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Carolina in the Spring
It rained in Chapel Hill Monday as most of the students
returned to school after the spring holidays. But with the
first day of spring yesterday, Carolina came to life again. A
sun which is slowly growing warmer each day came out in
lull splendor, bringing out the lazy instinct in everyone and
banishing tales of snow and ice encountered over the holi
days last week.
Things were back to normal, and the order of the day
was a siesta on South Building steps. Most of the professors
turnej their students out of class early and the old Y-court
was crowded all morning. Chapel Hill's dog populace was
on the rampage again, with" gangs of ten or more dogs gal
loping over the campus. Cokes were showing signs of re
placing coffee as the between-class favorite snack, thanks to
the warm weather. . '
Typical first-day conversation centered around the usual
complaints over class schedules or how horribly we had
been cheated on our grades last quarter. But the talk soon
ran in a lighter vein. Many of the students were talking
about projected beach excursions over the spring weekends,
r.nd others had thoughts of long, lazy afternoons out at
Hogan's Lake.
Yes, the politicians were at it again too. Posters blared
forth the merits of candidates on all the bulletin boards and
the office-seekers were circulating through the Y-court
crowds, shaking hands and patting backs. -
Such was the Carolina scene on the first day of classes,
Spring 1950.
It all boils down to the fact that Chapel Hill is a mighty
pleasant place to be in during spring time.
Red Cross vs. Community Chest
All over the nation today the Red Cross is conducting a
campaign to solicit funds necessary to carrying on .its many ;
ftrvice duties to distressed persons in this nation, and all.
ever the world, for thai matter. But unfortunately the Red
Cross will not be permitted to carry its campaign to the
campus of this University because of Legislature's action
Inst year in setting up a Campus Chest committee, empow
ered to consolidate all welfare fund-raising on campus into,
one unified drive. The motive of the legislators in . enacting
this piece of legislation was good, certainly, in that the
Campus Chest was designed to save the students from the
inconveniences of a multitude of solicitors who hade made
a habit of invading the campus periodically.
Most students, therefore, wondered why the Red Cross,
perhaps the ' best-known of all the welfare organizations,
was not included in the Carolina Campus Chest. The answer
Jies in the Red Cross' policy of not participating in any
"community chest" drive, a policy which led the ' local
board to decline the opportunity to participate in the Caro
lina Campus Chest. .
The logic behind this Red Cross policy is sound, and
those who criticized Red Cross for its refusal to join the
campus chest should read a little booklet published by the
Red Cross recently titled "The Case for Freedom in Welfare
Fund Raising."
Briefly then, here are some of the reasons why Red
Cross is opposing the trend in this country toward a com
munity chest in which all welfare organizations are com
pelled to obtain their funds through this one joint com
munity or campus drive.
Red Cross explains that the concept of
compulsory fund raising is "that all welfare
fund raising efforts should be carried on lo
cally through joint fund-raising agencies
armed with authority to scrutinize and con
trol welfare budgets and to establish fund
raising quotas for each welfare agency;
"That these local fund raising units should be controlled,
first, by state-wide governing bodies and, eventually, on a
nation-wide scale by one national authority.".
And so the Red Cross "is opposing the community chest
concept because it fears "that compulsory federated fund
raising, if carried to its ultimate conclusion on a state-wide
and nation-wide scale, will serve to establish in this coun
try, a huge welfare 'trust' not in keeping with the best in
terests of welfare work as a whole and certainly contrary
to American principals and practices." Then the Red Cross
feels this national dictatorial control would constitute a
'positive threat to Red Cross freedom of action."
In addition to fearing dictatorial national control, the
Red Cross also points out that Community Chest drives
never have netted enough money. "Only by a multiplicity
of appeals. , .is it possible to achieve the sum total of financ
ial support that our private welfare organizations require."
In short Red Cross wants welfare fund drives, kept on a
voluntary basis, "Only so will the sense of individual re
sponsibility for private welfare be maintained in the face
of the pressure toward government financing of all health
and welfare projects out of increased taxes."
Red Cross has other valid reasons for not entering uni
fied .drives. .It is tinfortunate that such an .organization will
be unable to collect iunds from Carolina students.
Leads to
National
Control
Pitching
Horseshoes
by '
Billy Rost
Lights! Action! Camera!
To:
William "Blaclcie" Lalomio
Wherever you are
Dear Blackie:
As you probably know by
now, Joey Vitulano walked in
to my office a few days ago and
admitted he was one of the
four men whe illegally entered
my house on the night of Jan
uary 26 and removed therefrom
a safe and other valuables.
When Joey told me this, I
immediately phoned my lawyer,
Arthur Garfield Hays, and
shortly after he arrived the
three of us went over to the
stationhouse on East 51st Street
where, in the presence of Asst.
District Attorney Denzer, Vitu
lano told how the whole job
was planned and executed. Two
of the four men he named are
now in the Tombs awaiting
trial, and according :. to Joey
you're the missing member of
the quartet.
