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S TV- i TUESrAY, NOVEMBER ?C, 15 PACE " i,V... How to Avoid Argument Today's voting turnout will probably be one of the lightest in the history of campus elections. December elec tions usually bring out a smaller number of voters than those held in the spring because none of the top offices are involved. However, the fall election is an important one. This year more than half the seats in the student legis lature are to be filled in addition to the selection of junior class officers and the runoff of freshman elections. ' Cause of the light vote anticipated today will not be due to the unimportance of the election but to its inoppor tune time. This is not the fault of any one person but to a series of unfortunate circumstances. According to the con stitution, the election was to be held on the first Tuesday in December which this year comes on the seventh. This would have thrown the runoff election into "examination week, and to avoid this situation Student Body President Jess Dedmond moved the election up a week, keeping it on Tuesday in order that votes might be counted during the week. Now, coming as it does immediately after the Thanksgiving holidays, the election will take many stu dents by surprise, since the political parties and individual candidates involved have not had time to take their causes before the student body and arouse interest in the contests. Nevertheless, the outcome of today's voting will be. extremely. important to the future of student government this year. Unless each student realizes the importance of his vote and acts accordingly, the organized fraternity vote will sweep the election and acquire greater control of the legislature. If this happens, it will lead to recriminations by the losing parties against the action of changing the election date. Obviously the best way to avoid this is for all students to make a special effort to register their votes today. Answer to Infiltration The American Veterans Committee at its national con vention in Cincinnati last week found a remedy for the Communist rot that was killing it. Although the constitu tion of the United States protects Communists along with all other citizens in their right to assemble and freedom of speech and press, there is no law which prevents a private organization from kicking out unwanted members. And that is exactly what AVC decided to do. - AVC delegates voted to oust Communist members not because they were Communists, but because they had joined the organization in bad faith, since the doctrine of Communism is unreconcilable with the charter of the veterans' group. Now the AVC can once again be a rallying ground for liberal thinking veterans without smearing them with the taint of Communism. , This seems to us to be the answer to Communist infiltra tion into democratic organizations. Suggestion to Dawgs Editor Business Manager. ..ED JOYNER. JR. T. E. HOLDEN Managing Editor.. Sports Editor. Chuck Hauser ...Billy Carmlchael in Campus Ed Town Ed Feature Ed At. Spt. Ed- Sally Woodhull Herb Nachman Jim Dickinson Dick Jenrette Adv. Mgr Clrc. Mgr Subscrip. Mgr.. Asst. Pus. Mgr.. ...C. B. MendenhaU Owen Lewis Jim King -.Betty Huston Odds And Jnds Gentlemen: t We have been observing with interest your present tactics in attempting to keep the squirrel population within bounds. In our opinion your Indian approach, which entails crawling and creeping towards some obnoxious denizen of the trees, lacks certain finesse which is essential in your occupation. Could we suggest a more subtle advance? Why not use the casual, hands-in-pocket routine and stroll up to the unwary creatures whistling something from Gershwin? A few days of this, without hostile gestures, would undoubt edly result in a certain smugness among the bushy-tails, and a secret conference could be held in Hill hall (the Administration would certainly grant use of the hall for such purpose) to determine H-Hour. If for some reason these tactics are unproductive, we suggest a standing committee composed of a representative from each of the major breeds, and the independents, to decide future campaigns. There are numerous possibilities, for the squirrels are notorious nuts, and you might even dress in tweeds and combat boots and stroll up on your hind legs. They could never tell you from the average student, especially if you neglected to wear a necktie. Hoping to hear from you on this vital subject in the near future, we remain, Rameses, Jr. 3T()e Daily laTar Keel The official newspaper of the Publication Board of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where it is Issued daily during the regular sessions of the University by the Colonial Press, Inc.. except Mondays, examination and vacation periods, and during the official summer terms when published