UVI.C. Library Serials Dept, Box 870 . Chapel Hill, N.C new a n WEATHER Fair and mild. High near 70. COMPUTER Ifs coming to North Carolina is an event to be hailed. See page 2. VOLUME LXVI NO. 38 Campaigns Close; Balloting Begins WASHINGTON ) The! angry words of a bitter campaign faded last night and it was lefi Daily Tar Heel To Post Results Of Day's Voting The Daily Tar Heel will post up-to-the minute election returns from the Associated press tonight in the Rendezvous of Graham Memorial. CM director Howard Henery has announced that the student union will be open until 1 a.m. for the late results. Gary Greer, president of tht Dia lectic Sorute. ljis said the Di will provide refreshments while the returns come in. A television set will be in the Rendezvous Room. The Daily Tar Heel will post tesults by the hour on the following races: gubernatorial. Senate and House. In addition, reports will be given on major races In the tate, including the expanded powers ti the Justice-of-the-peace amend ment, right to work referendums in six states and the 18-year-old vote leferendum in South Dakota. The Daily Tar Heel office will be closed tonight to all people who are r.ot members of the paper's staff, Editor Curtis Cans said yesterday. Gov't Offices ' Opi en To All, Says Furtado Student Body President Don Furtado said yesterday he will Inter view 'lUudenU for vacancies on seven student government committees. A total of 24 vacancies are to be fl'.led. - The committees Include the fol- lowing: Traffic Council, (one va- caney), Election Board (four va- referendum proposals. Most sign cancies). Attorney General.s staff if icant of these are the right-to- tslx vacancies), Traffic Advisory Commission (one vacancy). Budget Committee (eight vacancies), Traf- fic Advisory Commission (one va- fancy). Budget Committee (eight vacancies). Traffic Council Invest- Igating Board (three vacancies), and Organized labor has been fur the Grahm Memorial Board of iously battling Knowland and other Directors (one vacancy). Interviews with students will be heald Friday from 2 to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Furtado especially urged fresh man men and Junior women to apply for the committees. He said no experience was - necessary for membership. Appointments for lntervews may .he made by calling the student government office or stopping by the office. The Traffic Council is a judical bo7y to whlchj same cases of violators of campus parking and automobile rules. me r.iecuons uoard is concer fd with: conducting polls supervising and counting ballots, insuring compliance with all pro visions of the General Elections Laws, publicizing campus elections, reapiVrtioning and deciding the number and length of terms of legislators to be elected. Three men and three women will be named to the Attornev See APPOINTMENTS, page 3 G. M. SLATE AcUvitet for Graham Memorial today Include ' ueoaie 2quaa, 4-5:30 p.m., Grail; Woman's Residence Coun cil. 7-J p.m., Grail;. GMAB. 2-4 p.m., Grail; National Student AsMxrlaton, 4-4 p.m., Roland Pac ker I; Young Republican's Club, 7:10-9 p.m.. Roland Parker I: Stray Greeks, 4-i p.m., Roland Parker II; NROTC Committee, 7-f p.m., Roland Parker II; Uni versity Party Executive Commit tee, 2-3 p.m., Woodhouse Confer ence Room; Traffic Council, 7-9 p.m., Woodhouse Conference Room; DTII, Phi flection returns, 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., Rendezvous Room; Sound and Fury, 2-C p.m., Ren dezvous Room; A.P.O., 7-9 p.m., A.P.O. Room. Complete W) Wire up to the voters, will they gratify the sky high hopes of the Demo crats, or surprise the experts with a Republican triumph? More than 76 million men and women are eligible to vote today and about 48 million are expected to. Their votes will decide which party will control Congress for tho next 'two years " and by how much and they'll choose the men who'll govern 32 states. Their votes may indicate, too, how blow the winds for the 1960 Presidential campaign. A 48-million voter turnout would be, a record for a non-presidential election year. Good weather was forecast for most areas, but a sur prise snowstorm hit western New England and upstate New York yesterday. The best available composite opinion of political writers and analysis and newspapermen who have been washing politics for many years gave the following anti cipated result, in a Asociated Press survey: Democrats are favored