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VOLUME LX CHAPEL HELL, N. C. THURSRAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1952 NUMBER 107
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"Socialism vs. Free Enterprise'
is the topic of a panel discussion
to be held in Graham Memorial
tomorrow at 8 p.m. as the first in
a series of programs designed to
utilize to the fullest the student!
union facilities.
' Participating in the discussion
will be Frances W. Coker, visit
ing professor in political science,
James E. King, professor of his
tory, and D. D. Carroll, commerce
school professor and former dean.
t The faculty members "are ex
pected to approach the subject
from three diffeernt viewpoints
in an attempt to explore the pre
sent status of free enterprise in
this country and determine
''where it is going."
Following the formal program
audience participation in a ques
tion and answer session will be
encouraged, and refreshments
served.
The series of panel discussions
represent an attempt to have the
"best minds of the faculty" ex
press themselves freely on cur
rent matters of vital importance.
Other topics to be discussed in the
series include "Western Civiliza
tion: What Is It, and Is It Worth
Saving?", "End of the Protestant
Era?", and "The Function of the
University.
Two Sfudenfs
Win Rofary
Scholarships
Miss Alice Craven Reynolds of
Charlotte and Ted Rand Creech
of Wendell, both studying for
graduate degrees in French have
received Rotary Foundation fel
lowships for the coming year.
The fellowships are worth be
tween $2,000 and $4,000 and are
awarded on the basis of scholar
ship, character, aptitude for for
eien student, and other recom
mendations.
Purpose of the grants are to en
able the recipients to do advanc
ed study in the foreign country of
his or her choice and to afford an
opportunity for getting acquaint
ed with citizens of other nations
and thus to gain a better under
standing of the social, economic
and industrial life of people in
other countries.
Miss Reynolds graduated from
Central high school, Charlotte,
and received her A3, degree at
Queens College last June. She
will complete her first year of
study for her master's degree in
French here this summer and will
leave for France to enter the Sor
bonne next fall. ,
Creech attended high school in
Wendell and graduated from tha
University here last summec Ha
studied during the? summer c
199 at Laval Univ. :sity in Que
bec. Working now for his xnastss'S,
in French literature, ha boiis l
graduate tuition scholarship h are...
He was president of the French
Club here one year and has roles
in two French plays. He will en
ter the University of Poitiers next
fait. " .:
Tonight, 8:30
Hoif
Urges Baffle Against
'Big Lie' Technique
by Walt Dear
'We can't conquer communism
by surrendering to the big lie
technique," declared Dr. Hornell
Hart, Duke professor of sociology,
in an address before students,
faculty, and townspeople Tues
day night in Garrard Hall.
The Communists put across
their Utopia by fear and the
methods employed by Senator
Joseph McCarthy to rid the State
Department of Communists only
brings fear, the professor asserted.
the discharge of John Stewart
Service who had been indiscreet
in giving out secret information,"
but his lists .of 205 and later 57
card carrying party members
have resulted in no prosecutions
by the Justice Department.
In short, many of his charges
made since February 9, 1950 have
Student and faculty members
may feci the effects of McCar- -thy
ism here at UNC, but they
are the only ones, Zr. Hart said.
At Duke, "many professors
find it discreet not to speak out.
If you are' going to feel safe,
you don't say anything. This is
more true of faculty than of stu
dents," he continued.
- Miss Mary Gils on, former pro
fessor cf economics at the Uni
versity of Chicago and longtime
teacher at Wellesley, quizzed.
"What can we do about board of
trustees that has one smear
member?" Now retired. Miss
Gilson resides in Chapel Hill.
Hart answered that citizens
can only support leaders in op
position to McCarthy, and speak
out against officials who at
tempt to deny freedom. There
is often too much compacency
toward McCarthy." he added.
"been wideiy at variance from the
facts, Hart said. An impartial
factual analysis completed re
cently by Hart indicates that of
50 statements made by the Wis
consin senator, 50 were incom
patible with what was actually
Soos, Hun cjarian Churchman
W
ill Visit Here For Talks
Dr. Geza Soos from Hungary
and more recently of Geneva,
Switzerland, will speak on "Christ
in Modern Catacombs" Sunday,
Honor Body Taps
C3ioy ICootincj ... ....
