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Page 2 THE DAILY TAR HEEL Sunday, February- 5. 1967 j oty? SatUj Star 2fM Opinions of The Daily Tar Heel are expressed in its editorials. All un signed editorials are written by the editor. Letters and columns reflect only the personal views of their contributors. SCOTT GOODFELLOVV, EDITOR The Americans Don't Fight Fair Anymore. They're Trvinsr To Win. Awards Of The Week Lizard Of The Week The IBM machine that's supposed to make Drop-Add unnecessary. Feeble Excuse Of The Week To John Greenbacker, who managed to escape from hfs duties of DTH Associate Editor by claiming he was on the critical list in the hospital with a broken back and a fractured skull. Neat Trick Of The Week To the thieves who stole 9 tons of copper wire from a University storage , plant Monday morning and haul ed it off in a trailer with a one ton capacity. Last month they took twice as much. Nail-On-The-Head Award To the Associated Press writer who re ferred to ECC's President Leo Jenkins as "the 2-year-old presi dent of ECC." Broad Knowledge Of The Week To the founders of educational reform who last week used their pet project to bring two girls to a class on the eighth floor of Morrison. Ingraie Of The Week To Chuck Schunior who composed his blast at the DTH editor on one of our own typewriters. Dilemma Of The Week Award To all the student activists on campus who wanted to attend the picket line festivities in Greens boro but were ordered to shave before doing so. A Real Opportunity UNC students will have a chance to hear one of the most famous political personalities in the U.S. tomorrow evening. Senator Jacob Javits of New York, a prime contender for the Republican vice-presidential nom ination, will discuss the future of the Republican Party in the South in Memorial Hall at .8 p.m. The opportunity to hear Javits is one which anyone interested in the course of Southern politics will not want to miss. Speeches such as this represent a tangible advant age of attending a university of our stature. Javits' topic is particularly rele vant following the recent election which showed strong Republican advances throughout the South. The ousting of Harold Cooley was particularly dramatic, but repre sents in reality a much broader outlook of the voters involved. Credit is due to the Carolina Forum, which was beginning to receive come criticism for lack of speaker activity. The Wednesday announcement of the speaking ap pearances of both Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Javits was most welcome. A Magic Number The formation of a group of UNC students to promote a voting age of 18 in the state is welcome, .not necessarily because they repre sent a policy which should be writ-" ten into North Carolina constitu tional law, but because they will stimulate much questioning of our present policies. The reasoning for such a recom mendation is considerable. Most of involves those students who compose the 18-21 age bracket, their feelings and motivations. First, it is important to under stand that most people do not vote beceuse they understand all or even most of the issues and have decided that a certain candidate represents policies they most agree with. Rather they make their choice because cf social habits, their parents' party affiliation, previous knovledge of a candidate, or some other alien reason. Con sequently, it cannot be forcibly claimed voting age should be de termined strictly upon a basis of thoughtful decision such decision is frequently not employed at vot ing time. Second, the given age bracket represents college students, a group probably more aware of injustices and more questioning of existing institutions than any other age grouping. The mere quest for high er education indicates a .natural tendency to inspect issues more fully. Furthermore, young voters would tend to elect younger candi dates, helping to perpetuate the forward thinking demonstrated by much of the youth of today. The third reason is perhaps the most well-known, but is no less important for -its overuse. If an 18-year-old can wield a gun in Viet nam in his country's interests, he should.be allowed to represent his own interests by voting in major elections. Finally, many states have already determined the age of discretion by setting driving ages at 16, some have set drinking ages at 18. "Dis cretion" inherently indicates a con trol of oneself. Furthermore, two states (Georgia and Kentucky) have already permitted 18 as the voting age. The actions of these two states have somewhat clouded the previous distinction between the age at which one is not ready to vote and the age when he has realized the true importance of an election. - .,'.' It is hard to see a difference be : : tween the ages:.' of 21 - and - 20 (Ha waii recognizes 20-year-olds), 20 and 19 (Alaska recognizes 19-year-olds), and 19 and 