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of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, where it is published daily, except Monday,
examination and vacation periods, and during the official summer terms.
Entered as second class matter at the post office in Chapel Hill, N. C.. under
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Editor
Managing Editor
Business Manager
Sports Editor
Assoc. Ed.
Assoc. Ed.
Sub. Mgr.
Ass't. Sub. Mffr. .
3ev Baylor
Sue Burress
Carolyn Reichard
Delaine Bradsher
Natl. Adv. Mgr Wallace Prtdgen
The Hedistricting Bill
Campus politicians have succeeded in dividing the two
men's dormitory districts into five smaller ones. The contro
versy between the two parties over the validity of the law
has been settled by the Student Council, so the new districts
will take effect for the coming election.
No one questions the Student Council's decision. It was
made after much deliberation and was based on the constitu
tion, the supreme voice in such disputes.
But what of the motives behind the law?
UP proponents of the redistricting bill claim that it will
"bring about a closer relationship between legislator and stu
dent." It will no doubt do that. It also puts Cobb Dormitory,
the largest, most unified, and most politically, potent group,
in a single district by itself. Could this have been their true
motive?
The opponents of the bill, the Student Party, claim that
this is not a political issue. They contend that the plan of re
districting was unfavorable for other reasons. They tried
to offer another plan for redistricting. , It was not accepted.
Could it be that the Student Party was in fear of losing more
political ground to the now dominant University Party?
The politicians of both parties would do well to think twice.
Their duty is to act in the best interest of the student body
and ignore partisan political maneuvers. We deem the re
districting measure a move in the right direction. However,
we cannot endorse the selfish political motives which we feel
were the underlying factors on the part of both sides through
out the struggle. LK
Express
Men, Women and Smokes
Editor;
In regard to the article by Harry Snook in the Thursday
edition of the Daily Tar Heel, we have a poem we would like
Mr. Snook to read.
Men. Women and Smokes v
Bad men want their women to be like cigarettes,
Just so many, all slender and trim
In a case, waiting in a row
To be selected, set aflame and
When their flame has died discarded.
More fastidious men prefer women like cigars.
These are more exclusive,
Look better, and last longer: ,
If the brand is good they are not given away.
Good men treat women like pipes.
And become more attached to them
The older they become!
When the flame is burned out
They still look after them,
Knock them gently (but lovingly)
And care for them always no man shares his pipe.
Nothing like a man with a pipe ! ! !
Three girls who request thai their names be withheld.
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Personally
Senator Joe McCarthy in his
brief career as a 'mud huckster
and cut-rate security monger
has actually furthered the Com
munist cause far more effective
ly than an entire army of pink
oes, sympathizers, and Hissing
Algers. Ironically enough, the
popcorn 'patriot from Wisconsin
gives the Kremlin clique their
warmest comfort - since Nor
mandy and their biggest laugh
since Yalta.
Usually an attack on the
' Wisconsin whiplasher degener
ates into monotonous whimpers
of "character assassin," "bigot,"
"publicity seeker," and "guilt by
association artist." Although
these complaints are all eminent
ly valid, the real dangers of Mc
Carthyism strike much deeper
into the tender core of our bat
tle for survival.
Let's rip up a page out of the
Communist handbook and see
how the red-baiting techniques
of the Senator play directly in-
to the very hands he is trying
so dramatically to bite. The job
of the professional Communist
is to go into a community and
spot out all the social ills such
as unemployment, poverty, race
prejudice, and poor air-conditioning
in shoe factories. Then
he clears his throat, oils his
mimeograph machine, sharpens
his ideology, . and proceeds to
harp on these blights longer,
louder,- and with more brim
stone than anybody else.
The Communist does absolute
ly nothing to correct these ran
cid imperfections in our society.
In fact, he's glad they exist be
cause it makes his agitation pro
gram easier and more effective.
Here's where McCarthy goes in
to the game replacing common
sense because most non-Communist
citizens, who may be
sincerely desirous of improving
unsavory conditions, become
afraid to open their traps for
fear of swallowing one of the
Senator's venomous herrings
and being indelibly branded a
"Red." So the citizen confines
his- cocktail crusading to harm
less talk of stamping out juve
nile delinquency and soil ero
sion and, in the eyes of the
world, the Communists get a
monopoly on reform and prog
ress. To realize just how deep the
phantom of McCarthyism has
weaseled its way into your sub
conscious thinking, let's conduct
a little experiment. Do you be
lieve in peace, equality of op
portunity, and slum clearance?
Are you against lynching, ex
ploitation of workers, and sub
human living conditions in
backward areas of the world?
Suppose I brought you a peti
tion clamoring for the first
three and denouncing the latter.
