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THE TAR HEEL
TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1944
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To Dr. Frank, A Vote Of Confidence . . .
Should the President Evade "Hot Situation,"
Throw Up His Hands and High Tail It Home? -
A timely and well organized attempt to oust the liberals from key positions in the University
of North Carolina administration brought the big guns to bear on President Frank P. Graham
this weekend. The famed squeeze play has been put into motion in an effort to force Dr. Frank
to publicly withdraw from national responsibility with the War Labor Board or give up the
University Presidency.
Reportedly, there has been a movement for some time to force out liberal minded faculty and
administrative officials; thus leaving the reactionary members in full control. For a time it
seemed as though this movement had been quashed, but one liberal staff member after an
other has left in defeat or joined the military forces. Now an attack is being launched against
Dr. Frank, based upon the only possible weakness in his regime, his occasional absence. Unable
to attack his administration directly and aware of his keen sense of loyalty to the President of
the United States, a campaign is being forced to make him reach a hasty decision and bring
him into disrepute nationally.
Dr. Graham had said some time ago that he was coming back to Chapel Hill in July of this
year or by fall at the latest. BUT that was before the present Montgomery Ward case arose.
He said he was trying to do his job according to his own sense of justice and that the President of
the United States had asked him to remain with the WLB during the current crisis before it. The
"maintenance of membership" policy is now endangered more than at any time since labor prob
lems arose at the outbreak of the war. The recent Ward fracas engendered the opposition to it
and to the "Little Steel Formula."
Last Friday at a Board of Trustees meeting he talked with the Governor of the State and
that number one North Carolina executive conceded Graham's national responsibility but urged
his return to Chapel Hill as soon as possible. Instead of accepting this agreement, the visiting
committee of the University Board of Trustees issued a statement to the press totally without
warning Saturday morning and caused him, the University and the WLB the embarrassment of
private affairs injudiciously aired.
To the charge of "confusion in the administration," Dr. Frank has said that he knows of
none. He spends every weekend here and all of every third week, and he has felt that things
are running along smoothly. He knows of no members of the faculty or the administration who
have made the claim that a state of "confusion" exists.
Dr. Frank has always been available and accessible to faculty and students, more so than any
other official of the University. Even with his split duty now, he is by far the easiest administra
tor to find. He felt that there has never been any difficulty in reaching him, and that he knew
well what was being done at the University. It would seem that since his return was imminent,
the attack upon him need not have been made without warning and in the manner in which it was.
Dr. Graham is decidedly not the kind to run out on a "hot situation" and certainly not the
man to let his nation down now when he is most needed. There is not a University student who
would want him to do it. They have always had complete access to this great though modest man
at his office and at his home where he holds open house every Sunday night. Here the lowliest
freshman can rub shoulders with the highest collegiate official or any Washington functionary
that may be Dr. Graham's guest without the slightest discomfort, for his host is sure to give
each the equal attention he seeks.
Thus, students agree wholeheartedly with President Graham's present attitude about the
duality of his obligation to his University and to his nation.
But, nevertheless, he is being forced into the squeeze play. A small group of ultra-conservatives
want to discredit him in Washington and push the showdown. Dr. Graham's withdrawal now
would cause the nation to question his reasons and suspect that he "was running away" because
the board was under attack now with the Ward case. Others, too, are turning on the pressure
because elections are drawing near and Dr. Graham is too friendly with the President for some
contingencies.
And also there is a group right here in the University that would like to oust him and fill
his President's chair with some one more conservative or to be more exact, more reactionary.
The entire movement now is part of the well laid scheme.
Others are also pushing the plan, namely certain members of the board of trustees whose
business interests may suffer as a result of Dr. Frank's continued service on the War Labor
Board.
Dr. Graham is one of the only two members of that board who were held over from the now
defunct Defense Mediation Board to become part of the WLB, and he is one of the most beloved
and highly respected members of the present board. ' To him has been entrusted the strategic
disposition of the "maintenance of membership" policy which has been said to be the single
policy that is basic to the whole.
