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FACf TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 195 Power Politics nu-iie.i h.is Idi a long time been playing ilu- 4.11110 nl punii polities. It has been play 1114 tliiMiihoiit this ecntuiy. and is eurrent lv nl.iving ii at' a time when power Hilitics in nut nl date. 1 1 Uti i all 1 1 u device was most f t If 1 1 i f in tlu luth ( 1 1 1 1 1 1 . I he lititish used it to thru advantage. . . it balanced country Uiint coiimix in I npoie in order that a lul uue ol (Miwei was , ( reated, and (ircat I 1 1 ; , 1 i i i was in MNitinti lo call tlu plavs. I'n dei t!ii lititain lloiuished. and an Km pi re w.is Im.i 11 and 1 Mended. I fie Itiitisb weie skil!el at keeping that l tlaine and pic-sciving the peat e. but een iimI! w.i: bnUe m . nd the balance had to he ie on.n in led. No our w ins a war, but (.1r.1t Ihiiain lepf iwll otithe: winning side, .nid still v.cic in .1 position to call the balance . 1 1 1 r lite war. lloHiMi. iikmUhi ( niimiimic ations and 1 1 1 M 1 K n u t n x l wai spelled the end ol power inis ., .1 siu((-ssiil means nl diplomacy. I he Ii si Woild War was won by the al ius, hut the leal loser was (ileal liiitain. In Mil .s j ufi 1 1 ve-.nv it saw. iis meat empire dis 1 11 n 1 1 1 (' 1 id . nt h otitsiVe hi(s. but by in let nil munoil. lis' po!i( ol colonialism whiih had sustained the enipile so long was pioxin mi hOjU. te 10 meet the modern sil 1 1 .1 t 1 h! ie ol pow er was no longer .ipih!e 11 I mope, I01 not 011K was (iieat I'.iitam in 1 position wheie it could not out" iml .!( aits, hui also there weie oilier factors 1,1 b. iei Untied with both east ;!nd west. mctia. alur its peiiod ol isolation in i!h twiunes. loi.k up the game as did the ikw s.i . t I " 1 1 i i 1 . 1 a( h was pursuing the' in 10 its own ad .intake on both sides ol a tii!iti 1 1 it was piusuing the game more iekKsU t.. ad.tita;e (ieitnanv. Ja pan pinol in. and 1 upland took a subordin ate iole to the I'nited Stales, and yet. the -aiiie woiled to the advantage ol none. W'oild W 11 II tame and brought dealh and destitution to .''most all. and victory to ue. TciiiMai advantage was given to Rustic and Ion.; i.uvie advantage was be-st-iwcd on China, but nobodv won. and the j ie j !f ol the woild lost. t t!u end ol all the turmoil in the sec -u.u Id w. r. time .iitii' an eent which chang es the shape ol wot Id politics permanently. On tin- sjnds ol Alamo;;rijipjj .Vjew! Nlcxic i a gmup ol siicniists wale lied patiently as a bnMiant Hash buiM ,oer the, hotion. and a liuball gicvv and waned into a mushrnom tloud. Soon, the same weapon was exploded oer Miioshim. .j'4e w .is st.ii led. and Nagasaki, and a new I fie atomic ae bioiiglit with it the po teiitiahu ol instant destruction. no mailer how lai'e the nation was that chopped the bomb. Within a few years, it became a mat tet ol twe'nlN minutes th:'t a hemisphere ould be negotiated by guided missile and the commies in hit ween didn't matter any 11101 e. In the atom spate .14c. the I'nited States has t nt inned to plav the game ol power poln it s. It has t ontinucd to sac 1 il'u e its prin tiplts lor the sake ol ictaining allies ,md a ki'.u 1 balaiue. It has continued to lose el h(ti(iits in this, woild of mitli'oih cen to: s . 1 1 1 1 k gl. nee at the x t ! I situation to dav will imlit.ne how gical the I'nited States' lows hae been. Iluie aie six liablc tontinents. I.uiop.' is divided between Russia on the one hand and the Weste.n powejs on the other. In the twelve vears billowing the war, the I'ni cth States' loieiu policy has extended Rus sian doiniiiat ion throughout I astern I'.urojie and has shown to these people that there is 110 hope lor hccdoin hoin enslavement, hi ihe I 'nite d Stales, sut h freedom loving peo ples as Setlen and Norway h.'eve lound that the pietctise ol lieedotn the I'nited States olleis is meielv a pretense, and are currentlv Iciii4 sept away, bv the lack ol principles ol the Clint d Slates. Other countries are moving in one direction or another away liotn dcuintt.uv. at least partly due to the ex. -tuple l T if I'nited Stales olfers as the dem on at it leader. In h it a. iht ie is a consistent under cur lent nl stiule lor independence from co lonial domination. which threatens to alien ate lite whole continent from Capetown to Myitis hom the democratic side, spurred by the uudcnxK tafie iolonu-litic polic ies of the Western pow 1 1 sr ''and the facif snpjMirt of the I 'niied Stales. I he Middle- Cast is in turmoil, and from Moioto to Pakistan -strong anti-westciu. move-incuts .11 e splinting up, and thieatenV t d t nnstilitlat inn nl the area against the Cnited Stales and the we st irtay soon bee tune a icaliiv. unless the Cnited .States changes poli v tpiic klv. Russia dominates the northern part of Asia and Communist China seals oil the Kastern vall. In the