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. - ft . "41. " ' S SUNDAY, MAY 14, H5, PAGE TV0 THE DAIUXvTAPv HEEL; 2T() c 2)ailyJaTar 3tfeel The official newspaper of the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina. Chnpvl Hill, whore It I lsftued daily during the regular sessions of the University by the Colonial Press. Inc., except Mondays. xamination and vacation periods, and the summer term. Entered es second-class matter at the post office of f.hapel Hill, N. C. under the act of March 3, 1879. Sub scription price: $4.00 per year, $3 00 per quarter. Member of The Associated kicm. ine Aisociatea press ana ap features are exclusively entitled to me use for republication of all news features published herein. m Editor GRAHAM JONES Business Manager C. B. MENDENHALL Managing Editor ;.. ROY PARKER. JR. Sporti Editor ZANE ROBBINS News Editor Rolfe Neill Adv. Manager .... Oliver Watkins Society Editor . Wuff Newell Bus. Office Mgr. Ed Williams Photographer Jim Mills Nat'l Adv. Mgr June Crocket! Subs. Mgr. Harry Grier Circulation Mgr. .. Shasta Bryant Editorial Board: Tom Donnelly, Hugh Wells. Bill Prince, Glenn Harden. Hershell Keener. Editorial Staff: Sol Kimerlin, Wink Locklair, Tom Wharton, Effie Westervelt, Mike McDaniel, Barry Farber. News Staff: Mark Sumner. Charlie Brewer, M. K. Jones. Tom Kerr, Louise Walker, Edward Teague. David Holmes, Andy Taylor, Dick Underwood. Caroline Bruner. Arnold Shaw, Kimsey King. Nancy Burgess Sports Staff:; Frank Allston, Jr.T Lew Chapman. Joe Cherry. Biff, Roberts. Ken 'Barton, Billy Peacock. Art Greenbaum, Ronald Tilley, -. Harvey Ritch. Walt Dear, Charlie Joyner. Pinkie Fischelis, Selh Bistick, Ken Anderson. ' Business StaffTNeI Cadieu, Tate Ervin. Bill Prouly, Bootsy Taylor, Don Stanford, Frank Wamsley, Ruth Dennis. Marie Withers. Randy Shiver, Charles Ashworlh, Dick Magill, Jim Lindley, Branson Hobbs. Carolyn Harrill, Bruce Bauer. Night Editor: Rolfe Neill; Sports Frank Allston. Jr. Merry-Go-Round Acheson Off To Europe On Important Mission A New 'Lone Star' , By Drew Pearson O God, Give Me Judgment A Letter To Mom Dear Mother, Chapel Hill May 13, 1950 Ed and Chuck said tell you they surely did enjoy their stay at home last Thursday tven if I did get them stuck in the mud at the City Pond so deep that we stayed there until five a.m. N You were asking how Chuck's back is. Well, maybe I'm cynical or maybe it's just because I know Chuck Hauser or maybe it's because I learned something about goofing off while I was at Camp Lee, but to tell you the truth, I suspect that the strain in Chuck's back was cured the minute we got out of the mud and back up the hill. What with Chuck's steering, and my directing and Ed pushing, we didn't make a bad team. Of course Ed claims that he'll never go anywhere else in a car if I'm doing the directing. That's just because having worked at the United Press in Raleigh for a year, he's out -of shape. What Hauser and Joyner need, is to take more Physical Ed. Anyhow they enjoyed breakfast and those eggs and pork chops we stole out of the ice box when we came in. It was two o'clock Friday, afternoon before we got back to Chapel Hill, so I have four more cuts against me this quarter. Skipper says if I don't start coming to his class (he teaches editorial writing) he's going to flunk me. And he means it, too. Hope you won't feel too bad about my grades this time, but there is so much to learn about the Tar Heel and there's so much enjoyment connected with it that I guess I'm failing to remember the thing a person is supposed to do when he comes down here: Studying. I had hoped to get home thjs week-end but we had a six page paper Friday and a crazy eight page tabloid Sat urday (that didn't turn out the way it was 'supposed to) s3 unless I can catch a ride home tomorrow morning I guess I'll miss the whole week-end. I was noticing the calendar just now and I see it's only two more weeks until exams so I ought to start cramming and catching up in my parallel reading in History anyhow. If I don't go to summer school, maybe we can take that trip to Virginia in June. Did I tell you that Uncle Joe said' they hoped to sell your old home place to the Cement Company that bought the Duffey's Farm. I hope they don't. Catawba Creek is the only stream I could ever catch a fish in and those apple trees your mother and father planted are still bearing better fruit than any in that