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Dorsett Veto
Subsistence Checks
EDITORIAL:
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THE ONLY COLLEGE DAILY IN THE SOUTHEAST-
VOLUME LV
United Press
CHAPEL HILL, N. C, -THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1947
NUMBER 179
NEWS BRIEFS
Tornado Rips
Tobacco Town
Of Fairmont
Destroys 50 Homes;
One Person Killed
Fairmont, N. C, April SO. (UP)
A tornado whipped through the
edge of the tobacco marketing town
of Fairmont late today. It destroyed
more than 50 homes and killed one
person.
ZOO Homeless
An official of the Fairmont cham
ber of commerce estimates that 300
"persons are homeless, but that no
one was injured- The storm struck
firecely from the west, cutting a half
mile path through a heavily-settled
farm area. Telephone communica
tions between Fairmont and the out
side are reported to be disrupted, al
though the main section of the town
is said to be undamaged.
Borsett Vetoe
wo
latere Bills
Subsistence Checks To Be Ten To Fifteen Days Late
New York Phone Union
Turns Down Settlement
New York, April SO. (UP) The
largest of four independent unions
involved in the New York telephone
strike has voted to reject the settle
ment reached this morning by their
negotiators. The union includes 18,
C00 workers, about half of the New
York strikers. A union official said
the other three unions would respect
the picket lines of the fourth.
Bethlehem, Republic
Vote Steel Pay Hike -
New York, April 30. (UP) The
Bethlehem and Republic Steel com
panies have agreed to grant 140,000
C.I.O. steelworkers wage increases
amounting to slightly more than 15
cent3 an hour. The settlements were
announced just two hours before the
old contracts expired.
Legislators
Yet to Allot
Needed Funds
Congress Has Bill
To Cover Payments
By Roy C. Moose
Top officials from the State
Veterans Administration head
quarters in Winston-Salem visit
ing the University yesterday
advised veterans on the campus
to "look elsewhere for subsistence
money to last them for at" least 10
tc 15 days" in reply to questions
posed concerning the unexpected de
lay in subsistence checks due April
20.
"We don't know when the checks
will reach the veteran in training
since they cannot be mailed until
Congress passes a deficiency ap
propriation bill to cover the pay
ments. If the bill were passed today,
there would still be a delay of at
least ten days," stated the officials.
Funds Exhausted
Delay in sending out the checks
resulted when funds appropriated by
Congress for the purpose of unem
ployment and educational allowances
were exhausted. The delay, affects the
monthly subsistence ' of more than i
V f j
SAM DANIELS, rising junior
from Coral Gables, Fla is the Stu
dent party candidate for secretary
treasurer df the student body. Dan-
ienls, who holds down one of the
singles spots on the tennis team,
was president of the 1945 freshman
class at Carolina and is a member
of the Sigma Chi fraternity.
Seniors to Find
Delay in Getting
Their Sheepskins
Due to an inadequate supply of
2,780,000 veterans who are now m J sheepskin, there will not be enough of
Mine Worker Group
Summoned by Lewis
Washington, April 30. (UP) -
John L. Lewis has called together his
250-man United Mine Workers pol
icy committee to discuss the refusal
of southern coal operators to bargain
-on inHnstrv-wide basis. One
source close to the union says a soft
coal strike July 1 is. inevitable if the
southern operators keep refusing to
bargain nationally.
French' Reds Support:
Auto Plant Strikers
Paris, April 30. (UP) The
French Communist party ha3 come
out with unreserved support of 30,-
000 striking workers of the Renault
automobile plants. Tomorrow French
labor plans to demonstrate its
strength in the biggest May day cele
bration -since the liberation.
General Relief Bill
Approved by House
Washington, April 30. (UP)
The House has passed and sent to
the Senate a $200,000,000 general re
lief bill. The representatives con
firmed an earlier decision to cut
$150 000,000 from the administration
relief program for five European
countries and China.
Arab Nations Agree
To Aid Russia Plan
New York, April 30-(UP)- The
Arab nations have made a last-ditch
compromise move in an attempt to
force a full discussion on Palestine
independence at this special meeting
of the United Nations. The Arabs
agreed at a caucus to support the
iSsian proposal for full discussion
now with any action on
recommenda-
delayed until the regular UN
tions
meeting in September.
WEATHER TODAY
Mild with considerable cloudiness.
training or unemployed, 1,660,000 of
whom are in colleges and universi
ties.
