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The official newspaper of the Publications Board of the TIniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where it is published daily during the regular sessions of the University at Colonial Press. Inc., except Sun.. ,4on.. examinations and vacation Deriods and during the official summer terms when published semi-weeklv. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office of Chapel Hill. N. C. under the act of March 3. 1879. Subscription price: $8 per year. S3 rjer ouarter. Member of the Associated Press, which is exclusively entitled to the" use for republication of all news and features herein. Opinions expressed bv columnists are not necessarily those of this , newspaper. . ... . Editor Executive News Editor.-.. Managing Editor Business Manager Sports Editor Staff Photographers ROY PARKER. JR. CHUCK -HA-USER ROLFE NEILL .... ED WILLIAMS ZANE ROBBINS Jim Mills. forneU Wright Don Maynard, Associate Ed. Andy Taylor. News Ed. Frank Allston. Jr.. Associate Spts. Ed. Faye Massengfll. Society Ed. Neal Cadieu, Adv. Mgr. Oliver Watkins. Office Mgr. Shasta Bryant. Circ. Mar. . Bill Saddler, Subs. Mgr. ... Business Staffs' Boots Taylor, Marie Withers. Charles Ashworth. John Poindexter. Hubert Breeze. Bruce Marger, Bill Faulkner. Pat Morse. Chuck Abernethy. Martha-Byrd, Marile McGerity, -Lamar -StFOupe. -and- Joyce Evarns. Marie Costello - Adv. Lay-out SOCIETY STAFF EDITORS , ASSOCIATE EDiTOF. REPORTERS ..Faye MassengHl ..a ..Nancy J3urgess Marvel Stokes, Sar- Jlvelvn Wrieht. Mareie Story ah Gobbel. Lula Oveiton, Nancy Bates, Helen Boone and Jimm Foust For This Issue: Night Editor, Don Maynard Sports. Bill Peacock At Long Last UMT The universal military training proposal that Congress is expected to take under its wing within the next few weeks is one that should be welcomed by service-jittery collegians. Although it is coming at a date which makes its passage more or. less an academic act, the proposed legislation will help clear up much of the fog that has beclouded the nation's draf table youth and that means most of us. With a long-term period of semi-total mobilization for seeable, a planned program of procurement is a must and such a program is certainly not in existence at the present time. The muddled uncertainty of today's draftable youth makes that fact plain. The UMT legislation is embodied in what is a near-perfect program of planned military procurement, according to the experts of both Pentagon and Congress. Sucn a program, we hope, will be the answer to the badly befuddled situation of today. The leaders of the military might of the country owe such a program to those who are ready to serve in de fense of 'freedom and right, but who have, up to now, had to brave a near-intolerable situation of uncertainty and vagueness. Damnable Political Strategy Republican Senator Robert Taft's major foreign policy speech in Congress yesterday is an indication of a type of thinking that is dangerous and disappointing, especially when spoken and espoused by a man whose position makes "him one of this nation's leaders. America's duty should be well-evident to everyone, and that duty is not only . to ourselves, but to everyone in the world who desires freedom. It is a duty to defend truth and right and defy tyranny and injustice whether it exists, with in our own borders or in any part of the world. Taf t, and former President Hoover in his recent fqreign policy address, have both called for a . strategy that can 1 only hamper the performance and outcome of our duty as a nation and a peo ple. Both men have called for a "falling back" of U.S., might to a defense line that isroughly parallel with our own politi cal borders. The political hypocrisy and purely military un soundness of such a proposal should be -evident to.all of us. Certainly no one with a rudimentary knowledge of .the abilities of today's military weapons can believe that this country can depend on itself alone to stand off an enemy in control of the rest of the world. For men of such stature and position as Taft and Hoover to, ask America to do such a thing is an indication that they have somewhere along the line lost a portion oftheir good sense, or have decided to play internal politics in a game which involves the people of the entire world. Such seems to be the case. ' Fighting And Voting Governor Kerr Scott's espousel of the 18-yearrold vote in his recent speech before the North Carolina General Assembly is another in a long line of calls for the giving of the franchise to the younger generation. Possibly the calls may be heeded in the near future. And we hope so. There is nothing more valid that can be said in favor of the proposal than the oft-quoted cliche, "i we're old enough to fight, we are old enough to vote." It looks like we are going to be allowed to fight. Certainly we should be allowed to vote. The Daily Tar Heel joins in the ever-increasing call for the extension of the ballot to those between .18 and 21 years of age. It is our hope and sincere wish that the General Assembly takes heed of the call and takes the step so