Now, I'm not saying you are
the fourth man all I know is
what Vitulano told us, plus the
fact that you dropped out of
sight shortly after the burglary
and nobody in your old neigh
borhood has heard from you
since. One thing, however, is
dead certain: Whether you're
guilty or not, hundreds of snap
shots of your thumbs are being .
circulated around the country
and your photograph is getting
a lot of attention in a lot of po
lice stations.
In other words, you're be-.
tween the devil and the deep
blue uniform, and wondering
what to do next. Well, if you
want to listen to an old um
brella hustler, I think I can
tell you and it isn't compli
cated. If you aren't the man the
police are looking for, come in
as fast as you can and clear
yourself. And. if you are the
man, come in even faster.
I'll tell you why. Sooner or
later, as any experienced 1am
ister will tell you, you're a
cinch to get caught, and the
smart thing is to get caught in
a way that will do you the
most good or, to put it another
way, the least harm. Obviously,
the least harmful way to get
caught when you're being
chased by cops with guns is to
catch up with them, before they
catch up with you. Bullets, as
you know, aren't particular
whom they air-condition.
An important things you're
overlooking, it seems to me,
is that you've never been con
victed of anything, and that a
first offender in this country
usually gets a second chance.
Besides which, human nature
being what it is, police and
prosecuting officers are less
likely to throw the book at a
- fellow who comes clean and
cooperates.
By this time, Vioreover, you
don't figure to have much mon
ey. Your share of the loot, as
Joey told it, was less than
. $1,000, and that kind of dough
doesn't go very far when you're
trying to keep a jump ahead of
the cops. But even more im
portant than money, as I see it,
is the fact that things can get
pretty lonesome for a young
fellow who's away from home
and can't even give his right
name when he hits a town.
When I was a kid, I, too,
bummed around a bit, and be
lieve you me there were plenty
of lonesome stretches, even
though I could give my right
name.
All very touching, you say,
but what has the fire got that
the frying pan hasn't? Well,
let's see if I can't be one-two-three
it for you.
For one thing, cops don't shoot
unarmed men who walk into
stationhouses and surrender.
For another, you're entitled
to the services of a lawyer, and
it figures his case will be a lot
better if his client has coope
rated with the authorities.
And for still .another, I un
derstand you're in your early
20's and, if you shoot for a min
imum rather than a maximum
rap, there's an excellent chance
that this will all be behind you
long before your future has
passed.
Naturally, you're asking
yourself why should. I, of all
people, be concerned about
you? Well, Backie, I admit I
was plenty mad when my house
was burgled a couple of months
ago, but since then I'.ve cooled
off considerably, even though
- you're es -hot as ever. -In -addi-
ft adpS :
DREW PEARSON
WASHINGTON
MERRY GO-ROUND
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Carolina Seen
Sunday Library Hours
- " By Bill Kellam
Some quarters ago Tarnation, change its hours from 2 to 10
ran a very clever -cartoon map V o'clock on Sundays. The- five
of "Chapelina" by Bill Harri
son. The general area of the.
University Library was marked
"uncharted territory." Perhaps
the library remains an un
known quantity to many resi
dents of Chapel Hill, transient
or otherwise.
However, there are stu
dents who do know the where
abouts of said building and
use it quite frequently for
studying, catching up on hap-'
penings in comic . strips not
carried by the DTH, or to
look at magazines not readily
accessible at Jeff's for tariff
less perusal. ., M
Many of these students go.
home on the weekends, too.
Those who remain in the vil
lage on Saturday and Sunday
traditionally like to go out on
Friday and Saturday evening
and frolic about a bit.
Come Sunday .afternoon
they're ready to start the week
off right by catching up on the
work they've been putting off
for the past quarter or two. The
"Y" not being open and malt
beverages not being available
at local and suburban pubs,
"what else is there to do but go
to the library?
So after a leisurely lunch,
friendly chats along the way
with acquaintances out for a
stroll in the ever-present, ever
radiant Chapel Hill sun, one
finally reaches the library. It's
a pretty strenuous climb up
those steep front steps, so one
has to recline on (heir the
steps' bottom and overcome
their ennui by a weed or two
and more conversation.
Thus you're ready to go io
work about 4:30. No sooner
are you settled than the dis
sonant tones of a badly tuned
bell ' shatter the lassitudinous
.silence. It's time for the place ;
to close. So what's happened
to the studying you were gon
na do? .
If the library remained open
till 10 on SunHav niphts. t.hprp'd .
be plenty of time for everyone
to study,' especially those who'd
gone homeward for the weekj
end. . . !
So, this columnist heartily
recommends that the library
tion to which, on general prin
ciples, I can't help feeling sorry
for anybody who gets himself
extra . hours would entail no
extra' duty for the staff or no
pay increases because the libra
ry could be closed at 6 o'clock
Saturday afternoons?
Who uses the library on Sat
urday nights? The place is as
deserted as a Chapel Hill com
munist party rally. It's so quiet
you can hear the silverfishes'
stomaches growling after a
meal on a volume of T. S. Eliot's
poetry even they find him dif
ficult. These little disturbances are
fortunate for they keep the
hardy scholars laboring dili
genttly in their carrells deep
in the stacks from dozing off
and being in locked in for the
night.