18. The reasoning for stopping at 18 is not hollow, as one could easily think, for the initial effects of higher education are drastic. One who is not , a par ticipant is still affected by those he knows who are. Standing against changing the present voting age are two factors. First, regardless of facts against it, many people claim that persons under 21 are simply not ready to vote. This controversy unfortun ately is bound to reach a "Yes they are, No they're not" impasse. And second, there is the element of tradition. Tradition, however, unless it is backed up by reasoning, will eternally be an excuse and never a reason in its own right. Gtip iatty ufar 74 Years of Editorial Freedom- Scott Goodfellow, Editor Tom Clark, Business Manager Bill Amlong, Managing Editor John Askew .:. Ad. Mgr. Peter Harris Associate Ed. Don Campbell News Editor Kerry Sipe Feature Ed. Sandy Treadwell .. Sports Editor BiU Hass- Asst. Sports Ed. Jock Lauterer Photo Editor David Garvin Night Editor Mike McGowan .... Photographer STAFF WRITERS Lytt Stamps, Ernest Robl, Steve Knowlton, Carol Wonsavage, Di ane Ellis, Karen Freeman, Hun ter George, Drummond Bell, Owen Davis, Joey Leigh, Dennis Sanders. CARTOONISTS Bruce Strauch, Jeff MacNelly The Daily Tar Heel is the official news publication of the University of North Carolina and is published by students daily except Mondays, ex amination periods and vacations. Second class postage paid at the Post Office in Chapel Hill, N C Subscription rates: $4.50 per -semester; $8 per year. Printed by the Chapel Hill Publishing Co., Inc., 501 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, N. C. The Dictator Dilemma (Editor's note: This column first appeared in the Minne sota Daily.) By DON SAUER There is a Latin American military dictator in the Unit ed States at the moment, al though the press has been giv ing very little attention to the story, and certainly has not been calling the man a dicta tor. Nevertheless, that is exactly what former army marshal! Costa e Silva will really be when he takes office as "pres ident" of Brazil in March. De spite the unofficial nature of Costa e Suva's visit, he has the use of an air force jet while in the United States, will stay at Blair House in Wash ington where other foreign heads of state stay, and will be a dinner guest of President Johnson at the White House. The Costa e Silva visit is im portant because it presents the United States government with a rather normal dilemma. Should the government ignore the visit and risk the wrath of the foreign leader? Or should the United States ex tend the red carpet and win the disfavor of democratic politi cians who are the best hope for political stability in Latin America? Brazil has emerged, in re cent years, as the Latin Amer ican state most capable of de veloping the modern industrial base which will ensure its citi zens of a high standard of liv ing. As such, Brazil in the future will be an important ally of the United States. To achieve its potential, however, Brazil needs much U. S. aid, and this means working through the government of Costa e Sil va. So in some ways, Wash ington's decision to extend the red carpet was understanda ble. Unfortunately, the decision was almost certainly wrong, at least from the long range point of view. In the first place, Brazilians regard Costa e Silva as a dic tator. It is true that the army leader was elected to his posi tion, but the election took place in a rump congress, not in the traditional democratic balloting. Before the current regime, which is also headed by a for mer army marshall, would permit the congressional elec tion it took the following steps. 1.) It revoked the political rights of most national politi cal figures on grounds that they were corrupt or Commu nist. 2.) It abolished all of the traditional political par ties, one for the government and one in opposition. A second reason why the United States should not be as sociated with Costa e Silva is that he is quite likely to rule like a dictator. Before taking office, Costa e Silva helped push through a constitution which gives him the power to rule by decree and declare emergencies so his actions will not be subject to congressional review. He also arranged for a press law under which any critics of the regime can be thrown in jail and kept there, even if their criticisms prove valid. This leads us to a third ob jection to Costa e Silva's gov ernment, which is that the pattern of political repression in Latin America has been predictably followed by politi cal upheaval. A comparison with Cuba un der Batista would perhaps be valid. Batista used the army to come to power, and was forced to suppress popular gov ernment to retain power. He ruled a country with much social unrest and a strong Communist element ready to exploit it. Everyone is familiar with the popular revolt which oust ed Batista, only