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4 f X 1 ? page tvo THE DAILY lAR HEEL .niH i e & jf Thursday, ff.bf.tiap.y in, iar.o The oflirlnl newp.-ipr of the Publication Eoard of the University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill, vhere tt is Issued daily during the regular sessions of the i.'niverxitv by the Colonial I'ress. Inc., except Mondays-, examination and Miration periods, and the summer terms. Entered as second-class matter at the pt oflk-e of Chapel Hill, N. C. under the act of March 3, 187!. Sub r.rri'.nn price: S8.0O p-r ear, $3.00 per quarter. Member of The Associated Picks. The Associated Press and AP features are exclusively entitled to the usr for republication of all news features published herein. F,7ior . DICK JF..VRETTE iliislne Manager C. B. MENDKNHALL Carolina Seen STOP WORRYING ABOUT THE A-BOMB! Ma'nii(jtni Editor CHUCK HA US Eft .S p rr Ed itor TAYLOR VADEN Neil E'litor Roy Parker, Jr. Adv. Manager Oliver Waticins pesk Editor Zane Jtobbins Bun. Office Mgr. Ed Williams S'ocipfy Editor Caroline Bruner JVat'l Adv. Mgr. June Crockett I'hutn'iraphpr Jim Mills F.ihtoriul Sta. Jack Brown, Bill Kellam, Mike McDaniel, Tom Wharton. Charlie Gibson, Joe Seykora, Vestal Taylor, Al Johnson, Charlie Joyner, Dave ' 1 pe, J ohn St um p . KewnStiiff : RolfeNeill. Don M.iynard. Glenn Harden, Bill Johnson, Wuff Newell, S.im McKecl. Mark Sunnier, Art Xanthos, Graham Jones, Charlie 1 trewer. fi i nnv Jones, M K. Jones. Itumness Stulf: Neal Caelum. Don Stanford, Bootsy Taylor, Bill Brain, Frank Daniels, Ruth Dennis. Evalyn Harrison, Peggy Sheridan. Marie Withers, Howard Tickle, Randy Shiver, Charles Ashworth, Mary Tomlin, Dick MaeGill, Brandon Hobhs. Jim Llndley. SinrtH Staff: Larry Fox Frank Aliston, Jr., Joe Cherry, Lew Chapman, Andy Taylor, Art Greenbaum, Biff Roberts, Ronald Tilley, Bill Peacock, Ken Barton. .Society Staff: I'egffy Wood, Marie Withers, Betty Ann Yowell, Judy Sanford, Margie Story. About Those Block Fees The Student Legislature faces some hefty problems on the subject of messed-up student block fees tonight, and it would conceivably be very easy for them to make a mistake in their search for a solution. At least two bills will come out on the floor of the law-making body: 1. A proposal to call a student referendum to decide on the matter of a fee raise, to be morally binding on the Legisla ture. 2. A compromise fee raist measure, with no consideration of a referendum, consisting of a final undergraduate fee of $5.50 and a graduate fee of $5. The first bill, concerning the referendum, doesn't carry much weight at this point. Sensible legislators have come to the realization that a referendum would kill any chances of a raise in the block fee. And almost all the members of the body realize the seriousness of the financial situation by now. They can look at the black-and-white figures and see that unless all student activities are to be drastically cut l)ack next year, the raise in fees must go through. The latter bill involves a much more serious problem. One faction presents a very strong argument that if fees are to be raised at all, graduate and undergraduate fees shouW be equalized, since both receive nearly the same services, and any discrepancies in services rendered could be correct ed by mutual agreement. The $5-$5.50 measure might provide enough money to operate activities at the status quo next year, but it would not leave much margin for error. If all fees were equalized at $5.50 it would most probably provide for status quo operation and also leave a cash cushion for student government to fall back on in case of emergency or any misfiguring in the budget. Harry Kear, student ac tivities fund auditor, recommends that the Legislature pro vide for "at least a $5,000 unappropriated balance in its budget" if it is to guarantee to all student organizations that . they will get the money promised them in the 1950-51 budget. And we may assume that no one disputes Mr. Kear's knowl edge of student financing. But here's the rub: Even if the Legislature agreed to equal ize all fees at $5.50, which would guarantee safe and steady operation for the next fiscal year, by the time the 1951-52 budget came up for inspection, it would be discovered that the $5.50 fee would not provide enough money for status quo operation in the following year. Enrollment, which will take a sharp drop next year, will go down even further the following year before the big enrollment boom hits a year or two later with the completion of the new Medical School, commerce addition, and other campus expansion plans. The only way to set things straight for more than one year at a time, and it would be wise for the Legislature to do some long-range planning for a change, is to raise all fees to $6 per quarter. This would give the student government budget plenty of elbow room next year to correct financial mistakes which have been made in the past, and would bolster the fiscal defenses for the deeper monetary slump coming up in 1951-52. Let's look to the future for a change, boys. And the future means a lot farther than next year. It's not only time to straighten things out in the financial field of student govern ment, it's