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University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, V, . C. 1-31-43 STffii Hi) jsi if linn mkM'T & WEATHER EDITORIALS Pig In A Poke Pressure vs. Pressure Mills Stones Cloudy and continued warm VOLUME LVI United Press CHAPEL HILL, N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1948 Phone F-3371 F-3361 NUMBER 104 i -V Varied Measures Legislature This E The Student Legislature faces a variety of business to night when it meets at 7:30 in Di hall for the first meeting of the second session of the winter quarter. A bill to amend the student constitution is one of the top measures on the agenda, accord- ing to Speaker Jack Folger. The, amendment, introduced two Hcfks ;iu by legislator Jess Dfdmnnd, makes provision for a holdover member on the Wo men's council. Dedmond, chairman of the Elections committee, will also present a new set of election laws, according to Folger's agenda. Presidential Appointments Presidential appointments from Tom Eller's office will come be fore the law-makers for appro val tonight, and Parliamentarian IVfe (.erns will discuss results and action on his parliamentary 1 roced u r c examinations. Folger said that '"consideration of the magazine issue may arise, following the referendum on Tuesday which cut short the existence of the Carolina Maga zine and established Tarnation as the only University magazine publication, to become effective on July 1, the beginning of the 1943-49 fiscal year. Law Is for All, Broughton States "The cry of the underprivileged child, the sigh of the over-burdened mother, the inexpressible longing of the forgotten man, must find expression in the law if it truly observes its historic function and adequately inter- s i w it xiuj nail opu it) iui uivj I Governor J. Melville Broughton i declared in an address here last night under the auspices of the University Law School associa tion. "If this note of human inter est be lacking, whether the lav emanates- from the lawyer or from the highest court in the land, it ii- not responsive to the deep est needs of those who can look only to the law and the . courts for their protection," said the former Governor, who is a candi date for the United States Senate. Lawyer in Courtroom His subject was "The Lawyer n the Courtroom." lie spoke in :ne riaymakers tneatre. Jjonaio McCoy, Laurinburg, vice-president of the Law School associa- r.mamoot,- Wilmington, cnairman of tne speakers' committee, intro-dm-ed Mr';. Broughton, who was honffr-- guest- at- a Law school faculty J 3 j'mier--preceding the ad dress. Broughton" "Said that "lawyers are by " train fug' arid experience -ons"eWatf?c'" "in their thinking snd ""a ic inclined "to look back ward' to precedents rather than forward to progress. This char acteristic has long been the sub ject of criticism, in part warrant ed, but in large degree unjust. "While precedents should pro perly be reviewed in the light of conditions existing at the time they were established, real prin ciples are eternal. Short cuts to economic or social programs which ignore sound principles of law and government are but a mockery." 'Woodhousc to Attend I National ADA Meet Dr. Edward .T. Woodhouse. pro-ffisr-rtr of political science and for mer mayor of Northampton, Mas--achnselts. will altend the natio nal onfcj cnce of Americans for Democratic Action in PhiUidel phia (his weekend as delegate from Iho Chapel Hill chapter. Student branch of the organi sation. Students for Democratic Vtion, will send Al Lowcnstein s their delegate, with Charles Sellers :j altornato AnnmYimatp ly 15 faculty members students Face Si fi Iff vemng "JO I Lmnr C New Spring Drive For Pay Increase By United Press Labor's drive for a new round of wage increases this spring be gan to take shape yesterday. Two large CIO unions started the ball rolling. The United Auto Workers formally asked the Chrysler corporation for a flat 30 cents an hour pay hike and other benefits. Actually, the de mands represent nearly 35 cents an hour more because they call for a health insurance plan, a pension program, a guaranteed weekly wage and other side-issue benefits. - The UAW asked that negotia tions start next Tuesday. Wage talks between the auto workers and General . Motors will start later this month. The union plans to conduct both negotiations simultaneously. Another CIO group the pow erful United Steel Workers also wants more money. The 175-man Wage and Policy committee okay ed a demand for what it termed substantial pay increases. Union President Philip Murray said that the 229-million dollars in price increases received by the industry since October should allow it to. grant a 'reasonable increase. In Washington, industry sources - say that1 soft- coal mine owners will meet