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r3i -31-48 : NEW s Dorsett Statement More Election Returns Law Awards Given PLUME LV NEWS BRIEFS mh mmhnm wm House Passes Greek-Turkish Loan Proposal Measure Approved By Vote of 287-107 Washington, May 9 (UP) Th House tonight passed the Greek-Tur kish aid bill in substantially the forn requested by President Truman an approved by the Senate. The controversial legislation wa approved by a .roll call vote of 28' to 107, by a coalition of Republican: and Southern Democrats. The major ity shouted down the protests of th opposition that passage meant "j declaration of war on Russia." One GOP congressman told ' th cheering law-makers, "If RussL thinks this is a declaration of war let her make the most of it." Amendments Defeated Before putting its final okay on th bill, the House beat down one re strictive amendment after another The climax of the fight was reache with the defeat of an amendment b Wisconsin Republican Lawrence Smitl that would have turned the whole Mediterranean problem over to the UN. However, like the Senate version, the House bill invites the world or ganization to take over the program whenever it votes to do so. This measure does not appropriate the full $400,000,000 requested to carry out the program to bulwark Greece and Turkey against Commun ism. It does authorize the Recon struction. Finance corporation to se up an interim credit of $100,000,000 to be used until the full amount is Voted by Congress. Second Trip to Chair Ends Life of Convict Saint Martinsville, La., May 9 (UP) Willie Francis's second trip to the electric chair went off without a hitch this afternoon and the 18-year-old negro paid the penalty for murder. Willie was electrocuted in the same chair which failed to work a year ago. EDITORIAL: If the Shoe Fits On Thinking Honestly Strictly Detrimental - rHfr n'i ) i t tit j. ,11 a i CHAPR1 H ILL. N C. SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1947 NUMBER 187 ,u.4 j.i,.iqj. uuwpummmw ) J'j.'H.ii' im "' mui m" mi ni J jfxr, ..., j, i A 5, -, I ft VJ fx " 1!i -4 vVjV -I Aval ix9vi A ill m i i - l .v... .,s -sff.... ,, ..n.mr.rtMM Dewey Dorsett Verbally Hits Participants In Mud-Slinging Student Body President Blames Few For Losing Their Heads in Campaign Club Will Give Home Concert Monday Performance Boasts Dr. Shepard Monday evening at 8:30 the Wo- Whisper campaigns and accompanying smear tactics which have beclouded the University reputation as they have rolled from undercover during the last few days, yesterday brought a ringinjj statement from Student Body President Dewey Dorsett. Cracking the whip over the heads men i ' OW rlnh will Present its home of the anonymous guilty parties, Dor- concert at Hill hall as the highlight sett, said, "a few. .ardent supporters - j. . nave iosi meir neaas in meir entnusi- performance of the year. , , , . , r asm and allowed these irrelevant fac- The variety of music which ia to be tors to enter into their campaign presented includes such popular num- talks." bers as "When Day Is Done" and "Be- ! His compiete statement follows: . gm the legume"; operatic music sucn i "Through the first part of this week as "Agni"; a hymn from Rig Veda; the elections campaign had been con- "Jesu, Rex . Admirabriis by Pales- ducted on a hifirh Dlane of fairness on w . . . n - . tnna; and a group of spring folk the part of all parties concerned. Inllowing Law School honors for songs. the cast few davs. however, vicious . - , jcxr; Law Association Awards Presented At Public Session At the public meeting of the Law School association Thursday, at which Judge John J. Parker ' spoke, Dean MURRAY McCAIN (left) and Henrietta Cooper are cast in the Lab oratory theatre's production of Richard Sheridan's "The Rivals" to be presented in the main lounge of Graham Memorial this evening and tomorrow. Curtain time this evening is 8:30 o'clock. Ballot Box Bulletin .... Benson McCutcheon Victor In Senior Presidency Race By Raney Stanford - Latest campus election returns released yesterday by J abie Hfivward. chairman of Election board, crave the final results on ! the junior and sophomore class officers