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Death From Their Own Smoke
Down in Soiith Carolina the Ku KIux Klaii
has beseeched the city authorities for per
mission to hold a parade. Chances are they
will be denied the request, the same as on
a previous occasion when they used a dif
ferent route and carried forth their plans.
This incident affords us an opportunity to
make our comment on the three K's and the
Communist Party. Both of these organiza
tions have made the public concious of their
doings and enraged many citizens because
their principles are contrary to those of this
nation.
Many thoughtful citizens would have the
government outlaw both of these organiza
tions and other groups with similar tech- -niques
and purposes.
What has interested us is the fact that the
. feelings of these two organizations toward
each other are mutual. Each would have the
other outlawed. The Communist became en
raged at the attitude of the KKK and the
KKK in turn is more than a little peeved
at the doings of the Communist.
What we do know is that it would be a
sad kettle of fish if Congress takes it upon
itself to' outlaw one of these groups and not
j Washington Merry - Go
Fast One
By Drew Pearson
Washington. Harry Truman
has the patience of Job when it
comes to his likable, grandstand
ing, trouble-chasing military aide,
Harry Raughan. But he nearly
lost his patience for keeps
when Vaughan tried to promote
himself to be top White House from the Press, held his own press investigation will last until next
aide last week. In fact, Vaughan conference, and announced him- November," Green asserted ang
came near promoting himself self as boss of all White House rily. "I'm not in favor of the in
right out of a job. Aides. vestigation being used as a poli-
Heres the inside story of what
happened
Vaughan handed
the President a slip
of paper, purpoit-
thf annninfmpnt of I
Col. Kobert H. Lan-LJ
vnj aa nie news
White House aide! s?
for the air forces.!
On the slip of pa-l
per, Vaughan had)
also listed himself j
as "Chief Armed Forces Aide and
Coordinator of Veterans' Affairs."
The other Army, Navy, and Air
Force aides were listed as his as-
sistants. This was a new depar-
ture m White House history, since
hitherto all White House aides
have been of equal rank. There
has been no top boss.
The President glanced at Vau-
ghans handiwork, but did not
read it the same mistake he
made when Henry Wallace sent
him his speech on Russia. In-
nocently, Truman thought it was
an announcement of " Colonel
Landrys appointment as Air
Force Aide, and gave the Vaugh-
an list to Charlie Ross, White
House publicity chief, with in-
structions to release it to the
press.'
Ross read the list later in his
own office and hit the ceiling.
Taking Vaughan's slip of pap-
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by Harry
er, Ross rushed back to the
President's office and asked if
Truman had read Vaughan's
memo thoroughly. The Presi
dent looked at it. Then he also
hit the ceiling.
Meantime, Vaughan, irked at
Ross for withholding the news
For the next three hours the
White House was in an uproar.
No one inside the White House
is supposed to make a statement
to the press except Press Secre
tary Ross, and debate raged on
the expediency of repudiating
Vaughans unauthorized state
ment to the press. Truman was
fuious at his military aide, but
hesitated to slap him down pub
licly. Finally, it was decided to an
nounce that Vaughan's self-promotion
announcement was a
"misapprehension." Privately,
nowever, iruman used mucn
slronger language in dressing-
dowr vaughan lor the trouble he
naa causea- Alter it was over,
the Precious ex-manufacturers''
representative from St. Louis
seemed quite content to keep his
old jb m the ranks of the four
armed forces aides to President
Truman-
Sen. Homer Ferguson pf Mich-
igan is trying to keep the lid on
a hot feud that is raging inside
his appropriations subcommittee,
now supposed to be investigating
Sen- Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma
an other grain speculators,
A a closed-door meeting last
week. Sen. Theodore Green of
Rhode Island, Democrat, charg
ed that Ferguson and other Re
publican members were delib-
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for that matter if it outlaws
the KKK's notorious feats has
been its violent practices against Negroes
record of only one lynching in
clearly shows that the KKK is
the down-grade despite its re
and demonstrations in several
Herein we refer specifically to the ideo
logies of the two organizations. There is one
distinct difference between the KKK and
the Communist Party. The former of these
organizations has destroyed life and prop
erty a practice which must be curbed by
the civil authorities.
particularly cherish the idea of
letting any group which applies practices
contrary to the accepted American way pa
rade with a brass band. There's some inert
quality about parades and brass bands which
give a genuine appearance, but still we don't
want to shovel these two organizations into
the underground.
