w
. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, l!3f
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
fA".f TWO
A Decision Needed
i
II lllflf H.l tint ;s c iclt lit
1 1 f 1 1 ilic ( h.uu rllut C...!)iiu t inci ting on
Mniwl.iv. tli.il Mime seiioiis tliiiikiii.; needs 1 r
Ik (Ioiu- ik al m nit the put pu.se and function
i'l tin" I 1 1 i t v i t Ih'Iou the piessines ol time
and Kj'il.ni(ui u(ln(Ie a decision.
I lie election is .i Imu one ol wli.it type
ol .i s liool is the I'niw JMtv is oin; to he.
It i .i (Ium'II ol philosophii pin pose with
in which .ill Inline pi. inning nnisl tonloini.
It i a dec iion ct to le tn;..le.
I he dec ixioii will he ui.nic hy .i v,nii in
which the ( 'Ii.iik t llni is the lowest authoiity,
Im the in ist.ni is one to he made hy the
I'm in d ol Ili :hei I (location, the tinstecs, and
the ( oiisulid.iied I 'niv : sity olliceis. 1 low -oi.
ttie view ol the local .idminist i at ion
V ill itit.iinlv he taken into comidctal ion.
I he pmhU in "lies de e pe r th.'t the cpiestion
I wheiliM the l'nieisit is immii;; to s ic i i
In r cpidiiv hi 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 i t oi whether there
will oi will nut he a liheial ails college at
the I 'niw imiv . It is a piohlem ol what the
t'nixi iii is olleiiir to ils students and to
the state. It is a question ol the linn lion ol
the "ihci institutions in the slate.
Indeed it is a (pustion ol whelhet the
I 'nivnvtv will he" a'pl.Ke devoted to l;ni
inu ht the sake ol leainin' or learning lor
doiir h is a question ol whether the Uni
eisiu x i 1 1 he. il the editor iniht honow
a pht is'- limn a niemhet of the administra
tion, a c oiuitituiii ol petsous ( (luuuilted to
the putsiiii ol Until, or whethei this I'nr
i si t will he committed to "Jvin;.; educa
tion in spec i dlics so (hit student will he
opiinix d lol ot al ions of soi ls.
I his is ; f the heait ol ihe issue ol tiovlli,
and it is the ccntial piohlem in ihr many
jroMrius in ! discussed he-ie during the
nrt lew el.ivs. It is an issue" that must he u
sohed heloie it is too late to usohe it or
!Ioie- the I 'uivc isilv. heionics so I.ne that
the second alleiuitixe is the oulv possihility.
Ihe 1 1 1 1 i x f i si I is moving into the era ol
the ri;hl sloiy eloim. an eia. il continued,
whieh tiiomises inc i easing fia-.-ment "lion ol
tfir 1 f n i s f i v i i c ouiiuuniiy. and the question
lc -hue the pow ei s I hat he is whethei this is
elesiieahle. Dining the next Tew days the edi
toi will n to answer that cpiestion, hut lor
the piesrnl mi 1 1 it c il to sav that the loinier
dtei in: i e. the alternative of a community
ol peiMins cotumittrd to the puisuit of truth,
is the miK alid commitment th.'t this lTni
ncin'un with its tiaditions and with its his
toi'u.nl position tan make.
Appropriation Needed
Ninth as the editoi has opposed class olli
ceis in the past, it appeals that this gear's
clans oIlicriN hae come up with ;n idea that
dcseiMs . mention, note, and commendation.
I his idea is the sophotnoie c lass' pi ope r
siiion that a scholaiship iund he set up lor
distinguished students who hive (lcinonstr.il
ed academic ahilily and extr;' . in i ic ular par
tie ipitiou. Ihe Univeisity is woefully lack
ing in s, In n ship liinds. and this tpc oi a
scholaiship is especially "uiim n t.ml . I he Stu
dent I r;islaluie oii;ht c out i ihute toinoi
tow 1 1 i 1 1 1 the lunds to kick the plan oil. It
is a woithy nuclei taking, and il all classes
did soniei hiir; ol this soil, they
woiihwhdc has inir.
