secondary School Aid, Prison Revision,
Uniform Divoece Laws Asked In Raleigh
(Special
Raleigh, Nov. 30 Members of
the State Student Legislature in
troduced 15 bills in the two houses
here today. Ten of the bills were
passed and the other five were
defeated.
The Senate passed the larger
number of bills, passing seven
out of eight. Seven bills were in-
"wuteu in me nouse with only
three receiving a favorable vote.
Bills passed today will "go to
the other house of the bi-cameral
quasi-legislature- ;
A bill asking for recognition of
wiiAAia wets Lilt? tin v mil nn
feated in the daylong session of
the Senate. George Lynch, Duke,
introduced the bill.
Several of the bills introduced
in the separate houses were al
most identical in nature.
Abolition of capital punishment
by the State was asked in a bill
introduced by a Senator from
Wilmington College. This bill was
passed by the Senate. j
VOLUME LX. CHAPEL HILL, N. C. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1951 NUMBER 59
Polio
d Fund Low
,nnor bays
The National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis has advised the
2,944 county chapters throughout
the nation that funds available in
the - national epidemic aid fund
are virtually exhausted and that
from now on until the close of
the annual March of Dimes cam
paign in January chapters with
out funds will have to defer pay
ment of polio patient care bills
until money is forthcoming.
This announcement from New
York was released here today by
Mrs. Phillips Russell, Director of
Organization for the annual North
Carolina March of Dimes. She
pointed out at the same time that
North Carolina chapters had re
ceived through November 19 of
this year $174,985 for patient care,
the smallest amount, she said,
that they had received at this
date for several years.
According to Basil O'Connor,
president of the National Founda
tion, there remains in the epi
demic aid fund only $500,000, and
he estimates that the National
Foundation will go into debt
again this year the fourth in
succession to the tune of $5,000,
000. 3 Plays Scheduled
Three one-act plays written
by students in the drama de
partment will be given De
cember 6 and 7 at the Play
makers theatre at 7:30 p.m.
Th nlavs will be "A Brave
ir-. Vw AnHrew Adams of
; Co vina, Cal.; 'The Shining
Dark," by Elmer Oettinger of
j Glen Lennox, and "Pythagoras
Bound," a farce comedy by
Charles A. Kellogg of Water
town, N. Y. Samuel Selden,
head of the drama department,
will lead open discussion, of the
plays. n ; ' ; ,: V- ' '
0'
Separate bills introduced in the
two houses by delegates from
North Carolina College asking
tor reorganization of the State
prison system were passed in
both houses.
Meredith's : delegation intro
duced two bills, one in the House
and one in the Senate, asking for
the age limit of jUvenille offenders
to be raised to 18. Both of the
bills passed;
Other bills passed by the Senate
were: Self-sustaining Scholar
ships be set up by the State, in
troduced by Rip Ryan of Elon;
Improve Quality of the Second
ary Schools, introduced by Jackie
Jernigan of W. C.
The only other bill passed by
the House related to steam sani
tation. Richard Pitts of State
College introduced the bill.-
Two similar bills, one asking
for uniform divorce legislation
and the other asking for the right
to permit the governor to be re
Mass Dorm Caroling Slated;
Social Leaders Meet Tuesday
Singing plans have been made
for next Saturday night, when
students from all the men's and
women's dorms will meet to go
Christmas caroling, it was an
nounced today by Harry Phillips,
chairman of the Student Govern
ment Committee on Social Life.
According to the plans, the
members of the various men's
dorms will assemble at a specific
women's dorm at 7 p.m. All will
then carol in town together be
fore returning at 10 o'clock to
the women's dorms for coffee and
doughnuts.
Students from the following
dorms are requested to meet at
UN Health Outfit Needs Help
Public health education work
ers connected with the World
Health : Organization are faced
with dismal ignorance as the take
up their work in the many for
eign countries to whichthey are
sent.