President Gordon Gray, form
er Sceretary of the Army,, and
Captain John S. Keating, com
manding officer of the Naval
ROTC unit here, were tapped as
associate members of the Scab
bard and Blade on Tuesday night.
Directing the oath of office taken
by the new members 'was, James
Strickland, chapter captain.
The local chapter of Scabbard
and Blade, a national military
honor society, held a smoker in
lienor of Gray and Keating in the
Gxzl Eoom at Graham Memorial
& platoon of new pledges at
tended the smoker, which con
sisted of conversation, crumpets
and drinks.
Other active associate members
are CoL F. C. Shepard and Lt.
Col. Jesse J. Iloorhead, '
happening in the State Depart
ment and what was later proved
by senatorial investigating com
mittees. Hart pinpointed some of Mc
Carthy's charges and compared
them with statements made by
reporters, the State Department,
and Congressmen. McCarthy ad
mitted on a radio show that there
were 205 members of the Com
munist Party who "are still
working" in the State Depart
ment, the Duke professor also
illustrated other examples of facts
made by McCarthy which were
later denied.
One accusation of the former
judge and marine received much
space in papers but died out the
next day. His comment on General
Marshall "Gen. Marshall is
leader of one of the greatest
conspiracies in American history,"
extends to "absurdity," Hart
pointed out.
"If he is the loyal patriot he
says he is, he should submit these
charges for prosecution to the
Justice Department," Hart said.
. Some of McCarthy's reactions
to Hart's analysis (which appears
in a 33 page mimeographed book
let) show the McCarthy persona
lity, the professor indicated. The
report contained much of the
"vicious false, and libelous attacks
which have been leveled at me
by the Daily Worker and other
Communistic media." Other Mc
Carthy reactions to refutations of
his charges are, "this criticism is
simply an example of the Com
munist Party line smear," or "I'm
not even going to read this docu
ment." To lick McCarthyism, support
should be given to such Senatorial
leaders as Sen. William Benton
(D. Conn.) and Sen. Margaret
Chase Smith (R. Me.) who have
shown how wrong the Senator
is, Hart indicated.
"Is McCarthy sick?" an un
identified psychiartist asked.
; "If McCarthy is sick, the dis
(See HART, page 4)
Feb. 24 at 8:00 pjn. in Hill hall.
At this University Sermons pro
gram of the YWCA, the Glee Club
will make one of its two appear
ances this quarter.
. Dr. Soos will speak again Mon
day night, on "Communism and
the Underground Movement in
Hungary" in Gerrard Hall at 8:00.
Dr. Soos, now a faculty member
of Montreat College, was associ
ated with the World Council of
Churches in Geneva. He has de
grees in law and political science
from the University of Budapest
and a degree in theology from
the University of Geneva.
A leader of the Resistance
Movement during the Nazi occu
pation of Hungary, Dr. Soos has
begun many Christian movements
He has also served as a teacher
and as a judge in Budapest. Be
cause of opposition to the Com
munist party, he had to flee from
Hungary in 1046 when he bejjan
his work in Switzerland and stay
ed until recently when he arriv
ed in Montreat with his wife and
, four children.
with UNC trustee John Clark over the issue of segregation,
and invited him to inspect the records of their meeting on
segregation.
Clark -wrote President John A. Sullivan on February 7,
asking lor information concern-
ing the action of the Di in which
they went on record as refusing
to condone "any act of discrim
ination directed at a fellow hu
man being because of such irrele-
GUNC Day
Set Saturday
All Carolina students are in
vited to observe Greater Uni
versity Day at State College
Saturday, "according to T. Har
vey Wilkinson, president of the
State Pep Club.
State and Carolina basket
ball teams will compete Satur
day night in a Southern Con
ference game which will be at
tended by 400 girls from Wom
an's College in Greensboro.
They will be met at the State
. campus .by delegations from
State and the University on
Saturday afternoon.
Dining rooms in Leazar hall
will be open to all students for
a cafeteria style dinner Satur
day night. Following dinner, a
dance given by the State Col
lege Union will be held in Frank
Thompson Gymnasium. This
dance is open to all students
of the Greater University.
