North Carolina Newspapers

.3 -.1! ,IliB If gaitS WEDNESDAY, MARCH S, 1UV) PAGE TWO THE DAILY 1 AR HEEL BUSY ! The ofTu-ial newspaper ol tha Public-lion Board of the University of North f'arolin.i. C'liifwl Hill. wh-ie H i isfuefl d.uly during the regular sessions of inf l'niverity by te Colonial Prernt. Inc.. except Mondays, examination and vacation (xrrnKls. and the nurnmer term. Entered as wrnd-las matter at trie rxMt.ultK.-e of Chapel Hill. N. C under the act Of March 3. 1879. Sub MTiptio price: $3.00 per ear. 3 00 per quarter. Member of The Associated I'nn. The A'WHi.ited I'rr and AP feature are exclusively entitled to the - for reonMic.tion of all rewn feature published herein. ,l,inr DICK JENRETTE Itunne Mmnorr - C. B. MEVDENHALL Af.innfinf t.illl'iT CHUCK HAUSER .Srx.rf. f.lifor TAYLOR VADEN .Vein t.tlilur llov Parker, Jr. Ada. Manaqier ...Oliver Watkins Dvk Editor Z.me Jtonbina Hut Ojice Mgr. Ed Williams soiicfp t'.it'tnr . . Caroline limner Ant'l. 4iu. Mgr June Crockett h'h'il oaratihrr Jim Mill ttitirtul Stall. Jack iiro-n. Bill Kell.-im. Mike McDanieU Tom Wharton, Cnarhe (;ib(win. Joe Sekora, Vestal Tavlor, Al Johnson, Charlie Joyner, Dave Sh.TP". John SUimrv N r ii'j" StiiJ- Knlif Neill. Don M:.ynird. Glenn Harden. Bill Johnsort. Wuff ell. S.im MKeel, Mark Sumner, Ar,t Xanthos, Graham Jones, Charlie Hrewer, C.innv Jon. M. K. Jone. f iititi nr: star;: Neul Cadieu. Don St.inford. Bootsv Tavlor, Bill Brain. Ruth IxrirU, .M.irie Wither. K;.ndy Shiver, Charles Asnworth. Mary Tomlin. Dirk M.iBill. Jim l.lnrflev. Branson Hobbs. John Poindcxter. Carolyn Harrill. ' Lila Hotnioi. I'.everlv Serr. Bruce Bnuer. Joe Nelson. Leonard Rawls. .Vf'nrti Stall : i-rry fox. Frank Allston. Jr., Jo Cherrv. Lew Chapman, Andy TMvlor, Art Greenbaum, Biff Roberta, Ronald Tilley, Bill Peacock. Km H.-rto-. - vViwTlffTf: Peggy Woxi. Mane Withers, lletty Ann Vowell. Judy Sanford. f.firpi Storv Out to Better Phone Service Congratulations are in order for the hard-working Uni versity Party members of the Student Legislature. The UP legislators, at the suggestion of Daily Tar Heel Desk Editor and Columnist Zane Robbins; are currently conducting a dorm-to-dorm survey to determine the opinion, of the stu dent body in regard to the present Chapel Hill telephone svstem. Some 1,500 students will be queried in the course of. the survey which is to end sometime this week. According to early results, the feeling among students is almost unani mous that the telephone system here is one of the shabbiest anywhere, and that the University, which controls the local telephone company, should take immediate steps to improve the situation. Robbins stated yesterday afternoon that, "We believe the University students and the residents of Chapel Hill deserve much better telephone service, and plan to do all in our ower to junk the preseint outrrioded system and promote better facilities for all." The plan of action calls for a series of DTH articles by Robbins revealing the exact results of the poll, pointing out the inadequacies of the present telephone system, and asking for University cooperation in the matter. These articles will begin shortly after the spring holidays. Comments and suggestions on the plan will be welcomed in the form of letters to the editor. Student cooperation is needed in order to make the campaign a success. Another Light Vote While the Daily Tar Heel editorial deadline is several hours before the votes on the campus-wide Block Fee Refe rendum will be counted, it is a safe bet that nowhere near the 3,400 required students voted in the referendum. Unless this many students cast their ballots yesterday, the action of the Student Legislature in approving the raise in the block fee structure will stand. Half the student body had to par ticipate in the voting to make the referendum valid. - At any rate, poll watchers yesterday afternoon reported only a scattering of voters turned out to cast their votes cither for or against the 50 cents increase in block fees. The rain afforded a convenient excuse for the light vote. But even before the weather was known, most veteran polit ical observers would have given you odds that the referen dum would not lure the required number of students to the polls. Actually it was to the advantage of those favoring the block fee raise to have a light vote, for the Legislature had already granted the desired increase in fees to make up for the reduction in the number of students on campus. How ever, from every observation, proponents to the