SUNDAY, MARCH 23,. 1952
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THE DAILY TAR HEEL.
by Bob Thompson
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Gienn Harden. Editor-in-chief
IXw id Buckner ...Managing Editor
.oie MeilL.".'. . News Editor
E'Jl Pescock Sports Editor
Max? Nell Boddie ... . Society Editor
Joiii JLevey .. Feature Editor
Beverly Baylor , Associate Editor
Duress . Associate Editor
d Stvncs Assoc. Sports Editor
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' 12 .if fill Woody ... Photographed
O. T. Watkins Business Manager
Hcivs Staff Robert Colbert, Walter Dear, Barty Dunlop. Grady Elmore, Donna
ilAvck,- Betty Ann Kirby, Jody Levey, Thomas McDonald, . Mitchell Novit, Jim
Ogleby, Wanda Lou Philpott, Nancy L. Reese, Betty Jean Schoeppe, Bill
.Evoyts Staff Alva, Stewart, Buddy Northart, . Tom Peacock, Vardy: Buckalew.
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Vell, how are we going to settle this 'dispute between
John Clark and certain students of the University? -
That's one thing nobody has thought about thus far in
the battle.
Here is one possible solution;
Declare a Chapel Hill civil war.
. Let John Clark lead the pro-segregation forces.
Let John1 Sanders lead the anti-segregation forces.
Clark's army should don white "T" shirts and be called
the "White Shirts."
Sanders' amy should be clad in brown "T" shirts and
call themselves the "Brown Shirts."- ,
. The White Shirts' territory could extend from Old AVell
to the Correct Time Inn with headquarters in South Build,
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- Tiie Brown Shirts' territory -could, extend from New East
to New Hope Creek with headquarters in the Presbyterian
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The territory between these two boundaries (Old Well, and
New East) could be known as the 39th Parallel.
,v At an appointed time agreed upon by both sides, Gordon
Grayv wearing a brown and white striped shirt, should stand
in the center of the Parallel and blow a whistle for the bat
tle to begin.
There's one thing wrong with this proposal. It would be
difficult to conduct classes amid all this goings-ori. Where
would those unable to fight, such as the lame and halt, paci
fists and coeds, attend classes? Also, a lot of people might get
killed. ,
Perhaps the above is not the answer. Instead of a civil
war, maybe Sanders and-or Murphy should sue Clark and
settle the case in civil court.
- The best solution is probably for all contenders to realize
that the problem cannot be eliminated by a civil war or a
revolutionary war, but by " an evolutionary war. With this
thoughfln mind,: it would be nice if they would assume a lit
tle dignity if not for their own sakes, for the sake of the
University, the State of North Carolina, the whole South.
B.B.
C latins r Letters.
John Washington Clark, University trustee from Randolph
County who lives in Greensboro, asked in, a letter to the
Greensboro Record a few days ago why the Recorp! and The
Daily Tar Heel didnlt print a letter referred to iri news stor
ies, "if it was' so., bad." : '' : ' '-'; ' ,'
At that time, the letter was unavailable to both the Record
and The Daily' Tar Heell Many people have since asked for
confirmation of what Dick Murphy and this -newspaper term
ed Clark's "insiduous tactics."
For that reason, The Daily Tar Heel will bring forth por
tions of documents penned by John Clark over the past few
years. The "poison pen" campaign of the Greensboro indus
trialist should then be apparent to every sensible person.
Mr. Clark's activities are not a new thing in this state.
His secretaries and his mimeographingequipment have been
busy for many years since before he became a member of
theBoard of Trustees.
He is, in fact, a tradition of sorts on this campus. Old-timers:
remembrings are likely to include an incident involving
Johi Clark; He and his brother Dave have more or less con
sistently smeared such individuals and organizations as Dr.
Frank Graham, Rev. Charles Jones, Dr. Guy Johnsdn, Dr.
Howard Odum; the NAACP, and the Rpsenwald Foundation
as well as students at the University from time to time who
have advocated measures which met with his disapproval.
Therefore the reader will not be surprised to find certain
of Hhese respected individuals cropping up again and again
(with the usual sexual overtones) in Clark's correspondence.
It should be noted at the same time, that The Daily Tar
Heel does not consider John Clark and those of his persuasion
.as;tb defamatory, tactics as dangerous individuals, so long as
the, light of publicity prevents any illusions as to the honesty
of his motives For instance, the board of Trustees, an honest
ly conservative group has consistently voted down the pro
posals made by the few individuals like Clark among their
membership.
However, John Clark, is symtomatic of the general spread
of terror among our colleges and our nation. As such, he is
tangible evidence of an intangible danger; and as such, he is
open to attack;
, This editorial is reprinted rom the Feb, 27 edition of The
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Their Deeds
You should all attend these
Dorm Discussions. The one in
Aycock Wednesday night was
a humdinger . . presenting the
candidates for President of the
Student Body m the campaign
kick-off.
Ken Barton, the SP nominee,
presented a eareful analysis of
the current problems confront
ing student government, and
outlined a specific program for
correcting existing weaknesses.
One Barton plan calls for the
immediate completion and fur
nishing of social, rooms in the
rest of the Dorms, to be
financed through a revolving
fund arrangement. Through this
plan, we would have the use of
social rooms in all the Dorms
now ... without waiting "for
the University to solve all the
red-tape problems that have
slowed up action.
Another Barton plans calls for '
a Civil Service Commission set
up which would encourage more
students tq take part in student
government. Under this plan,
a committee would undertake to
round up several qualified can
didates for each office, by in
terviewing both candidates and
other students who might have
ideas on who would be suitable
for a particular job. From among
such prospects, the President
" would be able to make selections
without having to fall back on
the same group of students each
time. . '. ' ;
Such constructive ideas as
Jhese constitute the backbone of
responsible student government.
