THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Saturday,' September 30, 1967
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Bill Amlong, Editor
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Class Officers Decision
hould Be Made By SL
It 'is possibly a good thing that
Student Legislature delayed action
on the bill for a referendum on
class offices.
Referendums, after all, are
hazy sorts of creatures which
nobody knows exactly what to do
with after he's got them.
As Legislator George
Krichbaum said during the debate
over delaying consideration of the
bill until a later session of
legislature, it is uncertain just how
binding a referendum would be on
the Student Legislators.
He also posted some other very
good arguments against the
referendum: it would be held too
soon before class elections are
scheduled, there would be in
sufficient time for rebuttal of the
arguments against abolishing class
officers, and having a different
referendum for each class could
prove a might confusing and a
great deal farsical.
But all of these arguments
against having the referendum
as sound as they are don't touch
upon whether or not class officers
are worth having. Indeed, they
aren't really supposed to since
Krichbaum wasn't arguing about
that.
But the thing that happened
most to the point Thursday night
was a motion by Legislator John
Willeford that Student Legislature
Wbolish; .class offices."
'.' Tnis Vsuareiy - tackles the pro
blem, and puts on the shoulders of
Student Legislature the
responsibility of making a decision
about whether to keep these
basically useless offices.
Now while student legislators
shouldn't just go around making
arbitrary decisions on matters
such as these, they are elected
representatives and should earn
their keep by running student
government.
And this motion, which is now in
committee, provides Student
Legislature with a chance to
dutifully exercise their power by
;; deciding whether to keep class of
: fices.
Tell It Like It
Congressman James Gardner
came back to Raleigh Friday to
show the home folks he hasn't
changed and to strike another cou
ple of blows for the 19th Century.
One of those blows was to say
that he agreed with Gov. Dan K.
Moore that it was "a serious
mistake to employ Negro rights
worker Howard Fuller as a lec
turer at the University of North
Carolina."
Enough has already been said
about what a serious mistake it
was for the governor to open his
mouth about it, and most of this ap
plies also to Rep. Gardner, so
there's no need to dwell on that.
But what was really in the true
Jim Gardner style was the main
reason he called the press con
ference: to let all the home folks
know that he was ready to stand by
the tobacco industry in the face of
all those nasty people in
Washington who are saying that
smoking is dangerous to health.-
He said that he has requested
the Department of Agriculture and
Congress, to hold public hearings in
North Carolina about tobacco pro
blems, including "chaotic" con
ditions in marketing tobacco.
This, now, is a good thing. It is a
congressmen serving his con
stituency by bringing in the Feds to
help with a legitimate local pro
blem. And North Carolina's tobac
co industry is as entitled to federal
: aid and guidance on such problems
just as much as any industry
Don Campbell, Associate Editor
Lytt Stamps, Managing Editor
Hunter George, News tiditor
Brant Wansley, Advertising Manager
This bill will hopefully emerge
soon from the Rules Committee
and be given to the Student
Legislature to act on.
What now needs to be done is
not to have a referendum with
its many flaws but for the com
mittee to hold open hearings on this
bill, and for the individual
legislators to talk about it with
their constituents.
And then a decision should be
made.
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1 For 112.50 I
You Can
Can It
There is, admittedly, a lot
of trash coming out of any
Student Body President's of
fice. But even so, did Student
Legislature really have to ap
propriate $12.50 for the
purchase of a $25 trash
basket?
True, it will be a pretty
trash basket, the kind that
any student government ex
ecutive would really cherish
and maybe even snuggle up
to on chilly nights.
True, also, that Bob Travis
says he is spending only $7.50
for a trash basket,5 instead of
the appropriated $12.0, and
that even at $12.50 it would be
a discount bargain.
And further true that the
trash basket is part of the
furniture package for the Stu
dent Government offices in
the new student union
building, and that Travis
managed to ge.t a very good
deal on the whole package,
even though he won't get full
use out of most of it in his
present offices.
But even so, we repeat, did
Student Legislature really
have to appropriate $12.50 for
the purchase of a $25 trash
basket?
Is, Brother Jim
anywhere.
But Gardner wasn't ready to
stop there.
He felt he just had to go on and
tell all the tobacco farmers that
he'd do anything he could to fight
anti-tobacco legislation brewing in
Congress.
From all over the state, it seem
ed, you could hear farmers'
jubilant shouts of "Tell it like it is,
Brother Jim."
That's what those tobacco
farmers wanted to hear, you see.
"especially after the U. S. Surgeon
General, Dr. William H. Stewart,
said Tuesday that this state's
tobacco industry is not nearly as
important as ending the health
hazards of smoking.
Dr. Stewart said he was con
vinced of the cause-and-effect rela
tionship between smoking and
cancer.
