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Volume 72, Number 116 Friday, March 13, 1964 Stye Batlg SFar w 71 Years of Editorial Freedom Entered as 2nd class matter at the Past Office in Chapel Hill, N. C, pursuant to Act of March 8, 1870. Subscription rates: $4.53 per semester; $8 per year. Published daily except Mondays, examinations periods and vacations, throughout the aca demic year by the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina. Printed by the Chapel Hfil Publishing Company, Inc., 501 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, N. C. The Atchison, Topeka And The 'GDI9 ; The "GDI" Paradise" gets underway tonight, and a lot hinges on its success. , The "GDI Paradise" is a combination transportation-recreation-dining effort aimed at widening the recreational possibilities of the dormitory man with out a car, andor his date. There are absolutely no strings at tached to the deal. For $2.75 per per son, or $5.00 per couple, you get a pizza or spaghetti supper at La Pizza, four games of bowling at All Star Lanes in the Eastgate Shopping Center and free transportation all the way- A bus will stop at Ehringhaus Park ing Lot on the hour between 5 and 11 ' p.m., at 10 past the hour in front of Lewis Residence Hall in the Lower Quad, at 20 past the hour in front of Aldermen, and at half past the hour in front of Kemp's downtown . The "GDI Paradise" will roll only on Friday nights until the success of the project can be determined. Jimmy Weeks, the UNC Law School student who dreamed up the idea and worked it out with the merchants con cerned, says success means the pro gram will be extended to Saturdays and perhaps to additional merchants as wTell. In fact, success could lead to a whole range of such programs, including trips to Women's College in Greensboro and other places. The purpose, again, is simply to pro vide the man without a car a place to go and take a date to which is well out of walking distance- This project deserves the inspection of every auto-less student. There will probably be a few bugs to get worked out in the beginning, but every initial indicator points to its success. See you on the "GDI Paradise"? Tonight, from 5 to 11. The Sam And Henry Letters: More Please ' Greensboro Daily News 4 Debate by correspondence may have reached its zenith in the 18th century, but we are pleased to see that two dis tinguished North Carolinians think enough of the tradition to sustain it. To debate by letter requires two in dispensible requisites: There must be differences of opinion but mutual respect between adversaries. These requisites are met beyond question in the case of Dean Henry Brandis of the University of North Carolina Law School and Sen. Sam J. Ervin of the U. S. Senate: They ' admire each other; they have differen ces on civil rights and otherwise and one lives in Chapel Hill and the other Washington, thus making debate-by-letter appropriate. Recently these two have engaged in a colloquy we might call it the Sam and Henry Letters about the pending civil rights bill; and their latest corre spondence as published in The Chapel Hill Weekly displays great erudition. Senator Ervin is reiterating his con viction that a considerable distinction exists between a filibuster and an educa tional debate in the U- S. Senate. The latter is his objective. "In participating in the forthcoming debate in the Sen ate," the senator writes, "I will be keep ing faith with that reactionary Ameri can, George Washington, who declared in his farewell address to the American people that it was just as important to preserve constitutional principles again fit destruction as it was to establish them." Then the senior senator wades direct ly into the issues raised by various seg ments of the civil rights bill, which he calls a "drastic assault" upon the "inde structible union composed of indestruc tible states": (1) The bill attempts to transfer from the states to the federal government the power vested in the states by Article I, to prescribe the qualifications for voters in federal elections; (2) It confers upon all departments and agencies administering any program involving the use of federal funds the power to use untold billions of dollars of federal appropriations to bribe or browbeat states, political subdivisions of states, charitable institutions, indus try and individuals into acceptance of their views in matters relating to race; ! (3) Title III would allow a federal gov ernment to "tell a barber operating in a hotel anywhere in the United States whom he must shave, a beautician op erating in a hotel anywhere in the Unit ed States what woman she must attempt to beautify, and a shoeshine boy operat ing in a hotel anywhere in the United States whose shoes he must shine." (4) Title II would allow the govern ment to tell every lawful business or in dustry whom he shall hire, discharge, promote or lay off. . Senator Ervin contends that he can not "be silent upon these matters as long as the rules of the Senate permit me to speak." In answer to these assertions Dean Brandis replies: (1) Nothing he has written suggests ' curtailment of. "full debate" upon the merits of the civil rights bill; he has never anticipated that Senator Ervin would engage in any such filibustering tactics as reading stock market quota tations or other irrelevant material. But "even in an educational debate the criti cal point is reached when the end sought by the speakers ceases to be the presen tation of argument as a desirable pre liminary to a vote on the merits and comes to be the prevention of such a vote. At that point