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SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1947 Page Two THE DAILY TAB HEEL if' T-j : si Praise and Prestige Beaten, but far from disgraced, Carolina's valiant Tar Heel Sugar Bowl gridders have returned to Chapel Hill. We want to take advantage of this, our first opportunity, to congratulate Coach Snavely, his assistants, the players who fought their hearts out in the face of numerous bad breaks, and everyone connected with our great Carolina football team. Although Georgia's undefeated eleven came out on top in the, final reckoning, it was a gallant Carolina team that garnered the highest praise from many of the country's leading sports writers for the manner in which they outplayed the favored Bulldogs for a large part of the game. -The Carolina spirit, an ever-present 12th man at every Tar Heel contest, asserted it self once again as it has done so often in the past. The Tar Heels had , every student and alumnus scattered about this nation who, unfortunately, were unable to attend the game, following every play over a coast-to-coast broadcast- and every one of them was, and is, righteously proud of the Carolina club. Kay Kyser, famed bandleader and UNC alumnus, while good naturedly paying off a bet on the game by pushing a fotball down Vine Street in Hollywood with his-nose, made the remark that he would do the same thing anytime "for those Tar Heel boys the way they played down there today." And his remarks echo the sentiments of all who were and are at Carolina. For a grand job that brought a great deal of added prestige to the University and the state, congratulations to a courageous band of coaches and players. You played a bang-up game and deserved to win. New Orleans and the nation's sports experts will not soon forget the "boys from Chapel Hill." And Those Who Didn't Play A lot of praise is also due those Tar Heels who weren't wear ing football suits New Year's Day, but whose contributions toward making Carolina's first bowl venture a success in spite of defeat was noteworthy. To the members of the various committees appointed for handling ticket "distribution, housing, et cetera, to the Athletic council, to the cheerleaders, to the band, to the members of the student body who got to New Orleans in spite of cancelled flights, crowded rooming conditions, and a generous sprinkl ing of bad weather to cheer their team to what was almost a brilliant upset win goes much credit. Embittered over officials' decisions that most press box sports experts labeled "wrong", the Tar Heel supporters conducted themselves notably throughout the Sugar Bowl festival and. left a good opinion of the University in their wake. To the boxing and debating teams and track athletes who also wore Carolina's colors and gave excellent performances goes another hand. - And to the Sugar Bowl Committee itself, which can well be proud over having supplied sports fans with the most exciting bowl game of the day, we also extend praise. Everyone was enthusiastic over the game, the events leading up to the foot ball finale and the general atmosphere of cordiality that pre vailed in spite of misty skies. The only people we have left out are the. officials and most of the country's sports pages seem to have summed up their of ficiating sufficiently. . It is sad that the questionable decisions had to occur, but the Sugar Bowl jaunt must still be considered successful a proud feather in Carolina's cap. . 1 f in n n i iii in iii i ii 1 rj I i Copf. 1947 by UniLd Feature Syndicate. Inc. im. neg. u. . ret. Utt: All righti reterved sJ 11,1 ' WA v , a sew i i it i s 'How we doin'?' The constant interchange of those thousand little courtesies which imperceptibly sweeten life has a happy effect upon the features, and spreads a mellow evening charm over the wrinkles of old age. Washington Irving. The official newspaper of the Publications Board of the University of North Caroline, Ckapel Hill. where it la published dally, except Mondays, examination and vacation periods : tains the official ommer terns, it is published seaai-weekly en Wednesdays and Batmrdays. Batered as second-clase matter at the poet office at Chapel Hill, N. C, mnder the act of March 8, 179. Sabecription price: te.00 per eoliege year. COMPLETE LEASED WIRE SEBVICE OF UNITED PRESS Tie pinions expressed by the colozpnists re their own and not neces sarily those of The Daily Tar Heel. BILL