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Thursday, October 15, 19G4 Volume 72 Number 23 fl 7.2 Years-of Editorial Freedom; Offices on the second" floor of Graham. Memorial. Telephone number: Editorial, sports new 933-1012. Business, cir culation, advertising 333-1163. Address: Box 1080 Chapel HilL N C. ". Second class postage paid at the Post OfSce- in Chapel Hill, N. C, Subscription -rates: fL50 per- semester; $8.00 per. year. Published daily except Mondays, examination periods and vacations, throughout the acau demic year by the Publications Board of .the University, of North Carolina. Printed, by. thel Chapel Ilill Publishing Company, Inc., 501 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, N. C. Hypocrisy Comes Into The Campaign f As November 3 draws ever nearer j with all the political indices pointing i toward a victory for President Johnson,. there are tell-tale signs that a measure of desperation is creeping into the cam ! paign of Senator Barry Goldwater. And though this desperation has assumed several forms in recent days, its most lurid aspect, by far, has been in the area of civil rights. Several North Carolina newspapers carried large ads yesterday in support of Senator Goldwater, and there was no mistaking their message or intent.. One bore a straight-forward message , 'The Choice is Simple!" under a . picture of the candidate, and continued with the words: "If you approve of the ' civil rights act passed by Congress, Vote for Johnson. If you don't, vote for Gold ' water." , j- Another ad was directed at white ' citizens of South Carolina; and concern- ed itself with recent endorsements of President Johnson by various Negro groups, concluding with the warning "Don't let LBJ-HHH Democrats includ ing a solid Negro vote take this election from us!" Such advertisements are degrading enough because of their obvious goal of spftincr rnrp atrAinsf. mp. Whpn nnlifi- cal hypocrisy is added to such inflam matory tactics, the result is both a taunt and a lie. Senator Goldwater and T President Johnson met early , in . the campaign and expressed the common hope that civil rights would be largely excluded from the race. Now the subject is obviously going to be injected forcibly into the campaign after all especially in North Carolina and other southern states. This is terribly regrettable. I he most regrettable aspect of all is that Senator Goldwater's backers are. Ml I l . - attempting to appeal to the baser as pects of Southern voters by casting him ' as a segregationist, which he certainly is not. Because Barry Goldwater voted against the 1964 Civil Rights Act and for no other reason newspaper ads like those of yesterday portray him as "the white man's friend," a man just enough li&e George Wallace to deserve the votes of the-most ardent Ku Klux ers. Those Southerners who are. fooled by this sort of propaganda would probably be interested in a pamphlet circulated early in the campaign by Republican or ganizations in the North. It clearly pictures Senator Goldwater as "the friend of the Negro," making it clear ' that he is a contributor of the NAACP. The pamphlet has since been with drawn by the GOP, presumably to pre vent it from falling into the hands of Southern Democrats who could use it to point out to their constituents that Barry considers himself anything but a segregationist. (We might make note here of the re port that this very same pamphlet is now being circulated in Louisiana as an anti-Goldwater weapon, proving that most politicians will still fight fire with fire.) The message, of course, is clear: Sen ator Goldwater's backers are, as Hubert Humphrey has said, "talking out of both sides of their mouths" concerning civil rights. They are doing so because the Senator is still far behind, and they feel they must do something to catch up. What they have done is to adopt the . political philosophy that "it isn't how . '. you talk about the issues, it's how much you can confuse, them." This time, however, their philosophy may well have backfired. For in at tempting to pervert into segregationist doctrine Senator Goldwater's constitutionally-based opposition to the Civil Rights Act, they have stooped to the level of openly inflaming racism, there by destroying any illusions of the GOP as a calm or: moderate organization, at least in this campaign. Seek, And You J ust Might Find ( For the first time since 1948, there are definite indications that. South ; Carolina may not end up in the Demo- cratic column. A recent poll gave Sen. j Barry Goldwater 53 percent of the votes j against President Johnson's 37 percent, j Ten percent were undecided. i The racial issue can be chalked up as I the prime factor in the margin as the j "backlash" is a very real thing in that ; state. Also, Sen. Strom Thurmond has j switched over to the GOP and Rep. Al 1 bert Watson recently declared himself ' in support of the Arizonian. m . -."