semi .weekly. Entered as second-class matter at the post office of Chapel Hill, N. C, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price: $8.00 per year. $3.00 per quarter. The Honeymoon is Over News Staff: Lincoln Kan, Margaret Gaston, Bill Buchan. Stewart McKeel. Gordon Huffines, Leonard Dudley, Jerry Weiss, Jack Brown. Wink Lock lair. Roy Parker, Emily Baker, Charles Pritchard, Emily SeweH, Mark Sumner, Charles Carter, Jimmy Leesen. Jimmie Foust, George Carter, Art Xanthos. Don Maynard. Editorial Staff: Rita Adams, Bev Lawler. Bob Fowler. Ina Klein. Business Staff: Jim Martin, J. C. Rush, Preston Wcjcott, Libby Ann Koontz, Joy Crapps, Ed Wharton, Jackie White, Johnny Robison, Bootsle Taylor. Neal Cadieu, Pat Denning. Jackie Burke. Allen Tate. Marie Nussbaum, Jackie Sharpe, Ann Green, Dale Morrison, Babs Kerr, Becky Huggins, Buddy Pierce, Jean Williams, Doug Thompson. Sports Staff: Frank A lis ton. Lew Chapman, Zane Bobbins, Billy Burgess, Joe Cherry. Taylor Vaden, Larry Fox, Morton Glasses. Wuff Newell. Carter Taylor. By Don Maynard ( UMOC. Response to our "Ugliest Man on Campus" con test has met with so much enthusiasm that we have de- cided to hokT it after the Christmas holidays. In, the meantime, be looking fdr the ugly duckling that is "sure to cop the prize." CRASH DIVE. A scalper hawking on Franklin street be fore the Carolina-Duke orgy grunted a little disgustedly after a sale: "Huh, those seats were so low down in the end zone the guy will need a peris cope to see the forward wall." IT TAKES LITTLE TOOT. A sentimental musical note sent through the air via "Our Best to You" was intercepted by us the other night. Dedicated to Lincoln 'Kan by Charlie Long was "Take a Slow Boat to China." AMOURS AMOUR. This notice was sent to us not long ago: "Please tell the Carolina public that the 'Room of Great Lovers' is now open for busi ness "at the Sigma Chi house under the able tutorship of Professor Louee Cotton and his undergraduate instructors, Stu Bondurant and Gerry LaSuer." JUST PLAIN SAM. Wish you could have heard the 88 tickler who was in the main lounge of GM a week ago Sunday. All we know of him is that he is named "Sam," is a terrif pianist, and that he could play the Wedding March five different ways. A man who lets you strike any key on the piano and then proceeds to beat out a song beginning with that note; who can play two melodies at the same time with both hands, deserves re cognition. Sam, here's a sug gestion See S & F or Lib Stoney, they want your kind of talent. APOLOGY. To the Kappa Sigs for not mentioning that they were the sponsors of Yack beauty Claudia Lee, queen of the '49 annual. As a colleague put it, "A gross over sight of a beautiful subject." AT LAST WE KNOW. The most convincing explanation for Mr. Truman's win over the Repubs was given in an ad in the Chicago Tribune: "On elec tion day the-man-who-didn't-. have-a-c h a n c e enjoyed a Magic Mineral Bath and Mira cle Massage at the famous Elms Hotel, Excelsior Springs, Mo. You know what happened! You too, can improve your luck, looks and lifeline. . ." Note they put "luck" before "looks." SIGNS. Taken from Novem ber's Coronet, "As seen in a New Jersey theater: 'Coming attractions: Mother Wore Tights, also Selected Shorts.' " SIGNS. This one on Jeff's scoreboard "Navy plays Army Nov. 27, Army plays Navy the same day in Philadelphia." And how, Navy played Army! AND MORE SIGNS. Seen hanging from the second floor of Battle dorm for the Duke weekend festivities, a poem by "Meek" Carpenter: "Po'le Duke is down and out, The Devil's got the double gout, While UNC is on her way To the Sugar Bowl, N. O., La." CONGRATULATIONS to Paul Fitzgerald, Beta, and Nancy Brown, a Kappa Kappa Gamma of Alabama on their en gagement. Also to Mark Barker and his swellagant wife, Jim, on their third anniversary. Three months, that is. . . SOME FOLKS sink arid don't swim, others swim for the glory of winning and still others for the value of the gold cup they might win, but Ted Wood of Virginia Polytechnic Institute swims for the joy of swimming. Though Wood was not the best in Bowman Grey pool Saturday night, he didn't place in any event, he won a gold cup in recognition of his love for sports and compe tition. Leaving his teammates at V.P.I., Wood paid his own bus fare to Chapel Hill and back, to be the only . out-of-state swimmer pre sent against three North Caro lina schools. A sophomore at V.P.I., Wood, when asked why he came so far at his own expense said, "I came down to see how you boys swam." '- I v tKli3 A SIGHT BUT YDU ' 11 - tZd said you'd Fix it CABINET PROBLEMS Distributed by King Fatura Syndicate tt rrangemant with The WMbinf ton 8ti This Changing World Put Away Stars And Bars By BUI Robertson (The circumstances of the world are continually chang ing, and the opinions of men change