WOESTENDIEK EOLAND GIDUZ IBWIN SMALLWOOD BILL SELIG Editor Managing Editor Sports Editor BURTON II YEES Business Manager Circulation Manager Associate Editors: Gene Aenehbaeher, Fred Flakier. Eddie Allen. Xdoua& Btxrws Jnd Kinberc Tom filer. Matt Hodgson, Bob Jones. Bam Daniels, Bob Fteehont, Bettie Washburn. Dm Korraa: Barron MtOs. Nsws Statt: Jo Push, Darley Loehner, Arnold Schnlman, Earl Heffner. Charlie Hauser, Burke Shipley. Ed Jeyner, H&rry Snowden, Bookie Jabiae, Jinx Helm, Brooksie Popkins, ' Dave Owems, Joy Blomenthal, Bob Morrison, Jane Bauer, Joe Duke, Vie Robinson, Bam Whitehall, Helen Hiskwater. - Night Editors: Barron Mills, Bill Sexton. AssnrrAXT Bream Karros: Bob Goliwater Might Brean Editors: Jim Pharr, Carroll Poplin, Howard Merry Bvesrs Siatti Clarke Btall worth, Morty Schaap, Bd CarmiehaeL Mae KatsJn, Dick Bearer Btraofnas Stasti Howard Battey, Basanne Barclay, Brantley MeOoy, Natalie Bell, Bar - bars Tbeeaos. ----- IfcMgltfSf AnvagTWOio MAMienM: Ed ParneO. Naney Wearh. ADVSHrnsmo Stat? : Paul Baschon, Mary Jo Cain. Ed Campbell. Bettie Cheatham. Pat Ferris, Eaton Helden. Naaey Horner, Tommy Hashes, Janet Jolly, Alice Logan, .Adelaide Me- ' Lartx, Alberta Mercer, Eleanor Bodd, Colon Thomas, John York BvescUFTJON MaNaojb: Julia Meedy. Jeeps On Carolina Campus Vary in Color, Character , By Arnold Schulman To ex-service men who have grown to love and live with the four-wheeled masterpiece known as the "jeep," nothing the tiny swish-buggy could do would come as a surprise. Yet, on the Carolina campus there are certain jeeps with character. The sky-blue 'passion wagon' of 1 Bill Corley's, for example not only can boast of having been on a dance floor, but also claims to be the only jeep m existence with an offspring. The offspring, a miniature jeep tacked to the hood of the car, is a female, Corley says, named 'Winkie, Jr. When asked how a female can be a junior, Corley merely said, "What to hell. With Winkie anything can happen." Other Freezemobiles' Other campus ,'freezemobiles' range m color irom Daby pink to mustard brown with every imaginable type of added attachments, plus several un imaginable ones. Cutlar Moore's jeep, f or ) instance, comes equipped with what he calls "a radio controlled freezing unit." This unit, Moore in sists, can automatically turn human blood to ice cubes in less than 15 minutes. When asked if owning a jeep proves helpful in influencing coeds, the in variable answer was, "Are you kid ding?" No further probing could qualify the ambiguness of that answer, but campus authorities on woo-ology claim that a free translation of "are you kidding" can mean "oh brother!" which should explain everything. 'Most Wonderful Since Sex' Married couples, untroubled with dates and pickups, find the jeep "the most wonderful invention since sex." Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones (no relation to John Paul) contend that jeeps are much cheaper to operate than "sen sible" cars and, by far, harder to wreck. The only disadvantage they can see is that "the jeep is definitely a summertime car." There is no limit to the amount of people that can crowd jnto the mid get blockbusters. Steve Davis claims that as many as 23 have riden com fortably in his roadmite. Other jeep owners settled for a smaller number. For the Navy game, however, the average number of passengers in each jeep was 15. To people who only see, them the jeep may seem like a baby freak, but to proud owners there doesn't seem to be anything unusual about them. Bill Corley summarized the situation when further quizzed on his. "My jeep?" he asked. "Oh, she's just one of the girls at the Pi Phi house." Washington Merry-Go-Round By Drew Pearson ' JOE MARTIN HAD CHANCE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT BUT CHOSE . . niriT ITATETk POD Tjnncpvpfpc TSIPW DEAL; HAS CHANCE TO CLEAN UP CONGRESS Ed. NoteDrew Pearson today awards the brass ring, good for one free ride on the Washington Merry-Go-Round, to Joseph W. Martin, new Speaker of the House of Representatives.) Washington. When Joseph William Martin Jr. was 21 years old ho faced a three-way decision between a career of politics, newspapering or profession al baseball. He had been star shortstop on the North Attleboro semi-pro-team, and had begun a career on the North Attleboro Chronicle. In the end, however, he chose politics. When this' decision was announced to his father, the elder Martin advised: "You'll be better