UNC
nTs! i
3 now
Chinese
Soviet
Con
gress
China"
,rVv
i : - .
March Wind
1 .suppose it i.s time to be a Sin
ister Subversive asnin. This happy
thnutit oteurred to me just last
Sunday afternoon while I was
wat chins a documentary film on
tclc ision. "the Face of IUd
Since American
citizens are f r
bkldfn to travel
to Uei China,
the superb foot
age was shot by
a German cam
eraman, and the
running com
mentary was
provided by an
lavish reporter.
Our own Walter Cronkite showed
the advantages ef freedom, Amer
ican style, by asking silly ques
tions. What the Chinese Communists
are doing really has to be .seen
tn be believed. In every area in
('us'ry. ag: iciil'iue. education, pub
lic healMi, e!c. they are making
advances vhuli are simply stag
gering. Ten years ago, China di I
not manufacture an nspirin tablet;
today, they make antibiotics. Ten
years ;r;o, China did not manu
facture a single tractor. Last year,
they made 20 000 of the dammed
things, and this year they wi'l
make l'o 000. Six hundred mil
lion people have come out of the
12 irk Ages into the 20t h century,
and no can can predict what thi.s
will mean for your future and
mine.
I could go on endlessly repeating
lhe;e statistics, but il would be
superflous. Yen get the point. This
transformation of China is very
possibly the most significant in all
of recorded history. Hut what
about the cost? Nothing comes for
nothing, as the old saying goes.
It was precisely on this point
that the TV presentation struck a
jarring anj typical' note. With
the camera panning a huge new
steel complex, the narrator sol
emnly intoned: "Of course, the
economic advance- is paralleled by
a decline in human rights." For
a minute there, I thought it was
Curtis (Jau-s up on his soap box
edvoealing KUFFUOM, but not
even dans could be guilty of such
asininity.
The idea that the old China
the China where men dieJ in the
s' reels of starvation, the China
where women were .sold into con
cubinage 'attention Cort Ed
wards), the China where war lords
lopped off peasant heads, the
China where great Hoods and
famine-, anj plagues periodically
toek millions of lives, the China
'There Seems To Be Some Kind Of Fallout"
3
miht
Give Blocd
It has heen icpoited that only p students
hive heen typed lo hlood to the hospit
al. Ihe hospital eurmitly , needs hlood ur
gently in otdei that opeiatiotis may he per
foimeel on-ehildicn patients there opera
tions which may well save their lives.
I he hospital is open all day Tuesday and
tluusday (tut hiding today) for hlood dona
tions.. II vent aie over i ye.ns ol ae, do
iiol hesitate to j;ive. and if you are between
the aes ol 18 and 2 tiy lo obtain yeiiir pa
i c iu's pet mission. Your donation now may
s.vv e a lile.
Thf effirml ultidrm puMic-alton f the Public utmii
B ,rd " Ihr Univrmity ef North Carolina, whrrr ll
n I'ublc.hr.l d-cily
frrpt Mondny anil
rimiiuti'oi period
rnt iimriiT trrmi
Kotrrrd a icrcond
cta-e mailpr In the
fM uffiee In Chapel
Ittfl. N ('.. unflrr
IJ)p art ef Mrrh f
IH'i'O SuhrrPtln
ra'r: tt f-0 prr t
t r. $R r
Tic I' cilv Tier HtJ
ii printed by the
Nrw Inc., Crrlwiro,
Editor
Managing IMdor
I - r . )
i
y .
N. C.
CUItm tiANS
CHUCK FL1NNEU
STAN FtSIltin
News Flit or
Assistant Sports Editor
ANN FIX YE
. eluott coortn
problem is taken care of, then,
and only then, will Mr. John Doe
of China turn his thoughts to
habeas corpus and other such
The New Republic
The 21st Congress oi the Soviet Communist Party
i o'oinc lik its rjrpdeces-
was not an cpocn-indB.is 7 V.
