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3 ITi )t ZDaity tiar eel Published daily daring the college year except Mondays and except Thanksgiving, Christmas and Spring Holidays. , The official newspaper of the Publi cations Union of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Subscription price, $2.00 local and $4.00 out of town, for the college year. . - i; ',;Z Zc, ' Offices in the basement of Alumni Building. Glenn Holder..;.:.-..::.--. Editor Will Yaeborough M gr. Editor Marion Alexander Bus. Mgr. Hal V. Vfomn...Circvlation Mgr. ASSOCIATE EDITORS v John? Mebaae Harry GaUand ' ASSISTANT EDITORS Robert Hodges J. D. McNairy Joe Jones B. C. Moore J. C. Williams a CITY EDITORS ; V Z E. P. Yarborough K.C Ramsay Elbert Denning .'--JE. Dungan SPORTS EDITOR . Henry L. Anderses' i ; ''): , ASSISTANT SPOJITS; EDITORS Joe Eagles J. G. deR. Hamilton; Jr. REPORTERS Howard Lee Holmes Davis Louis Brooks Charles Rose Mary Price Frank Manheim Mary M. Dunlap Clyde Deitz George Sheram John La than J. P. Tyson B. H. Whitton MafTinn Vnllrman - Georffe. Stone Peggy Lintner " Jack. Riley E. C. Daniel T E. Marshall W. A. Shulenberger George Wilson G. E. French 'i J." S. Weathers Bernard j. Herkimer Jack Bessen Browning Roach Russell Williams Sadler Hayes Stanley Weinberg Kemp Yarborough Saturday, December 14, 1929 PURLOINED PARAGRAPHS "It is estimated that every one eats from three to five times too much." Kathleen N orris, writer. 'iZZ''', "A ski slide sixty, miles long has been constructed in Sweden. Just the thing for American market operators , on vacation!" Washington Post : i The chief reason for Mr. Grundy's appointment to fill the Vare vacancy seems to be, that no one pays any ttentipnt to.the rumpus kicked up by a senator anyway. President Lingle of Davidson tells of a bootlegger who passed through the stands selling whis key in Coca-Cola bottles during a recent game. He wouldn't do much business at games here everybody prefers to carry his own. i f j The model airplane in opera tion at the mechanical-engineering laboratory gives all the thrills of piloting 'ail 1 air buggy except that of breaking your neck when the darn, thing side slips and crashes. ' ' ' ' It is rumored that the 'AP will carry a big story vini a . day or so from the White. House concern ing Dr. Odum, but at seems to us that the story - in yesterday morning's Daily -'Tar'? Heel just about scoops them all. Up at Burnsyille, where the state is trying the? eight Marion officers charged with mortally wounding six strikers and in juring 15 others'; they' have ad mitted the testimony of W. L. Hickiin, AshevilleJ newspaper re porter. The defense will proba bly object to his testimony on the basis of the 1 time-honored opinion that you can't believe a word a newspaperman says. Governor Fisher ;may be an ass for appointing Grundy to the Senate, as Norris of ' Ne braska points out, and the ap pointment may be a "stench in the nostrils of the people," but you've got to admit that the newest senator is a good busi ness man. He brings his wool en goods to the Senate, gets them displayed, pyd (, , the, re porters eat it up. There's free advertising for you! Tar Heel Topics A Few Discrepancies In Sir. Gossett's Textile Situation Views B. B. Gossett, chief executive of the Chadwick-Hoskins mills at Charlotte and one of the state's leading textile manufac turers, presented the mill own ers' viewpoint of the textile in dustry and its recent labor dis turbances in an address at State College Thursday night. Mr. Gossett admirably outlined the position of the more liberal and intelligent mill owners, but in our opinion there were a few rather important discrepancies in his remarks. . Pointing out that the indus try is operating on an unprof itable basis, Mr. Gossett attrib uted this condition to the policy of many mills which fail to real ize the importance of adjusting their operations to demand. He urged greater cooperation of the mill owners in efforts to promote the sale of cotton goods through advertising, the development of new uses and the opening of new markets. Pleading for re duction in output, he declared that close cooperation, between the manufacturers is impera tive if the industry is to be made profitable. Yet he stated with out qualification that unioniza tion of the workers, which rep resents the sort of cooperation among the employees that he declared imperative for the em ployers, would be "nothing less than disastrous for workers and manufacturers alike." Referring to the reports of brutally low wage scales and ter rible living conditions in the mill villages, Mr. Grossett as serted that they were nothing more than the propaganda of outside agitators. "By and large the mills are providing their workers with excellent homes and surroundings," he declared. Anyone familiar with mill villages in the south real izes that they are certainly not composed of "excellent homes and surroundings." As for