to be distort ed by Fidel Castro into a Com munist regime. It is too early to predict the same result in Brazil. The least the U. S. govern ment could have done, how ever, was to refuse to enter tain Costa e Solva until it has had time to see whether he was going to be a dictator. The U.S. didn't, and if Bra zil's military regime is over thrown, its successor will re member the United States as an ally of Costa e Silva. Shades of Cuba ona more dangerous scale . . .? All-American Boys Protest Peter Harris Things My Mother Never Taught Me "Come out for Motherhood," I was comically urged today. I became at once both amused and cynical, rais ing my eyebrows and flashing my eyes. Then I with drew in to the thoughts of my mind and realized, as I have in the past, that Motherhood is something that I could not easily support. It all relates back to the questions I ask myself about other people. Basically innocent, like most peo ple, I have long wondered about the bitterness which engulfs a young man or, a frightened young coed. And I realize time after time, that the reason is fright itself. Man, having once been hit, flinches every time thereafter when authority raises its shadowy handi Man is taught to obey and look up to power; he is taught to follow it no matter where it might lead him. I have often reasoned-out prejudice. I can explain it in terms of environment and that primary influ ence, the family. I can understand it in terms of con formity and being the thing to do for fear of ostrar cism. I can present myself with a hundred different reasons why people, basically innocent, are thrown into the security of putting down other human beings. Despite this seeming rational, I find myself ter ribly frustrated and really quite frightened by the complete irrationality of hate and phony pride as ex hibited by bigoted people. When I see people frothing af the mouth like a dog with rabies, I wonder and am quite scared by their terrified little minds. I see them all screwed-up inside, crying, out their pain and disappointment. I see them rejecting others because they, themselves, must have once been cruelly shunned. The security of the insecure; it is a very sad sight. It strikes me so strongly that I am forced to look up and around me. I find myself lost in this confusion. But then I remember Motherhood, and the home made apple pie. I remember the loves that I have had, and the beauty that often surrounds me. I re member all the breaks I have had in relation to others around me and I hear the echo of the words, "You have been pretty fortunate." My confusion is dimmed and I walk along cam7 pus amidst the rustle of leaves which are churned on the ground by my dragging feet. Yes, I smile at first when I hear the word Mother hood. But then I grow very confused, because I see so much that Mother never explained to me. Owen Lewis Met Remains Best, Classiest Museum Editor, the Tar Heel: One wishes that the DTH ed itorial staff could just once be rather less extreme in its pur s suit of moderation. Saturday's brief editorial on the students who are supporting the Cone Mill workers' rights is a clear example of how the lust to say nothing which might cross over the great Mainstream can prevent one from recog nizing the merits or even the facts of a special case. Contrary to the allegations of editor Goodfellow, there will be no one in the workers' pic ket lines who is not cleanly shaven and neatly dressed. The decision to bar beards from the picket lines was not based on the workers' own prejudices, but on the reason able (and obviously correct) Dallas Police Prove Centrally Efficient DALLAS (UPI) One of Lt. T.T. Lord's fondest dreams is to have founded in the United States. a police acade my that would Jiave all the esprit de corps and prestige of the nation's military acade mies. Lord, of the Dallas Police De partment, said an American Police Academy . could be a four-year college especially for policemen, with rigid educa tional and physical tests. It would be the sort of thing that could give the incentive for young men to become po licemen, he said. Police need to chart a defi nite course to professional ism," Lord said. "Thirty-five years ago, only a high school graduation and an examina tion were required to become a policeman. "Now, it is much the same, with two exceptions the phys ical requirements are lower ed and the educational re quirements are lowered." Lord suggests Congress should provide some of the money for the academy, but he said the federal govern ment should not be allowed to take control of it. "There must never be a na tional police force in the U.S.," he said. "That would violate a big principle of the Consti tution." He would have the academy give intensive training in crim inology, law and police tech niques. Lord said the academy's training might even stimulate cities to pay policemen what their job