a filibuster is in full cry ; and I reiterate my belief that this is -highly prejudicial to the future of democratic government in the Unit ed States." (2) While he (Dean Brandis )is not attempting to argue the merits of the civil rights bill, he thinks it could be "greatly improved by amendments sub stantially modifying some of its pro visions" however; (a) The ultimate authority on the con stitutionality of legislation remains the U. S. Supreme Court and while one may be critical of its decisions, he still should accept them as law; (b) The Senator is greatly perturbed by the effect of legislation restricting an individual's freedom, yet he has never been similarly exercised "over numerous state statutes, enforced for so many years not only restricting freedom of choice but also denying equality of privi leges and rights by requiring segrega tion"; (c) The Senator believes that civil rights should remain the responsibility of the states, yet the same argument was made about slavery 100 years ago and led to civil war; today civil rights is a national problem and not one to "be inconsistently dealt with or neg lected by the states." (d) Finally the Dean shares the Sen ator's "reverence for individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution but be lieves in "making them, including the provision regarding equal protection, true and meaningful for all our citi zens." Thus the Sam and Henry Letters maintain throughout and consistently the eloquent tone of two learned scholars counseling each other. And one must conclude that their dif ferences, while substantial, are those of emphasis. Senator Ervin would focus his concern on the centralization of au thority and the long arm of federal force reaching down into the local com munity to work its will; while the Dean emphasizes exisiting inequities and the need to do justice in areas of "equal protection of the laws" which too many states have long neglected and still, in many cases, refuse to heed. In truth both emphases are important. And it seems plain to us that individual freedom for all citizens assured by the Constitution will remain in danger and be further whittled away (as Senator Ervin fears) unless individual states and local communities voluntarily cor rect the inequities noted by Dean Bran dis. Would the Senator and the Dean care to continue the Sam and Henry Letters and address themselves more directly to these points? Letters To The Editors Reader Sends Two Gripes More Pregnant Guinea Pigs? Editors, The Tar Heel: I would like to say two things. First. In the past few weeks Dick Akers has been cut to the quick by people who didn't hold wiith his beliefs and policies. Well, I want to know where this boy is? Is he going to stand by and be ridiculed by the unfeel ing dastards of UNC who haven't the intelligence to lay off the poor guy? Obviously the guy is overworked and we, the student body, should realize this and let the poor guy alone. Chin up," Dick. Second. How can you, the editor ial board of The Daily Tar heel (sic), go so low as to waste one whole column on a lousy review. Specifically the one by Mr. Mc Innis in the Saturday (sic) paper. I say hell, you would have done better to tell us more about preg nant guinea pigs. Keep up the good work, fellas. Sincerely, Terry Hannon 313 Grimes Nothing New In 505 Ehringhaus Editors, The Tar Heel: I am quite willing to relinquish the title of "Diatribe King" given me in the March 8th edition of the Daily Tar Heel by William Garnett of the Law School. The publication of his letter should make it clear to all of us that there is a new master of the illogical insult, and I felicitate Mr. Garnett. I would like to. point out a few inaccuracies in Mr. Garnett's letter in the hope that I may relieve Mr. Garnett of a part of the great burthen un der which he is labouring. It would be very nice if all of us had Mr. Garnett's papal in fallibility. Unfortunately I am not allowed to make any state-' ments without incurring Mr. Gar nett's wrath for mv assumin? 'that standards of value and postulates of propriety are . . . (my) . . . own brittle, untouch able child," whereas he can with perfect freedom condemn my statements as crude and shallow. The relationship between good taste and shrewd integrationist editorial policy is a little abstruse. If the editors' fatigue from their work with the civil rights move ment is responsible for their de clining powers of journalistic dis crimination, then they ought to make other arrangements for choosing the material which com poses the editorial page. No matter how Mr. Garnett states it, exploiting the sympathy of the American public for financial gain is in no way defensible. There is no justification for apathy. If making statements without giving reasons, as Mr. Garnett claims I have done, is so execrable, then he should tell the unenlightened what apathy's reason for being is. ods of boycott, picketing and other lawful demonstrations or the attainment cf social justice, and Whereas we commend and are thankful for the witness borne to the above principles by other individuals and groups, both local and national. Therefore, we, the duly ap pointed executive committee of the Episcopal Student Congre gation, hereby There is nothing subtle about Mr. Wainwright's article; it oozes lower-class emotion well calculated to appeal to Mr. Gar nett. Mr. Wainwright no doubt had in mind that readers of his article would accept President Kennedy's greatness as based on the funeral pageant and the grave side services; thus the actual greatness of President Kennedy is conveniently obscured, and