PAGE TWO
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1952
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Letters
An editorial which appeared in Tuesday's paper called
'Faculty For Freedom" was intended to be the first of three
editorials on the subject of academic freedom. The other two
articles, which have not yet been written, were to be directed
to the student body and the administration of this institution.
However, the "Faculty" editorial has raised such a storm
of reply and protest that this page has been occupied with
that immediate question.
Much of the response it is heartening to note, has been
from students, who see the problem as a serious national one.
The letter from Dick Murphy brought to light much that
had been previously unsaid, and that letter has received notice
from the state press.
The protest has been in the form of correction on matters
of fact, coming out of South Building. '
The paragraph to which South Building authorities . take
exception read " ... certain measure, notably the hidden loy
alty 'oath have been brought to the University with scarcely
a murmur from the faculties of this institution. Several men
were fired for refusing to sign that piece of paper , or answer
ing it the wrong way, and only two men stood to protests"
Note our quotes around the word "oath."
Chancellor Robert House rightly points out that the "piece
of paper" is not an oath, such as the oath required of faculty
members of the University of California, but -merely a ques
tion added to the personnel questionnaire, used for all pro
spective employees of the University. And South Building
authorities are unanimous in agreeing that the question was
never asked of persons actually in the employ of the Univer
sity. The questionnaire asks educational background and other
normal personnel questions plus this one, "Are you now, or
have you been at any time in the past, a member of, or in any
wise affiliated with, either the Communist Party, or with any
organization or association controlled to your knowledge by
Communists. If so, please explain fully."
The Chancellor further asserts that, "No one has been fired
from the university for political reasons since Professor Hed
rick was fired on the eve of the Civil War because he said he
was going to vote for Freemont."
The Daily Tar Heel owes an apology for failing to make
the situation absolutely clear. The questionnaire has been
consistently referred to in these pages as a "hidden loyalty
oath," because of the specific implications attached to the
loyalty question, wherever it has appeared in colleges and
universities, and we did not realize that there was still some
doubt as to the nature of the questionnaire on this campus.
The Daily Tar Heel owes much more of an apology for
the statement that several men were "fired." Prevailing opin
ion (this is a column of opinion) has it that several men were is out of the hands of the people,
gotten rid of in connection with the questionnaire. However Quite the contrary. Authority
there is no doubt, as Chancellor House says, that "the ques
tionnaire has never applied to anyone already employed by
the university
If any employees of this University were ousted at the
time the political question was added to the personnel sheet,
(and for that reason) they were simply refused the usual con
tract renewal on account of it, they were not "fired" while
actually under contract.
And the Chancellor assures us that "no one has been re
fused employment on account of his answers to that ques
tion. If and when all misunderstandings are cleared up, and let
ters to the editor printed on this subject, we still intend to
present the problem of national thought eontrol as it applies
to the students and the administration of this University
unless those points of view are adequately covered in the
present furor.
Madam Editor, Faculty, and
Fellow Students:
Academic freedom or more
accurately, academic servitude
is a burning issue, and yet
we see only the smoke and smog
of fear and secrecy.
Even if we are content to sit
back and observe the inevitable
historical process, we should
make an effort to see through
the cloud. For lack of a clear
cut issue, let us imagine one.
Let us suppose a bizarre
supposition indeed, considering
the conservatism of the admin
istration and trustees of the Uni
versity and of, the legislature
and voters of the State of North
Carolina but let us suppose
that the University should in
vite a professor from Soviet
Russia to lecture on, say, Soviet
ideology, in order to be the only
university in the U. S. to offer
this subject right from the
horse's mouth.
Immediately a storm of pro-
test would be raised by news
papers and civic groups.
TT-. T t
j. luregone conclusion is
T ; r ,fl
tnai um xvussian proiessor would
be refused entrance to the
country, even if he wanted to
come and the Soviet govern
ment wanted him to come.
By whom would he be refused
entrance? -The higher-up, the
FBI, the police state?
No. This is a common fallacy,
to think that our government
has always rested with the
people, and now for the first
time they are willing to use it.
Our government is now the
most representative that has
ever existed on the face of the
earth. If it becomes a police
state, that will be what the
people want.
It is the people who would
refuse entrance to our Russian
professor.
Brotherhood Books The Daily Tar Heel
The official newspaper of the Publi-
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second class matter at the Post Office
of Chapel Hill. N. C, under the act of
March 3. 1879. Subscription rates:
mailed $4.00 per year, $1.50 per quarter;
delivered $6.00 per year and $2.25 per
Quarter.
Glenn Harden .
Bruce Melton
David Buckner
How io Conduct a Community Bill Peacock
Self-Survey of Civil Rights. Mar- Jry NeUBoddie
got Haas Wormser and Claire Joe Raff
' oeiiXlz. Sue Burr ess
TM4.tir'r TTmfinfcTiAA TuinAcK. Ed Starnes
- Nancy Burgess . Assoc Society Editor
Sara E. Southall. Ruff in Woody ; Photographer
Editor-in-chief
Managing Editor
News Editor
Sports Editor
Society Editor
Feature Editor
Literary Editor
Associate Editor
Associate Editor
Assoc. Sports Editor
It is the damnable arrogance
of a citizenry that is aware of
its limitations and yet is per
fectly willing to impose them
on its betters. With. self-righteous
and smug complacency it
stifles the very institutions
which alone can provide for the
security it so jealously guads
like a miser hoarding gold that
bears no interest..
Let the voters tell the state
university what to teach, but
not what not to teach.
Nobody will listen, so let's
sit back and watch the world
go to hell. There is one consola-
tion. What they can prevent us
from teaching, they cannot pre
vent us from learning.
Inlerculiural Education, John
j D. Redden and Frances A. Ryan.
On Being Negro in America, J.
i Saunders Redding.
Statement on Race, Ashley .
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Strange Lands and Friendly
People. William O. Douglas.
A Walker in the City. Alfred
Kazin. ;
Children's. Books
All-of-a-kind Family, Sydney
j Taylor. ,
Chariot in the Sky, a Story of
the Jubilee Singers, Arna Bon-
temps.
Prairie School, Lois Lenski.
O. T. Watkins
Campus " Chest contributions
finance diagnostic clinics, treat
ment centers and special scnoois.
Pete Mullis, Carolina assistant
basketball coach, is a former
South Atlantic diving champion.
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