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Bad Math Made Good
Yesterday we named our ace reporter, Kerry Sipe, -
'Mathematician of the Week." He gained this honor ( ?)
as a result of a statement he made in his story on the
DTH poll.
Kerry figured that approximately 57 per cent of the
people polled chose President Johnson, and the next day
revealed that the same poll showed 71 per cent of the
female students favoring the President.
Believe "it or not, there is a reason for the figures,
which are essentially accurate.
We wanted to break down the total by sexes, but in
printing the questionnaire we neglected to leave a space
for the person polled to indicate if he was a he or vice
versa. We also said the blank for the police's name could
be left blank, if the person wanted obscurity.
So all we could do when it came time to break the
poll down by sexes was to go by the names ( there aren't
! many girls named George you know) on the question
naire, and compute from there.
.Thus, we analyzed the voting of every person who
gave his or her name, and we found the results to be
weighted heavily in favor of the President far more
heavily, in fact, than for the campus as a whole. In this,
we sense a possible hidden meaning a meaning that
could make the November 3 election much closer than
the forecasters think.
The name Barry Goldwater has been made into the
equal of Adolf Hitler by the nation's press and politi
cal leaders who do not agree with the Arizona Senator's
political philosophy, and it has reached the point at which
some people are ashamed to admit for whom they are
going to cast their ballot.
Sen. Goldwater has certainly come under some of the
most vicious attacks to be lavished on a candidate in
years. And even though he merits a great deal of critic
ism, nobody not even him could be as berserk as
many critics, would have the world believe. If all the
things said about him were true, he would be Public
Enemy No. 1.
; But many of those things are not true, and there are
many, many people who are going to vote for Goldwater
because they admire him and respect his views. We are
not among those people, but we do not label all of them
Birchers, Kluxers or Fascists, as is the general wont
of the nation's press.
The fact that President Johnson is the top-heavy
favorite among UNC students who will reveal their
name, but just a mild favorite among all students polled,
, leads us to believe the Arizona Senator could have a
huge silent vote just waiting until it gets into a voting
, booth all by its lonesome.
And everyone is equal in that booth. Even Fascists.
Next Time First Place
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A disappointment which must certainly rank among
the biggest of the year in the world of athletic competi
tion came to every American sports fan on Friday when
the hardy Russians, relying on their specialties of gym
nastics and boxing to overhaul the U. S in the number
of total medals won in the Tokyo Olympics.
Actually, it was doubtful from the beginning of the
games that our swimming, track and basketball teams,
good as they were, would be able to carry our weaker
squads and nail down a final overall victory for the U.S.
The better balance of the Russians paid off in the end.
But all is not lost. The U. S. won most of the prestige
events in the games, dominating swimming and track
as no nation has ever done, and the final American total
of 90 medals represents a fantastic jump over the 71
captured at Rome in 1960. The U. considered a flop
four years ago, flexed some revitalized muscles last
week, with a promise of even greater, things to come.
Our renewed national interest in physical conditioning
and athletic training has begun to pay off. If we do not
slow down in our efforts, Mexico City (1968) will find
the U. S. on top. We owe it to ourselves as a nation to
stick with it.
By PETE WAL.ES
Associate Editor
Thank heavens for one thing
in this Presidential campaign.
We have now been officially
warned . by certain candidates
of the evils of Communism,
socialism, radicalism (extrem
ism okay) and atheism.
Thank heavens also for the
activists among our students
who wish to put the doctrine
into practice and rid the cam
pus of evil.
We were ambling through
Y-Court the other day; whist
ling a tune from "My Fair
Lad y," when
we encountered
a frantic young
coed stalking
about and wav
ing a newspap-.
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i "You've got
to help me,"
want to get on the Women's
Honor Council."
"Why?" we asked.
"We've got to do something. .
There are Communists and radi
cals all over the campus. I've
just been reading about it."
She thrust a copy of the Daily
Tar Heel in my face.
"Look at that. Straight out-and-out
creeping socialism.
Someone has to show a little
initiative. Someone has to make
the first step."
"What do you plan to do?"
"Get on the Women's Coun
cil. Try them all for violations
of the Honor Code and Campus
Code."
"How is this a violation?"
we asked, somewhat overcome.
' Violations! Of course it's a
violation. Do you think it's lady
like to be a Communist? Do you
think it's hnest?"
"What's dishonest about it?"
"Why it's all a pack of lies.
They're trying to subvert the
minds of poor innocent students
who are too young to know any
better. Would you let your little
sister go to school with a radi
cal?" - .
We had to admit that this
would be a terrible blow. .
"Lies! It's all a pack of lies.
Anyone with an education who's
old enough to know any better
knows that they re feeding us
the Communist, socialist, athe
ist line. They don't believe in
God and they go around stirring
up trouble. And they . . . they
(here she leaned over to whis
per) . . . miscegenate."
"No, you don't really mean
it," we shuddered. "Do you
think the students can handle
it."
"I hadn't thought of that," she
said. "Maybe we should give it
to the Administration. After all,
a lot of students are young and
impressionable and they might
be poisoned right there in the
trials." .
"That's right," we said, "You
never know for sure until it's too
late."
"We ought to beef up the At-
OOPS!
