PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1953
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News 'Ed. i
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NEWS "STAFF iJohn, Jamison; Louis Kraar, Tom Parramore, Ben
West, Jim Wilkinson," Sally Schindel, Jess Nettles, Hubert Breeze,
Harry Dunlop, Ellen Downs, Tom Neal Jr.
Night Editor for this issue: Rolfe
A Dead Letter
Harmony and the best interests of the University cost a
fantastic amount.
They cost us an extra day in class, a new kind of going-
to-school system, and another losing round in the battle of
Whpn the
Executive Committee is against you, you have a chance before
the full board. But when the full administration, including
Gray, Carmichael and House (Gray five times), calls for
Saturday classes, your cause is washed away with the tide of
, surplus power.
It is a wonder, and at the same time, a tribute to the
abilities of Ham Horton, that we mustered 28 votes in Mon
day's Trustee meeting, despite staunch opposition by these
chief powers. Students are grateful for the support given them
by Major L. P. McLendon and John W. U instead, among
others. Such friends in a heated discussion are heartily ap
preciated, Before you or The Daily Tar Heel lambasts the Trustees,
the administration, or any other part of the University, we
think it's worthwhile to take a look at some of the causes of
the Saturday class hassle.
The University community consists of students, faculty,
administration and trustees. Over a long period of time the
University has maintained cordial relations with the board,
but every once in a while there is a sudden outbursting oS
concern, or even anxiety among trustee members. One or
two of the trustees, or even more, get '"..overrespohsible, '.and
overexert themselves while performing their duties.' ; Z I
The Saturday class matter is a) perfect illustration of this.
Whether we had Saturday classes or not was purely an academic
matter. It was a matter where the ' administration and die
faculty could have dealt with much more effectively than' the
trustees.
A year ago Ave had a trustee by the name of John Clark
who appeared as a one man investigating committee in the
name of the trustees. Th trustees censured him by saying
that they were not responsible for his activities nor could
he use the name of trustees in vain. This time members of
the visiting committee, particularly Victor Bryant of Durham,
have consistently regarded Saturday classes as the healing ele
ment for some of the University's problems. Since 1948 the
full board of trustees has been interested in Saturday classes.
, When, the executive, committee met last November,
President Gray told them he was against Saturday classes. The
trustees didn't mention any semester plan, but just ordered
that Saturday classes wrere to be put into effect.
Two weeks ago, Grey told the same executive, committee
that he was for the semester plan, incliidingSaturda classes.
Here, Gray was showing his approval'dF the main parts of the
r acuiLv uuiiLu 5 icpui t. vv c ucucvc turn, yiayii v. implications of McCarthyism, the "
" semester plan is more valuable than the quaptCKsysterxJ any way. American government and the
The faculty recommended Saturday classes because they had American system except for the
to. An order is an order, and while Gray could have made an unfortunate Communist and un
isstie of the. "principle of the. thing;, by offering his resignation, - American infiltration is perfect
'hV acted" otherwise. .. : 1 ;. J ' " ; " "1 ' ' ; ' ed and ' beyond criticism; J - f ? -X r.
"...This is .where the ''bes.t Interests of the University" come The Russian Communists' also -;''"'
ThW nhmtP cnnndc fiinnv' li is. liard "tn define it simnlv lay-claim to a monopoly On truth.
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he ld accomplish: more 'iu the .ons ru by accepting 3TX- ,
Saturday class-semester; plan than by lighting the trustees tooth ; ences which ; occasionally imper
and nail on general principles. - ' ;.""'" feet the system. -'-.;".;
:As students, it is difficult to understand this position. It is ; 4. McCarthy is now correlating
even' more difficult to understand why Gray, once he" had Communism with intellence.
made up his mind, was so vehement in supporting the Saturday ; Consequently, he is proposing aii
class semester plan. : - " ' " extensive, investigation into j the ,
The f., , ;,av a,. !, faculv voclfc.nu.v o,,jcc,c,l ; 'S
to the way the trustees handled the problem by butting into teachers. Also favored is the eli
an academic mattter, is of Value, because, there is some chance mination from the cutriculuni.ol "
that in the future the trustees won't butt in (the faculty re- ' certain subjects which the poll
port. blasted the trustees for improiety. and indiscretion). Yet ticians feel are dangerous tor the
we still can't help feeling that the trustees, by getting the go
ahead sign on an academic matter, won't in the future, take a
hand in picking out textbooks, courses, teachers, etc.
Students must now realize that six days a week will be a
standard affair, come September. The Daily Tar Heel will pub
lish articles on how the semester system works out, and how it
affects you.
Express Yourself
m Editor:
As long as everybody' seems to
be defending NSA, I thought I'd
put in my two cents.' I know very
little about the organization but,
what I do know about it, I like.
