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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1947
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Turn the Other Cheek
If someone calls you a dirty name and thereby arrests your
attention, and it looks like someone is looking for trouble, don't
do a thing. In fact, the best thing for you to do is to go in the
other direction. But if you don't go, and you prefer to stand
your ground and see what the matter is, don't participate in
any violence. That is, if you have a watch worth $ 100 on your
arm, and it looks like you're going to get your teeth pushed in,
don't take off your watch. By all means, keep it on your wrist
so that you can break it into pretty pieces.
And when somebody takes a poke at you, let him. After all
it is a Christian world and you should turn the other cheek.
Now if you take off your watch, that will be an indication
that you want a fight. Especially is this true if you were once
a boxer. It is a matter of judicial notice that boxers have
inhuman propensities. And if you hit back when someone
slugs you, then you will be participating in an affray.
So don't defend yourself. Just stand and let them call you
names all day. Remember, sticks and stones may break your
bones, but words will never hurt you. Not much, that is.
Local judicial action of recent date in the matter of an "af
fray" once again has extended the torch of knowledge and
learning to hitherto unknown heights. Verily, we have now
I'd Rather Be Right
Increased Subsistence Plan
Receives Unexpected Support
By Earl Heffner
Operation Subsistence received unexpected reinforcement early last week I fc on the Army-Navy unification bill, are biting their nails at
Washington Merry-Go-Round
By Drew Pmtmb
SENATORS SORE AT THEIR COLLEAGUES FROM SOUTH DAKOTA;
TRUMAN BLASTS REAL ESTATE LOBBY; SCHWELLEN
BACH CRITICIZES PHONE STRIKE.
Washington. Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, now
when D-Day was postponed by the absence of Representative Meade of Ken
tucky, the critical man on the House Veterans Affairs subcommittee.
Reason for his absence? The Blue Grass solon was conducting a personal
survey of living costs at Lexington's University of Kentucky. While the
Honorable Mr. Meade was surveying, student veterans, reminiscent of their
service davs. were waitine.
For in the report of Representative
Meads lay the question of whether the
GI Bill subsistence had a chance of
being increased by HR 870. Yester
day, the report was given to the Daily
Tar Heel by Ben Rouzie, president
of the Chapel Hill chapter of the
American Veterans committee.
It is favorable!
The Kentuckian, accompanied by
representatives of major veterans
organizations surveyed Kentucky
campuses and found Operation Sub
sistence figures corroborated in ev
ery case.
While his survey is still in the pro
cess of tabulation, Rep. Meade's rec-
transcended all human experience and approach the perfection ommendations are complete. The poli
i i i. Itico recommends revision in subsis-
ox neaven at a rapia cup. to $9a0Q . a month for gingle
Soon, the courts of the provinces will probably abolish the veterans and $125.00 a month for mar
plea of self-defense in murder cases. It is fortunate, however,
that this expeditious pseudo-erudition will be corrected by our
learned superior courts.
War with Russia...
ried veterans plus $15.00 for the first
additional dependant and $10.00 for
each additional one.
With Meade now favoring the in
crease, the lineup in the subcommittee
reads very favorably. Here it is:
Representative Ramey, Republican
of Ohio, as committee chairman fav
ors the increase provided for by HR
870.
Representative Meade, Democrat of
Kentucky, favors the bill.
Representative Lusk, Democrat of
New Mexico, says "Maybe."
By Barron Mills Representative Ross, Republican oi
Newspaper headlines are as changeable and unpredictable as the weather New York, will not take a public
itself. Some are frightening, grim, depressing, and predict a bleak future stand.
BlazingFront-PageHeadlines
Are Frightening, Confusing
while others depict solemnity, happiness, or joy. The weatherman and the
historian have a hard time prognosticating the future. However, the weather
man has the edge on the historian because he has learned by experience that
a cumulus cloud is just a bluff. The historian cannot judge by precedent, be-1
cause the conditions leading to an event in question are not always identical.
