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FRIDAY, APRIL 23,-1950 PACE TWO the daily: tar hetx The official newrnrr of tbc Publications Board of the University of North Carolin.'i, t'hipfl Hill, where It I ixsued dilv during the regular lessions nl the l'rnverity by tiie Colonial I'reu. Inc., except Monday, examination and Vacation periods, and the mimmer term. Entered srcond-rlayg matter At the j,it office of Chape! Hill. N. V... under the act of March 3. 1879. Sub r1tilon pi leer $8 00 per year. S3 no per quarter. Member of The Associated Frr The AloiUtcd I'ren ond AP Je.ituren are exclusively entitled to the ur for republication of all news feature published herein. 0 M e r ry-Go -ft o u n d Tb'b Brass Vs Ccrdse Of China Blunder t'lllOT Miin Mdnniff '.nm:qinn t'dilor ... hlHirti t'.dHor fqf p.ditnr .. .. i'O'Mf' y.llttOT ''ioforop'er ... . GRAHAM JONES C. B. MENDFNHAIX. ROY f 4.RKKR. JR. iZAN BOBBINS . H.rrv Oner Adv. Manager Itolfe NeiW I Hun OJice Mgr. .. Wutf Newell , N.it'i Adv. Mqr Jim Mills ! Orcujtiori Mgr. ... Oliver Watfcing . Ed Williams .. June Crockett .. Shasta Bryant Me'mo Tv Legislators . . . By Drew Pearson WASHINGTON Despite the hue and cry about friends, of the Chinese Communists in the State Department, tep-seccet documents in the files of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will reveal that major divisions on China were made, not by State Department advisers but by hard-headed generals.-, A . The. salty seadog. Admiral William Leahy; the sober military "planner, General George C. Marshall, and their associates on the joint chief; pushed the most far-reaching decision made by the United States on the Far East.. . Thatdevision, argued back and forth in the White House and the Pentagon for weeks, was Last Thursday night the ninth Student Legislature began its job as the supreme law making body in our autonomous to admit. Soviet Russia to a partnership in Asia Biuiivm fommunuy. h is a tasK wnicn, 11 nanaiea sincerely and intelligently, can bring benefit to the students and pres tige to student government and the University. , This new legislature is, relatively inexperienced in legis lative functions; most of the members are newly elected or have served only a single term in the legislature. Many of the more experienced and capable legislature leaders have taken new posts or have retired from active , politics. However, under the leadership of such men as Harry Horton, Ben James, Sheldon Plager, Bill Prince, and Speaker Herb Mit chell, this legislature can, through energy and effort, carry forward a well-rounded plan for student advancement. It is hoped that the new legislature will continue the work of the many special committees established under the old legislature. It is hoped that they will continue to press for benefits which can be derived from the Instructor Evaluation Committee, the Curriculum Evaluation Committee, arid Na tional Student Association. Each of these is an individual program in itself but together they make up a better Student Community and should be directed toward this end. A little over a month remains before the school session comes to an end. Past legislatures have had a tendency to put off any positive action until the Fall Quarter but the task bcforei this new legislature is one that cannot be delayed. Unfortunately our court systems are shrouded in secrecy and silence. Legislation which would require a ful report, in . eluding charges, plea, and verdict, plus the names of ''all coun cil members present and absent is desparately "needed. Also the codification of campus and honor code offense is a duty which the legislature should concern itself with if we are to continue under our present system. To the new members, as well as the old members of the legislature, the best of luck on a job which the students are confident you will do. Sol Kimerling Back of this were frighteneing military logistics and a lack of faith in the atomic bomb. The somber argument given President Roose velt by his most trusted military advisers was, "the invasion of Japan will cost 100,000 Ameri can casualties unless a Russian attack across Manchuria pins down every Jap unit on the mainland." ...... - Simultaneously, there were skeptical reports .to the. Joint Chiefs from. General Leslie Groves, Chief of, trie Manhattan . District, which said the United