The UP candidate " was not
so helpful. With disarming
frankness, Mr. Ilorton admitted
he had no platform. He said he
was waiting to find out what
the students want. (We used to
have a saying that politicians
stand for what they think the
... - voters will fall for. I guess .it's
discrete for a politician to find
. out . what the voters want :. be- .
V fore he decides what he believes !
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The UP canu:;.:.:: cl ' Li was
mad because the SP had elected
three consecutive Presidents of
the Student Body, and he
thought it was "only fair" to
give his side a chance. (He
seemed a bit embarrassed when
asked if he would vote Repub
lican because" the Democrats
had been in for twenty years,
and shied away from the obser
vation of a listener that the UP
had controlled the Student Leg
islature for six years.)-
It was abundantly clear from
this discussion that the Student
Party has a definite program to
carry to the voters this spring.
It ' calls ' for numerous steps ; to
improve conditions of students
as regards f social rooms, .self
help, arid a host of other prac
tical problems. . A platform
based on this probram would be
; a truly impressive document.
The UP is iri a more uncorn
fortable position. They can't
write a platform with a program
to write about, and Mr. Ilor
ton admits he still doesn't know
what he is going to stand for.
(Or, as he says, he is waiting
for the students to tell him.)
. This actually represent t kuitd
: i an about-face for the TO i
CP.U.
The inauguration of Queen
Elizabeth gave a brief spell to
Britains Commoners, a breath
of idealism that most likely gave
way to a gasp of reality when
they returned to their, problem
of economic procrastination; For
years,- England has been pre-
cariously balancing an import
export seesaw on' a dollar ful
crum. :
On the ends of the seesaw
sit two Britishers one produc
ing, the other consuming. The
product- coal, probably the
key to British trade balance.
They're talking. V
v "My grandfather mined coal
this way, my father mined coal
this way and by gosh I'm not a
man to change easily."
"You're right, Bill,' replies
John Steel worker, "but mines
may change. They usually do
Reviews'." and
Recapturing the delightful
charm of childhood laughter and
gaiety, the versatile playwright
and puppeteer, Agnar Mykle, in
cooperation with the Carolina
Playmakers, presented his Nor
wegian Puppet Theatre in a
little play called "Butter and
Guns; or, The International
Cow Session" Thursday after
noon and evening at the Play
makers Theatre.
Reminiscent of the wonder
ful old Punch and Judy days,
Agnar Mykle's amusing and in
teresting production involved
everything and everyone from
a reindeer cow to Harry Tru
man, including Butterball a
playful boy with ideas, Karl
his girlfriend, Golden Tooth
their faithful dog, and General
issimo Franco, General de
Gaulle, Prime Minister Church
ill, Trygve Lie, and old Joe
Stalin himself. Then, of course,
there was the ever-present
1890's melodramatic villain
the thief who steals i nterna
tional secrets.
Arid the fun was not only in
this strange array of characters
whisking themselves in and out
of the action, but also included
a prologue by the. Oslo author,
a Norwegian folk song sung in
in former campaigns they have
merely waited for the SP to
publish a platform, then bor
rowed most of it.
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Of course the result of bor
rowing the SP platform was
that they usually had a pretty
good one. Unfortunately, of
course, they customarily for
got about it after the election.
I remember one beautiful plat
form a year .or; so ago.. It was t so
good the UPU won, nearly two
thirds ' of- the seats in ' the leg
islature. Know1 what happened
after, the election? - Why, ( next
session of the Legislature the
UP introduced one ' bill ! That
same; session o'f ijiie Legislature
the SP minority . introduce
about twenty bills 1 V . and even
as a minority carried out ajjood
part of the program.
; With a President and h Leg
islature, just'JJmagine what
terriiW job the SP could do of
Improving Stynt govcrnmeni!
when stomachs grumble."
On March 11, Chancellor of
" the Exchequer, Richard Butler
presented . the . Conservative
budget plan to -..Parliament a
plan designed to bolster and
eventually y discard the dollar
falcrum by increasing , produc
tion incentive, decreasing im
ports (import-export gap slashed
500 million pounds since Nov
ember total gap 600 million
pounds a year) and decreasing
home consumption.
While the budget plan will
decrease economic symptoms of
disease, only a fundamental
change in production attitudes
will kill the virus of industrial
conservation. Here perhaps mo e
than anywhere else, the power
ful psychological potential of
Queen Elizabeth will be of prac-t
tical value.
Puppets
Previews
English and led by an American,
an overture by Mr. Wishingro.!
a hillarious- little piiipp.n
orchestra conductor, and an en
thusiastic audience that whist
led and: shouted all kinds of
advice and warnings to the var
ious puppets. .
The play itself was a sort of
fanciful allegory that begins in
Butterball's home in Norwry
and ends up in front -of the
United Nations Building in New
York. A wonderful child-like
naivete pervades the old strug
gle of good against evil, con
sumatirig in a solution that re
minds one of Giraudoux'
"Madwoman of Chaillot," as all
the evil of the world is banished
by Butterball's quaint little
music box The tinkling Nor
. wegian folk song senots all the
weary and worried leaders of
the world; into ecstasies of sing
ing and ;dancing and an aura
of eternal happiness.
Op earning the puppets . with
consumate skill and cleverness;
' the multifarious Mykle was
ably assisted by Playrnakers
Nancy Green, James. Pi itchett,
; and Clyde Gore. Xynn Gault
designed rthe large, practical,
and well-constructed ' theater;
Richard ' ' Eplr designed the
series of .' charming water
; colored back, drops, for the set;
; and the ' ' ambidextrous Agnar
created the 1 thirteen fabulous
j little creatures' who inhabit that
other woidnrew M. Adams.-
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