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To Carolina Student Body, For Whom
Free Press Speaks, and Is the Voice
The immortal Jefferson is reported to have once made the state
ment that if he were forced into a choice between a country with
a government and no newspapers, and a country with news
papers and no government, he would never hesitate to choose the
latter. " .
A free press is the voice of a free people. And in the same re
lationship, a free and uncensored Tar Heel, as it stands today
and has stood since the moment the first copy was rolled off the
great iron giant some fifty years ago, is the voice of our student
body. It is the heartbeat of the University. It is you.
Criticisim of these four overtaxed pages, and the stands we
have held to in the past few months, have brought about a legis
lative investigation, and it is our sincere opinion that certain
individuals among us would have this publication respond favor
ably to every campus whim, to condone all campus action, re
gardless of what that action is. To succumb to the expression of
only these opinions through the display of news, or editorially,
would make us at best a puppet, at worst, a quisling. It is our
common understanding that as editors elected by you, directly or
indirectly, we are faced with the responsibility of obtaining the
news to the best of bur abilities, cf presenting it to you as honest
ly as possible, of interpreting it fearlessly, bowing to pressure
and opposition from none; of moulding and reflecting student
opinion, but not without devoted thought to arguments and
theories as expressed by campus leaders. And even after con
sidering these, as well as the mjrriad viewpoints of the mass of
students, we do not necessarily fall in line because a majority
does not always make a right.
Lengthy consideration has preceded our stands on all contro
versial subjects, and our reaction has been the one which we con
sidered most just and the alternative which would best serve the
University and its amalgamated student body.
Regardless of what stand is taken on any matter that arises,
there will be dissenters as in the past, some have questioned
the thesis that there is such a tiring as the absolute truth and that
is as it should be. As for editoris! dissentions, inevitable criticism
comes because they are, by their very nature, controversial. And
progress is measured by conflict.
The Tar Heel has never claimed to have a single campus
group that has backed it on evexy occasion, to do so would be to
manifest mere blind and selfish loyalty. We believe that in most
instances we have behind us a student majority, though our co
thinkers in one case may be those who have completely damned us
in another. And we know there have been those times when we
have stood alone. But even then we believed as firmly in our
selves as during the days when we voiced a majority opinion.
As for those times when we were aligned with the minority,
therein is a comparison with the Congress of tHe United States.
Members are elected to that body to represent the views of their
respective districts or states, yet history is spiked with the names
of those statesmen who cast off sectionalistic loyalty to follow
conscience, reason, justice to all, to act as the honestness of their
integrity dictated. Nor were these always the popular states
men; but they were great men, great because they stood and
fought for a belief, because they placed the long ranged good of
the country as a whole above their petty differences.
At all times, as long as we remain as editors of this paper, we
will express in our editorials our well-considered opinions and
our display of news will follow the same policy, even if again we
sometimes find ourselves standing alone. But as any societal or
ganization we are predicated to the general welfare of the com
munity within our jurisdiction, not only with the present state
of that society we who are here now but with the maximum
satisfaction of the student community as a permanent structure
of the University.
We have made mistakes in the past. We will continue to make
mistakes from time to time. But we do not apologize for our in
adequacies, for we believe that greatness comes not with lethargic
contentment to take the safe middle-of-the-road, self-satisfied
hypocrisy, but with an honest and fearless search for the truth.
We cannot fail untij we have tried.
This is our stand, and a backward step has not made itself
known. Our vocabulary carries no such word.
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"In relation to the principle that all men are created equal,
let it be as nearly reached as we can. If we cannot give free
dom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery
upon any.other creature."
Abraham Lincoln
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by M. E. Richter
The United States has been asked :
to join in the Allied War Guilt trials.
The first one conducted under the
aegis of the French Committee of
Liberation has just resulted in death
sentences for four former guards at
the Vichy concentration camp f
Hajerat Guil; and imprisonment of
from 20 years to life for seven more.
The men were charged with un
usual brutality to prisoners of war,
acting in concert with Nazi authori
ties. The trial lasted, for sixteen
days and was conducted under the
criminal code, although the accused
men were political prisoners of the
Free French, who sought to strike
out at the Vichy men through trial
of some of their gang.