So brass bands or not we are in favor of
letting both groups operate out in the open.
Let them consume all of their fuel out in the
open and die from their own smoke. "
Vaughan
eraiely prolonging the probe so
that hearings on the specula
tions of Thomas, Ed. Pauley
and White House Physician
Wallace Graham can be held
during the coming presidential
campaign.
At the rate we're going, this
tical football."
Republican ' Sen. William
Knowland of California, pre-
siding in Chairman Ferguson's
absence, denied that the G.O.P.
was trying to get any political
advantage out of the specula
tor probe. If Would be foolish
to start the hearing until the
committee has made a full in
vestigation of the market trad
ing of Senator Thcmas and
others, Knowland argued.
"Well, how long is that going
to take?" demanded Green. "How
SOOn can we get started on the
hearings and in what order do we
pian to put on witnesses? It's
high time we reached a decision
about these things."
Senator Knowland replied
that he couldn't answer Green's
questions, because no one knew
as yet how long the prelimi
nary investigation would fake.
However, Green refused to ac
cept this explanation. He was
so furious thai jhe refused to
vote on a motion authorizing
the investigating committee to
spend an initial $20,000 for ihe
employment ot five sleuths and
a stenographer.
Note This column has already
supplied Senator Ferguson a raft
of material on Senator Thomas's
speculaiton, and will be glad to
supply a lot more if the commit
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ONE OF THE FIRST original photos from India following Ihe
death of Mohandas Gandhi shows his body as his funeral began
in New Delhi. Attendants are decking "the late Indian leader with
the national flag and flowers before he was cremated on a river
bank. (International)
AVC Notes
Army Stands to Profit
By Henry Adams '
If a bill now before Congres
becomes law the American people
may soon find themselves paying
for one of the biggest pork barrel
projects in history. The bill H.R
4268, calls for Universal Military
Training for every 18-year old
boy. It is being earnestly promot
ed by military men who have al
ready conceded that it would be
worthless for the defense of the
nation.
The President's Advisory
Committee on Universal Train
ing after questioning top U.S.
brass reported that the train
ing which would be given un
der UMT would not be ade
quate in case of war. Should a
future war break out, those
men who had gone through the
required year of UMT would
have to have many months of
additional specialized training.
The committee estimates that
the U.S. could not be fully mo
bilized and ready to fight un
til a year after the beginning
cf hostilities.
Yet General Eisenhower has
said that in any war of the future
involving atomic and bacterio
logical weapons the conflict would
be decided in the first 60 days.
The value of several million half
trained infantry reserves amid
falling atomic bombs and bacteria
would be virtually nil, a' fact of
which military men are well a
ware. We may rest assured that when
they ask the public to shell out
the $1,750,000,000 to $5,000,000,
000 which it is estimated UMT
would cost, they know the public
is neither buying national securi
ty or saving any lives in future
wars.
Why, then, do the brass hats
champion UMT so energetically.
The military personally stand
to profit from it. Those officers
who are used in a UMT pro
gram would receive a tempo
rary promotion in rank so long
as it remains in effect. Thus,
the whole military establish
ment becomes a huge vested
interest concerned with getting
and keeping UMT. These gen
Superstitions Vary
In Student's Minds '
Ames, la. (ACP) If a black
cat crosses 5rour path or you walk
under a ladder you'll have bad
luck.
Those are two of the more com
mon superstitions among Iowa
State College students, according
to a survey conducted there by
the sociology department.
