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TUESDAY, MAY 6, 1953
PAGE TWO
T
O Lost!
Why is this 'generation different from any other
generation?
Why is Ihe delinquency rate higher now than
before? Why do some people apply the appelation
' T.eat" to a large segment of the population or the
United States?
Why are things reputedly so much worse in this
ieneration. when the motivating cause of this de
terioration is the same as the came for any human
thing in previous generations people?
What ha happened? What has gone wrong? AnJ
how are people now different from people then?
Perhaps the anwer can be put in one word.
security.
There is no age in history when security was
so much prized as it is today, and there is no ace
in history when .security was so unacc.ssable as it
i today.
In times past there were many avenues to secu
rity.
Isobtion was one of those avenues. An individu
al could be a hermit, find himself a cave. anJ iso
!.(! himself from the worries of organized or dis
organized cicty. ,
'
A nation might pursue a policy of Isolation, and
not be Involved in the troubles of other nations.
An atomic bomb can reduce the hermit's cave
to rubble from many miles away, and the lines of
communication and the ambitions of men and na
tuns have made isolationism u policy of the past.
Kven an idea such as I.aiscz-Faire. which is a re
latively modern noik:n. has no credence with nation
a! economics so Inextricably bound up and depen
dent on one another.
Numbers tued to mean security to many people.
It used to be true, that if you had more than the
other guy. you were safer than the other guy. fo
your numbers would shield you.
It now takes one man pushing one button o
destroy one city. The value of numbers is little in
the modern age.
Money used to bring security. In another era.
a person could accumulate wealth, sit back, relax,
be free from the cares of society, and maintain a
certain amount of control of society. A person
could be wealthy and derive pleasures which would
relieve any feeling of insecurity that he might har
bor. The possession of wealth no longer brings such
fatisfaction. A person can be wealthy and be vulner
able. Pleasures that used to take one's mind away
from trouble only sent to reinforce the fueling of
insecurity after the plcasurcable period has gone.
Money is no longer a protection from warfare or
even from debt, for in this age financial fluctua
tions arc common and the world has seen at least
one hair-raising depression. Moreover, camel
wealth is not wholly kept by the earner, and an
ever-increasing percentage of this wealth goes to
government, which in turn hold.s the fate of many,
including the earner, in its hands.
Relki-n was once, not long ago. a panacea for
insecurity.
One could clutch religious . tenets with a grip of
iron, and (lod would protect one from troubles. One
could go into servitude to God. and governments
listed these as financial and legal untouchables.
One could search the scriptures and find meaning
to life. One could have faith and not worry.
But the annihilation of six million Jews in World
War II led many to ponder the value of holding to
relizious principles or of having a religion at all.
The actions of many "Christians." who were wont
to kill and maim, in the course of the war brought
more than a few to wonder whether Christianity
was good or not. There are also many individuals
in the world who can go to church every Sunday
and be faithful In form and deed, and still be in
secure as o the here and now. To many the after
life is a long way off. and these same individuals
want to keep it that way. Moreover, there is today
more doubt than ever before as to the existence
of such an afterlife, and if it does not exist, what
purpose has life. These people look to others to
give Ihem that answer, and the others are still
asking the question.
Furthermore religion has tied itself into the
M-cular further and further, until now the problems
of the world are today's sermon and tomorrow's
"get out the vote" campaign. No longer can a man
find sanctity in the church, and no longer is man
able to rely on the Bible in the face if the hydro
gen bomb.
There hdve been other avenues to security.
Many have led through the road of unreality. Liqu
or and other carnal pleasures have been roads cr.it
of insecurity. Yet. the result of a g nd evening of
alcohol at the present time is a hangover and re
inforcement of tljc difficulties that have lx-en wor
rying the individual.
There has been an escape to the simple, bui
there always comes the realization that the new
society today's society is complex
At one time success was security, but in this
complex society, success can only b measured rela
tively and success is not secruity.
A successful man is today dependent on the
party in power, the government in general, the fin
ancial stability of the wofld.'and that one man who
could push the button and annihilate him and a
million of his brethren in a matter of minutes.
