Newspapers / Daily Tar Heel (Chapel … / Feb. 2, 1932, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Paze Two THE DAILY TAR HEEL Tuesday, February 2, 193 1 l i il J j; 'I SI)e Sattp Car $ztl The official newspaper of the Publi cations Union Board of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where it is printed daily except Mon days and the Thanksgiving, Christ mas, and Spring Holidays. Entered as second class matter at the post office of Chapel Hill, N. C, under act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price, $4.00 for the college year. - Offices on the second floor of the Graham Memorial Building. Jack Dungaxi .-Editor Ed French...... -.Managing Editor John Manning.....Business Mgr. Editorial Staff EDITORIAL BOARD Charles G. Rose, chairman, Don Shoemaker, R. W. Barnett, Oscar W. Dresslar, Louise Pritchard, J. F. Alexander, , Gilbert Blauman, William Uzzell, H. W. Peters, Dan Lacy, Kemp Yar borough, Sidney Rosen. FOREIGN NEWS .BOARD E. C. Daniel, Jr., chairman; Frank Haw ley, Robert Berryman, Elmer Oet tinger, C. G. Thompson, John Acee, Claiborn Carr, Charles Poe. FEATURE BOARD Ben Neville, F. L. Joyner, E. H., J. G. deR. Hamil ton, Jr., Philip Costi. ' CITY EDITORS George Wilson, T. W. Blackwell, Morrie Long, Tom Walker, William- McKee, W. E. Davis, William Blount, Jack Riley. SPORTS DEPARTMENT Thomas H. Broughton, Jack Bessen. LIBRARIAN E. M. Spruill. . HEELERS Donoh Hanks, J. H. Mor ris, Joseph Sugarman, W. R. Eddie man, J. D. Winslow, A. T. Dill, W. O. Marlowe, E. C. Bagwell, R. J. Giala nella, W. D. McKee, Harold Janof- sky, S. A. Wilkins, L.. U. blade, Jr., F. C. Litten, Fred Wolf, J. B. Straus, J. S. Newton, Jr., W. H, Lazarus, John Easter, Fred Dbssen . bach, N. H. Powell, A. C. Barbee, W R. Weesner, W. R. Woerner. Business Staff CIRCULATION MANAGER T. C. , Worth. BUSINESS DEPARTMENT Assist . ants: R. D. McMillan, Pendleton Gray, Bernard Solomon. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Jimmy Allen, manager; assistants: H. A. Clark, Howard Manning; Bill Jones, H., Louis Brisk, Joe Mason, Joe Webb, Dudley Jennings. COLLECTION DEPARTMENT John Barrow, manager; assistants: Ran dolph Reynolds, R. H. Lewis, Jim Cordon; J. W. Callahan, Henry Emerson. .... Tuesday, February 2, 1932 Dictator Hoover And The Wiekersham Report Much has been said by those suspicious intellectuals who are of the opinion that President Hoover, zealous to secure his re-election, caused the notorious Wiekersham Prohibition Report to be re-written to present ex actly the opposite point of view than which the commission had intended to report. George W. Wiekersham, chairman of the now historic Wickershambles, was said at the time of the submission of this report to have done a simi lar job of garbling for another president. Another piece of "evidence in favor of this view is the fact that the separate re ports of the commission were at such variance with the com bined report, that even by a majority vote the report would have, on the basis of being the sum of the individual opinions, been for modification of the present laws. Having been in correspond ence with eight of the eleven members of the commission on this subject, we are more than ever impressed with the fact that Hoover has them , gagged" and promised not to speak the truth as they found it. Mr. Frank Loesch of Chicago is the only one of the eight who dared to consider expressing himself further. He says, "I have been awaiting day by day the leisure to write an article for your paper . . ..It now seems plain . . . that it will not be im possible for me to prepare a satisfactory article." ' However Judge William S. Kenyon claims, "I said every- thing I had to say on the sub ject in the Wiekersham report." Newton D. Baker contributes this, "Beyond the statement made by me as a member of the Wiekersham Commission on the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act, I have nothing to say." The Hon. Monte M. Lehmann of New Orleans reported that, "I have made it a consistent rule to make no statement on this sub ject beyond the official state ment which I made as a mem- j Empire, who have been exchang ber of the so-called Wickersham -ing notes with and making ex Committee." Paul J. McCor- fplanations to the Western World, mick of Los Angeles said, I jean do no more than justify ac- have no further statement to make in the matter at this time." Henry W. Anderson, father of the Anderson