off Joe, if you stick to newspaper ing. Politics is dirty business." Joe Martin, however, spurned parental ad vice, stuck to politics and today becomes the first Republican Speaker of the the ' Financial Frustration A sense of financial frustration and mental despair prompts me to write this item. This condition of mind has been brought about by my unfor tunate position of having to earn my own school expenses and by my sensi tiveness to the seemingly unjust in creases in prices. I have upon my study desks a num ber of bound notebooks which have accumulated over a period of a little more than a year. Two of these, pur chased from the local five and dime when I first came here, are 140 page books which cost 15 cents plus tax. The next group are in two sizes, both advanced in price, 30 cents for 120 pages and 50 cents for 200 pages plus tax. These same books soon advanced to 35 and 55 cents respectively plus tax. Now upon my return to school in the new year 1947, the Book-Ex has a new series of notebooks priced as follows: 152 pages at 60 cents and 200 pages at 75 cents again plus tax. Thus the price per page of notebook space has increased from about 1.1 cents to about 4.0 cents. This seems unreasonable in these times of infla tion. Even Ledbetter-Pickard has 200 page books for 55 cents plus tax (I have just bought v several there.) It would certainly be .gratifying if the venders of school supplies would try to purchase their goods so ,that mini mum selling prices might prevail on the campus. J. PAUL WILLIAMS A Quiet Christmas . . . House of Representatives since fabulous, almost forgotten days of Nick Longworth. As such, Joe Martin will be a popular, unspectacular, common sense leader of the Republican ma jority. Joe has his feet firmly grounded in the basic caution of his party, but his eyes are not riveted wholly on the past. He does not believe in making a fetish out of tradition merely for tradition's sake; he recognizes the necessity of mak ing concessions to changing times. . When Roosevelt was riding the crest of New Deal reforms, 'Joe rode the ways too. Once when joshed about his liberal voting record, Martin half jokingly replied: "The world moves and I move with it." Joe is no militant, either in temper ament or experience. Nor is he a con servative. Joe is a quiet, friendly, small businessman who believes in honesty and decency in public as, well as in private life. He abhors greed, crookedness arid public suffering. NO DICTATOR, MARTIN That was why he has championed labor's right to organize, supported social security, voted for the FEPC and many Roosevelt reforms. Once when Martin was approached by Wall Street moguls with a proposal to weaken the Securities and Exchange Commission on the pretext of helping business, he replied that he wouldn't touch their proposition with a "a 10 foot pole." During the pre-PearT Harbor days when many Republicans were under cutting Roosevelt's preparedness policies, Martin swung his weight vigorously behind the President. He voted for national defense, against isolation, and when the question of lend-lease came before a secret GOP caucus, he advised. "Read the testimony. Listen care fully to the discussion. Go home and think it over. Use your judgment, but vote like Americans." The idea of suggestion rather than dictation has been Martin's strategy as a leader. Unlike Senator Taft and some Old Guard members of the Sen ate, he does not crack the. whip. Per haps he will have to be tougher now that his party is in the majority, but during his eight years as minority leader, Joe has never laid down the law as to how colleagues should vote. COOLIDGE'S FRIEND It was Calvin Coolidge who gave Joe Martin his first real life in poli tics. At the age of 23, Joe had been elected to the Massachusetts Senate where he met Coolidge, then Chairman of the Rules Committee. Coolidge made Martin secretary of his commit tee and the two became lifelong friends In 1924 when Coolidge ran for re election, Martin climbed on his band wagon and was easily elected to Con gress. He has been returned to the same seat ever since. In two Presidential elections, Martin played important backstage roles. One was in the Landon cam paign, whom he helped nominate but could not elect. The other was in the Willkie campaign, when Martin tried to weld together con flicting wings of the Republican party as National Chaiunan In 1940, shortly before Willkie was nominated, several