middle. India. Indonesia, ami Malava hue evidenced great distaste for the Cctitinucd On Column Seven P n e d n Review; Power Politics Contd. Ed Rowland This week the world has some what fewer erises to upset the balance of power than in recent weeks, but the total picture is not much improved. The biggest news was the death of Pope Pius XI. who was called t lie "Pope of Peace" for 19 years, at his summer castle alongside Lake Albano, Italy. His death Wed nesday night came as the result of two strokes that developed into a grave heart and lung condition The Pontiff vvtts 82 years old. The new Pope will be designated by the College of Cardinals in an election expected to be held at the Vatican within the next two or three weeks after a nine day peri od of mourning. All the Popes for the last 400 years have come from Italy. The feeling at the Vatican has been that this will likely be the case again even though Italians no long er command a majority in the College of Cardinals. Embassies and legations of about 50 nations accredited to the Vati can were immediately notified of the Pope's death. So were Cardi nals throughout the world who must come lor the conclave to elect the new Pope. Directed by their Dean. French, born Eugene Cardinal Tisserant. Cardinals will gather as soon as possible to arrange for the "inter legnum," the period between the death of the Pope to the election of a new Pontiff. One of their first tasks will be tt) arrange for the nine-day period of solemn mourning that will be followed by burial in the Vatican grotto. The Pope's sepulchre will be near the spot where church rec ords say St. Peter, considered by Roman Catholics as the first Pope, was buried. In the Far East clash between Nationalist and Red Chinese over Quemoy and Matsu the end of the jeven-day cease-fire period the Reds inaugurated drew near with no real sigas it would be extended. The shelling will probably begin once more Monday. (- The Red offer was made on con dition the U. S. quit escorting Na-, honalist vessels to v;ft Jn . the three-mile limit off , the islands. But with caution the State Depart ment said they would stop only If the firing stopped ' first which took place and what the U. S. did in international waters was its own business. Sec. of State Dulles told report ers. "Worldwide condemnation of the Communists will be assured if they again resume the fighting." However, he and the State Dept. also said they recognized the po litical implications of the Red of fer and would not knuckle under to any compromising demands. In another development in Asia the corrupt government of Pakis tan was overthrown in a one-day ' " ' , v- - - 1 - r - 's 4.. : tv ,4 -': .--.v -:ft;i -j ' ... V.-I u-, e T i J-: f 1 - it : 1 -v 4 ? ' i .. ' V !'V'a;''S-':-'t"i' , ' 1 : ! .-..?4.--ii---rv t. -::i . : f. -'s. t 1 ' . - w.s--A.;-fti-:;'- v-;'S'v:'!f" 1 s ' ' 1 s - ' 1' policies of the J United 'States, and support of Republicans would be retained if these countries becomes less and less certain. the Democrats retained leader- T , . . . . . ship in Congress Indo-China has been in turmoil, and Ja- ' Vice-president Nixon a c c u s e d gan hafS VY been pressing the United the Soviet government of order- States for its restrictive policy with respect ing the Moscow CBS bureau closed to trad.e Ulth Coinmunist China. Indeed, the because it feared the truth. Earli- on,Y f,rni a"y United States has in this er in the week tie Russian ambas- area i Nationalist Chinas who sees through sador had "protested a CBS tele- the maze of unreality the hope of returning cast of a play, "The Plot to Kill to the mainland. Stalin," saying it was distorted and strained relations between the Australia for what it is.worth is solidly be- U. S. and Russia. Later the Rus- mn Great Britain, and hence fairly solidly sians ordered the CBS'burelau to behind the United States, but its value is close. limited. "In my opinion," Nixon said, "far more than war, far more . South America and Canada have been than our armies and- far more solidly behind behind the. United States, than us and our free world allies, t rumblings of unrest, such as those oeca- the leaders of the Soviet geWem- sioned by Vice-President Nixon's South ment fear the truth." American tour, evidence the lack of solidity President Eisenhower s e 1 1 1 e d in that area, down for a long weekend at his mountaintop resort, Camp David, Obviously, the situation looks unfavorable, o consult with leaders in prepara- and it will look worse as long as the United tion for a long political campaign States is dishonest with itself as well as with and to celebrate his 68th birthday, other nations. The celebration is premature, It will be bad as long as the United States makes committments which are inconsistent with its own principles, and rnnnipntli. up at Walter Reed Hospital pro- cannot oe kepf ' since the