Plan of liquor control; who is a resident of Richmond, .replied to - the Daily Tar Heel's request in this fashion, "I . . . think there is nothing I would desire to add to what is there said" (his Wiekersham report). Judge Kenneth Macintosh of Seattle said, "There is nothing further to be said." Miss Ada Com stock's secretary replied that "she (Miss Comstock) is un able to grant your request." The replies are all startlingly the same, just as if they had been dictated by President Hoover in person. George Wiekersham, the Hon. William S. Grubb, and Ezra Pound of Harvard declined to reply what soever. . The Finns evidently had a much more sincere committee or one which refused to be dictat ed to by their chief executive. I They reported what they be-1 lieved, and Finland repealed its prohibition by a majority of more than seventy per cent, the women taking proportionately the lead in the vote for repeal. Militaristic Cliques In Japan A close observer of the events transpiring of late in Manchuria win doubtlessly nave noted a somewhat confused relationship between the promises and pro nouncements of the civil govern ment of Japan and the aggress ive policy of the Japanese mili tary forces on the field of ac tion. Latest bulletins have dis closed the information that, in spite of ' China's acceptance of Japan's ultimatum, the Japanese naval forces have continued their aggression, occupying Shanghai and engaging in con flict with the Chinese troops within the city. The truth of the situation has been indicated by recent writers on the subject, j The civil and parliamentary rulers of Japan, usually pacifist and liberal in their efforts to govern their j country and meet its overpopula tion problems, share the reality of power with the rulers of the army and navy. The latter are a militaristic, imperialistic clique, intensely nationalistic, bent on aggrandizing Japan's position in China and unwilling to accept insults from China or interference from the Western Powers. This clique has con tested the democratic, peacefully progressive policies of the Jap anese .parliamentarians and lib erals for over a generation; it, rather than the popular, parlia mentary leaders of the country, dictated the acquisition of For mosa, the subjugation of Korea, and the, seizure of a foothold in Northern China. Often, in fact, it has pursued its imperialistic program in direct opposition to the protests, tacit or open, of the liberal leaders. At some time in the future the liberal elements of the Empire may wrest control of the army and navy from the military oligarchy. For the present, only when the militar ists and chauvinists of Japan are in control of Parliament and of the Cabinet as well as of the military forces, can a consistent policy be expected from all the departments of the state. At. present the militarists, re- , sponsible neither to the govern- ment nor to the people, do not propose to abandon their tradi tional policies unless they are forced to do so, especially in view of the warlike, rapacious propensities of the independent Chinese warlords who dominate the neighborhood of the Japan ese holdings in Manchuria. How ver pacific and enlightened their own intentions, the civil rulers and diplomats of the Oriental tions already taken ; they have in actuality little to do with the shaping of these policies pur sued in Manchuria. K.P.Y. Anonymous The chaste anonymity with which numerous periodicals and newspapers have draped the ef forts of their : columnists and feature writers has become of late in danger of the ire of gov ernment officials and public dig nataries. Anonymous writers such as the "Gentleman at the Keyhole", whose, political notes have become an object of em barrassment at one time or an other on Capitol Hill, have taken little pains in avoiding juicy tidbits of governmental gossip, hiding discreetly behind clever column captions or facetious by lines. Most recently the afore men tioned column came under the barrage of gubernatorial guns at Albany, which salvoed with irate denials that a tirade against ex Governor Alfred E. Smith at tributed by the "Gentleman at the Keyhole" to Governor Roose velt was based on the truth. Roosevelt's denouncement of his party colleague was said to have taken place at last year's Gov ernors Conference at French Lick, Indiana, in a conversation with a middle western Democrat, consisting of the remark "Smith was a rotten Governor. I