next Wednes day to take up the United Mine Workers threat to strike over the issue of miners' pensions. Thus far the owners have turned down the demands of union head John L. Lewis for pensions of 100-dollars a month for miners at the age of 60. Lewis has told the operators that he considers their refusal a breach of contract. And that he feels free "to take any independent action" to bring about his demands. Junior Council Ends Series Of Meetings In the last of a series of lead ership training meetings, the Junior council of the YWCA will meet tonight at 7. o'clock in the Grail room to hear reports of committee chairman of the Y. An alysis and criticism of the work of committees will follow the re ports. Committee chairmen who will speak include Jo Butler, Sunny Sunstrom, Feme Hughes, Emily Ogburn, Harriet Gurley, Dee Oakey, Jo Fishel, Jean Ann Itam sdalc, Rachel Woodley, Merrily j Brooks, and Helen Compton. Phi Defeats Bill for Of Petroleum Resources by 9-5 Vote The Phi assembly defeated a measure favoring federal control of petroleum reserves in the United States by a 9 to 5 vote Tuesday night at a regular week ly session in the Phi hall. Introduced by Representative Jim McNider, the Phi bill accused private industry of negligence in developing synthetic processes of petroleum to supplement the present estimated reserve of 20, (100.000.000 barrels of oil and favored limited government con fuo! of the oil industry. The mea sure advocated the appropriation of $3,000,000,000 by Congress for the construction of plants to pro duce synthetic fuel from coal, establishment, of government con trols over research and produc tion, and the regulation of price and allocation of petroleum pro ducts. Representative McNider told members that under present pol- . . ., tt:i,1 Ctitnc nniild not icies, tne uimeu ioo maintain its self sufficiency in Helen McGraw To Give Recital In Hill Tonight "Ay HELEN McGRAW Helen McGraw, pianist, will ap pear in piano recital tonight in Hill Music auditorium at 8:30. Tonight's recital will be given by Miss McGraw as a part of a southern concert tour. In addition to the program at Hill hall she will play over the University Communication Center radio program, "The Musical Merry-go-vound" on Saturday morning, February 21, at 10:45. Tonight's Program The program in Hill hall will consist of: Bach, Prelude, E-flat major; Chopin, Fantasie, Op. 49; Prokofieff, Sonata No. 2; Sower by Cypress Swamp; Copland, Cowboys Amble (from Billy the Kid); Scriabin, Poem; Shostako vich, Danse Fantastique and Pol-. ka; Beethoven, Sonata, Op. III. Miss McGraw has a unique gift for modern music, ' especially A merican music. She has studied with the eminent Russian pianist Alexander Sklarevski at Peabody Conservatory. After graduation from Peabody, she won the Wal ter W. Naumburg music award in a nationwide contest and made her debut in Town Hall, 1930. Extensive Career She has played extensively in this country and abroad, in con certs, as soloist with orchestras, and with other artists in cham ber music since being a master class pupil of Alfred Cortot at the Ecole Nor male, Paris. Miss McGraw opened the first annual Festival of American mu sic at the National Gallery in Washington in 1944. The success of this program, broadcast to South America, led to her re engagement to open the second Festival in 1945. Each year she plays a new program featuring such composers as Hindemith, Antheil, Barber, Copland, Sow erely, Shostakovich, Piston and Villa-Lobos. 2;45 Federal Contr vent of another war. He stated that the government should "oversee the oil industry" in or der to bring about more efficient production and to ease the pres ent oil shortage. The opposition bloc of the as sembly contested the bill on the grounds that the oil shortage would be alleviated if an ade quate number of tankers and pipe lines were constructed to transport, the oil to consumer areas. Members maintained that the discovery of new reserves waskeeping up with production and government control to con serve oil was unnecessary. Representative Page Harris, at tacking government control, as serted that government regula tion of the petroleum industry would lead to fuel oil rationing, the establishment of price con trols, and the creation of govern ment agencies to handle the pro gram. He added that such action would also incite black market activities. 