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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Tuesday, October 17, 1957
Mike Cozza
75 Years o Editorial Freedom
Bill Amlong, Editor
Don Walton, Business Manager
Stop The Draft Week:
A Symptom Of Cancer
This nation is suffering from a
cancer, a very bad cancer which
; has rooted itself deep in her guts
' and if left unchecked is going to
weaken her every fiber, and maybe
kill her.
The name of this cancer is
; Disenchantment.
And this cancer, this disen
chantment, is what National Stop
the Draft Week is all about. This
entire week, people all over the
United States are supposed to be
pouring into the streets to protest
the draft and the war in Vietnam.
Why?.
Because these people are very
sick, and very tired of the United
States drafting young nien to
fight and maybe die in Vietnam.
That's why.
And these people have every
right to feel the way they do.
Ever since the U. S. became in
volved in the Vietnam fracas, no
one in Washington has bothered to
candidly explain to the American
public who has to fight this crum
my war why we are over there.
Oh, there have been ex
planations er, rationalizations,
anyway. There has been talk of one
treaty's or another's binding us,
claims such as Barry Goldwater
made last week here that national
honor is involved, and as always
the bugaboo of World Communism
has been thrown into the spiel.
But theiejhas yet been anyone '
such as President Johnson or one
of his top aides who has even at-
tempted to truthfully explain to the
American people why the U. S. is
I still in Vietnam.
( There have also been lies, too,
J about the course of the war. Pick a
day, any day, and on that day some
high government official would be
saying that the U. S. had no in-
tention of escalating the war past
such a point the point that'
r normally has been passed within
six months or less of when the of-
ficial said it would not be.
What has developed is the
Credibility Gap a very deep
chasm between the Administration
and the people, who no longer can
believe that the Administration
tells them because the ad
ministration has lied so often.
And all the while, this disen
chantment has been growing,
festering, inside the guts of
America.
It festered through all the half
truth explanations of why
American fighting men are being
sent to die and to kill in a war
that won't be worth the price if we
ever do "win" it.
It festered throughout the sum
mer when race riots exploded in
northern Negro ghettos where peo
there because there was not enough
pie were living in such filth and
Another University Bargain
Isn't it nice to get a new ID
card, complete with a cheezy
smile in color, with social
security number attached?
It is nice if you're going to
get to use it, like next spring.
Maybe you figure it's worth
the buck fifty.
Thing is, some people
aren't going to be around here
next spring. Quite a few peo-'
pie graduate in January.
The trouble is, they are
being charged for the ID
anyway. The $1.50 is added
right on to their account in the
University Cashiers office.
And to the people leaving
in January, the new ID is
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Don Campbell, Associate Editor
Lytt Stamps, Managing Editor
Hunter George, News Editor
Brant Wansley, Advertising Manager
have to be dead in places like that,
poverty that no one should even
much less be born there. It festered
money to finance cleaning up those
slums, although there was enough
money to send more and more
fighting men and equipment to
x Vietnam.
And it will continue to fester
there just as long as rats keep
biting babies when those rats could
have been killed if Congress would
have appropriated more money to
kill rats instead of to fight a war
that more and more of the people in
this country are ceasing to believe
in.
And so has the disenchantment
festered. Now it is at the point of
erupting. The name of this eruption
is National Stop the Draft Week.
Or is that only the name of the
beginning of it?
There's Still
Five Games
To Play...
Every sportswriter in the state,
it seems, is engrossed with the fact
that our football team established a
new--Carolina losing , record- with
Saturday's loss to Air Force ?
J'.raat'rria'y'be deplorable, but we ,
still think the Heels are showing
signs of considerable im
provement. We can't have a win
ning season now, with half the
games behind us, but then, no one
predicted that we would have a
winning season, r
The Heels came within one foot
Saturday of winning the game at
Colorado Springs, at least
technically. And they made the
final score close. That may be
damning with faint praise, but we
thought the last half of the game
final score close. That may be
damning with faint praise, but we
thought the last half of the game
was encouraging. The team has
played some tough opponents this
season, they have some tough ones
remaining.
The Maryland team will not roll
over and play dead this Homecom
ing Saturday. They are also looking
for their first win. But with the pro
per support from the fans, the
Heels should be more than their
equal.