balloting, along with a fairly complete picture on the student legislature contest. Benson McCutcheon (UP), garner- ed 434 votes to capture the rising senior class presidency, while Bill Tate (SP) got 477 to become vice- (UP), Bill Porter (UP), Earl Somers (UP), and Ted Young (SP). Ted Fus- sell (SP) totalled 261 votes in this Senate Adopts Bill Introduced by Taf t Washington, May 9: (UP) The Senate has appointed Senator Taft's labor-bill amendment to permit em playees and other injured parties to sue unions for damages resulting from jurisdictional strikes, secondary boycotts and some organizations walk outs. The vote was 65 to 26. president. Bill Blythe (UP) and contest, but was disqualified. Uiibtri McLeod (SP), both unop-j Jn the mens dormitory resident posed, won the positions of treasurer j representatives however, the Election and social chairman respectively. I board has decided to have a run-off Annie Ben Beale (UP), with 418, won Fallot between the top 13 contenders the contest for secretary of the class. for the n seats These 13 are: Herman In the rising sophomore class elec-j Baker (SP), Gilbert "Bugs" Burnett tinne Phnrlpc Smith fTTP took the I n- x.i. T-tr OT T)4- TK wv,.., - i i ytr), JaCK uevore v ox ; , x cic wuw- presidency with 301 votes. Totalling (CP), Jim Fort (SP), Pete Gems Z9.A Archie Webb SP) won the vice-1 r James Kelly (CP), Steve Millikin (CP), Dick Owen (SP and CP), Miles Dr. Arthur Shenard. nationally whispering campaigns have been go- ! known composer and performer from 0X1 which reflect a discredit Western Reserve in Cleveland. Ohio, t0 tne responsible and stand to will be on hand to direct two of his do harm to the entire student body CyrM F and Logan own numbers, "He Came All So StiU")-"" ""c '"vcxaity. and "Song of the Sea Winds". The faculty have elected to mem bership in the national honorary leg al society of the Order of the pif: TUn :,, i been beclouded by rumors of an anti- The club has just recently returned semitic and anti-racial nature. I feel from its annual spring tour to Camp confident that the candidates con Lejeune, Kinston, and Henderson. cerned are not responsible for the insti- Members are . requested to meet to- gation of these whispering campaigns. morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock with but that a few of their ardent sup- Dr. Shepard. Council Elects Todd President In a recent election the Interfra ternity council chose Leon Todd as its president for 1947-48. Todd, a rising senior from Wilmington, is a mem ber of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. porters have lost their heads in their enthusiasm and allowed these irrelev ant factors to enter into their cam paign talk. - - - "Certainly it is agreed by all that these rumors have no basis in fact. I feel sure that the students will not be uuniuncu ill IAS Lrciicviiig LcliiV as-this and that they will do every thing in their power to stop immedi- D. Howell, of Raleigh. The 1946-47 U. S. Law Week award, which provides a year's subscription to U. S. Law Week to the student making the most satisfactory progress during his senior year was given to Louis J. Poisson, Jr., of Wilmington. North Carolina Law Review certi ficates were awarded the following students: Cyrus F. Lee of Wilson, editor-in-chief for the fall semester of 1946-47; Logan D. Howell of Ral eigh, editor-in-chief for the spring semester of 1946-47; William B. Ay cock of Raleigh, associate editor; Cy rus D.,Hogue, Jr., of Wilmington, as sociate editor; Joe Hill Barrihgton, Lumberton; Walter Edgar Brock, i r. 4.x. - j? , . , " L ,.7 g OI S Scotland Neck; William H. Burton, rumors. The candidates for president j Jr Mebane; wmiam A Dees, Golds- of the student body and editor of the ! boro; Thomas G. Dill, New Bern; time are as lonows: vice-president, i nflt7w Tar Heei flre wpii nnalifipd nd 1 ' V " 7 , . .i ' Pi , , , V ,i Henry Lee warney, unanoue; m.wm cana hlo mon Thaw chnnM K. rrt-A ' J. McCormick, Greensboro; Lennox P. McLendon, Jr., Greensboro; James unarue dacnuurn, a raa iiwa " capable men. They should be voted 1 V r ",! T r Wo- Lennox from Winston.Sa.em; secretary. Jer- lupon in light of