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Let Well Enoiigli Aloiie
Some things are worth waiting
for.
That's how it was with the con
troversial appropriation for the'
Carolina Talent Search, a program
to recruit Negro high school
students to come to this Universi
ty. After much haggling, speech
making and general boon-doggling
by some members of Student
Legislature, $640 was finally given
the program by SL Thursday
night.
The 31-13 vote to fund the
recruitment program signalled
what is undoubtedly the most
worthwhile thing S.tu.dent
Legislature has done in 1967 and
possibly the only one, too.
The appropriation of funds for
the program shows clearly that
Student Legislature can indeed
serve a viable, useful function on
this campus, considering signifi
cant pieces of legislation, instead of
being a Members-Only Sandbox
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There are those, however, who
would like to reverse the trend that
Student Legislature began Thurs
day night those who want to
even reverse the passage of the re-
cruitment appropriation by call-
ing for a reconsideration of the fun
ding bill at the first session after
Christmas vacation. 1
And to do so, the opponents of
the bill have dug deeply into their
barrel of technicalities to find
"reasons" why Student Legislature
shouldn't give Phil Clay the money
he needs to finance his recruiting
program.
The latest "reason" was voiced
Thursday night by Rep. George
Krichbaum, SP-Lower Quad, who
told the assembly the bill was il
legal under the 1964 Civil Rights
Act.
Krichbaum told SL he even has .
spoken to three count 'em, three
lawyers about the matter, and
they have all drawn up briefs for
him, supporting the position that
the appropriation would be illegal
because of Section 601 of the act,
which states: "No person in the
United States shall, on the ground
of race, color, or national origin, be
excluded from participation in, be
denied the benefits of, or be sub
jected to discrimination under any
program or activity receiving
Federal financial assistance."
Now while it does seem a bit
ludicrous that JCrichbaum, as a
Student Legislator, should go run
ning off to three attorneys to get
their opinions on a bill before a stu
dent assembly, it seems even a bit
more ludicrous that, he would ask
that assembly to consider them, in
an attempt to prevent it from doing
about the only good thing it has all
year long.
But, then maybe it is all a part
of the syndrome that says the way
to be the best student politico is to
build the biggest and most
elaborate castles in the whole Stu
dent Government sand box.
However, Thursday night's ac
tion indicates that maybe this isn't
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Don Campbell, Associate Editor
Lytt Stamps, Managing Editor
Hunter George, News Editor
Brant vyansley, ' Advertisina Manager
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so anymore. It says that SL is
beginning to shape up, to get some
things done.
Hopefully, this trend will con
tinue and will override the move
ment for consideration of the
bill. If the bill is. reconsidered,
though, it would be wise for SL to
seek a broader base of legal
reasoning than Krichbaum's three
briefs. There is, after all, at least
an equally strong case to be made
for the appropriation's being con
stitutional; Phil Clay, the head of
Carolina Talent Search, for ex
ample, cited the Higher Education
Act of 1965, which justifys the
recruitment expenditure.
If SL can just continue the trend
which it began Thursday, it will be
a great way to start of 1968.
The Weekend:
A Good Time
To Have Left
Now what a sage person it must
have been who picked Tuesday for
the great escape day, the day when
classes are supposed to end for
Christmas vacation.
Tuesday really is a nice day to
leave on, we suppose. But Friday
just seemed to be oh so much nicer.
So did Saturday.
Actually, there is nothing quite
as tempting as rounding things off
to the nearest whole number
and, regrettably it must be said
that students do on occasion suc
cumb to such temptation. And this
temptation was just so BIG.
So it should come as no
traumatic surprise to professors
Monday and Tuesday that their
classes are not overcrowded.
One fallacious assumption
should be cleared up, however.
This does not necessarily provide
an accurate criteria for seperating
the good students from the bad.
The seperation goes more along
these lines the ones who are
staying are those who (1) have
papers due either Monday or Tues
day which they were not able to,
complete during the barrage of
quizzes that have smothered the
days since Thanksgiving.
They might also be the ones who
(2) could not find a ride home
earlier, or those who (3) were not
planning to fly 'home on student
standby (because Tuesday would
be too risky to try to get on standby
with the next day being a holiday
deadline for student fares.
Maybe those people staying are
the ones who (4) have been home
several times since September, or
(5) are stuck with an uncuttable
quiz during these next two days.