President's birthday is Tuesday. He left on the trip after a check- CHAPEL HILL OCCUPATION WATCHING THE SERIES bloodless revolt Tuesday and the citizens of that country looked forward to better days. In the streets of Karachi prices imme diately dropped, the blackmarket went out of business and the new leader declared an end to anarchy. In the United States a private school corporation in Little Rock announced plans to operate high schools for white children in pri vate buildings. The schools would bo financed by private donations. The announcement came short ly after a federal court ban on operation of four Little Rock high schools as private, segregated in stitutions was extended until a new hearing. Meanwhile, Federal and state authorities looked for clues to the identity of the dynamiters who wrecked the Clinton, Tenn., high school Sunday. No progress has been reported. Thursday the 850 white and. 11 Negro pupils of the school began classes in a vacated building in. pearby Oak Ridge offered by the A EC. The 25-room school uiil be rsed until the Clinton, school is rebuilt. Anderson County officials have consulted with,. 'top- White House aides in an effort to get Federal aid in rebuilding the totally-wrecked school. It was not announced exactly what the group discussed, neither was it an nounced what results, if any, were obtained. Later in the week a Federal judge knocked one more prop from beneath the segregations' plans for circumvention of court rulings by declaring that Virginia teach ers may not work in private se gregated schools as long as they are paid by the state. The judge declined to order the Letter From Olympus The stark realization of the threatening world becoming im minent to us as graduating seniors steered our conversation to the usefulness of our educations. We had run into an old friend having coffee et a local bistro, and. hav ing been invited to join him, we sat down, eager to compare notes on what had occured since last we met. College, he said, is a dupli cation, or at the very least a good indication, of later life. There are organizations, there is the room, the poker table. . good books, not sogood books. The type of inter ests formed in college will be pursued later. But there is one chief difference, he said. That is this: at college there is the au thority of choice, but with few of its responsibilities. His biggest regret was majoring in Business Administration. After four years of ledgers, cycles, and trends, he said, the well oiled business machine will discharge me, a finished product. He lam ented that a higher education should have challenged his values and stimulated his thoughts. We could say nothing. We agree' with him. The undergraduate Business School is giving the students the( business. It is paradoxical. More and more business firms are re quiring liberally educated em ployees to fit into their own train ing programs. The future useless ness of the business education is becoming more and more evident, and more and more seniors are speaking in regret when they speak of this practical, ever o practical, institution. Why is it that seniors are the most susepti ble to education, when it is too late? Specialization has advanced to the point where more and more is known about less and less, and eventually everything will be known about nothing. We are reminded of that famous quotation. "Waste is despicable. But the largest and most shame ful waste is wasted human po tential. Happiness can only be achieved through fulfilment, and the greater the area of fulfilment the greater the happiness. Fulfil ment can only be achieved through self-knowledge and world knowledge. It can be achieved by looking at a beautiful painting, mastering a profession, gaining understanding. It can be achieved through friendship and it can be achieved' through love. Ignorance is the enemy of fulfilment and happiness ... the key to wisdom is perception." We are hopelessly addicted to ' an evening cup of coffee, and we are sure that in the future months we will run into many old friends. By the way, coffee is a social ne cessity on campus. If you do not like coffee you will feel socially inadequate because you will be . clsed--legally. The choice is of- On Clinton Joe John It was a murky Sunday morn ing. Only the earliest of risers had begun to stir. Then, suddenly, three explosions rocked the little town. The treacherous silence had btx'n broken. At 4:21. integrated Clinton High School was ravaged by a succes sive series of dynamite blasts. The irrepressible monster Violence had appeared again. To" use an old cliche, this blast will be heard 'round the nation, if not around the world. .... . ! : ; . ' ; 1 ; The! 