What we would hope to see
Saturday is two quarters of play
like the first quarter against
Vanderbilt, and two quarters like
the final quarter against Air
Force.
And lots of cheering from 43,000
fans.
about as useless as. . .well,
you know the expression. v
But the people in the
University Cashier's office
don't care whether you'll be
here to use your ID or not.
They just want your money.
It's just another example
of the far-sighted planning the
U n i versity Administration
does.
The only thing we can tell
you to do if you're leaving is
tins: Just don't pay that extra
$1.50. Your old ID is good til
the end of this semester.
You'll never need the new,
pretty, colorful ID.
So don't pay them for it.
If there is one perplexing problem that
confronts Lyndon Johnson these days, it
is his inability to gain vast popular slip
port for U.S. policy in Vietnam.
. This type of thing is not an uncommon
problem. Johnson is certainly not the
first president who has had difficulty
creating rapport between himself and the i
people. He will not be the last. ;
Occasionally, however, some
presidents have come forth with brilliant
statements of policy that mobilize a hesi- "-
tant public to rally behind a formerly un- f
popular cause. Such was the immortal
Gettysburg Address that was delivered '
104 years ago by President Lincoln.
Lincoln's solution to his problem was
both simple and effective. A similar ap
proach might work for .President
Johnson. All he wouldi need is la dedicaT
tion ceremony, a trip to Vietnam, and a
jungle. He could call his speech the Dong
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Tar Heel
To The Editor:
The Daily Tar Heel, like most left
wing newsjpapers, had to resort to snip
ping and meaningless cliches in order to
waste extensive editorial space attacking
the remarks made by former Senator
Goldwater Tuesday night.
According to my count the editorial
pointed out four alleged contradictions in
the course of the twenty-six paragraph
assault
1. Barry Goldwater, according to the f
DTH, "the Lord High Priest of i
eveiTthing that is Right, "somehow con- t,
tradicts" himself by commenting upon 1
the "new radical left of Bobby Ken- f
nedy's. . and the "threat of cen-
(tralization of government." Or were ")
there only three 4contradictions?" 'J
2. The Arizonian advocated both an -
expansion of the work of the Peace Corps ,
and hoped that colleges will produce 1
more students knowledgeable i n 4
psychological warfare. To the DTH this
dual objective is either beyond the
capacity of the university or else it
means that the goal of the nation would
be schizophrenic: will we help or
brainwash (shades of George Rocnney) i
the world? '
'Senator Goldwater meant quite simply ;
that in the modern age of the cold war ;
one must be acquainted with' both in
order to be able to truly "help the t
world."
3. Concerning the possibility of Nelson 1
Rockefeller obtaining the nomination Mr. 1
Goldwater said that he would not try to J
block it at the convention. But he also
said that he would do his "best before the
convention to make sure -that" a can
didate who sought a dishonorable peace
in Viet Nam would not obtain the
nomination.
Supporting one candidate or opposing
another prior to the convention at which
he wil not be a delegate is quite different
from blocking the nomination.
4. Concerning expansion of the war in
Viet Nam he said that we could, with
warning to shipping nations, bomb the
harbor at Haiphong, but recommended'
that we bomb the miles of supplies piled
nearby. For the information of the DTH
the United States has already bombed
ships and killed sailors of foreign nations 5
in the harbor without warning. To bomb
the harbor or moreover, as Goldwater
actually suggested, to bomb the supplies
nearby with adequate warning to ship
ping of the attack would be a helpful, but
not an extreme escalation move as the
editorial suggests.
It should also be noted that all of the
criticism of the Senator resulted from the ;
question and answer period in which
"e.plies and choice vof words must be im
MysbmFg AtMireas, 'MemsuSed
Hoi Address. ' -
. It might run something like this:
Mr. Fellow Murricans,
Fourscore and seven coups ago our
preceding administrations brought forth
on this sub-continent a new commitment
conceived in anti-communism and
escalated under the consensus that Asian
cations must not be allowed to fall like
dominoes.
Now we are engaged in a great non
civil war testing whether that com
mitment or any commitment so con
ceived and so escalated can long endure
in a Great Society.
We are met in a great jungle oithat
imdeciared war. We have come to
defoliate a portion of that jungle as a
great monument to American" -democracy
in Asia.