33 i 1 Wililpll: SP Frames Action For Non-Partisan Student Councils Emphasizing a need for non- partisanship in student govern ment particularly in Men's coun cil offices the Student party has passed a bill which will ask the University and the Campus par ties to consider the issue. , . Dortch Warriner, of Lavrence ville, Va., SP treasurer, and Bill Mackie, of Chapel Hill, were elected committee members to approach the proper UP and CP officials with the Student party plan. ' According to Chairman Gran Childrcss, the SP plan calls for a committee composed of two members from each political party to take action in nomina tions of non-partisan candidates in the offices of Men's council. Party members at Monday night's meeting expressed the necessity Petition Being Circulated Will Request Literary Quarterly to Replace Magazine Apparently more people mourn the passing of the Ca rolina Magazine than the 22 students who voted for it in Tuesday's referendum. A petition is now circulating on ; campus to request the establish- ment of a literary quarterly to replace the publication whose 104-year existence recieved a thumbs-down vote in the first referendum ever to hit here. Early Action "We expect to have between 800 and 1,000 signatures on the petition by tomorrow night when the Student Legislature meets," Carolina Mag Literary Editor Bill Sessions said yesterday. Strong Backing The petition reads, "We, the undersigned students, urge the establishment of a literary quar terly at the University of North Carolina.", The document already bears the signatures and has the sup port of Mag Editor Fred Jacob son, Tarnation Editor Tookie Hodgson, Mag Managing Editor Charlie Gibson, Tarnation Busi ness Manager and Associate Edi tor Pete Gerns and Tom Kerr, among other prominent publica tions personalities. Tookie Hodgson, head of the victorious humor magazine, stat ed yesterday afternoon that he has supported and will continue to support a literary quarterly at the University. Sentiment in the state oh .the death of the Carolina Magazine was" also reported running high yesterday evening, ;. YOUNG: REPUBLICANS The Young; Republicans will 'hold a meeting-for fhe election of permanent officers tonight at 7:30 in Roland Parker lounge, Graham Memorial. A representa tive of the State Federation will be present at this 'meeting. WINSTON-SALEM CLUB The Winston-Salem Carolina club will meet tonight for a half hour at 7 o'clock in Roland Park er lounge No. 1 of Graham Me morial to plan its forthcoming Easter dance, according to Bob Haire, president of the Twin City group. All those from the Winston Salem vicinity who are now en rolled in the University are in vited to attend the meeting to night and . to contribute their ideas and services for the March dance. TO HOLD DANCE Following the successful School of Public Health student-Faculty dinner find dance held last month, plans have been made for a dance to be held at the Chapel Hill country club on the evening of Saturday, February 23. Arrangements are being made by the student association com mittee of the school. Members of the faculty will be guests of the student body. for and the need of having non partisanship on the council. "The object of the Student party," said Childress, "is again in the interest of student govern ment. We hope that the other parties will cooperate in this very important work." ; After discussion of the council bill, the meeting continued in the form of a nominating conven tion. Cam West, party campaign cnairman, advised all candidates named for spring elections to ob tain their literature and cam- jpaign posters before the last- minute rush. -j Childress announced a 9 o'clock meeting for the party in Roland Parker lounge No. 1, on Mon day of next week. The SP steer ing committee will meet two hours prior to the party session. DTH, Alpha Gam Lead In Debating Now leading the debate tour nament after the second round held Tuesday night is the DTH team followed by Alpha Gamma Delta. Both are negative teams. """The following teams," meeting at Caldwell 108 Thursday night at 6:30, will participate in the finals. Affirmative teams: Chi Phi, Herb Mitchell and Tim Shel ton; K. A., Lester Martin and John Stump; Whitehead, Dortch Warriner and Marshall Pinnix. Negative teams: DTH, James Spence and Gilbert Burnett; Al pha Gamma Delta, Alice Middle ton and Emily Baker; Indepen dent, Bob Ormand and Garland Scruggs, These debates will each be judged by a panel of three judges composed of faculty members. Judges for Tuesday's contest were:. Warren Ashby, philosophy; Martin E. Lean, philosophy; Mrs. Schadtt, Economics; E. W. Schadtt, Economics; Dr. F. G. Gil, political science; Randolph Hamilton, political science; Nor man Mattis, English; William Darden, History; and Clay Coch ran, economics. Student Body President Tom Eller and Tom Lockhart,. speak ing extemporaneously, took the place of an absent team. RIDES TO CONFERENCE Students attending the Natural Bridge conference this ' weekend who have not yet checked with the Y office on details of trans portation must do so today, ac cording to Hilda Frances Law rence of the transportation com mittee. All cars will leave from the Y on