The survey was conducted to
find the prevailing superstitions
among students. The students in
terviewed were asked to name
he four superstitions that thty
vere most familiar with and those
superstitions they followed.
Besides the black cat and walk
ing under the ladder, the survey
showed that breaking a mirror,
crossing the zodiac in Memorial
Union and three people on one
match were superstitions that the
students were most familiar with.
Seventy six superstitions were
mentioned by those interviewed.
Only 20 percent" of the students
interviewed followed supersti
tions. In general, men were not
as superstitious as women.
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tlemen are in a position to gain
from international tensions and
rivalries. On the other hand, a
concerted drive toward peace
and security makes them un
necessary. It is not hard to see
that they would exploit every
move which would divide the
world into hostile camps and
maintain domestic war jitters.
How else would they get ap
propriations from Congress?
But there are other groups who
are also promoting UMT. They,
too, know that it isn't the blue
print for security it aims to be.
The U. S. Chamber of Commerce,
for example, has come out for it.
What's their game? The corpora
tions they represent are looking
forward to the profitable trade in
armaments UMT would bring.
In all the talk about national
security through UMT it is gen-1
erally forgotten that the only two
nations which, have won every
war they fought for the last 100
years are Britain and the U. S., 1
the only two that never relied on'.
peacetime conscription for security-
Conscription of all the country's
youth wasn't the answer then. In
the present age of deadly atomic
and bacteriological weapons UMT
still is not the $5,000,000,000 an
swer. Rebel Soldier
Old 'Unncle Bob'
Won't- Surrender
Graham, Texas, (U P) The
hard feeling that the "boys in
gray" once felt for the "Dam
yankees" has been dimmed some
what by time. There still is one
unreconstructed rebel in Texas
who never has surrendered, how
ever.
R. S. Hilburn, Uncle Bob to
the residents of this arm and
oil producing community, turn
ed the head of his little mare
homeward 83 years ago without
the formality of surrendering.
He hasn't surrendered yet.
The 102 years that he has lived
have softened Uncle Bob some
what, though. Today he takes
pride in the fact that he is one of
the 12 surviving confederates still
living in Texas.
When only 15 years old, Hil
burn looked into the fact of Capt.
Lyon a regular U. S. Army of
ficer who commanded Union
troops at the Battle of Wilson
Creek in Missouri and wondered
if he had fired the shot that kill
ed him.
"He was one of the Union's
best men," Uncle Bob recalls.
Lyons had been breveted a gen
eral shortly before he was killed.
One time the young soldier
had his gun shot out of his
hand and another time the
Yankees nearly shot all ihe
bark off a tree he was using
as a shelter.
His father, who enlisted with
Uncle Bob, was killed at Fayette
ville, Ark., a battle in which the
son also fought.
Hilburn never mustered out of
the Confederate Army. He and
his mare, Fashion, just took off
for home, but didn't stop there.
The war had taken care of that
nd only ruins remained. He fin
ally moved to Texas, in those
days a wild country.
Write Away
Robertson: The Pink Shrieker
Editor:
I hereby recommend that the
name of the column "This Chang
ing World" be changed to "The
Daily Worker." Never before has
a member of your staff printed
such a gush of Bolshevic propa
ganda as was in Bill Robertson's
column on Febraury 6, 1943. The
same old party line followed by
everyone from Stalin on do'.n to
the lowliest agitator was pulled
again and again.
The column had as its so
called subject the "Revised
Marshall Plan," or better still
the "Wallace Plan." If Wallace
be sincere in his ideals, then
he is the greatest dupe in his
tory. This plan which Robert
son extolls so virtuously is as
ineffective as a State Depart
ment note to Moscow. In ad
dition to its ineffectiveness,
ihe "Plan" occupies exactly one
paragraph in Roberts sn's rather
lengthy feature; the rest of ihe
column is an attack upon the
Marshall Plan and Wall Street.
How Vishinsky and Robert
son are able to link the two so
closely is beyond the realm of
my imagination.
