Page 10 The Carolina Journal February 19, 1969
Foreign Policy Discussed Here
Dr. Sisco
Speak Out Against
Service Selective
Dear Friend:
As you may recall, two years ago I introduced S. 1275, a bill
substituting a voluntary armed force for the present selective service
system. The bill was not directly considered by the Armed Services
Committee and efforts to incorporate amendments in the Selective
Service Act were defeated. The draft’s continuance emphasizes the
inconsistency of government coerced service with America’s concept of
freedom. This was the principle reason that I introduced S. 503, the
Voluntary Military Manpower Procurement Act of 1969.
This year, the chances of passage are somewhat better than in 1967.
Major news magazines such as TIME and NEWSWEEK have contained
articles commenting favorably upon a voluntary military; President
Nixon supports the concept as well as well-known figures from both
sides of the political spectrum including John K. Galbraith, James
Farmer, David Dellinger, Milton Friedman, and Barry Goldwater.
However, well-known political leaders, economists, and even the
President may not be the catalyst for ending the draft. In order to move
the nation it will be necessary that those who have fought conscription
over the past few years enter the discussion and make their views
known. The present Selective Service Act will not terminate until 1971
unless we take action to change that situation now.
Efforts aimed at securing committee consideration by generating and
influencing local forces would be instrumental in building support for
draft abolishment. In addition to letters to your own Congressmen and
the Armed Services Committee, I would recommend letters to the
editor of your local newspaper; encouraging labor, business, farm, and
professional leaders as well as civic and educational organizations to
express their views.
Sincerely,
Mark O. Hatfield
United States Senator
Union Elections Held
This Week
Nominations for Union offices
were held Wednesday, Thursday,
and Friday of last week. Judging
from the results, the student body
either did not know when the
nominations were, or they simply
do not care.
The requirements for holding
or running for an office were
relatively simple and not very
confining. The nominee must hold
a 2.0 overall Q.P. ; he must have
worked on a Union Committee
for a year; he may not hold
another office while serving as a
Union officer; he must have
completed at least 24 hours.
Which one of the requirements
was preventing the majority of
students to file for an office?
Wliere were the people who griped
and complained all year, saying
that the office holders on this
campus are incompetent? Wliere
are those people who could have
filed but didn’t want to accept
responsibility?
The two candidates who did
file for a Union office are: Mary
Lou Ingram for Chairman and
Carolyn Bobbitt for
Vice-Chairman. The positions of
Secretary and Treasurer were not
even filed for. Mary Lou Ingram, a
junior, is presently serving as
Treasurer of the Union office and
Treasurer of the University Forum
Council. Carolyn Bobbitt, also a
junior, is Co-chairman of the Arts
Committee, a position which
allowed her to be a member of the
Program Board, a member of the
Student Court and a member of
the Steering Committee for FAC.
Miss Bobbitt stated that the
Union officers will be carrying
much more responsibility next
year because of the new Dorms. It
will require traveling and
correspondence; a good
relationship with other schools
must be maintained.”
Mrs. Ingram, on the other hand,
says that this year the “Union is
going to have to take a position as
to what its’ purpose or philosophy
is” she also says that she plans to
emphasize “organization” instead
of each Committee working as a
separage entity.
Wednesday, March 6, the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte will be host to a panel
of distinguished experts from the
Department of State, here to
participate in the jointly-spon
sored UNC-C/State Department
Foreign Policy Conference. The
program and luncheon will feature
presentations dealing with Eastern
Europe and the Soviet Union
since the Czechoslovakian
invasion, the UN and the Middle
East, East Asia, and International
Economic Policy. The Panel,
headed by Mr. Joseph J. Sisco, is
made up of career State
Department and Foreign Service
officials. A few places for the
BSU
Presents
Films
The Baptist Student Union,
in cooperation with the United
Religious Ministry, will present a
film series at UNC-C the week of
March 10-14. Each film will be
shown at 11:30 a.m. in C-220.
The format will be as follows:
after each film is shown, a panel
of two persons, well qualified in
the particular field which the film
presents, will serve as resource
persons, providing both personal
reaction to the film and answers
to questions from the floor.
The film for Monday, March 10
will be “Martin Luther and the
Protestant Reformation; the
Moment and the Man” (30
minutes.) Panel members will be
Rev. Fred M. Ramseur, Jr. Pastor
of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church,
and, tentitively. Dr. Jacobson, a
historian at Queen’s College.
On Wednesday, March 12, the
film “ ’Reinie; the Life and Times
of Reinhold Niebuhr” (40
minutes) will be shown. Panel
members will be Mr. James
“Skip” Anderson, Youth Minister
at St. John’s Baptist Church, and
Mrs. James Croswaithe, a
candidate for a Ph.D degree in
theology at Duke University and
part-time instructor in religion at
UNC-C.
“Martin Luther King,
1929-1968” (30 minutes) will be
shown on Friday, March 14. Panel
members will be Mr. Paul Jones,
Director of Model Cities, and
tentitively. Rev. George Leake.
Carmichael
Lectureship
The Consolidated University
has been endowed with a
Lectureship in honor of the late
William C. Carmichael, former
Vice President of the
Consolidated University of North
Carolina. Mr. Carmichael was a
strong avocate of consolidation
and co-operation among the state
supported institutions of higher
learning in the state. He was also a
very effective fund raiser for
special programs and the prime
force behind educational
television for North Carolina.