Achieved ambition is not sedative from the insom
nia of world troubles.
Thus, the traditicnal avenues are closed. Isola
tion is a thing of the past, and religion in the
tense that it is known today is broken down. Ks
cape, which never really worked, does not satisfy
now.
What i5 significant about these avenues is that
they are all external to the individual, and the in
dividual is even now turning to sources outside for
help. But the sources offer no help, for they too
arc looking for help, and the individual ends up
unsatisfied. He ends up only more confused of
ethers, whom he expected to lead him to that mythi
cal world of security.
It is here that modern man distinguishes him
fcelf. He looks to outside sources and comes up
wanting. In this he should see at least a partial,
answer to consult himself to look within his
own resources to find answers.
The art of self-government and self determina
tion has been lost for a long time, but faith in one's
self, perhaps is the key to emotional, if not physi
cal, security in the future. '
On Parking
To Whom It May Concern:
The administration of a college
community is unique in many
respects. The student body,
though the most important contri
butor toward 'the prosperity of the
town, has no official voice in
its government. It must acknow
ledge such regulations as the
town may wish to impose upon
it, but it can not have any voice
in the enactment of promulgation
of such regulations.
The situation in Chapel Hill is
even more unique in that the
U n i v e r si ty Administration has
granted a tremendous amount of
self-government concerning Uni
versity matters to the students.
With this tradition of student free
dom in a community entirely de
pendent upon the University, the
municipal authorities have been
fit to cooperate so long as res
ponsible government emanates
from Graham Memorial and South
Building. With such cooperation,
we have become one happy fam
ily, living in an atmosphere of
mutual respect and administration
which only our interdependent
governments could achieve.
In the past few years, however
several genuine and serious prob
lems concerning town government
have strained this friendly rela
tioiuship to the limit, and only
last week, the Town Council neg
lected the normal courtesy of
notifying the students before con
sidering a matter vitally impor
tant to some of us. and ultimate
ly important to all of us.
There is a proposed rule be
fore the' Town Council now which
would place parking meters in a
rcsidental section of Chapel Hill,
namely. N. Columbia St. and the
CtK) and 300 blocks of K. Franklin
St These are basicly student used
areas; but no one thought to noti
fy us that such a proposal was to
be discussed a the meeting lat
week. Fortunately, Don Furado
heard through the grapevine, and
student government was repre-
sented. Our voice was heard at
the meeting for a moment, but the
council didn't see fit to be particu
lar courteous as a matter of
fact, they were almost rude. They
told us. in effect, to mind our own
business, for we don't pay taxes
and the Council would d pretty
as it pleased.
The Town Council, with Mayor
Cornwell at its helm, must con
sider Carolina men and women to
be completely selfish and irres-,
ponsible snobs who are out to
bleed the town of everything they
can without offering anything in
' return. To the contrary. Student
Government is more aware of the
problems facing the town, and
particularly the traffic problem,
then anyone would imagine. After
all, we drive 3000 automobiles
through the congested areas, we
pay a dollar everytime we park
wrong, and many of us would know
Judge Stewart anywhere.
Furthermore, we are most anxi
ous t- help reliere tratfic conges
tion; but we cannot help unless
are given the consideration any
courtesy normally granted inter
ested and affected parties.
Mayor Cornwell, you and your
council will not solve the traffic
problem by arbitrarily restricting
our parking and by zoning the
town so that fraternities and sor
orities are virtually pushed onto
the streets. Sir. you may love poli
tical power, and you may feed
on the authority to push other
people around your benefac
tors, no less to suit your own
ends; but you will shrivel into
nothingness if you attempt to
exercise your authority against
the will of those who live under
your rule. A spirit of cooperation
can never be achieved in this
community by unilateral action
on the part of one segment of the
inhabitants who happen to control
the political machinery at the
moment. The student body, the
University Administration, the
merchants, the indigenous towns
people, all of us have been in
doctrinated Willi a spirit of demo
cracy and mutual respect that
defies any sort of political de
bauchery such as you are prac
ticing at this time.