Friday, and students will be asked to check out with the Y as they leave. Largest Collection of Novels About Civil War On View at Library With Book-making Show The Wilmer. Collection of Civil War novels, largest of its kind in the world, is now on display in the library. Another exhibit there this week shows the developement from or iginal manuscript to finished pro duct, of a new book. "This Great and Wide Sea," by Dr. Robert E. Coker, head of the University Zoology department. The Wilmer books, all of them first editions, were presented to the library in 1946 by the original collector, Rev. Richard H. Wilmer, Jr., of Washington. Both past and contemporary Legislator Is Banquet Guest At Inn Tonight gf:V'. - r " 1 JAMES B. VOGLER James B. Vogler, a member of the state General assembly, will speak at 7:30 this evening to the members of Delta Sigma Pi prof essional commerce fraternity. Vogler's address .will be the highlight of a fraternity banquet to be held at that time in the Carolina Inn. Members of the commerce school faculty and fra ternity members have been issued special invitations to the ban quet. Vogler, a Charlotte man and a candidate for state treasurer in the forthcoming Democratic pri maries will discuss "The Future of Small Business." A well known businessman himself, Vogler is executive secretary of the state food dealers association. He also serves as editor of the North Carolina food dealer's mag azine, vice president of the na tional food " dealer's " association and president of the Charlotte Optimists club. Public Tryouts Set for Lab Play Public tryouts for "The In spector General", third major production of the Labratory The atre of the Carolina Playmakers, will be this afternoon at four o'clock in the Flaymaker theatre, according to an announcement by James Byrd, play director. "The Inspector General", by Russian novelist and playwright Nikolai Gogol, is a satiric comedy in three acts. It is generally con ceded to be one of the greatest European comedies of the past century, and is a high spirited satire on" official crookedness and human stupidity. This version of "The Inspector General" is by John Anderson, well-known critic, and it was made especially for Jed Harris who produced it in the Hudson Theatre, New York, in 1930. "The cast calls for thirteen men and seven women," Byrd said, "and all people interested in working with the production are urged to come to tryouts." "And be sure to point out," he added, "that we are just as in terested in people who are new to the Lab Theatre as we are in the old standby's." The production dates for "The Inspector General" are set for April 10 and 11, and the play will be presented in the main lounge of Graham Memorial. novels of the Civil war, from Ste phen Crane to Ben Ames Will ams. are included in the 1946 vol umes of the collection. The libr ary has agreed to supplement the present collection wherever pos sible by adding current new titles and supplying such old ones as opportunity and means will per mit. The un-reprinted "Miss Rave nel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty," written in 1867 by J. W. DeForest, which is the first Realistic novel in American lit erature, is included in the collection. Al pha Gamma Mouse maged In By Herb Nachman Occupants of the Alpha Gam ma sorority house of Battle lane were homeless last night as the result of a fire late yesterday af ternoon which caused damage unofficially estimated at upwards of $6,000. A fireman at the scene attrib uted the cause of the blaze to spontaneous combustion of a so fa in the third story attic of Ihe house. The sofa icnited nearbv Snavcly Leaving? Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 18 (UP The Cleveland Press said today thai one of the na tion's lop-flighl football coach es, Carl Snavely, will become coach of ihe Los Angeles Dons in Ihe All-America conference. The majority stockholder of the Dons, Ben Lindheimer, ad mits Snavely is in ihe running, along with six oiher coaches. Lindheimer won't say who iho oiher six are, however. Snavely, who is 54 years old, coached al Norlh Carolina in 1934 and 1935. afler seven years al Bucknell. He coach ed al Cornell nine years, Ihen wenl back lo North Carolina in 1945 for three seasons. The Los Angeles j.ob was lefi vacanl when Dud DeGroit was ousted al the end of last sea son. (Reached at his home laic last night. Coach Snavely's comment was, "You can't be lieve all you hear. Somebody has a vivid imagination.") Weatherman Puts Damper on Spring Chicago, Feb. 18 (UP) The weatherman put a damper on that early spring feeling over most of the nation yesterday. He says Old Man Winter is waiting around the corner. In Chicago, the weather bur eau says below zero temperatures are expected tomorrow night in the Red River