The Carmichael Lectureship
will be shared among the
branched of the consolidated
university. This will be the first
year that Charlotte has received
the lectureship. After Chancellor
Colvard decided that the honor
should go to one of the Forum
speakers this year. Dr. Mario Pei,
Professor of Romance Philology,
at Columbia University, is the
speaker at the third session of the
Forum and is this year’s recipient.
It was thought by the Forum that
he would fit the model of
excellence of which Mr.
Carmichael so often spoke.
Luncheon are still available, and
those interested in attending
should contact Dr. Jamgotch of
the Political Science Department
for reservations. Fee for the
luncheon is $3.50; the conference
itself will be open to the public
without charge.
Mr. Sisco, Assistant Secretary
of State for Near Eastern and
South Asian Affairs, has served
with the State Department since
11951. He received his Ph.D. in
international relations from the
University of Chicago, and has,
since joining the Department,
participated in policy formulation
for every major political issue that
has arisen in the United Nations
for the past 15 years. Prior to his
recent appointment Mr. Sisco
served as Assistant Secretary for
International Organization
Affairs. Mr. Sisco will speak after
the luncheon on “The US, the
UN, and the Middle East.”
Joseph W. Neubert, Member of
the Policy Planning Council, will
speak on “Eastern Europe and the
Soviet Union after
Czechoslovakia.” Mr. Neubert,
Foreign Service Office since 1947,
has had extensive experience in
Soviet and East European affairs,
having served in Belgrade,
Moscow, and most recently, from
1965 to 1968, in Bucharest as
Deputy Chief of Mission. Mr.
Neubert has held a variety of
positions in the Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, and has
served as special assistant to the
Assistant Secretary for Far
Eastern Affairs, and as Deputy
Director of the Office of
Southeast Asian Affairs.
“NATO after Czechoslovakia”
will be presented by John C.
Ausland, presently political
advisor to the Organization of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. Having
entered the Foreign Service in
1949, Mr. Ausland has served in
Frankfurt, Washington. Belgrade,
Conberra, Adelaide, and has been
Deputy Director of the Berlin
Task Force, an inter-agency group
responsible for the management
of US policy on Belin.
G. McMurtrie Godley 11 will
discuss “East Asia Today and in
the 70’s.” Mr. Godley entered the
Diplomatic Service in 1947 and
has served in Brussels, Bern,
Marseille, Paris, and Phnom Penh,
Cambodia. In 1960 he was
assigned as Counselor of Embasy
at Leopoldville, Congo where he
served until 1962. After
assignment in Washington as
Director, Office of Central
African Affairs, he returned to the
Congo as US Ambassador from
1964 to 1966. From 1966 until
his present assignment.
Ambassador Godley was Foreign
Service Inspector. He became
Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for East Asian and Pacific
Affairs in February 1968.
Acting Assistant Secretary of
Economic Affairs, Joseph A.
Greenwald will speak on
“Economic Aspects of Foreign
Policy.” Prior to his present
assignment, Mr. Greenwald was
Director of the Office of
International Trade and Deputy
Assistant Secretary for
International Trade Policy. Before
joining the State Department Mr.
Greenwald served as an economist
with the War Production Board,
and has since seen duty as First
Secretary in our London
Embassy.
The speakers have stated that
they will keep their presentations
brief so that there will be ample
time for questions and discussion.
Hudson Stars In
‘‘Ice Station Zero”
While watching “Ice Station
Zebra” at the Carolina Theater, 1
almost forgot about the story
because of the sharpness and
splendor of the photography. The
process of cinerama contributing
to the sharpness, 1 could almost
imagine the ocean mist spraying
into the audience as the
submarine would burst through
the ocean’s surface from below.
Not only is some of the scenery
keen but also quite unique-at least
to myself. Because of my little
familiarity with such scenery as
the North Pole and miles beneath
the surface of the ocean, I found
the scenery amazing and original.
Not only is the scenery in “Ice
Station Zebra” original, but also is
the story. In contrast to the usual
glamorous spy story, “Ice
Station” has an all-male cast and
the action takes place either in the
submarine or at the stark-white
North Pole site. “Ice Station” also
has the unusual aspect of
“believability”. The story of
international intrigue is not
preposterous as most of the recent
spy stories are. It’s believable and
possible.
Attention Union
Re: Feb. 12 editorial heading
“Coming Home”
Dear Editor:
I can inform you that the Senior Classical League recieved no
invitation to nominate a candidate for UNC-C Homecoming
Queen.
Sincerly, Senior Classical League,
Frank Sasser, President
Rock Hudson stars as the
captain of a submarine who has
been commissioned to take two
British undercover agents to the
North Pole to recover something
of which he has no knowledge.
Patrick McGoohan has
stereotyped himself as he plays
the “James Bond-type” spy who
is hard-nosed, arrogant and aloof.
McGoohan stars on the television
series “Secret Agent” in which he
plays a similar role. Ernest
Borgnine is McGoohan’s
confident, bdh British spies
although Borgnine is a defected
Russian. Athlete-Actor Jim Brown
plays a tough sergeant in charge of
the submarine crewmen.
The intrigue progresses as the
men begin distrusting one
another-each suspects the other of
being a Russian spy. The Russians
are interested in the North Pole
site also.
“Ice Station Zebra,” showing
now at the Carolina, Charlotte’s
only Cinerama theater, is an
unusual movie. The story and
photography are both unusual and
very entertaining.
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