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Chapel Hill News Leader
Ltoding WJth The News In Chapel HiU. Carrboro, Gkn Lennox and Surrounding Areas
VOL. IIJ, NO. 76
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER », ISSS
New Parking Restrictions
The new parking restrictions applying to
Columbia street. West Franklin street, and
Rosemary street are proof that Chapel Hill
has not yet been able to solve its main traffic
problems.
I'he parking privilege on Cohimbia street,
lor instance, has long been abused, and al
though the two-hour rule will help to give
back that thoroughfare to ordinary citizens,
this vital artery will be only partly cleared.
The congestion on the town’s chief streets,
bad enough last year, will be made worse this
season by a substantial increase in the number
of University students, most of whom, des
pite pleas to the contrary, will bring their
own. cars.
The situation reduces down to this: that
as fast as the town adopts new devices and
restricts to assist the flow of traffic, the Uni
versity admits, as it is bound to do, a new
increment of car-owning students which
largely, nullifies the said improvement.
It appears that this deteriorating situation
can be overcome only by close cooperation
between the University and town authorities.
For example, the growing congestion, espec
ially at rush hours, at the west campus gate,
at thS corner of the Carolina Inn, property,
can be remedied best through mutual con-
cessions by University and town.
The University must grant that by ad
mitting several hundred new students this
fall, it has greatly increased the danger to
town residents, and especially to children,
from student cars. In that respect it must
assume great responsibility.
Cheap At The Price
Secretary of Agriculture Benson, pointing
with horror at the Democratic endorsement
a Brannan-like plan for farms, says if adopted
it would cost the government five and a half
billions a year.
If so, it would be a bargain.
Five and a half billions for farmers would
be picayune beside the subsidies, direct and
indirect, that the government pays to busi
ness and industry without a murmur.
The nation must have an ample supply of
food, feed, and fiber. It can get these essen
tial commodities only from the farms and
farmers. If it cbuld be sure of a high level
of production of these ncce.ssities at an added
cost of only five billions or so the venture
would be cheap at the price.
This is not an endorsement of universal
subsidies to be handed out by a Santa Claus
government. But if subsidies, concealed or
open, are to be granted to one branch of es
sential production, they ought in fairness to
be granted to other branches no less import
ant.
Ike Day And Dick Day
The Republican head office has called on
the nation to celebrate October 13, just before
the President’s 66th birthday, as “Ike Day”.
We see no objection. All parties and all
citizens can join hands to pay,honor to a good
man.
It is to be assumed that the Republican
high command, not wishing to seem exclus
ive, would he also willing to observe Steven-
Waikout In Egypt
The strike of pilots pulled by the allied
governments on the Suez Canal is an attempt
to coerce Egypt through its shortage of tech
nicians.
In colonial history hitherto the big bully
ing governments have forced their way over
weaker peoples by having a superior knowl
edge of technical science. But the smaller
nations are now catching up and are challeng
ing the more arrogant forms of Western
power.
In this they are being assisted by Russia,
whicli seemingly now has not only enough
Does Dulles Learn Fast Enough?
By SIDNEY SWAIM ROBINS
When at the Democratic Con
vention Governor Clements called
Secretary Dulles “the greatest
unguided missile in the history
of American diplomacy”, every
body knew that was funny. But
was it justified or was it just
campaign oratory? How far too
far, did it go?
There is a letter from India in
the June number of ‘‘The Pro
gressive”, recalling two incidents
which certainly gave some of us
a blow at the time. We were not
in the key position to feel them
as others might, either, and in . a
few days they had passed on ex
cept for added wonder about
DuUe.s.
The writer of this letter signs
himself Charles Ryerson, and he
is in India on an exchange be
tween Oberlin College, Ohio,
and an Indian College. Here are
the paragraphs about the two iu-
cidpnts:
“In the inevitable political dis
cussions that occur everywhere
when people find out that you’re
an American, I first asserted with
confidence of ignorance that
whatever the weaknesses of the
U. S. at least we were an anti-
colonial power. Then Mr. Dulles
pompously announced in a joint
statement with the obviously im
partial Portugese Foreign Minist
er that he hoped Asianu wouldn’t
do anything rash about the ‘Port
ugese provinces’ in India. Even
before coming to India, I had
realized that to every Indian
Goa is an integral part of India,
not a province of a minor Euro
pean dictatorship. The wave of
reaction to Dulles’s' statement is
stil glowing and growing in India
and it s'cnt me scurrying to cover.
But I am a c.ourageous and gulli
ble soul and soon I was buzzing
about informing anyone that
would still still listen that Amer
ican foreign policy wasn’t real
ly so inexperienced and warlike
as it seemed. We might make
blunders like the Goa one but at
least we were solidly for peace.
“Then the Indian newspapers
carried the sensational disclos
ures of Mr. Horatio Dulles’s mag
nificent manning of the bridge.