We all challenge you, sir, to
form some sort of democratic or
ganization, composed of all inter
ested parties, and to tackle the
problem of parking and traffic
congestion in a positive manner
ftnd with the idea of effecting a
long range and permanent solu
tion. We promise to help you day
, by day; but we will not be intimi
dated day after day.
Syd Shuford
"You'll Be Glad To Know I Found Your Lost Cat'5
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Library View
Sound & Fury
The Natives Ate Gettina Restless
(The following Is expected
from The New York Times of
Sunday April 20, 1957.)
Thousands of Micronesians in
the Marshall and Caroline Islands
are waiting with resigned ap
prehension the beginning of the
United States nuclear tests sched
uled for this month at Eniwetok
Atoll in the Marshalls.
Reassurances by United States
officials have far from abated
fears of the islanders that some
thing may go wrong and drench
(The following Is from Uie
minutes of the hearings on radia
tion, from a subcommittee re
port to the Joint Committee on
Energy of the Congress of the
United States. The following
in 1954 in the tiny Marshall Atolls
of Utirik and Rongelap. where
more than 200 islanders suffered
varying degrees of radiation.
the islanders that it cannot hap
pen again. In recent days the
forthcoming nuclear tests have
been the main topic of conversa
tion among the numerous Mic
ronesians in touch w4th Ameri
cans. Efforts by United States of-
Anything Goes
Peter B. Young'
We are all familiar with the TV commercial which begins: ' Five
New York doctors now have proved that YOU can break tt . laxa
tive habit." This is all well and good for Television Land where the
doctors always agree. But in the real world, what's a struggling poli
tician supposed to do when the doctors don't agree?
them with radioactivr fall-out. i I - . -" iuhuiuwhcu a,
. .. , .. . , idolize the scientist that when scientists disagree, as they often do
Thev remember that it happened ., .... . , ... ... f ' uu
- Inn nfthtipiin Acne Kit? hn-iT.nrt.. r- ,i 1 . . . . . 1 i i
niv iwava ma uinuj,j oau supo imu inaos anu panuemoniuni.
In essence, this is the story of the great scientific debate over nuclear
tests.
Last week. Senator Hubert Humphrey's subcommittee for dis
armament heard conflicting tpslimnnv fmm thmn itimrr,.;v.ri
... . 0 - -..' V . i V V- UI.Hllit,U13Hl Jt 0-IVil
Since u happened once, appa- Usts; two of . w
rently nothing will convince all mcnU whUe thp third is cmplo d privatclv. Pointin2 UD thp , .
ar.'s dilemna, Missouri's Stu Symington commented: 'Tm pretty well
mixed up."
The same sort of plea was uttered last year by Senator Clinton
Anderson during hearings on the menace of radioactive fallout con
ducted by our own Carl Durham. Said Senator Anderson: "You can
get one group of scientists together, and they say one thing, and you
get another group together, and they say another thin?. What' dors a
ficials in the inlands t0 explain man who is not a scientist have that he can tie to?"
against fall-out have often had the Thcre is general scientific agreement, developed in astonishing
effect of intensifying the fears detail throughout almost 2500 pages of transcript from the Durham
that the officials had hoped to hearings, that any amount of radioactivity, no matter how inebn-
s'"thc. sequential, i-s harmful to the human organism. This goes for chest X-
Last night twenty Micronesians rays, luminous watch dials, natural background radiation, and fallout,
from Truk and near-by islands One scientist estimated tliat Soviet and American tests Avere re
listened attentively while a local sponsible for approximately 100 additional deaths, due to leukemia, ia
leader asked question afterques- Japan each year. Approximately 70 of these deaths are due to Soviet
tion about atomic fall-out as if tests while "only" 30 deaths are due to our own program,
it were something that might hap- Another scientist estimated that there would be 50,OOQ additional
pen any clay. The group met at cases of bone cancer and leukemia, spread over the world in the
the home of Itay Gallemore of next generation, due to tests conducted through 1956.