But Gardner said Friday that he
wasn't at all convinced, and that he
was going to meet with New York
Senator Robert F. Kennedy to talk
about a bill which Kennedy has
proposed to put restrctions on
tobacco advertising. Gardner said
he thought the bill would "be very
wrong."
When Dr. Stewart spoke, he said
he would not "weigh the tobacco in
dustry of North Carolina against
55.000 deaths caused bv lunj
cancer each year."
So what's Jim Gardner going to
weigh those deaths against'.' Votes,
mavbe?
The Student Speaks
Today? Fun Not Proud
Of My Government
By MIKE COZZA
One of the rules for writing editorials
is to avoid the use of pronouns in the first
person.
The reasoning behind this is simple. If
a writer declares bis point of view by
saying "I think. . .," he is reducing his
impact. It is much more impressive to
say "many people feel. . ." or "it is une
quivocal that. . ."
As an editorialist who has generally
tried to state his view in the orthodox
manner, this writer has always felt quite
comfortable in avoiding the first
person.
Today, however, I wish to depart from
the traditional approach. I want to say
something that I, as an individual,
feel something for which I can claim
neither broad support nor unequivocal
right. So the reader will please excuse
the unorthodox use of the first person.
I am writing this column as I sit on a
irock wall in front 6f a'churcfi on Franklin
Street, tt is Vednt (f lusjf past -
noon, l am watching the weeklY. peace
vigil. '
In many ways I am in agreement with
those who line the sidewalk: I am
disenchanted with the war in Vietnam, I
have certain reservations about
American foreigh policy. I want to see
the killing stopped.
Nevertheless, like many others who
agree with the members of the vigil, I
am not in their line.
I would imagine that many people
avoid participation because they are
afraid. They are afraid that their parents
might see them in a news-reel. They are
afraid their friends might call them
cowards, or worse, unpatriotic.
It's hard to say what my reason is. I
don't think I'm afraid. I suppose I would
rationalize that I am just not a
demonstrator I am a journalist, or at
least that's what I'm trying to be.
But the fact remains: I agree with
them. I don't like what my government is
doing. '
It hasn't always been that way,
however. I can remember when I counted
myself among the most patriotic sup
porters of the "United States. I was even
nominated for a good citizenship award
in high schoolan award given by the
D.A.R.
I can remember when I thought my
government was right. I can remember
when we honestly stood for world peace
and for helping peoples less fortunate
than ourselves.
I can remember when my government
inaugurated the Marshal Plan, a suDerb
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effort of unselfish goodwill. I believed in
the Marshal Plan, and I was proud that
my government offered aid to all coun
tries of war-torn Europe.
I can remember when my government
gave more than token support to the
United Nations as an effective force for
world peace. I had great hopes for the
United Nations, and I was proud of my
government for supporting it
I can remember when my government
relieved General MacArthur of his com
mand in Korea for pushing an aggressive
policy that could have sparked a third
world war. I was proud that my govern-
ment, a civilian government, had the guts
to over-rule the military.
I can remember when my government
initiated humanitarian programs like the
Alliance for Progress in South American
and the War on Poverty at home. I was
proud of my government for its
humanitarianism and its foresight.
Today, however, -my feelings are dit
' feren!. My gdvernment is somehow not .
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nounced for economic imperialism. And
there is sound basis for this charge. I am
not proud that my government is hated in
Europe. ,
Today my government seems to
disregard , the United Nations. The UN
Secretary-General, who surely must be
one of the most impartial observers in
the world, advised us that we are wrong
in Vietnam. I am not proud of my
government's response: We ignored
him. ,,
Today my government seems run by
the military. When they advise bombing,
we bomb. When they advise escalation,
we escalate. When they advise increasing
involvement, we become increasingly in
volved. I am not proud that my govern
ment, a civilian government, kowtows to
the military.
Today the Alliance for Progress effort
has diminished. We just don't talk about
it any more. And we have all but sur
rendered in the War on Poverty. I am not
proud that my government cannot defeat
illiteracy, disease, and hunger.
I believe that my outlook on govern
ment, my system of values for what is
right and what is wrong, have not chang
ed. I believe that my government and its
policies have changed. .
Maybe I'm unpatriotic because I feel
this way. Maybe the D.A.R. won't like me
anymore. Maybe they'll think I'm a
coward.
I don't care. I can't help it. I am not
proud of my government today.
North Carolina has been forced into a
situation which no football team with a
nine game losing streak deserves.
This afternoon the Tar Heels must
play Tulane in their home opener.
Consider that facts one and two.
Recall the proclamation issued by the
student body president early in the week
that sounds, once the fluff is brushed
aside, like "Win, damnit!"
Consider that fact three.
The clincher is, and this I find hard to
believe, the Tar Heels are favored.
How would you like to have a slice of
the fat pie which some smart bookie is
baking for this game?
The line is UNC by two points, which
means there must be something the two
dollar bettor just don't know about.
