.. C.4C .TUJEJDAY. MARCH 18, 1955
PAOf TWO
THB DAILY TAR ttfEL
World Must Let Smaller
Nations Follow Own Paths
Senator John Sjvn knun. appe.ir
inu. lor .1 Cuoliiu Snijoinwi add
ict licit' Monday. Miiuk a note
oith jxint in the liekl of in
tet national telations between Riiv
sia. the I'nited State ami the lest
l the woild.
liielly. he Minteil to tlie un
foitunate attitude of F.at anil Wot
that anv of the Miialler nations in
I mope and Asia must ally them
seles with one ol the hi-j; powers
or i?tc the contempt of Moscow
or Washington.
I heie currentlv ixists in the
I'nited States, he said, the Notion
that il one of these smaller nations
does not commit itsell to the West
it will eventually lose its national
distinction and adjoin itself to the
( itumnnist ot hit.
Whit the Alabama senator said
is. in this time ol competition for
- iiik ommitted nations, a lesson lor
the two Iit4 powcts that smaller
countries should be allowed to pro
gress alonv; national lines that will
make them distinct units ol the
woihl c otmnunits .
For unless these countries are
peimitted to u. vel the untempered
couise ol their own destiny, the
world soon will be split into two
opposing sides which, combined,
embrace all the nations of our pla
net. National distinction then will
hac disappeared. In place of in
dividual countries recognized bv
peculiar customs and geographic
boundaries will be two opposing
forces whose destinies on the
woild scene could not admit of
compromise.
Theie would, alter this calami
tous courtship, be only an Fast
and a West. And these would be
pitted one against the other in pro
portions far more staggering than
the oj)josition which exists now be
tween the leading world poweis.
It is assuring in this time of in
ternational xwer purchase that a
1'nited States senator is in sym
pathy with the natural course of the
smaller nations of the world, that
he is in sympathy with their stride
toward equality in the arena of in
ternational (politics.
And it wil be a stiide forward
for eventual international peace if
more people in the Fast and West
allow the smaller counhie.s to con
tinue along the pathway to respect
which Senator Spaikman discussed
hefe Monday.
Cultural Exchanges May
Help East-West Relations
ll nothing cNe, Russian Coun
selor .Sergei Stiiaitox made clear
bete Monday the complete mis
uudei standing ot each other be
tween the peoples ol the Democra
tic Wot and Communistic Fast.
We hope he was sincere in his
presentation ol cultural exchanges
advocated by Russia as a means to
eveutud wouild peace. For unless
that pi.ic tice contiibutes to that end
the wot Id is in hr bitter time
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Stiiano hit little hope lot a
s.iiiiniii comptomise between Rus
sia and the lite woild il the Red
coitntiv i K.isisteut in talks c on
(huteil a t oKlnu to bluepliuU
diawn by the Kiemliu.
l0u4 these same lines. Senator
John Sp n km i;i ol Mabama ec hoed
the IK.! ,.- cuhiual exchange and
sicMi'.ut t i'ss as the nly saU.it ion
I'.nin t.;a! cc":i'Miu cui.ije hic!i
vvosi'.tl ln.fi!! i!h I'nited Mates and
Russia i'l a continuous .iimaments
In e.
WIku two sncii men can so
basically auicc n a press platlolin
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ston. Gail Godwin.
NEWS STAFF Davis Young, Pringle
Fipkin. Sarah Adams, Dave Jones.
Parker Maddrcy, Charlie Sloan, Ed
Rowland, Eddie Goodman. Westbrook
Fowler, Stan Black, Virginia Sand
ridge, Ruth Whitley, Ben Taylor.
WORTS STAFF Rusty Hammond, FJIi
ctt Cooper. Mac Maharfy, Jim Purks,
Jim Harper.
JL'SIXESS STAFF Walker Blanton,
John Minter, Lewis Rush.
rilOTOGRAHIERS Normia Kantor,
Buddy Spoon.