The main headline of the Techni-
Representative Wheeler, Democrat
of Georgia, is against the measure.
In brief, we may see that two of
the five-man committee definitely fav
or the bill while only one is against it.
Representative Lusk is reported f av
oring the bill. But she is expected
to waver with the majority in order
to preserve committee unity.
This puts the finger on Represen
tative Ross of New York City. He
reports that he hasn't made up his
mind. But the solon must be under
terriffic pressure from veterans in
, New York City universities Colum
bia, NYU, et al. Hence, he may be
thP,v rWman. complacent Senator Chan Gurney of South Dakota.
As one member puts it: "Chan is a lobbyist for the bill rather than Com-
mittee chairman." .
Equally disturbing is the fact that several army and navy officers testifying
on the bill have let senators know privately they don't really believe what
they told the committee.
expected to ride with the increase.
.This would bring the subcommittee
report in with four favoring in
crease, only one opposed.
With this in view, it is obvious that
now attention, in the form of letters,
must concentrate on their own rep
resentatives in Congress.
The AVC bulletin reports that "ev
ery Congressman questioned reports
tremendous mail pressure."
If you favor the increase, this is no
time to relax the letter campaign.
For the first time since the intro
duction of HR 870, its chance of pas
sage, takes on a favorable tint.
Surely, a veteran who honestly be
lieves that an increase is necessary,
that it is merely an increase in the
personal loan that the government is
making him, has a three-cent stamp
arid 10 minutes to spare in making his
wishes known to his representatives.
cian, campus publication at State
college, for April 18 blared forth
with "ROTC PREPARING FOR
WAR WITH RUSSIA." First im
pulse of this headline, as was stated
in the body of the article, is over
whelming and stuns the reader so
that it takes several seconds for
him to recover from his fright.
The sub-head under the streamer
reads "ROTC IS BROADENING ITS
PROGRAM; HISTORY MAY BE RE
TRACING THE OMINOUS THIR
TIES." By this time the print of the
article projects so far that it could
be used as brail instead of ordinary
print. After reading thus far we stop
momentarily in order to check the
dateline of the news sheet to reaffirm
our belief that the paper was dated
April 18 and not on April 1. But no,
the dateline clearly states that it is
not April Fool's day and so we con
tinue our reading.
After scrutinizing the article sev
eral times it becomes doubtful what
the editors of the Technician hoped to
accomplish by frightening the stu
dents of State college. A high-ranking
University official was heard to com
ment that he still did not get the sig
nificance of the front page editorial
.or why it was handled in the sensa
tional manner.
The meat of the Technician article
is as follows: "If the streamer above
this article startles you, and yoUj
study it for a moment and then de
cide that the whole thing is absurd
and that the editors of this newspaper
are nuts, you are reacting in a per
fectly natural way. But if you will
think with us a moment, look into the
international muddle, realize the scope
and intent of the War Department's
present fervor of activity, then a
check into the broadening program
of the ROTC at this college, take into
consideration the fact that the ROTC
training of the thirties, though not
intended so, was preparation for the
war with Germany you may begin
to see that the headline, however far
fetched, may be significant, not too
far from actuality, and certainly wor
thy of serious thought by us all."
more prejudice than it, cures.
.Discriminatory legislation was leg
islated into existence. It can be leg
islated out of existence. Such should
be done. It would be good for a change
to have some legislation which is both
moral and practical. It would be good
for a change if we could satisfy the
teachings of our religious arjd our
political conceptions.
It is undeniably true that the prob
lem is evolutionary in its nature. So
cial equality of the races is seen as
An editorial of this type would have a possible goal which lies many years
been perfectly legitimate on the edit hn the future. Evolution takes place
page. However, by the editors scorch- through a series of steps. First one
ing their front page columns with it is taken and then another. But the es-
they defeated all purpose that it might sential thing is that steps are taken.
have had. Probably the main purpose Some DeODle seem to think that
in printing such an editorial would evolution ;s synonymous with stag-
have been to make the reader think. nati0IK They view every step in the
The blazing front-page streamer only h : as revolution. In the name
tended to frighten the public and led of eace and quiet they SUpprCss
The Third Part ....