States could not count on" the atomic bomb to achieve, major damage. Such leading scientists as Dr. yilliam Oppenheimer opposed Groves, pleaded that the new, weapon could .end the war, but Groves' view prevailed at the Pentagon in 1944-45. iV( . That was why the Joint Chiefs were prepared to make major concessions to Russia to prevent overwhelming loss, of life in the proposed inva sion, of Japan Tn fact, they even agreed to give the USSR railway, access to Pacific, Baltic, Sea and .the,, Persian Gulf. This was much further than FDR ever .went at YaJ,ta.. ,, Decision On China i; The, 'decision . .that, Chiang Kai-Shek's Nation alist. Government .was a lost .cause was . recom mended later, by General Marshall after his dis i .... . . . ..... . . illusioning experience in China. . To a closed-door session of the Senate Foreign .Relations Committee, Genera Marshall explain ed: "American aid is pot getting to the fighting forces. American recommendations are ignored. Chiang is an honest, if stubborn man, who is sur rounded byt independent war lords and thieves. I have seen Chiang give instructions, in good faith, that were never carried put down the line." Last , winter, a secret .military intelligence re port led to a decision not to send American mili tary aid to Nationalist forces in Formosa. This report,' stated that a majority of the 6,500,000 Formosans look on Chiang and his Chinese as "carpet baggers.'!, - ..... Hundreds of Formosans, the report " stated, were ruthlessly killed in. the early "months pf Chinese occupation in 1945. During any battle . , , . . for Formosa, the natives would be unfriendly (The column today, in good Drew Pearson fashion, takes the. to Chiang and sabotage his operations. Also, form of a rjersonnl lettor tn Rill MhpUp rptin'no ProcMont Ine. contended, tne ninese troops were of the Student Body) . Dear Bill: Now that you have shed your cares of office, and for trie first time in several years are without major public respon sibility, I suppose you are about the happiest man on cam pus. But before the last year grows entirely cold, there are a few things I'd like to say to you. During the last year, working as your chief office-boy, I had an opportunity to observe you both as President and as a person. While we were in general agreement on most mat ters, there were times when we disagreed on what should be done, or how we should go about doing it. It is to your I II II M, 5 I CAN A SECRETARY te- Eavesdropping People Will Always Be Great President's Report in bad morale, because they wanted to return to their homes and families on the mainland. One "if" was appended on this decision. If Chiang would voluntarily . surrender authority to the Formosans, then the United States should support an independent Formosa. Note An unpublished report by the Truman Committee on Corruption in China was respon sible forrpresident Roosevelt's distinct coolness to Madame Chiang Kai-$hek on her last visit to him. .Harry, Truman, then Senator from Mis souri, advised FDR that as much as half of the American goods , flown, across the hurhp and hauled, across the Burma Road never reached the fightingilfronts,,,an,d that , one , Chinese war 4 v-,BY .Wuff Newell.-, ... Acting. President W. D. Car michael Jr., is 'sporting one of the fanciest "Old School" ties we've seen in a long time. It's even sharper than some of the ones. worn by his son Billy the Third. t... . .. , The background is light blue a little too dark to be called Carolina blue and at regular intervals on it j are what look like exact pictures of the Old Well., Seems KayiKyser, Uni versity alumnus, gave it to. him because of the pictures on it. . "I'd like to be able to tell you that it really is tthh Old Well," le told. . .us, "but 'actually it's the. temple of Venus, the god dess of love, from which the . Old . Wea .vas ;cpifed." Toby Selby.t"lwhbse friends kept his name before the cam pus during . the last election, may now be seen on Sundays singing in the choir at the Epis copal Church. We looked to see if his friend and constant com panion Bob Clampitt was tak ing up the . offering, but . he didn't seem to be around that day-i ,:i , Professor . Joseph" Morrison of Bynum Hall fame says that col lege students, despite the know-1 ledge, they're supposed to have .accumulated,,, just don't know how to use, the telephone book. "For