no one need question whether a president elected by such a tiny margin is as great as those who were laid on the same bier and drawn on the same caisson before him. Mr. Garnett has lionized John F. Ken nedy to such a degree that there is not the least hint of objective evaluation of the accomplishments of President Kennedy, the great est of which were not being shot in Dallas, eulogized in Washing ton, and buried in Arlington. The purpose of the press is not exclusively to provide informa tive or pleasant reading, nor its its purpose to be as offensive as possible. There is no reason for any article's being poorly writ ten. To Wainwright "it was a very simple grave . . . but still, simple as it looked, one could not take it all in. The long, slow walk hav ing been achieved, there was suddenly too much to see and too little time to see it." If this is not obsession with "graveside glories," what is? John F. Ken nedy was in no way responsible for that hillside in Arlington. It is only a monument to his death and to Mrs. Kennedy's ability to obtain inappropriate markers. There is another Eternal Flame HTlif "Rnvontt in Arlington, and apparently a AA1 1 1 great many people have forgot ten the one whose grave it marks. Would John Kennedy have got ten such a memorial had he died a more prosaic death? Is assas sination sufficient reason for such a memorial? If so, why aren't the graves of Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley so marked? They died just as dead as John F. Ken nedy. The policy of the Daily Tar Heel in this matter is inexcusably des picable. Where apathy and poor taste abound, only the courage to take a stand, to violate "accept ed" journalistic standards, will assure their continued existence. Surely Mr. Garnett's statement that I failed to be objective and fair was an oversight, in view of the lack of objectivity and fairness so overt in Mr. Garnett's petty tour-de-farce. , Kerry. By Kerry Sipe 5 - i . . TV7 JUL There is a hero in our midst. A man who, despite a million ef figies of Surgeon General Luther Terry hanging in tobacco barns all over the SouLh, a man who, despite the $3 million tobacco in dustry which teeters overheard in a "catch-as-catch-cancer" situation, is willing to do further (1) urge all proprietors and - tha (f:oM ,.f rtearette patrons of segregated establish- ' Hia. ments to open their hearts and doors to all persons regardless of their race, and (2) ask the cooperation of all students and citizens in helping to save our society from the per nicious system of segregation, and (3) recommend such methods to attain this end as conferring with owners who segregate ra cially; as picketing and other lawful means of demonstrations; and as refusing to patronize bus inesses which irrationally dis criminate against our fellcw citizens and brothers in Christ. (The above (resolution was passed by an 11-0 vote of the entire membership of the Epis copal Student Planning and Ac tion Committee.) The Episcopal Planning and Committee Student Action More Names For Though all the methods current ly employed by those who active ly seek equal rights for all citi zens may not be completely de sirable or productive, the under signed are convinced of the Tight ness of this cause. We feel that the best and most effective ex pression of our strong belief in the cause of civil rights is through patronage of only those businesses which we know to have demon strated their belief in the basic equality of all men by accom modating all equally, regardless of race, creed, or national origin. "Some 70 million Americans smoke cigarettes," says Dr. Ed ward Annis, president of the America: Medical Association. "We're lucky if we can get 5 million to quit, even with the re ports. I see no reason why, with all oilr scientific Juiowhow and some money, we can't make smoking safe." This does not mean that Dr. Annis is the first to tackle the problem. Seventy million smok ers the world over are not tak ing this thing lying down. Great Britain has developed a tobacco substitute that pre sumably takes the place of the craving for tobacco smoke. Ger man scientists have passed the buck for lung cancer to auto mobile exhaust fumes rather than tobacco. The Germans sug gest that their countrymen en joy their smokes while walking to work in the morning. Americans say it's not the to bacco that does it, but the paper and the glue that holds the thing together. The John Birch Society calls it a Communist conspiracy to per petuate the Havana cigar indus try. To them all the Surgeon Gen eral has made his reply. "Any vegetable material (whether tobacco, gasoline, paper, or corn shucks) when burned under the conditions prevailing when to bacco is smoked, will produce hazardous substances." All of us are doing a lot more exhaling and a lot less inhal ing than we did last month. And so, as the sale of Ban tron and No-Smoke soars to a new high, the nation's fifth larg est cash crop, user of one fourtu of America's metal foil, t h e third largest user of cellophane, is balanced on the brink of nancial disaster. I remember when we would decorate cur Christmas tree with the little n-J pull strings. Another precious memory falls victim to progress. One wonders what is going tc be done with all the industry's surplus filter tips. I'm storing a crateful in my fallout shelter. They'll come in handy in case o gas warfare. "Most cancer-producing com pounds are not present in the tobacco leaf," the abomidable Dr. Terry continues, "but are formed during the burning pro cess." Apparantly he has n objections to our chewing our cigarettes raw. But