time to see that they stay straightened out for some time to come. And the only way to do it is with a full $6 per quarer student block fee. C.H. Lots Of Interest So Far Kitchellova By Bill Kellam Iva Kitchellova and The Im perial Invisible Eallet Company opened the 1950 Dance season at the Chapel Hill Memorial Opera House Monday night be fore an extremly enthusiastic, appreciative, and distinguished audience which filled almost ev-. ery seat in the auditorium. The Kilchellova troupe's slunning performance marked the first appearance in Chapel Hill of Madame Kitchellova and company, who are now disseminating culture in the hinterlands after a fabulously successful 198-week stand in the 691h Regiment Armory in New York City. The program was well received, and al its conclusion, the audience ac corded the. premier danseuse etoile its fullest approval and demanded that she respond with an encore, which she did. The music was rendered by the Flatbush Symphany Or chestra under the able baton of c o m pose r-conductor Harvei Rrowneff, former director of the Vladivostock Symphony and the orchestra of the Nicolai Lenin Ballet Trade Union, compaanies and other decadent forms of capitalism no longer being legal in that proletarian republic. At all times the orchestral was entirely peripheral. Not once did its frequent cleverness cause it to deviate into, a two dimensional brittleness. The music was full, ruich, and emo tionally mature. The choreog raphy was not fettered by the accompaniment, nor was "the musical background subordi nated to the dance forms. The orchestration for "Soul In Search" was especially clever, consisting completely of haunt ingly rhythmical and inaudible pianissimo passages. Madame Kitchellova pulled off and individual tour de force, in addition to various articles of clothing during the evening's proceedings. The audience was overwhelmed by hep- free in vention which never lapsed into uncritical self-indulgence her range of technique, and her masterful simplicity, which, often verged on underplay, al though it frequently seemed to be overdone. The numbers varied great ly in them, tempo, style, and chereography. Yet in each, her style, individuality and inner intensity commanded and held the complete atten tion of even balletomane pres ent, although quite a few left at the intermission. It was an occasion rather than a per formance, occasionally. The remanider of the ephe meral company contributed pro found substance and maintain ed the continuity of the illusory dramatic and choreographic themes. They brought distinc tion and authority to the diver tissement and ennui of the pro duction. The Kitchellova attained her climax with her final number, "Ze Ballet." Her interpretation combined that crisp, clean tech nical style, the daintiness, pre cisemess, musically, the shape and definition, the ribaldry and extroversion, and the warmth and graceiousness that belong to the true grand ballerina. Ma dame Kitchellova's individuali ty was also most unique. Estab lished technique were discraded or reversed by the prima in her original presentation of the host of production problems confront ing a ballerina during a major performance. Obsession," a modern dance number, achieved the great est amount of dramatic force in the briefest time. Kiichel- The race is on as far as the campus political situation goes. Both political parties have nominated their presidential candidates for the spring elections, and the University Party . lova who is in wonderful also has chosen its vice-presidential candidate. The Student Party veep nominee has not been chosen yet following a deadlock between two candidates for the position last week. The most encouraging feature of the nominations is the wide interest which they have been characterized by thus far. For example, the University Party had 75 students jammed into a tuny Graham Memorial room for its nominations yes terday, and the Student Party had a turn out of around 60 at its nominating meetings. This attendance is far larger than that at most of the regular meetings of the parties and is an indication that student leaders all over the campus are taking iin active role in choosing the candidates for the spring elec tions. It is to be hoped that attendance is equally good at future political rallies for the purpose of nominating for the other positions. Publications nominations, legislature seats, and Student Council positions all will be contested within the parties in a few more weeks. To insure capable candidates for these positions, continued participation in the nomina tions by a large number of students is absolutely necessary. f '"sk frSn-, - J; i . DREW PEARSOM rm The WASHINGTON lS merry-go-round A:; Pitching Horseshoes By Billy Rose Open Letter To the bums who burgled my house Addresses writing) unknown (at this form this season, highlighted the dramatic suspense with -some stunning moments of frustrated action as she sought a meaning for her turbulent existence by dynamic, con trolled movement. Those of us now familiar iKtchellova's expressive poste rioral movements will never be content with anyone else for that smouldering inwardness is hard to equal and these characteristic intransigences of