The 'Nigger' in the Southern
Woodpile 'Equal but Separate'
By Jimmy Wallace
Before the sight becomes too dimmed, either by political expediency, social
pressure, habit, prejudice, or senility, one can glimpse a few of the salient
factors pertinent to the Negro question:
Prejudice cannot be legislated out of existence. It will always exist m one
form or another, for such is the way of things. One does not have to be ninety
to know that.
Discriminatory legislation, ostensibly aimed at "preventing friction between
the races," creates the superior-inferior relationship between races, and causes
$
Continuing, the article points out
circumstancial evidence. General
"Ike" recently paid a visit on a
supposedly leisure tour of the south
land, but "it is thought that his
trip was for the purpose of assuring
himself that his army was not daydreaming."
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FOB THIS IZZUj
and cause upheaval and violence.
And then, when violence comes, they
condemn those who oppose the sup
pression which caused it.
In the interest of avoiding friction
between the races, they set up schools
on a dual basis, establish separate fa
cilities in busses and trains, advocate
the worship of separate Gods in sep
arate churches.
The facilities of Southern schools
in this dual system are saia to De
'equal but separate." But who has
ever seen a Negro school which had
the facilities of white schools? Who
has ever seen the Negro section of
a bus station, or train station, which
was equal to that of the white sec
tion? Perhaps there are one or two
such instances.
It is said that when the Negro has
been better educated, has advanced
his standard of ' living, then will be
the time for him to come into society
as a free man, casting off the shackles
of a Pariah, emerging like a butterfly
from a cocoon.
There are many who might espouse
this doctrine (of truly "equal but sep
arate" facilities) if it were carried
into practice. But it is not carried into
practice. The legislators and people
of influence who preach improving the
Negro prior to his debut, are the ones
who deny him the improvement, and
thereby guarantee to the Negro his
present position.
Those who speak of the necessity
of further education for the Negro
are the ones who deny him schools
with equal facilities. Those who
speak of the necessity of a better
living standard for the Negro are
those who deny him a minimum
wage for his largely unskilled labor.
Those who decry his unskilled labor
guarantee its remaining unskilled as
long as he is denied education. Those
who deplore the comparative econ
omic bankrurptcy of the South
guararntee that we will remain
economically bankrurpt until one
thirrd of our total Southern popula
tion has developed thj capacity to
earn a living wage.
Many people who are now complain
ing would probably not be complain
ing if the facilities were "equal but
separate." All that can truthfully be
said of the facilities for white and
Negro is that they are "separate."
Thus the Southern pragmatist who
shouts "equal but separate" instead
of "equality" is caught in a quagmire
of his own making. He does not even
believe in his substitute for equality,
much less equality itself.
The evolution of the species ((all
races included) began with the amoe
ba. The evolution of practical demo
cracy in the South could well begin
with the repeal of the Jim Crow laws
If we cannot accomplish that, then
we should fight for "equal" as well
as "separate" facilities for both races
in the matters of education, and
transportation.
If the amoeba had behaved as we
are currently behaving, we would still
be amoebas.
It Happens Here . . .
10:00 State School Board Associa
tion, Memorial hall.
4:00 Student Party meeting, Roland
Parker lounge.
4:00 Freshman. Sophomore, meet-!
ing, Gerrard hall.
7:00 Charlotte club, Gerrard halL
8:00 Physics Colloquium, 250 Phil-
Hps.
"If we didn't say what the Top
Bras3 wants," they explain, "wed
sure catch it and maybe lose our
rank."
From now on there will be more
careful cross-examination of Army
Navy witnesses.