their records not .'IZZ ry Marsn, a Jvappa Aipna irom au the basis of malicious rumors. gusia, Ga.; and Alain R. Singer of j Xhe coming year has great pQS St Anthony Hall from Wilmington, sibnities for the betterment of stu Delaware. All three of these men will dent government on our campus. Let be seniors next year. jus enhance the attainment of this In addition to these officers, men goal now by fair play and tolerance elected to the IFC court to consider on the part of all students and enter all fraternal regulations are: Charlie the new year with a unity of purpose Reece, representing Zeta Psi; Jack 'which will not be shaken by hatred Thompson, Sigma Chi ; Deke Price, and distrust." Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Meigs Golden,, . . Phi Delta Theta; and Eugene Prata, j A rrhpr TTnilJP PfPQlflpnt Sigma Nu.! Truman Calls Meeting Of 7 Cabinet Members Washington, May 9 (UP) Presi dent Truman has called an unusual conference of seven cabinet members to talk over labor legislation and the portal pay bill. The conference came a short time after the White House announced that Mr. Truman will act soon on the portal-to-portal issue. Smith (CP), Bill Taylor (UP), and Cam West (SP). Chairman Hayward said that the board hoped to have the vote on the proposed constitutional amendments tallied by this Monday. Student Party Plans Speedup Is Indicated In Strike Settlement Washington, May 9 (UP). Speed up measures are being aplied to final negotiations in the rest of the tele phone strike. Federal conciliators may ask representatives of the Western Electric company and its 42,000 stri kers to stay in session over the week end. The government ordered the move when picket lines continued to hold up returning phone workers in many sections. Renault Workers Vote To End Auto Walkout Paris,, May 9 (UP) Striking workers at the Renault auto plant in France have voted nearly, two to one to return to work. It was this walk out which touched off the recent po litical crisis. The Communist party backed the wage demands of the auto workers in defiance of the govern ment's wage-freezing program. WEATHER TODAY Fair and . mild. 324, Archie Webb (SP) won the vice- presidency, while Paul Nelson (UP) becomes treasurer, uncontested. Jo West, Independent candidate for class social chairman, captured the position with 345 votes. ' Tallying the women student legis lators is now complete in both dormi tory and non-dormitory divisions. The seven winners are Joyce Peterson (UP), Jane Rodgers (SP), Margaret a n r-or? mv Lvnn Blanchard (SP) mix v v v j r m Joyce Carraway (UP), Jo Fishel fo Hold Meet Monday ILi ailU OJT, nuX Atxxjr I (UP and SP) The final meetin2 of the Student In the nondormitory category of , party before the runoff election Tues- trio student I day will be held Monday afternoon at assembly, seats were won by Charles 4 o'clock in the Roland Parker lounge Berman (UP), Vinnie DiLorenzo No. 1 of Graham Memorial, Party (CP), Jim Fox (UP), Ernest House chairman Herman Baker announced. (UP), Benson McCutcheon (UP), Not only party members but any m- Jack McGinn (UP), Steve Nimocks terested students are invuea. . - - r To Cancel Cancer. . . UVA Will Entertain Tonight With Benefit Party at Club Hugh Wells, newly elected president of the University Veterans' association, announced yesterday that the U.V.A. will be host to the general public tonight at the club. A benefit party will be staged in ; ' 7 honor of the American Cancer associ- itories, and Victory Village, to secure ation's anual drive which the.veter- subscriptions to the fund, to be used ans are sponsoring on the campus. to support research and treatment Dr. Robert W. Linker, director of the j for the next year. Heads Coed Dormitories "Bootsie" Mc Williams, newjy elec ted president of Archer House, was elected president of the Women's In-; terdormitory council for 1947-48. She attended Wesleyan College in Macon, Ga., where she was president of thefreshman class, member of the sophomore council, YWCA, and the newspaper staff. At Carolina, she has been a member of the YWCA, Chi Omega sorority, and the Pan-Hellenic council. CANCELLED Due to reasons beyond