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L THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 11 PXGE TWO. -THE DAILY TAR HEEC US AW 1ST a Flying A Red Flag A relatively new periodical made its way into the offices of The Daily Tar Heel a few days ago and deserves, I believe, some editorial comment in passing. The magazine bears the title New Foundations and carries the theme, "The earth shall rise on new foundations." The magazine is quite interesting for leisure reading but it all boils down to the same old Red malargey wrapped up in col legiate . clothes. In principles set forth by the editor, Ed Israel, "New Foundations is a publication guided by the phi-: losophy of Marxism-Leninism, the philosophy of socialism and is dedicated to the democratic -rights and interests of American college stu dents. ; The magazine is slightly more than three years old but its new to this office. And, I might add, it's a bit amusing. The Reds are still hiding under democratic covers to spread Joe Stalin's hand-me-down, state-above-all type of government. , It's rather amusing to think that the Commies themselves can believe such illogical, mocking propaganda. To think that it is their belief that they can sweet-talk any thinking American into . believing the same brand of poppycock ' borders on the hilarious. - - . . But maybe that's our trouble. Maybe we in America are a bit too content with our way of life, our democratic principles, and our unpa ralleled standard of living. Maybe the Reds fight on in the belief that our supreme self-confidence will wither and die in the face of the repeated propaganda the "Big Lie" that is tossed at us every day from Moscow headquarters. We . might easily lull ourselves into a feeling of false security and then have "Uncle Joe" lower the boom on us just as he is trying to do with the peoples of Europe and Asia. The price of democracy is eternal vigilance. We cannot afford to lend one serious thought to the idea that we are all right and "they" are all wrong. We cannot afford to read the laughable propaganda sheets with mild amusement, toss them aside and go on our merry way. We must resolve to fight down anything that smacks of communism. Thus this editorial is presented to give a picture of what Moscow would have the American college student believe. New Foundations dedicates its current issue to "The Martinsville Seven," and pledges. "We will never forget them nor the struggle that their deaths symbolized. And we will fight on to kill the Jim Crow system that killed them." The magazine, published in New York, pre sents a remarkable insight into Southern prob- Back To Normal It looks like things are just about back to normal on The Daily Tar Heel after a few hec tic days in which no one knew what was coming off. - ... After official approval by 'the Publications Board yesterday afternoon, Roy Parker, Jr. re turns today as editor of the student newspaper. It's a long, confused story but boils down to something like this: Parker, following advice from his doctors, resigned his post as boss of the DTH at the end of the winter quarter and recommended that a new editor be appointed before the opening of the spring quarter. The board, acting in good faith and on Parker's recommendation, appointed me as interim editor. In the meantime. Parker's doctors informed him that he would be able to return to school this quarter and he decided to withdraw his resignation. Before the Publications Board was informed of Parker's decision, however, one or more anonymous muck-rakers put their somewhat-twisted brains to work and came up with a plan, to "preserve" The Daily Tar Heel. Alter circulating a number of pure lies in : several State newspapers concerning the DTH and its disputed editorship which has never been in dispute, the instigators named five journal ists with varied experience who had allegedly offered to serve as an advisory board to the paper and see that it survived until the situation had been cleared up. At least one of the men named on the pro posed "advisory board" has contacted me nam ing the man who approached him about the plan. Tie aid that he did not agree to anything like the proposal that was printed and certainly would not attempt to settle the problems of the pape;- without knowing the whole story. Parker said yesterday that he knew nothing about the story until it was printed and the Publication - Board was not contacted although misinformation concerning the business of the board was printed, thanks to some campus "wheel" who knows it all but rot enough to find out tire real facts. It v.a.: an unfortunate iiicident fo rail con- M i 1 oily Tar Heel The official student newspaper of the University of r.'-.rth Carolina at Chapel Hill, where It is published by Colontal Press. Inc. for the Publications Board four .,VK.t;y except during examinations, vacation period;!, .ind summer sessions. Entered as second class igniter .