GRAHAM SNYDL2
when a 1'. S. Senator and a Rus
sian Counselor outline virtually the
same ionise for international peace
it is indeed unfortunate that this
agi cement tan not be tealied on
the international leel.
Perhaps cultural exchange is the
ansuer to the pressing vvorlcl pio
blems. Smelv siieh an exchange
would not lurthcr magnily the ten
sion between last and West. It
should at least be given a siiueie
tiv by the I'nited States and Russia.
We leel that the' 1'ntted Slates
is willing to go one step timber
than the Kremlin in any attempt at
woild peace it Russia will pioe
her desire lor positive action at an
international summit.
It now is up to the (.'ommunists
to pioe that desite b giving moie
than lip set y ice to proposals hn
disarmament and taking steps to
icctify hn actions whith have
biouuiit mistiust fiotn tiie l;ee
woi Id.
EDITOR COMMENT
Cuba In Torment
Dictatois are like men who iide
tigeiv I hey cannot disinoinit. Last
June President liatista of Cuba con
ceded to a correspondent ol this
newspaper that it is relatively eav
to seie owei but very haid to give
it up.
So tcnlav Cuba is in torment. The
eltort tc hold elections on fune i
is collapsing. There never was anv
leal hope ol elections, but General
liatista clung dojx-i ately to the
idea and va unwisely Mipjxuted in
his efforts by the America Em
bassy in Hay ana and the State De
partment. I'nhappy Cuba is ap
parently not to have such a peaceful
wav out.
The outstanding lesson of these
recent hectic weeks is a stiikin
demonstration that a military dic
tatorship cannot stand freedom of
the pi es. President liatista main
tained a censorship last year, but he
was persuaded to lift it and restore
constitutional guarantees on Jan.
i:7 . In so doing he apperrs to have
sealed the fate of his die tatoi ship.
Now he has clamped the lid down
again and reimposed censorship of
the pi ess and radio, but he cannot
turn the ( loc k bae k.
His supjotters are falling away.
The lebel opjsition is stowing in
the hum ol tcrioristn and counter
teioiism. Above all. the diamatic
resistance ol Fidel ("astro and his
youthful rebels in the Siena Maes
tra at t Jit eastern end of the is
land is ploying the nemesis of the
lcgime. It br.s long been obvious
that the struck- in Cuba centeied
around these two determined and
otuageous antagonists Fulgencio
liatista and Fidel Castro; The bat
tle seems to be approaching its
(limax-I HI. NF.W YORK.
TIME.
WISE & OTHERWISE
Council Plans
Leave People
'Bewildered'
By WHIT WHITFIELD
The recent Honor Councils con
troversy has left many people? in
a mild state of bewilderment, and
the remainder of the people
couldn't care less.
Those who pretend to kno
what makes student government
tick are wondering why the single
honor council plan was vetoed af
ter passage by the legislature. This
was the plan which was a year in
the making and had a cast of
thousands, yet when success was
imminent it was vetoted. The rea
son given was gooblcek'gook un
adulterated goobledegook-executive
discretion at its highest.
By the time that the legislature
had given its approval to the new
system the mechanics of the pro
blems were such that a New York
law factory would have been the
only means for interpretation of
it.
The brave Tar Heels reporters
and re-writers who attempted to
present the issues were hampered
by conflicting reports from the
wealth of authorities involved and
by charges and countercharges,
real and fabricated. Consequently,
it is no wonder that the average
student yvho is to be affected by
the honor system docs not even
know the nature of the system and
councils as they noyv stand. It is
for this reason that yve attempt to
present the yvorkings of both in as
clear a translation as is humanly
possible.
As it noyv stands there are two
honor councils, appropriately en
titled Men's and Women's. How
ever .in the event that a person
objects to this system .a third
council w ill bo formed from the
other tyvo and will be presided
over by the clerk of the student
legislature.
For each council there is a jury
of nine who determine whether a
student is guilty, or otherwise.
Two of these jurors will be per
manent and w ill not bo subject
to bribes. The others ill be ap
pointed by tw student body presi
dent and yill be called rotators for
the simple reason that they rotate.