to take 8 to 12 Republican seats in the Senate, they are expected to in crease their House total by 17 to 40 or more, and could pick up 2 or so additional governorships. The present House division, in cluding vacancies, is 235 Democrats to 20 Rebplicans Of the 32 governships at stake today, 18 are in Democratic hands now, 13 in Republican. Over the country, including states whose governors are not up for election, the division is 29 Democrats and 19 Republicans. Of the 32 governships at stake today, 18 are in Democratic hands now. J3 in Republican. Over the country, including states whose governors are not-up for election. the division Is 29 Democrats and 19 Republicans. Another phase of today ballot ing will present voters with the need for deciding on -scores of work propositions in six states. These six states are California where Knowland threw his mas- slve hacking to the right-to-work roDosal Ohio. Kansas. Colorado, Idaho and Was"ington- backers of right-to-work, which they cal1 right-to-wreck. Eighteen siaies now nave "gni-io-worK laws, which forbid the requirement of union membership as a condition of getting or holding a job. Blumenfeld commented that city lanninv is somewhat easier in Russia because all undeveloped land is owned by the government and economic trends are supposed ly determined in -advance by the five-year plans. Wilson sDoke on the theory and received his tra5ning in city plan. ning here. Blumenfeld also interviewed stu dents for openings on his staff. City Planners From Canada Visit Carolina Two leading Canadian city plan ners addressed students and fac ulty of the Department of City and Regional Planning last weekend They were Hans Blumenfeld, ... chief planner of the Metropolitan Toronto Planning Board, and James Wilson, executive director of the Lower Mainland Regional Planning Bdard, which plans for the region including Vancouver, B.C. Blumenfeld described tne pro gram of his agency, which is uni que in the extent of its legal pow ers and geographical scope. Torop to has the only truly metropolitan government in North, America, Blumenfeld pointed out. The me tropolitan government has. broad jurisdiction over a dozen separate municipalities, each of which re tains some degTee of local govern ment. Blumenfeld has long been a prominent figure and noted author in city planning. He previously was a planner in Germany and Russia and for the City of Philadelphia- Service DATELINE, CEYLON.- editor of a United States Information Service newspaper in Ceylon, guest lectures for Asociate Profesor Ken Byerly, right, before a journalism class. , U.S. Culture Flexible, Says Ceylonese Editor By GAIL GODWIN A pert newspaper editor from Col ombo, Ceylon stated that he would return home soon to tell his readers about a flexible and fluid Ameri can culture, ever receptive to new ideas. The journalist, Perampolam Chet tiar Subrahmanyan - "Chett" for short-visited three days in Chapel Hill as part of his three month stu dy tour of the United States as a guest of the United States govern ment. He attended journalism classes at Carolina, toured the campus, and met with visiting North Carolina r.ewspapermen. In-.the;. -past Mwo months, . Chett" has visited Yash ington, D. C. New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Minnesota and Geor gia. One of nine members in a special study group, Chett was the member who chose the South for his main Interest. He said the southern climate made him feel at home. Editor Subrahmanyan's paper, the weekly "American News," is spon sored by the USIA. It is a four page tabloid in the English lan guage whose purpose it is to create good will between Ceylon and the United States. The paper is distributed free to the people of Ceylon every Thurs day morning. Twenty-five per cent cf the people In Ceylon speak Eng- ish, thus making the area the one of highest literacy rate in South east Asia. Subramanyan also writes for the bur daily English papers in Ceylon end for the two papers in his own anguage-Tamll. He says he is bet ter at satire when he uses his mother tongue, "it is my belief that Novice Debate Team Ties Wake-Forest The UNC novice debate team tied for third place in the Wake Forest Debate tournament last weekend in Winston-Salem. Charles Carroll and Russell Eisen- man from here both won "superior' ratings. The UNC team had an overall record of nine wins and three- losses. The affirmative team, com