'integrity and sincerity of the South- has again been damaged by the actions of an inane few. That the bomber were financed;:' and their w ork planned, by uone of the lunatic fringe extremist agencies, such as supported rab-bling-rousing John Casper cannot be doubted. , Oncj.' a -scene of integration dis turbance, the little Tennessee town had rret its problem manfully. Not a single incident marred the order ly opening of the school. Such peaceful organization tried the endurance of the fanatics. Their reaction was characteristic odi ous. . In throwing state-wide law en forcement bodies into efforts for immediate apprehension of the criminals. Gov. Frank Clement aid the choice was one of edu cation by democratic means or by dynamite. He could not have been more correct. The entire South will reverberate from this action, and its effect will not be short. Possibly four states have made the dubious decision of closing their public schools when and if presented with a court order. This right is inherent in their liberties. The federal government cannot and will not interfere. Tennessee was not one of these states. But are they to be denied the same freedom of choice granted to those of a different bent? Violence at Clinton preci pitated the entire present' educa tional crisis by forcing .immediate court Clecisior.'s which should not have eome for some years. This was the result of the mobs. . ' The .South has now fallen from any sympathy they may have had from persons opposed to a tyran nical court. National opinion has shifted to the nine men in black. Congress, too, cannot support mobs and bombs. It will assured ly d0 nothing to curb the court. Rather, it may strengthen its po licies through legislation. I am certain that the greatest majority of American people sup port the law and wish to act within OL,1"s may be open or kept socially inadequate. Luckily, our friends like coffee. We are sure we will be besiged by wailing cries from the netherlands of re gret, but we have listened to our last.. They are all too pathetic. C. L. fered to the individual states cori- eernedj Whatever this decision, however, and no matter what attitude to ward segregation is maintained, anarchy and defiance of the law must not be condoned. 1 reopening of the schools as rer.. quested by the NAACP, because the constitutionality of the law closing the schools was being tested in a state court. He said the court has the right to declare that a state must abandon public education completely if it is to abandon it at all. Gov. Almond of Virginia said he was not going to buck a court order in reopening closed schools. He was under pressure from peti tionisis in Charlottesville and Nor folk to reopen the schools. In Louisiana a coalition of Gov, Earl Long and segregation lead ers branded a Democratic nation al committeemen unfaithful to his post and ousted him in the State's central party meeting: The man, Camille F. Gravel, had been under fire for. a year , because of ''his stand favoring the: civil rights plank in the, rational party plat form. , 1 . , : ;. : : Gtavct ' wbs" accused with work ing .hand-in-hand with Paul But ler, . national pemocratic . chair-: man, , in trying t0 alienate the South from the party. He. was acr. cused of being disloyal to his own people. .. , .. . . . f, Gravel emphatically stated his belief, that as a Calholic layman and a father of 10, segregation is morally wrong. On the other hand, Rep. Adam Clayton PoweM of New York made peace with the Democratic party and pledged to work for the en tire state Democratic ticket in next month's flection. In recent ears Powell had supported the Republicans and had been read out of the party. He reportedly was guaranteed that his seniority gained under the nounced him in excellent health, even after his three major illness - suffered while in office. Ue left the hospital and went to Burning .Tree. Club for a round of golf in beautiful autumn -weather It is hio-h time that the United States awak ened to the fact that the world is growing smaller, that a war can begun and terminat ed without another nation .having: brought Later, Republican leaders said into ,,1C conflict exre.pt the two promt 1 tea tors after, a" conference with the Pres- 'he conflict, and that this war can brin ident.that continued democratic total destruction on the world, control of Congress would take the It is fiigh time also that the United States realized that the respect of all nations can ly inn more pressure to bear on the, political situation, than can any alliance system built on the balance of power. The Russians have realized this and have used this to great in sight to undercut the United States in everv- This week also the President thing it does." They have been successful, for named Judge Stewart Potter of they have sounded as if they were on the Cincinnati to be an associate jus- side of principle while the United States was tice on the Supreme Court after on the side of expediency, and the further Justice Burton stepped down. He