section of Botetourt County. What they ought to do is sell the place to some good country people like Gran Childress and Gail and let them farm it. That way any time the family wanted to go out there !for a reunion or a camping trip, we could. Mother, I'm supposed to write an editorial on mothers for tomorrow's paper so I guess I'd better close now. Please give my regards to Miss Julia, and the family. I hope you will let Katherine or Boots fix dinner tomorrow and enjoy the one day of the year that's for mothers. Sincerely, Eugene P.S. My G.I. check hasn't come yet this month so could you please send me $10 or $15. I'll pay you back as soon as possible. A Prayer CHRISTIAN MOTHER'S PRAYER ON "MOTHER'S DAY:" I Thank Thee, Heavenly Father, for My Children, a Priceless Gift from Thee; for our home, Church, Country, and for the Things We were able to Teach our Children. in Their Early Years: May They ever Hold Fast the Christian Faith, Practice the Christian Virtues, Maintain the Christian Home, and Support Fair and Honest Government. "I Pray that Wherever My Children May be, They will be Found This Sunday and Every Sunday, in the Church of Their Faith at Their Accustomed Place on the Appointed Hour. "For My Children Who Are in College, I Pray that be yond their College Requirements, They may have such Wholesome Contacts and Engage in such Wholesome Past times as will give them Life-Long Friendships and fit them for Useful and Happy Living; May they Learn and Come to Fed that They are a Part of the Finer Traditions of Their School; And in Finding Their Place of Service in a Complex World for the Long Stretch Ahead, May They be Guided and Motivated by the Spirit and Love of Christ. A men. E. C. COOPER. Washington Secretary of State Acheson is now on the most important diplomatic mission of his life. Upon its outcome depends whether Europe will begin working in earnest to build up its defense against Russia or will look foran excuse to let the North Atlantfc Pact fall apart. Yet the Secretary of State arrived in France a weary, frustrated, and almost beaten man. Much of this was undoubtedly due to the in cessant pounding he has received from Senator McCarthy. Whatever the reason, Acheson has seemed not only exhausted, but overwhelmed b'y the problems he faced and with no new ideas for meeting the future. To a group of friends not long before he de parted, he gave this discouraging summary of the world situation: GERMANY We have no real policy and live from day to day. We may expect anything short of war in the expected communist putsch on Ber lin in May. However, the Russians will not catch us off guard. General Taylor has been instructed to turn back the demonstrators with fire hose, tear gas and then, if necessary, bullets. YUGOSLAVIA Marshal Tito is most diffi cult to handle. He is skittish about being iden tified with the west and proudly asserts he, not Stalin, is the true communist. Tito continues to stir up trouble against Italy over Trieste. IRAN Iran should be a pillar of anti-communism in the Near East, but poverty and cor ruption make it an easy target for our enemies. It is difficult to understand what has happened to the Shah in recent months. He appears to have lost control of his government, and, in the face of this situation, a dangerous condition is almost certain to develop. INDO-CHINA The French are being short sighted in not handing over more authority and prestige to Emperor Bao Dai. He can never get a popular following large enough to overcome the communist, Ho Chi Minh, until he can prove that he is not a French puppet. The French ought to turn over to him the palace at Saigon as a symbol of authority. . . THE PHILLIPINES There has, been, a shocking deterioration in the strength of the Philippine government in the last few months. Today,-the government is unable to maintain or der even on the outskirts of Manila. The Huks (Hukbalahaps) are operating in the very shadow of the presidential palace. Graft and corruption are rampant. Of the two billion dollars granted the Philippines since the war, but 125 million re main; A total collapse of the entire Philippine administration is possible within the near future. The situation is so unstable that President Qui rino has fled Manila and is living in Baguio. KOREA Not as unstable as the Philippines but still very far from political health. There is a danger that the Korean regime