there can be no repair to the egos of cigarette smokers everywhere, who have been shamed in the eyes of their pipe and cigar smoking associates, who poke their fingers into their instruments, mumbling knowingly about heel and dottle, spitting on the sidewalks, and assuring themselves quiet confidently that they knew it all the time. There is a human side to every impor tant question. If Dr. Annis can come through as he has promised with absolute proof that the Sergeon General is just a befuddled old man that, moreover, tobacco smoke is the long-lost cure for the common cold, think of the glory that will be his. Liggett and Meyers can give up their leaf collection. Edward R. Murrow can go back to work. The Kool Penguin can come out of retirement. And, more im portant, if Uncle Sam can prove that cigarettes are not tacks for the coffin, he can rest assured that they will continue to be tax for the internal revenue. Richard Bynum-Parsons III 505 Ehringhaus Episcopal Group Joins Boycott Editors, The Tar Heel: Whereas we believe in the equal and infinite preciousness of every human person to God, as shown by his Son Jesus Christ, who died for all men, and Whereas we affirm the right of all men to equal protection under the law, and ; WThereas we support the meth- Larry L. Poe Bill Home P. Doublas Fann Lawrence M. Kaye Luehman Al-Ahady - Dick Smith Edwin Alan Taylor Thomas Marbury . John Pugh Fred W. Roush Charles Pettis Lewis M. Burton Ralph C. Ilendren J. Judson Jones Travis Venters Charles W. Dunham Scott Morgans tern Paul Eugene Brown 'The Shallow UP' "Sure I'm For Equalizing Things" Editors, The Tar Heel: The recent letter by UP chair man, Jeff Adams, shows exactly how shallow the philosophy of the University Party actually is. He has said that President Law ler has "failed to meet the challenges of a mass institution." This is ridiculous. No UP presi dent has ever met the important challenges like Mike Lawler. Far too many of them have been smooth "nice-guy" types, largely lacking in courage. In his letter Adams refers to "unnecessary arguments with the administration." Apparently this refers to the apartment rule and student-faculty review board dis putes. These are hardly ranked as minor. They are issues that threatened the very existence of student government. But then perhaps such "little things" as fair trials, due process, and stu dent autonomy are meaningless to the UP. The SP has faced these problems, even when it was out of office, and attempted to solve them. These are ad mittedly areas where few stu dents are directly affected, but nonetheless, they are as import ant as roaches in the Lower Quad (few people need a special UP committee to tell them about this problem). Also, Lawler is not the person to blame for any inaction by the Campus Affairs committee. Just ask anyone on it about its activi ty (or lack of activity!). The blame is on the shoulders . of Don Curtis, former UP chair man. Curtis did try to resign shortly after he was appointed, but Lawler would not accept his resignation until he had submit ted a report of the committee's work in order that the new chairman would know the status of the committee. This is not an unreasonable thing to ask from a chairman. But Curtis persist ed in. not giving a report to the President and Lawler finally fir ed him. The most ridiculous charge of all concerns the Tar Heel Print Shop Bill. Adams says that there was $5,000, appropriated for this bill's administration. This is in total error. No money '"Was appropriated on the pass age of . the bill. Also, no special committee was appointed tie cause, by the time when Lawler came into office, the Publica tions Board had investigated the establishment of a print shop and found the cost so high it as to be ludicrous. If our stu dent body were the size cf the University of Michigan or Cali fornia, then we might be able to justify the expenditure. President Lawler's stand cn civil rights has teen diseased enough. However, one thins has been overlooked in the melee. There are Negro students in the student body. Student Govern ment has a responsibility to them also. I think that it is a necessary part of the executive's job to look out for their v.tl fare too. This is all that Presi dent Lawler was trying to do. I hope that I have mads my point clear. Adam's letter was so full of misrepresentations and wrong facts that it is deserving of a rebuttal. I hope that in the future the UP rise from pet ty name-calling and face the sig nificant issues which coufort Student Government. Neal Jackson, Chairman Ways and Means Committee Letters The Daily Tar neel fa il vites comments on current f topics from its readers re- gardless of viewpoint. All letters to the editors should U be typewritten, double -If spaced and of reasonable H ltirlh- AH liHr muct K signed, with the address of the cathor. No letter con- p sidered libelous or in poor si taste will be printed. ri Heel 1 Primarily, the New Hampshire voters lodged a few complaints against Goldwater and Rocky. Then there's the Diane HSe doll you wind it up and it snarls. Well, Queen Elizabeth had a real prince of a baby. prints Simile: Can. as ugly as the Tin The mountain of statistics from Washington does prove something that there are a lot of statisticians in Washington. Definition: Coiffure a French word meaning "You'll keep com ing back because you'll never be able to do it this way jour self." Looks like some Eastern riv ers are getting too big for their bridges. More and Moore people 'seem to be moving over to the Prey er side.
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