Mr. Atkin
son's gridiron insight.
X, We're just glad that the Cotton
Bowl officials and the All-American
selection boards didn't see
Atkinson's stuff. Boy, would
their faces be red, if they knew
how wrong they were.
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Merry-Go-Round
By Drew Pearson .
WASHINGTON. Unfortunately it is not il
legal for a congressman to keep a soldier fr-m
seeing combat duty and then collect a political
campaign fund from his family. If" this wo:e
illegal, Congressman Parnell Thomas would be
tried for another offense in addition to taking
kickbacks on the salaries which Uncle Sam
meant for his office staff.
In 1944, when Congressman Thomas was up
for re-election, he received a contribution t.f
$250 from Herman Kimmel of Lor.g Beach. N. Y..
which is, of course, outside the congressman's
New Jersey district. Again in 1946, when th
congressman faced a primary election, he re
ceived another $10(Vfrom the same Kimmel.
New Jersey voters had no way of knowing
what was behind ihese two contributions, but
here are ihe interesting. un-American facts.
Most people have forgotten it. but Thomas
was not only chairman of the Un-American
Activities Committee, but also a member of
the House Military Affairs Committee, which
passed on Army legislation; Therefore, had
great weight with the War Department.
In 1943, Private Edward Allen Kimmel, serial
no. 32801902, sen of the above Herman Kimmel,
faced shipment overseas to combat duty. So
Congressman Thomas telephoned the second ser
vice command in' New York and informed th-in
that young Kimmel was an undercover agent
for 'the Un-Amreican Committee, therefore had
- to be kept close to the New York area. Accord
ingly, Col. C. E. Miller, director of personnel
for the second service command, transferred
Kimmel from Camp Upton, N. Y., and assigned
him as an investigator of the Internal Security
Division in New York.
Army Gets Skeptical
A few days later, Colonel Miller asked Kimmel
to drop in to see him and seemed surprised that
he was only 18 years old, had no experience as
an investigator, in fact was merely a student at
New York University before entering the Army.
Skeptical, Colonel Miller telephoned Congress
man Thomas's office, reported that Kimmel said
he had never met Thomas, had never worked for
the Un-American Activities Committee.
To patch up these crossed wires, the Congress
man immediately sent Ray Rockefellar, an inves
tigator for the Un-American Activities Commit
. tee, to see Colonel Miller. However, Colonel Mil
ler remained skeptical. He kept Private Kimmel
in internal security only 18 days, but did not
transfer him overseas. Instead, he was assigned
to the Boardway Central Hotel in New York a
temporary Army barracks and later to Camp
Blanding, Fla.
Private Kimmel did not go overseas. His bud
dies did, many never to come back. .
Waiting a very scant time after preforming
this priceless favor. Congressman Thomas at
tempted to cash in on it. The Congressman
also operates an insurance agency on ihe side
"Thomas and Godfrey" so, on Sept. 30. 1943.
he wrote a letter to Private Kimmel's father.
Introducing his insurance partner.
"This will introduce my partner. Spencer K.
Godfrey." Thomas wrote to the father of ihe
boy who had been saved from overseas duty.
" . . .1 know that Godfrey can be helpful to
you; at least. I would appreciate any courtesies
which you may care io extend him."
The letter got no results. Godfrey sent it back
to Thomas with a notation scribbled across the
bottom: "This man refused to talk said he
doesn't know you."
Later, however, Kimmel. overcame his discre
tion. And when the Congressman who had kept
his son out of combat duty came up for re
election, Kimmel contributed a total of $350.
Thomas' Insurance Racket
The above incident was not the only time the
Congressman from New Jersey used his insur-
ance firm to cash in on favors. For instance,
Thomas helped Joseph J. Brunetti, a New
Jersey contractor, recover some $40,000 held in
escrow by the Federal Housing Administration.
Later, when Brunetti started a huge apartment
project in May wood, N. J., the Congressman
wrote him a letter and was rewarded with the
insurance oh Brunetti's business.
The Congressman also used a neat scheme for
printing stationery for his insurance firm. It was
done by the government printing office, paid for
out of his- Congressional stationery allowance.
Christmas cards for the firm of Thomas and
Godfrey also were printed and paid for by Uncle
Sam in the same way.
Thus did the gentleman who posed as a great
American chairman of the Un-American Activ
ities Committee squeeze the dollars not only out
of his office staff on salary kickbacks but out of
the government at -every turn.
Capital News Capsules
Those inhospitable Swedes? The Swedes
claim they were merely carrying out Senator
Thomas's own request when they failed to roll
out the royal carpet for him. The junketin?
Senators sent word from Oslo that- when they
got to Stockholm they wanted to rest, didn't
want to be burdened with heavy program.
Senator Thomas of Oklahoma wired this ahead
to the American Embassy in Stockholm, which,
in turn, advised the Swedes to, lay off.
Phil and Harry CIO President Phil Murray,
who .won a first-class contract for the steel
workers, without keeping them off the job over
four months as did John L. Lewis got a big
pat-on-the-back from . President Truman last
week.
"You conducted yourself like a statesman.
Phil," said Truman, "and the nation is indebted
to you. Also, you didn't depend upon the govern
ment to carry the ball for you, like some labor
leaders I could mention. You won the steel strike
yourself, fairly and squarely."
AP rveVvsfeoforer
NOVEMBER 30