may not be able to weather the storm. . GREECE We were very happy about the whole Greek situation until just recently, when King Paul decided the time was ripe for him to take over the government. Now things are going downhill. THE UNITED NATIONS The U.N. is not an effective instrument in waging the cold war. In. addition to the obvious problems we have with Russia, we have the nore recent and almost equally serious problem of the increasing div ision of the western powers such as the Anglo American split over recognition of China, the di fficulty in making plans with the shaky British and French governments. As a result, the Wes tern eoalition today is very, very weak. When a friend asked why the State Depart ment didn't give the U.N. some ideas for saving the peace, Acheson wearily replied: "Perhaps it's because we don't have any." The Secretary of State concluded his remarks by saying that the fact that the Marshall Plan officially ends in 1952 does not mean we can halt economic aid or retire back into isolation". "The world," he s"aidj "is very much with us, whether we like it or not." Note Secretary Acheson's diagnosis of the world coincides with that of the national defense agencies. But Acheson, perhaps because df the pounding he has taken in the Senate, seems a i little wearier than they. ' U.S. Steel and Congress Since kindly Myron Taylor and the late Ed Stettinius left the U.S. Steel Corporation that organization seems to have a highly developed faculty for doing the wrong thing at the wrong time. The other day, GOP Congressman H. R. Gross of Iowa tipped off Speaker Sam Rayburn to the fact that U.S. Steel was violating House rules by staging a lavish exhibit in. the House office build ing. ' , oh tqm!.. iM? - TELL ME IT S 8&S - ( AlNT TRUE! cg PG$X - - 1 :J',:'; CPU Roundup Alaska & Statehood By Jack . Tripp The Senate 1 Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, un der the chairmanship of Sen ator Joseph d. Q'Mahoney, last week completed hearings on two bills which would grant state hood to the territories of Alaska and Hawaii. Wh'en these bills reach the floor of the Senate, opposing interests will gather their forces for the final skir mishes of a battle which has long been in progress. The course jof, the committee hearings serves to indicate in some measure the stiff oppos ition which can be . expected when the bills are debated, coming primarily from two groups. Southern Democrats, forseeing a weakening in their strong minority position on cer tain important issues, such as civil rights, are offering strong opposition, because potential Representatives- and Senators from Alaska and Hawaii, as states, are likely to hold a dif ferent point of view prt such matters, and because four Sen ators could make, an important margin on many close issues. This group is reinforced by the lobbyists in Washington repre senting the fisheries, canneries and other business interests who . foresee higher tax rates under a state government. These two groups are using every con ceivable argument to defeat the measures, contending that Ha waii should not be admitted as a state because of the Commu nist activity , there, and that Alaska is not economically and culturally prepared to become a state. As for Communist ac tivity in Hawaii, this would seem to be a good argument for the granting of statehood to that territory. The fulfillment of the promise made to Hawaii by the United States at the time of acquisition would en encourage x loyalty to its es tablished government, and giv ing the people their fair share in government would defeat the strongest program of the Com- mumsts. The argument that Alaska is not ready economical ly and culturally seems most vague. What standard is there. such standard has ever existed? A more unique argument is seen in the objection that the' new states would have representa tion in the Senate disproportion ate to their respective popula tions.' It is strange indeed that this . is . now offered, as an ob jection to the granting of state hood when for 163 years we have governed ourselves under a con stitution which provides for equal representation in the Sen ate for all states with no regard to population. Nebraska, was admitted to the Union and given its right to seat two Senators,, a representation equal to that of New York, which today in terms of population is 135 times greater. The United- States has