-; Iht: Pot Offle of Chapel Hill. N. C. under rc . ?.J;oh 17ii). Opinions express -d bv column-1.-..;; -to necessarily thse of this newspaver. ru'-.'M':i;i rates: 08 per year; $3 per quarter. Editorial Staff r.-uu.v Ma:-.igirp Editor ..-vi.fc Ec''"''' Assoc. Snort:; Editor liews Fo'tor Society T.ditor . Sic:e1v Editor ZANE ROBBINS CHUCK HAUSEK FRANK A LLSTON, JR. DON MAYNARD BIL.I.F PEACOCK ANDY TAYLOR FA YE MASSENGILL NANCY UURGESS Business Staff Business Manager ED WILLIAMS Adverting Manager NEIL CAD1EU Office Manager OLIVER W ATKINS Circulation Manager SHASTA BRYANT Subscription Manager TOM McCALL 1 cerned The Daily Tar Ileel, the Publications Board, Roy Parker, and myself. All is peace in the office of the DT1I at this time and I hope for smooth sailing from here on out. If the politieos and campus busy-bodies will leave the paper to solve it; own problems the DTH will do very well. I would like to thank the Publications Hoard for my appointment to an office which I have never sought. I stepped in and served to the best of my ability. Now, thank God, I can slip softly back to the sports department where I will find myself much more at home than I have here. Give me baseball, tennis, lacrosse, ana track. You take the Reds, politicians, and other assorted people and affairs that the editor has to contend with. The true university of tliesa days is a collection of books. , Caklyi.e Rolling Stones Play makers Now Hear This V ti I lems an insight that a great many Northerners seem to possess. Alin. Martin wrote the "lead story" concerning the "frame-up", of the seven Martinsville Negroes who were executed last month for the rape of a white woman whom Martin described as "a former , mental patient." ? In an obvious attempt to stir up racial trou bles, Martin claims that the Martinsville seven were "convicted on phoney'evideme-by a rigged jury" and sentenced to death by a lynching judge." He made quite an event" of the case, even going so far as to say, "February, the'shoit winter month of Washington's birthday and Lin coln's will be remembered now as the month of the lynching.'.' T - Maybe . the pink shirts are right about the whole affair and maybe they aren't.' But until somebody proves the Virginia court was in error, I, for one, will continue to take the side of the American court system that has been doing very well for itself since the 18th century. Other . articles in New Foundations included stories on how the United States "imperialists" are mistreating the people of Puerto Rico, how the walls are tumbling down all over the nation and allowing Negroes to enroll in state and pri vate colleges and universities, how the U. S. is drafting "killers" to carry out its "imperialistic program," the usual "peace" hoopla, and a story on Negroes and whites in college sports. As mentioned previously, the magazine shows a remarkable insight into the problems of the Southern Negro. It stirs up a lot of ill-feeling and raises a lot of questions, but, in typical Com munist fashion, cures no ills and comes forward with no logical remedies for the admittedly-bad conditions that exist in certain phases of our de mocracyNegro and white, North and South. It's just one more example of how the embit tered Reds are attempting to invade our thoughts by playing on a conscience that they do not pos sess. By stirring up racial spats and consistently pointing to the flaws that exist in any govern ment, the Stalin-led puppets hope to puncture -our democratic way qf life and set us up for what might prove to be a death-dealing blow from Moscow. The Reds have hurt the cause of the Negro in this country much more than they could ever help it if they wanted to. It will be a long time before those who aue sincerely interested in help ing the Negro will be able to get an appreciative audience if the Communists are continually en couraged in their selfish efforts to better their own cause while hiding under a ems-ding ban ner for the black man. Tarnation Nee Humor, Gals, Etc. By Don Maynard It has fallen my lot in the last two years to read and comment upon the little ovcf Tamilian magazine. My reviews have been complimentary at times, critical on other occasion;. And now, the next to last issue has been thrir.t upon us and i am obliged to applaud as Tarnation rehearses its swan song. It's not that I wi;h anyone ill, but several thousand dollars have been tpent for the maga zine, and some of it has been my money. Frankly, I wouldn't buy the pocket-sized publication, it it were on the newsstands. But, let's overlook what pretends to be a cover, and quickly glance through Tarnation, item by item: 1. Jokes if you've read Tarnation before, you know what, to expect in the way of jokes. Sev eral good ones are chuckled off, and the rest tre read. I still maintain the advertisements are funnier. ... v 2. Cartoons I counted 10 of them.' I particu larly liked the "Campus Views" spread by-Bert Wade on page 43. The layout located in the mid dle of the magazine and done by Hugh Gale "iz well-drawn. I'm -willing to bet many students will U-ar it. out, save it and 20 yeaii latfi-.gazi upon it saying: "I once lived, in that town iov four years." 