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... Lnnwi $AfU5AY, MAftCH 9, PACI tWO THE OAILY -TAR HEIL Students Being Bleeded By Library Pay Phones We thought u hen we (anic to the I i i i ti sil ol North Carolina lli.it it was a staic-ow lied, .state operated institution lotated in. Chapel 1 1 i : 1 to' sene the students. Appnenily we were wvon.;. At een linn it looms oer us like a iiant vending iiuuhiue ready lo take our nickels and dimes for this tiling and that. Now it has enteied the telephone business. What we relet to. ol course, is the miK h i esented placement of pay telephone stations in Wilson Library an a'ttion whidi should at ome he rescinded lv the Mwers that he. The matier f i t t (.ime to our attention earlv this Aveek, hut Ave hesitated to comment helore a lit tle imestiiiion ol our own. That investigation his Keen completed and it .U''(, substance to the manv tompl. tints nhich have been heard. It should be made cleat that ad ministrative olliciaK at the binary aie as opposed to the pav stations as the ir.inv students horn whom thev have u c eiv cd complaints. Vet still the phones keep bleeding stu cK uis ol theii pu t ions nic kels and climes. When additions to the library weic made, two booths were placed on the main lloor but only one was equipped with a telephone a phone lice lor local tails but a pav station lot longdistance use. In a building the sie of Wilson Libi.nv. one telephone was found dent of auxiliary enterprises of the rniversity, was contacted.. Action was taken to provide the other tele phone. lut then botb phones the old and the new were converted to pay stations for local calls as well as for lon; distance. Now, we appreciate the Univer sity's interest iir bleeding the stu dent body to cover expenses of its operation. lut we do not believe the University should go so far as to charge its students a dime to make a local telephone call. . The library is as. important an edifice as any other building on this campus probably more so. .And surely its role and use are ecpial to if not greater than the cloi mitorics which house the stu dents who use the library. Why. then, not place pay tele-, phones in all campus dormitories? Why not put pay stations in the of fices which house our I.nglisb pro fessors, our History instruc tors, our teachers in the education depart ment and in the sciences? We'll till you why: because it's such a foolish proposal that not even Mr. l'ennett would come up with the idea to do so. No one would tolerate the practice and no faculty member would cash bis dollars for climes to use the telc ph nes. Students at UNC deserve the same consideration. We deserve the privilege of making local calls limn any student-public buildings h.inlU .ulecpiate lot the number of on the campus, without a ten-cent tax to do so. We should be given fiee telephones in Wilson Library. We are not here to support and supply profits for a telephone com pany whether it Ik. owned by pri vate inteiests or the University. And we resent the actions which have forc ed that put pose uon us. I'm those reasons the powers at once to the telephone serv at Wilson Li- studcuis who wished to use it. Ii i t lii.il lines would foim as stu dents .I'v.iiud their tiii 1 1 to call a roommate, home, a piolessor or even a date. So a iiumhii of students then pt iitioiuil the libiarv to ecpiip the othct Imoth still ;vac ant with a telephone. I he te lephone company said business did pot justilv two tele pin m s-that one was enough lor the income fiotn student calls. fin. i Iv J. S. IW nilrtt.'MijH Tinton- thut be should see lestoration of free ice for local calls brarv.' Student Union s Problem (raham Memorial has gotten nothing but the tun-around on a veiv minor lecpiest to have a "no patking"' one bloc ke el oil lot its ti in k in the ( tM pat king lot. (.t r.iiililin Supeivisot Uand bailev has apptoaihcd South I.uildin'A. the Motehead Planetar ium ollicials and others to secure a single- "no patking'' one lot use The Daily Tar Heel The official student publication A th Publication Board of the University of Nokth Carolina, where il la published daily except Monday and exam ination and vacation periodi and sum mer terms. Entered as, second class mat ter in the post office in Chapel 13111, N. C, under the Act of March 8. 