prom- ised statehood to its citizens in Alaska and Hawaii, thus their case rests on both moral , and. legal ' grounds. Hawaii has been for some time, and Alaska is becoming, a vital economic area; the population of both areas is growing at an increasing rate; and the importance of both with respect to our national defense and security is recognized. By raising the political status of these territories, we will not only promote their welfare and development, but we will also greatly strengthen the security of our nation as a Whole. Their admission as full partners in the Union and the challenge of managing their own affairs will be a stimulus which will con tribute greatly to their growth and success. The admission of Alaska and Hawaii to the Union as the forty-ninth and fiftieth states is one of the ways in which we can demonstrate to the world our faith in democracy and in the principle of self-government. ' I This question will be discussed tonight by the CarolinaPolitical Union at 8:00 in the Grail Room of Graham Memorial. Everyone is invited to attend and urged to participate in the discussion. i 2 Is I4 Is 7 8 ' a pnr : 14 ' 24 25 26 27 V 11 8 p 3 40 p44 46 47 p48 W w if l 1 bH 1 mA 1 11 1 for determining the economic and cultural , preparedness of a territory to become a state? What Not only is it against the rules, for any non government body to occupy space in the capi tol, but U.S. Steel's charts, about the size of bill boards, showed how that corporation dominated various fields of life, even including American schools, by supplying textbooks. - - - ' - - .. . Q I was discharged from the Instead of favorably impressing congressmen, g Army in 11945 and have the exhibit had the' opposite' effect. , . ,. ,, . . : been taking GI pill training. I Note When Taylor and Stettinius dominated recently married and hope to U.S. Steel, it was considered one of thmore pub- save enough money to make a lie-spirited corporations, followed a progressive A i , . ,. ... down payment on the purchase labor policy. of a home. Is ther;e a deadline for , Mailbag me to apply, for a GI loan? J.A.T. Fayettville, W. Va.Thq initials "J.S. A Yes, there ';- is a deadline ! on the Roosevelt dime are not those of Joseph You have jul ig5? , Stalin as rumored, but of John Smnock, who was . , , v . the U.S. Mint engraver and designed the Roose- make formal . aPPcation for a velt dime. Although the treasury has' done its GI loah guaranteed or insured best to quash the. rumor about "Joe Stalin's" under the Servicemen's Read initials it is still about as prevalent as ever . . . , justment Act. HORIZONTAL 1. a slip 6. club 9. flap 12. lessen 13. monkshood 15. claw 16. legislator 17. flow against 18. proper 19. dim 20. school of seals ' 21. mantle of mollusk 23. ensnare J 24. harmony , r 26. tube upon which silk is wound "'- 28. strengthen ing piece on statue 29. theme 33. apron top 35. Jerusalem thorn 36. droning 39. unit of gem weight 41. among, poetic 42. of grand parents 44. earlike part 45. to dull 46. fundamental 48. pertaining- to space between eye . and bill of birds 50. law 51. the best 52. shut in 53. common level 54. civet-like animal VERTICAL 1. Buddhist column 2. shell-fish 3. legendary hero 4. pause 5. even, poetic 6. smajl pond , 7. sour 8. measure of weight Answer to Saturday's puzzle. E. All S US TA LTh AkAEGMOORSfjRA IMllNiFEiACT AJ:A s uljos n i cTa SEinxinLi eon mm istnflTtq nv 5-15 Average time of solution: 27 minutes. DUtrlbutedby King Features Syndicate 9. one having gigantic strength 10. corn-meal mush 11. cap 14. be unwary 18. sport 20. lay 21. bracing 22. heavenly body 25. sound of grief 27. kitchen utensil 30. South American marmoset 31. copy 32. whim i 34. juice of bully-tree 35. shred 36. severe 37. conserve of grapes 38. my lady 40. governor j 43. brightened 45. pier 47. drinking vessel 48. support 49. adroit Write Away ACADEMIC FREEDOM What is a university? A university is an as semblage of searchers whose function it is to sr-f k and disseminate the truth. .All recorded history shows that judgments of men are never final. Truths must be continually re-examined and re formulated in an ever-changing world. The world has progressed only because' people have honestly questioned accepted theories in" the light of nr-w experience. The geometry ,of Euclid, accepted as absolute for over 2000 years, proved inadequate for the so lution of modern