I ickets on Sole
For Wintersef
Reserve tickets for "Winterset",
the Playmaker's production set
Feb. 27, went on sale yesterday at
Swain hall and Ledbetter-Pick-
ard's.
This modern verse tragedy, bas
ed on the Sacco-Vanzetti trial of
the 1920s was the unanimous
choice of the Playmaker staff. It
received the New York Drama
Critics Circle Award when it was
presented on Broadway in 1936
and is considered one of "the fin
est verse tragedies written
America".
in
The Playmakers production will
have a cast of 18 under the per
sonal stage direction of the head
of the Dramatic Art department,
Samuel Selden. He was the dir
ector of "Borneo and Juliet" last
year. He also directed The Lost
Colony" at Manteo, "Forever This
Land" at New Salem, I1L, and will
direct. "Horn In the West" open
ing this summer at Boone, N. C
These three are outdoor histori
cal dramas.
Settings for "Winterset" are be
ing designed by Gene Graves,
with special lighting by Richard
Snavely and costumes by Irene
Rains all permanent staff mem
bers of the Playmakers.
Election Disallowed
A recommendation that the
campus referendum on two con
stitutional amendments be dis
allowed and the election re
peated next Wednesday. Febru
ary 27. will be presented io the
Student Legislature tonight by
the Elections Board.
The board, in a special meet
ing yesterday afternoon, decid
ed to make the recommenda
tion due to certain irregulari
ties in the balloting Tuesday.
Fear that a ballot box in Gra
ham Memorial might have been
stuffed or tampered with de
veloped after Elections Board
officials learned that the poll
there had been untended for at
Innzt an ' hour.
race.
The senate partially backed
down on their earlier stand in a
statement prepared by a commit
tee ordered by the Senate to an
swer trie ureensDoro industrial
ist's letter.
The statement read in part:
4tWe should like to explain that
Dialectic Senate is a debating or
ganization with no faculty advis
or. We, as an organization, do not
participate in politics on any level.
The issues to be discussed are se
lected on the basis of debatibil
ity and general interest. The ac
tual vote is often the outcome of
he calibre of debate in which
case, the issue may be incidental.
The purpose of the vote is, in
fact, recognition of superior pre
paration and forensic talent."
Members of the committee
backed up the statement in as
serting that the vote on the seg
regation issue, theoretically, at
least, did not represent the opin
ions of the body or of individuals
on the question of segregation.
The statement said: "The Dia
lectic Senate regrets that a letter
from Mr. J ohn Clark to the Senate
has been the subject of some
misunderstanding. We of the
Senate feel that trie release of
Mr. Clark's letter will speak for
itself. It is in no way offensive
and the Senate does not feel it
self to be the object of intimida
tion."
The letter from Clark, addressed
to the President of the literary
society, was taken up by the en
tire body in closed executive
session.
The text of the letter:
"The newspapers last week
carried a news article saying
that your organization, in line
with the Rev. Jones' recommenda
tions, voted in favor of doing
away with segregation and re
moving all barriers between the
white people and negroes in
North Carolina. I will appreciate
it if you will be kind enough
to send. me a list of the members
where they are from and also
names of faculty advisors advo
cating this position. .Does it carry
with it recommendation that law
forbidding intermarriage be re
pealed? .
"As a member of the Executive
Committee I am getting many
inquiries in regard to the situ
ation and will appreciate any in
formation you may be kind
enough to give me."
John W. Clark, member Ex
ecutive" Committee. University
Trustees.
Rev. Charles Jones was attacked
by Clark in - a mimeographed
letter widely circulated in Chapel
Hill yesterday. This letter was
also addressed to the President
of the Dialectic Senate although
the special committee reported
that no letter bearing Clark's
signature had been received by
the organization mimeographed
copies were passed out to mem
bers of the body in the secret
session last night.
This second letter continued
Clark's public attack on "NAACP
Associates" at Chapel Hill and
the Associated Press for spread
ing the report of the Senate's
action throughout the Northern
states.
It cited three instances in which
the Rev. Jones had urged non
segregation, and rehashed -"b
famous 1931 Scottsboro case, giv
ing his version.
iSee DI REFUSES, page 4)