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Urn EDITORIALS Quonseis Neglected No Cars ai Carolina? A Dangerous Si and WEATHER Considerable cloudiness and continued cool with oc casional light rain; warmer Ihis afternoon VOLUME LVII United Press CHAPEL' HILL, N. C. SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1949 Phone F-3371 F-3361 NUMBER 2 fT"!" "fFT"""" sr i f -it ;is ft . .. avii - t li-.v' " I) PRESIDENT TRUMAN addresses the $15-a-plaie Truman Barkley club dinner in Washington, as Vice President-elect Barkley looks on. Thus was the first formal affair of inaugural week to be attended by Truman and Barkley. More Names Added to List For Seminars Dr. Frederich Bronkema, pro fessor of theology at Bob Jones university, and David S. Bur gess, organizing staff member of the Textile Workers union of the CIO will lead seminars during Religious Emphasis week, Mon day through Thursday. Dr. Bronkema, who will lead the seminar on fundamentalism, was a resident pastor in the Re formed Church of America in the Catskills, New York, from 1930 to 1935. Burgess, who will lead the sem inar on religion and labor, was minister to migrant labor under the Home Board Missions of the Congregational church for four years. Rich Appointed Temporary Head Paul Rich was appointed tem porary chairman at a meeting of the DeMolays held Wednesday in Roland Parker lounge No. 2 in Graham Memorial. Lone T. Proctor will act as temporary secretary at the next meeting which will be held Jan. 27 in the same lounge for the purpose of electing permanent officers and organizing a De Molay chapter at Chapel Hill. NORTH STATE ROUNDUP Ask Rate Increase RALEIGH, Jan. 21 (UP) The state Utilities commission opened hearings today on a Car olina Telephone and Telegraph company petition asking for rate increases totaling $700,000 a year. 4 rZiiii-i rZ-ac iiwor i," GREENSBORO, Jan. 21 (UP) 1 - Guilford college went over the hump in its drive to obtain Mo'), 000 necessary to make it i!iible for a $50,000 allocation from the state General educa tion board, Dr. Clyde Milner, president of the college, said to day. New Vice Prexy WILMINGTON, Jan. 21 (UP) -L. F. Ormond today succeed- l W. ). McCaig as a vice pres ident of the Atlantic Coast line railroad, officials announced. To Make Appeal RALEIGH, Jan. 21 (UP) liolatives of James R. Creech, Johnston county tobacco grower scheduled to die Jan. 23, will appear before the state Paroles ( omrnission at a special hearing, officials said toady. j V z ' il --1 Y Region Head To Make Visit For Three Days Miss Rosalie Oakes, YWCA re gional secretary from Atlanta, Ga., will make her annual visit to the campus tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday of next week, Gay Currie, Y executive secretary, an nounced yesterday. Miss Oakes and Mrs. Robert Swain, former member of the staff of the dean of women's of fice and of the Y advisory board, will be honored at a tea to be given tomorrow afternoon in Kenan dormitory. Mrs. M. H. Stacy, former dean of women, will pour, and the Y junior coun cil, Advisory board, .and cabinet have been invited. Former Y secretary at the Uni versity of Kentucky, Miss Oakes will speak to the Y cabinet at its regular meeting Monday after noon on "Our Responsibilities to I the National YWCA." In addition to her work with the regional of fice, Miss Oakes conducted a "Students In Industry" project at Hartford, Conn. Miss Oakes will also interview students interested in working for the YWCA while she is on campus. The Y is JooKing lor women with a major in health or physical education, and there is also need for a limited number of this year's graduates with good basic ' qualifications. There is an especial need for graduate students and others who have had some experience in group work, community organ ization, or teaching. Women students who would like to talk with Miss Oakes should schedule an interview at the Placement office, 209 South. TMA Will Endorse 'Best Men' For Positions,Despite Party TheTonMens. ,'r- 40 1 'ClCk its regular adopted a resolution to endorse the best qualified men rumung or legislative posts "without re gard I Party affiliations." with ?he addition of the clause If he parties do not put up for elec- on enough qualified men, the TMA will encourage men who have the necessary qualifications to run independently. A membership drive was plan ned n Tuesday and Wednes day of next week, and members nned to contact men re Sg n o- to explain to them he purposes of the association. Rested men may sign wi& he TMA at its desk in the Y Fox Outlines Member Drive Planned by Y Budget Requires $9,030 in Funds "During 1948 the YMCA has strived constantly to increase the effectiveness of its program, thereby performing a greater service to the student body and the University," Charlie Fox, YMCA Finance committee chair man said yesterday in . outlining the Y's forthcoming membership drive. A reorganized Finance commit tee completed the 1948-49 YM budget, calling fr an expendi ture of. $9,030. Through pledges by students at fall registration, $4,500 has been raised. By means of a three-point program, the approximate $4,500 difference is j to be raised. First, a solicitation of all fac ulty members will be made, to permit the faculty to share in the work of the YMCA. Secondly, a student drive will be held to permit those students who did not contribute at registration to do so. Thirdly, a drive will be conducted among friends and alumni of the University. Following a program planned by a cabinet of 26 men, the year