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PAGE TV:0 . THE DAILYFAR HEEL The official nw'.p.ipcr of the Publication Board of the University of North Carolina, thafxl Hill. vwht il Is usut'J daily during the regular sessions of tdf Uiilverj.it v hy tru- Colonial Hkms, Inc., -xcept Monday, examination and vacation prriud.t. and the snmriifr term. Entered as M-cond-class mater at fKe p,t oflicr of ( hatx-l Hill, N. C, under the act of March 3, 1879. Sub-tt-rlpttcin price: S8 M) per year. 00 per rquarter. Member of The Associated Prt-H. The Associated Press and AP feature are exclusively entitled to the UHi- for republication of all n'-w feature published herein. I a tUK " '. DICK JKNRETTE in.f! Manaaer C. B. MEN DEN HALL Pitching Horseshoes by Billy Rose RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF THE DECK piclcoMHclPics frlanuymq t.dilor Sprrrli F.'iitnr . ....CHUCK MAUSER TAYLOR VADE.V A Return to Religion A university is a center of diversity, of competing in fluences flying away from each other, and of conflicts. Its citizens are the products of such widely varied backgrounds that it is often difficult to understand how they "can live together in any semblance of harmony and order. Here at Chapel Hill, there is such a wide range of interests and major fields that it would probably be a futile task to at-, tempt to count them. It isn't hard to understand this situation, in 1950, in a civilization which has produced some six hundred divisions of the Christian church alone, countless millions of possible studies in science, unlimited possibilities in commerce, engineering, civil service, medi cine, law, etc., ad infinitum. The question which must arise from this condition is one which cries for something whereby this jig-saw puzzle ne plus ultra may be unified. Out of all the answers which might be given, only one will stand the test of validity: a common goal. Each of us, no matter what our individual charater istics are, is here at U.N.C. for the purpose of training ourselves for our chosen profession; and, no matter what , those professions, their means and their ends, all have a common goal: security and happiness peace of mind. Considering the confusion implicit in modern society, the threat of war, Communism, religious totalitarianism, ' etc., it should be obvious that neither education nor (cer tainly) material success will give us that goal. It is the force of education, though miserably warped, which has produced the principal terrors with which we are confronted. Our most cherished hopes and desires can so easily be frustrated andor obliviated, that one wonders at times if it is worthwhile to plan even a meal much less a vocation. Faced with this dilemma, we are slowly returning out of fear and fear alone to the one thing which a world of Einsteins could not hove created nor cannot control: the one thing which gives us that peace and security: the one thing in which there is possble unity: God. For almost a half-century, Theology has been to most people a completely and fortunately dead study. Even the word itself has been taboo for so long that, as it returns to a position of respecta bility, it is called by such names as Christian Philosophy and Religion, and a point is made of the supposed fact that the two are not the same. But whatever the study is called, the important and encouraging truth is that man is at tempting to rediscover God. This is the only encouraging thing which" we have to brighten the otherwise totally dismal scene which encom passes our planet as it crosses another half-century mark. However, we have a problem (when it comes to a unified effort to search out truth and God) in the aforementioned church dis-unity. Therefore, it is apparent that the re sponsibility of sponsoring the return to religion will after all fall upon the shoulders of education. But, this time, education will be offering something totally different from what it has been accustomed to doling out. In Theology we have the hub and center of the wheel which can unite all the various spokes into one concerted conquest: the conquest of our individual and collective approaches to religion. And, since the Supreme Court has rendered recently what must be the most inordinately assinine decision in the whole his tory of law, (the prohibition of the teaching of religion in the public schools because it is a violation of our American principle of the separation of church and state) the teaching of Theology or religion must be the task of colleges and universities. Since it is obvious that not every one can or does attend some school of higher learning, that means that the renais sance which must come if we are to save our world is our responsibility yours and mine, students in college. The challenge is ours, too, to work for a united Christian front, which by the very fact of its existence will defeat the arms and men of Kremlinkommunism, or the lethargy of the church itself. We have an unparelleled opportunity to do something for ourselves, and for all mankind, for the atmos phere of Theological redisc'overy and conversion is perfect for creative thinking. And creative thinking is not only what our schools of higher education attempt to teach us, it is the only hope for our civilization. Today, Christianity needs a restatement of principles and a fresh Theology with