When it boils down to it, the peo
ple left are simply the ones who are
pitifully stuck here.
'Cause after all, wasn't Friday
a mich nicer day to start a vaca
tion on?
Mr. Douglas W. Easdey, in his letter f
10 December 1S37, accuses Dr. TOk
Wynn of God-knows-what horrible sin (j
can't Cad a clear charge in be fetter) la
the course. of which he tnr.ngs some fac
tual errors and perhaps jcsopfcical
sophemcrieisms which deserve some
coarsest. I frill attempt to follow his
arguments linearly as presented in his
letter. ", 1
First, Mr. Baxley, if be does not Vke
the position represented by the recent
faculty petition, should state' his ob
jections and cot ccsdbci an fed fccmhen
Jehad against a person, who from Mr.
Baxley's descriptions, ha could cot
possibly know. To surest that Dr. Wyna
has set himself up as "thecnoral priest of
our community and State is an absurdi
ty to anyone who knows him. While fee
did have a large hand in framing the
petition, he was cot its sole author, and
wH' ever 10) other facruy memhers
agreed with the view presented on the
petition strongly enough to sign it
Second, if Mr. Baxley has questions to
ask, such as the question of an unjust
war and what it means, he should ask it,
perhaps give his conclusions about it, and
sit back and wait for responses. Instead
he assumes in advance his question is
unanswerable and again resorts to his ad
hcainta attack. As to the particular
question of just and unjust wars, both Dr.
; Wyna and Key. Harry Smith devoted
time to discussion of that question at the
recent teach-in, and if Mr. Baxley were
really concerned about such questions, he
could have been mere and learned, and,
if he still was uneasy, asked questions of
the speakers. -
Third, Mr. Baxley seems to think it
important that many (note his usage: of
many, not all) soldiers in Vietnam do not
believe in what they aredoing.
The point that those soldiers who do
TKe Student Speaks
By DICE LEVY
Past columns have defended, however
sketoMy, the necessity of the draft
Today I shall examine a fundamental
objection to the way our conscription '
system function: its timing.
It is this that makes the draft as we'
know it insidious: one never knows when
it will get him. Like the s word of
Damocles the draft hangs over our heads.
Or perhaps more lake the guillotine. '
This uncertainty mars the entire col
lege experience. It creates among male
students a distortion of values which
often cause him to miss the value of col
lege life.
There is one fundamental feature of
these four years that should make them
the most valuable of our lives. Cloistered
in our ivory tower we have no
responsibilities a n d immense freedom.
Optimumly we are free to develop or
destroy ourselves, to experiment with sex
or even drugs, or just with each other
AU of this with little or no social
pressure Each of us has his bag; each
can do this thing. Mistakes are tolerated
It is like a return to childhood.
These four years should be our last
respite, a breathing spell between the
pressures of high school and the regimen
tation of a job and social pressures. Four
years to "get it all out of your
system."
Even the classroom experience assists
this. General CoIWa
m
especially have little relevance. They do
offer a certain discipline. But it matters
nttle in the non-technical courses if a stu
dent deals with his courses
lackadaisically. There are so many other
things to do and experience. One is not
the less for short-changing academia
It must be home in mind however
cot l&e the war cannot rrctest
serves to intensify the coral argrrort of
tie peuca; cere we have a case cf a
person being an tcwSHisg member cf an
organisation that is fascisSc in that it
does cot permit freedom cf speech and
dissert among its members, That this
fascists organization h busy "protecting
our rights' and does cot grant those
rights to its own members, and in fact is
docis its members imwOlisgly from that
society it is giving the rights to is
ironic
(Fourth, we are accused cf an "in
credibly naive and narrow viewpoint cf
what i3 moral." By which be means that
we are forcing cur morality cn others, as
nearly as I can guess. This belies an in
credibly naive and narrow viewpoint of
our moraliiy. If the farmer's son wants
to go Cght, that's Us choke. But if ha is
forced to leave farm and go 10,000 miles
ram hturiA ti fidhk a
vague philosophical concept and at worst
tne protx motive, then, perhaps the
society that forces him to go is immoral
and in need of change. One does not have
to live an ivory tower to see this. (Oh, by
the way, those of us in a University are
not as sheltered as Mr. Basiey would
have us. Would that it were so.)
sFiflb, Mr. Baxley, just what in the hell
is "moralite mxier fire?" It is a mean
ingless concept What is to be learned by
grabbing a rifle and going off to kill
people? The issue here rests on the belief
that fighting a war should be the result of
a moral decision, not die cause of one,
and until that distinction is realized, we
are in trouble. The true lesson of morali
ty is acting as one belives, and that
means carrying a gun or not, according
to one's own choice.