...k;v lhriishehpv made his
sor tnree years ayo, - .
esoteric subjects. First things first, historic "secret speech." It has, nowever, coiuirm.
The earliest American settlers cd both the personal domination off Kliractiev
worried about food and Indians, and the board outlines of the P01."
Democracy, as we know it, grew Ped by him. line ,vvdhn , choru, o -
for the crcanve leauer wuu "u " - -
political, economic and educational reform of recent
years and defeated the knavish tricks of the "anti
party group" single-handed has finally ended what
was left of the fiction of "collective leadership."
But there has been no tendency to return to mass
terrorism, to the use of the secret police as an in
strument of everyday rule, or to the replacement of
economic incentives by brutal compulsion; oh the
contrary, state force is to be increasingly disguised
as the pressure of "social organizations," all, of
course, directed by the party.
In foreign affairs, the diplomacy of coexistence
It is estimated that will continue, along wun inrcui auu u.su at w..-
ehoscn moments; the West is again urged 10 ena
the Cold War" and to "let the people decide" about
the outcome of peaceful competition, but the peo
ples of Eastern Europe will be given no such op
portunity, while moral support for Communist and
"anti-imperialist" movemcrits will go on. At the
same time. Khrushchev' has made it even clearer
than before that he no longer believes in a serious
risk of world war by Western attack; finally, the
effort to woo the non-Communist neutrals in Asia
and Africa will continue undiminished.
slowly; i . 4 ; .
Now, for the most exciting part
of the column. March Wind has
another POSITIVE SUGGESTION!
W1IEE!
The symbol of the new China,
of the great transformation, is the
home-made blast furnace. There
arc perhaps 100,000 of these crude
slructsrcs all over China, shooting
little sparks into the night time
sky, grinding out the iron ingots
lor processing in the Manchurian
steel . mills
within ten years these furnaces,
in. every peasant village and in
every city park, will bring Com
munist China past Great Britain
in steel production.
Western , experts are inclined to
sneer at this phase of the great
Chinese effort. They say it is very
childish, uneconomical, and the in
gots arc of poor quality. Perhaps
the experts are right; perhaps
they arc wrong. (Experts are of
ten wrong.) Why don't we find
out?
vberc opium was the biggest "in
ehistry" the idea that this old
China was some sort of citadel of
"human rights" is simply incredi
ble. It is my guess that this prize
specimen of idiocy was not per
petrated on the viewing audience
just for propeganda reasons. I
would guess that American policy
makers arc prisoners of their own
myth. They really believe that
the average Chinese citizen feels
iiVcnsely his "loss" of "freedom,"
an t is therefore ready to revolt
when the proper ' opportunity
comes. The technical phrase for
Ibis phenomenon (I just throw
this in to impress you) is: "an
Ueological separation from the
cMstcntial reality." And if you're
among the many who've been
wondering whatinhell is wrong
wi'.h Duller, that's it.
The idea that the Chinese cit
izen is being "regimented" (Of
course he's being "regimented."
and just what do you think is hap
pening to you?) and "brain
washed" (Of course he's being
"brain-washed." and just what do
you think is the function of Amer
ican television? Have you had
your Bufferin today?) so that he
will put forth the enormous effort
needed for the transformation is
a neat inversion of the "existen
tial reality." The transformation
into a modern society comes first;
it is literally a life-or-dcath ne
cessity. But the essential prere
quisite for this transformation is
a high degree of social cohesion,
i.e. "regimentation," am-the, , es
sential prerequisite for social" co
hesion is rational justification,
i.e. "brain-washing."
This country of ours used to
respect hard work. The Puritan
ethic (which, incidentally, used a
lot of "regimentation" and "brain
washing") made a, fetish out of
hard work. But now we are soft.
