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THE DAILY TAR HEEL-
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1943
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Thoughts On Dixiecrats
- The Carolina Thurmanites have joined the Wallacites
on our campus in revolt against the Democratic party. No
one was surprised that the Dixiecrat supporters organized
a group here, rather we were surprised. that they delayed
two weeks in doing so.
Some seventeen of Thurmond's supporters met Monday
night for the "organizational meeting" of the "Young
States Righters." It is encouraging for those of us who
believe in either the Republican or Democatic party to see
that such a minority of students had sufficient interest in
the proposed organization to be present at the meeting.
It is difficult to keep from comparing the Dixiecrats to
Wallace's Progressive party. Their interests are as far
different as any two party platforms could be, but they
are alike in that they both have seen fit to bolt from their
mother group.
Yet, if sides had to be taken between the two groups,
the Wallacites probably have a better reason for their
actions. They are not preaching just against the presidenti
al candidate of one party, but are wholeheartx lyattack
ing every candidate of practically every party on the vot
ing ticket.
The Dixiecrats, however, are against President Truman
and President Truman alone. They haven't even bothered
to condemn Senator Barkley, his running mate, who must
believe in the same civil rights program that Truman pro
poses if he consented to be his running mate.
We must concede then, that the Dixiecrats are merely
fighting a grudge and are not particular in the methods
that they choose to do it. In arguing with a Thurmond
supporter, one finds that he is usually unwilling to discuss
the possibility of the damage that the Thurmond-Wright
ticket will do to the Democratic party. They can talk only
of "teaching the White House powers a lesson". We cannot
help but wonder, however, if the lesson that is taught will
not be learned by our erring Southerners.
The Republicans to all public appearances are firmly
united behind Thomas E. Dewey. The loyal Democrats
also as far as the public is concerned are behind Truman.
The fact that both parties may have men behind thevscene
who are planning to fight the civil rights battle after the
election is over, is kept strictly on the quiet side.
Whether we be Republicans or Democrats, the move
ments, the shouting, the accusations of the Southern Dixie
crats seems to be a losing, silly fight of a few stubborn
men. If they lose their battle, as they surely will, and if
Truman is defeated by Dewey, it is not pleasant to contem
plate the thoughts of the Southern gentlemen who led
the "revolt" during the next four years. B.B.
To Avoid Delay
- The coed visiting agreement, which regulates condi
tions under which coeds may visit fraternity houses, was
signed by Deans Carmichael and Weaver yesterday and
will go to the fraternities for approval today. Since the
agreement is the same as that of last year, there seems
to be no reason why it should not be signed by most
groups in time to go into effect Friday at noon.
However, if there had been' any changes made, nego
tiations between the administration and fraternities might
have taken a longer time with coeds being denied the.
visiting privilege in .the meanwhile. For this reason we
suggest that the House Privileges board submit next year's
agreement in the spring rather than waiting until school
reconvenes in September. In this way the board and
administration officials will have time to make any neces
sary negotiations before the summer vacation and the
agreement will be ready for fraternity approval imme
diately upon the reopening of school.
SKjelDavliiiararHeel
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ED JOYNER, JR.
T E HOLDEN
. Chuck Hauser
Billy Carmichael III
Adv. Mcjr c. B. Mendrnhall
Circ. Mgr Owen Lewis
Subscrip. Mgr Jim King
Asst. Bus. Mgr Betty Huston
Odds
And
Ends
By Rila Adams
ODD AND MAYBE THE
END: The following .brief
from T. D. Kemp's column of
last Sunday is enough to
scare the stuffin's out of all
of us.
"Worry, of course, does no
' good. You may recall the old
lady who said: 'I've had lots
of troubles in my life; and
most of 'em never happened.'
"If you really enjoy worry,
read what some of the sci
entists have to say. For ex
ample, Dr. Hugh H. Brown, of
Douglaston, N. Y., warns that
our planet is about to upset.
The trouble, Scientist Brown
says, is that the ice in the Ant
arctic 'is getting thicker and
heavier. The earth is wobbling.