long asked and deserved. Bleeding Bricklayers We have only a few remarks on the strike of AF of L bricklayers that has fogbound the University construction program. According to our reports, the boys want $2.75 an hour instead of their present rate. of $2.50 an hour. Now it is true that living costs are up, and it is true that bricklaying is not the easiest of professions, requiring s6me skill and know-how. We are the first to stand' for a man's right to just compensation for his labors. Maybe the trowel men deserve their raise. All we want to know is where is the nearest bricklayer recruiting office? .Secondly, is-there .anyone who wants to buy an old, slightly battered editorialist's typewriter? There appears to be gold in them there hardened jmudpiles. the. Carolina FRONT by Chuck Hquser 4 There will never be another Charlie Justice .. . and I'm not talking about the'football play er. 1 - - v- - - -- I'm talking about Charlie Jus tice the person, the iriendly fel low who wears slacks and pull over sweater, not the shoulder padded, blue-jerseyed, becleated knight of the gridiron. The news broke prematurely , yesterday that Charlie is under consideration as new assistant backfield coach under Carl Snavely to begin work with the 1951 edition of the Tar Heels. It wasn't . supposed to be re- leased until the Athletic Council made a decision, but you know how -those things leak out from time to time. Charlie Wants very much to work under " Snavely, and 1 guess a year of pro ball has convinced him that that rough theater of operations isn't par ticularly fun . . . but I'm gett ing ahead of my story. After Charlie finished his fourth and final year of eligi bility at the close of the 1949 football season, a storm of spec ulation immediately broke out as to his future plans, 'whether he was going into pro ball, and if so where he would play. Charlie answered the ques tions with a single simple word "no." He wasn't going into pro ball, Charlie said. He was just too old after all,- 11 years is a long time to play football and he had his future to look after.' He wanted to go irfcto coaching. Apparently no good coaching job presented itself, because by the end of the year and gradua tion time Charlie had joined the North Carolina Medical Founda tion. I imagine his main job there was public relations work, and a better man with a better name or better personality would have been hard to find. His salary was reputed to be around $8,000. Through the summer and ear ly fall, the rumors sprang up from time to time Charlie's go- ; ing to turn pro. Every time a rumor turned up, Charlie coun tered with another "no." I imagine the hardest decision Charlie Justice ever made in his life was the decision to sign a contract with the Washington Redskins. It was hard to make because he had said so many times that he felt he was too old to play any more ball, and he felt he was repaying a debt to the. state which had been so good to him by working with the Medical Foundation. But a man has a lot to think about when he's offered a job that would net him some $50,00Q to $60,000 in three years. That's the salary Charlie was'supposed to be getting with the Redskins, although the exact figure was never officially announced. Charlie wasn't being wishy washy when he persisted in say ing "no" and then about-faced and turned pro in the fall. -He was thinking about .his wife, Sarah, and boy, Ronnie, and how much that money would mean toward Ronnie's education and Sarah's comfort in future years. But once again, .Charlie has pulled a switch. And again for the same reason. Charlie wants to be a coach. He's always wanted to be a coach. And now he has been offered an opportunity to begin a coaching career under Carl ,Snavely ,the master of the single wing and one of the best grid iron mentors in the country. Charlie decided to begin "his career of coaching. More power to him. It's still up to the Athletic Council whether or not he is to be hired. And then approval must be given by the Faculty Committee on Athletics, Chan cellor House, and the Board of Trustees. But there shouldn't be any complications there. That's the story of why Char lie Justice is " about to switch jobs again. And, he still ranks number one in my book. To Give You An Idea How Effective It Is We're Beginning to Believe It Ourselves" t Tar Heel At Large by Robert Ruark 35 The tricky technicality is ever with us, es pecially in the courts of law, but it seems a shame that the government of the United States must spend a few more hundreds of thousands to drearily retrace the trial of Judy Coplon, the duly convicted spy. Especially since the Court of Appeals admits that her "guilt is plain," even while granting her the new hearing. It has been a year and a half since little Judy was grabbed by the FBI as., an: accomplice of Valentin Gubitchev, the Russian -.spy who has , since been deported. Coplon got tried in Wash ington, was found guilty, and was handed a 40 months-to-10 years sentence. She was retried here last March, and drew 15 years. She has been out on bail, and since has found romance, and freedom. She married one of