fee raise did their level best to get the students to vote also. They, of course, preferred to have the fee ratified by a majority of trie students rather than being approved because of lack of interest in the referendum. So it was discouraging to student government leaders to witness the light turnout at the polls yesterday. It seemed to indicate a general listlessness on the part of the student body even when the vote concerned so vital a matter as finances. They Will Yell Today tnose Persons out to raise the fees set .up the required 50 per cent vote in the referen About Vote dum because they knew it could not pass that way. The referendum, and its 50 . per cent vote requirement, was suggested by the strongest opponent of the raise in fees Graham Jones of the Student Party. Jones effected a compromise with student government financial leaders who wanted to pass the fee raise in the Legislature without considering a referendum at all. Jones made a promise to Ben James, chairman of the Finance Committee, and to a number of other people, to the effect that he would abide by the result of the referen dumthe referendum that he suggested and would take no further action if the necessary 50 per cent vote did not turn up at the polls. Jones said all he wanted was to give the students a chance to defeat the raise. If the voters were not interested enough to go to the polls, then he would fight the raise in fees .no longer. So, like we said, there will be people yelling today. But the people who will yell the loudest are the' people who failed in their job of turning out the vote, after they had pledged that they would either put up a 50 per cent ballot ing show or let the matter drop. D. J.-C. H. There will be people yelling today about the results of the referendum. They will say that the voting was "rigged" and that Carolina Seen Somethings 'Phone-y' By Bill Kellam Some rather phoney reason ing seemed to lurk behind a. story about the local Bell sys tem which appeared in the Dur ham Herald on February 21. The story originated from Chap el Hill. Its lead declared, "The Chapel Hill telephone system has set an impressive record since 1947, UNC officials informed the Dur ham Herald today." A little further d5wn the story, it add ed "service has improved great ly and still is improving." One wonders if the officials from whom the story origi nated ever use the Chapel Hill phones. County phone service has expanded, so this "ser vice" is all inclusive. Equipment shortages are no doubt giving the local phone tycoons a hard time. One. can appreciate their difficulties. But, one cannot appreciate that self-back-patting story. No yet, any how. If, in future years, we do re member anything about Caro lina besides Choo Choo and the Y Court bull sessions, it'll be this place's own inimitable phone, system. The system that's been a source of countless minor and major '.increases in blood pressure, honor council cases, and general indignation. Chapel Hill has the only phone system in the country with a built-in wire tapping system. J. Edgar Hoover must be' furious and green with envy, if not red in the face, only, of course. How many times have we picked up a phone and list ened to two or three conversa tions going on in the back-' ground not on our line. Or picked up a phone and got ten a busy signal before we even thoqght of dialing? Or dialed only one number and even then heard that infamous buzzer. And then there's the prob lem of the inspired thinking which put the phones on the different floors of most of the girls dorm on the same party lines. You're lost if you try to call any of the dorms after supper. When one phone serves three floors of charm ing, oft-called girls, it's rough. However, the story said equipment is becoming availa ble gradually and the com plaints are being eliminated as soon as possible. So we'll grin and bear it, and. continue to gripe, which is fun. From a release by the Asso ciated Collegiate .Press comes word from a Marietta College, Ohio, (home) management con sultant advising prospective grooms to "marry a woman who knows more than you do." Why? The statement says: "A man's personality and mental stature tend to increase as he progresses in his occupational field. On the other hand, a wom an starts going backward as soon as she enters a career as a homemaker." That can't be right. Almost every worftan broadens after marriage. It'll be difficult to convince the prospective part ners that they be so candid about each other, too. How many