marked the organization of the Cosmopolitan club, the Freshman council, a high school club and a two-day freshman camp near Asheboro. The cabinet met weekly to evaluate, plan and administer its program. Cabinet members head ed committees of more than 100 men, taking part in conferences, house discussions and freshman work. The Cosmopolitan club, com posed of most of the University's 55 students from other countries, (See YMCA, page 4) Club to Present Two More Shows The Cosmopolitan Club, con tinuing its showing of films from foreign countries, will present two movies on life in Denmark tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Horace Williams lounge of Graham Memorial. The first of these movies, en titled "Denmark" concerns the people of that country, while the second, "Shaped by Danish Hands" tells of the Danish ap plied arts. Magens Blegvad of Copen haven, Denmark, will introduce the films. Following the presentations, members of the club will hold a social. Union to Demand High. ler Pensions MILWAUKEE, Jan. 21 (UP) Walter P. Rcuther, president of the CIO United Auto Workers, revealed today that the union will demand pensions of at least $100 a month for members in 1949 contract negotiations with the auto industry. President Nelson Taylor en couraged enlistment in the or ganization asserting, "All town men who sign with the club next week will be entitled to all priv ileges of the club, starting right then. That includes an invitation to the Terrace View party." Membership fees amount to $1 per quarter. A motion was made by John Van Hecke that the association compile an index of rooms avail able to incoming students next September and thereafter keep the index up-to-date. This pro posed index would list rent of the rooms, accommodation and convenience to the campus. . ernes First E. Carrington Smith, March of Dimes chairman for Orange county, yesterday announced first returns from the current campaign at $800, collected in Chapel Hill during the first week. Ontlvinrr r?icfr-irf firrnroo isill Frost Speaks On Narrative In Saunders Informal Lecture Includes Recital s The strength and importance of good narrative was discussed informally yesterday afternoon in Saunders hall by Robert Frost, four-time winner of the Pulitzer prize for poetry. Appearing before a large au dience Thursday night in Hill hall, Frost gave a lecture-recital, reading and commenting on such well-known favorites as "Birches," "Love and a Question," "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," and "Mending Wall." "Some people don't know the difference between a tellable story and an untenable story," the famous poet told his audience yesterday afternoon which in cluded members of Charles Eat on's creative writing classes. Frost remarked that much of Henry James and William Faulk ner would be difficult to tell because their work usually deals with a state of mind rather than a continuous series of events. He also pointed out that many of O. Henry's stories are "rigged," that the reader knows in advance what is going to happen. When questioned about the correct proeedure in analyzing poetry, Frost commented that "a poem is like a performance. You can play it, if you know what the game is." The reader can also check into the historical or philo sophical background of the poet or poem, the lecturer said, but it is not necessary to do so if the meaning comes across through the reading. Frost, who is the guest of Dr. Clifford P. Lyons, will be in Chapel Hill until tomorrow. His appearance on campus was spon sored by the English department this year as it was last year. Snow Strands Livestock Air Force Agrees Tentatively To Set Up Feediiit' for Plains WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UP) The Air Force announced to night that it has agreed tentative ly to set up a "feedlift" to rush food to starving livestock strand ed by drifting snows over a large part of the western plains. An Air Force spkesman said Lt. Gen. Lauris Norstad, deputy chief of operations for the Air Force, had assured Sen. Pat Mc Carran (D., Nev.) that the service will carry out the plan "to the extent that it is . within our means." McCarran said top officers on Norstad's staff are considering the problem now and will decide tomorrow what, if anything, the Air Force can do. If they decide the plan is practicable, they will Hotel, Five Other Structures Burn In Wilmington as Wind Fans Flames WILMINGTON, Jan. 21 (UP) Fire .fanned by a cold northeast wind destroyed a five-story hotel and five other buildings in the center of this coastal town early today be fore more than 100 firemen, policemen and marines could bring it under control. Some 30 guests of the Or ton hotel got out safely before the building became a caul dron of flame. But firemen said J. R. Mallard, 70, of Char lotte, was still missing. "We don't know about the Nets rive not be available until next week, but Smith said he expects, a very successful drive. He said he hopes contributions will go well over the $8,500 quota set for Orange county. With dime collectors placed in every vantage spot, Smith is looking for University students and townspeople to put their shoulders to the wheel and push over Chapel Hill's quota of $3,000. After the recent epidemic, people are more aware of the presence of polio everywhere and "the students are more interested than ever before in this cam paign," Smith said. Meanwhile, the Daily Tar Heel-sponsored campus . drive, with its quota set at $7,50Q, began yesterday with the placing of more