posed of Carroll and Eisenman, won five and losl one. The negative team, composed of Jeffery Law rence and Joe Roberts, won four and lost two. YACK PICTURES THIS WEEK; Groups scheduled this week for late fee, including Dance Committee and retakes that will or. have been notified. Basement GM 1-6 p.m., MEN: ties, dark coats, white shirts WOMEN: ' black sweaters CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1958 V' 4 Perampolam Chettiar Subrahmanyon, left. hiunor is a powerful weapon in the newspaper world," he added. As editor of the "American News," he and his staff put out feature news and truth propangan da stories, and any other items which will help ; cement United States - Ceylon relations. One of the many barbed expres sions he uses against the U.S.S.R. is. ' When it rams in Moscow. Com munists in Ceylon hold up their umbrellas." One of his main problems, says Chett is to illustrate to the Ceylo nese the difference between Ameri can capitalism and colonial ex- 10'311011- Th two are, often being confused, "lie pointed out.' In writing about the United States, he plans to use a positive approach, telling of United States family life, , infor mality, and "Open' Book Policy," as he calls ti. ; What is the Open Book Policy? Chett says it is the above board attitude of most Americans. "They are not so entent. on hiding the bad and showing only the good to foreigners," he remarked. "For in stance, there was the case of the Chicago professor who took me sight-seeing. They have shown you the best,' he told me, 'So now let me show you the slums.' " He feels that publications that tend to overemphasize American luxuries do more harm than good in struggling countries, From Chapel Hill, Subrahmanyan went to Washington and iErom there to San Francisco where he will em bark for Japan. He expects to be home with his wife and four chil dren by the last week of November. After his complete circle around the world he will go back to work as a literary ambassador for U. S,- Ceylon good will. New Magazine Coming A new campus literary maga zine is on the horizon says UNC student Dennis Parks. See story, page 3. PLANNING STARTS TOMORROW Ys 1959 By MARY BAHNSEN In June 1958, 30, Carolina students sailed for Europe as the beginning of a 70-day trip abroad. In June 1958. other UNC students w ill embark on a similar experience with an added desSinatidn:. the Soviet Union. Wensday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. a meeting will be held in the Library Assembly Room for all interested in such a trip. Last year's trip included touring and meeting people in France, Switzerland, Italy Germany Hol land, England, Belgium, and Aus tria. The European visit started with a 10-day in private homes in Berlin, where a seminar had peen arranged by a Berlin Quaker center for the Carolina students. They met with students and political, relig ious leaders of East and West Berlin. . - " Hears Ask Better ELECTION DAY IN NORTH Over 800,000 Tar By The Asociated Press Candidates and their suporters got in their final blasts at the opposition Monday as a general election campaign featured by a hot race for Congress in North Carolina's 10th District came to an end. Repubjican Rep. Charles R. Jonas, seeking a fourth term as the 10th District Representative in Congres, and his young Democratic challenger, David Clark, got in their final campaign arguments when they appeared in a joint television debate in Charlotte. y-Nn.-w... V: t 4 At - s - DR. ROBERT E. FITCH . . . The Decline and Fall of Sex Fitch To Speak On Sex Decme Tonight At 8 Dr. Robert E. Fitch, dean of the Pacific School of Religion, will speak tonight at 8 in Carroll Hall on "The Decline and Fall of Sex." This lecture is the first in a se ries of lectures today and tomor row by Dr. Fitch which are spon sored by the UNC Wesley Founda tion. On Wednesday Dr. Fitch will speak on "Darwinism and Chris tianity" at 8 p.m. in Carroll Hall. He . will also address various cam pus groups Wednesday. Dr. Fitch was born in China, the son of Presbyterian missionaries. He was educated in China, Switzer land, and did graduate work at Un ion Seminary in New York, the Uni versity of Paris and Columbia Uni versity from which he received his degree. Europ ean Tour To Include Russia Ann Harvey, UNC senior who participated in the tour, explained that through the experiences in Berlin the Carolina students gained a clearer understanding