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from either the administration or the student body.
The Daily Tar Heel, is the official student publication of the Publica
' lions Board of the University of North Carolina. Richard Overstreet, Chairman.
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How Are Things At The Cliih?"
Sam W. Howie
Public Enemy Number One
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sions of the editor, unless otherwise credited; they are not necessarily represen
tative of feeling on the staff, and all reprints or quotations must specify thus,
March 9, 1961
Volume LXIX, Number 117
Party Platform At Carolina:
A Part Of Good Government
' If one puts aside the various
candidates for a moment and looks
,7 seriously at the proposals and plat
It forms offered by the two political
!! parties on this campus for the
forthcoming election, one outstand
ing conclusion can be reached: the
2 Student Party has voiced far more
tt concern for important issues than
-has the University Party.
" The former drew up a sixteen
! point platform to be presented to
the voters as a means through
r which they could better under-
stand what the party and its can
;: didates stand for. They chose as
I candidates people whose views
H stand in conformity with the plat--'-form.
;. The University Party, on the
- other hand, seems to have placed
itself above platforms and such
nonsense. Instead, it chose candi
dates on the basis of their ability
to win, and let the ideals fall where
. they might. As a result, no party
: image has evolved; we get, instead,
the picture of a group of individu
" als running as individuals, not as
I parts of an ideological whole, but
using the University Party identi-
I fication when it comes in handy.
':; There is nothing wrong with po-
II litical parties that a few good ideas
i cannot cure. The Student Party
' seems to have become aware of
this. It seems to have risen from
I, the depths into which it had fallen
1", in recent years and to have re
l" gained the identity which made it
' a vital force in student government
in the early part of the nineteen
fifties.
The University Party takes a
strange attitude toward politics,
one which does not make for good
government. It disdains any con
tact with the so-called "political
world," yet is engaged in what is
inherently a political process. As
a result, much time is spent in the
course of its deliberations trying to
shy away from the "grit and dirt"
of politics.
This is balderdash. If one wishes
to have good government one must
have good politics, and good poli
tics implies parties that wish to set
ideological patterns, to force the
lead. The Student Party, in taking
some considered and, often, cour
ageous stands, has done so. The
University Party, by publicly stat
ing that it is running almost solely
on a platform of experience, not
ideals, has patently refused to do
so.
If we are going to have good
politics at U.N.C. we must have
good platforms, good ideas, and
good men. The University Party
seems to be aware of the latter, but
of neither of the former. As a re
sult, it has left a vacuum in the
place it is supposed to fill: that of
opposition to the Student Party.
We are pleased with many of the
planks in the Student Party plat
form, but we are much more
pleased that it was adopted at all;
the University Party must meet its
challenge.
State Of The Economy
M The Joint Economic Committee
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;;of Congress began yesterday what
!il should be a highly useful series of
J ; hearings on the economic situation
Si! and its prospects. With the reces-
sion now nearly a year old and un
i! employment apparently at about
5,500,000 people, a peak in our his
Il'tory in this middle of the twen
tieth century, few subjects of Con
l gressional inquiry could be more
important.
l The sober testimony of the chair
J!!man of the Council of Economic
III Advisers, Dr. Walter Heller, can
'hardly be termed very cheerful.
Dr. Heller sees no real economic
; I upturn likely before the middle of
J;; the year. Beyond the immediate
problems posed by this recession,
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JONATHAN YARD LEY
Editor
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he is troubled by the tendency
toward slackness which our econ
omy has been showing over the
past half decade or more. Dr. Hel
ler's estimate that the unused pro
ductive potential of our economy
last year was equivalent to an
average loss of $500 for every
family in the nation gives a vivid
picture of the cost we are paying
because our resources are signifi
cantly under-employed. And under
lining Dr. Heller's testimony was
yesterday's news that business men
expect capital spending to decline
somewhat this year, while new
machine tool orders dropped sharp
ly in January.
There is a significant section of
opinion which believes that the re
cession is showing signs of "sau
cering out" that is, of having
touched bottom so that recovery
can begin. Seasonal factors, some
argue, should give both construc
tion and output a lift in the period
immediately ahead, while there are
signs that inventory liquidation a
prime source of our current prob
lems may be at or near an end.