Like the Tar Heels are out to win one
for the Gipper.
Heck, let's win one for somebody,
fellows.
Win one for the Choo Choo if nothing
else.
In the past 17 years the Tar Heels
have had three winning teams. Only one
in the past seven years.
Consider the plight of poor Bill
Dooley. ,
He spends nine months telling us that
the Tar Heels aren't going to win much
this year and two weeks proving it.
Now here he is with those losses to
N.C. State and South Carolina and the
book says North Carolina by two.
I think what the book did was to figure
13-7 and 16-10 losses just aren't all that
Letters
riter Says
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Moore, Missed The Point
To the Editor:
In Tuesday's editorial, "Gov. Moore
Vs. Fuller: A Neo-McCarthy Blooms" I
found several errors in the agrument us
ed by the editor.
I shall debate neither the question of
Fuller's employment nor his judgement,
or lack of it, as the case may bey in
participating jh the picket of the National
Guard practice session: V s - '
It is evident that the Guard 'is a
legally established and reputable agency
of the government. The reasons for the
practice sessions are: first, to follow the
Pentagon's orders and second, to become
more efficent in the protection of John Q.
Public. f
Our editor argued not the legality of
the practice sessions but the lack of
judgement in the choice of a site to prac
tice. He stated that the Guard chose to
practice close to a Negro section "where
it could be rubbed in a little more that
the white man has the power and the
guns and the Black boys better behave."
Thus the editor condemned the Guard as
a functionaire of the "White Power Struc
ture." In an earlier paragraph, to
describe white hostilities in the Durham
march to City Hall, he was ever so quick
as to point out that the Guard was there to
insure the safety of the Negro
demonstrators. If the Guard is only a
functionaire of the "White Power Struc
ture" why couldn't the officials of the
Guard turn their heads as the "rednecks"
lined the streets in Durham?
In an attempt to illustrate the pickets'
concern, our editor used an analogy that
is in error in at least two major points.
Our editor said, "The protest was equally
as justified as it would have been if it
were a show of white men's unhappiness
over a contingent of Black Muslims con
ducting combat drills in a white residen
tial area." First of all, the Guard is a du
ly organized agency of the government
whereas the Black Muslims are a mili
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bad, especially when the teams that won
have romped in their other games.
This is where the Tar Heels have
made their mistake. Doggone it, if you're
going to lose, lose like you mean it. This
business of leading 7-3 at halftime and
then losing has got to stop.
Admittedly, Dooley has yet to prove
that North Carolina is as bad as he said it
would be. But, I do not doubt that he was
giving an honest appraisal of the team's
worth when he said it would be unable to
compete even in its own conference.
That is what he saw and that was, and
perhaps still is, his opinion.
The problem, and not enough
bookmakers realize this, is should the
Tar Heels win, everyone will think "So
what? "They were favored weren't
they?"
Favored my foot.
Let's give credit where credit is due
and put Tulane on the spot. What hap
pened to all that pre-season buildup it
got? A loss to a team with a record of 163-52-9
over the past 24 years shouldn't be
enough to make them the underdogs.
But they are, however. It means, of
course, that they will try to flood Kenan
Stadium and thereby disappoint all those
rich Carolina alumni.
That is neither a prediction or a pro
mise, only a realization of the fate which
befalls teams with nine game losing
streaks.
Look, the situation has reached the
point where a one point loss would be a
moral victory.
Stupid bookie.
Editor, Not
tant racist organization. Second, and
more important, the purpose of the
Guard is the preservation of peace for all
citizens. The Black Muslims have an en
tirely dissimilar goal, i.e. racial segrega
tion and black supremacy without regard
to the manner of achievement of such.
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than Gbyerno Moore ; who has missed the
point. It-must; be '"that "our editor;' has
either obscured the facts or 'does not
know them. If it is the former, his hones
ty is at stake; if the latter, his in
telligence. Whichever be the case, he is
lacking in at least one essential quality
for a person of his position.
Darrell Hinnant
414 Mangum
Sloppy Dresser
Almost Confori
To The Editor:
In reference to Clarence B. Kugler's
letter in the September 26, 1967 edition of
the Daily Tar Heel, I, a graduate student,
wish to congratulate him. He has con
templated reality, embodied in truth, suf
ficiently long enough that he has had a
flash of insight: clothes make the man. A
psychologist might say that one who ac
quired a completely new individuality
each day solely on the basis of his ap
parel was, to say the least, quite
neurotic. I think Clarence had better look
again. His style comes perilously close to
being that of the majority here at UNC.
A campus survey might convict him of
that unmentionable trait: conformity. His
letter indicates that he is unqualified to
indict the majority of the UNC students
with -living "beneath a shroud of
materialistic sophistication." Thank
you. -
Sincerely yours,
James H. Glenn
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