example, he. said, 'where would you look to find, the number . of the Chapel Hill weather bureau?" Answers ., were everything from "Dial the operator" to "Is there one in Chapel Hill?" . : The. newly-initiated members .of the Order of the Old Well had to .wait almost half an hour between the appetizer and the main course at the banquet in their honor Wednesday night. After most of the hot rolls and all , the salads had been con sumed retiring president : Pete Gem stood up and announced, "The , .food tyill be here soon. The Inn is trying' to do the im possibleserve three banquets at one time." .Quipped an initiate almost be fore Pete had finished, "You mean two,, don't you?" ' Are YOU ugly? Then why don't you enter your picture in Theta Chi's Ugliest Man con test. You can enter any size picture and it can be of any male student on campus. His the judges have ever, seen. ; , It's rumored that Miss Mod ern Venus Joyce Richert is hop ing that the winner wins be cause of his make-up and not because of his face. She's pro mised, to date him!. Coeds who use the steps be tween first and second floor in South . Building are beginning to wish that the window near them didn't have to stay open, fevery time a gust of wind comes through the window, the skirts of any unfortunate coeds who happen to "be at the strategic spot billow in the breezes to the amusement of male onlook ers. ' - Jimmy Capps, WPTF's.gift to the lovesick, will makej his 'se cond public appearance in .Chap el Hill April 30. , The popular disk jockey will present this spring's edition of . the Univer sity; Club sponsored Music Un der the Stars. . " A copy of his famous "Our Best to You" nightly, show, the outdoors program last, year, at tracted several hundred stu dents. . Jimmy's wife, Aimee, prob ably won't make the trip this Write Avay They Aren't Blind Dear Sir: , , , I've just read W. Charles Joyners thougnful letter commending "those who help the bind students" adjust to society. Blind students ob viously .need help They., know .it. Someone nearby knows it.. Help follows Both benefit Everyone needs to help others as much as they help themselves. Many people don't realize this Show me a. person on this campus vho is the least bit unhappy and I'll show you a per son who doesn't know or doesn't practice this simple law of human nature. Yet on every hall, "in every, dorm, there are students who neea help. They aren't blind. They aren't physically handicapped. It isn't, obvious. But they need help , in socializing a . bit. Some ..of them ,can "get help by. helping others, but for some this is. difficult. - Help which is obviously help, help .without genuine friendship and honest liking, does . neither any good. Help, with genuine interest ' has unlimited possibilities. It works both ways. Both grow in happiness, understanding and personality. A person who helps another needs no com mendation. The reward is automatic and goes much deeper. Very-truly yours, U. J. Watching The DTH Dear Graham, Jud Beckwith and I thoroughly enjoyed our Tuesday night visit; with the DTH staff, ..It was interesting to watch the DTH go to press-,, and enlightening to talk; with you about. the problems of turning out a daily student paper. . ,. WatchhVg the staff work late into the night to get the paper proof-read, printed,. and ready for distribution .gave me occasion to wonder whether we students really appreciate how much effort 'goes., into each day's paper. . , Most of us realize that it takes a lot of writ ing to fill a paper, , but we rarely think about those staff members, who .perform,' the myriad routine chores 'in, getting that writing printed on paper and delivered to readers. c I was glad to hear that you plan to inject new spirit into the editorial page. I've heard and read that a good newspaper should serve as the conscience-of its readers, that the editorial page is where the paper makes its position known in an effort to. .direct readers' attention to the se rious problems of our time and the alternative solutions-to them. .The.DTH has; failed for many months to make itself heard, primarily because it had little or nothing to. say.. Perhaps the hew DTH will be an improvement. .1 v:" tic '. Harry Snook face shoula be made up so that year. She'll have to stay home he is as ugly as the ugliest man -" with their four new puppies. talk Away credit, however, that