REAL ESTATE LOBBY
President Truman aimed some barb
ed remarks at both Congressional "in
action" and the real estate lobby when
he discussed housing with spokesmen
for eight national organizations who
called to protest tragic delays in build
ing homes.
Truman's remarks were inspired
by criticism from David L. Krooth,
co-chairman of the Housing Legis
lation Information Service, Wesley
Pearce of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, and Lee Johnson of the Na
tional Public Housing Conference
who minced no words in telling the
President that the nation's housing
program had failed and why.
They pointed first to the "tremen
dous falling off" in home construction
in the first three months of this year.
Only 45,000 "starts" were made in
home building in the first quarter of
1946.
"In other words, last year, when we
had government controls, we were get
ting more home construction than we
are now, though the construction in
dustry and its friends in Congress told
us that building would increase when
the controls were lifted," said Krooth
The President said he was fully
aware of this. Grimly, he admitted
that the "housing situation" was not
improving if anything, was getting
worse.
"We need a lot more rental con
struction than we are getting," ob
served the President. "It is way
down. Builders are putting their
houses up for sale at high prices
that the public cannot afford to
pay."
Truman added that the end of price
controls, plus delay in passing urgent
ly needed housing bills, such as the
Taft long-range public housing bill,
were chiefly accountable for the hous
ing shortage. He said that he had
made "five appeals," public and pri
vate, for passage of the Taft bill, but
Congress has stalled for over three
months.
JESSE WOLCOTT STALLS
Truman said that the stalling was
particularly evident in the House of
Representatives, where the Banking
and Currency Committee, led by Rep.
Jesse Wolcott of Michigan, has ef
fectively blocked action on a house
version of -the Taft bill, introduced
by California's Helen Gahagan Doug
las. "I have done all I can and will con
tinue to do everything possible to re
lieve the housing shortage," the Presi
dent promised, "but it's a tough battle
against the real estate lobby."
One of his visitors remarked that
the real estate lobby had $10,000,000
to spend to block the Taft bill.
'The lobby is always in a position
to control legislation," said the
President, "by spending a great deal
of money to get out misinforma
tion that deceives the public. It's up
to you fellows to counteract thli
propaganda by seeing to it that the
public is told the real facts."
Veterans of Foreign Wars spokes
man Pearce asked Truman if the Gov
ernment was "doing anything further"
about industrialized (prefabricated)
housing.
"That is the quickest way to relieve
the shortage in an emergency, if hous
ing production can be put on an as
sembly line basis," declared Pearce.
The President agreed that indus
trialized housing couldn't be overlook
ed and reported that a Columbus,
Ohio, plant for this purpose would
soon get into mass production.
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Boycott
As a law-abiding resident of this
community, I cannot disagree with
the decision of a duly-constituted
court of law in the recent "affray
trial." The decision is a legal one,
and I am sure in accordance with
law. As a peaceful citizen, therefore,
although I do not agree with it (and
I sat through five hours of testimony
before forming my opinion) ; I will
not question its legality or call for
violent action, or mass-meetings or
anything in the least indicative of
extra-legal action.
But, as a student of limited funds
I can be very, very choosy where I
spend my money. I for one, WILL
NOT call for an "Independent" cab,
if I have to walk in the rain; or take
my date to a formal dance cab-less.
In my opinion these drivers, em
ployed by the Independent Cab Com
pany, represent a misguided element,
an element that is a blot and a blight
on our fair South.
I do not think I could trust my
sister, or my mother in a cab driven
by the type of employee I saw in the
court-room Tuesday. In all sincer
ity, therefore, I ask that the other
students of Chapel Hill join me in
boycotting the Independent Cab Com
pany until the community is assured
that the employees involved in the
"affray" have lost their jobs. I, for
one, do not want these men driving
around our streets at night, or even
in broad daylight.
As peaceful citizens it is our moral
duty to make sure that the Merrit
brothers do not have
cause our community further harm.
Name withheld by request.
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