Bartow, Florida, who is adrninis- Still a third scientist estimated that between one and ten addition
trator of the Truk district of the al leukemia cases per year could be expected in the United States as a
Trust Territory of the Pacific Is- result of nuclear tests .This figure is, of course, infinitesimal, as are
lands. the other figures. But this particular scientist quickly qualified his
Chief Ring, elected municipal estimate by admitting that even if it were only one additional leukemia
head of Jukunor Island, southeast case, that would still be "somebody." 'Precisely. And now we can see
of Truk, first asked how people the moral and spiritual issue posed in all its toughness,
in remote outer islands vvthout As Walter Selove, chairman of the radiation hazards committee
radios were supposed to know f the Federation of American Scientists, put it "How much should
when any fall-out had accured. onc be concerned about fallout effects of this magnitude? This Ls
He also asked how radioactive no1 a question which can be answered on scientific grounds."
dust would affect coconuts, how to Tn(? scientists abdicate; the politicians flounder; and the people re
prevent contamination of drinking trcat to Television Land where the five New York doctors always,
water, how long fall-out would but ajways, agree. So let's just. see whether it's possible to Throw a
last and so on. monkey wrench into this psychotic idyll.
Chief Ring reported that the
people of Tol, one of the larger You wil1 ntc on this editorial page two reprints concerning the
islands in the Truk Atoll, were happy natives of the Pacific islands. The natives are restless indeed
said to be slaughtering and eat-- these, days. They do not relish the testing of thcromonuclear weapons
ing their pigs in. the belief that on their doorstep; they remember the cloud from a previous test
the animals would soon be made tnat so inconsiderately failed to uphold the scientific predictions as
inedible by fall-out conversation ,0 whcre, it was going. And they are not exactly reassured by our elabo-
tate arangemcnts to evacuate them if emergency conditions should de
velop. ,
Our first question then, as we move away from the scientific
aspects of the, issue, is this: By what right does the government of the
United States "seal off 39OP0 square miles of Pacific blue water for
atomic te.ss? Answer: By the primitive right of conquest. Our UN
"trusteeship", ocvr these islands is due, solely, to gallant operations
conducted by the US Navy' in these waters in World War II.
If .cyr testing program continues, it is entirely possible that some
of these, rest jess, natives, dressed in loin clcths, may show up at UN
Headquarters in New York to demand a different kind of 'trusteeship."
If anythjng is capable of cmbarassing the present Administration,
this should be it. .
Our seennH rnnri i?iCn nnestion: Bv what riaht does the government
the islands belonging to their peo- o thc Unhed Siaes uU & singlc life anywhcre in pursuance of its
pie have been singled out for the preparedness goals? Answer: Only by assuming that a' de facto sfa"te
testing of dreadful weapons. of xwar exists and has existed, between the United States and the
"Why doesn't the United States ij.S.S.R. ' Now-if only American lives were beings sacrificed to the
test bombs in Nevada?" one testing program, il could be argued that this unpleasant necessity was
Trukese leader Remanded la's! : a strictly American conoetrit; pnd".'ilie' moral; issue here aiouUl eyapor-n'Sht-
' v - -ate.' But' this is not the ps " y:'V ' ' '' '
Mary Moore Mason
Editor: t L i
1 The Library staff appreciates the A blonde gun moll with a bra gun holster and
interest of any student in reading a petite Siamese girl stolt the show m Sound and
books outside of regular class Fury's annual production,-"No Squares Allowed '
work as evidenced by the indus- which was given Friday and . Saturday nights in
try of Mr. Herring. However, the Memorial Hall.
