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76 Years of Editorial Freedom
Bill Amlong, .Editor
Don Walton, Business Manager
Pamela Hawkins, Associate Editor
Terry Gingras, Managing Editor
Rebel Good, News Editor
Kermit Buckner, Advertising Manager
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To the Editor:
I am writing this letter in response
to some of the disparing letters which
have appeared in The Daily Tar Heel
about Dr. King.
I like to think of Dr. King and of
other men of his stature as rebels,
or revolutionaries if you prefer. Dr.
King's revolution is one based on justice,
peace and love for his fellow man.
Yet, as all revolutions must, it gives
rise to turmoil as it marches toward
its goals.
The waging of a revolution can be
compared to building a dam across a
river. At first as the basic foundations
are laid for the dam, only small eddies
result, and the main current is hardly
affected. However, as work on the dam
progresses, the river becomes a raging
torrent as it strives to find the remaining
gaps in the dam and as it batters
upon the partially completed dam
itself.
Finally upon completion of the dam,
the river once again becomes calm.
Yet it has undergone a tremendous
change. Where once it could become
a wild. thing, capable of great violence
and destruction, according to the whims
of a few upstream rainclouds, now its
energy can become a source of electric
pwer and its water can irrigate the
lands of all those who once lived in
fear of it.
In a similar fashion. Dr. King's
revolution has led to violence and
bloodshed on its way toward creating
a society where men can base their
lives on the words "We hold these truths
to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal. . . " Similarly, the revolu
tion engendered by those magnificent
rebels George Washington, Thomas Jef
ferson and Thomas Paine led to the
violence of the War of Independence,
in its pursuit of the founding of the
United States of America. Also, Nguyen
Van Thieu and Nguyen Cao Ky are
rebels who are willing to lead their
people through the turmoil of the Viet
namese war in an effort to ensure thern
the freedoms of a democracy.
I would like nothing better than a
truly peaceful revolution; but then a
peaceful revolution would not be a
revolution, would it?
When men struggle for a dream,
they "very often come face to face with
all the things that the word struggle
implies.
Oliver Todd
Chemistry Department
Please Drive Safely
During Spring Break
"YEfttt , AW X CAN CAUSE MORE RIOTS, TOO1. "
Ml We
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Overcome
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H
ousimg's A Start
We have begun to overcome.
Congress Wednesday passed by
a 249 to 171 vote the Senate-approved
bill outlawing racial
discrimination in most of
America's housing, and making
civil rights worker's murders a
federal crime.
It wasn't easy.
A lot of white folks are going
to be very unhappy about this bill,
and possible a few of the 249 con
gressmen voting for it will lose
their seats because of it.
These congressmen's courage to
face their predominantly white
elctorates will probably be branded
as cowardice and fear of a black
revolution.
But regardless of what the
racists are going to say, a lot
was done in Washington Wed
nesday to end discrimination, to
extend full and complete equality
to Negroes. ,
.
THE BATTLE ISN'T over yet,
though.
Indeed, there seems almost as
far to go today as there, was 14
years ago when the Supreme Court
ruled discrimination by school
boards illegal.
There has been progress,
though a lot of it.
There was the Montgomery Bus
Boycott, where non-violent tactics
achieved their first major victory
for civil rights.
There was the voting rights act,
the Public Accomodations Act. . .
Yes, there has been progress.
But there is still a long way
to go.
Perhaps the greatest thing
about Congress' action Wednesday,
though, was that it showed that
progress can be made through the
government.
It sort of renews your faith in
the verse:
"I do believe, that we shall
overcome some day.'
BUT SEVERAL QUESTIONS
still haunt us, and serve to dampen
our rejoicing.
First, is Congress going to con
tinue in this vein? Was Wed
nesday's action only the first of
many needed Civil Rights laws?
Is Congress now going to look
beyond the discrimination in hous
ing, and into the economic pro
blems of the urban poor?
Is the Vietnam War going to
end, and the money being used
to finance it be channeled into the
ghettoes to fight poverty? g
Or is Congress going to revert
to its previous conservativism? Is
a backlash going to set in?
These are all questions that
must be answered and answered
in a specific way before this
nation can rise Phoenix-like from
the ashes of Washington and
Chicago, before we really can
overcome.
Time will answer those ques
tions. But there is another which
never really will be answered.
That question is:
"What would Martin Luther
King Jr. have said?"
Perve
rse Freedoms
To The Editor:
I have never been so ashamed to
be an American as this past week.
This week has seen the high point in
a new movement in the U.S. As this
new movement reaches its new peak,
law and order have reached a new
low. In a wave of emotionalism carried
by a minority the very essence of our
Constitution has been perverted beyond
recognition. Freedom of "speech" has
been turned into "freedom of riot,
murder and crime."
No individual should condone this.