I'm very glad to see that Ken Bar
ton is writing a series of articles
on thej subjects for L feel these
will familiarize the campus with
the activities of NSA '
' .
,'i There is "one point I am ex-
.'fremely 'uncertain 'abbut.ahd that we'll hear no more rumbing about : fluence, and . therefore is ,?accep
4ispeople on"pampyskep''tetiang . . radicalism in the NSA. ,,; ;, ; ,, table." iVT j . i :.,,U ,
me NSA'' is" upporting' subversive : - . Lou Wolfsheimer ? Truly we have good cause to op-
qrganizations. . In fact, there,.is' a Editor's note: Dick r Murphy, t pose Communism if we cherish
rumor going 'around that, the Ju- former Carolina student and now . ..our individual, freedoms. Yet why
tice DepartmeniT'is investigating ; - National. .. Student - Association . aren't we. ralso, :pppose4 ; -to-; Mc
.th"e wjiole'Aetug' , r';"i., ,'PTJ?sidevt,t answers this letter; j.-n Carthyism, since ., it.-.: also attacks
li49fW'Hye wre' 0mih'e7.-,9wrn'h "'.rt i X Y. t these freedoms?, Is it becausejthe
WALT DEAR
ROLFE NEELL
. JIM SCHENCK
BIFF ROBERTS
Sec. Ed.
Deenie Schoeppe
3 Donald Hogg
Circ. Mgr.
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Exch. Ed.
Alice Chapman
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article to answer this question of
extreme liberalism in the NSA. In
fact, I think it would be a good
idea to list the organizations under
attack and show these Doubting
Tom's the true function of these
groups. : . ;
- I'm glad to see Carolina taking
its place beside the more liberal
universities in this country. Ken
is doing a fine job in the writing
of these articles, and I hope soon
Adv. Mgrs Charles Collins Charles ''Hsm-HMcCanhyisni) are compar-
Haskett a ,n;fh similar asttects of Rus-
Yells Skdldl
Each night from 12:05 to 1:00
a.m. NBC currently is re-broad-
casting excerpts- from Senator Joe-
' McCarthy's daily investigations.
For feelings of sheer horror, ev
eryone shouldl listen. :
: ! Following; certain aspects of
McCarthys, brqnd: of ; ? 'American:
sian Communism. Personally, it
is very difficult for me to 'under-I
stand why people who areop- -posed
to Communism are not
equally opposed to McCarthyism.
But, to continue with the com
parison: 1. McCarthy views not only con
spiracy but also political heresy
(the right to disagree and to hold
alternative views) as a concrete
danger to America. Accordingly,
he seeks any means to stamp out
heresy. In verbal assaults he has
even gone so far as to brand such
. people as Adlai Stevenson and
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt as "un-
American and Communist sym
pathizers." (Even though many
may very . much disapprove of
such persons, is there any way
in which they can be construed
as being disloyal or un-American?)
Perhaps, if McCarthy's type
of logic were extended back into
history, Thomas Jefferson would
turn out to be quite un-American.
Russia, just one jump ahead of
McCarthyism, allows no political
dissension. They even have peri
odic purges to remove non-conformists
from the political scene.
The people are little more than
robots subordinated to party pol
icy. The administration is a hier
archy of yes-men with Stalin at
the top with final authority..
. 2. .McCarthy, to secure America
from Communism and un-Ameri-canism,
uses any methods to ob
tain ihcrimipating evidence and
testimony against those he deems
as un-American.. j j
The? Communist regime, to se
cure Russia from anti-Communists,
heretics,' and, non-conformists,
also uses many methods to
convict their political "criminals."
Both McCarthy's and Russia's
type of investigation and "trial"
remind one of the days of the
Spanish Inquisition. Ruthless, im
personal, and efficient is the con
stant spying and investigation.
Both the McCarthy and the Rus
sian method assume a priori that
a man is quilty and that the evi
dence and the sources for that
evidence must stand unchal
lenged. From FEAR of a few, the many
are enslaved. :
3. McCarthyism seems to claim
absolutely to know what is "Am
erican," what is good and right
for the people. According to the
iney clam tnat tneirs is tne ism
development of healthy, Americaji
minds. .
The Russian Communists also
have long been wary of intellec
tuals. Intellectuals, for the most
part, are too reactionary to give
jip unconditionally their loyalty
to the subordination and demands
of the Party. (To reinforce this
point, read "The God That Fail
ed," a pocketbook , telling the
stories why -j six; ex-Communists
gave up Communism.) As for Rus
sia's. educational system, it, is
completely controlled and the cur
riculum dictated by the State.
5. Extreme McCarthyism favors
a strict censor by the American
government of so-called "pink"
literature, ' drama, music, and art.