deserves. Now, he said, a patrolman in Dallas makes $514 a month after four years "and a skilled laborer makes $10 a day more." assumption that the press is often less concerned with is sues and facts than it. is with symbols and sensationalism. Furthermore, the students who have shown more inter est and enthusiasm in the cam i paign have not been congen ital protestors (the people who seem to make your job of com mentary so simple), but local students who come from work er families or have had exper ience in mills, and can recog nize what an absurd under statement was your suggestion that "some of the proposals by the workers have merit." I'm sure that I can speak for all the students and faculty in volved in inviting you to come down from your armchair so cial criticism and talk with us and the workers. In the bad "real world," issues and so cial movements are not cate gorized as facilely as was at tempted in your editorial. As regards Mr. Strauch's supplementary cartoon, I must be equally as critical. Through a stale, worn - out gag. Strauch was attempting to discredit the students sup porting Cone workers' rights. This tactic of character, assas sination is not original. The effort to portray as "beatniks" those who feel that North Car olina industrial relations jshould enter the twentieth cen tury is equivalent to the man agers' frantic attempts to di vide the workers by race-baiting and red-baiting. Just as they will not succumb,, neither shall we. Chuck Schunior 815 Pittsboro Rd. NEW YORK For all the glamor attached to the new Whitney Museum and the com paratively recent Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Mod ern Art remains the leading repository of modern art in the world. The Modern completed one phase of its expansion pro gram in 1964, increasing its exhibit space from 11,000 to 25,700 square feet. By the end of the 60s the museum will have incorporated the old Whitney as an international art study-storage center avail able to scholars from all over the world. By that time, the space will have been increas ed to 40,000 square feet. Its collection is choice yet catholic, and it offers a va riety of temporary exhibits which cover every conceiva ble phase of the modern art movement in all media. Mainly designed by Philip -Johnson, the building is noth ing much to look at, but it serves its function as well as any building I know. It has vinyl floors that are easy on tired feet. The lighting, al though entirely artificial, is uniformly superb, a great con trast to the dreary Whitney. Where Frank Lloyd Wright created in the Guggenheim a magnificent piece of sculpture an architectural monument' Johnson designed a good art museum in the Modern. The collections are arrang ed orderly sequential develop ment, and the space is flexi ble and easily adapted to showing any type of exhibit at its best advantage. .At $1.25 a head, its admis sion fee is easily the highest there is for an art museum It is well worth the price, and the place is constantly crowd ed. When I was there, for in stance, there were so many people swarming through the exhibit of the Sachs Collec tion that it was difficult for me to get close enough to all those masterful drawings and prints from Durer to the present to really see them sell. : And at the same time there were other excellent shows in progress. There was one callr ed "Mirror Art," which dealt with artists' using other ar ists' art in their art such as a Rauschenberg of four stencilled Mona Lisas, for ex ample. There was also a big show of the latest in Japanese painting and sculpture. It showed that pop, op and as semblage have invaded the Orient, and they just aren't doing much classical Oriental brush painting these days. - The Modern is the center of a Maelstrom of cultural ac tivity. Films, lectures and musical events go on apace.; The number of publications presented is huge. They cover all phases of the visual arts, and for th most part they are relatively inexpensive. A good example is "What Is Modern Painting," affectionally known as WIMP by the museum staff. Written by Alfred Barr, direc tor of museum collections, it was first printed in 1943 and goes through reprinting after reprinting. At $1.25 it is a good buy, a concise layman's guide to what's going on in the mod ern art movement. . ; The amount of money spent on the Modern must be fan? tastic. ut with Deople like the Rockefellers behind it, it is easy to see that there is no problem. Next time you are here; stop and spend a pleasant hour or two at the Modern; You can browse in leisurely fashion, sit down and relax and look at works of art in any gallery, or sit in a Br toia chair in the cafeteria and have a snack. m Don't overdo it. For there is a feast of art here that could jade the most avarici ous art appetite. Relax, enjov and come again.
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