THE TAR HEEU
TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1944
PAGE TWO
The Soldier -
Maybe you've got the guts to feel proud of yourself right now.
Maybe you know the answer you are going to give to the Ameri
can soldiers, sailors and marines overseas who are being dis
franchised in the forthcoming November elections when they
want to know why they are not allowed to vote for the officers
who will be dictating the course of their country. Maybe you've
already got a nice, convincing speech all planned out about how
we are fighting this war to preserve democracy, to safeguard all
the finer things in which we, under a democratic rule, believe
and to which we cling. But it is all going to sound pretty empty
when you stop to think about how the men who are fighting on
all the battlefronts of this war will not even be allowed the right
tovote for President of the United States.
It has a new name now that bill Senators Scott and Lucas
introduced as a compromise bill for the originally defeated
Scott-Lucas bill for the Federal administration of absentee vot
ing for members of our armed forces stationed overseas. After
the way the joint committee from the House and Senate finished
mutilating it, they are calling it the SOLDIER-NO-VOTE bill.
As the bill now stands, ready to be brought before Congress
this week, seven to eight million soldiers who can vote even now
will be deprived of their rights of casting a ballot. While our
chosen representatives to our United States Congress are open
ing mouths wide and yapping about our glorious war effort on
one side, they are refusing the right of voting to our soldiers on
the other. From the original vote on the original Federal-vote
bill in the House of Representatives, 92 per cent of the Republi
cans in the House openly admitted they would vote f or no Federal
ballot in any form under any circumstances. While we fight a
war and send our soldiers over to every corner of the world,
hard-boiled politics go on as usual.
Public opinion is still the most important factor in the working
of a democracy. Several weeks ago, we put on a campaign to get
you to write your congressman urging him to vote for the passage
of a workable and practical soldier vote bill in short, for the
Federal administration of absentee ballots. But after our cam
paign was over, how many of you had written to your Congress
men? And how many of you had written your families and asked
them to write their congressmen ? Some of you did, yes. But the
rest of you, the larger percentage of the students here at the Uni
versity, what about you? It was too much trouble, wasn't it?
Well, maybe you were right. Maybe it was too much trouble,
maybe it wasn't worth worrying about. Maybe one letter more or
less wouldn't make any real difference. At any rate, we hope
you've got your answer all ready. We'd like to know what your
answer is, because when American soldiers who aren't allowed
to cast their ballots come back and start asking us, we want to
know what to tell them, too.
Politics as usual. And indifference can spell death- to de
mocracy. You Pay the Bills, So-
In spite of consistent complaints from students during the past
twelve months, in spite of campaigns carried on by the Tar Heel,
the University Administration has dogmatically failed to exert
any effort toward the improvement of the still over-crowded
eating situation in Chapel Hill. Any improvements in either the
Graham Memorial Grill or the Carolina Inn Cafeteria, plugged in
University publicity as "University run eating establishments,"
have come, not through action of our administration, but through
the men and women who are hired as directors of these eating
places.
Three of the four large coed dorms do not provide eating facili
ties for the residents of their dormitories. During the past few
months some of the coeds have been cooking light meals, on the
average of once a day, not in the compact modern little kitchen
ettes which they are not allowed to use, but down in the laundry
rooms on each of the halls. But that has been stopped now. In
the face of still high prices of eating, in face of the crowds who
keep these places filled beyond capacities during mealtime, the
"University" has seen fit to pass and enforce the following on
all of the coed dormitories :
"Since the campus and town now offer adequate facilities to
the students, the University thinks it wise to return to the rules
governing food and drinks in rooms. Therefore, no cooking will
be allowed in the dormitories. In the kitchenettes of women's
dormitories tea, coffee, and chocolate can be prepared and con
sumed. Foods and drinks must not be kept in dormitory rooms.
Coca Cola and milk mayjbe brought into the building but must'be
drunk and the bottles left in the kitchenettes."
In addition, coeds are no longer allowed to keep food in their
rooms, and housemothers have already begun to confiscate even
such things as milk, bread and sandwich spreads from the rooms.
And so it seems the University remains the one big business en
terprise that completely ignores the wants of its best customers.
You are the customers. The men you pay to, run the business
are gathered together over in South building. And South build
ing isn't too many steps from where you are right now.
CJje Wax
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"Now what was it, the Captain taught
himself in a situation like this?"