Only time can tell whether the
more optimistic school of thought
is correct. But for the direction of
Government economic policy it
would seem wiser to be guided by
Dr. Heller's prudent caution. Even
if the upturn should begin in the
second rather than the third quar
ter, there is no guarantee that it
would be a vigorous upturn which
would return us quickly to full em
ployment of our human and mate
rial resources. And such full em
ployment, clearly, must be the goal
of Government policy in this time
of peril and opportunity.
From the New York Times.
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Laurie Holder
eDI9Ll THE. UAMJtmJ J5Zrt
Somebody once said, "The
worst thing that happened to
mankind was woman." Now, that
somebody was a real thinker.
After all, it was a woman Satan
tempted into eating the forbid
den fruit and bringing all the
trouble we have in the world to
day. Well, we'd like to add to what
that somebody said to sort of
modernize it. We would like to
change it around a little to read,
"The worst thing that happened
to mankind was woman in an
automobile."
It's a generally accepted fact
nowadays, at least among intel
ligent people, that a woman in a
car is about the most dangerous
thing around since the sabre
tooth tiger went out of style.
A female behind the wheel of a
300-plus horsepower automobile
on a crowded city street is a defi
nite threat to the safety and well
being of anyone who happens to
be around.
Just watch a woman in a car
in heavy traffic some day, that
is if you can chance driving close
enough to her so you can ob
serve what she does. It will
amaze you.
Now, take for instance the task
of turning left off a heavily
travelled city street. The proper
way to do it, and the way most
competent men drivers do it, is
to pick a small opening in the flow
of oncoming traffic and barge
right on in there. The oncoming
cars will have to stop for you and
you can make your turn. Some
times you get some of these
s.o.bs that won't stop for you
like they're supposed to, but
that's another matter.
The way the women drivers do
it, however, is to wait until there
is enough space in the oncoming
traffic before they make their
turn. Now, ask yourself, is that
any way to drive? How can any
one get anywhere driving like
that?
Also, take the problem of the
pedestrian. If a pedestrian runs
out in front of you, the proper
thing to do is to bear down on
him like mad and scare the hell
out of him so he won't do it
again. If you happen to hit him,
you scare him that much more.
The woman driver, however,
has got to stop or slow down for
the pedestrians. Now, isn't that
carrying this thing of kindness a
little too far? Of course it is.
No intelligent male driver would
do something like that.
When women drivers take their
time making left turns on crowd
ed streets and slow down for the
pedestrians and other things such
as that, what they are really
doing is holding up a lot of people
who want to get somewhere.
Women drivers are just plain
too timid and faint-hearted to
drive cars. The men ought to
start a move to take away all
women's driver's licenses as soon
as possible. Somebody is really
going to get hurt in traffic one
of these days if the females are
allowed to drive much longer.
A merican Blood: Black, White, Red A 11 Over Ken Toppeii
God banged His mighty gavel.
Before Him stood a man and a
woman, awaiting trial.
God: "Madam, state your name
'and tell me about yourself ."
Woman: "Agnes Black, of the
United States of America. I have
Caucasian blood."
God: "Would you like to re
main in Heaven?" ,
so,
Woman: "Yessir, very much
ed us ugly names; they threw
eggs at anybody that sympathiz
ed with ,us."
God: "I see. And what did
you do?"
' Man: "Why, I kept my mouth
shut. .1 sat back and took it, like
any red-blooded Negroid."
God: "That is all. Mrs. White,
do you liave anything to say in
your defense."
Womdn: "I'm white!"
God: "But why did you tor
ment the children of Mr. White?"
Woman: "Because he's black!"
But the Judge, in His infinite
wisdom, could not accept her
logic. He looked at Mrs. Black
and He looked at Mr. White; He
thought about black and He
thought about white; He ponder
ed the words "Caucasian" and
"Negroid." And all lie saw was
Red.
Peace: A Proper Perspective
God: "What did you do on
earth to earn this final reward?"
Woman: "Well, I raised a fam
ily. I went to church. I worked
hard. And when they tried to
make my children go to school
with niggers, I got out and stood
up for my rights like any red
blooded American."