America compromises itself the the farther had held a post on the U. S. Court down it RO m the of the mli o of Appeals for ix years. The ap- thc nyd T h ' . .fe pointment runs the list ,; of i Elsen-4 , n io - ... , , , . hower appointees to :fWe iohrthe!i, iat ... . hfl ab,e 10 tart a nfhct Court. . ;M that will be a 1 popular war, a chance which it did not h;ve after World War II, and. indeed nation down tlie left lane which leads inevitably to socialism. Republican national chairman Meade Alcron made the statement. He said Eisenhower is in a "real fighting mood'' and is all set to help the party to the utmost in the fall campaign. ; 1 lj; 1- ;: ciDes!not have; now. ., . Freedom : J j : : ! ; : H! . I .' X '.. ; ' ' ', Editor :- ; ' j! -j? iHfrU H rM Stae Ja fivea t?iany. misslfrrs, News item iri ! TuesdayV;fiTH W the;jhe yesterday that may or may ". . . The IFC' voted lst night to not"hit the moon. In mast, cases- thc .missiles: . allow Pringle Pipkin) Daily '"Tar Have not hit jtheir targets or have -.-misfired fteer Reporter, to cover the lneet""11 the. start ';. ' -i t :-- . - J.i ing -of the Council." ' v , : T v . . .--:, '' Editorial in Sunday's DTH "'. .'! ' t, Th e element of ore nam tion. o f ; a ' wor I d The medium -6r tlie press-should view, of intelligent planning' lav not been be" on to the public but, should rhere in foreig rlicy'liWltbfoferI cW th public" m,'- be hoPed tlm he United' States will Thanks should be extended to make .Sl,re every detail is checked, and cor- the IFC for "voting to allow" a rect aun s taken belore it launches foreign DTH reporter to cover its meet- Ph'cy again. It may even be too late, ings. It appears that the IFC is Pip's Quips Pringle Pipkin doing the DTH a great favor. Does this mean the IFC is dic tating to the press when a meet ing can be covered and by whom it can be covered? Since when did the IFC assume the role of determining the public's right to know? George Xord Parker Maddrey examination periods and summer terms. Entered as second class matter in the pest office in Chapel Hill, N. C, under tire act of March 8. The revision on committee of the Election Braid has "been con- 1870. Subscription sidcring some important changes in the rules concerning class of- rates: $4.50 per se ficers. ' mester, $3.50 per With the exception of president, the officers of the Freshmart. year. Sophomore, and Junior classes will no longer be positions. Tve Seniors will elect five class officers. This cha: is certainly a needed one. .With the enlargement " " of the University the class as a unit has lost its tl fectiveness. With the abolishment of hazing a very sensible and mature action students have become much less aware of their class. ; : The interests of the students have become more diverse, ancl Managing Editors the living quarters are now more widely separated. The legislative power of the students has been delegated to the Student Legislature. The shift left the class officers with virtu- ally no power News Editor It is doubtful, if many students can .name more than two of their class officers' They don't make news I intend no ; slur " ' upon the present class officers; there, is simplywery little they are Business Manager authorized to do. .. , . . ' As the present system now stands the class officers are some- times used to reward the party faithful. There are several serious Advertising Manager drawbacks to having these class officers with the exception of president. - The campus political parties nominate capable men and coeds Asst' Adv' ManaSer - to run for class officers. These people, if interested, could be used in more important positions on student government committees. The campus political parties spend much of their time before elections nominating class officers. Sometimes the battles for a ' ' : nomination are fought with more ardor than those for seats in Associate Editor the Student Legislature. The election of these class officers adds to the election Board's burden and h?lps to confuse the voter. The official student publication oi,the,Puh4ica(too Board of the University of North Carolina, where it except Monday and .: ' 1 . ) f it 3 4 't - Editor CURTIS CANS CHARLIE SLOAN, CLARKE JONES ANN FRYE WALKER BLANTON FRED KATZIN JOHN MINTER Sports Editor RUSTY HAMMOND ED ROWLAND Assistant Sports Editor ELLIOTT COOPER The exception to what I say comes from the class officers of the .senior class. These officers have to plan for class day in the c v v 3 Subscription Manager spring. The presidents of the classes may at some time have to serve ; at some official function. There is rarely an occasion when more Circulation Manager . than one representative might be needed. It is time this archaic system was changed to a more efficient system. v Night Editor AVERY THOMAS BOB WALKER NANCY COiLBES 1 0 rl b Ii J I v 5 J St 4 1 a c 1 1 hi' Hi