movement are virtually impos sible for another dancer to jus tify. We were left with a mag nificent obsession for her ad mirable sense of line. A change of mood marked the choreography of such num bers as "The Vert Bros. (Intro and Extro), Chanteuse-Danseus. Something Classic, and Grow ing Up." Dear friends and felons: A couple of Thursdays ago, while the missus and I were out seeing a show, you laddybucks eased your way into our house and helped yourselves to sever- al handf uls of our shinier knick knacks, including a wedding ring which belonged to Eleanor's mother. All in all, it wasn't too bad a haul for half an hour's de sultory work, especially s ince it's not subject to income tax or social security deductions, and at the moment you figure to be a very self-contented set of bums. However, I don't think the self-contentment is going to last long, and with your pa .tience and permission I'd like to tell you why. For one thing, many- of the trinkets .you stuffed in your pockets were gifts and had initials carved all over them, and after all the stuff in the less fence is apt to shy away from ice as hot as that. As a consequence, our brooches and stickpins may rattle around in your pockets for quite a spell, and that kind of rattle, I understand from people who know about bums, can be yery rattling to bums like you. For another . thing, chances are you're not getting much, sleep these nights, and I'm told that gets to be very wearing on a bum's nervous system, which is nothing to write home about to begin with. Besides, as you. must know, some of the smart est Hawkshaws in these lati tudes are currently scouring the environs for you, and whether you think so or not, you bums can't possibly have had as much schooling at your trepidacious trade as the soft-spoken and Letter Of The Week The Chesterfield Letter of the Week award this time goes to Jack W. Hopkins for his letter, entitled "Naive" in the Thurs day, February 9, issue of the Dailey Tar Heel. Whether one believes in Mr. Hopkins politi cal and social ideas is one mat ter, but no one can safely deny the danger pointed out by him of certain lines of criticisim. Mr. Hopkins may pick up the soft-soled lads have had at theirs. All in all, I think you'll agree, the chances are pretty good that you heels will wind up cooling your heels in one of the better-known coolers for a long time to come. Now, don't get me wrong I'm not lecturing at you bums because you picked a line of work that isn't nice. All I'm trying to establish is that it's bad on the nerves, downright dangerous, - and ,foi: the , long pull, not especially remunera tive. At the same time, how ever, I don't deny that bums like you have a serious vocational problem and, . whether you be lieve it or not, I'd like to help you get yourselves straightened out. " , Obviously, you are the type bums who like gold and the various by-products thereof, like money, and that in itself, I as sure you, is nothing to be ashamed of. But what is repre hensible, if you'll pardon my saying so, is the way you go about getting this gold, and among the many reasons why it's reprehensible is that it's appre hensible. In other words,' you bums are not smart. How, you ask, do underprivi leged bums like yourselves go about getting some gold except by taking it away from some one who has it? There, gentle men, is the crux of the pudding, and my answer is that the ob ious alternative is to latch onto some yellow metal thatanother bum, buried preferrably in an other century. . ' To show you how I feel about you bums, I'll go even further and tell you where there's a million dollars of such gold waiting for some one to take it to the bank. The address, and you'd bet ter write it down, is Oak Island, a mile-long hunk of land in Mahone Bay up in Nova Scotia, and the Halifax Chamber of Commerce will be glad to show you the exact .spot where you can start dig . ging. - If you think I'm kidding,.; go to the library and you'll find that ever since 1795, a lot of people have known about this buried treasure, and varied at tempts have been made to bring it to the top. The diffi culty, as I get it, is that the chests of loot are . in ,a tujinel which connects :up with the , Bay, and that to bail ' out this tunnel, one would darned near ' have to bail out the ocean. How ever, if I may be permitted a mild joke, you bums figure to know a lot about bail, and you may very well succeed 'where organized treasure hunts have . failed. No one knows for certain which of the Jolly Roger mobs planted this gold whether it Morgan or one of the other safe crackers who used the bay as rendezvous point. But actually it doesn't mattert he swag can be disposed of legal-like at any pawnshop,' with no questions asked about the initials on it and no need to cut in a fence. For a change, too, your pic tures would appear in the papers instead of in post of fices, and you'd also have the satisfaction of knowing you succeeded w h ex e -a: p r e f f y" smart , fellow once failed Franklin Delano Roosevelt did a little determined shoveling himself on Oak Island in 1909. Why am I bothering to give you . bums all this advice? Darned if I know, but if you feel at all appreciative, Eleanor and I would