1870. Subscription rates: mailed, $4 per year. $2 50 i semester; delivered. $6 a year. S3 50 a semester. Editor DOUG OSELE MTnalTng Editor ALYS VOORHEES News Editor PAUL RULE Asst. .Now Editor DILL KINCAID Coed Editor JOAN BROCK Feature Editor MARY M. MASON Sports Editor BILL KING Asst. Sports Editor DAVE WIBLE Librarian GLENDA FOWLER FDIT STAFF Whit Whitfield. Curtis Cans. Jonathan Yardley, Barry Win stem, Gail Godwin. irORTS STAFF Ru.sty Hammond. Elli ott Cooper, Mac Mahaffy, Jim Purks, Jim Harper. BUSINESS STAFF Walker Blanton, John Minter, Lewis Rush. PHOTOGRAPHERS Norman Kantor, Buddy Spoon. BuliTMg" - J0C WIITTAKER Advertising Manager - FRED KATZJN jcrtption Mgr. AVERY THOMAS NEWS STAFF Davis Young, Pring'e ripkin, Sarah Adams, Dave Jone Parker Maddrey, Charlie Sloan Ed Rowland, Eddie Goodman, Westbrook Fowler. Stan Black, Virgin Sand rid,e, Ruth Whitley. Ben Taylor. by the (if utilities truck. Hut he has consistently been referred to anothei ollic ial. IIi.it kind ol ac tion is ridie ulous. Ol the numerous spates in the lot adjacent to (iraham Memorial a I 'tiiv ei si ty-ow necl lot donated by John Motley Morehead surely there is a single space which could be reserved lor (iM use.. It's one thing when the student union requests a zoned space sole ly lot purposes or parking its vchi c le near the building lor conveni ence sake. Hut it's another when that lecpiest is based on problems ol loading and unloading which confront Mr. Hailey. Illustrating those problems, Mr. Hailey wrote a letter to a Univer sity ollic ial whic h got no resjxmse. We feel that letter, printed below, 'will explain the reasons why prompt a lion should be taken to provide the single packing space. The letter: "We would certainly appreciate your help in negotiating with the proper authotities to have a load ing one reserved in front of the steps leading to our basement door. It lias alwavs been difficult lot the C.oe a (lola Holding Co., the Pepsi Cola, and other vending machine companies to service our mat bines. Their habit ol double paiking is a source of extreme annoyance to many, people who pVk and lind themselves blocked when ready to depart. ' My main put pose in the re epiest, however, is the fact that we lent two or three pianos every weekend. The parking Iot is par ticularly crowded on weekends, and maneuvering a piano between patked cars and onto the truck is extremely difficult. We have dam aged both the pianos and a few cars in so doing. Therefore, we feel that our need is in gent and Iiojk that such a "no parking" area can be established at a very early date." Well, that was over two weeks ago. We wonder just what mean ing some officials give to the sti pulation, "very early date." Ob viously, not a very timely one. 'Nation' Says Parties Ought Fight Faubus Faubus Once Again In the opinion of reliable poli tical reporters, Orval E. Faubus is a shoo-in to win the Democratic nomination, and therefore re-election, as Governor of Arkansas. In this one-party state it will be a victory almost by default. Not so very many yars ago, this curious character was accurately des cribed as "a match-chewing hill billy"; today, according to the Gallup Poll, his name is known to 58.000,000 Americans. And yet there are, still those who insist that, in politics, decency is the best policy! But there is no reason why the Governor should win by defaulte. Both major parties have responsi bilities in the matter: they are, after all, national parties, respon sible to a national electorate, con cerned with national issues. By his action in calling out the Nation al Guard in Little Rock. Faubus greatly damaged the international prestige of the United States, gave encouragement to forces of racial bigotry and intolerance, and cast discredit on American institutions Surely both parties have an obli gation to afford the voters of Ark anksas a chance to repudiate his actions. The Republican Party should comb its ranks in Arkansas, therefore, to select an outstand ing nominee who, among other qualifications, is ready' to take a stand on issues in such a way as to give voters a genuine choice. And the Democratic Party, speak ing through its national leaders, should make it clear that the party repudiates the actions of Faubus and would, if it had the power, spurn him as a candidate. National organizations such as AFL-CIO and the NAACP should insist that both parties honor this limited responsibility. It may be that, along with the people of Ark ansas, the rest of us must suffer the humilation of seeing Faubus rewarded for his shameful con duct; but there is no reason why he should be permitted to win without a protest or. worse, with out a serious effort being made to afford the voters a chance to turn him out of office. The Nation pointed out at the ime (The Fau bus Insurrection, September 14, 1937). that the only explanation for the Governors action was that he acted from base political mo tives, and we expressed the belief that decent opinion in Arkansas would, if given a chance, repudiate his actions. We would hate to be proven wrong. The Nation. 