Yet it is being condoned by many of
the "leaders" of this nation. The blame
for the black man's action, is being
placed on the white man's head. White
man did not kill Dr. King; one individual
is at fault and one only. The antagonism
caused by "black power" is pushing
many men to the breaking point, and,
as a result another is dead. The black
man wants to be treated the same
as white man. He will not be so treated
as long as he behaves like a lawless
savage. Those who have committed
violence have hurt both white and black
man. I call these "black nazis."
They are the black Hitlers like Stokely
Carmichael and H. Rap Brown. One
should be proud of his race, but such
fanaticism cannot be tolerated without
destroying this country. A strong govern
ment cannot govern without laws, and
these laws must be obeyed. Let's not
fall subject to the new wave. Let's
show these extremist, violence-minded
people as we did with the first Hitler.
I am disgusted by the reactions of
violence and "mourning.
Even on this campus I have been
sickened. The curse of "racist" no longer
beongs to the white man; it is now
the herald of the "black nazis." Only
the black man's cooperation with
not antagonism toward the white
man can save this country .with its
many freedoms. Let's not appease the
perversion of freedom and liberty. God
prevent me from ever having reason
to say "I'm ashamed of my country,
America."
Hank Gardner
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Letters To The Editor
The Non-Eiectioms. Boardi
To The Editor
In Tuesday's edition of the DTH an
article was written entitled "King Made
his own laws" on which my name was ;
signed. I had absolutely nothing to do
with the composition of that article,
nor do I agree in the least way with
the person who wrote such an article
and signed my name. I am extremely :
embaressed and shocked to find my:
name signed to such an article. Our-;
nation is mourning the death of a great:
man who gave his life to the cause
of non violence and equality for all.
I do not advocate violence, but I don't,
consider Martin Luther King to have?
in any way caused the violence that
erupted in our nation. He lived by non
violence, and it is sad that he had
to die the way he did. He certainly
has not proved the fact that "they who 1
live by violence, die by it." f
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I am not exactly sure who wrote
that article, although I have some very
strong suspicious. I would like to say
this to whoever it was. Either you did
it as a practical joke or you were
too embarressed at your own philosophy
to have your own name "signed to that
article. If the former was the case
I consider it an extremely dirty trick
and lacking in any kind of humor
whatsoever. If the latter is true, you
are apparently afraid to stand up for
your own convictions and in order to
express them, you feel you have to
write an anonymous letter and forge
someone elses name. As a result, I
am going to have to suffer the shame
and embarrassment that will result from
that letter. I also ask that in the future,
the DTH make some effort to validate
the names of people signing articles
so that nothing of this type will happen
again.
Never before have all the
petty little details of the elec
tion process here seemed
quite as petty, little and
downright ludicrous as they
do today.
Especially the petty, little,
ludcrious details of the elec
tion for editor of The Daily
Tar Heel.
So far there has been no
new editor elected, because
neither of the main contenders
achieved a majority.
Why?
Because non-candidate
Dick Levy or should we.
say, perennial candidate Dick
Levy drew 614 votes, 12.6
per cent of the totaJ votes
cast. The other two were
almost tied.
Now it is not that we
begrudge any candidate
however minute his base of
support is from running
in any race whatsoever.
We do begrudge the elec
tions board, however, the
myopia with which it views
campus election.
This myopia was
manifested in the board's
leaving Levy's name on the
ballot for editor simply
because he had received the
Publications Board en
dorsement even after he
declared his independent can
didacy for president of the
student body.
Levy went so far as to
declared he was not a can
didate for editor.
But the elections board,
bound and gagged by the very
red tape on which they thrive,
printed the ballot with
Levy's name in two spots. ...
Admittedly Levy got more
support for editor than he did
for president, for which only
146 persons voted for him.
But isn't it carrying the
principle of democracy a bit
too far when elections are
not only determined - by a
general vote, but also ad-,
ministered by it?
Meanwhile, there's got to.
be a run-off for editor because
of the lack of a majority.
This will cost the can
didates more time and money,
the elections board more time
and money and the present
editor the small kernel of
sanity he has remaining.
But keep faith, gentle
readers: you'll get another
chance to trade us in for a
new model the second Tues
day after Spring break.
Hopefully, one of the two
will get a majority that time.
University Folkways
To The Editor:
We would like to call to the attention
of the university community a recent
articulation of its folkways. At the
meeting of the Faculty Council and
General Faculty on April 5, a question
was raised concerning the propriety of
the university administration's facilita-:
tion of extra-university legal action
against fifteen 'demonstrators who block
ed the doorway to a Dow recruiting
session. Dean Cathey's response was that -the
law is the law and the students
had broken it. A simple fact! It is
also a fact however, that in a complex
society we face a superabundance of .
laws, the strict and complete en
forcement of which would render society "
immobile. Therefore selective en-r.
forcement, guided by community,
folkways, is often the practice. We find
it quite revealing that the law was '
scrupulously enforced against 15 T
demonstrators blocking a doorway for '
moral resons, but that it was not en-,
forced gainst more than 150 students
blocking S. Columbia Street for puerile
and inebriated reasons on the night that -the
university basketball team on its ,
national semi-finals game this same
semester. Such strange folkways not only
seem to value doorways more than major-
thoroughfares; they also appear to value
puerile . and inebriate motivations more
than moral ones.