Soon the slosh will come,
causing the two poles to move
their positions. Most of man
kind will be drowned and the
survivors will enjoy new cli
mates. The last time this shift
occurred, he says, caused
Noah's flood."
THAT'S NEWS, SON. Ask
Phil Stone about the man-
bites-dog incident he saw last
week-end up Virginia way. It
seems that when a Heinz (all
57 varieties) dog licked the
face of a little, four-year-old
boy, "Junior" grabbed hold of
his tail and took a lusty bite.
Phil jumped even higher than
the dog when the animal yelp
ed, and said that the last he
(Phil, that is) saw of him was
the remains of a tail heading
for Chapel Hill and safety.
SCALPERS TAKE HEED.
We have an honest, depend
able gentleman here in the
1 DTH office who is very eager
to possess just ONE ticket to
the Duke game. Line forms to
the right.
CLASSIFIED BUT HOW?
As our gocd deed for the
week, we'd like so much to
find three dates for the Wake
Forest game for three new
students over in Quonset hut
24. Puz Nichols, J. C. Single
ton, and Brownie Smith say
they have the transportation
and all the trimmings so let's
form this line to the left.
It was brought to our atten
tion that the P. A. tobacco
and pipe salesman who was
holding down fort in the "Y"
this week practically chain
smoked Chesterfields the
whole time.
CHARGE OF THE SOAP
BRIGADE. Along with
thoughts for the future we
should be planning for more
than one wash room for the
quonset huts. Cold weather is
upon us and ail those boys
have upon them are bath tow
els, with tooth brushes waving
in the air.
LEST YOU FORGET. Just a
helpful reminder to boys who
are planning on getting their
dates' tickets for out-of-town
games. Be sure to have her
I.D. card with you! Otherwise,
"Sorry, sir, she'll have to come
down and get the ticket her
self. Just ask Earl Somers
about that situation.
CLASSIC. When his music
appreciation class was asked if
they had ever heard of Claude
Debussy, Ed Darnell replied,
"No, but won't Roy Acuff do
just as well?"
UP AND COMING. The
planetarium is beginning to
take shape, in case you
haven't noticed. Maybe in a
few more weeks we can climb
that big, tall fence and take a
gander at the inside.
CPU is calling for new
members in their Sunday get
togethers. They meet on sec
ond floor Graham Memorial at
8 o'clock every week.
GETTING UNDER WAY is
the WSSF drive for this fall.
The group held its first meet
ing this week; so we should
be hearing more about the
group before too long. Leave
us hope it's not another coed
auction. Some of us poor vic
tims are still being labeled
as "Going, going, gone!"
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This Is Carolina
CPU: Outlet For Thought
By Lincoln Kan
There was no muttering un
der our breath when this col
umnist approached the type
writer to tell our reader (?)
more about Carolina's organ
izations. The subject matter
had already been promised
days before.
As we said in the column
about the IRC, there was an
organization on , the campus
that made it its duty to keep
the student body informed on
national happenings and
trends. This group is the Caro
lina Political Union.
Each Sunday evening you
will find its members ' seated
around the round-table in the
Grail Room at Graham Mem
orial discussing the latest poli
tical issues or making plans
to provide the campus with
some new analysis of the cur
rent problems before the na-.
tion.
The key to the founding of
the CPU was discovered in
the many heated sessions in
Dr. Edward J. Woodhouse's
classroom. It may have been
under the trees, where our
philosophical political profes
sor likes to take his class
on warm sunny days that
the ideas of Floyd Fletcher of
Raleigh, who was then a seni
or, took root. Nevertheless the
first chairman of the CPU
Frank C. P. McGlinn of Philly
solidified the then neophyte
organization and resolved that
Concerning Do-Hickeys
Clear Water And Red Tape
By Ben Lawler
The University recently had
a tragic and pathetic incident
occur which involved one
Jasper Twirlhead, freshman,
of Slippery Ball, North Caro
lina. During lunch at Lenoir Hall,
Jasper was unusually thirsty
and decided to re-fill his glass
of water. Approaching the
counter, he edged into the line
and extended his glass under
the do-hickey. Before he could
activate the mechanism, a firm
voice stopped his fingers in
mid-air.