The library would be doing
the student body a real service
if the Sunday hours were
lengthened. Those students who
return from home after five
o'clock would be able to check
out books which wouldn't be
available, naturally, if the li
brary were already closed.
There'd also be a quiet place in
which to study. The staff mem
ber wouldn't have to work on
Saturday nights.
When the next appropriations
come up, it would also be nice
if funds could be made availa
ble to improve the lighting in
the reserve and general college
reading rooms and the com
merce library. The present
lights are rather harsh and in
adequate. . Fluorescent lighting
would be fine, if it's possible.
Staff members also always
welcome suggestions about im
proving the library service. So
anyone with any constructive
gripes shouldn't hesitate to air
them.
WASHINGTON. O n e day
last December, an American
newsman walked up to a stocky,
pipe-smoking diplomat in the
delegates' lounge at the United
Nations Vladimir Clementis,
foreign minister of Czechoslo
vakia. "Mr. Minister," said the news
man, "what's this I hear about
a purge in the foreign office in
Prague?"
"Ridiculous:"
"A purge which, they say,
might even eliminate you."
"Absolutely ridiculous. Look
here, why don't you fellows
print something true about my
country? Wrhy don't you tell the
story of our great adyances in
agriculture" and industry, under
the communist regime, instead
of printing silly rumors about
purges!"
Clementis wouldn't call
them silly rumors' today. He
has now been purged.
Note Reason for the latest
Czech purge probably was io
pave the way for a complete
taking over of Czechoslovakia
by Russia. Hitherto the coun
try has been run by Czech
Communists. But Poland is
now under the dictatorship of
a Russian General and this
will probably follow in other
satellite countries as a crack
down on growing unrest.
'
High taxes brought a fusil
lade of forensics from Congres
sional Republicans last week.
"Suppose a young man de
cides to propose," opined .Con
gressman Bob Rich of Penn
sylvania. "He has to pay a 20
per cent tax on the engagement
ring. Then another tax on the
wedding ring. And suppose in
due time they acquire an off
spring. "Then the taxes really start
20 per cent on baby oil, baby
powder, baby lotion and baby
creams." '
Mom and sis had a defender
in Representative Les Arends
of Illinois. "And when the tax,
gougers made up their, 'sucker'
list," Arends said, "you ladies
were placed at the top and you
have been there ever , since. .
"These are not 'luxuries'
continued Arends, referring
to toilet articles and cosmei
- ics. "The American way of
life has made these articles as
essential to you women as
shaving to me nf oiks. The
truth, is that the Washington
tax-masters regard you wom
en as a 'soft touch."
Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers nf
Massachusetts, not to be out
done, got in a plug for the men
folks. "From the time they gci
up in the morning men pay a
tax on everything." she said,
"their pajamas. . .their bath
soap and shaving lotion. . .then
razor and hair tonic. . .every
thing they eat for breakfast. . .
and that all-important smoke.''
Democrats seemed to enjoy
the show as much as Republi
cans until GOP- Rep. Hugh
Scott of Pennsylvania tearfully
recited:
"No baby oil for you, youn
man,
Bareback babe, with cheeks
of tan.
By the rule of Uncle Sam
You're a luxury, little lamb.
The skin we loved to touch
with powder
We sadly pat while you
yell louder;
- So now you know, my little
man,
Why mama votes Republi
can." .
The Senate hasn't seen the
end of the feud between Min
nesota's breezy, young Senator
Hubert Humphrey and Virgin
ia's a p p 1 e-c h e e k e d Senator
Harry Byrd. Humphrey is still
trying to sprinkle salt on Byrd's
tail.
The brash Minrtesotan raided
Byrd's favorite nest, the Senate
Economy Committee, with a
charge that instead of saving
money it was wasting money,
he pointed out that the commit
tee hadn't even met for two
years. This brought the Byrd forces
to the Senate .floor in full array.
More Republicans and Dixie
crats turned out to defend Byrd
than listened to the debate on
the Marshall Plan and Atlantic
Pact. One by one they lam
basted Humphrey, who couldn't
get a word in edgewise. When
he finally gained the floor, the
Byrd forces drifted out, left
him to talk to a near-empty
chamber.
Bouncing , Senator, Ken
Wheny of Nebraska, the Re
publican leader, actually
hustled among the Republi
cans, urging them to leave
Humphrey stranded. "This
guy has given us a rough
time," Wherry whispered.
"Now let's give him a rough
time."
So, many Republicans
joined Southern Democrats in
trailing out of the Senate
chamber.
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mention the fact that I'd like
to see this case closed and start
catching up on sleep myself.
If you think I'm leveling, I'd
suggest you do one of two
things: Walk into the nearest
police station and give yourself
up or, if you prefer, call me col
lect at the Ziegfeld Theatre,
Circle 5-5200,' and I'll , come out
and get you myself.
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