Why the sudden move to make Dr. Graham decide between two all-important organizations?
Why demand his immediate return to Chapel Hill instead of a judicious withdrawal at a con
venient time in the near future? To demand him to do this is tantamount to admitting that
those who have been designated as his assistants here in the University are inefficient and in
competent, which is not the case.
Shouts of inefficiency and neglect are being aired by the trustees. But why? There is not an
important administrative official who will say it. There is not a student who will even think it.
In each age the leaders, the individualists, the people who have the courage to attempt
something which seems new must bear the brunt of the criticism of the conservative. This is
again true with Dr. Frank. His broad vision and humanistic views punch certain factions deeply.
He has led the University through some of its most trying days. For ten years he has served
as its President, all this time serving above reproach. Outstanding military programs have flour
ished here, and the Pre-Flight school is one of the four in the nation of equal size. Furthermore,
the V-12, ASTP and Pre-Meteorology units were all brought here under his Presidency and pos
sibly resulted from the prestige which came from his national eminence along with the Univer
sity's growing fame as "a liberal institution in the South."
Many members of the University cannot serve the nation by donning uniforms. Some are
either too old or of no technical value. If they have nothing more to give this country than our
brilliant President for the space of a little while, out of the long years he has served and will
serve this University, it is little enough to give and every faculty member, every administrator
and every student should be gracious.
We say down with the attackers regardless of who they are. Down with the zealots. But up
with Dr. Frank, forever the President of this consolidated University of North Carolina and for
as long as he and the President of the United States see fit, a member of the War Labor Board.
This is a student vote of confidence.
W. HORACE CARTER, AS V-12
SARA YOKLEY
FRAN DEFANDORF
WAYNE KERNODLE
MILDRED JOHNSON
FRED FLAGLER
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Richter, Bob Rolnik and Bob Gurney.
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.Penn State's M. Mangum Relinquishes
Chin-up Title To Carolina's Kernodle
Kat Hill Writes
No. 1 Chinner
Of New Record
"Not long ago while Kat Hill was
editing the Tar Heel, the Associated
Press circulated a story about one
Marvin Mangus from Penn State
who was being tabbed the "number
one chin-up boy in the nation." Now
Miss Hill joined heads with Wayne
Kernodle and challenged Mr. Man
gus' right to hold that title.
Mangus, who is a member of the
gymnastic team at Penn State, had
registered a total of 35 chinups and
Mr. Kernodle here just knew he could
do better than that. And he did. He
went down to Woollen and pulled,
himself up 42 times.
Thus on April 10, Miss Hill and
"Mr. Kernodle wrote Mr. Mangus
and told him that he was no longer
the number one chinup boy in the
nation and that his title was now be
ing held by one Wayne Kernodle of
the University of North Carolina.
Recently Mr. Mangus answered
that letter.
Your letter of April 10 was re
ceived with a great deal of interest.
I am surprised to learn that my un
German Club Rebuttal
IN REBUTTAL
The German Club and its endeavor to bring Don Redman and his orchestra
here next weekend was slapped pretty hard with editorial comment last
week, and the executive committee thinks it is only fair that the other side
be presented to the students.
Some say the spirit of the law is being broken although technically we are
in the right in bringing this outside orchestra to Chapel Hill. We don't
. think the spirit is being broken at all
WELL
By Bill Howard and
Fred Loeffler ,
' Well, the Durham papers finally
hit the jackpot. During the past
week they were able to print news
that was actually known to but few
people. With each succeeding epi
sode more bizarre than the one be
fore, the local gas-jets unveiled the
gruesome details of the Jewett Mur
der Case, Durham's Case of a 1000
Clues. With the excitement of the
local citizenry up to a fever pitch,
the speculation of the journalistic
geniuses did not do much except to
add to the already general confusion.