I do not consider Mr. Baxley a
dogmatic hawk or a (redneck. But this
belief is a bit shaken by statements such
as :"his brand of morality nauseates cie.M
Deliverance Comes At Last
that college is viewed by society as a
final preparation for participation in the
world aWarge. Thus, by the end of the
four years the student is expected to have
settled down.
But what about that student who re-'
jects the need for more school right cow,
who is not ready to buckle down but who
cannot take full advantage of the
freedom of the university because of the
serious effects upon his later life?
Traditionally he would quit school for
a year, perhaps to travel, maybe to work
as a Teamster or a member of the
merchant marine. Having tired of twelve
or fourteen years of schooling, he could
get away until he was ready to buckle
down.
iNo longer. To quit school means to be
drafted, an alternative which defeats the
purpose of rejecting the structured,
pressure-filled existence ,of most our
lives. Thus the colleges are filled with
poorly - motivated students whose minds
r are elsewhere." The college experience
becomes merely an extension of high
school, with attendant pressures to do
well. There is no respite.
(Li the central problem is uncertainty,
it can be alleviated by any of several
methods. The first is Universal Military
Service. The second is a lottery.
But if the IIS deferment seems unfair,'
it may be defended on military grounds
of necessity and national interest because
of evermore sophisticated weapons
systems and demands for leadership. An
increasingly complex military demands
better educated individuals.
Still, uncertainty may be eliminated
If a person is sincere in his cenvkiisns,
as Hr. Easley cmredgs Dr. TTynn is, then
that person's mcralty sbowi he accept
. cd and respected far wbd it is. Ttms
who choose cot to EA do est claim
mere possession cf mcrality than these
who choose to Ct; cn ihs ether hand,
they wO est accept a l2rcr csrs! stascs.
The main point cf the facuy coition.
and cf this Utter, h that th2 1:
rboii be given the mcral chcico. .
James Hahaa
3S2 Davis JZzZL -
China Must Be Curbed
For Asian Peace
TotheBssr . .
I was taken by surprise to read Mr.
Peter Kami's article "Is China An Ag
gressor Nation" ptished in your issue
of December 7, 1SC7. In an attempt to ad
vocate China's case for admission into
United Nations, the author has really
twisted the facts too much. Whether
China is an aggressor cation or cot is
beside the point, but it was certainly cot
proper on the part of the author to make
some extremely unjustified statements
about the Indo-China border.
The border between any two countries
is governed by the mutual treaties.
MacMahan Line was the boun
dary between India and China during
British rule in India. There was no
dispute at all over the area. The state
ment of Prof. Oliver M. Lee of the
University of Hawaii that before 1314, the
maps of British India showed this area in
China is shear misleading and out of con
text Also before 1819 Florida was under
Spain, before 1867 Alaska was under
Russia and even Hawaii was not in U.SJL
until 1803 but to say that this has any
bearing on their status now is hardly
smiply by starting a Wise by which an
individual graduating from high school
must volunteer or be drafted, say five
years from graduation. He would have
several alternatives. He could volunteer
immediately. Or be could go to college,
then work for a year before being in
ducted. Or travel. Or simply volunteer
after college graduation. The important
thing is that quitting school would not
necessarily mean being drafted.
Such a system would reduce friction
caused by the draft while allowing the
military to utilize educated students to
its best advantage. It would likely send
to the labor force more students with
practical experience, which would lessen
their adjustment psoblems. Further,
these individuals would not necessarily
be rusty from two years of service as
they would now be able to go straight
from college into general society. -
The Daily Tar Heel accepts all
letters- for, publication provided
they are typed, double - spaced
and signed." Letters should be no
longer than 300 words in length.