we were always able to discuss things lord was actuallvE to the Japs on wnicn we disagreed in a rational manner, and that usual ly we came up with some solution acceptable to both of us. I have watched you in times of crisis and in the daily drudg ery of the Presidency, and thru it all I have seen you stead ily grow, both as a public servant arid as a person. ., On trie whole, your administration was successful from the point of view of achievement. Most of the things which you set out to do this year have been accomplished. But far more important to the campus has been the fresh spirit which your advent brought into Student Government, and which you were able to infuse into those of us who worked with you. Your understanding and insight riot merely into Klan admirer, replied: "The bill makes sense IhO tlinrfmnc hilt intn tho vital rHilnc:rr-Vnr nnrin titViV nnr lu student democracy is based have been a steadying guide and an inspiration to all of us. , . Your integrity, your unaffected friendliness, your ability to see all sides of a question, and your clear, perspective of the objectives, ultimate as well as immediate, towards which we all should strive in Student Government constitute a high standard, one which it will be a constant challenge to me to approach. If, when I join you in the ranks of the poli tical ."has-beens" next spring, I can honestly feel that I have significantly measured up to you, I will feel that it has been a year of real achievement for myself and for the campus. - Sincerely,. John Sanders t- ai a v wv A , delegation,, of , prominent Jewish leaders called on Attorney -General McGrath the other day. Led by P'riai B'rith President Frank Gold man hey 'presented McGrath with a copy of the -anti-defamation league's explosive new book "A Measure,, of Freedom." , . In the course, pf their talk, Goldman, who haib from Lowell, -Mass., asked the Attorney General also a New Engiander, to support a federal bill outlawing interstate travel of masked or hooded Klansmen? McGrath, whose religion does not make him Then he, added, wi.h7 a. twinkle: "But we .wouldn't want to ,'dq .anything to interfere -with the sale of -bedsheets manufactured m New England, would we?" Editors Hear Truman , The August American Society of Newspaper Editors, meeting, in Washington last week, was warned of .-being investigated, for "harboring Russian spies." The warning came from Wash ington Star Editor Ben McKelway in introducing President Truman. " Editors Note On the appropriation for the Daily Tar Heel, on block fees, on one or two appointees, and on numerous other items, the editor of, the Daily Tar Heel lias disagreed with the present President of the Student Body. Our disagreements have been rather violent at times and may get hotter next week.. On one thing we do agree: Student leaders on this campus tion to charges he lied to a Seriate, dornmittee can do no better than to follow the spirit of the Carolina Wav about, his .bank account . . .. Johnny. Maragori, bo well persomtied by Dr. Prank Porter Graham. Bill Mckie earnestly tried to do that. At times his speeches were. stronger than his action. He was and is attempting to make this school truly representative of the heritage that is ours. "It's about time we made a clean breast of the whole matter," said McKelway. "Two years ago, the? society had several Russians as ,our guests.'" As a matter of fact, one of them sat in the same chair as the president. We will prob ably be investigated by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee. But Senator McCarthy will be here tcnight, and T don't want to steal his .thunder,",,., S.,,.J,, ...,t.:' The Presilent enjoyed the joke. Washington Scene A tanned and dapepr White Ilause crony sits in an old courtroom with the paint cracking from, the .walls and listens with straying, atten- back. , "I. liked "this . last issue ik account.. Johnny. Maragon, of. Tarnation immensly" Bert the one time Kansas' City Greek. shoeshirie hoy said. "I 'didn't like the cartoons who parlayed his. friendship with, Harry Truman t the beginning of the year but and Harry, Vaughan; into , big ( earnings, wears they.have improved steadily, gold cuff links, a natty double-breas.ted .suit, j think the whole mag has im- and a fancy silk tie admired by the reporters . proved." . Robert Emarson . From the telephone poll we've been