Only a few American crackpots
If enough UNC students will in
dicate to The Tarheel an interest
in challenging the Chinese pea
santry on its own terms, I am
sure that Editor Gans can be de
pencded upon to set the neces
sary wheels in motion.
How about it?
In spite of all appearances to
the contrary, I am convinced that
UNC students are just as smart
and tough as Chinese peasants.
Let's hear from YOU, you regi
mented, brain-washed "volunteer."
work hard. And so, when wc see
an industrious people hard at
work, we naturally assume that
they are busy only to avoid the
rigors ot a totalitarian concentra
tion camp. .
This is not to say that the
Chinese Communists do not have
"concentration camps. They do. It
is to say that the average Chi
nese citizen is working very hard
indeed these days because he sees
the possibility that death (per
haps HIS death) by Hood, famine
or plague can be relegated to the
barbaric past. When that little
Within the Communist world, the serious ideolo
gical challenge presented by Mao Tsc-lung last fall,
when the Chinese communes were presented as a
Since we can't go to Red China revolutionary shortcut to the higher stage of cgali
without risking an American pri- tarian Communism, has been quickly brought un
son (The U. S. docs not have con- der control. There is much to be said for the view
ccnlralion camps except for spe- tnat il was primarily because of that challenge that
cial cases like the Japancse-Amer- the Present extraordinary Congress was called at
icans in World War II) LET'S a (within a few days of the Chinese, announce
BUILD A BLAST FUPvNACE menW li was certainly the reason why the new
IIEUE AT UNC Soviet seven-jear plan, the official theme of the
' , ,. , Congress, was presented as "the first stage of the
Would that not be kicks? all.round buiiding of Communism." Soviet idcologi-
tte may have to fight those cal journals have been full of learned arguments
dammed Chinese peasants some as t0 why the highcr stagc of Communism can only
day. Lets find out for ourselves, bc rcached on the basis of productive abundance
m the only way we can, just how due to the very highest technical level arguments
much guts they've got. which the Chinese Communists finally had to ac-
Now I wouldn't know a blast Cept by mid-December, in the light of their own
furnace if I were in bed with one. difficulties as well as of Soviet pressure. Khrush
And I suspect this is true of most chev made the point again before the Congress, to
UNC students who might be in- the applause of Chou En-lai; but he has also ex
terested in the project. Therefore, plicilly conceded that the Chinese communes, now
a modicum , of leadership - and su- that, the challenging claim of a shortcut to Com
pcrvision by, somebody who has munism is abandoned, are tfce kind of peculiar in
been in bed with a blast furnace stitutions to which each loyal Communist country
is essential. Also essential is a is entitled. He has thus once again, confined the
modicum of money for the coal, claim of Soviet authority to leadership in foreign
iron ore, bricks, etc. - needed to policy and ideology, while leaving some scope for
keep the dammed tiling going for Practical variety within the limits of the "common
say a week or two. Finally, vol- Iaws of Soci alist development" a statement which
unteer manpower will be heeded to Mr- Cromulka has been quick to welcome,
actually operate the furnace (these . But thc unsettIcd issucs arc hardly less vital,
volunteers may require a little In mapping out the road to Communism. Mr. Khru
regimentation and brain-wash- shchcv not only dazzled his hearers with rows bf
ing, ,)- more or less realistic production figures and rather
As for thc blast furnace site unrealistic promises of a drastic reduction of work
I suggest a central location, e.g. ing hours; he also indicated that the time has come
in front of South Building. The when the collective farmers recently the main
fire insurance rates ought to be beneficiaries of his reform will have to pay by
pretty good there, everybody at greater subordination to new forms of state di
UNC will have a good view of the rcction. State control over their investments it to
operation, and it will warm Chan- be. strengthened in a variety of ways, including
ccllor Aycock's heart to see UNC ixca statekciKhoz enterprises; after, thc reduction
students actually sweating.