....kx:: "Tvtwc avvwmma..-. - ........ J? iatl a (Ear rxl 55 Fred Seely, Hugh Stevens Co-Editors Mike Yopp Managing Editor This is one state where the President is falling behind, and it is also one state where he has not even pretended to want to visit. It is one thing to go into an area where you are popular in search of votes, and another to go into a place where you are an underdog. If President Johnson will take the time and trouble to visit that state, we suspect he will further his chances a great deal more. If he doesn't go there, he really doesn't deserve their votes. Hit the campaign trail, President John son. It's the only way you'll get South Carolina's electoral votes. . Fiat Lux! Associate Editor Business Manager Advertising Manager Sports Editor ., News Editor Pete Wales Jack Harrington Woody Sobol Larry Tarleton' Nancy McCracken Alan Banov John Greenbacker Kerry Sipe Pete Gammons Pete Cross Tom Haney . Al Kaplan Chip Barnard BUI Lee Dick Baddour Stuart Ficklen, ... . Jim Ogbum . Jim Potter Telegraph Editor Reporters Sports i; Reporters Art Editor . Intramural Reporter ........ Salesmen ...... . The power was shut off yesterday in Graham Memorial for several hours just before dusk, but some ingenuity by DTH writer-in-residence Joel Bulkley allowed us to get the paper out without too much inconvenience. Joel hooked up the office to a gen erator outside the building, and the lights went on, as well as the wire ma chines. Naturally, student government stay ed in the dark, and late in the afternoon the only worker was one poor committee chairman laboring between two candles. But, of course, this is nothing out of the ordinary. A long Carolina tradition has been that; student government re-. mains in the dark while the DTH sees the. light. We're happy to see an indication that this tradition will not be broken. POCOHANTAS Of Calculus And Candy By BRANTLEY CLARIS Miscellaneous Editor All my friends will be glad to know. that. I am no .longer. taking. calculus and win ' therefore probably be at the.-University next semester. To my enemies, all I can say is, "I'm sorry." I got a letter from my 13-year-old brother today, and I quote: "Too bad you flunked your cal culus quiz. On my- three weeks Latin exam I got a 94." Is that or is that not brotherly love? On the same day I dropped calculus, something equally won derful happened: they filled up the candy machine in the base ment! You see, the candy that was in it was left over from last spring, but we ate all of THAT, and then some guardian angel came and put in six new kinds of candy. There is an especially good chocolate bar with almonds, in case you're interested. (I'm giving excuses for the complex ions of the Pocahontas squaws at the moment. The- candy is too much- to resist) The kind gentlemen who wrote that letter saying, the- coeds look terrible came over to apologize Saturday night. It seems they only meant that if the girls were having trouble getting dates, maybe sprucing up was the answer. I wasn't at the dorm to accept their apology then (I know they were crushed that I wasn't rot ting in the dorm on Saturday night), but I accept it now. Just see that it doesn't happen again. Hell hath no fury, etc. My mother sent me a Care package today. The only thing she seems to overlook is green and has pictures of the Presi dents on it. , I issue a warning to impres sionable freshmen. (Wait I know I'm a freshman, but I'm not so impressionable because I'm too stubborn to change my opinions.) Watch out for the politics your professors are going to drill in to you. I hereby publicly come out for Goldwater. If you're for 'Johnson, fine, but don't be for either candidate (or for social ism or communism or anarchy) just because one of your profes sors tells you over and over that this is the only intelligent way to think. It's not hard to be influenced. Just count