If this isn't enough to show us
exactly wrere M. Robertsky
stands, he goes on to say: "There
has been relatively swift recov
ery in the countries of Eastern
Europe for
the reason of plan-
ning and nationalization of key
industry and banks." How ti ue
we know that is when we have
read of the assassination of Mi-
kailovitch, the flight of the Po
lish opposition, the fall of the
Rumanian, Bulgarian, and Baltic
governments. How well it has
been planned! What heppened to
Greece, Mr. Robertson? No doubt
you will say that capitalistic for
ces there are fighting the "'Mas-
:es."
Like all of his collegues, Mr.
Robertson isn't content unlil ho
has also allied Wall Street ?tid
our national government. Ho
says: "Must we suppose that
Wall Street, which is rdbbin'?
the American people dai'y bo
means of high prices, will give
things away to foreign coun
tries?" Undoubtedly he must
associate the ivo fcr it wasn't
Wall Street at all. but our Sec
retary of State, that formulat
ed ihe Marshall Plan. Cf course
we must give things away in
' an effort to prevent the siarva
1. tion and unrest which precede
world wars. What worth has
money in compraison to the
thousands of lives which ihe
last war cost ihe American
people?
Of course, Mr. Editor, I realize
that the Daily Tar Heel dis-i
claims all responsibility for the
opinions of its columnists, but
you must agree that "This Chang
ing World" is so pinl: that it
shrieks.
Jack English
The Truth
Friends:
In the current issue of Carolina
Magazine is an article on the U:i -iversity
Press containing a photo
graph of myself and my daughter.
The caption beneath the illustra
tion is as follows:
"Although creative wriiing
classes meet in the same build
ing, the Press offices have not
published a student novel as
yet. Russell proteges like John
West, blinded by ihe illustrious,
fame building advertising cam
paigns, prefer giant New York
publishers in preference of the
successful University Press."
Here is the truth of the matter
as it concerns myself and most of
urn Muuenu assuuaicu vv 1 ui jn,-
writing classes. As a member of
Mr. Phillip Russells writing ela-
I entered part of my first attemp
ted novel in the Dodd, Mead Co.
Intercollegiate Contest for 1917.
So did other member:; of the class
because their eyes wore opened
to the fact that it seemed a good
break. I was fortunate enough to
be chosen runner.up in the con
test, an honor that only gave me
encouragement in completing the
novel. I did so and have ret u .-red
it to that publisher for consign
ation. I have sold short stories
for several years, pulps, too, and
was glad of the success, the hum
ble success.
An inch or so of flooring and
a shell of plaster is all thai
separates Mr. Russell's class
from ihe entire first floor occu
pied by the Press. Every day
somecne read a portion of his
MS. et I never saw anyone
vilh a hole bored in the ceil
ing of the Press offices, listen-
mg lor accpiuif jna'--.
Neither did I meet anyone on
ihe short flight cf sleps con
necting ihe iwo floors, rushing
up to see if another young
Thomas Wolfe was sprouting
there. However, I did meet
several representatives from
ihe "giant" New York publish
ers, who were interested enough
to travel a few hundred miles
to interview us.
I am not blaming the Press.
They know what they want, prob
ably better than Mr. Sharpe ex
pressed it. I would have fallen
down that flight of steps accept-
.nrr ihn-r- Kirl f-r mV nnVC-1. I Still
111- l.i.l ,.--1 iw. ...
would,
by the
-houkl it nut be accepted
nnhiishor th-vt rncourascd
my finishing it.
Writing is a rough row to hoe,
and writers of articles for college
magazines will learn that when
one, faces the competition of the
professional world he will g"ab
every card dealt him and forget
suddenh' exploring fame.
John Foster West
Answers Rosder
Dear Sir:
This is a rejoinder to John
Roeder's letter published in the
j February G Daily Tar Heel. I feel
uiai sonic poims Mioum ue eieai
ed up.