also. Thomas Paine) At the recent Carolina-Duke game, everybody in the Caro lina student section had a wonderful time. This was natural because Charley "Choo Choo" Justice made one of the best touchdown runs of his career and the team as a whole played as one of the top- rank ing teams in the country should play. However, the well-known "Carolina spirit" took certain forms which we feel should be severly criticized. In particu lar, we should like to com ment upon the large number of Confederate flags exhibited during the game. The Confederate flag is the banner of a government which defended the barbarous insti tution of slavery. This govern ment engaged in armed rebel lion against the fundamental National Convention principles of American demo cracy; and, for this reason, there is no essential symbolic difference between the Star! and Bars and the Nazi swas tika. On the other hand, the American flag, although it is being dragged in the dust to day in the interest of American big business in such faraway places as Greece and China, has been the symbol for many generations of an advanced, democratic spirit. American democracy is something worth defending, and it should be defended on all fronts. Concretely, it should be de fended by educating our people as to its true nature. .It is something which has been won through bitter struggle. The flag of our country was first unfurled in one of the truly revolutionary wars of history, and it was also victorious against the institution of slav ery. Today' it is still the symbol in the hearts and minds of millions of our people of things which the Southern slave holders and the Nazi barbar ians detested although it is coming to be hated in other parts of the world as the sym bol of the almighty dollar and the money-changers of Wall Street. It is our patriotic duty to fight against the enemies in our midst who twist and distort American ideals to protect capital investments in foreign countries and to restore the the world in our country and our flag. The prominent display of our flag on all public occasions in which democratic principles are not being attacked, and a bitter struggle against the ideas which were and are symbolized by the Conferdate flag will render solid support to the preservation and ad vancement of democracy. At the same time it will make possible the establishment of good relations between all na tions and nationalities all over the world. AVC Gets Rid Of Commies By Henry Adams The 1948 annual convention of the American Veterans Committee, which met in Cleveland during, the Thanks giving holidays, accomplished something almost without pre cedent in the American liberal movement. Seriously threat ened by Communist infiltra tion, AVC removed the prin cipal threat to its continued existence by decisively voting to get the Communists out and keep them out. Communists have moved in before on many liberal non Communist organizations and destroyed their effectiveness by riile-or-ruin tactics. During the past two years they have unsuccessfully tried to get con trol of AVC. Failing in this, they have sought" to wreck the group by open defiance of its rules and policies, by expen sive hearings, and most re cently by a costly lawsuit. AV C's liberal programs, for public housing, getting out the vote, and fair non-discriminatory treatment of every veteran, were hampered by this in ternal split. Membership and prestige were declining so fast that it ap peared the Communist ruin tactics would soon bring AVC's death. The delegates who at tended last week's convention were determined to make a f inaf showdown. Glenn Fisher, Louella Van Every, and I represented the local chapter at Cleveland. Our chapter had voted by a 2-to-l majority for a proposed amendment to the national A VC constitution which would bar Communists. Even so, there were doubts expressed by the local group that such an amendment could ' be fairly interpreted. Some said that AVC would be com promising its own principles. These objections I think have been adequately met by the action on Communism which AVC took. The original amend ment was tabled and in it? place was a resolution which declared that previous conven tions had already explicitly stated that membership in both AVC and the Communist party was fundamentally incompa tible. Communists in AVC have known this all along and have acted in bad faith by contin uing their memberships. The resolution adopted at Cleve land points this out and in structs the national officers to remove all known Communists. In practice there will be few formal expulsions. Communists Write Away Empty Headed Kids Editor: , . ' , I was reminded of Bill' Robertson, as well as other hammer-and-sickle boys, when I read a passage in "I Chose Freedom, written by Victor Kravchenko, a Communist party member for 20 years