function of the Library is to & inch worra crawi, the-show im-
; serve the best, interests of the. I d t0 shov that there
entire student body and faculty eaTJ sPquares allowed" . when Hope Sparger, a
both in class, work and research. . and hilarious blonde first flounced be-
We are attempting to do this with- rthe5footlights in the second scene of the first
in the limits of the present build-
ing and the funds available. ac '
The Student Library Committee However even more of a favorite with the au
serves as a direct channel from dience was Sodsai Vanij Vodhana, a native of Thai
the student body to the Librarian, land, who charmed the audience as she moved graco-
This year there have been several fully across the stage, singing first a Siamese folk
conferences to discuss various song and then a peppy little number called "The
problems and to consider sugges- Little Black Bug." In fact, she Charmed the audience
tkms mad? by individual members so much that an. encore was called for in the mid-
of the Committee. As a result, die of the show,
9 solutions to" some of these prob- WUh & j bright exceptions, the rest of the
iems have been reached and will mediocre. As one faculty member who has
become apparent by the beginning been fl fan Qf Sound and Fury productions for many
of the fall semester. Any student yearg gaid during the show, "There is a little bit of
interested in making suggestions thg sound Ieft in it. But where is the fury?"
for the improvement of the Lib? the show which had good possibilities, over
rary should be encouraged to do piaye(j SOme of its weakest points such as the weak
so -through his own Committee., singing of its two leads and underplayed some of
Mary Lou Lucy its str0nger points such as the dance numbers. Tim
t ETTcnc might be partly doe to the script written by Jona-
LETTER5 tj,an. yardley and Michael Dunn which has an ex
The policy toward letters of cellent story and is interesting and amusing in parts
this paper s: . but which leaves the audience after many scenes
1. AU signed letters will be with the feeling that the actor's didn't have any
published, excepting thai time thing else to say so they had to close the curtain,
which controversy gets so hot, The show has as its central plot the love affair
that only a proportional amount between a charming young dilettante and a depend
can be printed. The others will able Joe type of young jazz musician who is always
be acknowledged. around to serve as a welcome handkerchief, even
2. Any letters .not bearing an when the heroine, whose father is a prominant law
individual's signature, whether yer and politician, gets mixed up with mobsters and
he wants his mimed witheld or is chosen their leader.
Hannah Kirby, the heroine, obviously has stage
presence and humor. Although she did her role
very nicely for the most part, she overplayed too
much in places. Her singing was definitely hampered
by a severe sore throat.
Hoke Simpson, the jazz musician, played his role
with a natural and relaxed poise, skillfully enject
ing irony in many a line that brought chuckles of en
joyment throughout the house. However, his sporadic
singing left much to be desired.
a. The Marshal ese magistrate Larry Anderspn played the lawyer father con-
and irou if on hand i nd the Mar- vincingly and with control in spite of some rather
shallese health aid and council on unconvincing lines that he had to say.
each atoll- or island should be Perhaps the. most delightful scene in the whole
assured that every precaution has production was scene four when Ulysses Muffa,
been taken to prevent exposure mobster supreme, stands on Grant's tomb and in
of the natives to radiation hazards a colorful Damon Runyonesque scene takes leave
resulting .from fallout. of his faithful gang before he leaves the country
b. The represenatives will con- on a deportation charge,
suit with the local magistrate to vo of the most musing incidents in the show
insure that a method exists where- takc Place here' HPe SParSer .reads the minutes
ot the last meeting tne gang naa wnicn tooK place
on the Staten Island Ferry, and boistrous little Muf
fa, played by Oliver Bloomer, appoints the young
society girl for his successor as the gang master
mind. There is also a colorful dance in this scene
and good singing by the chorus. If more of the
scenes had been like this one, the shov would have
nc-t will be published.
represents ihe instructions of
the U.S. government to the
Marshall Islanders.)
by all residents of an atoll may
be summoned to a central loca
tion and evacuated by air or
water transportation if a fallout
emergency exists. A fallout emer
gency will be determined by the
commander. JTF-7; however, the much
local representative will assume
that
Oliver Bloomer is humorous as the loud, cockv
a fallout emergency exists iitte gang mastermind. However,' . he could have
at sucn ume as raaioiogicai ser- tepn beUer if he had goUen some o hig Unes acrQS3
vay instruments, when held at a to the audience more clearly and with more varia-
position 3 feet above the ground, tion of eniotion.