the minutes till class is overt or draw pretty pictures! I'm ' campaigning for the UN Seminar to New York over Thanksgiving. People who went last year seem to have had a really gaj trri2, r.nd how often do ycu get a chance at a trip to New York for $35? The fact that I'm working for the CCUN has nothing to do with my enthusiasm I wanted to go BEFORE I got recruited. Y'all come ... People, seeing as I have no problems of my own (other than academic and financial), I have decided that you NEED me. (I just heard, somebody say un er his breath, "Like a hole in the head.") Can I solve your problems? (Are you kidding?) But I'll TRY, and that's what, counts.. Pocahontas girls DO try, you know. Can I air your gripes? (Con trary to popular opinion, this is not a gripe column, but I'm not adverse to turning it into one.) I'm here, just waiting to help. The DTH editors are not in favor of a Chapel Hill "Ann Landers," but surely we, the "Yonr-turn to fix the beers. Lyndon." . & -: - - , , t az , I w-- ' - f : ' - ' -. " I..;,:-,.--...:;-,- . m' ' WM II1 ' y4r I - ftl ' jk rjr. j nv-d ml - ' - a fW-m WW Til m ) - r'v - , , , j, it i I Sis. a,!,V! Z r 1 1 j s '.. If if - A &r$.'ftt.-:f: I'll, t Letters To The Editors Campus Cutie. Issue. Ends. Carolina Coeds Final Edition Called Women On Date Question Editors, The Tar Heel: Having read in the DTH about Carolina coeds, we think they are being unfairly treated. We see nothing more appealing about import girls; in fact, we feel that Carolina ladies are the -best groomed and most attrac tive in the area. The ratio is admittedly poor, ; and that makes it tough. But, perhaps because of this disad-. vantage, we . men. have allowed 5 ourselves to develop an attitude which frightens the women off. Don't you think all this criticism : will only hurt our relations on campus? If . we, men would, use a little initiative, we would find that the coeds, are receptive,, friendly, and not at. all. stuck up or cold, as they are unjustly accused of being. We need to remember that these coeds are women. If we treat them with the respect and courtesy to which they are en titled, they will respond very humanly and with warmth. Jim Barnhill Dick Durham DU House masses, can rise above them. Just send your troubles to Aunt Brantley co the DAILY TAR HEEL. I need something else to worry about! Editors, The Tar Heel: This, I hope, will be the final installment of the "Carolina Gentlemen vs. Campus Cuties" dialogue which has occupied so much space in the DTH these past few days. I will admit it has been a moving (almost to the point of nausea series of letters, but enough, is. enough, and it is time that the Tar Heel resumed its campus stance of providing the really important news: more Su zuki ads, pictorials . of Y-Court dogs, etc. i 1 SCENES By SKIP ROUGHTON II Have you ever noticed how op posites attract? Today, as I sat in Lenoir nib bling at my noodles and giblets, I became aware of a couple sit ting to my right. The male member was clad in a pair of moth-eaten jeans and an old perspiration shirt, overlap ped by a summer beard. He was exchanging loving looks with a fair young maiden (?) dressed, in a smart wool suit and crown ed by a sweeping coiffure. So why must we feud, Carolina Gentlemen and Coeds? Surely, if these two can get together, so can the rest of us. The Toilet Seat Ca: After studying this correspond ence, I have come up .with a few conclusions and a small word of advice to some of the parties concerned. First of all, to the gentleman who claimed it was impossible to get a date without an XKE, large bank account, and a frat pin, I suggest that he either ac quire one or all of these articles or else, like the rest of us, re-sort to the use of his own per sonality and avoid the superficial cutie who would be influenced by these material manifestations. " If he should still be dateless, there is an alternate course of .action.. He should: get lots of vigorous exercise in the outdoors; and take three cold showers each day. . - . . . As for those paragons of wom anly virtue, the Campus Cuties, who aren't asked to the Big Game, I suggest a similar cur riculum. They should: 1) gargle with Listerine each morning; 2) use . a good under arm deodorant; 3) be seen read ing Fanny Hill in Y-Court, and as a last resort, 4) walk into the Goody Shop unescorted any Fri day afternoon at 2. If, however, she is still unask- . ed, there