"Have you a card for a re
fill?" Jasper quailed, being easily
intimidated by authoritative
voices. He admitted that he
had neglected to obtain the
necessary form.
"See. your advisor," snapped
the voice, "He . will furnish
' you with one."
So Jasper left the Hall, din
ner half-finished, steak half
masticated, coffee half -quaffed,
in search of his advisor. Stri
ding quickly to Fiddle F, he
Ready to Present Their
all major political parties -should
be at all times repre
sented in the membership and
that the CPU will do its utmost
to bring a political conscious
ness to the campus on national
affairs. Dr. Woodhouse stayed
with his class geniuses and
became their faculty advisor.
At the offset, Memorial Hall
where the CPU held its public
meetings looked as if the walls
had been built around a small
group of bull sessioners. Grad
ually the 1800 seats in the hall
were filled to capacity as the
CPU instituted a special debate
on the Supreme Court pack
ing bill in 1937, between Rep
resentatives Maury Maver
ick and Ralph Brewster of
the U.S. Congress.
The defense to the Supreme
Court plan straight from the
horses mouth by way of the
then Postmaster-General Far
ley came in the year 1937-38.
The CPU began to expand and
their help and cooperation with
other campus organizations
became an unwritten law in
the framework of the aims of
the CPU.
Then came the glorious year
of 1938 when this columnist
first entered the University of
North Carolina. It was the
year of Stirny Stirnweiss of
football fame, Paul Severin
the Carolina All American,
Voit Gilmore the euiding hand
of the CPU, IRC the newly
awakened power of weakening
internaticnal organizations and
walked into the advisor's of
fice. Seeing the elderly gen
tleman busy improving his
culture quotient with an old
ESQUIRE, Jasper sat waiting
for the lascivious savant to
conclude.
Glutted with Petty, the gen
tleman leaned back and gave
Jasper a disgustingly phoney
smile, saying, "Well, my boy,
whatever can I do for you?"
After hearing of Jasper's
difficulty, he consulted the
catalogue, his mind obviously
on page 53 of another manual
concerning girls in leaves, and
finally declared that Racktime
42 was closed for the quarter.
Jasper finally straightened out
the distinguished scholar and
obtained a blue ticket entitling
him to chit-chat with the Dean
of the College.
The Dean was busy working
on the latest DTH crossword
puzzle and told Jasper to re
turn' on the following day.
With a faint grumble in his
internals, Jasper went back to
Jiis humble bed between the
Quonset huts and dreamed of
Case
the arrival on our campus of
the greatest president of our
time President Franklin Del
ano Roosevelt on December 5,
1938, sponsored by the CPU.
Since thai time the CPU has
shifted from emphasis on state
politics to national politics
by presenting a galaxy of im
portant men and women from
the rosters of our public ser
vants, Senators, Representa
tives, Governors and officials
of the United States govern
ment. When World War II
crashed onto the campus, the
trend began to move toward
subjects of international con
sequence. The War has been over for
three years, and the CPU is
now beginning to come out of
its wartime doldrums. A new
spirit is present among its
leaders to maintain the pledges
of the CPU to the campus and
to build a stronger outfit.
Herb Alexander, the chair
man for the year 1948-49 had
this to say. "The CPU this
year intends to branch out
into other activities such as
student polls, forums and con
ferences. I sincerely believe
that the Union will be of great
service to the campus this
year. We hope to be worthy
of interest and respect from
the student body."
We hope you will achieve
all that you set out to do CPU,
but watch your expansion. The
campus will be watching you.
Good luck and many members.
water and fried advisor steak.
When the dawn came, Jas
per found himself rebuffed at
the door cf Lenoir, with an
other stern voice ordering him
to straighten out his affairs
befoTe he returned to eat.