the con trol of Florida Club officers, the "Gator Growl" scheduled for this afternoon has been cancelled. Apol ogies are offered to those who plan ned to attend this function. IRC To Discuss Role Of Nation as Leader The International Relations club will discuss the role of the United States as a world leader Monday night I at 7:30 in the Graham Memorial Roland Parker lounge, announced IRC President John Bristow. Ed Hatch, IRC program chairman, stated that the informal debate will start off with some of the contro versial points in Senator Carl Hatch's address on foreign policy last Thurs day. John Collins will report on the mometous changes in American fore ign policy in recent months. Meanwhile, Randy McCleod, chair man of the IRC speaker's committee, other prominent world and national leW YaCK Photographers. . . leaders to the campus. "The thanks of the club should go to Elton Edwards?" said McLeod, "for his great help regarding the presenta tion of Senator Hatch by the IRC." Edwards, a law student, was president of the organization before the war. YWCA D. Phillips, Jr., Laurinbur; Louis J. Poisson, Jr., Wilmington; John T. Rendleman, Salisbury; Claude F. Seila, Rocky Mount; Noel R. S. Wood house, Chapel Hill. Chemistry Sorority Elects New Officers Bette Cook was recently elected president of the Alpha chapter of Theta Psi Epsilon, honorary chemis try sorority. Other officers include Carolyn Neel, vice-president; Ovelda Ellis, record ing secretary; Helen Eishlet, corre sponding secretary; Mary Kellam, treasurer; and Anne Carter Hagen, historian. Dr. S. B. Knight is advisor to the group. New Leaders Elected By Reserve Officers The Chapel Hill post of the Re serve Officers of the U. S. elected new officers Thursday evening. Major E. R. Rankin succeded Major Robert Lin ker as president, Major Peter Lavin retained the office of vice president and Major Joshua Wisebram replaced Captain Henderson as secretary-treasurer. Orange county drive, said that the county quota this year is $1,500. Admission to the party will be free and all proceeds of the bar will be do nated to the Cancer fund. The benefit party opens the drive which includes a canvass next week of all the sororities, fraternities, dorm- Miss Eleanor Singletary, the presi dent of the Chi Omega sorority has promised that members of th chapter will be on hand at Lenoir hall Tuesday j at lunch and supper hours to receive donations from student not otherwise contacted. ' YWCA Raleigh Sessions To Run Throughout Day The North Carolina YWCA Lead ership conference is convening in an all day session today at the YWCA building in Raleigh, from 9 A.M. until 5 P.M. Representatives attending from the U.N.C. YWCA are: Betty Rose Dow- den, Executive Secretary, Ruth Evans, Lois Sunstrom, Merrily Brooks, Mrs. ses. Chidnoff Studios to Handle Photo Work for 1948 Annual Commercial photography work for the 1948 Yackety Yack will be handled by the Chidnoff studios of New York City, the Publi cations Board decided at its last meeting on May 1. Under the new contract, individual student photos should cost about $1 a person. Authorization was given for the purchase of' six new typewriters for the Daily Tar Heel and Carolina Magazine staffs. The board also agreed to make good Daily Tar Heel financial over ages in its photo allowance, but sala ries of both Tar Heel and Magazine staff heads would be withheld in amounts corresponding to the exces- L. Chan Chang, Mis Nell Morton, Mrs. Nicholson B. Adams, Miss ; Kathryn Cook, Mrs. Robert Nelson. The present Magazine staff was ordered to turn over all its publish ing facilities to the editor of next month's trial humor issue. The humor issue staff has been authorized to spend exactly one-eighth of the year ly magazine budget on its May issue. Each campus publication was al lowed to send two official delegates to the N. C. Press convention in Raleigh this week-end, with an allowance of $10 in expenses to each representative. The next meting of the board will be on the evening of May 22, at which time the publication reins will be turn ed over to the newly-elected members.
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