didj not know it until I got into the governorship myself." This method of jacking up po litical leaders in print is one of the few weapons that may be utilized openly today by the press for this purpose. Such statements, whether true or not, inform the men behind the scenes that their movements are accessible to the public and to those who frame public opinion. The clever political ar ticles of Jay Franklin, who con tributes notably to Vanity Fair, is another example of an anony mous but powerful" club wield ed over political demagogues. The identity of Franklin is known to his publisher alone, and not even the pryings of the celebrated Walter Winchell could ascertain his true identity. Neither the writings of Frank lin nor the "Gentleman at the Keyhole" are unprecedented,; however, for they are in the same vein as the famed Junius Letters of nearly two centuries ago which caused many a blush among the English politicians of the age. The true identity of the writer was never satisfac torily established and he con tinued to issue his brilliant polit ical denouements in spite of embarrased murmurs that arose from the English capitol. The identity of writers of this calibre is necessarily anonymous, for their information is often de rived through inside channels which would be blocked to them should their of times un conscious informers learn of their identity. Practiced on a small scale, such writings, es pecially those which fall into the category of the requested anony mous "open letter to the editor" assume the proportions of jour nalistic pest. However, utilized !in a sane manner, a well-inform ed bombastic treatise on some generally unheard of, but impor tant political phase written by an anonymous journalist may do undreamed of service in holding in check the nefarious activities of political machines. D.C.S. Premier MacDonald says that the world's war debts are out rageous and' unthinkable. But so was the war. Life. Getting ahead will be fash ionable in 1932; it is the year of the Olympic races. Christian Science Monitor. ON FLIGHTS OF ORATORY As a child I was dangled on the knees of would-be politi cians in one of the most isolat ed of backwoods named for a man whose flaming courage re sounded across "them thar hills" of old Virginia in that rousing demand "Give me li berty or give me death !" As the twig is bent so is the tree . in clined. With adolescence I ac quired an almost morbid inter est in the historic old court house with its quaint portico and bullet-ridden walls and listened avidly to the tales told by an ex-clerk of court who could repeat almost word for word Ihe arguments of lawyers pro and con in many cases famous among the hills where dwelt the bold, bad sons of the mountains who styled them selves gentlemen and tried to emulate Lotharis in the Byron esque manner approved in that day. Best of all did I like the tales clinging like traditions to the Allen gang, some members of which rods into Hillsville from the slate-roofed and many-turreted mansion ol the elder Allen which . perched on a mountain top and shot up the court, killing the judge and the commonwealth's attorney. And though the atmosphere which surrounded court week was sat urated with dust and corn li quor I came to associate a pro found and quotable knowledge of the Scriptures with oratori cal outbursts; and I also learn ed that which is more import ant: He who would move his fellow men must appeal to their sympathies, must so draw them out of themselves that they transcend mortality. These are stirring times! It was really a great pleasure to attend assembly the morning !the President, with the aid of black boards, discussed the fin ancial situation of the state and this particular institution of higher learning. Figures have a fascination all their own. And so ,do parables drawn from the philosophy of Jblack folk Now I'll tell one. Perhaps the most beautiful building on the eam pus is that inspiring structure sometimes facetiously referrred to as the "mausoleum of all good books." The care and cleaning of this building is en trusted to a certain janitor. Its spacious rooms, far-flung mar ble halls, and tier on tier of stacks afford ample opportunity for work. When the building department cut the janitors to an eight-hour schedule someone asked the library janitor how he was going to manage to get all of his work done in the allotted length of time. He answered that he'd just