which to arm itself for the coming struggle. This is our job, for it must not be delayed longer. One of the largest branches of the Protestant Church is conducting a campaign to raise funds for Christian higher education, and it is the vitally important duty of its mem bers to see that the drive is a success. Here at Carolina, we have a recently established department of Religion which is steadily growing and increasing in importance and in fluence. The more intelligent ideas voiced in this editorial must be attributed to Maurice A. Kidder's class in Christian Ethics and Modern Problems Religion 31) Robert M. Hutch ins, president of the University of Chicago has said that we reed a metaphysics, a philosophy which will stand against the forces of Communism on the one hand and organized false Christianity on the other; we have an opportunity to take the lead in the pursuit of such a study. The University of North Carolina has often been called a hot-bed of radicalism. We have a great opportunity to live up to that name, for Christianity is as it always has been the most radical doctrine on earth. We might take as our motto Paul's inspiring challenge: "Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you many prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Be not overcome of evil, but over come evil with good." MIKE McDANIEU Recently, as my less heavy lidded readers may remember, I wrote a column about dogs that could add and subtract, and another about horses that could figure out cube roots. Well, as any subtracting dog or cube-rooting horse will tell you, a man who turns out three pieces a week has to come up with 156 notions every twelve months and that, you'll admit, is a heap of notions in any one yaar, be it calendar, fiscal, leap or given. Where, I'm often ask ed, do they all-come from? The ; answer, friends and hecklers, is from darned near everywhere. Some of the yarns are whittled from the dusty lumber a-mouldering in the back alleys of my head; some from the loquacious louts who gather lo eat the life-giving pastrami at Lin dy's; some are inspired by my caperous kinsmen who still frequent the coffeehouses of the East Side, and some, I am pleased to. relate, even come from my ever-lovin' and ever writin' readers lbng may their Parker 51's flourish. For instance, up in Toronto there's a young housewife with the unlikely name of Lucinda Lamont who occasionally mails in a suggestion for a column. The stuff she submits, as a rule, is short on construction and cli max, but every now and then it contains an interesting charac ter or situation and, as any member of the by-line brigade will tell you, those are handy things to have around when there's a deadline breathing down your neck. A couple of weeks before Christmas, I checked back and found that three of my columns during the year had bounced off springboards furnished by Mrs. Lamont. It was only fittin' ano propaganda, I thought, to make some gesture of appreciation, so I put pen to checkbook and sent the little lady a negotiable nose gay. A few days later, my check came back with the following letter of explanation: "I hope you; won't think I'm ungrateful, but I'm returning your Christmas present. Frank " ly, when I sent you those col umn suggestions I was after something that means a lot more to me than money. Let me ex plain. "Three years ago during a shopping trip ot New York, I attended a performnace at the Metropolitan Opera House and got a schoolgirlish crush on one of the baritones. For some rea son, he struck me as the most glamorous man I had ever seen, and ever since I've had a tre mendous desire to meet him. "Around that . time, your column started to appear in The Toronto Globe and Mail and knowing you were in show business, I started to send you stories in the hope I might ingratiate myself with -you and, with your help, get lo meet my baritone. And please don't misunderstand I'm married, and very happi ly, lo a fellow I've known since high school. "However, I can't get the singer out of my head, and even though I know it's crazy I won't be content until I meet him and spend an evening with him. So if you want to give me some thing to dream about the rest of my life, please see if you can't get me a date with him. I can fly to New York any evening you say. "Or am I making myself ri diculous?" A postscript contained , the name-of the gent with the dul cet tonsils. Naturally, the situation tic kled me, and so I got in touch with the baritone and read him the letter. He turned out to be a Very . understanding young' man, and after some fast cor respondence between Sixth Avenue and Toronto a dinner appointment was arranged at the "21" club. Now, 'this would be a much better story if Lucinda had been a wild-orbed pixie who squeal ed when she met her idol, or a femme fatale who swept him of his publicized pins. Truth is, however, that when the captain led her to the table where E1-. eanor, the singer and I were waiting, it was apparent at once that Mrs. Lamont was a normal, pleasant woman, and that her I MP iff Itttif , H: .f.,4gu t it i - About 'Malaya By Anies Daye The Washington Merry-Go-Round -By Drew Pearson- WASHINGTON. One of the most interesting points devel oped during the 4-hour closed door grilling of Secretary of State Acheson by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee' was