is once again , an alter- . nate plan. She now must: 1) learn to knit; and 2) sub scribe to. TV Guide.: The above should, I think, pro vide a guide for all but the most desperate situations. If not, at least it wi!l have served to point out the absurdity of the senti ments involved, and with any luck at all, it will end the debate wheh has raged within the pages, of the DTH these last several days. .W. II. Blanton 11 Ridgecrest Rd. THE CANDLE Foreign Policy LacJis Depth By TIMOTHY RAY Secretary of State Dean Piiisk disappointed us by not giving us the honor of a major policy speech ; but we didn't have any right to expect one. I think it was reasonable, how ever, to expect a consistent and informative speech. This, I be lieve, he did not give us. No attempt was made to rec oncile the standard public re-an-nounccment of the present divi sion of the world into tiie good ,guys and the bad buys with the insistent desire that some good will come c mankind. That we are leaders in' the modern world of many nations and that the responsibility falls upon us to protect and save the free world from the oppressors sheds very little light on the questions of how we are going to save people, what we are sav ing them from, and what the sal vation consists of. Does our government believe that the governments of South Viet Nam, Formosa, South Afri ca, Iran and Angola are justified by "the consent of the govern ed?" Does saving the people of these countries from oppression mean only saving them from op pression by Communists? Is that sufficient to justify calling these countries "free?" Using "free world" to include all nations not under Commun ism is like using "morality" to mean whatever isn't murder. Let him who fights in the trenches for freedom hope that he fights for more than this. If you haven't got a ballot box, or a free press, or religious tol erance, or academic freedom, or at least a chance to work and bring home bread, you're not free in any meaningful sense, regard less of who is running the gov ernment where you live. A full stomach without a ballot box is a great deal better than an empty stomach without a bal lot box, regardless of who is in charge, or his basic theory Uf he's got one) about the nature cf man, society and the historical process. The Secretary wants us to real ize that nuclear war is outmoded and evil, like burning people at the stake. If bombs are out, sir, what's in the Geophysical New Year? Does the Secretary plan to con sult the International Congress of Bacteriology and Parasitology the next time the Shoe Banger stops traffic on the Autobahn? The Secretary's boss has com mitted our lives, our fortunes and cur sacred honor to that city (so recently a nest of bad guys). Does this include our bombs, and if not, why not? During the Cuban Missile Crisis we had to "look operationally at a nuclear possibility." This is an explicit statement that nu clear war is thinkable, that we are willing to take steps that may bring the final exchange that ends the world. Or are there some limits to what we will do to keep the world uncommunist? Does the philoso phy of freedom include any prin ciples of morality that can rea sonably be applied to the regu lation of and moderation of the use of weapons whose inherent nature is the extermination of civilian populations? Does it all boil down to a basic commitment to each of two mu tually contradictory premises: 1) that anti-Communism anywhere in the world should be defended at any cost (including nuclear war); and 2) that our policies do not include "frying" people with atomic bombs? mpaign By DAVID ROTHMAN trait was a parody of the Repub- "So . far, it's been a dirty campaign one with emphasis on the failings rather than on the attributes of both, candidates" These were the words of newspaperman driving to Ral eigh to hear President Johnson last week. He pulled into a gas station, chewed the rag with its proprie tor and used the restroom. Then, returning to his car, he said: "the owner holds a position in the local Democratic Party. I don't know what's happened to him recently, but it turns out he's now for the GOP. He ought to. resign from our party." A normal situation in this era of changing political loyalties.. But the journalist had another observation to make: the owner, it seemed, had the photograph of the President pasted on his gas station's toilet seat. Entering