While all the amateur Philo Vances
were busily engaged in speculation
on the murder, they, in true tabloid
fashion, were giving out with the
lurid details of people sniffing of
trunks and the like.- This siphoning
of the lake in question brought
raised eyebrows from many differ
ent quarters including a delegation
from Old West that practically live
there on Sundays. Friday when con
fusion was at its height, the Durham
journals were bringing up clues
faster than a magician can pull rab
bits out of a hat. F. Carlton Sage,
former head of the Bertillion Bureau
of the Burlington, la., police force
and now a V-12 student on the cam
pus, was busily engaged in feverish
speculation as to the whereabouts of
grandma. This little gem gave
Chapel Hill its greatest and most
exciting moments in many a moon.
Commenting on the fate of the mur
derer, Martin, Uncle Phil Rossfield
said that things were tough all over.
Saturday, they found the body, the
papers came out with the whole
works done over, and by now the
story of the Eastwood corpse is all
over but the execution. Life in
Chapel Hill has returned to its usual
slow pace.
There is fast approaching that
period occurring twice a year, when
the V-12s have a chance to get some
work done. It is that week which lies
between the end of the winter quar
ter and the beginning of the summer
sessions. The campus will assume a
most austere and masculine appear
ance, and the grade curve should de
scribe a brief rise. We're sure that
spirits will take a corresponding
drop, however, and that sorely missed
will be the patter of bare feet and
the swap of gingham clad hips. Yes,
we who remain will be a wee bit,
lonely for a few days until once more
the July sun shines or beats upon the
Carolina co-ed in her natural habitat.
We have a feeling that the movie
situation will improve this week, or
at least we hope so. The attraction
for Thursday, "Knickerbocker Holi
day," which was a good show on
Broadway, may produce some good
entertainment. Friday comes "Up
rehearsed chinning score went as
far as North Carolina" he said.
Your candidate Mr. Wayne Ker
nodle would have little trouble de
f eating me if he can do 42 chinups at
the present time. I went the limit in
obtaining 35 chinups after no prac
tice in the specific activity. But I feel
certain that if I were to train for
such a contest say for over a period
of one year, I would have little
trouble obtaining 70 or more.
"Now last year our gymnastic
team won the Eastern and National
titles, and on that team were mem
bers (now in the armed forces) who
would have easily obtained 50 or
more chins within a short time. Two
boys were such terrific chinners that
they both broke the world's record
on the 20 foot rope climb doing 3.8
seconds at the- Eastern Intercol
legiates. Two other boys did it in iJ2
and several in five seconds flat. So
you see just about the time one thinks
he has the best one boy in some ac
tivity, another suddenly comes up a
distant state and news is spread that
a better man exists.
"But all that is not belitting the
fact that 42 chinups is a good rec
ord and something to brag about. But
now if your Mr. Kernodle wants to,
but that it will bring entertainment
to the students' more fairly and
cheaper than the series that has
come here under the entertainment
committee sponsorship. The expense
figure for bringing Draper and Ad
ler here was $1250, and the money
was collected through compulsory
fees from the students. The dance
and concert that is coming calls for
no compulsory fees from any stu
dents other than the members of the
nine fraternities who are backing
the events.
Other students will help to pay ex
penses by going to the concerts and
paying their 55 cents at the door but
no money is being collected compul
sorily from students as the enter
ment committee programs do.
Furthermore, the dance that is to
be held is a private affair and costs
only $400. The concerts will cost the
German Club $1100, making a grand
total of $1500.
The law when drawn up, as we
understand it, stated that no big
name, big-time bands would be
brought here. This isn't a big-name,
big-time band although it is a good
one and an outside band. They are
spending an entire afternoon here
and playing two concerts. This
makes it impossible for them to play
a Saturday engagement elsewhere,
and that is why the German Club was
able to get the orchestra to play for
the dance for $400..
We are bringing the orchestra here
in good faith. We think it will offer
students some fine entertainment.