raised by scholarly Senator Elbert Thomas of Utah, the' former Mormon missionary. He contended that Formosa never -.3 should have been given to Chi ang Kai-hek in the first place.' "The great error was made ' at the Cairo Conference," said Senator Thomas, a former mis- sionary io Japan. "If that had . . not been done, Formosa could' have been saved as Japanese lerrilory. An immoral ad at , Cairo brings us lo our dilem- -ma today." Senator Thomas reminded Scretary Acheson that Formosa was ceded to Japan in a treaty with China in 1895. "This was' disregarded by the Big Four at when the statement said Japan had 'stolen' Formosa," he added sadly. "Winston Churchill might just as well have said the Brit ish 'stole' Hong Kong. All the allies did at Cairo was turn Formosa from one colonial pow er to another without regard for the desire for self rule stirring all Asia." Impressed, Sen, Arthur Vand enberg asked Secretary Ache son: "Has the State Department crush on the opera star was nothing to be concerned about. We gabbed about this and that for a spell, and about 9 fny wife and I excused ourselves and went off to catch a movie. And when we j returned two hours later, the International Friendship Society was still holding forth. I don't know how Lucinda is at making up stories," said the baritone, "but she's cer ' tainly a first-rate conversa tionalist." And that was the only lime during the evening thai the lady from Toronto blushed. ' Half an hour later, the party broke up the opera star going off to his wife in Great Neck, and our visitor to her house rjd hubby in Canada. As we were chauffeuring Mrs. Lamont -.to the airport to catch the rpi$U night plane, she turned to jrfe, wagged her eyelashes ecstatic ally and sighed. 'f "Mr. Rose," she said, 'this has been the most wonderful evening in my life. Til nevr, -never forget it. Thank youlfeo much." !l "Are you going to send any more column material?" I asked. "I doubt it," she said. "That is, unless I happen to get stuck on another baritone. ..." And that, dear readers, is the yarn behind three of my yarns. Four, counting this one. ? said anything since Cairo that 4the question of Formosa would be saved until the Japanese Peace Treaty?" -, Acheson shook his head. ,-. Vandenberg helped him an swer the question by observ- ' ing: "I don't think we antici pated at Cairo the problems ,i lying ahead in the Far East." ' Acheson was not at the State 'Department's helm during the Cairo Conference, so perhaps he did not know the background of why Formosa went to Chiang 'Kai-Shek. If he had, he might have told the Senators about an even greater dilemma then fac ' ing President Roosevelt. For here is What happened at one- of " the most history-making con ferences of the war. ;r The Cairo Conference got off to a bad start when neither Winston Churchill nor Roose velt went to the airport to meet the . Generalissimo. He was met instead by General Joe Stilwell, whom he did not like. Later, FDR went round to Chiang's ho tel to pacify him, but the Gen eralissimo started the negotia tions in a sour moocl. Roosevelt tried lo cheer him up by outlining plans for buil ding the Burma Road and pushing lhe campaign against the Japs from India. Bui this brought no enthusiasm what soever from - Churchill, who flatly staled thai Indian troops would not fight for the recon , quest of Burma and proposed a campaign lo recapture Bril- ish Singapore inslead. This made Chiang even sour er. So Roosevelt tried to patch things up by suggesting that Hong Kong be turned back to China by the British, then the Chinese would make it a free port at which all the world could trade. But Churchill hil the ceil ing. And it was al this point thai he first got off his famous statement lhal he had not been made Prime Minister for lhe purpose of liquidating His Majesty's empire. At one point Chiang Kia Shek was so irate that he threat ened to walk out of the Con ference. Finally Roosevelt per suaded him to stay, but after reneging on Hong Kong and the Burma Road, it would have killed the Conference to have held out . on Formosa. So this island, once taken from China b Japan, was formally and officially, given back to China under the Cairo Agreement. This background, however, was not explained to the Sena tors at their closed-door session. But one ; significant question asked by young, hard-hitting Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., of Massachusetts, was: "What would be the price we would have to pay for aiding Chiang on Formosa today?" Secretary Acheson picked his words carefully. "We would lose lhe friend ship of the masses in India, Pakistan and the Indonesian Republic." he said. "I believe lhal friendship is more valua ble lo us than lhe island of Fomosa." Despite lack of support from Vandenberg and Lodge, the "firing squad" of Senate Re publicans busily hammered the Secretary of State on differences between him and the joint Chiefs of Staff Over Formosa. The firing squad consisted of Wisconsin's jovial Alexander Wiley, who collects Senate jokes as a 'hobby; the spry ex-Princeton Professor, Alexander Smith of New Jersey; and dour Bourke Hickenlooper of Iowa. After Acheson had spent an hour and a half patiently out lining the strategic values of Formosa, Senator Smith said tartly: "You and I have an en tirely different view of events in China. I insist that "we