indicate a rate of Ir.hr. . Gary Nichols as Shekels, treasurer of the mob-
c. Should evacuation by aid be sterSi did a delightful job with a small part; and
neccessary, baggage will be limit- Petc Flahive, the agent, did a nice job although hr
ed to that which each individual looked apologetic and uncomfortable throughout his
can carry or approximately 50 - whole solo number.
pounds . Whether evacuation is The smaller parts such as the three gangsters
achieved by sea or air, no animals. Pat Dooley, Eddie Brown, and Bill Anderson and
will be evacuated. A tabulation of the mother. Fran Bell, were done well and added
animals, left behind should be flavor to the show.
made as soon as possible to in- One of the most impressive things about thc
sure the accuracy of claims production was the beautiful sets, particularly in
against the Government. Act one, scene two. where the whole effect was
d.) The local magistrate -should gained by the use of flame colored curtains, draped
be informed that in event of an gracefully around the stage. Credit goes to Ed Crow
unforeseen emergency, doctors will and Frank Wallace and the others working on set
be flown from the United States construction for this.
by special airlift to care for local The lighting in most of the scenes was extreme
inhabitants who will be evacuated br subtle and well-done however; in two of the in
to Kwajalein Atoll and that eva terior scences it was so subtle that there were huge
cuation plans are in existence to shadows over the actor'sfaces most of the time,
permit the task force to cope with Credit also goes to Anne Itiggins and Anne Kuf-
fin for the vibrant use of color ih their well-chosen
costumes.
Cecil Hartsoe and G. C. Pridgen deserve prai;e
for their fine efforts and for a very pleasant stud
ent written and produced show. Several of Hartsoe':
songs are quite good and will probably be heard
again.
All in all "No Squares Allowed" was an enter
taining production with its high points of humor
which could have been intensified with a bctcr
written script, better singing, and more dancing.
with any Micronesians in the Caro
line Marshall Islands is likely to
come around to the nuclear tests
sooner or later.
One tiling is clear from numer
ous talks in the last ten days
with islanders from many parts
of the trust territory in Truk and
Poriape of the Caroline group and
Majure Atol in the Marshalls.
This is that the Micronesians are
jinanitnously concerned about and
often resentful of the fact that
any emergency.
e). Fallout of a dangerous na
ture can be suspected by the
presence of a saltlike precipitate
or unexpected mist. Should such
an event take place, it should be
confirmed by monitoring.
The representative will arrange
through the local magistrate and
native health aid to inform the
Marshallese of the basic health
measures that they may take to
protect themselves from danger in
case fallout is suspected or con
firmed. -These measures are:
at. Remain indoors or under
cover to protect themselves from
the falling or settling radioactive
particles.
b. If particles settle on cloth
ing, dust and shake off clothing.
e). Bathe and keen clean Parti.
v .. . ... . nods and summer
vuicu ctuciM.iuii Miuiuu oe Eivcn lO 1 T-.-.-
, , . . ienu!. ciuerea
wasmng unaer tne arms, tne
groin, face, and hair.
d). Keep food covered to prevent
ingestion of fallout particles.
The official student publication of the Publica
tion Board of the Uni
versity
lina,
ion Board of the Uni-
'ersity of North Caro- f f $
ma, where it is pub- X" ' "
lished daily except 1! ' - , 3
as sec
ond class matter in the
post office in Chapel
Hill, N. C, under the
Act of March 8, 1870.
Mondav and pvamirn.
tion and vacation pe- j iCfiayXf iftlf
riods and s n m m & -1M l - - ' "' -' .X m
------- ouuscnpuon . rates: r
5r.hr. it is recommended that m;u tt I
luaiigU) nt pCr year, i
the natives be advised to stand $2.50 a semester- d.. M
out in the . water (ocean) and im- livered. $6 a year. $3.50 a semester
tmcrse wemseives as often as
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practicable or keep themselves
under Water. This recommenda- Managing Editor
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water' does extremely well in at- Business Manager
CURTIS B. CANS
CHARLIE SLOAN
JOHN WHTTAKER
tenuating radiation.
Night Editor
GItAIIAM SNYDER
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