and a leading official in Russia, who escaped in 194o to -plead the cause of anti-communism. Said he of some American Communists-in-knee-britches, "They were upset by the inequi ties of life in their own country and needed consolations, in the way that a child in pain is consoled by a shiny, noisy toy . . . If only such people could attain the intellectual clarity and the moral balance to realize that injustice in America must not be made an excuse for supporting injustice elsewhere! ... The prevailing American notions about the wonders of Sovietism in practice were truly extraordinary. Great chunks of the com munist reality like slave labor, police dictatorship, the massive periodic purges, the fantastically low standards of living, the great i famine of 1932-33, the horrors of collectivization, the state organized child labor seemed to have completely escaped Ameri can attention." Have they escaped Robertson's and Scales' attention? If so these local glorifiers of Soviet Russia are empty-headed children and know so little Russian history that they are completely un qualified to deliver their harangues. . If, however, they do know the truth about the suffering, downtrodden people under the Soviet system, I charge that they are deliberate liars and enemies of public welfare and human freedom! Tell us, Robertson, Scales, and you other "kept men", if you have or have not thoroughly studied the workings of the Soviet power, that we readers may know whether you are film eyed dreamers or believers in mass slavery. Doroihy Smith (5 Wesiood Drive) TMA Says Vote Yes Last Wednesday Jess Dedmond advised students to vote NO on the Town Men's association's having membership on the Dance committee. As president of the TMA I would encourage the students to vote YES. While reorganizing the TMA last spring, I talked to Dedmond about the proposal and at that time he was all for it. At the same time I talked to several members of the Dance committee who had no objection but did suggest that the TMA wait until it was a more organized group than it was then. The associa tion members now feel that they are a well organized group and are asking for membership on the Dance committee. In its pre-war years the TMA had a representative on the committee and lost it when it was forced to disorganize in 1943 due to the lack of men in school. When the constitution was drawn up, there was no TMA and it could not be included in the Dance committee. We are not seeking any honors as we fully realize that the committee does a thankless job. Dormitory students are represented on the committee through the Inter-Dorm council; fraternity men through the Inter fraternity council. We admit that the TMA is not a representative group as are those two councils, but many non-member town students look to the TMA to represent their interests on the campus. At present 2,000 men have no part in one of the most powerful student courts on the campus. Dedmond requested to see the amendments before they were introduced in the legislature. He saw them and at that time ex pressed no opposition. On the Sunday before his comments, he told me that he wanted to talk to me concerning the Dance committee as he felt that he was opposed to it. Nothing more was said about it and the next thing I knew about it was when his column appeared. Town students deserve membership and would not lessen, but would strengthen "a time-honored organization whose mem bership is carefully governed" and whose "fine conduct of our dances speaks sufficiently for its work." The Town Men's association asks the students to vote YES on both amendments. John Van Ilecke will be removed gradually from the organization by refusal to accept their- dues payments when their present member ship expires. As was expected, some co lossal fireworks broke loose on the convention floor when every question relating to Communism was brought up. The anti-Communist delega tions were clearly in the ma jority and determined to put through a strong resolution. The minority saw themselves outnumbered and tried every obstructionist tactic in Robert's Rules of Order. Points of order, points of information, and rhetorical questions from the floor delayed actions for as much as a whole day. The business was far behind sche dule. All this accomplished noth ing, for the majority car ried the meeting and over rode obstructions by sheer weight of numbers. They got what they wanted: the Com mies will go. AVC is thus one of the first big liberal groups to assert itself and remove a totalitarian bloc which threatened its very life. It did this by out-thinking, out-working, and out voting its internal opponents, and it will continue to live and serve a democratic society. : 15 Ik, 47 4b SO 53 11 47 pi 28 AO lb 2l 38 "A 3S 777! 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