3. Cheesecake didn't find any, unless you can count that photo .by'-Mi 11 ; located 'at the bot tom of page 54. 4. Stories I read Barry Farber, again, and enjoyed his treatise on army physicals and es pionage entitled "Operation Femme."' Chuck Hduser runs hot and cold "Over the Hill," and Harry Snook treats brother-in-law Jim Mills with a great deal of insight. Mills' photo quiz is typically Mills, and my only wish is that the faculty does not read it too closely. Remember the Buccaneer? ShowTabbed About The Woes O Don't Expect Lack Competent' By William Peterson, Lo, the Angel, a new play by Nancy Henderson, was present ed by the Carolina Playmakers March 8 and 9. The production and cast were competent, and there were scenes of consider able impact. The main character is Liza Bethunea Negro woman :who faces the numerous difficulties of a deserted wife attempting to keep her family together in wartime. Her mother's super stitious religious belief be comes the dominant theme, and it provides the climax of the play in her death and funeral, inevitable after Liza has lied to her and caused her to break faith. This is a powerful motif, and by itself it would have made a good play. The piece may have been con- A Columnist; Of Prejudice By Jack Lackey This column is supposed to concern itself generally with student affairs. Since we have a nice big campus election com ing up soon I would like to take this last chance to drift off the subject. . . . . : , What kind of a' person is it who will sit down and hack out a column one day a week? I often wonder about this .when looking at some of the other efforts that . appear on this page. Why bother? What do we get out of it? The main reason, I suppose, is that there is a tremendous kick in .seeing some of your own words in print. In my case, this is coupled with a very old love for student politics. This com bination led to the revival of ceived as a problem play, but1 'Now Hear This this past year. it has problems. There is much extraneous material which con tributes little to the play's cli max. All art must be selective, and drama is so constricted that irrelevant scenes, no matter,, how entertaining, are not ad4 ! missible. The numerous scene breaks disturbed the continuity, of effect, and it was difficult to reconcile the elements of humor with the intensely tragic tone, of act three. Spirituals and spngs were used extensively. Lo, the Angel should probably be called a "play with music." Frances Thompson gave a con sistently excellent performance as Liza's mother. Anne Leslie played Liza with considerable restraint, no doubt intended to emphasize the general appli cation of her catalogue of dif ficulties. Tommy Rezzuto, Phil ip Bernanke, Ruth Lewis, and Patricia Jewell gave rewarding ' performances i n demanding roles. All the members of the cast were satisfactory, although there were occasional vocal inadequacies. On Campus George Todd Colvard, well known Graham Memorial bridge expert, although he is known as '"The Fanatic" in his fraternity house circles, seems always to have the boom lowered upon his trusting back. The last sad story we heard of George, he had been scalded while reading in the men's room. But, more recently, George has had other troubles. Last week, George accompan ied a fraternity brother, Steve Fasul, as far as George's home in Richmond. Steve continued to Washington, D. C, assuring George he would pick him up on the return trip in time to attend the first day of classes Tuesday. But Steve forgot all about Georgs, and came to Chapel Hill without him. The last word If you harbor a hidden flame to write something like this each . week it . is only fair to warn "you that there are many hazards involved. One of the biggest is seeing something that you did not write in your col umn. This does not -happen - often, but it is a definite hazard. Sometimes the editorial pencil is the villian. More often, it is Vth'e work of a demon called the linotype man. He has a positive genius for leaving out or com bining sentences and thoughts. Another drawback in writing one of these things is that some weeks you may not have much to say. You have a deadline to meet and that won't wait for some muse to inspire you. The most discouraging thing, how ever, is the after effect of some of your most sincere state ments. I have been called every thing from a bigot to a drunk in the past few months and by some of my best friends too. Now my boss, the editorial page make-up man, has asked me to do a series