her lawyers, and her wedding was described ' asr-gushmgly as the nuptials of a vestal movie star-,, I will bet you a buck that ; Judy never does a day of serious time for treasonous espionage against her country, a thought tht is reasonably displeasing in light of our cur.rent ' mess in the East. In a way the woman is,. an" implied ac complice in the murder of young Americans by a Soviet-steered foreign power.; Those who be tray their homeland implicitly , recommend its downthrow by violence. ,, In mother Russia, where her former boy friend is probably dead by now fbr fumbling, Miss Coplon would have been summarily shot, after torture, for a fifth of her 16cal sin. We nab her with the goods , and she gets what? Two trials, with another upcoming, and a fine chance to beat it on technicalities, if public apathy in the face of more serious problems does not allow it to be shelved until forgotten. What, for in stance, ever became of Serge Rubinstein's big tax-fraud trial? The finest of hairsplitting has been used in the decision of the U. S. Court of Appeals, which says that Coplon's arrest without warrant was illegal. The court points outthat the FBI does have the power to arrest without warrant, if the subject is likely to escape, but says that Coplon didn't appear to be on the verge of flight. As a result of this, the purloined documents, in her handbag are not admissible as evidence. vThe court also holds that. FBI' wire .taps, for bidden by Federar law, were 'possibly instru mental in indicating La Belle's guilt. At least, the last court that tried Miss . Coplon failed to prove that the wire taft did not 'lead' to any part of the evidence on which this saddle-shoed Mata Hari was convicted. This is a cute quibbler about like saying that a machine-gun killer is reasonably innocent because he did not person ally invent gunpowder.' "The conviction must be reversed," the Court of Appeals says, "but we will not dismiss the indictment, for the guilt is plain . . ." No legai eagle, I, it is tough to see how the country can lick Miss Coplon with this history, since the basic evidencle . is founded on an "il legal" arrest, thereby nullifying the worth of the documents she had tucked away between the lipstick and the mad money. So long as the accusing finger of wire tap, for additional evidence, is pointed at this fair flower of cfemocracy, she owns a beautiful out much as if she had thrown the gun in the river and shipped the corpus delicti to a maiden aunt in Tibet. v ' : ' So the bet is Judy beats it, despite the guilt, despite, the sinister intent on collusion with an avowedly enemy power. This is America, the home of the more-than-even-break, and I still think they oughta shot her. "..;" V CPU RouncJtable by Robert Pace "How to prevent World War III" will be the topic for discussion at the Carolina Political. Union meeting tomorrow niht at .: o'clock in- the GrailRoonr "of Gfaharri Memorial. Visitors urn welcome, to participate intherneeting.. Some people say that we are already in World War III; utht i:. insist that there is no war, only police action in Korea. ' Students questioned on. "How to prevent World War III" p.avo various opinions. Edwin. Clark, 30G Manley, said, "To mo Uni versal : Christianity presents the only solution." Richard Charnock, ,39 Old East: "Accelerate our propaganda machine; and -procure experts on the peoples of the countries with which we are dealing, and by pooling their knowledge make out policies, toward those countries." Charles Nye, 106 Grimes: "I consider the war already started, and the most effective way to end it would be an all-out offensive against Communist countries through our Air Force and Navy. I consider ground warfare useless because of the manpower ad vantage of the Communist, nations. A complete, destruction of their manufacturing centers and port facilities would equalize and or immobilize their now preponderous manpower advantage. Of course I advocate the use of the atomic bomb." Kent Jackson, 104 Ruffin: !'People who know the facts seem to agree that only Uncle Joe can stop it now. As for us, we had better draw in our necks, stop believing ourselves the sole saviors of the world, and stop beating our brains out against Stalin's non Russian converts who are supplied by a source which remains invulnerable to our air power "so long as we continue our polite role. Above all we must beat democracy's drum with the rim; and rhythm that Patrick Henry and those boys used." Curtis Collier, 113 Mangum: "For the UN to resolve not to interfere with eastern countries while they are fighting because after so long .their men supplies will give out, they will be weak, and then if necessary, the United States may take over." The Guest Box (This is one oj several . articles about the Communist-dominated Second World Student Congress which was held in Prague last summer. The author, Bill Holbrook, was a member of tin-three-man observer team representing the U. S. National Student r. Association at that meeting. Ed.) From the beginning of the Second World Student Congress it became apparent that the meeting would be dominated by Un