The exact nature of their rotations
l a not been determined by Cam
Ihis Store-; Committee.
Ilch council yvill be composed
of fix c elec ted members xho yvill
decide the punishment to be metetl
out to offenders. In the event that
Minw who appear before the council-
uiil nut be quilty. they yvill
most hkely remain unpunished.
It is important to note that the
j .ii y may convict a student by a
two-thirds vote, which means that
a person may be as much as one
third innocent and still be subject
ed to punishment by the councils.
Tl;i is in keeping vith the idea
that there is some good in all of
us. but not necessarily enough.
This is the situation as it now
stands .but it is subject to change
without notice, so we advise you
to read the Daily Tar Heel for
further developments.
"If II Works Out. It'll Be A Nice Clia
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VIEW FROM THE HILL
Jackson's Speech: The Challenge
What Sen. Henry Jackson spoke
at the Carolina Symposium Sun
day night, his words rang true.
He methodically pointed out
the extent of the Russian chal
lenge. He also pointed out me
thodically the ways to rectify th:s
situation. " '
Jackson pulled no punches. He
said frankly that Russia had a
low standard of living, but that
this low standard of living gives
impetus to technological advance
ment. He traced the Russian military
development to the present,
where he said that Russia was
ahead of the U. S. in many fields
and rapidly catching up in others.
lie pointed out that Russia
within twenty years could be
ahead of the U. S. in all phases
of industrial and agricultural de
velopment. He showed hoyv Russia was tak
ing the initiative in foreign aid.
and the U. S. was rapidly losing
prestige.
What was particularly note
worthy was when Jackson quoted
Khruschev as saying that Russi
ans did not need war. Peaceful
competition was enough.
Coupled with the tensions of
cold war and limited war, peace
ful competition is indeed enough.
Jackson's solutions were pertin
ent to the problems involved.
When he suggests increased de
fease expenditures, he may be
hurting the taxpayer's pocket and
reducing the standard of living,
but he is suggesting the aid of
the country in preserving its free
dom. When he proposes extra aid to
schools, he may be the target for
the cry of "creeping socialism."
but he is preparing the future of
the country.
When he suggests technologi
cal and industrial advancement,
he may be drowned out by the
interference of the central gov
ernment, and yet in the recession
that currently afflicts the coun
try, the need to make use of the
over supply of labor is clearly
foreseen.
Moreover, yvhen he underscor
es the need for highway, hospital,
and school construction pro
grams, he is pointing to a real
need.
Furthermore, when Sen. Jack
son talks in terms of breaking
doyvn the barriers to the free
spread of ideas, both scientific
and non-scientific, he is sKcXvii.g
concern for the lack of harmony
between the allies, and for the
progress of science which is so
essential in these troubled times.
The proposal to strengthen the
NATO alliance was also a strong
feature of Sen. Jackson's pro
gram, for yvithout allies, the U. S.
effort to preserve freedom in
many parts of the world is doom
ed to failure.
What was left out of the
speech, xvas the ILN., SEATO,
and the intricate problems of for
eign aid.
The U. S. must strengthen its
position in the U.N. by standing
cn the principles upon which the
U. S. was founded, and not hesi
tating in such cases as that of
Tunisia.
The IT. S. must strengthen its
SEATO alliance, and try to at
tain a summit conference, even
if the eventual result is a status
quo.
Finally, the U. S, must take the
initiative in foreign aid in order
to meet the Russian economic
challenge.
All this is going to cost money,
but the U. S. had better pay till
it .hurts in order to preserve its
freedom.
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Eggheads Have Change
There are, a few faint signs that it may become
again respectable to be an egghead in these United
States.
But to anyone who may be misguided enough to
aspire to egghead status, be warned that the new
egghead is a very difierent creature from the old
discredited egghead of yore.
First of- all, the new egghead Government
graded and approved is no unrversal scholar. No
sir. He is either an atomic physicist, a weapons
systems engineer or a mathematician. Once these
qualifications have been met, the new Grade A
egghead is in business in a big way. His opinions
are respectfully requested by news commentators.