Individual Freedom On the Carolina Campus
Advertising Manajcr
FRED KATZIN
Circulation Manager
BOB WALKER
Don Dotson
The time lias come when the
stu tents of this University must
rise up and oppo.se the disease
v hieh has begun to manifest itself
on our campus. The time has come
to beat down those people who are
attempting to turn this University
into a finishing school. It i.s time
to make it clear that we are de
diealevl, not to thc dictates of a
Pcsidcace Council, not to lb?
pressures of the fashion peddlers,
not to the manifest philosophy cf
he clean of women and her brish'
cyed childrcn-iollowcrs, but to our
great motto of "LIGHT AND LIB
ERTY." Surely there i.s no single cause
for this decay which i.s taking
place. Indeed there arc many rea
sons One. however, is certain
Tor the most part, the male stu
dent conies to this campus with
a fairly plastic mind. Here he is
suddenly released from many of
the restrictions of home. His pe
riod of adjustment to the freedom
which he finds here may be very
chaotic. Ii may take more than
one semester or one year. Indeed,
this freedom is disastcrous for
some. With time and patience,
however, our system pays off. It
pav.s off in the form of develop
ing and individual who is self
eliseiplined and self-reliant. He
learns one of the most important
lessons, that of individual-thinking
ami resourcefulness. He finds out
before il is too lute that there will
not always be someone to order
his time, make his decisions, and
plan his life for him. He has a
chance to develop these things on
which all other things depend,
th'-se? thincs. without which all
others are worth absolutely noth
ing to himself or anybody else.
Such is not the case with the
woman on the campus. She does
Truth In Reflection
"THE DOGMAS OF THE QUIET PAST ARE INADEQUATE TO THE
STORMY PRESENT. WE MUST THINK ANEW, AND ACT
ANEW. WE MUST DISENTHRALL OURSELVES."
"I SHALL DO NOTHING IN MALICE. WHAT I DEAL WITH IS
TOO VAST FOR MALICIOUS DEALING."
Abraham Lincoln
Bom: 12 February
180?
our liberal tradition. They are
dragging our University to the
same low level of student inde
pendence, integrity, and self-government
as the institutions from
which they came. If unchecked,
they will bc the death of the free
system which makes this a great
University and a leader in the
South
not come to our uniqucly-free-for-the-South
institution with such a
plastic mind. For the most part,
she i.s a junior who has spent her
first two years at W. C, St.
Mary's, and Whoknowswherclse.
Her exposure to our freedom must
bc a shock. She is sure that some
thing is wrong. We have failed to
make enough rules. We do .not
have enough courts, councils, com
missions, boards, committees,
rules, regulations, codes and big
sisters to tell us what to do. To
her mind, this place really is in
bad shape and she is thc heaven
sent to save us.
Perhaps I should say at this
point that this is not true of all
thc new juniors. Indeed, by this
point, they have divided into two
general groups. The first group is
composed of those who, two years
ago, may have come to college
expecting to begin a real transi
tion into the responsibilities of
adulthood and found, instead, that
they were not yet on their own,
but that they were to spend a few
more years being treated like chil
dren To them, student govern
ment, freedom, and independence
become a farce. With this attitude
they come to Carolina. This group
must expect the same thing here.
(If things keep on at the present
rate they wili, indeed, find thc
same thing here.) They have prob
ably given up, because wc . don't
hear much from them.
The ones we do hear froirt, .arc
in the second group. These arc
the bright-eyed children-followers
mentioned previously. A good
many nurse-lcadcrs may be found
in this eroup too. Authenticated re
ports indicate that this results
from a combination of causes in
cluding the physical separation of
the school of nursing from ilyrcst
of the campus, the extended ca
reers of high-school-leaders with
high school ideas, and the attitude
of the dean and administration of
the school of nursing.) At ny rate,
these are the ones who were too
immature to become ; -disgusted.
What they see is a good "Chance to at everyjurn. They would destroy jority Of One.