taking for -the past , three days, it sure does look , like Tarnation is going to be with us for. quite a. while. , No one has yet to say. that it. should be. abolished, in fact, no one . has even been too critical of the pocket sized, mag. , ... Cecil Smith I . finally.' managed to get a graduate student to say and she. said, 'I think it's pretty good. The writing could have been a little better but it's a good magazine." Her name was Cecil Smith, she said. Bill Robbiris I got . one of my secretaries to call my old friend Bill Rob bins over on the third floor of Everett.? Bill remarked that he though the first issue last- fall "wasn't worth a darnn. The last two have been very good, especially ,the last one. The little mag has. good humor but, you know, "it isnt' a very good college humor mag," Marshall Vickers Marshall Vickers, who lives in the dorm ,where Pete Gerris and my room ate1 live, had this to say about the little Bantam: I'l ..think . it's shown improve ment. It's alright. Damn good. Bert Thrasher v, . k I was over in Lewis yester day trying to sell some .Venus Fly Traps, and I ran into . Bert Thrasher, an old pal froifi years TV WT WW "W 24 ; 25 27 28 V) 41 42 43 " ZZW P 777- 45 44 47 4 4? B5; 54 HORIZONTAL 1. 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Pollux 35. blast. 37. clamors - -39. vertical part 4 j of stair ,41. ramble 42. sinful 43. repast 44. writing.. ; . implement 46. feminine ;. name Averse time f olntion: 22 minutes. 48 anecdotes-Utribu-t by King Feature SyndlcaU 49. COnstelUtlOl Pit'chih Horseshoes Dear Harry ,., i j By Billy Rose Honorable Harry S. Truman 7"he, White House Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. President: It may interest you to know that there's a man in New York who knows exactly how many atom bombs we have, exactly where theylre hidden and exactly how, they're being guarded. What's more, he is connected in no way with the Atomic Energy Commission, the Army, Navy or. any other' branch of the . government. With your patience and permission, I'd like to tell you about him. , , . Not long ago, this man the jedit,or ."of a ."na tional magazine with more than 15,000,000 read erswent to Washington on routine business. The day. he arrived he was invited to a dinner party in Georgetown, and oyer the post -prandial brandy he . got into- a bull session with several members of the military and bureaucratic elite. When the subject of the atom bomb came up, . a high-ranking official laughed. . "Don't worry about our A-bombs," he said, ( and then, without prodding or prying, he proceeded to tell th. editor and the other guests precisely how many bombs we had, where they were stored, and the security measures in force in the area. At the end, the drinky-lalky notable smiled as if to say, "You folks didn't know what a bright boy I was, did you?" . The editor, ,an old friend of mine, told m? this story a couply of days after he got back to New York, arid I've been using a lot of barbit urates, ever since. He's a zipper-lipped citizen who edits his thoughts as carefully as his copy, and I believe him when he says that Washington is currently a-busting with, blabbermouths who, at the drop of a daiquiri, blurt top secrets with only a prefaced , 'This is off the record" to tidy - up their consciences. Fortunately for us, this magazine man is . not apt to talk out of school , or turn, but it stands .iy.,ef.ul reason that if. he can come away from WasWngton with .this , kind of information a lot of . other "people can too including those. who cash their, pay checks in the First National Bank of Moscow,, , ; ?n.ts day and dilemma, Mr. ' President, goV .ernment Vy .gossip can easily, mean the end of government by consent, and from where I sit and tremble, it's', high time you pressed a few buttons and initiated some big -scale tracking and cracking down., . it iheacb-'Hust, tnen let them fall and if you want to take that literally, il al risht with me, not torrierifion .150,600,000 0;tnr!.4iTOec4nsi 'wlho don't own' a borrib shelter or a lead-lined tuxedo.. , Respectfully, r- ;: ' .. . y. , B'itfy "Hose. P.S. It may further interest you to 'know 'that, according to a "recent estimate, the per capita .consumption of hard liquor in Washington Is greater , than that of any other "town in this country. .....
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