1, A ill 'f H ' SSS: i i J h ' ' : ; ' ffftpS OTHERWISE Cummings Eligibility Questioned By WHIT WHITFIELD V. Today's column should properly be entitled ' The Art Of Positive ; Student Government" or alternate ly, "How To Confuse the Const ir , tuency With No Effort.' , : From time to time people whose ' him Ineligible, over his protest, in accordance with a strict inter pretation of the elections law which states that a student must have passed 27 hours during the previous two semester, and poor '.Brooks had passed only 25. only connection with student gov-;s;; As v long as we are to abide by ernment is The Daily Tar Heel the letter of the law, this is ac ask us. after reading confusjjig ceptable. However, at the next and conflicting accounts of the' session of the Elections Board, the machinations of that group known members violated that section of as campus politicians, ; just what - the elections law which stipulates is going on in Graham Jtlemor&t'hat a candidate must notify the We are flattered by the "questions; "; board of his intent to run at least however, we are as mystified -irie days previous to the day of Gems of Thought What the besi and wisest par ent wants for his own child that must the community want for all its children. John Dewey A child educated only at school is an uneducated child. Santa-yana the rest of you. . 'j Instance these: The Honor Council controversy earlier this month. After months of preparation a bill to consolidate the Men's and Women's Councils passed the legislature only to be vetoed by its proponent, the stu dent body president. The issues were so clouded that few people other than the principals involved could comment intelligently on the problem. The mass of students had little or no idea what was going on. More recently, John Brooks, the ' SP nominee for vice-president, was informed that he was ineligi ble to 'run because he had flot taken the requisite numberof elections. This law, the board tem porarily rescinded in order to let the Student Party Advisory Board select another candidate to replace Brooks. This action, taken by the body designated to UPHOLD the letter of the law 'was clearly vio lated, and was a dramatic rever sal of the attitude of the body the previous day when it refused to let Brooks run. We hope we have made this clear. . Brooks did not give up. He ap pealed to Mac Patton, Chairman of the Student Council. In a state s' ment to the Tar Heel, Chairman Patton denied Brooks a hearing before the Student Council. ..' Promptly, the Student Party, as suming that they had no candidate, Brooks a hearing. This unexpected move left the Student Party with two candidates for the same office at least temporarily. One of these is, by law, ineligible and the other is likewise ineligible according to the law, but has been approved by the Elections Board. The latest word is that Brooks is ineligible according to the Student Council) but The Student Council failed to rule in Cummings' case and he is likewise ineligible; It would seem to us that if the law were to be violated for the sake of Cummings then it could just as easily be violated for LETTERS TO EDITOR Dorm Manager Hit To The Editor: After reading Mr. Robert M. Scott's letter I felt I should make some comments'to give him some in formation about this part of the world the Arab countries which he proved he is not familiar with. Mr. Scott said that Britain created this artificial country of Jordan. I would like to ask him: Since when does Britain create countries? Did she create the peoplethat have been living over there, even before Christianity, and who have always been Arabs? He could rather say that they created the artificial king Abdallah, who was a toy for colonialism. If there is any artificially created country, it is ISRAEL which was created by the West. ' t I am certainly glad that Mr. Scott mentioned General John Glubb, whom he said, "had founded in 1956 the Arab Legion which was supposed to be the best army in the Middle East." I would like to throw some light on this Arab Legion that General Glubb founded. This Legion was intentionally formed of all the illiterate persons that General Glubb gathered in Jordan. His idea was to build an army that can obey all the colonialistic orders given to them by Eng i land, through this general, without realizing what theyj were doing, v An example for that was the order given to the Arab Legion, by this General, to withdraw from Leo and Ramleh two towns in Palestine exposing the back of the Egyptian army to direct fire in the 1948 Israeli-Arab war. This is the type of plans General Glubb was car rying in Jordan. Mr. Scott gave an example for the efforts that the U. S. made to stop the uncivilized atiack on Egypt in the fall of 1956. If the U. S. was willing to stop this British-French attack why didn't she try to stop from the first day it occurred, instead of letting them go on for a week. These British-French forces were almost sure to hold the Suez Zone in six hours; this was their plan. They forgot that the people over there promised to defend their country to the last person. Besides, my people still wonder why the U. S. gave orders to all American citizens, in Egypt, to leave the country immediately within 24 hours. These orders were given a week before the attack." Wouldn't it have been better to prevent your allies from carrying this brutal action instead of withdrawing your citizens? Moreover, we believe that the important factor that stopped the attack, beside the resistance of my peo ple, was the Russian threat to attack London and Par is with guided