than 40 dime containers in fraternity and sorority houses, women's dormitories, the Scut tlebutt, Medical school building, Monogram club, Lenoir hall, Vet's club, Archer house, GM main lounge and the Rendezvous room. In addition, cans will be placed in several points within the Y building. Eleven o'CIocks To Be Cancelled For Convocation Eleven o'clock classes will be cancelled Monday in order that faculty and students may attend the Convocation which will be held in Memorial hall, Chancellor R. B. House announced yesterday. Dr. John A. Redhead, Jr., min ister of the First Presbyterian church in Greensboro, will be guest speaker for the occasion. Bill Is Introduced To Cut Inspections RALEIGH, Jan. 21 (UP) A bill to halve the state s mechani cal inspection program for motor vehicles was introduced in the North Carolina Senate today. The bill could cut the number of mechanical inspections from two to one per year. name an Air Force command to carry it out. McCarran is one of several western senators and state gov ernors who have been working frantically to find some way of casing the livestock crisis which has gripped the blizzard-swept western plains. Thousands of beef cattle and sheep are reported to have been stranded by drifting snows which, in some cases, piled up so high the animals were able to walk right over their pens. The snow also has covered grazing lands, cutting the animals off from their normal sources of food. The heavy drifts in many instances have made it impossible for ranchers to truck feed to herds. old man," said Fire Chief Lu die Croom. "One of the men notified him, but he still can't be accounted for." The fire was discovered shortly after midnight. A wartime air raid siren sum moned all available firemen and police to the scene. Three alarms were sounded within seven minutes. Croom said four firemen were injured when the sec ond floor of a store, piled with fallen brick, timbers and rub bish, collapsed on top of them. Week Truman Calls Soviet Russia Dictatorship' Missouri Solons Hear President WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UP) ' President Truman today re portedly described Soviet Russia as a dictatorship instead of a true Communist state. He is said to have drawn the difference in impromptu remarks to a breakfast meeting of Mis souri congressmen and others whom he asked to help avert war by backing his world economic uplift program. Mr. Truman announced his world plan in his inaugural ad dress Thursday in which he de nounced Communism as a threat to peace but did not mention Rus sia by name. Congressmen who attended the breakfast said he named Russia specifically and pictured the dif ference between a Communist state and a dictatorship. The president is said to have remarked that in Russia all au thority is vested in a few men who decide what the people shall have, whereas in a true Com munist state all people are treat ed and share equally. Expanding further on his world economic program, Mr. Truman said prosperity of the United States would be helped by im proving the economic lot of oth er countries. UWF Converts Into Work Club Under New Plan Members of the United World Federalists organization of the University met this week and agreed to convert their group in to a work club with no formal committees, spokesmen said yes terday. The plans for the structural changes of the organization were formulated and presented by Chairman Marie Wicker, who ex plained that the new'plan will af ford more time for individual work projects. She added that considerable time has been lost in the past by executive officers whose time has been consumed by administrative duties. Under the new plan, the active members of the organization will take upon themselves the re sponsibilities of sponsoring Unit ed World Federalists week on campus next month and of pre paring scripts for the weekly Tuesday night radio programs. The members will continue to meet at 5 o'clock each Thursday in Roland Parker lounge 3. The purpose of the meetings will be the presentation and explanation of the projects of the individuals interested in world government. No announcements other than those in the Daily Tar' Heel will be made concerning these meet ings. This plan of "putting the mem bers on their own" will be an ex periment until the end of this quarter. At that time the group will evaluate its work and decide on plans for spring quarter. Next Playmaker Experimental Is Entitled Inherit The Wind' "Inherit The Wind," a new ex perimental play written by Gene McClain and directed by Sam Hirsch has been selected as th second student production of this season by the Carolina Play makers. Tryouts for the play have been completed and re hearsals are now underway. Members of the cast are Edna Dooley, Johnson City, Tenn., Bet ty Lokey, Raleigh, Anne Gilliam Martin, Cherokee, Josephine Sharkey, Chapel Hill, Ruth Grace, Salisbury, and Gordon Argo, Gardendale, Ala. "Inherit the Wind'' is Gene McClain's second play which has been selected for presentation by the Playmakers. Last year his play, "Call Back Yesterday," was Petition Received Against Crowding In Seven Quonsets By Mike McDaniel A petition signed by 75 residents of the 'quonset hut area was sent to the Housing office yesterday protesting the administration-ordered closing of all but seven huts. A notice from the operations 1 office appeared on bulletin boards Tuesday in the 10 huts slated for closure, stating the numbers of the huts which would remain open, and directing the occupants to move before