wage scales, how can the $8 ,and $10 per week wages for un skilled textile mill workers be termed anything but brutally low? Although Mr. Gossett quoted statistics to prove that the average wage of cotton mill workers in North Carolina is the highest in the southern tex tile industry ($16.46), he dis creetly failed to mention the vast number of workers who re ceive $12 a week and less. Repeatedly urging that the mill owners "take their em ployees into their confidence, Mr. Gossett did not state what benefits the workers would re ceive from these "confidences." With any sort of power definite ly denied the workers by their lack of organization, which Mr. Gossett implied to be the proper state of affairs by his declara tion that unionization is im practical and undesirable, they would certainly have nothing to gain by being "taken into the confidence" of the employers. Any "confidences" of the execu tives could be nothing more than commands disguised under a sugar-coated exterior. The so-called "stretch-out" efficiency system was defended by Mr. Gossett. He asserted that it did not place any more work upon the employees, mere ly eliminating the unfit. Sav ings in decreased costs are re turned to the workers in the form of higher wages, he de clared. Although theoretically the "stretch-out" system should not place a heavier burden upon the workers, those familiar with its operation in southern mills state that it has been installed so inefficiently and ignorantly that it has actually increased the duties of the employees a great deal in most cases; very rare indeed are the instances in which they have received in creased wages due to installa tion of the system. Alluding to the efforts of labor in this state to organize as THE DAILY the work of "foreign and unsym- pathetic organizers' entirely, Mr. Gossett deplored these ef forts. He did not seem to take! cognizance of the Marion. case, when the workers themselves practically begged the American Federation of Labor to allow them to become members of the union. Asserting that "the right of a man to join the union is in keeping with the constitutional guarantees not only, but it is one of those sacred and inherent rights based on justice and in dividual freedom to which all men are entitled wnere not in conflict with the best interests of society" Mr. Gossett failed to show how unionization is "not in conflict with the best interests of society" as a whole. Perhaps unionization is in conflict with the interests of capital, but it is certainly not in conflict with the best interests of the workers, who constitute the bulk of our society. No mention was made of the strong-arm tactics of many manufacturers, who dis charge every employe who joins the union. Night work was deplored by Mr. Gossett. He attributed its continuance, now that it is harm ful to the industry as a whole in view of the tremendous over- production, to humanitarian motives on the part of owners who do not wish to turn their employees out without work. He offered no explanation for the 30-hour week recently placed in effect in many mills, which effects a tremendous hardship on the already underpaid work ers, who have been given no in crease in pef hour wage. Would it not be much better if the night shifts were gradually eliminated by. filling the fre quently occurring vacancies in the ranks of the day workers with men recruited from the night shifts? With evident truthfulness Mr. Gossett stated that higher wages can come only from larger profits. His remedies for the desperate condition of the cotton manufacturers are excel lent, but in dealing with the labor problem he exhibits the rather natural bias of a mill owner. Labor in the textile in dustry may be receiving its just share of the profits, but it is certainly not in a position to de mand this share if it is not now receiving it. The mill owners should work out among them selves the solution to the prob lem of overproduction, but they should also allow the workers an opportunity to secure their rightful portion of the fruits of their labor. Through unioniza tion alone can the interests of the workers be safeguarded, and we believe that once labor is in a position to be assured of re ceiving its just portion of the profits in the textile industry, it will cooperate fully with the manufacturers in attempts to increase these profits. Attitudes, Methods And Results , - One knows that an inherent sense of and a degree of appre ciation for the drama and the theatre is present in every stu dent of that composite art. There is every indication that, at this university, that flame has been fanned and not snuffed, for it -takes sympathy and not perversity to obtain such re sults as Professors Koch and Hef frier get from their playwrit ing and play producing classes. Their general attitude and par ticular methods are remarkably sympathetic and tend only to aid their students to attain their ends. A most recent