At present a deficiency bill is be
fore Congress to cover the payments
to veterans, but a3 yet the bill has
not been acted upon. The Washing
ton Veterans administration office re
leased data that "the delay is expect
ed to be of short duration since Con
gress should make the funds avail
able within a few days." However,
the Winston-Salem group stated that
the bill would have to go to the Budg
et office after passage by Congress,
which will extend the delay some
what. Checks Made Out
Checks have been made out by the
Winston-Salem office and are now in
Richmond "in the mailbag awaiting
the go-ahead signal," according to
the officials visiting the University.
The delay affects only those vet
erans ; in training under P. L. 346.
All disabled veterans in school under
P. L. 16 will receive their checks on
time as their subsistence is taken care
of under a different appropriation
which passed Congress in March.
the traditional diploma material to go
around to all members of the aca
demic graduating class this year, it
was announced from Central Records
office.
However, engravers who supply the
University with sheepskin 'have prom
ised to deliver the 1947 diplomas next
September.
As soon as the sheepskin diplomas
are received here, they will be sent
to seniors by registered mail. If, in the
meantime, any 1947 class member
needs a certificate of graduation or
wants to ask any questions regarding
the diploma, the following address
should be used:
Central Records office, University
of North Carolina, Attention Diplo
ma Inquiry.
Award Praises
Work of Paper
In War Period
Editor Woestendiek
Accepts for Staff
A certificate of achievement
was awarded the Daily Tar
Heel yesterday by the Ignited
States Navy Bureau of ftaval
Personnel. Presentation of the
award, given in grateful recognition
of outstanding services to naval per
sonnel during World War II, was
made to Daily Tar Heel Editor Bill
Woestendiek by Li. Paul G. Sumrell,
officer in charge of the U. S. Navy re
cruiting station in Raleigh.
Lt. Sumrell, in making the pres
entation before Chancellor Robert B.
House in the Chancellor's office yes
terday at 11 a. m., congratulated the!
personnel of the University of North j
Carolina Tar Heel on the receipt of
the award and expressed apprecia
tion on behalf of the recruiting serv
ice for the service rendered the coun
try du ring the war effort.
Accepts Award
Woestendiek, in . accepting the
award on behalf of the Daily Tar
Heel, expressed the newspaper's
thanks and appreciation. "Although
the present staff is not the same one
as that which published the Tar Heel
during the war period, it gives me
great pleasure to accept it on behalf
of the newspaper and the Univer
sity. It is our hope that the paper
can continue to serve the campus, the
University, and our country to the
best of our ability," the editor said.
Chancellor House also expressed
his appreciation as a representative
of the University to the naval of
ficials. He stated that the Univer
sity, as always, was grateful of the
opportunity to serve the nation in
any manner.
The certificate will be framed and
Lung on display in the Daily Tar
Heel office.
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JACK FOLGER, UP candidate for
vice president of the student body,
has served on the freshman honor
council, student legislature, elec
tions committee, and freshman bas
ketball and football teams. He is al
so a veteran of three years as a
naval officer and a member of Kap
pa Sigma fraternity.
Chairman of UP
Announces Rest
Ot Party Slate
Alex Davis, chairman of the Uni
versity party, ' yesterday released the
UP nominations for Student council,
Men's council, Student Legislature,
and sophomore and senior class of
ficers, thus completing the UP slate
for the May elections to be held next
Tuesday.
Those nominated for Student coun
cil, from the men, are: Jim Walker,
Elton Forehand, and Bob Broughton;
at large: Betsy Ann Barbee, Bob Kir
by, and Jim Paschal.
Men's council nominees are: rising
seniors: UuKe Wilder, JacK lhomp-
son; rising juniors: frank rial, Walt
Talley; rising sophomores: Steve
Nimocks, Basil Jackson.
Nominations for the Student Legis
lature are as follows: dormitory: Pete
Gerns, Bill Taylor, Dick Owen. Leo
See UP CHAIRMAN, page 4.
Editor Jacobson Reveals. . . .
Coeds Must Attend
Mass Meet Tonight
April Issue of Carolina Mag, Boasting
Of 40 Pages, Went to Press Yesterday
The political mass meeting to be
held tonight at 7:30 in Memorial
hall is compulsory for all coeds, an
no a need Dewey Dorsett, president
of the student body.
Coed attendance will be checked
by dormitory floor proctors and also
Town girls not attending will be
fined. The roll checkers will be sta
tioned under signs denoting the
different dormitories, sororities, and
town districts.