thinking of the Soviet world. The first real example of this came during the reading of the executive committee report by Congress President Joseph Gorman. The first reference of the "war in Korea set off a huge demon stration. At the mention of the North Koreans, the Congress delegates most of whom considered the United States and South Korea as aggressors broke out into clapping and rushed to the members of the Korean delegation, lifted them on their shoulders and handed them bouquets of roses. At that point the entire North Korean delegation, armed with roses, was carried on the shoulders of students through the con vention hall. amidst chanting and the play of floodlights. As the Koreans seme of whom were in uniform passec! the desk where Robert West, of the NSA observer delegation was sitting, they shouted slogans of defiance at him. It .was only after more than' 20 minutes of demonstration that the delegates returned to their seats and Gorman was able to go on with his report. Perhaps this would be a good place to explain who attended the meeting. The International Union of Students stated in its official report that total of 1,036 delegates, observers and visitors were accredited. These represented 135 student organizations from 73 nations. The official American delegation was composed of people picked by the Committee for International Stjdent Cooperation (CISC). They were granted 12 voting delegate positions and should be distinguished from the NSA observer delegation. The CISC was founded by a small group of IUS proponents after the sus pension of IUS-NSA negotiations. This organization has acted as the distribution center for IUS literature and has served as the nucleus of the "American Spon soring Committee for the Second World Student Congress." From the speeches made by the official American delegation, the NSA group would observe that the delegation was composed of Soviet -line students. , Similar left-wing organizations were also present from Great Britain, Canada and the Union of South Africa. Need For Security by; Paul Barwick On Campus Our nomination. ,? or the stu dent who held the most unusual j-ob during the Christmas hol idays: Former football player Jack Woodell :of Fayetteville, who masqueraded as Santa Claus in .a downtown department store. It is not too difficult for us to see that there is a great need for some means of security throughout the world today. But, the big ques tion is, "Where does this security lie and how may we as citizens of the world ' and America find' it?" Usually, there is an answer to every question, and there's one to this one. Actually, the solution to the problem is so close to us that we have overlooked it in all the existing con fusion. The answer: A belief and faith in God. However, religion is not a popular thing to day. The majority, it seems, agrees it's all right for Sunday, but when Sunday is over, we don't care to mention it. Why? It's unpopular and doesn't fit into today's society and business: If , in the course of a conversation, one mentjons anything about "religion," someone, or the group as a whole, takes it upon k himself to dismiss the subject from the conversation. The attitude of "Religion is a secondary problem today if we have a minute to spare, we'll consider giving God a portion of our 'spare time' " 'seems to -dominate our thinking. As each day -passes, we seem to get farther away , from 4he essentials of if e and happiness. Even in -dealing with- everyday problems we have to have a sense oi security before we can accomplish .anything. The game thing is true in giving our minds a feeling of security. We can have .this security .by building up a strong faith in God and realizing that He is the Omnipotent. "Faith." Just what is "faith"? "Faith is the substance of things hoped for, ,t.h- evidence of things not seen." There are several things in the world today which we accept as having existed and existing, but they haven't been proved as fact yet. Our "faith" is so strong in man that we will believe almost everything he tells us. This is exactly the same principle, so why can't we accept it and put our faith in God? We can build our faith in'God through pray er. But, do we know how to pray? Some of us have never prayed, because we didn't think that we needed any help from a higher power than man. A person doesn't have to get down upon his knees to pray, but he must call on God from the depths of his heart. Whether we are walking down the street, sitting in our chair, or on our knees, to pray and be heard by God, we must pray in sincerity. , . We must realize that we are rapidly sinking into a low state of mind that is causing fear. This fear is being brought about through a lack of security, and we can find that security by putting our faith in God. We must have a com plete faith in God. Not a faith that suits our convenience. , , ' - Let's start carrying God with 4is day by day. Let's not be ashamed to mention religion to our friends and not be ashamed to pray. Soon we will be out of college and .directing the course of America. 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