We reserve the right to edit for
libelous statements.
areover, co ctse else before
LIaTs-eTm3 ma -2 sny such cUzn cr
tried to threaten Ia with &3 tx
IZ.7Y Potential, is surpriiig
the a-tbors armtt .that tccaus this
comtry had to use fcrco to ste
tcdiry disputes sxzetimes, so China
abo cccll skip bci brands ss an ag
gressor even after all its recent and xr
rcnt taxardaus activities in the neighbor,
inj coinings. Even after the China's ag-gressis-a,.
Inan government has
repeatedly invited it for negiatjocs ta
find a justiHed solution but with no pr
pcr rerpense.
It is also utterly fabe to say that Ladu
ever rtccgnized Tibet as being a part of
China. Instead, India has given shelter to
the Tietan frcedm fighters and hu
dene everything at is command to sip
pest their cause.
Thoui the author has quoted Lin Piao
saying that "Revolution or Peoples' var
in any country Is the business of that
country," bet China has never acted
along these lines. Its activities ia
Indonesia, Hong Kong, Burma and
recently' in Thailand -are only 1 fer
among the numerous examples which
stand es bare testimony of her intentions
to export revolution. Actually, bard
pressed with its exploding population,
China locks greedily towards every bit of
land around. It has betrayed mcst of Us
neighbors and has locked for chances to
rape them. Peace in Asia in particular
and world at large is not safe unless the
present hostile attitude of China is curb
ed. Yours truly, ,
Damodar S. Alran
Department cf Eavircr.Tn ratal
Sciences and Eagireericg
School cf Public nealtX UXC
Golly-gee! Motherhood!
Apple Pie! Gung-ho!
This letter is in regard to a letter j
printed on Dec. 8 concerning the Raleigh
draft protest
.Wow! Let's indeed go annihilate all of ,
those atrocious Viet Cong, Katy Hill, they .
are not nice people! Apple pie! They are
not nice people, and we have a "definite
responsibility" to stamp out all not nice
people. Motherhood! And let's ban the
right to dissent, and to wear beards and :
long hair! Fourth of July! Let's draft ;
everyone!! Gung-ho!! Let's aU go crawl,
ing through the jungles and criake the ;
wprM sifeyoaKaty Hill! ! Golly-gee! 5
I'm no coward, but you see I've got this f
bad back, and welL . . maybe YOU can
go for me, MESS Katy Hill!!! '
FredF. Crouch, IH
tZI Morrison
More Disagreement
WithMr.Byerly
To the editor: '
Several points in Professor Byerly's :
recent letter (Dec. 13) seem rash:
1. In apparent displeasure at the re
cent petition signed by 140 of our faculty,
he complains that too much is being said
about the "rights of conscientious ob
jectors" and too little about
responsibilities to country. Does this
mean that responsibility consists solely in
a complete adherence to the requests of
one's government? Also, does it discount
the possibility that those who oppose the
war are acting responsibly in attempting
to discourage a war which is undeclared
and, to many, a national disaster?
2. Professor Byerly says that "some"
conscientious objectors may be sincere,
but that "a great many" are only trying
to avoid responsibility. The biased ad
jectives speak for themselves. Perhaps
one should also speak of "some" who
willingly give their lives in war in defense
of their country, as opposed to "a great
many" who only like the chance to fcul If
such a formulation seems outrageous to
Professor Byerly, he might consider that .
his statement appears equally so to those
who oppose he war.
In addition, I'd like to see Professor
Byerly's evidence that many men in
World War U didn't become conscientious
objectors "until they were headed for a
port of embarkation."
3. He speaks also of a "vociferious"
group of faculty and students who give a
false impression of this university. Again,
the choice of adjective is smgificant.
Does Professor Byerly intend to heed his
own call and provide a more accurate
view of the university for those outside?
Or is he merely expressing a wish that
all those who differ from him would be
quiet? I'm willing to give Professor Byer
ly the benefit of the doubt, but if I were
betting I'd favor the latter alternative. I
wait for further news from Professor
Byerly. , , - r
Like him, I have a deep respect and
admiration for those who defend our
country. But is it so bard for him to see
that in this war undeclared, cumulated
over a cumber of years in a series of
blind decisions - there is a serious ques
tion about its justification, and that many
Americans can sincerely refuse to
participate in it because it seems unjust?
One can completely disagree with mem;
but does such disagreement then require
that they be cowards? .
Charles Ruhl
213 Purefoy Road
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