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The DTH inadvertently left out
two lines in a letter to the edi
tor from Mrs. John A. Zunes
Thursday. The corrected para
graph in a letter about William
Stringfellow reads:
"Fascism is so subtle and evil
that it can creep into our society
without being recognized. The
open Nazi hates Goldwater be
cause of his Jewish background.
The subtle fascists are using
him."
torney General's staff also," she
said. "We could write J. Edgar
Hoover and get some pointers."
"Yea, maybe Bobby Kennedy
too."
She started, recoiled, then
stumbled backwards, her mouth
a yawning cavern. "Oh no," she
said weakly.
"What's the matter?" we ask
ed. "Oh no, don't tell me. You,
A Closer Look
At Labour's Win
CHRISTOPHER KELLERMAN
(Ed. note: Mr. Kellerman is a
British citizen and a member of
the Labour Party.)
Labour's victory puts an end to
13 years of Conservative rule, al
though the people are already
predicting new elections within
two years.
The result was in many ways a
negative vote against the Con
servatives rather than a positive
vote for Labour. It was a desire
for a change and a new approach
that prompted many middle class
Conservatives to vote Labour.
The last Tory term of office
has seen many domestic failures,
which made the Conservative
posters "You have never had it
so good" sound rather hollow.
Britain's economy has been
characterized by a "stop-go"
situation whereby increased
growth leads, to inflation and bal
ance of payment difficulties,
which is then counteracted by
wage restraints and a general
stunting of growth in the econ
omy. This has meant that Britain
has not approached a four per
cent growth rate, which the Con
servatives promised, and falls far
behind the Common Market coun
tries. The balance of payments dif
ficulties (the difference between
exports and imports) have been
caused primarily by miserable
export figures, which will get
worse as the Common Market
tariffs are further varied to out
siders. Labour has promised export
subsidies and special tax rebates
as export incentives. Also by the
system of "government develop
ment contracts" Labour hopes to
boost the economy by increased
public spending and aid to
science-based industries.
The trouble is that this can
easily lead to protectionism and
restrictive practices, which keep
uneconomical industries running
through public spending. Labour
has also promised to increase
taxation on company profits as
well as modify the capital gains
tax.
One of . the major differences
between the two parties has been
over defense, and in particular
over Britain's independent nu
clear deterrent. Labour has said
it will get rid of Britain's deter
rent and will concentrate on
building up a strong, mobile con
ventional force.
, Conservatives on the other
hand have maintained that in
order for Britain to remain a
world power and have a place at
summit conferences, it is essen
tial that it has an independent
nuclear deterrent.
This has cost Britain a great
deal of money. The Blue Streak
TCBM was cancelled three years
ago after it had cost over $300
million to develop and when
America cancelled Skybolt, Brit
tain's bomber force became ob
solete and was handed over to
NATO. The Conservatives in
tended to buy Polaris from
America.
m Neither party has committed
itself in the mixed man nuclear
"After all, he did a pretty
good job on Jimmy Hoffa."
"You . . . you're one of them
too," she screamed.
She clutched her head with both
hands and ran hysterically ac
cross the street, pass the Bloody
Old Well and the Davie Poplar.
We couldn't swear to it, but
we thought we heard a gun co off
as she rounded Silent Sam.
fleet and it remains to be seen
whether Labour will participate.
One of the biggest disappoint
ments for the Conservatives was
the Common Market failure since
they placed such importance on
entry that De Gaulle's veto came
as a great shock. Since then the
Conservatives have been trying
to re-orientate themselves and
find a satisfactory alternative to
the Common Market.
The Commonwealth, which
might have been a possible al
ternative, is in a period of great
transition with many of the new
ly independent members seeking
markets and support from coun
tries outside.
Labour has laid down "five
conditions" for joining the Com
mon Market, although it has al
ways seemed very lukewarm
about Britain's entry and there
is nothing to indicate that La
bour will try again.
Personalities don't usually play
a great part in British elections,
although this year was an excep
tion. The selection of Douglas
Home represented the old, land
holding aristocracy aspects of
the Conservative party, which was
just the image they had to avoid.
It would have been much better
for the Conservatives to have
chosen either Mr. Butler or Mr.
Maudling, since they are both
much closer to the middle-class
urban voter than Douglas-Home
could ever have been.
Also Harold Wilson, the new
Prime Minister, went to a gram
mar school (state-owned) and has
a very down-to-earth way of
speaking, which greatly enhanced
the Labour cause.
The Labour Party's trade
union, working class image has
also been greatly modified, which
was essential, since without the
support of the middle-class white
collar workers Labour would
never have been elected. The La
bour party was founded on tra
ditionally trade union, working
class lines and it is only re
cently that other social classes
have been willing to support La
bour. The major proposals that La
bour have put forward concern
an incomes policy, which should
prove more successful than with
the Conservatives, because of
Labour's connection with the
trade unions.
With regards to nationalization,
Labour has promised to renation
alize steel and take over urgan
development which is very sen
sible considering the amount of
profiteering that goes on in land
development.
Other Labour legislation could
be to abolish capital punishment,
which is a large blot on British
justice and long overdue.
I don't envisage any really
spectacular changes on either the
domestic or international fronts
and relations between Britain
and America should in no way
be weakened.
I think Labour will exercise a
dynamic policy towards Russia
and on past visits to Moscow,
Harold Wilson has been well re
ceived, having the advantase
that he speaks Russian.
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