The letier implied strongly
thai ihe Wallace club omitted
three passages of Siokc3' col
umn with nefarious intent to
deceive the public.
Lack (jf space forced some cut
ting of the column, and the com
pilers omitted the part:; that con
tributed len.vt to the total picture.
Actual comparison of the Wdllacc
Wcrklii, Stokes' column, and Mr.
Koiilei's letter .shows that it is
Mr. Koeder, not the Wallace Club,
who has falsified Stoke.;' position.
Would Mr. Jioeder say that Arn
old Toy n bee's statement that mil
itarism '"has been by far the com
monest cause of the bieikdown
of civilization'' is invalidated by
failure to quote all six volumes
of Toynbee's Study of History?
TI13 letter wrenched selec
tions frcm two other Stokes
columns violently out of con
text and ade'ed them io ihe
argument against em'tting con
text. It said ihai these columns
"clarify his (Siok3s') position"
toward ihe Wallace movement.
Actually the Jan. 16 excerpt
shows what Stokes thinks the po
sition of some other people might
be, and the Jan. 13 excerpt shows
what Stokes half suspects Robert
jtvenr.y may have m mmo. Uur
interest is more in what Henry
Wallace has in mind a fea and
prosperous America.
It is obvious that the omitted
passages, even alone, do not show
Stokes opposing the Wallace
movement. Therefore I apologize
to the reader who may feel' thrt
I have said "an undisputed thing
in such a solemn way."
H. 3. McNairy
A Hodgepodge
Editor:
This letter is admittedly a hod
gepodge. First, let me say that you have
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no right to refuse to print lettsr
which are not typ-wi it'en. Th,
j? merely to offer substanMnl cv
dence that Junius Scales uv
right. Only the affluent With
en trumpets are to be lioaid.
Second, your defense of Tar
Heel distribution methods said
nothing. Saturday (Feb. 7), Iho
weather offered no resistance
to circulation men. but papers
did not arrive. Tar Heels in
variably arrive after 11:00 A.M.
1 on Sundays.
As I understand it, all stu.i. ya
pay for a subscription to the T.,i
Heel. Why, then, are two p;ip-!
left at dormitory rooms v.t.m
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me aiL' "tluiJ,lu
doesn't jibe with your stateinn.t
that the correct number of papei.i
is left in each dormitory.
It is not for the editor to re
duce the number of Tar Heels
distributed because lhey are
not read. They are paid for,
and may be used to light pipes
if nothing else.
Meanwhile, with the moivy
saved by reducing the number .f
Tar Heels printed, I suggest you
hire a proof reader.
Charles Hexagon
What's Up
Graham Memorial
With spring holidays much
closer than most sludcs realize,
it's already kite to be getting
northbound train reservations. . . .
The CM travel agent, Roland V.
Early, says Seaboard is already
just about full (n trains from
Raleigh to the north on Ihe night,
of March 1?, but they're trying
to hold a block of reservations
for UNC students. . . . Don't, wait
until the last minute.
New business manager of (Ira
ham Memorial is Harry llorton.
. . . A third-year commerce ma
im' from Ashevilio, Norton took
over his duties Monday, reliev
ing Bill Shuford. . . . Strange as
it seems the Wednesday after
noon alvan"ed dancing classe;,
are TOO popular! Terpsichore
Corley, maestro of the class, re
ports he has nearly hair-r-hun-dred
eaer pupils, and the job is
almost more than he can handle
sometimes.
Two Tschnikovsxy sejretions
will be aired on tonight's record
ed dinner music concert: the
Third Symphony, arid the Swan
Lake Ballet.
Republicans to Hear
Newsome Discussion
The Young Republicans club
will hear Dr. A. R. Newsome.
head of the history department,
speak on th" history of poetry
and its development up to th"
present at a meeting to be held
tomorrow night at 7:30 in Roland
Parker lounge.
Coline Smith, vice-presiden. of
the Young Republicans, stated
that the meeting is. open to all
interested persons.
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