men will admit that any female knows more than they do? How many wom en will tell their masterful pros pective master that he know less than they do? They know they know more than hubby knows, but they don't want him to know it. They get more much done by putting on the meek act and letting hubby get a large charge out of waiting "on his helpless little princess. But if the girls decide to get hitched, they should grab an engineer from the A & M over in Raleigh. The same Press re lease says "engineers axe ten der lovers." The statement originated from the director of the National Institute for Human Relations. Engineers apply logic to mo rals, are a bit shy, don't get in volved with their secretaries, and are home-lovers who like, big families- and home-centered hobbies. They are the least neurotic of all vocational groups. They rare ly quarrel or get mad, and ar ' good church attenders. It. It P-T Merry-go-round! WASHINGTON. In a recent conference with Congressional "Big Four" leaders, the President made it bluntly clear that he ex- -pected them to finish passage of. the Federal Aid-To-Education ' . Bill, which already has passed ' the Senate. "I'm depending on you to 'get a satisfactory bill through" the House during this session," Truman told Speaker Sam Ray burn arid House Majority Chief John McCormack: ' !- The President added that he t wouldn't attempt to dictate the' terms of the bill regarding such controversial questions as free bus transportation for Parochial students. "The Democratic Party," he said, "has promised aid for our schools and I am de .J termined that we will make good on that promise. You bring me a bill down here and I'll sign it." A plan to form a chain of air craft spotters across the United State's has been drawn up in thes National Defense Depart ment. v The idea is for the public to do less worrying and more pre paring for possible atomic at tack. To this end the general public will be briefed on how to to escape danger and stop panic, while civilian minute-men' will be trained in peace for possible duties in case of war. One of these is a civilian air craft warning net, stretching in", an arc across 25 northern states from North Carolina to Cali-' f ornia cutting across the middle , of ' Illinois, Ohio and Indiana. Civilian volunteers will be trained, then kept on a stand by basis at key posts to scan the skies for enemy planes. This is necessary to supplement our radar screen which hasn't been completed yet and has certain blind spots, anyhow.' The Navy has also been as signed to work with civilian authorities in order to throw a dim-out switch down the Pa cific coast as an emergency, anti-submarine measure. A simi lar program will be worked out later for the Atlantic coast. The plans being drafted in clude some unpleasant news, but military leaders believe they should be faced now. In case of atomic attack, key civilians will be trained in each city to care for the dead and wounded and re store the city to emergency operation. Mobile, units will also be trained to move into an atomic-blitzed city and aid local authorities. Biggest need will be a huge blood reser voir. Another problem con cexns the present humanitari an concept of aiding most critical cases first. In mass de structions, it will be more im- DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON portanl to concentrate on aiding those who have a bet ter chance of surviving. This tragic problem is already under study by medical ex perts. A huge national war game, testing military-civilian team work from coast-to-coast, is al so proposed. . The inside story behind high food prices will be brought out into the open today by courtly, white-haired Sen. Guy Gillette, an Iowa dairy farmer whose subcommittee has been digging into skyrocketing prices of co ffee, milk, bread, eggs, coffee, poultry and live stock. , Despite terrific pressure to stop his probe, Gillette will 'show that, while farmers' in come is shrinking and consum ers . pay more, the middleman has been making more. In January, 1949, for instance, the largest U. S.v coffee importer, the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., paid 25 cents a pound for coffee, and sold it for 47 cents. Ten months later A & P paid 28 cents a pound, but charged 65 cents. Another his buyer, General Foods, raised its retail price from 51 cents to 76 cents a pound, although it paid approx imately the same import price as A & P. Many of the big importers are members of the Sugar & Coffee Exchange, which