Portia
Patter
by M. E. Richter
Adolph Hitler is, a "pathological
liar, a deadly egocentric, a histrionic
poseur and a lover of disaster and '
: destruction" ... and "in the world
. of Normalcy a Nothing, in chaos a
Titan his extraordinary powers did
not develop in supporting an edifice;
they flowered when it came to giving
it, one last shove. Swimming in
wreckage, climbing over ruins; that
is his gift" and seldom has a man
possessed these venal talents in a
greater degree. This is the opinion
of the best known biographer of
Hitler, other than leading Nazi au
thorities. Konrad Heiden has just published
the most comprehensive biography of
the German ruler, replete with an
analysis of his character and activi
ties from childhood through 1934.
Chosen, oddly enough, the February
book-of-the-month, "The Feuhrer"
will become the most likely authority -on
Hitler even . excluding "Mein
Kampf," which so carefully elimi
nates from the record all facts which
might decrease the esteem which the
Feuhrer would like to receive.
Heiden, a German liberal, fled from
Germany in 1940 only to be caught
and imprisoned in a concentration
camp for his outspoken disapproval
of the Nazi party and its leaders.
Upon his escape he went to London
and then to California, where he
completed this book in the quiet con
fines of the Hoover library. He de- -voted
about twenty years to study
ing the man and his fellow criminals
and although he has written two
other books on related subjects, this
one is the most exhaustive.
Tirelessly he brings forth details
of Hitler's background, which in
cluded generations of illegitimacy
and almost incestuous marriages ; an
unfair, unscrupulous father begets
the same kind of son and the strange
story of Hitler's work with the party
is told here. How they brought forth
techniques which would enable them
to enslave by force, fraud and vio
lence, first their own country and
then the rest of Europe. There are
transcripts of early speeches, eye
witness accounts of his early strug
gles to gain control of the party and
the attention of the higher officials
of the geo-political cliques. Court
testimony of the unsuccessful first
'putsch' and some previously un
known records are brought here trac
ing slowly the rise of this Anti-Christ
to power.
It is truly a terrible story, this of
the uneducated, untrained painter of
postcards and advertisements who
spent his youth in flop houses, dis
dained honest labor and those who
espoused it, hated mankind and
avoided all but the merest contact
with them, yet lived to reach a peak
in infamy hitherto unknown.
Heiden carefully traces the growth
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us to do next when a- V-12er found
WELL
Well, for ten days now we have had among us some 350 new arrivals to
the Carolina campus, a vast majority of whom have never before attended,
college. By this time the newcomers have thrashed out most of their aca
demic problems and are settled in that respect for the coming term. An item
which remains decidedly unsettled, and one which hrs been sadly neglected
is that of orientation for the new students. In fact, not much has been done
along this line since V-12 came to this campus last July. The Navy and the
administration have done their part but the student body officers have done
very little. With a sketchy introduction to Carolina, the neophytes have
become Tar Heels. We have noticed the feeling, as in the past, that the new
men do not feel themselves a part of
this university as they rightly
should. More effort is needed to plan
for the moments when these men will
not be in the classroom; moments
when these men should experience
the social side of college life. The
responsibility lies not only with the
student body officers but with the
student body as a whole. What has
become of the dance committees?
When was the last dance at a co-ed
dorm? When was the last open house
at one of these dorms? Let's get to
work and make these men feel at
home. A good many of them have
seen action where the action was the
thickest. They rate more than they
have received from the Tar Heels to
date.
Some day in the not so far distant
future, Allied forces will land along
the western shores of Europe to stay
there until the cancer of fascist bar
barism is removed. The Avera-Fitz-Simons
production, "Twilight Zone,"
gives some insight into the lives of
those who will have built the foun
dation for the invasion. There is
much food for thought in this play
and the paramount message is well
conceived, we feel. We also feel that
a great general truth was struck
when Charles, the factory chemist,
was informed that he did not know
what was going on outside of his test
tubes. From a generally favorable
audience reaction, we found some
who thought the dialogue too slow.
We don't believe, considering the
highly pertinent nature of the sub
ject, that the play dragged too much.
It appears to us that either Paul
Corde or the Nazis got into action
enough to save the play from a tir
ing effect. The portrayal of Dr. Frau
bert was good, but the good doctor
might have warned Lt. Dreiser about
the second step from the bottom on
his trip to the cellar. It was a lulu !