All candidates are asked to be in
Memorial hall by 7:15 so that the
convocation can get under way as
scheduled. - " ' " '
French Club to Meet
Le Cercle Francais will have its
regular meeting tonight at 7:30 in
the main lounge of Graham Memo-
rial. -The program win conaiau v
French songs sung by Mrs. Ligua
Duncan Hoskins who will be ac-
j v.. f i i-fa 'Rrockman.
compamea
The first 40-page Carolina Maga
zine since 1943's Centennial issue
went to press yesterday. That's the
good news released by Editor Fred
Jacobson.
Jacobson, who is currently a can
didate for re-election to his top edi
torial post, also gave a quick run
down of the many features that
crowd the king-sized issue. "Humor,
fiction, photographs, features and
cartoons have been blended to give
the campus a full, well-rounded Caro
lina Magazine in this April issue."
The April Carolina Magazine is
the final issue to be edited by Jacob
son and his editorial staff. The May
monthly has been turned over to
campus humorists, under direction
of "Tookie" Hodgson.
Early-morning extra work by all
staffs of the magazine was credited
with playing an important part in
making possible the record increase
in size for the current April Maga
zine from normal 24 pages to the
almost-double 40. On the financial
side, the business staff financed the
additional pages through ad sales
which tripled the amount set in the
budget.
Lead Story
j-.eaa story in tne magazine is a
hard-fact survey of current profes
sionalism in college sports. Written
by humorist-sports authority Eddie
Allen, it concludes that only a real
istic, "pay-'em" attitude can untangle
the present undercover snarl.'
Top humorous feature of the is
sue is titled, "No Butts About It.M
See CAROLINA MAG, page 4.
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Campos party nominees for student council "members at large"
George Grizzard, Margaret Jeaa Taylor, and Yang Polly.
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art shown above from left to right:
Move Follows
Message Sent
By President
Student Body Head
Explains Decision
By Chuck Hauser
Student Body President
Dewey Dorsett' yesterday ve
toed two bills passed by the Stu
dent Legislature in their Tues
day night session, one t redis
ricting the town voters, and the
other reapportioning the legislative
districts.
Dorsett stated yesterday afternoon
that he sent a message to the Legis
lature a week ago expressing his un
qualified opposition to the bill to re
district the town vote, and also urg
ing immediate action on the elections
setup to avoid last-minute confusion.
The Legislature apparently heeded
neither request.
Dorsett Statement
Dorsett went on to say, "While I
do not for one moment question the
sincerity or motives of the sponsors
of this (the redisricting) bill,. I
nevertheless believe that its effect is
to segregate the voters of our cam
pus who are members of fraterni
ties. "This is highly undesirable to my
way of thinking because it tends to
draw the fraternity members and
non-fraternity men farther apart in
stead of closer together. Theoretical
ly, we are all supposed to be work
ing toward a common goal a better
student life on campus, regardless of
whether or not we are members of
fraternities.
"I will always be opposed to any
measures which I believe might
jeopardize the spirit of cooperation
and harmony which has existed be
tween these groups."
As to the reapportionment bill,
Dorsett had the following comment:
"At least two of the major parties
having already completed their slate '
of legislators based on the present
apportionment, if a change were
made now in the number of legisla
tors to be elected from each district,
endless confusion and misunderstand
ing might well result
"Therefore, I feel compelled to
veto both the redistricting bill and
the reapportionment bill in the best
interests of the students of the Uni
versity." Clarification
The student body president clari
fied himself further by pointing out
that if the existing districts are to
be redivided, they should all be re
divided at the same time.
Dorsett said that he had spoken
to several proponents of the bill
Tuesday night, and that it wa3 sug
gested to him that it would be a wise
move if the Student Legislature
should pass a bill prohibiting the
changing of any elections laws with
in 30 days prior to the date of elec
tions.
"I would like to recommend to the
Legislature that this be done," Dor
sett concluded.
New Officers Chosen
By Phi Kappa Sigma
Lambda chapter of Phi Kappa
Sigma in a recent meeting elected
the following men as officers : Oma H.
Hester of High Point, president;
George McLeod of Durham, -vice-
president; W. H. J. Hippie of Phila
delphia, secretary; Ed Shumate of
Goldsboro, treasurer. Other officers
elected were Eichard L. Barab. 'Jim
Hauser, Floyd Huffman, Fred Mills,
Harrey Wrenn.