This was the observation of
Miss Helen Martikainen, director
of Health Education of the Public
for the World Health Organiza
tion, which has headquarters, in
Geneva, Switzerland. Miss Marti
kainen, who was formerly direc
tor of health education for the
North Carolina State Board of
Health, Raleigh, spoke informally
before a group of public health
students and health educators
from all over the state here.
"There is a complete lack of
leadership in health education in
most of the countries, so one of
our big jobs is to help them de
velop leaders among their own
people," she said. "We must, help
them determine what their prob
lems and needs are,, in other
words, help them to help them-
World Health Organization fel
lowships, she explained, are doing
much to help develop native lead
ership -
elected and to give him the veto
power, were passed by the Senate
but failed1 to do so in the House.
James Bridges and David Mc
Elveen of A and T, introduced
the bill concerning the governors
rights in. . the Senate and House
respectively. " -
The divorce bill was introduced
in the Senate 'by John Faust of
Catawba college and by . Joe
Martin in the House.
Also defeated in ; the House
was a bill asking for redisrict
ing of the Senatorial districts, and
another bill requiring Superior
Court judges to serve only in the
districts in which they are elected.
Glenn Harden, editor of The
Daily Tar Heel, took the seat as
president of the Senate today at
5 o'clock in a honorary capacity.
She was defeated in yesterday's
balloting for the seat.
The Assembly will convene at
9 o'clock tomorrow morning for
the second day of the three-day
session.
the specified places: Graham,
Lewis and Whitehead dorms alt
Mclver; Ay cock, Everett, and
Alexander at Alderman; Mangum,
Grimes, and Battle-Vance-Petti-grew
at Spencer; Stacy, Ruffin,
and Manley at Smith; Steele, Old
East and Old West at Carr; A. B,
and C, dorms at Kenan.
A meeting of social chairmen
of all men's dorm,s for Tuesday
at 4 p.m. in Roland Parker Lounge
No.l has been called to discuss
further plans for the caroling.
The meeting will be brief but
important, Phillips said.
Not . only is there a lack of
health education leadership, but
(See FOREIGN HEALTH, Page 4)
Washington
Studenf Jobs
Offered Now
J obs with I Federal agencies in
Washington in the fields of
chemistry, physics, mathematics,
metallurgy and engineering are
being offered now to sophomores
and juniors interested in summer
work. .: ; - i v; ?: . '
The Student Aid Trainee jobs
give the - opportunity to par
ticipate in special training pro
grams in various Federal agen
cies and to - become s acquainted
with; the work of the agencies. ,
Applicants are required to take
an exam in the field. ! The" dead
line for sending the application
is December 3.
Interested students should see
C. C. Shotts or John Riebel in
tks YV IX C. A. office. -
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Robert Pace, pre-law student from Morris ville, who was denied
the right of seeking public office in the "1950 State election because
of his age, yesterday announced that he is now of legal age and will
seek a seat in the State House of Representatives from Wake County.
Last year he sought to enter the legislative race in Durham
County but now resides in. Wake -
County. He was 20 years of age
but would have been 21 years
old by the time the legislature
convened last January. However,
the Board of Elections ruled him
ineligible to run" for political
office. "
In his statement announcing
his candidacy for the legislature,
Pace said he is "announcing my
candidacy at this early date be
cause I feel that the legislature
seats are as important as any
other state elective posts." He
also pointed put that "in North
Carolina the legislature is the
power" and "there is no execu
tive check through the veto. Too
long has there been too much
apathy toward the election of
legislators; and too long have
we had 'do nothing' General
Assemblies." : :
He offers the following plat
form: 1. Voting rights for 18-year-olds.
27 Further extension of
electric lights and telephone
power to rural sections. 3. Guber
natorial veto. 5. State-wide A.B.C.
referendum. 5. Anti-stream polu
tion. 6. Conservation of natural
resources. 7. Allow the governor
to succeed himself. 8. Outlaw the
Communist party in North Caro
lina. 9. Opposition to groups ad
vocating mob action. 11. Fair pay
for teachers. 12. Constitutional
provision for initiative and re
ferendum in North Carolina.