; On this point, the Communist
government in Russia today lim
its considerably what the people
, may. hear, what drama they, shall
enjoy, and what music and art is
. most away, from the bourgeois in-
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endeKfSSX (&Sts?-h
Editor:
It might be well to clear up
the smell left by the utterances
of Mr .Edward Bizzell in The Daily
Tar Heel last week. Although I
cannot believe Ed was really sin
cere, or that any of his colleagues
took the letter seriously, it cer
tainly behooves anyone who
thinks to take a second look at
just , what is happening. And
somebody needs to tell Bizzell it
doesn't pay . to be publicly insin
cere. The Daily Tar, Heel space was
consumed essentially as , follows:
"Since -when . . . you consider
yourself qualified . . . consider in
stead your own narrow concepts
... poor taste .1 . clutter up
student newspaper . . . bab
blings . . . " the argument ad
naseum. Deeper down, Bizzell says
this. "The pastor preaches a mere
personal philosophy rather than
the Christian religion as inter
preted by the denomination of
which he professes to be a part
. . . mere, human philosophy .. . .
no matter how good . . . should
be confined to the classroom and
lecture, leaving the pulpits of our
churches reserved to the preach
ing of Christ's Gospel." This is
known as theological claptrap,
As'foriyoii Mr. Bizzell: Yo"ur
charge, proposed in a highly emo
tive and general fashion, and com
pletely lacking in any specific ob
servation or evidence, is largely
American public reasons that Mc
Carthy"' is against. 'Communism,
they . are against , Communism,
therefore they ..are pro-McCarthy?
' J What good is high efficiency, in
the, exposure, of particular Com-.
munists if the cost of that effici
ency' is the loss of that freedom .
you intended , to preserve in .the
first place? What, good are. your
efforts to oust those who. would
overthrow your government and
your set of values if in the process
you yourself overthrow the fun
damental - values on which your
government is based? : "
.' In the-' lost analysts, does the
; mere fact that one political sys
tem - is called "American" ; (Mc
Carthy type) and another is called
"Communist", make any differ-
2 ence, if in function they are the
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typical of supercilious reasoning
from a narrow mind which is
heavily prejudiced and from
which clear thinking can be shed
like water is shed from a new
shingle. Nevertheless, permit me
to put forward the following two
questions:
What specific: criticism have
you ; of a church's supposed duty
to clarify the . application of
Christianity, ; particularly Christ
ian ethics, to; the practical prob
lems of everyday 1 living? What
would you do -as .a Christian pas
tor, if you were one, about intel
lectualism's unique challenges to
the religious groundwork of stu
dents? Are . you honestly saying
that a pastor must confine his at
tention to reading from the Gos
pels? Would you deny the pastor
freedom of conscientious judg
ment and subsequent obligation
to respond and act in the com
crete situations with which he is
- confronted in serving his com
munity? What is your own attitude to
ward racial discrimination? If it
should turn out that you resent,
out of your , own personal pre
judice , and your own social sup
port of racial persecution, Char
lie Jones' willingness to fight for
the true Christian doctrine of the
brotherhood of "men and equality
of mankind, then the suspicion is
, shifted to your own sincerity, and
. I don't, have much, sympathy for
your straightforwardness. r;
Bernard Taylor
., Editor; "'- .V i'Z
An opetyAleJj?rz to-jthe childish,
; vitriolic nc,.nnietivex spphompric
and y'bravely"3 anonymous -wyiter
of-:kh$ipdUii&.-dr. (in. which . is
questioned th,e propriety .of .said
- -: I -do, not, -know .whether Charles
. Jones read whaLyou wrote (either
before or after publication) but
I'm sure he didn't appreciate or
like it.
Qf course, you haye a rightto
ourowii opinibn,bat wheryoa
set yourself up to assay the worth
of others' opinion you should 'be
4tttfIeimorfe.;onicieaBoUsl 1 I )
I take issue and exception to
several of the things you said as
well as- the general tone of the
poem ; (?): which-1 I consider an
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- Express Yourself ' .':
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The United States National Stu
dent -Associatioa (U3NSA) has
recently been charged with be
ing a "subversive" and "insidi
ous left-wing pressure group."
These charges have been leveled
by an extreme group known as
Students For America through a
monthly magazine and - a . speech
delivered by its president before '
Hhe National Interfraternity Con- 1
f erence in New York City last No- V
vember. ' ' -: r ' :i
USNSA takes no exception to
the right of any group or individ
ual to criticise its program, poli
cies, and activities. USNSA, how
ever, will not stand by and allow
its reputation to be damaged by
irresponsible and unfounded
charges such as those that have
been recently made.
USNSA is positively non-Communist
and participates in abso
lutely no political activities what
soever. USNSA cooperates with
no subversive organizations. US
NSA is not listed on any of the
so-called subversive organizations
listings, and it has not been cited
by any of the security- agencies
for disloyal activities. Such charg-
es are baseless and libelous. .