Finally, no decision was. taken cither on the fat
of the "anti-party group." Clearly. Molotov jf,n.
t i r h n -Vi ! . .
Thc time has come for the cit- -uu u,uir associates nave not been prepared
izens of this campus to show their to . mke thc unconditional political surrender re
disgust with this type of leadership. f them; and the fact that thcy we not
Thc time has come to replace , , led to account "before the Congress." as on
these so-called "leaders" with real deIe-ate demanded, suggests that Khrushchev was
leaders, independent thinkers who e? to !et, thcm make a statement of their
arc not afraid of freedom, people ?ltl?S or.e this aemi-public forum. Their
with faith in our liberal tradition. T ?" 'factlonal stru33 against the party's
The women of this campus must DfW Pfbly be decided behind the
elect leaders who will strive to Sert toeetin- but
guarantee to them the same meas- 0 ion' r $ f rtsldh,m
urc.of freedom and independence "e that at lc the laT fr
enjoyed by the men of this Uni- Cs c f TppLTrt
vcrsity for so many years. It is time faein. Yet a nmw JLll
- muv,i j i r i it m tk. v r m inn pain-c
that Malcnkov at least, whom Khrushche clearly
organize a game of "follow the
leader" and thcy are going to
make damn sure they are the
leaders. Thcy thrive on the apathy
of the disgusted ones as they run
out and have their cute mugs
plastered on posters and pinned
on every available inch of wall
space on the campus. And once
elected, how they do lead! They
are the leaders, the queens, the
judges, and the juries. They are
tho defenders arid advocates. Thev
are the inquisitiohcrs and execu
tioners. Thcy are the scourge of
freedom and the liberal traditions
of the University of North Caro
lina. It is these people whom we
have to thank for the summary
court martial type of trial con
ducted in thp seerpf rnnnri1 Thou
are the ones who have imposed A theatrical producer is a man government:'
the harassments of fines and Dettv Vvho thinks tnat Shakespeare might
rules on their fellow coeds. They h&ve a bit it . he would only prop "One picture is' worth ten thousand words"
are the Refiners of ladies. They UP that sagging second act, cut out and in many a book of instructions with a
are seeKing io moia tne rest of the v fij. " onsress is in session or secession.
campus in their own image. They Iew more visual Sags.
have thrown away our freedoms From Sidney J. Harris, Ma-
time for the disgusted women on
this pamniK in cnool- nut orritnof t-i- , .
'6 uaics ana lears most, may still be tried not for
he bright-eyed children-foUowers. his political opposition to Khrushchev' but for Ms
It is time for the disgusted ones former "violations of Socialist legality " ie his par-
jom the Student Party or the Uni- ticipation in Stalin's crimes. The ca'e would not
vcrsity Party and make sure that be difficult to make; but it might well prove diifi-
such people are not nominated for cult to stop with Malcnkov.
offices this Spring. The time to .
act is now. .
Only. a short time since they went up, and
who's heard much recent squawking about
mr king meters?
List for county and town taxes, pay the
.fourth installment on the fedeta1 income tax
estimate, buy State and town automobile
tags who says any citizen's remote from the
The
Awful Truth
of the private plots of thc collective farmers, an
effort is to b made also to reduce the private i
herds, which still comprise a good half of the ris- 1
ing livestock population of the Soviet Union; and j
...ko.mi; a uiu pt-e. project ot me resettlement
of the villagers in "agro-towns" (he now calls them
"new settlements of an urban typfc") is to be re
vived. This program is significant proof of tbe
party's desire, after its recent economic successes,
to start anew twisting the country's life in accord
ance with ideological designs; but so far no time
table is attached to it,; and this is the kind of pro
gram which may be ineffective if no serious prcs
sure is used, and may damage production if it is.
fore is required to be . a liberal
calling a con$ervative a reactionary.
than
. ,,--- )t ,n, . ;' . ,