God: "Red blood?"
Woman: "Yessir. Caucasian
blood is red blood."
God: "Very well. And why
did you hate these 'nigger chil
dren so much?"
Woman: "I never said I hated
them. I don't hate niggers, as
long as they stay in their place.'
God: "That's all. You may
step back. Sir, state your name
and tell me about yourself."
Man: "Henry White, of the
United States of America. I have
Negroid blood."
God: "Would you like to re
main in Heaven?"
Man; "Yessir, very much so."
God: "What did you do on
earth to earn this final reward?"
Man: "Well, I raised a family.
I went to church. I worked hard.
And when they started brow
beating my children "
God: "Just a second; who start
ed browbeating your children,
and what did they do?"
Man: "A bunch of women. Mrs.
White was one of them. They
stood out on the street; they call-
Annie Jackson....
Doesn't Live Here
As she picketed the Carolina
Theatre in Chapel Hill, Sally
Smith, a Negro, was tired. None
theless she persistently walked
back and forth with another Ne
gro and two whites. She wanted
in.
Annie Jackson was white. She
was in the Carolina Theatre and
she wanted out. Here's why,
Sally:
As a cultural and fine arts cen
ter, Chapel Hill is failing grossly
in its presentation of the art of
the cinema.
The Grade "C" Hollywood film
is easily booked and often played.
The Triple "A" art film is usually
ignored, not because of its lack
but because of the utter indif
ference on the part of the theatre
managers. This isn't right.
Today, in a period of renewed
film creativity all across the
globe, fine offerings are not
scarce. Sweden and Ingmar Berg
man have given us "Wild Straw
berries" in the tradition of Carl
Weather A nd Mid- Terms
Present Painful Decisions
Life doesn't balance out too
well this week; what with warm
weather and mid-terms, Carolina
students have been fighting the
elements in hopes of studying for
quizzes.
It's that time of year, when the
winds of March have stimulated
a yoUng man's fancy to lust (as
Walter Dellinger so aptly phras
ed it), but woe . . except for
those who have caught cold
Stretching out on damp Mother
Earth--the majority of Carolina
students have been on an intel
lectual alert.
Students have fallen prey dur
ing the day light houf s to beer
consumption arid sun absorption;
the familiar species of white liz
ard can be seen stretched out on
dormitory lawns.
" But more important, Wilson
Round Library has become the
academic have after dark.
The Reserve Room once again
floats in a sea of gangling limbs;
wintry-white legs protrude from
bermudas and cover the crowded
table tops. The room sways with
restless eyes searching for ad
justment to the new intellectual
surrounding.
Overridden by undergraduates
in the BA Roonv snarling gradu
ate students retreat to the dusty,
damp corners of the stacks.
The library lobby is the social
melting pot on campus. Here
various tributaries of pretentious
"students" form the delta that
flows down the student - ridden
steps into the Pine Room.
Those burrowing back into the
packed library after the second
coffee break at 10 p.m. grumble
about the enticing warm weather
and the undeniable mid-terms.
Mary Stewart Baker
Th. Dreyer. France's dying New
Wave has given several memor
able productions like "Black Or
pheus" and has goaded the old
masters into new creativity. Italy
has conquered with Fellini's "The
Sweet Life" and Rossellini's
"General Delia Rovere." India
and Satyajit Ray are new names
on the cinema map after his stir
ring trilogoy.
Russia has partly ignored party
strictures in order to give world
audiences "The Cranes Are Fly
ing" and the poetic "Ballad of A
Soldier." England has returned to
its unsurpassed comedy traditions
in "I'm All Right, Jack." And
Hollywood? It too has contribut
ed. "Sons and Lovers" was a rare
treat and "The Sundowners" con
tained one of the great cinema
moments with Deborah Kerr's
train station scene.
Chapel Hill theatres have
usually given us "Sex Kittens Go
To College" and "College Confi
dential." And what is more un
forgivable have presented them
in atmospheres worse than the
films themselves. The refurbished
theatre! The pleasant employee!