have to do the! best he could When question-! ed as to the former hour of his arrival for work he replied, ' "Sometimes I used to come at 6:00 in the morning to get everything done. I reckon I'll j just have to keep on coming at! 6:00 and call those two extra ) hours charity." With a spirit ! like that the library ought to be cleaner, and the grass greener ' this spring; and life will go on1 just the same (though it is , doubtful if salaries do). The dedicatory exercises Fri day provided samples of several types of oratory : recitative, reading, and that calculated to hold the audience spellbound. Each served its purpose well, yet the hearts of men were more moved by a few . well-chosen words quietly spoken than by panegyrics. Many great orators 1 have departed this life. May they sleep in peace. . Uorld Hews - Bulletin IS : v : Japan Fires on Nanking Yesterday, Japanese war ships shelled the Nanking water front and landed marines under cover of fire from their -warships. Thirty thousand crack Chinese troops are in Nanking, and a major battle is expected. Machine gun bullets fell yester day in the Texaco Oil plant in ! Shanghai, which has refused to sell gasoline for Japanese planes. A report states that Japan intends to send units of her regular army into Nanking. v France and Italy Protest France and Italy yesterday notified the United States that they were joining in the com plaints against Japanese mili tary tactics in China. Cotton Injunction Denied The Texas law to curtail planting was held null and void yesterday, when district judge W. C. Davis denied an injunc tion sought to restrain the amount of cotton that could be planted. Grist Scores Gardner Frank D. Grist, state com missioner of labor, yesterday condemned the new state salary st as being an outrageous ex OVERCOAT LOST Lost : Brown camel-hair over coat. $8.00 reward. Albert Simonds, 104 Mangum. (3) R. R. Clark Dentist Over Bank of Chapel Hill PHONE 6251 L. G. Balfour Company Attleboro, Massachusetts Is Now Represented by H. E. DATWYLER 1007 E. Trinity Ave. Phone J9261 Durham, N. C. A February Resolution I will start the month right by eating at the CAROLINA COFFEE SHOP Home of exceptionally well cooked, tasty and health- fully balanced meals at surprisingly low prices. Carolina Coffee Shop CAROLINA THEATRE PRin A V WR 19 DURHAM. N. C. ONE NIGHT 1 UllArll , L LaD LU SEATS NOW SELLING - Special Attention to D UU I ) ..T,.:fl01!31:6 1932 BROADWAY CAST C0MPI ftp W GE0RGE .HAttHLLAll PRIOR-GERTRUDE LANG PCS WITHIN: THE REACH OF ALL ! Lower FloorFront, $2.50; Rear, $2.00. , Mezz. $2.00 Balcony $1.50, $1.00. Gallery 75c, Not Reserved Mail Cashier's Check or Money tismnlA of discriminritirm in open letter to Governor 0. Max: Gardner. The bonds of matrimony aren't worth much, either, if the interest isnt kept up. Publish ers Syndicate. t liG prefers A PI (For you) HER name is Ruth. She's a popular co-ed on a famous campus. Yes, shell have a cigarette, thank you (and smoke it very prettily). But for you she likes a pipe. That's one smoke that's still a man's smoke. (And that's why she likes to see YOU smoke a pipe. ) There's something companionable abouta pipe.Friend ly, cool, mellow . . . it clears your mind, puts a keen edge on your thinking. And you sound the depths of true smoking satisfaction when you fill up it3 RUTH bowl with Edgeworth. There, men, is a REAL smoke. Choice mellow burleys, cut especially for pipes ' blended for the man who knows his fine tobaccos. It's cool, dry, satisfying and you 11 find it first in sales, first choice of smokers, in 42 out of 54 lead ing colleges. We'd like nothing better than to drop in tonight and toss our own private tin across your study table. But since that can't be, just remember that you can get YOUR tmohs a &P I Edgeworth at your dealer's or send for free sample if you wish. Address ' Larus & Bro. Co., 105 S. 22d St.: Richmond, Va. EDGEWORTH snoiuriG TOBACCO Edgeworth is a blend of fine old burleys, with its natural savor enhanced by Edge worth's distinctive and exclusive elev enth process. Buy Edgeworth any where in two forms EdgeworthReady Rubbed and Edge worth Plug Slice. All sizes, 15 pocket package to 1.50 pound humidor tin. Hir.u mux. Out-of-Town Mail Orders) TUr, r I Ilk ' S IN Order with Self-Addressed Envelope i . i i 1 1 1 f i U
Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Feb. 2, 1932, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75