It is altogether just and honorable that
we should do this. But, in a larger sense,
UnJerelancl lWeV . M coming
4-o abolish clasj officers .
People been sayina KCV icm'
4o
1 Praised-
mediate, unlike the editorial writer who
can listen repeatedly to a tape of the
speech and mull over the remarks for a
day and then draft "a nit-picking critique
which attempts to pass for the revelation
of contradictions.
Nonetheless, if the DTH editors desire
to criticize contradictions I suggest Chat
they read their own editorials prior to
printing them. Discerning a contradiction
where there clearly is none is certainly a
contradiction itself.
Yours rightfully,
Jeffrey B. Gayner
203 James
To The Editor:
On behalf of the residents of Married
Student Housing I would like to express
our gratitude and appreciation for the
outstanding job done by the DTH in
covering our recent aldenmanic election.
As was reported on Wednesday, 40 per
cent of the Village turned out to vote, an
impressive record by any practical stan
dard of American politics; for example,
we transient students did -about four
times as well as the Town of Chapel Hill
Was done for at least the last twenty
years!
It is my personal feeling that much
uiorte waa at stake in this election than
merely another student campaign. The
basic issue involved was the test of
whether or not people could be aroused to
take part in deciding policies effecting
the manner in which they conduct their
lives while living in this community; that
is, the issue was one concerning not just
aihe effectiveness but the very possibility
of local self government through the
means of duly elected representatives. It
is largely due to the efforts of the DTH
that the results of this test biave been a
resounding affirmation. It is another ex
ample of the fine journalistic leadership
that Editors Amlong and Campbell and
their staff are providing to this com
munity. Thank you, Tar Heel staff for a job
well done!
Sincerely,
Shirley Ackennann
Past Sec'y-Treas.
Victory Village Board of
Aldermen Z
To The Editor:
I was upset, but not particularly
surprised, at the tone of what passed for
an editorial in the DTH of October 12.
One is led to wonder whether or not your
editor was actually present at Mr.
we cannot defoliate, we cannot de
escalate, we cannot pacify this ground.
The billions of dollars that we have spent
here have already forwarded the ideals of
freedom far beyond our poor power to do
so through a negotiated settlement.
The nations of the pro-Western com
munity will please note and remember
that the United States is honoring its
treaty colmimitments. They should never
forget that we are fighting here to pro
tect them from the specter of in
ternational communism. And someday
we hope that they will send troops to help
us.
It is for us the Americans to be
dedicated to the unfinished work of
establishing a true democracy. It is for
us to build the great unfinished Asian
society that remains before us.
We must give increased devotion to
that 1 cause for which the South Viet-
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Criticised
Goldwater's address, or whether he
received ms inspiration directly from,
heaven. I was there, and it seems to me
that those parts of Mr. Goldwater's
speech which were particularly pertinent
are those which the DTH editorial has
conscientiously avoided mentioning.
One could easily get the impression,
from your editorial, that Mr. Goldwater's
speech was so shot full of contradictions
and transparent gloss-overs that
everyone within hearing range was
sickened. Remember the standing ovation
at the conclusion of his talk? And the one
before his talk? I imagine that sort of
thing is sickening, but only to writers of
vindictive editorials.
Your editorial makes mention of Mr.
Goldwater's "mistakes,' referring,
doubtless, to certain politically con
troversial statements he made during the
1964 election campaign. Were they really
mistakes? Or, perhaps, was Barry
Goldwater the first Presidential can
didate to think that the people ought to
know what they were buying before they
got home from the store? By what is ap
parently your reasoning, it is better to
elect as President one who will wait until
after the election to tell anyone what he
really thinks. The distinctive point of
American politics is that when people
think (thought) that way, they get (got)
what they deserve
Your editorial did touch very close to
the truth in one respect, however, It did
nitpick, sidestep and quibble (paragraph
23). Perhaps someday you would care to
consider the main points of Mr.
Goldwater's talk, such as the necessity of
national honor and international trust
worthiness, to cite two. Or is that kind of
editorial out of vogue these days?
Sincerely,
Boy Cilley
809 Morrison
To The Editor:
I've heard it often said by a lawyer
friend of mine in Raleigh that on the
witness stand, his biggest enemy is the
eye witness. 3 people can see the exact
same accident and all their stories will
differ. Sot it is with the DTH and Barry
Goldwater's address on Thursday.