Donald D. Searing,
AldenE. Lind,
H. G. Shoe.
Lewis Lipsitz.
Jeffrey Obler,
Dept. of Political Science
Boyd Correll
( The real Boyd Correll )
1401 Granville
Liquor Ban Off
For Chi PhVs
To The Editor:
Ail of us here in Chapel Hill owe
Governor Moore a sincere debt of
gratitude for his wise decision to ban
the sale of alcoholic beverages since
last Friday. Since Negroes getting drunk
are, after all, the primary cause of
rioting, it is commendable that North
Carolina has continued its policy of
benevolence to its Black citizens by
keeping "fire water" out of their hands.
We should prticularly applaud the
notable consistency with which this ban
has been enforced. As was noted in the
Daily Tar Heel, Chi Phi social fraternity
had to cancel its plans for having cham
pagne at its formal Saturday afternoon.
Some of the events which followed were,
however, not reported.
Justifiably alarmed that any
ordinance to deprive Negroes of alcohol
should apply to an all white fraternity,
,Mr. Champ Mitchll, a member of the
Men's Honor Court, and a Chi Phi,
called the state Attorney General about
this injustice. Mr. Mitchell then called
Governor Moore who, away from his
office at the time, returned the call
later and told Mr. Mitchell he would
see what could be done.
The next call Chi Phi received was
from the store from which the cham
pagne, was ordered informing them that
the champagne had been released from
the ban.
Thus North Carolina's glowing reputa
tion for racial relations was further
heightened last Saturday afternoon as
the all-white members of Chi Phi and
their dates enjoyed 132 fifths of white
champagne. As proud citizens of this
fine state, we all should commend
Governor Moore for making this decision,
not because he knew that Mr. Mitchell's
parents were influential people in Ra
leigh, but because he felt it his duty as a
citizen to enforce the spirit rather than
the letter of this ordinance. The rather
obvious fact that had an all-Black student
group made a similar request they would
have quickly been refused illustrates the
healthy racial climate of this state. We
should all praise a teetotaler such as
Governor Moore for his exemplary moral
courage in refusing to buckle under to
influential personalities, and in holding
high the banner of racial justice for
North Carolina.
Brian R. Buxton
302 Carr Dorm
Increase Semester Student Fees
To Get High Calibre Jubilee Slate
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To The Editor:
Speculation on Jubilee seems always
to be marked by elements of devination
and incantation. Inevitably there are
those verbal few who are dissatisfied
with the list o chosen entertainers, and
ineviatbly the bulk of the students are
so silent (not apathetic) that a concensus
opinion reflecting either pleasure or
anguish at GMAB's choices is impossible
to determine with any hope of ac
curacy. But we must try to extract a general
concensus nonetheless. Although my con
ceptualization of my fellow students' opi
nions is mostly subjective, I am sure
it is theurgically sound. The opinion
seems to be a negative one, for this
reason: , ,
Jubilee is surrounded by a
metaphysical and epistomological aura
which tends to prevent the satisfaction
0 us students as a whole no matter
who is selected to come: metaphysically,
a Carolina student's vanity toward
himself and his school is reflected in
principles and ideals which preclude their
successful application; epistomologically,
he perceives Jubilee as an insular event.
Jubilee is morsalized, not contextualized.
Jubilee is seen in a non-environmental
isolation. The aura, therefore, is a con
struct which tends to assure his disap
probation over GMAB's choices.
This is the problem on the theoretical
level, and something can be done on
the operatonal level.
The Greek of 8 April 1968 apologized
for the selection of talent by lamenting
that 1) most artists don't sign contracts
more than 90 days in advance, and
2) artists like Frank Sinatra cost $50,000
and the money is not available. With
this evidence, I offer both a solution
and an alternative to the problem.
The solution is this proposal: that
student fees be raised $2.50 per capita
per semester, all revenues going into
a special fund to help finance en
tertainment for Jubilee. With enough
money we can buy anybody. With 14,000
students, there would be an annual fund
of $70,000. If this levy becomes effective
next semester, then for Jubilee "69
Carolina can have Frank Sinatra or
an artist of similar calibre. And that's
not all. With the other $20,000 Jubilee
could become a well rounded event by
inviting P.D.Q. Bach. Of course, all the
regular funds set aside for Jubilee would
be spent as usual, and in toto Jubilee
could approximate the Spectacular that
we students want. I call upon Student
Legislature to consider the suggested
posisibility; since I am non-partisan, this
could be a bi-partisan movement.
An alternative is in the offering also.
Most of us prefer entertainment which
offers both a sensual and an intellectual
experience. On April 24, 25, and 26,
the week before Jubilee, I understand
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the "We're Here"
group, if offering a Festival of Con
temporary Music with exciting programs
and top-flight contemporary artists and
composers. This is an event we can
all anticipate.
Stan S tames
702 N. Greensboro St.. Carrboro