Would you sign it? Be careful
now. It looks "Red" doesn't it?
I suggest that, not only would
you refuse to sign it, but you
wouldn't even like to be caught
reading it. In fact you'd prob
ably hate to be seen anywhere
near me while I was carrying
it. Radical? Un-American? Look
again. You won't find a singlq
idea that isn't passionately ex
pressed in American documents
from the Declaration of Inde- -pendente
to the Atlantic Char
ter. McCarthy has teamed up with
the Communists to squelch the
old American zeal for genuine
human betterment. Silence is
golden, and far more comforta
ble. But what about the crimson
brigade of "security risks" hold
ing down big government jobs
in Washington? Here again the
sulfuric Senator hits the nail
squarely on the thumb. If and
when a real capital-C Commun
ist entrenches himself in a key
position along the Potomac, he
can casually dismiss the charges
against him as "groundless
McCarthyism" and convince a
lot of people that he is merely
another of the long line of help
less, innocent idealists who ac
cidentally got tabbed by Mc
Carthy's crimson curse.
I applaud Senator Joe's de
sire to root out subversives
ruthlessly and effectively. How
ever, the sentry who fires at
every tiny grasshopper, thereby
keeping the camp in a state of
perpetual alarm, is just as dan
gerous as the sentry who sleeps.
"Who Wants to
Drew
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WASHINGTO N Wage
Stabilization Chairman Archi
bald Cox was plenty miffed
when John L. Lewis announced
that his miners would strike
unless the wage board approved
by today his 24-cents-an-hour
wage-boost agreement with the
coal operators. But what burned
Cox even more was Lewis's re
fusal to attend a wage board
meeting discuss the proposed
pay boost.
Big John's disdain for con
stituted government authority
is well known. But his tent
sulking on this occasion set a
new record.
Immediately . after Lewis's
agreement with the operators,
Harry Moses and Joseph Moody,
spokesmen for the mine owners,
suggested that both sides get a
stipulation from the wage stabi
lization board that the wage
boost would not go into effect
until the WSB approved it. This
is provided by law.
"Certainly not," replied the
beetle-browed miner boss, add
ing something to the effect that
the contract should go into ef
fect immediately without any
meddling by government bure
aucrats. "But it's illegal to enter into
a conclusive contract without
the approval of the wage board,"
declared Moody.
Lewis shrugged his shoulders.
When later he was invited to
the wage board discussion, he
shrugged them agin. -
Finally presidential assistant
John R. Steelman persuaded big
John to send his legal counsel,
Welly Hopkins, to the meeting.
But Hopkins blandly refused to
discuss the wage agreement; al
so ducked questions as to
whether Lewis would carry out
his strike ultimatum.
"I am not an officer of the
United Mine Workers and there
fore not in a position to speak
with authority," declared Hop
kins loftily.
"Well, I don't like it when
somebody puts a gun to my head
and tells me to rush a decision
on a matter vital to our economy,
or face a strike," shot back
Cox. "I also do not like having
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a wage agreement like this
shoved at me, when both labor
and industry know that it is a
violation of the Defense Act to
make such a conclusive agree
ment without our approval."
Cox said that 13 cents of the
proposed 24-cents-an-hour pay
boost was "allowable" under
wage board regulations, but
added he would have to be
shown some "real evidence" be
fore he would approve the re
maining 11 cents.
However, the wage board's
eight industry and labor mem
bers were favorable to Lewis.
They compose a majority of the
board and can outvote Cox and
his colleagues who represent
the public.
Strangely enough, it was mine
operator Harry Moses who made
the strongest defense of the
propsed 24-cent pay hike, on
the ground that the coal miners
hadn't had a raise for "20
months." Moses also pleaded
that the miners do not enjoy the
"fringe" benefits such as paid
holidays of workers in other in
dustries. However, Joseph Moody,
spokesman for southern opera
tors, argued that the full wage
increase would "murder my
people."
"I'm here asking for approval
of the agreement, under instruc
tions from my board of direc
tors," said Moody. "But I'm
personally against this. I think
it will have an unstabilizing
effect on our economy and will
close down many mines that
cannot continue to compete
against fuel oil if their produc
tion costs go much higher."
It looks as if the Republicans
have paved the way for re
moving rent controls at exactly
the wrong time. Thousands of
people got notices of increased
rents last week in Des Moines,
Kansas City, Toledo, Atlanta,
Akron, Nashville, Seattle, New
Orleans, and Reading, Pa.
Meanwhile the University of
Michigan has completed a sur
vey showing that rent controls
was a paramount issue in de-
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NONPLUS
Here are three proposals for
making Carolina student gov
ernment more effective:
1. Open courts to the public.
This will allow the student
body to retain democratic con
trol over court procedures. Un
der public scrutiny, the councils
wll be less likely to 'use high
handed tactics, and individuals
will be protected against arbi
trary action in secret by a small
group.