Sadly, Jasper waited until five
in the afternoon, when the
Dean cracked the puzzle and
produced a card for him, tell
ing him to carry it to Vene
balz. Standing in line the next
morning, a bit hungrier, he
collapsed twice and lost his
place in the line both times.
Upon finally reaching the door,
in late November, he ran into
unfortunate news. There were
no more Water-Refills left.
However, he was offered ad
vice. "Go to the Head of the Bas
ketweaving and Latrine Cons
truction Department, he may
permit you to join the waiting
list for replacements to the
priority list for Re-Fills."
Poor Jasper began the weary
search for Hophead Hall which
(See CLEAR WATER, page 6).
Write Away
Scuttlebutt Wanted V-
Editor: .
Someone in your paper Monday wanted to know why the
Scuttlebutt at the east end of Emerson Stadium had been closed.
The reasons for this are, in my opinion, two-fold. One is a matter
of practicality; the other a matter of downright inefficiency.
The Monogram Club Circus Bar is a real beautiful little hole
in the wall but it cost a lot of money to build it and it isn't big
enough to supply the demand for drinks and other such articles
that it should sell. By closing the Scuttlebutt the powers that be,
and try to find out and see who they are, thought they would
pay for the Monogram Club bar. Well, it was a wonderful thought,
but I'll wager that the bar at the Club isn't doing a third of
the business that the Scuttlebutt was doing. If you lived in
Ruffin Dorm, would you walk to the Monogram Club to get a
coke at 11 o'clock at night? Hell no, you wouldn't. But you would
walk to the Scuttlebutt just across the street. Maybe trie Umstead
Act is the reason that they can't open both of them. Well, that's
wrong too. It's just inefficiency and practicality they often rhyme,
rhyme.
The other reason is that when our esteemed Coalition Cab
inet met and decided to do something about the closing of the
Scuttlebutt; in re, they decided to make, circulate, and present
petitions to the administration asking for the reopening of the
Scuttlebutt; but they forgot that an ounce of action is better than
their sitting there and talking their heads off for 16 weeks. No
one is running their little show and you can't do things unless you
have someone who is able and willing to work at the wheel.
They gave the Daily Tar Heel no information. They probably
think that those petitions will get up and walk to South building
and plead their case for them. In other words,' they think up
wonderful ideas, but can't make them work. And they talk about
the importance of Student Government.
The reason that I'm writing this letter is that I circulated
one of those petitions dowrn in Alexander Dorm last Thursday
night and practically everyone in the Dorm signed it. They
think that the leaders of our campus are going to make an attempt
to get the Scuttlebutt re-opened. I know these men will vote next
year because they now see what a vital part Student Self-Govern-ment
plays here on our campus. Or do our leaders in the Coalition
Cabinet know this.
This is one man's opinion it could be wrong.
Gran Childress
Rah Rah Russia!
Editor: v
I am a disillusioned man. For almost a quarter of a century
I have believed in the American way of life. In my innocence
I imagined America as a land of freedom and opportunity. But,
now thanks to Bill Robertson I realize that I have been
taken for a ride by the treacherous capitalists.
All the things which I once held dear and vital to my well
being and happiness are now alienated from me by this new
found knowledge. There was a time when I enjoyed reading
Life magazine but no more. It recently printed a capitalist
inspired article by a capitalist-backed psychiatrist (who, no
doubt, was forced "to sell his soul in defense of our dog-eat-dog
social system") which purported to show that even chick
ens are class-conscious. Needless to say, this thesis is loaded with
dangerous implications. .
Taking into account the "chickens are class-conscious" thesis,
(and I admit the article was convincing, in a treacherously
logical sort of way), one might assume that much-maligned man,
himself, is inherently class-conscious. One might further assume
that to impose a class-less society on man would NOT eliminate
the factor of class-consciousness. But that is absurd! One has but
to consult Marx to see his error.
How we in America can remain so blind to the glorious
Russian example where true democracy is a living reality
where the state, which will eventually wither away, is the com
plete servant of the people; where the government is so wise
as to predict the wishes, thoughts, and actions of the people
(See RUSSIA, page 6)
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