This trial was not the type of war
guilt trial that the Nazis and Fascist
have been dealing out. Their trials
do not permit defense and are a tra
vesty on justice, a mere formality as
a prelude to a foregone decision . . .
death. The trial of Count Ciano and
other members of the former council
of Italy, was an example of this, for
the trial resulted in the execution
of Count Ciano with the full knowl
edge and consent of his father-in-law
Mussolini. The fugitive Italian
commission, set up in Germany,
hoped to intimidate the rest of Italy
so as to weaken the chances of the
democratic push into the mainland.
Instead it outraged them so that it
stiffened their resistance to the Ger
mans and caused thousands of them
to flee their persecutors into the
hills.
This background of spurious war
guilt trials only serves to focus
greater world attention on the pres
ent Algiers trials, for they were
conducted in an orderly, concise and
fair manner. It is the first step to
ward retaliation and an answer to
the cruelties visited on the oppressed
French prisoners.
Now with the trial and conviction
of seven pug-uglies of the Nazi's
the allies are beginning to take some
steps toward punishment. The Free
French trial is the first of these, al
though European commissions have
been gathering evidence to be used
later, for more than a year. ,
The next case, that of M. Pucheu,
is expected to cause even more of a
furore and should strike some terror
into the hearts of the European
quislings, for Pucheu was a mem
ber of the Vichy cabinet, and is to be
tried for his actions in that official
capacity.
In Congress this week a resolution
was offered asking that the United
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Original Full-Length Play Goes
Into Final Performance Tonight
By William Shroder
Thursday night, the Playmakers
presented the premiere performance
of "Twilight Zone," which goes in
to its final performance tonight. The
play takes place in the small village
of St. Veronique near the coast of
France on the night before the com
ing allied invasion.
The story revolves around a Ger
man Lieutenant, who in the begin
ning of the play admits to having
been something of a writer in his
youth, and in the end turns out to be
a nice guy after all; and Annette,
the village doctor's daughter who is
in love with Karl, and the under
ground of the small village on the
coast of France. The first act is de- .
cidedly the worst and the most awk
ward of all of the three acts.
Most of the first act is taken up
by a dinner conversation between
the village Doctor, Dr. Fraubert,
the German Lieutenant, Karl Dreis
ser, and Dr. Fraubert's daughter,
Annette. The purpose of the first
act is probably to acquaint the au
dience with the characters of these
three people, but after about ten
minutes of petty and archaic phil
osophy and small talk, you begin to
feel that you yourself are at a very
boring dinner party, and would do
anything to get away. One also gets
the feeling that the actors, might
after all, be lying, and one wishes
that they would get into action and
see if they are telling the truth.
The second act is far superior to
the first one, and as a matter of fact,
it is superior to the last one. In this
act, you are introduced to the under
ground of the small village. - These
people prove to be amusing and real
istic. Their lines are clever, their
actions are well directed, and after
the didactic first act, one feels that
he has learned his lesson, and now
he is being permitted to see the play.
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"For our house president" chorused the residents of Archer Mouse last Tuesday as they honored Harvey O'Neal
White, short-termed house president of the coed residence, tenth a private and surprise luncheon at the Porthole,
shortly after he had resigned his presidential duties with. "I never knew girls had so many little personal prob
lems" Adoring charges also presented President White, who was elected unanimously to office on a "A vote for
White is a vote for White. We must maintain White supremacy" platform, with a small corsage in celebration of
the occasion. x '
Political trends from the campus underground indicate, unofficially, that the real reason behind White's sud
den resignation was word which reached him early Tuesday morning concerning the post of housemother, soon to
be vacated, in the larger coed dormitories.
States join with the foreign groups
and at least signify our intention
now to take part in the eventual
punishment of the men guilty of
aggression and atrocities against our
prisoners and civilians.
When we wonder what should be
done with Hirohito, Tojo and their
colleagues we must never forget that
these men allowed the execution of
American aviators, prisoners of war,
and starved, beat and tortured the
others. These quislings, dictators
and fuehrers should be informed now
that America intends to deal with
them in a manner commensurate with
their guilt if they become prisoners
of war.
Some of these top figures have al
ready sent emissaries to so-called
neutral centers outside of Europe
to purchase villas in out of the way
havens and have planted former ac
complices in new places of refuge
with surplus funds, to be used for
eventual escape.