take it kindly if you mailed back her mother's wedding ring. Sincerely, V Billy Rose WASHINGTON. T he big Democratic Dinner in Washing ton tonight contrasts sharply with the Republican Box Sup per ten days ago, It will be the biggest banquet in the history of the world even bigger than the banquet once given to Juli us Caesar. If the Democrats are smart, however, the contrasts will be a red flag of warning. The Democratic Dinner cosfs $100 per plate not a bad idea to raise political money. s But what's happening is that the Fat-Cats who once back ed up the Republicans now flock to the Democrats, for a very simple reason: the Demo crats have power. In other words, included among the guests tonight, will be a few who have income-tax cases to fix, who want to get a government, contract, who seek to influence White House policy or are angling for an airline franchise. Two tables seating ten guests each cost $2,000 and sometimes the investment . is worth it. . It used to be that the big money boys flocked to the Re publicans, but except for the very faithful a lot are now switching to the Democrats. This doesn't mean that they are really for Truman. They just think it pays. Illustration of how Demo cratic dinners may be mixed with Big Business was the con tribution of popular Bill Paw ley, ex-Ambassador to Brazil, to the December 2 New York Dinner. At the dinner, Pawley took four tables. Cost: $4,000. Pawley, a great friend of Bob Hannegan, made a big killing after the war when he bought surplus planes from the British in China, turned round and sold them to the Chinese. Since Pawley made the deal ' outside the U. S. A., it was j tax free so he raked in a . handsome profit. More recently, Pawley has been pulling wires to help the Nationalist Chinese to whom he sold these planes. A good Demo crat, high in Party councils, his expensive four tables at the Waldorf Dinner may have had no business motive. And it should be noted in fairness that if Pawley tried to use political influence with . Truman and Acheson re China, it didn't work. 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The last New York dinner, which netted the Democrats more than $250,000, was presid ed over by earthy Tom Morgan, the North Carolina boy who rose to be head of Sperry Gyro scope and who, like Luckman, is a client of Sonnerberg's. To understand how the amazing Mr. Sonnerberg was able to perform this miracle of putting his clients in front of the speakers' stand twice in a row, you have to under stand the gentlemen himself. And even his wife says that is difficult. Coming to this country from Poland as a boy, Ben never has forgotten his humble begin nings, reminds his friends that his grandfather was a Rabbi and his father a pushcart pedd ler. Ben represents some of the biggest corporations in the coun try Texas Oil, J. S. Bache of Wall Street, Remington-Rand Philip Morris and Lever 'Broth ers. But he has a heart of gold and never is to busy to help out the nonpaying little fellow. Though he takes good care of his clients, he is brutally frank in talking about himself and once explaned his high stiff collar and tight-fitting coat this way: "I chose my clothes be cause I knew that wherever I went, people would say, 'Who in God's name is that?' "I don't care - what they say about me," adds Sonnerberg, "just so they remember me.". It isn't the clothes that make the man, however it's the fact that he delivers. A quarrell over the gravy train is about all that's holding up the adding of a new Senator to the Democratic Party. Lusty "Wild Bill" Langer, one of the few, old-timer Bull Moosers left n politics, is plan ning to pull up stakes and leave the Republican Party. The only hitch is that Dave Kelly, the North Dakota Democratic Na tional Committeeman, does not want to split the Democratic Patronage with Senator Langer. Hitherto he has had the distri bution of all Democratic jobs in North Dakota. Langer, the Senator with the long stride, bull voice and habit of chewing cellophane-wrapped cigars, proudly lists his bolts to Robert La Follette and Hiram Johnson when they ran for President. Today the Senator is virtual ly independent of the GOP. be cause the Nonpartisan League which controls North Dakota politics is solidly pro-Langer. Another factor which makes Langer lean toward the Demo crats is the revolt against Re publican Farm Policies now spreading across the Dakotas. When the GOP policy statement was issued with such fanfare in v Washington, a South Dakota dirt farmer, Axel Beck, pleaded with National Chairman Guy Gabrielson to let real-for-sure farmers draft a positive agri cultural program. But Bjck was given the brushoff. Tomorrow a trial opens in Hungary, the trial of an American who has had no chance to consult Counsel, see his friends or have any con tact with the outside world. During the trial of those ac cused of the Reichstag fire, Adolf Hitler permitted Defense Counsel and foreign observers to be present. But the high handed operations pf officials in satellite countries are far worse than anything perpetrated by Hitler, as witness the arrest of Robert Vogeler, Manager of In ternational Telephone and Tele graph, imprisoned in Hungary . for .three long months.