When a student is found
guilty, public knowledge of the
fact will serve as a great pre
ventive measure. Potential
cheaters now are indirectly en
couraged by a system which
fails to make him known to
those whom he offended.
The argument is often heard
that keeping the convicted stu
dent's name secret enables him
to resume his social relations
' without fear of contempt. Such
a view is hardly compatible with
self-government. If we aren't
old enough to face up when we
do wrong, we're not old enough
to govern ourselves.
We should not suffer a secret
court system that penalizes all
those who are innocent just to
give an undue consideration to
those who are guilty.
Even the student found inno
cent under the present setup
may undergo unnecessary hard
ship because of the rumors that
invariably make the rounds.
Since the student body has no
factual knowledge of what hap
pened, these rumors acquire
strange flavors.
An advantage to justice when
courts are open is the voluntary
evidence that comes from unex
pected sources. The present
shroud of silence may often pre
vent unearthing of pertinent tes
timony. General interest in student
government will be greatly en
hanced when students have
some knowledge of what is be
ing done in their name by the
branch which yields power to
Oust them from school.
2. Provide trial by jury for
ciding the 1948 election a fact
that has strategists in both par
ties wondering if it may happen
again.
Unfortunately for the Repub
licans, the issue was clearly
drawn in hundreds of cities, with
the GOP against and the Demo
crats for extending controls on
a local basis.
Almost without exception,
rents shot up immediately after
controls were abolished by city
councils. In Detroit, for instance,
the Detroit News reported that
rent increases ranging up to 140
per cent followed a 5-to-4 vote
by the city council to end con
trols. As a result, rent control as
in 1948 has become the No. 1
election issue with thousands
of voters in Detroit and other
cities.
Referring to the 1948 elec
tion, the University of Michigan
report states:
"More significant than any
party differences in attitude to
ward rent control is the fact
that almost three-quarters of the
people favored it, fand only one
person in eight was actually
opposed to it. On this issue,
therefore, many voters crossed
party lines."
CORRECTION This column
was in error in indicating that
Norman Chandler, Publisher of
Snook
those who wish it.
It frequently happens that
personal relations exist between
accused students and council
members. In such an event,
both the accused and the coun
cil should have the right to in
sist that the case be judged by
a panel of students not inti
mately acquainted with either
principal.
This procedure would min
imize the effect of either favor
itism or ill feeling.
3. Codify normal offenses and
penalties.
Grievous instances of varying
penalties for the same offense
have occurred in past years.
This situation can be corrected
by systematizing normal of
fenses and the penalty which
each involves.
Students would have a fair
knowledge of just what consti
tuted an offense. And they
would be guaranteed that no in
dividual would have to pay
more or less than another in a
similar case.
It would be diffkult to list
every' conceivable offense and
its penalty. But a short list will
categorize normal offenses,
which constitute over 95 per
cent of; the cases tried. This
would insure equality of treat
ment in most cases, with only
the extraordinary cases being
dealt with under a broad power
of discretion.
Council members themselves
are not malicious usurpers of
justice. Most, if not all, are hon
est and conscientious. Their
failures are those of human na
ture and a highly fallible court
system. Many council members
have worried about their power-without
- limit-or - check and
have searched for a better way.
The student legislature, where
students are directly represent
ed in open discussion, is where
action must be taken toward re
vamping the court system.
Talk with your representative
today.
the Los Angeles Times, was a
contributor to either of the two
Nixon funds. He contributed to
Nixon only indirectly through
the United Republican Fund.
Chandler holds about 2 per cent
interest in a trust which owns
stock in the title, Insurance and
Trust Company, which in turn
underwrites many California oil
companies. He does not control
. . . The Democrats are worried
over reports that the women
voters are dazzled by General
Eisenhower's military glory. So
Governor Stevenson may pitch
one of his big campaign speeches
to the women . . . Senator Ben
ton has asked Big Jim Farley
to campaign for him in Con
necticut . . . The TV experts
who coached Senator Nixon for
his famous speech were NBC
prdoucer Ted Rogers and direc
tor John Clear, two of the best
in the business. They rehearsed
him for almost a solid day, with
no one admitted except the tech
nicians . . . Col. Robert Mc
Cormick's New American Party
sometimes called the "Chicago
Tribune Party" laid an egg in
Washington. Organizer Robert
Varner held two rallies to launch
the new party in Washington.
Fifty people attended the first
"rally," only twenty came to the
second. Varner was so disgusted
he canceled plans for a conven
tion, even had his telephone dis
connected. MEAT rvS
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