and insight to the other places they visited. Claude Shotts, coorinator for last years tour defined these trips"not as tours but educational exper iences. All the plans made for the 1958 trip were mad6 by the students themselves: Last spring they met wtfth . several faculty members who were ; familiar with Europe and places to be visited. " Tlk; Carolina toujr differed in ether ways from average European tour. Resides vlisSting he main tourist attractions, the UNC students stopped in many places "off the beaten traiL' One such town, Blankenburg, a mountain village in Germany, Ann Harvey described as Offices Trustees Q R.ep CAROLINA Clark, who has waged an ener getic campaign as the Democrats made their most determined bid to recapture the Tenth since Jonas Was first elected in 1962, had spent the day in a final handshak ing tour that took him into all six counties in the 10th District. Jonas, who has also campaigned energeticaly spent most of the day in his office at Lincolnton. With the campaigning over, up wards of 800,000 Tar Heels are ex pected to turn out today to cast their ballots, to settle eight con tests for Congresional seats in cluding the Jonas-Clark battle, one U. S. Senate seat, and many local contests including a host of con tests for seats in the State Legisla ture. Polls open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 6:30 p.m. in the state's 2,083 precincts. The voters will also decide for or against an amendment to the state constitution which would enlarge the jurisdiction of Justice of the Peace courts. The amendment 1 w ..... wouia give jaypees jurisdiction in claim and delivery actions involv ing up to $200. The present maxi mum amount mat jaypees can handle is $50. The only statewide race is be tween Democratic Sen. B. Everett Jordan and Republican Richard G. Clarke Jr. of Hendersonville. The contest is for the two years re maining of the Senate term to which the late Sen. W. Kerr Scott was elected. Of the seven other contests for seats in Congress, the one that has attracted most attention is the 12h District race between Democrat David M. Hall of Sylva and Re Talent Show Tryouts Being Held Today Tryouts for the third annual UNC Talent Show will be held today from 2 to 6 p.m. in the Rendezvous Room in Graham Memorial. Anyone interested in acting, dancing, comedy or singing should sign up at the GM Information Office for tryout appointments. The talent show is scheduled to get underway at 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 1& in Memorial Hall. The three show directors, Jim Talley, Watey KurrJIt, apd Ess Bruner are also looking for students interested in helping out with back stage work in sets, finances and a place where "the people spoke no English and stared at us as if they'd seen few Americans." Here pro gress was something unheard of, she said. "The cobbled streets, plastered houses, built close to gether and native dress .of black suits and dark ankle-legnth dresses was something many city tours would miss," she commented. Shotts claimed there are an in finate number of variations that can be arranged for such tours. James Carse, staff member and explained that next summer's trip coordinator for this year's tour, "will not be a rubberneck tour, but will be made as vital as learn ing experience as possible. We will be meeting with students along the way besides walking through ruins and visiting museams." The trip in 1959 possibly will be a three month tour: one month in Graham Memorial Siudv Jr College resenta Heels publican W. Harold Sams of Ashe- ville. They are seeking the place in Congress being vacated by Rep. George Shuford who is stepping down because of his health. The other six U. S. House of Representatives races match these Democratic incumbents and Re publican opponents: Rep. Graham A. Barden and Joe A. Dunn, third District: Rep. Harcld D. Cooley and L. T. Dark. Fourth: Rep Ralph J. Scott and William E. Morrow, Fifth; Alton A. Lennon and C. Dana Malpass, Seventh; Rep. A. Paul Kitchin and F. D. B. Harding, Eighth; and Rep. Hugh Q. Alexan der and William White, Ninth. Fourt Democratic congressmen, who had no Republican opnbnents in the election, were: Rep. Herbert C. Bonner, First District: Rep. L. H. Fountain, Second; ReD. Carl T. Durham, Sixth; and Rep. Basil Whitener, 11th. Jury Interviews Interviews for jury duty will be heald by the Jury Selections Com mission today and