I and all India learned that on
three separate occasions during
the last three years ’Featless
Foster’ gave us peace by threat
ening to go to war. Two of the
threats involved atomic retalia
tion. “The -art of diplomacy,’ said
the Secretary of State of the
United States, ‘is getting to the
verge of war without going over
the brink.’ ”
Referring to Portugese proper
ty in a chunk of India is just
about equivalent over there to
waving a red flag at a bull. And
it completely associates us for
the time being with the whole
pattern of colonialism over the
world, dying but hot dead, of the
kind we ohee fought the Revolu
tion against. The reason for wav
ing such a red flag was that
Dulles had another diplomatic
ACCOMPANIMENT
'He Acts Like He Owns That Street!'
Chips That Fall!
The farmers have this reason for needing
concrete help—they must buy in a protected
market but must sell in an unprotected mar
ket determined by world conditions.
Industry and business are to some extent
protected by U. S. tariffs and restrictions.
The farmer enjoys no such umbrella. He
stands out there in the rain and takes it
while industry annually declares fatter and
fatter dividends.
The end of that favoritism has been an
impoveri.slimeiu and desertion of marly
farm.s. That process if continued would in
time make food, feed, and fibre scarce.
Other nations have seen that downward
process working and have hastened to give
agriculture needed help. If present farm
prices and conditions svould be helped by
the any Brannan-like or other feasible plan,
let’s have it.
A Chapel Hill mother of
two sons was .giving them a
.going-over in preparation for
tlic Sunday School lesson.
“Who was -Abraham’s wife?”
site asked. The older boy sva,s
.stumped, but the younger
younger .spoke right up:
‘Mrs. Lincolnl”
★ ★ ★
The Chapel Hill bus stat-
tion, which ordinarily re
ceives a high rating for clean
ness and courtesy, is lacking
in one respect. It has plenty
of inside seats for day passen
gers, but after it closes at
X,
night, depii
must stand 01;
sometimes ii;
bus is late. V
side bench td
why not nvo
ly people an .
young childr
those benchi
Jiy Charles R. Daniel, Jr.
Common Goal-Public Schools For All
(Editorial In The Smithfield Herald)
son’s birthday as “Adlai Day”, for Adlat is
another good man.
And then in an era of good feeling the
very important vice-presidents ought not to
be overlooked. Mr. Kefauver, the Deniocrat-
ic nominee, is surely deserving of an “Estes
, Day“.
That brings us to the GOP vice president.
Is there any objection to a “Dick Day"?
technicians for its own uses but can spa're
some to less fortunate countries.
The attempt to frighten Egypt by bellow
ing and horn-shaking has failed, and so has
the threat of guns and bombs.
Meantime the U. S., which is consorting
with Britain and France in the crisis, is run
ning into embarrassment over the question
of the actual sovereignty of the Panama Ca
nal. The Panama foreign niisister says it has
no actual sovereignty. But no one is able to
question Egypt's, dlie allied governments are
making a sorry showing before the world.
On Saturday night after elec
tion returns had confirmed the.
expected victory of the Pearsall
Plan, Governor Hodges declared:
“Even though some of our citi
zens opposed the school amend
ment, we should all now close
ranks in the support of our public
schools and the continuance of
good race relations.”
The Smithfield Herald, which
opposed the Pearsall Plan, of
course stands with Governor
Hodges in the hope that our pub
lic school system can be preserv
ed and good race relations can he
continued. The Herald accepts
the verdict of the people of North
Carolina even though the Herald-
opposed the Pearsall Amendment
in the belief that it would be a
threat to public education and a
threat also to interracial peace.
The Herald hopes its fears of the
amendment will prove to be un
founded and joins Governor
Hodges in the hope that the Pear
sall Plan’s “safety valves” will
never be used.
It will be a calamity if a single
public school is closed in North
Carolina. And it will be a sad
time in North Caroina if we per
mit violence and hysteria to re
place peace and sanity in- our
race relations.
The Herald s’^till believes that
North Carolina should not delude
themselves in an expectation that
the Pearsall Amendment will hold
a solid line against integration.
For, under Supreme Court desi-
sions which are binding upon us,
there is no legal way to prevent
some mixing of the races in some
schools unless the state goes out
of the education business. But the
'Hs^rald joins the vast majority of
North Carolinians in the hope
that we:can ward off a flood of
integration which could disrupt
our education and community
life.
As Governor Hodges declared
in his final appeal for support of
the Pearsall Amendment last Fri
day night, the basic tools for
meeting the segregation problem
are (1) voluntary separate school
attendance and (2) the pupil as
signment act passed in 1955. In
opposing the amendment, the
Herald all along, was in agree
ment -with Governor Hodges on
the value of these “basic tools”
and said so repeatedly. We must
encourage voluntary separation to
ease the racial tension. We must
also use the pupil assignment act,
not to circumvent the Supreme
Court but to protect our commun
ities from the harm that would
result from wholesale or indis
criminate mixing of races in the
schools.