innovation has been a practice of experimental ly producing the plays written by the members of the play writing class conducted by Pro fessor Koch to ascertain how well the plays -act in the embryo. The purpose of this proceeding is to determine the merit of the TAR HL play to perform the function of all plays that is to act ; to point out affects and defects to the writer that he might better improve upon his work; and to foster interest on the part of the student in the various phas es of the-work. Those working in the drama tic department are fortunate in that they work under extremely congenial conditions and sincere people a condition not evident ly prevalent in many depart ments in the University. N. S. J. O. IS ANSWERED To the Editor of the Tar Heel: A correspondent, J. O., com plains in last Saturday's paper about some of the .things said in the discussion of Mr. Bert rand Russell's philosophy at the meeting of the Philosophy Club last week,, and some of his re marks should be answered. In the first place, Mr. Paul Green, the speaker, did notstate that the large number present should have been only five or six. What he said was that he expected only five or six. In the second place, if the dis cussion on this occasion was "a fine example of pedantic hair splitting" I wonder how your correspondent would label a thorough inquiry that got down to the roots of the questions in volvedfor what was said at this meeting was necessarily brief, because of the little time available. If one so wishes, he can term inquiries of this kind hair-splitting, but to do. .so be trays 2J want of acquaintance with the nicer points involved. You do not reach finality in philosophy, science, religion, art or any of the deeper concerns of life without the most painstak ing search and a scrupulous re gard for the niceties of your subject. If you want quick and snappy results, something tan gible, you had better forego in tellectual pursuits and turn to the realm of things which you can see and feel the realm of the bare senses, which is the home of the most of. mankind, including nearly all undergradu ates. If, on the other hand, your purpose is to understand, and if you have the . patience and I think the humility neces sary to understanding, you will not be content with mere sensu al things nor with the manifest reflections of them found in the writers mentioned by J. O., and you will find that what you at first thought was hair-splitting, was something quite different. Our field of knowledge, failing to understand or appreciate another, does, it is true, some times attempt to belittle it by ac cusing it of hair-splitting; for example, I heard it asked not long ago by a journalist when preparations were being made to remeasure the spread of light, "What difference does it make whether it is 186,000 mfles a second or only 185,900? No difference, surely,' to him nor to any who think, or rather feel, with him, yet to a physi cist or an astronomer or a philo sophical thinker it may make a great deal of difference. Let me remark in passing that you will notice that people of this type are those who are contin ually snorting about what they call "tolerance" by which they obviously mean tolerance of their own attitude of intolerance toward those whom they dislike or cannot understand. Some time when in need of a topic for one of those pointed editorials which you have been writing, you might devote your talents to exposing the close kinship which exists between these fel lows and the Ku Klux Klan. Again, your correspondent speaks of ""asininely old pre . Readers' Opinions T I . II II J cepts and morals." In the sphere) of precept and morals, J. O., age j the test of long time and ex perienceis one of the highest recommendations to the re flective mind. Nowadays many think it is a great new discovery that people can cheat, deceive, carouse, and in general go on the loose, and they of course loudly acclaim those writers who give countenance to his view of life. But an acquain tance with history, and a little reflection of one's own, inevit ably shows that it is a view which is neither new nor true, but only ridiculous. I Finally, as to Mr. Russell's philosophy, or rather as to the smattering of it contained in his address here. A .good part of what he said was inconsistent with other elements of liis sys tem, and much , of the rest was invalid on its face, as was in dicated in some of the discussion before, the Philosophy Club. I suppose J. O. is not aware of it, but Mr. Russell is now, and for some years past has Deen, en gaged in diffusing mere pap, so that he is much criticized oy philosophers for squandering his talents, which talents are ex ceptional, as his work in mathe matics and logic has shown. Philosophy Club Member. "TEN MILLION WHITE CROSSES" .'Editor Daily Tar Heel: : "Ten thousand hills covered with ten million white crosses ;" in memory of the Legion of those who gave their lives