Pace .was appointed a Justice
of the Peace in Wake County by
Governor Scott last summer and
is the youngest JP in the State.
He is the member of the Stu
dent Party at UNC and has
served on the student legislature.
Pace announced his intention, to
run for the Legislature before his
fellow delegates in the State Stu
dent Legislature, now being held
in Raleigh.
Lack Of $$ In Depression
Instigated Health Insurance
. (Editor's Note: "Health Insur
ance In NC" is the third in a ser
ies of articles on the University
health program and its relation
to North Carolina's medical prob
lems.) by Vardy Buckalew -
A second need of the State for
better health was more hospital
and medical care insurance. The
North Carolina "Better Health"
program will' provide the people
with the best in hospital facilities.
The new health center at the Un
iversity will produce needed per
sonnel.. But what good will these
facilities and personnel do if the
general public cannot afford to
use them?
-
There are two organizations in
corporating the Blue Cross Plan
now in operation in North Caro
linathe Hospital Saving Asso
ciation located here with a state
membership of 420,000 and the
Hospital Care Association in Dur
ham and a membership of 215,000.
In addition a number of general
companies sell policies providing
hospital and medical care bene
fits. ' . - f r ; ii-r1;-'
The largest of these organiza
tions, is the Hospital Saving As
sociation, a non-profit organiza
tion. It was founded in 1933 as a
result of the jdepression.' A com
mittee of doctors, hospital admin
istrators and business men met in
Dept.
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SoionsSef
Runoff For
December ' 4--
With. 18 members absent for its
last meeting of the quarter Thurs
day night, .the Student Legisla-'
ture set next Tuesday, December
4 as the date for the contested
Fall election runoffs and tabled
indefinitely the hotly contested
bill to open the University stu- -dent
courts.
Tuesday's runoffs will decide
whether the University Party or
thex Student Party will .control
the legislature. "
This legislature control rests im
four seats in Men's dormitory
districts one and two and the
Women's -dormitory districts for
both ' one-year and six-month
terms. ' Although 1 the University
Party now holds a one seat margin
in the , legislature, the Student
Party has a strong chance of
gaining control due to the number
of SP candidates in the coming
runoffs, Student Government
spokesmen indicate. The SP is
also traditionally strongest in the
dormitories.
Dormitory district one will see
a runoff between Jack Becker
(SP) and Peter Block (Indepen
dent) for- a six-month legislative
seat. Becker received 196 votes
in the first election and Block was
given 153. - i
Runoff in Men's dorm two will
be held to clarify UP nominee
Jim Winston's contested victory.
Winston was incorrectly labeled
as SP on the first ballot. . He de
feated his nearest rival, Burton
(See RUNOFF, Page 4)
North Carolina to discuss the
problem . of bringing . health care
within the reach of the average
depression-hit citizen. ;
The moving spirit behind this
early group was that of Dr. Isaac
H. Manning, then dean of the
Medical School of the University.
Dr. Manning surveyed what
was being done elsewhere, on the.
problem of health insurance. Ha
spent July and August of 1933 in
England, Ireland and France,
where the group pre-payment
concept had been applied success
fully for some time to hospital
and surgical protection. His find
ings', plus information on the
existing plans in this country
forme dthe basis of the program,
for North Carolina. 5
Given the name Hospital Sav
ing Association of North Carolina,
Inc., the Blue Cross Plan was in
corporated in March, 1935 as a
non-stock non-profit, public
service organization.
The Blue Cross-Blue Shield
plan is basically different from
other health benefit plans in that
it pays all the cost of its guaran
teed benefits through contracts
wih member hospitals. The Blua
Cross program provides general
hospital care and the Blue Shield
Plan pays doctors fees. Under tha
Blue Shield Plan a member has?
the right to choose his own doe-,