In recent weeks these columns
have given expression to concern
lest the Pearsall Amendment
might stir Negro resentment
against the white majority and
thus imperil the voluntary sepa
ration program. Concern also was
expressed lest the amendment in-
yile suits to compel admission of
Negro pupils to schools attended
by white pupils. The Herald hop
es that the Pearsall Amendment
will have no results such as these
and that North Carolinians, work
ing together despite recent dif
ferences of opinion, can succeed
in keeping the schools open, in
preventing the inevitable mixing
of races from getting out of
bounds of reason, and in prevent
ing violence and all other threats
to interracial peace.
Adoption of the Pear.sall
Amendment, whatever its merits,
does not mean that we have any
easy road to travel in North Caro
lina. The problems ahead will be
difficult and delicate. But we can
meet them successfully if we re
main calm and let sanity prevail.
For the most part, the Pearsall
Plan debate was kept on a high
plane. Governor Hodges made a
valid observation when he said on
Saturday night that North Caro
lina could take pride “in the fact
that our people can express
themselves in an issue so grave
and controversial and do it with
out rampant emotionalism and
bitterness.”
And the Governor added, “This
is indeed a good omen for the
future.” Let us all hope and pray
that Governor Hodges is right.
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it an Eiif^lish
desk diction,
corrreet or
nounciation
‘BOHUNK SQUAD’
Coach Tatum has 58 Freshman
football players at Chapel lEll,
more than 40 of them on full
“scholarships,” with other re
ceiving part of their expenses.
Obviously room can’t be found
for anything like that number on
the varsity next year. But Coach
Tatum does not plan to let any
of them go. He has announced
that he will form a “bohunk
squad” next year in the hopes
that the extra year of coaching
and subsidization will prepare
some of them for later use on the
varsity.
Even the pros don’t have any
thing like that. — Editorial In
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problem a little clooer to home.
But it was not world-wide foreign
policy to root for a little go-slow
while using that phrase, “Portu
gese possessions”.
His jpeech about walking three
times to the brink of war, with
some atomic implication, was
doubtless meant to popularize his
foreign policy ,or his manage-
. ment, at home. Nearsight at work
again. Perhaps or not he learned
next day. that a heavy majority
of American opinion thinks noth
ing in the world justifies active
threat of atomic war. It may be a
dealh-iesource; but is not to be
used as a threat by anybody W’ith
sense. Does Dulles learn fast
enough? If not, he is an uriguid-
ed misrile himself as Gov. Clem
ents said.
The boy was practicing his vio
lin lesson in the house, while
out on the porch, his younger
sister was- playing with the dog.
As the boy scraped away on his
fiddle, the hound howled dismal
ly. The sister stood it as loong
as she could, then she poked her
head in the open window and
said:
“For goodness sake, Jimmy,
can't you play something the dog
dog doesn’t know?”
WANTED: News and pictures
about men from this community
who are in the armed forces. —
Chapel Hill News Leader
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LIVING THEATRE
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CHAPEL HILL
“Tiiere is absolutely no sul)l
living Theatre.”
Walter '
Anastasia
Brigadoon
October ly, 18, iq, 20 and 21. The Playmakers 'Theatre
The recent smash hit in both New York and l.ondon, by
Marcelle Maurette (adapted by Guy Bolton). “Enthralling—
filled witii .su.spense, love, joy, and fear.”
March 1, 2, n?id 3. Memorial Hall
■At la.st we are staging the musical shorv which has b
quested most often by our patrons. Music by Frederick
book and lyrices by Alan jay Lerner.
Andrades And The Lion
A'ovemher 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18. The Playmakers Theatre
As a pan of the George Bernard Sliaw Gentennial Celebra
tion, we present his most delightfnl comedy. This production
will tour the Carolinas and Georgia.
A New Play
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March 2?, 28, 29, 30 and 31. The Playmakers Theal (jj.
A preiniere production of a new script by one of c ^
jtlaywrights tvhich we hope tvill be challenging and
Desire Under The Elms
December i.|. 15. ifL 17 ond 18. I'he Playmakers Theatre.
Eugene O'Xeill, one of rlie greatest playwrights this country
has produced, gives us here a startling tragedy of the Ameri
can scene.
Peer Gynf
Alay to, 1 1 and le. The Forest Theatre
Henrick Ibsen’s fantastic satire on human nature, e.
ti anslaled and adapted for outdoor production Ity the
Special Added Attraction Saturday, Dec. 1
The Stephen Rose Production of "THE BEST OF STEINBECK"
Starring in Person - CONSTANCE BENNETT - TOD ANDREWS
FRANK AAcHUGH - ROBERT STRAUSS
214 Abernethy Hall
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