Monday. The petition, signed by 75 of the 98 men reportedly now as signed to quonset huts, stated: "We the undersigned, living in the" quonset hut area, object to the action of housing authorities in closing all but seven quonset huts. Because this would place a minimum of 12 students in each hut, we petition the Housing of fice to authorize the opening of two additional quonset huts with a maximum of 10 students per hut." In reply, a letter was released from the Housing office today, stating: "This office does not have the authority to make a change in the number of quonset huts to be used during a quarter. How ever, we believe that within the next week, enough of the boys now in the quonset huts will be transferred to dormitories to remedy the situation, thereby leaving not more than approxi mately 10 boys to each hut." The student legislature passed a resolution Thursday night con demning existing conditions in the quonset hut area, and pro testing the action of authorities in closing all but seven huts. The policy of closing a hut when the number of occupants had decreased to 10 members report edly had resulted in much in convenience on the part of resi dents, as it necessitated moving quite often. A committee was appointed by the legislature to request that 2 more huts be op ened, and that conditions be im proved in the hut area. The committee, consisting of Jack Worsham, Ben Jones, John O'Neal, and Joe Leary, met with Assistant Dean of' Students Bill Friday, Ray Jeffries, and Bill Green from the operations office, to request an extension on the moving date until next Friday. The extension was granted, and a meeting was tentatively set by the legislature committee for Monday afternoon with housing officer James Wadsworth. Only those huts with good stoves were chosen to remain open, and fire extinguishers are to be placed in these huts, offi cials said. Occupants of Nash hall were! directed to move into Miller hall the first of this week. Scientist Killed In Atomic Work BIRMINGHAM, England, Jan. 21 (UP) Geoffrey Fertel, 32 year-old atomic research scientist, was electrocuted today while working on an atom-smashing cyclotron, the largest in Europe, at Birmingham university. one of their major productions. Working on the premise that "selfishness leads to unhappiness" McClain has produced a psycho logical drama with unusual emo tional appeal. The play centers around a neurotic mother who creates in her three daughters a false notion about family ties. So strongly are they bound to one another , that when one of them finally breaks the ties tragedy results. Sam Hirsch, the director, has written a number of plays which have been produced by the Play makers. He appeared with the cast of "The Lost Colony" at Manteo for the first four seasons. The play will be given Feb. 2 and 3 in the Playmakers theater. Main Speakers For Y Retreat j Announced Two Ministers To Lead Talks Dr. George D. Heaton, minister of the Myers Park Baptist church of Charlotte, and Rev. Howard Wilkinson, Methodist minister of Asheville, are to be main speakers at the ' YM YWCA winter re treat to be held at Montreat Feb. 18-20. Dr. Heaton will speak on "What it means to be a Christian in this kind of world" at the Gaithcr chapel at Montreat, Feb. 19 at 9:15 in the morning. "Some solutions to our prob lems" will be his subject that night following a group banquet in the Assembly inn. Rev. Wilkinson is scheduled to address the group on "Areas for application of our faith" Feb. 18 at 8:15 in the evening in Gaither chapel. He will also conduct the Sunday morning service at 11:15 having as his subject "Dedicating ourselves to the Christian res ponsibility." Rev. Wilkinson received his bachelor of divinity at Duke Divinity school and was associate pastor of the First Methodist church in Charlotte prior to ac cepting a place in Asheville. He has also worked with the Fellow ship of Reconciliation. Dr. Heaton is a graduate of Denison university in Ohio, and of the Southern Baptist Theolo gical seminary of Louisville, Ky. Further graduate study was done at the College of the Bible in Louisville, Ky. In addition to the degrees of A.B. and Thi. M., he received an honorary degree of doctor of divinity from George town college. Dr. Heaton, who is regarded as a pioneer and authority in the field of religious education, is a member of the state board of North Carolina Baptists, and of the Southern Baptist convention as well as holding many other church and civic offices. THE WORLD IN BRIEF Crash Kills Six ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 21 (UP) A ground search party radioed today that six persons were killed last night in the crash of an Alaska air lines DC-3 airplane on a moun tain slope 30 miles northeast of Homer. To Seek Peace NANKING, China, Jan. 21 (UP) Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek gave up the presidency of strife-torn China today and the government at once named a four-man mision to seek peace with the Communists who are driving inexorably on the cap ital. Reds Are Out WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UP) Attorney - General Tom C. Clark said today that the gov ernment, "From Harry S. Tru man on down," intends to see that no Communists get on th.3 federal payroll. Moscow Campaign BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Jan. 21 (UP) Marshal Tito told the Serb Communist party congress today that Radio Moscow is con ducting an "enemy propaganda" campaign against Yugoslavia.
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