for the "Fatherland," for "National Honor," or to "Make the world safe for Democracy." Truly, "There is enough intel ligence,,tyiere are enough men of good-wiil in the world to war rant us to believe that peace on earth is not just an empty yearning but a practical possi bility." The quotations are from an Armistice Day newspaper arti cle by Judge W. S. Criswell. His words would have been true as far back as 1916 ; proba bly even in 1860. It was stated in the House of Representatives in February, 1917, that the J.JP. Morgan in terests, allied with the steel, shipbuilding and powder inter ests, got together twelve men high up in the newspaper world and employed them to select the twelve most influential papers in the United States. Twenty five papers were finally decided upon and editors hired to urge preparedness, incite N hatred against Germany and work up sympathy for the Allies. A paragraph in the Congressional Record of February 9, 1917, and repeated in the Congressional Record of May 26, 1921, refers to the policy of these "Big In terests" papers. "This policy also included the suppression of everything in op position to the wishes of the in terests served; The effective ness of the scheme has been demonstrated by the character of the stuff carried in the daily press throughout the country since March, 1915. They have resorted to anything necessary to commercialize public senti ment and sandbag the National Congress into making extrava gant and wasteful appropria tions for the Army and, Navy. Their stock argument is that it is "patriotism." They are playr ing on every prejudice and pas sion of the - American, people." On the later date (May 26, 1921) a few facts given in a history by M. Hanoteaux, for mer Minister of Foreign Affairs in France, were also brought to light in the House of Repre sentatives. The history states, in effect, that France was ready to make peace in the latter part of 1914) but was dissuaded from doing so by three Americans ; Robert 'Bacon, of the house of j J. P. Morgan and Co.; Myron T.I Continued on last page) j Saturday, December 14, 1929 THE POINTER By J. C. Williams Fire Again! No sooner do we build one fraternity house on this campus than another one is destroyed by fire. It seems to be a case of taking something out of one pocket and putting it in the other one. 'Tis a good thing that we're building quite a few houses over in Fraternity Court, for old Fraternity Row seems to be on "it's last leg." That is certain ly a hot section of town. The Tariff Once More According to this paper, the Di and Phi recently went into an extended debate over the Smoot-Hawley tariff bill which has been pending before the late special session of congress. Sinee the local Senators and Rep resentatives finally agreed that the bill was "all wrong," we sug gest that Senator Smoot and Representative Hawley be ad monished concerning many glar ing defects which the' local con gress found in the measure. We Write a Verse (With apologies to Longfellow) Under the spreading mistletoe The homely co-ed stands, And stands, and stands, and stands, And sees each Christmas go. This dame a mighty lass is she With large and forbidding hands, And the tone of her strange de mands, Enough to make the righteous flee. Why Not a Ring? On the continent of Europe, especially in Germany, it is said to be customary for men to sig nify that they belong to the married state by wearing a matrimonial ring. In those re gions people claim that failure to do so might sometimes cause awkward mistakes. Why, after all, should the wearing of a matrimonial badge be confined to the fairer of the two partners in wedlock? The sign of the firm should be mutual and the emblem of the alliance unmis takable. Personally, we are very much in favor of compelling married men to wear rtiatrimonial rings. Under such circumstances "duti ful husbands," unaccompanied by their wives, would not have the air of gay bachelors, thereby causing many of the unmarried members of the other sex to waste valuable time. Christmas Gifts It seems to be customary at this season of the year to pre pare a list of so-called appro priate Christmas gifts. At the outset, we intended to print our list in. this column, but the re membrance of the disaster which we encountered last year while playing Saint . Nick has over come our first intent. Last Christmas we suggested a cer tain present for a co-ed friend and are yet to receive forgive ness for our gross blunder. This time we're leaving this Christ mas gift business to Santa Claus himself. "Negro Hits Auto; Instantly Killed' headlines a local news paper. The best way to handle balky and rebellious engines on cold mornings is to deal gently with them. This rough stuff doesn't work any longer. Farewell This is our last Column this semester. If it doesn't suit you Please, decline to pester! But whether you scold . Or whether you praise We wish you untol d ; Joy for the holidays!