Two concerts will be put on in an ef
fort to give all students here an op
portunity to attend. We don't think
it is contrary to the spirit of stri
dent desires nor the law. We think
that in order to violate the spirit of
the law, the program must be car
ried out in bad faith. This plan was
not instituted in bad faith, and we,
least of all, wish to see any harm
done to student government through
our sponsorship of this dance and the
concerts.
We believe that if it were put to a
student vote, more people would
favor entertainment of this kind
than would favor some of that which .
has been brought here in the past
under the auspices of the Student
Entertainment Committee.
Executive Committee
German Club
In Mabel's Room." This opus is re
puted to be one of the season's fun
nier pictures and may be good. How
ever, we are withholding our judg
ment for the time being. These pic
tures look like they may be good but
we are not going to go any further.
Al (the dogman) Raynor com
plains that there is too much to do
in Chapel Hill during the week-end.
He says that it is difficult to make
up his mind just exactly what to do.
On the other hand, John Dickson of
See WELL, page 4
I would be willing to meet him in a
straight chinning contest providing
he would meet me also in a contest
of chinning up a 20 foot rope against
time."
Sincerely,
Marvin Mangus
Member of Penn State
Gymnastic Team
Now it looks like the boys have
something to go to work on. Maybe
arrangements can be made whereby
Mr. Mangus and Mr. Kernodle will
be able to get together and vie for
the title of the number one chinup
boy. However, Mr. Mangus has al
ready relinquished his hold on the
chinup title to Kernodle and will
have to better 42 pullups to reclaim
it.
Printshop
The estimated costs of an engrav
ing plant and printshop that we
promised to present today were un
available at press time. Letters
written to several firms have not
been answered. The estimate will
be presented as soon as the ques
tioned enterprises answer.
Porti
la-
Patter
by M. E. Richter
The unexpected attack which ap
peared in the newspapers on Satur
day morning demanding the imme
diate return full time of President
Frank Graham has caused a storm
of protest around the campus of
Chapel Hill. This was not surpris
ing because many of them, particu
larly those in service, knew the diffi
culties involved in Graham's position
and sympathized and revered him
for his continual efforts on their be
half and the nation.
Dr. Graham is one of the only two
members that were kept from the
now defunct Defense Mediation
Board to become part of the War
Labor Board, and he is one of the
most beloved and respected mem
bers. An admirer once remarked "If
Frank Graham is a historian, then
Kelly is a Chinaman. He doesn't
teach history, he makes history." . . .
That applies to his work on the
board too, for he has been intrusted
with the highly explosive 'mainten-
ance of management clause' and he
has said that this single policy is
"basic to the whole." From it was
culled the more involved versions
known as the Little Steele formula
and the others and his recent de
cision in the Humble Oil Case
brought editorial comment from the
New Republic that it was a "master
ful opinion."
President Graham is not the type
r to run out on a difficult situation and
in the face of the adamant plea of
the chairman of the WLB Davis and
the President of the United States
that he remain through this crisis,
no student that I talked with would
want him to follow any course but
the one he has chosen.
It is known that President Roese
velt has offered Graham at least four
major commissions involving nation-,
al and international affairs and that
he declined to accept any of these
because it would necessitate his leav
ing Chapel Hill which he does not
want to do. His national work is
for the duration only, and his first
love and duty in peace will be the
school.
Contrary to the complainers, the
University has not declined since
Graham has been with the board.
Instead many honors have come to
us in the form of tremendous mili
tary programs during the war that
have filled our school to capacity
rather than caused it to shrink to
skeleton proportions for the dura
tion, as it has to other schools.
Every student on this campus is
proud of that dynamic man, Frank
Graham, and decry the bad taste of
the publicity engendered by the pub-,
lie statement to the press. Off the rec
ord it is known that at a board meet
ing last week, Graham had stated
that he was taking steps to return to
the Hill as early as possible in re
sponse to the requests of the Goverl
nor, the Board, and his administra
tive associates ... but there was
never any mention of confusion
No one would think of asking
President Roosevelt to resign each
See PORTIA, page 4