missiles. I don't believe that any West ern country was behind what he called "saving Nas ser's neck" because none of these countries would really care for doing that. . . Now I have a few questions for Mr. Scoff. Did the American Sixth Fleet reaUy preserve fhe indepen dence of Jordan last spring? Which independence did he mean? And preserving it from whom? Did he mean Brooks, the original choice of the ; ' by this preservation keeping Jordan's government tied completely to the West by war pacts, even if it is against the people wishes? hours during the' past two semfs;: selected Ralph Cummings to re fers. He was two short it seetys, place Brooks, whose candidacy and the reason he gave was ttiat was recognized extra-legally by ? a. 1 his doctor advised it. This would the Elections Board. seem to be a reasonable excuse, Then, but the Elections Board, declare .changed the Student its mind and Council granted Student Party. According to law, they are both ineligible. Another bit of confusion has hit the pages of the Tar Heel in con nection with the forthcoming elec tion. Unless some reporter has copied the same source inadver tantly for both political parties' platforms, then some one is well nigh guilty of plagiarism. The planks are virtually the' same in all respects: i.e. working towards a new student union building, clari fication of the cut system, reor ganization of the student body president's cabinet, women's visit ing agreement for mens' dorms, resolving the parking problem, etc.) This can mean two things: Some one has no imagination, and Regardless of which party wins, the reforms will be the same, or so they say. CO Z ui -,7, aop YtXJ STILL I THROWING ROCKS I AT THE STAK3. S. LINUS f T, WELL, YOU'LL NEVER HIT ANY THAT UJAY. TMROtf A WHOLE WANDFULl N to tn n U J3 z GET HIAA OUT NOW.7 EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO TEAR THE HOUSE DOWNJT ill t j m m I ti 'HI Y WE'LL BUY Mtff 1 -TO GO ON A HONEYMOON SOAH LU if THAT FAT I NEW THINGS lXJi C A II WIFOUT MAH PITCHER MERELY I V WAITERS IN PARIS ff l WOULDN'T ) l MAH LATE HUSB1NI, LI L S WAIT HERE. TEAR THE HOUSE STUCK IN TH' r?V. LETS GO J RESPECTFUL- sB.'-ABNER.- WHICH IS ) UNTIL s( DOWN .7 S k ELLY-VATOR W p , -r- i , O--- I PACKED IN VAH r-x HE GITS ) , J 5Ty 'W" s . "if pn,- nr.,,,, r a a m U V JQ Y$, n2AiOJZggRSZT CT0W0CPHALU AN5 Aki' VOU Ifr A SgPAlZATg OfZP&Z FtS?M AUU PXT8IOVC frltS HOV SOU HAV'g A UASO o o o think op THg monOK lO 00 TW0 Pi(Z$T MAM CM THE MOON" YCU'C PA k, W THAT. 1 r s l f &l?POZt 1 WA$ TO J I f Tl-U YOU THAT Tug I I MCCM & 0'g(?2LIM I m : m . . . I Ii;A WTH PeAUTIFUtcnJlCy Something that proved that Mr. Scott is really a movie fan, is his talk about the "harem" in this pait 3f the world. Well, sir, this "harem" is only found in your broad imagination, and in American movies. I don't blame you; I blame the lack of information and international news you have in this country. It is true that the U. S. is a great country, as it is true that whenever the words Arab countries are brought to discussion your imaginations provide you with pictures of deserts, harems, camels and swords, ig noring that this part of the world was one time a leading force in civilization, and still tries to keep up. Finally, and this is personally addressed to Mr. Scott, who asked Mr. Hamad to reconsider his view point before criticizing the country whose hospitali ty he is enjoying? Well, thank you, sir, for this hospitality you are giving foreign students. I understand that criticism is one of the rights you enjoy in a free country like the U. S and that it has nothing to do with hospital ity. In our countries, too, we have many Americans whose criticism interests us, without reminding them with our hospitality. HUSSEIN I. NASSER More On Middle East To The Editor: For the first time in three years I feel obligated ll Tad PUWkly comPlai about a condition on the UNC campus: the dormitory manager system. In my dorm, where I have lived for three years, the manager seems to be rapidly losing the confi- teZt Ff?,eCt f the residens. The position, which is worth rent-free room and the dryleanin concession, demands men of high caliber and tegrity. u This spring the manager, in reprimanding a res ident for unseemly behavior in the hall, lost his FtrUnd.Said' 1 want anythi"g t of you FU knock it out of you." The statement was wit nessed by half-a-dozen boys. back 2nS?f WCek' WMle he Sat in the back of the social room watching the Academy Award presentations along with some 30 student he was asked to make a little less noise so oihers could hear. He responded, " Tf I, you can make me, come-back ny iT:hU thC year the manaSer ha disrupted . the traditional congeniality of the dorm that had prevailed m previous years. the Unive"ity is not aware of the system thtwf PerSOns P"0118 of responsibility, let this letter serve as a warning. If they are aware of it, then Im moving into a private home uptown. ED ROWLAND
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