on the prevent campus election campaign. I am going to try to fulfill the as signment during the nc-xt sev eral weeks. It is only fair to tell you, if you haven't guessed it by now, that I am not an unbiased observer. My - views . and prejudices will be presented 'as they have been in the past. With at least three candi dates for student body pres ident and four for The Daily Tar Heel editorship, there should be a lot to talk about. Next week we will start looking into the candidates why they are run ning, who they are, and who their friends are. from George was a telegram Wednesday saying, simply: "Well? I'm still waiting. . ." From the Rambler, St. Bene dict's College, Kansas: "It seems rather sardonic that one of the freedoms we are fighting for, we ourselves are abusing to such an extent that those whom we are fighting arc gaining comfort by this abuse." Ed note: Yes, and a little con fusing, too. ACROSS 1. 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Editor: Old Dr. Lukos told me an interesting story a friend of his had told him about a basketball referee whose name was Jake. It seems that one Thursday night Jake was refereeing a basket ball game between two college teams. The game was scrappy and the tension was heated. As the pace quickened, more fouls were committsd, a few players injured, and a couple were put out of the game. When tension was the highest, Jake suddenly blew his 'whistle and called out, "Double.' foul on all the players of both teams!" Each player received one free throw, but, since this procedure was a little unusual, ' both captains called out and de manded of Jake an exDlanation. Mentioning something about an Elastic Rule, Jake continued something like this: "Ycu men are supposed to be basketball players. When you came out" on the court, you had been trained to play basketball. But you are not playing basketball! Basketball is recreation, you're making it work and sweat and strife. It is supposed to be enjoyment, but your faces are set with frowns. It should be teamwork, but you are righting between individuals and seeking your own fame. It should be filled with encouragement, but your mouths spit out curses. The purpose of basketball is in playing, but you only seek to bsat the other team by any means. You are supposed to be playing basketball, but you are not even playing!" The teams were quiet with wonder, but then they jumped center and Jake ordered, "Play ball!" And they PLAYED BALL. But Jake was thrown out of basketball for "not going by the rules." Only a few people ever saw Jake at the basketball games anymore, and basketball continued to be played as before. But the players on those two teams did not forget, and they taught other men who wanted to play basketball how to play and about Jake who had taught them. Does Jake need to teach us how to play basketball today? Ed Smuiis Carolina Front Runaround Only Reward For Writer By Chuck Hauser An inquiring coluniniu -,llIr does get the runaround. I called South Buiidit. :., about 5:30 yesterday afu i ne,, to find out if the Truster cum m it tee ' discussing admi.-:.;,-policy had finished its nic .'t ins. The conversation ran this W;,y: Hauser: Has the Tiu-t,,-. committee meeting broken up yet? Mrs. Johnson (Gordon GrayV secretary): I don't know. Hauser: You mean you deist know whether a meeting Loin held in Mr. Gray's office is ov r or still going on? Mrs. Johnson: That's ri.ht. I don't know. Hauser: Well, could I speak to Mr. Gray then? Mrs. Johnson: He's not in. Hauser: You mean he's hit South Building? Mrs. Johnson: No, he hu.-n't left the building. Hauser: Thanks a million. Governor Scott was in town Tuesday evening for a dinm v meeting of the Watauga Club ac the 'Carolina Inn. Also at tending were Gordon Gray, Billy Carmichael, Chancellor Hou.-v and Law School Dean Henry Brandis. I don't know exactly what t he purpose of the meeting was, but we'll bet an old Underwood typewriter that the boys spent a little time discussing the situa tion in the courts with refer ence to admitting Negroos to tin University, and also the special Trustee meeting here yesterday in Grav's office. 1 r-, 1 1 mil I II I I ml ill I II till ill i III Imwuilia i J i iMl liliA mmnj rann nr. mi 5lMJ L-jLjiLiH n PHILIP V1RKIIS challengeo JSs: any other leading brana Amy, to suggest 'this test HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SMOKERS, who tried this test, report in signed statements that PHILIP MORRIS IS DEFINITELY LESS IRRITATING, DEFINITELY MILDER! -:j.V i ' Nfes. XV' 1 TL. . . Light up a PHILIP MORRIS Just take a puff DON'T inhale and s-l-o-w-l-y let the smoke come through your nose. Easy, isn't it? And NOW... Other brands merely make claims ? .... .r. X- : :-: 2. . . Light up your present brand Do exactly the same thing DON'T INHALE. Notice that bite, that sting? 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