were 1. investigated after World War . I because of the hike in sugar prices. Gillette investigators figure a sugar price rise is in the cards now, unless the Sen ate's coffee probe scares it off. ' JOHN L. LEWIS vs. PHIL MURRAY The good old Amer ican spirit of free competition may be fine regarding some things but it was partly respon sible for the coal crisis. Harry Moses of U. S. Steel's giant H. C. Frick Coal Company put his finger on this during closed door "talks when he refused to give John L.' Lewis a bigger wage increase that that given Phil Murray's CIO steelworkers. When rank-and-file union mem bers see a boost going to a r.iv . at union, they demand the same thing whether union leaders want it or not. IDAHO POTATOES H ere are two interesting things about the potatoi . surplus: 1 Idaho potatoes aren't glutting the market like Maine spuds. 2 Acreage quotas aren't going to limit the potato crop much. Farmers simply use more fer tilizer. Maine farmers have now increased their yield to 450 bushels per acre, whereas the national yield is 211 bushels. Thanks to fertilizer and insect Dorm Murals By Bill Johnson The Intra-mural Department . set out this year to build up some degree of group spirit arid competition among the dormi tories on the campus a thing that has been sadly lacking since the war. Rules were laid down restricting the use of in dependents on dorm teams in an effort to do away ' with the "all-star" aggregation that had "come to dominate the dorm sports. Managers in the dorms were instructed to encourage all students in his particular dorm to take an active part in the intra-mural program. In other words, it was the hope of the officials that the dormitories would develop the same type spirit that has characterized the -competition between fraterni ties. Before the war the situation was exactly reversed. Dorms dominated the sports program and the average dorm resident took as much pride in the athletic accomplishment of his group as the fraternity men took in theirs. The present sit uation can, of course, be ex plained by the fact that no student can be sure that he will live in the same dorm from one quarter to the next. This naturally prevents the development of comradeship and contributes to the lack of comon interests. It is a credit to the Intra-Mu-ial Department, however, that this sii uation is being ' slowly overcome. In Monday night's playoff for the campus basket ball championship between Ev erett Dorm and the Zetes, the cheering from the sidelines was almost evenly divided between the dorm and fraternity back ers. To anyone- familiar with the dormitory-fraternity play-off in other sports during the last few years, this balance of support comes as something of a sur prise. In the tag football competi tion of last quarter the same ., two teams Everett and tho Zetes met to determine the campus championship. It was a cold, windy day but that didn't keep the fraternity rooters from turning out in mass while the more-numerous residents of Ev erett took off for the movie or sat in ' their rooms " one block away instead of supporting their team. It is hoped that Monday v night's display of dormitory spirit was more than just an isolated incident. Dorm rosters are becoming more stabilized now and the opportunity for managers to build up a real competitive spirit is therefore increased. Next quarter soft ball will dominate . the intra- sprays, however, the national . average next year will be 240 bushels. Meanwhile, top Idaho spuds have been selling for $2.75 to $3.00 per bushel while Uncle Sam is paying a support price of around $2 for surpluses. So it's not in Idaho that pota- toes have been piling up. It's Hill-aripus - By Zone Robbins Report from Tinsel Tap latest word from Town: Holly- wood is that production on "Bright Leaf is moving along smoothly. The "moon pitcher" is based on a novel by Foster Fitz-Simons of the University Drama Dep't. H'wood is enlhusastic over the movie's possibilities, and a topnotch cast has been se lected for the screen version of Fitz-Simons Tar Heel nov el. Gary Cooper. Lauren Ba call. and Jack Carson head the star studded cast. .. Alumni notes: Tag Montague, a 1943 graduate of the Univer sity, has announced his candi dacy for the State House of T-i ; 4.1 AAWiirr til ortl fr neps in uie wu.s Montague, a . Wjnston-Salem ; ct,.. nauve, was veiy - dent politics during his stay here. Moosic, Moosic. Moosic: Have ya heard Ziggy Elmans's re cording of "The Wedding Sam ba?" Zig was the trumpet tootin' youngster