We would award the best acting
honors to J osephine Sharkey and Lt.
Paul Hawk and a slice of Smithfield
to Carrington Cross.
Recommended Reading: "Tarawa,
The Story of a Battle" by Robert
SherrocL The sensation felt while
reading the author's account is hard
to describe. The book should set you
to thinking as it did us. Told in vivid
terms, the story tells of the sacri
fices made by American fighting men
in order that this nation might live
in peace.
Friday, a picture comes to the
Carolina that we want to recommend
very highly, "A Guy Named Joe."
INCRED
By Wayne
It's not the war that mixes me up. It's people. A few nights ago I was
around to see a fellow in one of the dormitories and we got busy on some
sort of idea and time fugited. Also it began to rain outside. There was an
empty mattress on a lower bunk and he offered it to me for the night. Being
Southern, lazy, and very exhausted I. accepted the invitation. Pulling my
overcoat around me I flopped on the naked mattress and went into a shiver
ing slumber. Around three o'clock the cold air found a vital spot and twisted
me into wakefulness. There was a man in the room a stranger to me. Oh
it was alright no violation of the house council or anything like that since
it was a men's dormitory. But it did seem a little incredible to me that he
should be lying in the middle of the floor in blue dotted pajamas Having
gone to Carolina in the good ole days I knew my duty toward people who
ended up sleeping on the floor. But this was different. Upon turning on the
light I saw that there was a sign on the sleeper's back. It read: "Do Not
Disturb. We are Sleeping." I looked around for the other one, but he was
missing, rar be it irom me to go
against the instructions. But I did
the humane thing by covering him
up with my coat and getting into his
bed.
The next morning I woke up to the
beautiful strains of a before-break-fast
argument. The fellow who slept
By Bill Howard and
Fred Loeffler
Despite the fact that this is another
war picture, this yarn should pro
vide you with some of the best film
fare in many a moon. Simple plot
combined with the fine acting of
Spencer Tracy and Irene Dunne go
together to make one of the season's
best offerings. However, like last
Friday's offering, has a bum ending.
Seems that MGM just couldn't keep
the western flavor out of it.
We are starting a society for the
protection of short people which we
are going to call the Loyal Order of
Gnomes. Applications will be ac
cepted at the Tar Heel office. Inci
dentally, we are willing to investi
gate all complaints about things
around here. If you have one, let us
know and we will see what we can
do for you.
In this staff officer's hands, the familiar telephone is a
weapon of war. It controls the striking power of our forces
in the whole area. Over it flash orders that help our fight
ing men to drive the enemy hack.
Today, "Western Electric is the nation's largest producer
of communications and electronic equipment for war
making many kinds of telephone and radio apparatus for
use on land, at sea, in the air. College graduates men and
women of varied abilities are taking an important part
in this work.
. Buy War Bonds regularly all you can!
5W
Wesfertt
IN PEACE...SQUSCE OF SUPPLY FOB THE BELL SYSTEM.
IN WAR... ASS FN A L OF COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT.
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OKLD
Kernodle
on the floor was arguing with the
fellow who had offered me the lower
bunk. It seems that floor-sleeper had
gotten into an argument with his
roommate about how soldiers slept
on the ground and felt much better
than when they slept in beds. To
settle the argument he had bet his
roommate that he could sleep all
night on the floor without any cover
and feel just as chipper the next
morning as the other fellow who
slept in a bed and with cover. Now
the guy wouldn't pay off the five dol
lars because of the overcoat. It was
very apparent that the blue dotted
pa jama wearer felt chipper it was
also apparent that his roommate
thought he was dealing in lies about
not getting the coat himself. I was
responsible so I paid the five dollars,
collected my coat and got the hell
out. Moral: Never put a coat over a
man you find sleeping on the bed
room floor he may be winning a
bet.
It's funny what habit will do. Last
Sunday I went to church. Just as I
arrived on the scene the ushers
started passing around those velvet
lined plates to the cheerful givers
so I stood at the entrance and watch
ed the expressions on people's faces
as they contributed. Nothing un
usual happened until the plate was
passed to a wild eyed fellow on the
outside edge of the back row who
was obviously tasting religion for
the first time in many a year. When
it came his turn to make the plate
a little fuller he deposited a quarter.
The usher received it without re
gard and started toward the rear of
the church. As he moved away the
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