valley between Minnesota and North Dakota. It says that the cold wave might spread over the rest of the na tion. However, on the plcasanter side, it says the Southern and Eastern states can expect more warm weather before they start freezing again. The danger of floods from the Ohio river is a little less tonight. The flood waters of the Ohio I are going down but precautions against floods are still being taken in Mississippi. CP MEETING The campus party will meet this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Roland Parker lounge No. 2 of I Graham Memorial to consider further nominations for the spring elections. Chairman Bob Haire last night asked that all party members and interested persons be present so that nominations made will re present the sentiments of as many party members as possible. In sharp contrast to this there is on display a landmark in Amer ican Romantic literature, "Surry of the Eagle's Nest," by John Es ten Cooke, a southerner on Gen eral Lee's staff. "Cora O'Kane or the Doom of the Rebel Guard," by Sergeant J. Winston, is one of few remaining out of thou sands of cheap paperbound books which flooded the market during and immediately following the Civil war. A copy of the only printing of this volume is in cluded in Mr. Wilmer's collec tion as "an index to the sensa tional tastes of the time." Da $6,000 Fire combustible materials which caused the blaze. The fire was reported at ap proximately 4:45 yesterday af ternoon. C. E. Hornaday, local insurance ;gent who estimated the damage, said he was driving pa;t the house and noticed the blaze. Ho informed the occupants of the flames and immediately notified the fire department. Ten-Minute Clearance Two trucks of the Chapel Hill fire department responded to the call within five minutes. Shortly after the alarm sounded, stud ents from nearby dormitories and Franklin strret swarmed to tin? scene, removing all furniture and personal belonging;-; from, th building within ten minutes af ter the anival of the engines. SpoctS'tois who lined the street and sidewalk were sprayed witli water shortly alter firemen ar rived when a hose which had been brought up through the house into the attic poured water through a front window. Th crowd was approximately 650 persons. Welor Damage The main cause ot damage was due to water which soaked through the ceiling from the at tic and completely flooded the second floor. Students who re mained after the engines left the scene were forced to punch holes in the upper ceiling in or der to allow the water to dram off. Flames began on one side of the attic and spread rapidly, scorching personal belongings which were stored in trunks. The sorority's files were completely destroyed along with 20 evenins dresses, furniture and luggage which were stored there. Smoke, Heat Hamper Firemen were hampered by in tense heat and the thick smoke that filled the attic. Flames ap peared on the outside of the building only once, on a corner of the roof. According to a neighbor Louis Graves, the structure was prob ably saved by fireproof roofing, put on the house . after a fire in 1923. Graves said the house is own pd by E. K. Graham, administra tive official of Washington uni versity and the son of a former University president. It had been occupied by Alpha Gamma Del ta for almost three years. Appreciation Expressed Mrs. G. W. Clarke, the sorority housemother said, "I want to ex press my appreciation for what everyone has done in helping to clear the house and provide homes for the girls until the bouse can be made liveable again." Meanwhile, an executive com mittee meeting of the sorority, held last night, announced that tentative plans will be to aban don the house until it can be re paired or another one secured. Barbara Foole, president of the sorority said that national Alph? Gam officials would be contacted immediately for advice. W. L. Biooker, Graham's agent, said that the house was "ade quately insured," although he would not give the exact figure. A sorority official commented that the house would be abandoned at least until firemen informed them of the extent of the dam age and if the house would be safe for occupancy. The nine occupants of. the house are Barbara Poole, Gene Snyder, Betty Robinson, Helen McCann, Nell Ring, Gwyrin Fin ley and Jean Garrow. After having supper at the ATO house, the girls spent the night at various sorority houses and dormitories. FOREIGN STUDENTS There will be a meeting of Foreign Students this evening at 7 o'clock on the second floor of the YMCA building. . Business of the meeting will in clude choosing a name for the dub, election of officers, and rulings on membership. wi 1 4.u ,f rn nptrn pum wuum.wvu ""u attciiu uiu tuincuwuu. r-
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