that made "And The Angels Sing" a big hit a few years back when the old Benny Goodman band was at its best. He later waxed the "Angels" tune on MGM after forming his own band. Then sumbuddy came up with "Wedding Samba," which is a take-off on "Angels." Elman fired right- back by recording "Samba," burlesquing his way thru it. Compare his recordings of the two you'll find his trumpet almost identical. f Wha' Hoppen Dep't: Seems the Student Party was either rushed, tired of politics, or in a lackaldasical mood t'other nite when it. nominated candidates for president and vice president of the CAA. Only one candi date out of all the athletes On campus was nominated for each position. Dick Bunting, who re ceived the nomination for presi- mural picture. The fraterni ties will be out to win that championship just as they "have for the past few years and they'll have plenty . of people sitting on the sidelines ' yelling for them. Yhe students living in the dorms will have another chance tune on beaver skins. to show that they too want to : win and that they are willing to Turtle eSgs are eaten by na take an active part in bringing tives .and EuroPeans in South one or two of the championship America- trophies back to the dormitory Eg7s of the iguana alaree division The Intra Mural De- te landed by SoZ partment wants every student American gourmets. to participate in the sports. This, of course, isn't likely, but th? Molten rock inside the earth is least a student can do is get called magma, a reek word out and back his team. meaning dough. : 20 MZK u . . - 45 44 245 2447 51 : "p11 " HORIZONTAL 1. show mercy 6. markets 11. plant of legume family 12. worships 14. oxygenate 15. sign of zodiac 16. obtains 17. metal container 19. weave 20. feminine name 21. the upper air 23. ratio: comb, form 24. vends 26. fixed gazers 28. summer (Fr.) 30. ship's timberpieee 31. aracjinids -o5. icy , 39. play on words 40. gravy 42. single unit 43. formerly 45. ocean 46. garden Jlower 47. shrewd" 49. talked in dull manner 51. sharper 52. lamprey fishermen Answer to AVER . T AHiinRiimTR e dent acclamation" will , in ail probability, waltz away with the University Party endorse ment following today's meeting. The big question in every body's mind, however, is how did Gene Shaw, a reserve on the Tar Baby basketball squad, a non-lelierman. get the veep nomination with opposition. Sumpin funny here. TV Tidbits: Rumor sez there is a strong possibility that Chap el Hill will have a tellyvishun cable within a year. Work will probably begin this summer. Dr. Roy K. Marshall is bein 'heralded as the "travelingest man in TV1 these days. The planetarium director has to cov i P.00 miles every week to , ... . fpipvjcinn rom "H" - mitments. T, . tha Kvsor TV XlC 13 Ull .7 --J - - show in Noo Yawk, and in ad dition, has his own program, "The Mature of Things" which originates in Philly every week. Grapevine Gleanings: My old friend "Meatball" Holfer drop ped in the other day to say that he is on his way to spring train ing camps in Florida. "Meatball" reports a successful season in the win, place, and show biz ness on the West Coast, and added a note about Dick Groat, Dook soph basketball star, who dropped out of school several weeks back. Groat, according io Hoffer, has baseball aspirations, and is planning join the Blvn Dodgers in spring training at Vno Beach, Fla. The former Dook ace wants lo play pro baseball, but also plans to re . enter DU, and probably won't sign unless offered an attrac tive contract. On his way back from the coast, "Meatball" got wind of big doings down New Mexico way. He sez the Prairieland boys are planning on a big foot ball future, and chances are that Ray Cicia and Bill George, two of the Wake Forest grid aces who wre booted out of Baptist Hollow during the recent "Clean Up Campaign," will enter NMU to play football next fall. John Jacob Astor made his for- 53. stretches over 54. exhausted VERTICAL 1. part of a garment 2. entrance way 3. topaz humming-birds 4. steep flax 5. build 6. lodestc nes 7. citrus : ink 8. Gypsies 9. treble 10. upper classman 11. imprirons 13. warbles 18. exclamations of satisfaction 2L division of a National Park 22. roam 25. guided 27. cereal grass 29. rubbers 31. utter 32. puckers 33. part of foot 34. petition 36. relax .37. put in ?&. actions 41. promontories 44. prickly pear 46. assumed yesterday's puzzle. character iPIFIM IS i tip i Ei r s m MSL.?t-0v taU': 2 48- decimal unit Dutrifcuted by K.n5 Feu-r Syndfc.t, 50. Corded fabric v.