hear from the joint Chiefs of Staff and the Secretary of Defense." "What would be the effect if the Communists would occupy Formosa?" asked Hickenlooper belligerently. "It would not be any advant- age of us," answered Acheson, mildly. His understatement brought smiles even from Hick enlooper. Pointing to a huge map cover ing almost one end of the room, Secretary Acheson was like a teacher at a blackboard. He outlined a "strategic defense line" based on Japan in the north and the Phillippines to the south. "I am not a military authori ty," he added, "but, as you see, Formosa is west of this line and has thus only limited stretegic value." After the session broke up and the scores of wailing re porters thronged in. Senator Lodge went out of his way lo reveal there was no split in the bipartisan foreign policy. "Secretary Acheson made an , excellent presentation." he said. Texas' T6m Connally, color ful Committee "Chairman, was not so diplomatic. Asked if there had been an "agreement" with the three GOP dissenters, he drawled: "You can't agree with a bad odor." Rough-and-ready Sam Gom pers, founder of the American Federation of Labor, wouldn't have recognized the Labor lead ers who turned out for his 100th birthday anniversary the other evening. They were decked out in evening clothes and paid $12.50 a plate for their dinner. When one takes a look at the biUboards along Franklin, Street and sees the names of James Stewart, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barry more, John Hodiak, 1 and others, such a star-studded cast in a movie with an intriguing title should denote sure-fire en tertainment, but "Malaya" turns out to be just an average film. 6 When Tracy and Stewart lell Roland Winters, planta tion owner, their wild-eyed scheme lo move rubber out of Malaya, he says, "This sounds like the stories I hear on lhe radio." It's an underslalemenl. Manchester Boddy, publisher of the Los Angeles Daily News, wrote the original story upon which the film is based. He has Stewart, newspaper reporter and adventurer-at-large, return ing from the Far East with a plan to buy or steal sorely- needed rubber right in Malaya and right under the eyes and guns of the Japanese invader. Washington determines to sup port the harum-scarum plan through intervention of Lionel Barrymore, Stewart's former publisher. - Tracy, in the jug at Alca Iraz, is necessary to lhe scheme. For gold and free dom, he goes along. Dealing the cards from above and be low the deck lo all comers is Sydney Greenslreel known as "The Dulchman." He furnish es the lowdown on hidden stockpiles and Iheir owners. The love interest for Tracy comes in the person of Val- entma cortesa, chanteuse m Greenslreel's Malayan saloon and when Tracy dumps her in the river, il is lo the advan tage of the picture that she is never seen again. Tracy and Stewart get 150,000 tons of the stuff out in two ship ments with the aid of 'Ameri can cargo vessels under Navy protection, but it is the third batch which causes the trouble, and the gun-play here would have done more justice action wise in a good Saturday west ern. When lhe picture opens in Los Angeles, some snappy di alogue lakes place between Stewart and John Hodiak, and it looks as if we're off lo a great adventure. Bui once we reach Malaya, the dialogue in Frank F.enlon's screenplay is often ponderous and strictly dime-novel. Detail is loo con veniently contrived. The con versation of the hush-hush project is baited about cpen ly; lhe Japanese are made ia appear very stupid, and ihc Americans, very heroic. It can be said in more wu- . than one that James Steven and Spencer Tracy really fouled up in "Malaya", for wh. : transpires in the picture U ju. ? a little too unbelievable, a; .1 this has taken the civdibi!,'. out of the performances r.f principals. Richard Thorpe's rectibn is good, but the : has the characters reflecting ,i kind of artificiality that eh.,: -acterizes the whole film. Random Shots There has .been so much lu- j ging going on down at the in- j tersection of Raleigh Road utvl j Cameron Avenue, campus wi.-e I guys . are suggesting that p. - haps the residents of the Lower quad are constructing a tumvl 'over to the girls dormitories ;i bit .farther down the road . . . University officials say its ju t ( a pipe line, however. Billy Carmichael HI, dean r.f publications around here for a long time, is back in town afUr a couple of quick trips to the Cotton Bowl and Senior Bowl . . w Bill, who graduated la:t quarter, is planning to enter the advertising business soon. Assistant Dean Bill Friday and his aid Dr. Claiborne Jones were well-pleased with the re action they received from o meeting of fraternity presidents last week to consider the drink ing problem . . . The meeting wasn't called because of any in cident at Carolina but rather because of a number of trage dies and episodes which have occurred Dver the nation re cently as, .a result of drinking . . . Everyone agreed that there is less drinking at the Hill these days particularly when contrast ed to the past few years. These meetings will be continued to include such subjects as schol arship and Greek week. Congratulations go to Chuek Hauser on his election to the chairmanship of the Publica tions Board . . . The job is one of the most important on cam pus. 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