Wednesday from 3 . to, 5 p.m. in the Council Room in Graham Memorial." - - Application sheets may be obtain ed in the Student Government office. Students recently selected for jury duty include: Bob McCormock. Charlie Gonzalez, Peter Gilchrist, George Kinney, Ken Carringlon, Michael F. Smith, David Lefler, Marcy Klingle, Ann Lucas, Janice Sutton, Ellen Stein, Mimi Leach, Donna Irving, Mary Ellen Bell and Charlotte Williams. programs. Those interested in either back stage or front stage work must sign up with either of the trree directors. The show is being co-sponsored by the Y and Graham Memorial. UP Meet The University F'atry, which last night nominated junior class of ficers and "dormitory legislature candidates, will meet, tonight in Gerrard Hall at 7 p.m. to decide town legislature candidates. travelling in Europe, the second month traveling in Russia and the last month the students traveling on their own. There are many un realized touring possiDuuies . in Russia, Carson said, including visiting homes, attending classes in Universities, Touring cities cf Leningrad, Kieve, Stalingrad and Moscow and a stemship excursion of the Black Sea. In preparation for such a tour, weekly seminars will be held next semester where the students will study and discuss the places they have desided to visit. If we have a trip again this year," Shotts said, "It is hoped that those taking part will plan the things they will do in Europe profitting by the experiences of the 30 Carolina students who were there last summer." FOUR PAGES THIS ISSUE roup tlon Annoyed Alums Ask Equality vith Carolina RALEIGH (AP) North Carolina State College alumni leaders, com plaining of "hurt feelings," called Monday for a legislative study commission to seek legislation which would give State College and North Carolina the same number of alumni on the Consolidated University of North Carolina Board of Trustees. Directors of the North Caro lina State College Alumni Assn. a so called for a change in the present law which makes the gov ernor exoffice chairman of the UNC trustees. The chairman, they said, should be elected by the Board of Trus tees beginning in 1961. State Alumni President Mose Kiser of Greensboro served as spokesman for disgruntled old grads of his school as the commissioij studying the manner of selecting UNC trustees - met in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol. "We feel bad ... our feelings have been hurt," Kiser said. By his count, the University at Chapel Hill now has 62 alumni on the UNC Board of Trustees. State College has nine and the Woman's I College in Greensboro eight. -Others on the 100-member UNC board have no. affiliation with either branch of the consolidated University. Kiser also presented to the study commission five suggestions,. prepared by State College Alumni Assn.'s Board of Directors concern ingthe organization of the board of Trustees. State Lottery Is Phi7s Topic By STAN BLACK The issue of a state lottery in North Carolina for income purposes will be debated by the Philan tropic Literary Society tonight at 8 o'clock. The rising costs of government on all. levels and the already heavy burden of taxes on the populace have forced goverments to look for revenue in other areas than that of taxes. One'of the more promising of these other ares appears to be the idea of the lottery, which has already been adopted sucessfully by the British government it will be argued tonight that losing money In a gambeling game is a much less painful measure than higher taxes. Furthermore the idea is popular with voters, ivho probably feel that it will be someone else loosing money on the lottery. As the people are faced with ever-rising debts on. the. state and national levels of government, the lottery becomes a more attractive proposition. The bill of the evening states that "the Phi goes- on record as favoring the adoption of a state wide lottery in Ncth Carolina. All interested persons have been invited to attend. INFIRMARY Students in the Infirmary yes terday included: Susan Elizabeth Merrick, Eliza beth Bass Van Wagener, Joan Winfield Barber, William PaiaUar Lytle, Stanly Grant Leftwich, Cur rel Hunton Tiffany, Donald Wortk Black, Robert Keith Kochenocr, Charles C. Howerton, William Waller Ecton, Mohmoud Mohamed Eid, -Malcolm Hector McLean, Betty Lou Lawrence and Franklin Pope Inman. Graos J

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