Like this: '
Q: Sir, what do you think of the orbit of the
V. S. Satellite? . .
Egghead: The report of my private Univac
would seem to suggest that the apogee of the or:
bit is too semicolloidal with the squeegee.
Q: Oh, Thank you Sir. And what will be the
next big American program?
Egghead: Now we are working on the re-entry
problem. We have to get the satellite nose cone
back to eartk in time for the next Presidential TV
program.
And so on
You get the idea?
Naturally the emergence of the new egghead to
a place of national prominence will "bring some
stresses and strains. Madison Avenue will likely
jump on, the bandwagon and we may expect to
hear shortly that Flicko is the only windproof
cigarette lighter that works while going 13.000
miles per hour in outer space.
Even inside the university all the other de
partments will have to catch up with the new egg
heads' interests. From the law school we now have
articles on who owns the moon. The medical school
is already busy on space medicine. Everj'body in
the ' economics department knows that the stock
market is more sensitive to sutellite successes than
a Y-Court dog is to a. piece of doughnut.
. Let's face it though. Some parts of the uni
versity are washed up. The departments concerned
with the supposedly Finer Things of Life can shut
up shp and go home.
We eggheads were never much impresssed with
this artistic nonsense. Besides, we need the office
and classroom space for a new electronic computer
that we have ordered.
FROM THE REPORTER
Economy & The People
So great is President Eisenhoxver's faith in '"the
people" that twice in six months he has elected them
to right the nation's economy. Worried about infla
tion last fall, the President knew precisely where
to turn to get something done. "I am not advocat
ing any buyers' strike." he suggested, "but I d
know this, we should buy selectively sjzd carefully
. . . We should not be spending recklessly zzi add
ing fuel to this flame." Then, March 5. with tie re
cession obvious enough to be called a recession
even in Republican circles. Mr. Eise-ioer a.ii
appealed to the people for relief: "l believe, c!
course, that the upturn in our economy -sill be Lie
result of millions of citizens ma-king their pur
chases, having greater confidence."
With prices still rising, in spite of the sluor.?.
the inept population doesn't quite krjw which
course to pursue. Should they spend freely zcl
always easy when one is unemployed or about to
be in order to produce a business upswing? Or
should they squeeze a dollar long euu.gli to force
down what seems to be a rigeii price structure?
The decision is difficult, but in. the Eisenhower
philosophy what are "the people for if not to
solve the technical problems of a humble and un
sophisticated government?
For a Chief Executive to impose respc:i$ibiiiy
in such far-reaching affairs upon 531 untrained
congressmen might open him to a charge of passing
the buck, but to bestow it on 170 millioa erpert cit
izens is surely nothing more than simple democra
cyThe Prporter
Z LETTERS TO EDITOR
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Need For Sidewalks
To The Editor:
I have just listened to a public opinion poll
conducted by WCHL studio on the subject of park
ing meters for Chapel Hill and what to do with the
revenues from the meters.
I have no convictions on the subject one way or
the other. They may be a good financial investment,
but personally I hate to see our village looking like
every other town.
Hoyvever. I do have decided opinions on how
the revenue, if meters are adopted, should be used
The sidewalks, up to the business block, are a dis
grace to any place. You run the risk of breaking
your neck in the gullies that glut the sidewalks
everytime you venture out at night. The street
lights are so dim you cannot see the gullies. You
just hope and pray for the best. There is no attempt
made at draining the sidewalks, so that the time
and money spent filling the gullies with sand is
worse than wasted, and only makes the responsible
officials look stupid for allowing such a makeshift
job. I like the dirt sidewalks, but curbing should be
built on either side of the walks and culverts used
at the low places to carry off the water. These are
excellent examples of well-drained walks in the
arboretum.
Part of the revenues from meters should be
used to provide off-street parking iots. Cars should
be allowed on these lots all night fre of charge.
If the city fathers will provide better sidewalks
and parking facilities then the metPr hp a
good thing. Any money left over could go to rec-
O TELIA C. CONNOR