USNSA is not engaged in activi-
abomination of good literary taste
and a subversion and prostitution
of art (?) for. political and theolog
ical purposes. . -. "
Charlie took his stand (well
known) years ago and is content
to stick to it. His life, far from
"ruined", is a symbol of, Inspira-
" tion - to; usr all, lending hope and
courage to true Christian convic
tionsthe' living ' (Joing, acting,
thinking of what should be "not
just an ideal" but a realized per-
. sonal conviction, ; attainable for
us. all at least in part. - .
It "may just be that Charlie does
not feel toward them as you do.
After all, they may be acting in
what (in their conscience) con
stitutes the general over-all good
of the church. Certainly no one
doubts that dissension has exist
ed for some time
Also equally evident is the clear
fact that the congregation is al
most solidly behind him (about
11 to one). Now the breach can
hardly be closed with the type
of thing you wrote. Antagonistic
attacks on the Presbytery can '
only serve to widen the already
existing gulf of opinion between
the pastor with most of the con
gregation on one side and the
Presbytery with a few dissenting
-members of the congregation on
the "other. :
Nothing in Charlie Jones! make
up indicates that he holds any
thing - but ; Christian - charity for
those who differ with him or op
pose him. ..
He's too big a man for that. He
will come out" of all this not
smaller, but. ; in the - long- run
, .greater' and finer fully vindicat-
, ed.and justified.
,: r..i, Peb!ey , Ernest Barrow
P.S.. May , I " .refer . you to the
Beautitudesl as given .in the. 5th
" chapter , of Matthew, verses 10
and li. ;
And, oh, yes sign your name
laTgerrand! round '-(big and: bold
likr'Johtt-TTdHcoCkrfdr "'airtcrsee
d,on't hide. behind a cloak, of
weauivotH"
Editor: .t .
3 iSenaCoVOf f Daniel?' fmer--tion
(Tar Heel Feb. 20, 1953) that
Truman's order- creating a Navy
oil reserve of the tidelands is "ar
bitrary" and "without legal au-
FCZ. a rssiig
ties to destroy fraternities as has.
been charged. Nowhere does US
NSA demand conformity to any
policies, and no policy calls for
the destruction of the fraternity
system. Many outstanding leaders
in USNSA at 'present and in the
past have been fraternity mem
bers. USNSA does stand for the
eventual elimination . of discrim
toatioh in all student organiza
tions,: a pblicy that has been
adopted as a recommendation to
member student governments.
USNSA claims to be the most
representative student organiza
tion in the United States today
by virtue of the active member
ship of three hundred student
governments widely diverse in
type of school and geographical
location whose jurisdictions ex
tend to over eight hundred thous
and American college students.
Abroad, USNSA is successfully
waging a campaign for the exten
sion of democratic student life
in the face of strenuous Commun
ist propaganda efforts to win stu
dent support. Through tha Inter
national Student Conference, US
NSA works closely with thii-iy-five
other democratic national stu
dent associations in promotion cf
mutual projects of assistance. At
the present time, more student
associations are cooperating in
this effort than ever participated
in Communist-inspired programs
of the past.
USNSA is proud to have the ac
tive participation of an advisory
group including such outstanding
Americans as Harold E. Stasscn,
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Very
Reverend Vincent J. Flynn, Dean
Althea Kratz Kottel, and Rever
end Celestine Steiner, S. J. Such
Americans would not be actively
associated with any organization
of questionable loyalty.
As President, I call upon stu
dent governments in the United
States and its territories to join
in strengthening USNSA and in
enriching its program and activi
ties by active participation.
Richard J. Murphy
President, United States
National Student Association
thority" strikes this reader as be
ing uninformed.
This reader is admittedly more
in favor of justice than legality,
intelligent action than blind tra
ditionalism; but these biases do
not seem to be active in this
problem. Therefore, avoiding the
question of the justice of a na
tural resource belonging to
pie through government control
and the intelligent action of se
curing 3. reliable source for a
military, necessity instead, of leav
ing that security to the tender
mercies of a self -centered, oppor
tunistic exploitation by private
enterprise, the reader wishes only
to point out the fact that only
ithrough national forest protection
have we any surety of future tim-
- ber, only through the bureau of
.-. fisheries regulation do we have
, ,an assured supply of unpolluted
seafood,, only through soil conser-
- vation practices have we saved
: the western . Mississippi valley,
only because of .TVA competition
do we pay three cents per kilo
watt hour for electricity instead
. of thirteen as in New Hampshire.
It .has. been .necessary to place
each of these under government
control,, and each is administered
by a Federal department. Fur-
. ther, and more closely parallel,
the. tidewater is already federal
ly controlled in most aspects.
State fish and game laws do not
apply to tidewater, electrical de
velopment of tidewater-is govern
ment controlled, tidewater build
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