problems. Galileo .and Kepk-r dared to think dangerous thoughts and to re ject the Ptolemaic hypotheses about the uni verse when their investigations led them into new paths. The ancients explained sickness by the doctrine of four humors out of balance; med ical pioneers upset tradition to introduce now hypotheses .which better stood the test of ob servation and experiment and led to better health and longer life. - . , The fight for broader educational opportunity and academic freedom is a basic part, of the fight for extension of democratic rights. The purpose of education is to provide all people with the knowledge they need to develop their great potentialities and to live as thinking free men. It is the duty and responsibility of educators and of all citizens to insure that this liberating force of education is not misused and distorted. Educa tion which forbids questioning of accepted ideas produces meek followers rather than independent and critical citizens. . , Academic freedom means freedom of teachers and students to examine all theories in the light of facts with complete assurance that no par ticular ideas are politically required or politically forbidden. A political test for academic employ ment forbids by decree the reaching of certain conclusions and threatens all who question, all who doubt, with loss of their jobs. History shows that forbidding of certain ideas is only-the first step towards forbidding all but one set of ideas. The controls now being imposed on our Uni versity stem from a small group of political ap pointees more keenly aware of their interests in the world of affairs than of the purposes for which a university exists. The faculty have ac cepted these controls as a condition of their own employment. In so doing they have agreed to restrict their efforts to seek and to teach truth, in direct contradiction to their social obligations. To the detriment of the welfare of the people of ths state, the Regents ar now deciding questions of academic and educational policy. No University is an island complete unto itself. Not only are all the universities threatened by the loss of freedom at one, but the entire educa tional system of our nation is placed in jeopardy. To make men slaves, tyrants must first enslave their schools. We fought this danger at the University vof California. Despite present defeats, - we pledge to keep fighting until the University of California is again a free university. We call on all friends of freedom to join their efforts to ours, by recog nizing and defeating the invasion of their own campuses, and. by defending and aiding the in tended victims of the political purges at the Uni versity of California. The Steering Commiiiee of ihe Non-Senate Academic Employees University of California Berkeley, California. The Pic Of The Pics By Anies Daye In order to give the box-office receipts a boost, the movie industry has tacked a slogan on all its ads that reads: "Movies Are Better Than Ever." And they want you to believe fiat "Cheaper by the Dozen," which is showing down at Mr. Smith's popcorn palladium, is a movie that substantiates that state ment. Taken from the best selling novel of the same title, "Cheaper by the Dozen" is good entertainment; but it just isn't all it's cracked up to be. " There hasn't been much at tempt to make a smoothly con nected story out of the novel's large lot of material, but rather the script just hits the high spots, bringing episode after episode in the life of ihe Gilbreth family, showing mama' - and papa and the 12 kids going about their business of getting x the most of whatever comes into their lives. - ' No one will mistake that Clifton Webb puts. ' some of "Mr. Belvedere" Into ' his por trayal of papa, but there is no criticism here, for it fits per fectly. The -whole picture cen ters about papa; the rest rjf the cast is only, around to sup plement him. Myrna Loy is mama, the willing ,- assistant to papa's paternal ambitions, and balance-wheel for.,; the brood, ieann'e Crain aptly portrays the oldest daughter, who is held back in dowdy styles by a stern' father ;x Barbara Bates, the second daughter' and Mildred Natwick, a birth-control ad vocate, are among the others who add - good performances. There are many spots in the film that really stand out. One is papa's firm decision to chap . (See EDIT, page 4)
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