What do you want for a lousy 75
cents? Well, not that much real
ly. We want just once to see a
film without having to run an
obstacle course of employees who
look like they just joined an anti
Dale Carnegie club.
We want to buy a ticket with
out a scowl from the ticket girl,
who has been forced to put aside
her paperback novel; to enter the
theatre without a sneer from the
doorman whose tete-a-tete with
the candy girl has been inter
rupted; to get a single glance
from the candy girl whose in
terest in the film keeps her from
realizing that buttered popcorn
is dropping from the box in her
hand to the vest on our tummy;
to have a few seconds of silence
after an. emotional "On the
Beach" instead of a Daffy Duck
cartoon.
Sally Smith, we know you're
tired and discouraged, but wait
until you see Annie Jackson as
she leaves the theatre. Oh . . .
pardon me, Annie's left. She
doesn't live here any more.
Bill Morrison
A recent Daily Tar Heel ar
ticle concluded its "message," so
to speak, by saying, "In order to
act however best we see fit, peace
must be our own personal con
cern." . V " - v.
Certainly there is nothing
wrong with this statement at first
reading. It is merely exhorting
us "to act in the hope of obtain
ing peace. The flaw in this state
ment and the editorial is that the
retention of peace is now, seem
ingly more important than the
retention of our liberties.
This would be the picture given
to an outside observer, and if we
face the problem truthfully, it is
very close to the real situation.
So as not to risk war, Viet Nam
was divided into two parts, thus
putting half a nation into Com
munistic slavery. Korea was par
titioned also in fear that pro
longed conflict there would lead
to global war. There are many
other examples of appeasement
to the forces of tyranny all over
the world map.
We say "appeasement" here,
for this is exactly what has been
going on since 1945. As did Ne
vile Chamberlain in 1938, the
free world, in seeking "Peace in
our time," has subjugated mil
lions. Frankly, we have reached a
point at which we must have an
other look at our goals. Today,
one who speaks of liberty is con
sidered "corny." Only those who
seek peace are intellectuals. I do
not preach war, only retention of
liberty.
There is much -wriA,ei on se
curity. Millions search for se
curity. This is fine, for all of us
want security. However, oppor
tunity is more important, because
where there is opportunity for
advancement, security will exist
for those who succeed in atttain
ing their goals. Moreover, a
world void of opportunity is not
a free one.
Opponents of this point of view
might say, "You are young. You
haven't had to fight for peace
and freedom. Only then will you
know."
This is true. We have never
fought. We hope to never have
to fight. But let us realize that
more is at stake than economic
ideas or political opinions. We
must be prepared to fight for first
freedom, then peace.
We must strive to protect our
liberties, for without them, we
would have a perversion of se
curity; a security under a dicta
torial machine that would regu
late cur lives in every aspect.
We must put peace m its proper
prospective. There is no substi
tute for peace under liberty. We
can not interchange this and make
it literty under peace.
Chapel Hill A fter Dark
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With Davis B. Young
Good morning Mr. and Mrs.
Carolina and all the students in
the Lower Quad. While all you
silly people go to class this morn
ing we're going to play golf. No
classes on Thursday is the great
est. That sort of ruined breakfast,
didn't it?
Ran into one of those soap box
type guys yesterday. You know
the type, a crusade a day to keep
reality away.
,
Spring has come, and the coeds
are starting to soak up the sun.
For first time Chapel Hillians,
it's quite a shock.
The sororities take a break from
their normally constructive ac
tivities, and pile en masse onto
the ro6fs of their various houses.
There they . lie for hours letting--.
the sun god do his work.
These are the same girls who-
can be heard all over campus at
any time of the day saying the
following: "Oh I simply haven't
time to do all the work they pile
on. Why between pledge meet
ings, float committees, fraternity
parties, three hours of sun and a
four-hour nap, I just don't see
how those nasty old professors
expect me to do their work. Don't
y'all think I'm right?"
Sure you are honey. You just
go right on believing that. Those
professors work for you, you
don't work for them.
And why not elect Wayne King
editor? What's the matter with
that, young man?
We've been very pleased at the
overwhelming response to this
column. A lot of people have said
some very kind things to us about
it.-.
I'd like to thank both of you
very much.
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