friends urged Mar tin to run for President himself, and one wealthy Pittsburgh backer offer ed to put $85,000 behind him. "There are no strings attached to this," Martin was told. "My friends and I just think you are the best White House timber in the field." "I have no ambitions in that direc tion," Martin replied. "I am perfectly satisfied to remain in the House. My one ambition is to be Speaker." FRIENDLY ENEMIES Four years ago, that ambition was almost fulfilled. Rolling up an unex pected vote in the 1942 off-year elec tion, it looked for a moment as if the GOP would control the House of Rep resentatives. In the end, tie Demo crats-won out by a few votes, how ever, and when it came time to swear in the Speaker, Joe went into the office of Sam Rayburn to escort him to the Speaker's rostrum. "Sam," said Joe, "I've got bad news for you. I hope you can hold up under the shock. You've been re-elected Speaker." Actually, Sam Rayburn and Joe Martin have a lot in common. Both are bachelors, both are good friends, both have somewhat the same middle-of-the-road, square-shooter point of view. Like most bachelors, also, the new Speaker is very fond of children and keeps trinkets in his office to give to friends for their youngsters. Homeward-bound one Christmas va cation, Martin phoned his office from Washington's Union Station and ask ed his secretary, Jim Milne, to hurry over with a package he had left in his desk. "I can't go without it and my train leaves in 20 minutes." he explained. Milne rushed the package to the train just in time. "Say, what's in this, anyhow?" he asked. "Sure must be important I haven't seen you so agitated about anything since the election." "It's very important," said the Speaker-elect. "It's a doll for my little grandniece." MARTIN'S BIG OPPORTUNITY Back in the days when Martin was 21 and his father advised him not to go into politics because "politics is dirty business," Joe replied: "That's why I'm getting into it, dad. It needs to be cleaned up and you can't do that by holding your 'nose and standing on the sidelines." FOR THIS ISSUE Night Editor: Barron Mills Spobts: Irwin Smallwood MIND-CHANGING EXPENSIVE Chicago (UP) It cost Steve Horozinski $15 to change his mind about who robbed him of $2K). At detective line-up identified a 'suspect as the man who took the money. When he appeared before Judge Charles S. Dougherty he wasn't so sure. The case was dismissed and Horozinski was fined $15 for wasting the court's time. 3-FOOT SNAKE INTRUDES Chicago (UP) F. A. Swett, grocer, reached up to a shelf, felt something strange, and called police. Chief George Mason killed the "thing." It was a three-foot boa constrictor which probably arrived in a banana shipment. "Well, did you have a big Christ mas? they ask me. "Yeah," I said, "I spent mine right here in Chapel Hill." Chapel Hill? Gee, that's too bad you didn't get home. But was it? No, to tell you the truth, those of us who stayed here over the holidays really enjoyed it. Just think, men, one could walk into a barber shop and choose one's own barber for a change. No waiting in line, and the barbers had time to talk and give a first rate haircut. The Sunday night movie wasn't crowded either. We enjoyed the movie, especially since we could pick a seat away from a popcorn cruncher. And there were no catcalls when the lovers clinched. The resturants were back to nor mal. The waiters had time to take an order. No one breathed over our soup as they waited for a table. Just think of that! And beer everybody had beer. That was really a surprise. There was no line waiting for pack- ages at tne postomce. rne weather was good the whole vacation. All in all, it was a pleasure to see quiet, unrushed Chapel Hill again. Best wishes for the New Year. - v Crossword Puzzle ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE ACKOSS 1 fibort-legged horse 4 Sheep's cry 1 Denude 13 Commotion 13 Mr Van Winkle 14 Carry on buslnen 15 Norse goblin I var. I 16 Everything 17 Word meaning -all right" 18 Crazy (slang) 20 Wan In debt 23 Book of Old Testament 13 Duck M Frozen water 17 Indian prince 29 Contract 31 Having a steeple 33 Mocks 34 Vegetables 35 Autocrat 36 Girl'a name 37 Bumpkin 39 Rave 42 Color 43 Pay bomage to 44 Decorate 47 A party 49 Gambling cube 60 Light boat 51 Printer measures 6fr-8ufflx native et 63 Low cards 64 Dull routine 65 A radical c o st1 mieadowL. RALE PL AND! 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