the Reynolds Coli seum, the journalist most likely saw additional material wim which to back up his original statement "BURY GOLDWATER," read one placard. Appearing above that suggestion was a likeness of - Adolph Hitler, whose teach ings probably meant the exter mination of Goldwater's Euro pean relatives. Also bearing the Fuhrer's por- lican slogan: 'IN YOUR HEART YOU KNOW HE'LL FIGHT." The implication was. clear , that Goldwater's election would lead to thermonuclear a war ,-Rnt Hi 'Goldwaterites present lluv f at the rally were not to be out done. Many of, their signs car ried (out of context) a state ment niade by President Johnson while referring to the budgets of H.E.W. and the Defense De partment: "I intend to take from the 'haves' and give to the have-nots. " Beside the President's words was a quotation from Marx: "From each according to his ability to each according to his needs." . A Democrat, seeing one of tne placards with the. two quotations held aloft by a YAF member acidly remarked: 'There they go again those 'Young. Ameri can Fascists.' " Another Johnson, adrnirer in the vicinity looked the Goldwaterite in the eye, then asked a question which has become disturbingly common: "Why are you voting for that bigot?" This brought to mm.d a dia logue I had recently had with, a woman hearing Goldwater1 m. Raleigh- . "Young man," she said, look ing at me, "I suppose you've joined the Young Republicans." "No, madam," I replied. "In this , election I'm quite neutral." "Well, you can't be," she snapped. "It's a choice between freedom and slavery. Young people like you have got to know the issues before they reach voting age. If you don't, one day you may wake up to find yourself living under the yoke of Moscow; and the LBJ crowd certainly has put us on the road to red socialism." At this point, my self-styled civics teacher was interrupted by a friend. "Careful," he cau- tioned her "the country's get ting redder than an apple all the time." The woman and her friend felt themselves the victims of one conspiracy- or another interna tional domestic or journalistic. Their speech abounded with clicres the cliches usually spoken only by the villains of off-beat leftist political novels. And the conversations of their Democratic counterparts last week often seemed equally slan derous. Meanwhile, the image of Pres ident Lyndon B. Johnson con- . tinues to adorn the toilet seat in that obscure filling station. Per haps it can. be removed from there after . the election. toy For Voguing Rabidly Ahroache Demagogic Parley is offering up Lenden Banal Johnnyson (now Resident of the U. S. A., you know) and Hufert Hubby as his most incapable running matey. There are some other impos sibilities Bill Scrap 'em, and Nail some Rockinfelly mide be right-in candy-dates, bud really they hasn't a hobe. Claire Wiikes Booth Lucy-Desi wood lack to be Resident, I repose. Even Body Kidney (the aforementioned as you may well have deduced) wood well come the job. On the state sin, it's Republish Bill Galvinometer wrsea Dema gogue Morose. Also there is the oldie joke. "We live by a Lake r:ght-in!" L. Richie Prior, a fed erated judge, is a right-in hobe ful bud, lack them all, not toe hobeful. So, if you wood lack to chews you leaders, go to the poles on ejection day and vogue you con strictions. It is Nescafe to do this in odor to preserve our De magogic (not to be confuted w'th Demagogic Parley) high-society in which we live and sturdy' By BILL MARTIN November 3 is election day, you know. In alternate nuns and ver ves, we electrify our polygonal leaders at the poles on this day. Yes. And boat candy-dates has been giving speeg on speeg some in our own catipult of Ral ly. And sins we, of most, sturdy here at this grade Universe of N. C, we shod way itch candy date and their respectable flat-farms- If you be an conservative, than you shod vogue Republish. Bare foot Goalwater and Willy Demilley are on that ticky. Vogue this weigh unless you name is Keaty or Jabber. Strong Therm osbottle wood be you pal, and Dan Morose just mide be you pal also! But you wood,, alias.; have, few Nero pals. If you crave Nero pals, lack Body Kidney, pray for Dino Rust, believe in dissemination, sup porde the Civil Service Bill, than you most infinitely hasn't got the conscious of a conservative. And you shod be a Demogogue. The
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