Your editorial made m wonder if I
had listened and witnessed the same
speech.
li you're going to talk about con
tradictions and the business of articula
tion I suggest you examine the logic of
your editorial. About the only tiling I
agree with you on, is the fact that Barry
Goldwater did sound like a moderate. For
namese are taking the never-ending
measure of our foreign aid. We here
highly resolve that these funds shall not
be poured down the drain in vain.
i We declare that this fairly elected
South Vietnamese regime (as certified by
our own unbrainwashed blue-ribbon com
mittee) shall have a new public image of
legitimacy. Government of the South, for
the South, and in the South shall not
perish from the guiding hand of
American supervision.
Just for effect, the president should
disgard his teleprompter and speak from
notes scribbled on the back of an en
velope. He should wear a black tophat
and drape his massive figure in a long
frock coat. Maybe he could grow a
beard. '
It would be very impressive. He might
even get the Republican nomination.
How Can Boys
Meet Girls?
By OTELIA CONNOR
During the question period after my
talk this week at James new dorm, a stu
dent asked, "If I saw a girl whom I
would like. to meet, would it be all right
to speak to her?" I answered, "Yes, I
talk to everyone, in town, and on the
campus." If a girl is a lady, she will
respond pleasantly, or she toay politely
say, ""Sorry, but I go steady.1" In that
case you wouldn't expect her to want to
date another feller. Then you should feel
no embarrassment, and try another girl.
Most freshmen coeds are glad to meet
boys, and I think there should be more
ways of mixing them up.
One night when I was chaperoning
dances at the USO during World War H, I
saw a girl cdt a soldier who asked her to
dance. Everybody else saw it, and no one
else asked her to dance.
'Next day the girl called and said,
"Mrs. Connor, I had the most miserable
time at the dance last night!" I told her,
1f you had gotten up and danced with
everybody who asked you you wouldn't
. have had a miserable night. You go to a
party to give pleasure as well as to get
pleasure. (By the way, the girls were
taken by bus loads to the dances.)
After the next dance this girl called
cneuandaid ''Mrs. Connor, I did what
youtoJd me and I had a wonderful
time!" ' - . -
Another student at James asked if he
took a date to a dance and saw another
girl he would like to dance with, would it
be all righH if he danced with the other
girL I said I don't see why you couldn't
ask the other couple if they would like to
swap partners for a dance. When I was a
gin, 11 you didn't have a lot of breaks,
you felt like a walMlower. I should think
it would be much more exciting to dance
with a lot of people.
I often introduce boys and girls. I like
to mix up people.
this I'm sorry. I guess he has realized
that the press and the general public
need to have things said to theai in a
more reserved fashion. However, the
press couldn't see the truth even if it
(were put in the most moderate and un
contradiictory of terms, as is evidenced
by your editorial.
But lead oh Lord High Priest of
everything that is Left, for in the county
of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
Sincerely,
Sheree Stone
Carrboro, N. C.
To The Editor:
Having read your reprinted editorial
on the Zebulon Fair, I'find that I question
the criteria that the Daily Tar Heel uses
in selecting its reprinted material. The
author of the article should have spent
more time doing his homework rather
than personally searching out the so call
ed buff aod striping.
Being a native of Zebulon I am well
acquainted with the annual Fair and the
parties involved. The first fact that the
editorialist overlooked was that the
Zebulon Lions Club does not bring the
fair to town. A private citizen, who is not
even a member of lions International,
makes the contract with the Fair people
and rents them the land for the event
Secondly, the lions of Zebulon could only
have voiced an objection to the girlie
shows. They did not have the authority to
ask them to close down.
1 agree that it is not right for good
works to be an excuse for law breaking.
This was not the case in Zebulon. The us
ing of the Zebulon lions Club as an ex
ample was both inaccurate and needless
ly slanderous. I would suggest that the
Daily Tar Heel investigate the facts
behind its reprinted articles before
publishing them. More scrutiny and
selectivity would lead to a better quality
paper. I would also hope that the Raleigh
Times editorialist will conduct more pro
fessional research on his future topics
rather than just looking at the supposedly
"bare' facts.
Lewis O. Liles
223 Teague