America should take steps now to
disillusion them as to the possibility
of refuge anywhere on the face of
this earth from the just deserts of
their crimes against humanity, their
outrageous violations of interna
tional law concerning prisoners of
war and non-combatant civilians. Let
us at least say to them now "THE
PUNISHMENT WILL, FIT THE
CRIME."
All in all, it is an excellent act,
although again there is too much ex
position and petty philosophy.
The third act is in parts, good, and
except for the rather awkward and
over-used ending and much too much
philosophy again, offers good enter
tainment. .
The acting, except for a few in
stances, is good. Josephine Sharkey
proved especially excellent as the
village gossip and member of the
underground. Her expert acting
helped the play through many tough
spots. Dean Newman did the best
he could possibly do as the rather
unconvincing part of the German
Lieutenant. Mariesta Applewhite
did a perfect performance of another
member of. the underground, and Lt.
Paul Hawk was almost as good. Also
convincing in their parts were Jean
LeFebre, as a scared factory worker,
Carrington Cross, as another Lieu
tenant and Douglas Hume as a mer
chant. The main trouble with the
restof the cast was that they either
overacted or underacted to too great
a degree.
The scenery, designed by Marion
Fitz-Simons, was simple and ex
tremely effective. The music, sound
effects, and lighting, all filled their
job admirably, and blended well in
to theest of the play.
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Goes To 'Babbit's Delight'
By Wesley Bagley
Chapel Hill was very fortunate in having such a close view of this man
Bricker, Governor of Ohio. For he is not a man to be taken lightly he is
a very significant phenomenon on the American scene. And here at Chapel
Hill he unburdened himself at times passionately or if not quite at least
with what passion a go-getting member of a Chamber of Commerce could
summon. s
Governor Bricker, we too discovered, is a real live man he is not the
product of the collective imagination of the National Manufacturers As
sociation in one of their more dreamy moods. Nor is Governor Bricker a
villain the scheming tool of powerful interests. If he were, he would be
much less dangerous. For Governor Bricker impresses one as a straight
forward and somewhat honest man a man of conviction, possessing ad
mirable qualities that will appeal to the American voter. But his economic
and political philosophy belongs to the age of the dinosaurs.
As we listened to his speech it
seemed incredible that it could have
been made in 1944. It would have
sounded very familiar to Warren G.
Harding who might have mistaken
most of it for his own product. Wil
liam C. McKinley and Mark Han
nah would have been delighted with
it and , Ulysses S. Grant would have
pronounced it sound. ...
That such a man could even be
considered as a Presidential possi
bility is a sad commentary on our
times. It is indicative of a ground
swell of reaction that bodes ill for
the liberal movement in this country
and threatens to destroy any hope
which may have been entertained for
any real progress as a result of this
war. Following World War I there
was a ten year blackout of liberal
ism during which the forces of re
action, seizing control during the
critical period, renounced the pro
gressive accomplishments and com
mitted this country to a course that
led steadily to depression and even
tually to war. Will this -process be
repeated?
The capital-labor problem in war
time is simple to him "never should
it be permitted that any workers
should strike while our boys are
dying." ' The government is not with
out power, he hints, to suppress such
strikes. He, however, has only kind
words for the corporations who are
becoming gorged with profits, and
who are taking advantage of the
situation to steadily strengthen their
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economic and political power, while
"our boys are dying."
For world affairs, too, Bricker has
a formula, "Of course I believe that
America should take part in an in
ternational organization after the
war America must take a leading
part. However there must be no
centralized world authority imposed
upon us in athe conduct of interna
tional affairs." This is exactly the
position taken- by Warren G. Hard
ing in the election of 1920, who
favored America's taking the lead
in the formation of "an association
of nations," but opposed the cen
tralized authority of the League of
Nations.
Thus Governor Bricker, of Ohio,
fancying himself another Harding,
looks and all, takes an ultra-conservative
position and counts on the
politicians and the rising tide of re
action to float him, as Harding, into
the Presidency.
And it may well happen. Bricker
is a Babbit's delight, chief angel in a
N. A M. dream of happy hunting
grounds, and a professional poli
tician's Mecca. Parties tend to nom
inate the worst candidate they think
they can get elected. If the country
continues to swing to the right and
the Democratic Party continues to
show signs of disunity and weak
ness politicians may take advantage
of the Dewey-Willkie fight to foist
him on the party and perhaps the
country.
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