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PAGE TWO THE DAILY TAR HZEL WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1953 The official student publication ef the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina, Chapel HE1, where it is published daily . except Saturday, Monday, examination and vacation periods, and dur ing the official summer terms. Entered as second class matter at the post office in Chapel Hill, N. C, under the act f March 3, 1879. Sub scription rates mailed $4 per year, $1.50 per quarter; delivered, $6 and $2.25 per quarter. Editor Managing Editor Business Manager Sports Editor WAX.T DEAR ROtFE NETLL, . JIM SCHENCK BIFF ROBERTS News Ed. Sub. Mgr. : ASs't. Sub. Mgr. Office Mgr. ' Bob Slough Carolyn Reichard Bill Venable, Torn Witty Buzz? Saull Assoc Btl Nina Gray, Jane Carter Deenie Sehoeppe Donald Hogg Tom Peacock Soc. Ed Cire. Mgr. Asst. Spts. Ed. Adv. Mgrs. Charles Cellins, Charles Haskett Exch. Ed. Alice Chapman NEWS STAFF Jehn Jamison, Louis Kraar, Tom Parramore, Ben West, Jim Wilkinsca, Sally Schindel, Jests Nettles, Hubert Breeze, Harry Dtmlop, EUea Downs, Tom Neal Jr. SPORTS STAFF Vardy Bucfcalew, Paul Cheney, Melvin Lang, Everett Parker, John Hussey, Sherwood Smith, Al Long, Dick Grouch, Benny Stewart, Wilbur Jfenes. EDITORIAL, STAFF A. Z. F. Wood Jr., John Gibson, Dorman Cor dell, Dan Duke, Curt Rattadge, Don Thornton. ADVERTISING STAFF Pete Adams, Bob Mason, Bob Wolfe, Eleanor Saunders, Buddy Harper, Dorman Cordell, Ned Whitmore. PHOTOGRAPHERS: Cornell Wright, Ruffin Woody, Bill Stonestreet. Night editor for this issue: Rolfe Neill New Type Socialists In a progressive school we know about, the teachers instruct . the children to take their paint brushes and, splash at will on the easel just what ever comes into their minds. Alleged adults are doing the same thing only they have two or three things in mind. Their chief purposes are to gain power in the government, to gain publicity, to insure that power, and finally, to utilize that power for selfish aims. We refer to Senators McCarthy and Jenner, and Representatives Jackson and Velde. Over a period of time, for instance, Sen. McCarthy has investigated Communism in the State Depart ment, though not one Communist was dismissed because of his . charges. The Senator launched an inquiry of malice when he inves tigated the Voice of America as Stalin was dying. When the Voice could have furthered the cause of freedom, Mc Carthy, who claims to be fighting for America, actually helped the Russians in the war of propaganda. McCarthy has smeared our next Ambassador to Russia with such vituperation that Mr.' Bohlen, who is backed by President Eisenhower, could have refused to serve our country in the face of such abuse. McCarthy wants Bohlen to use a lie detector. We feel the senator, not the diplomat, should utilize that truth es tablishment instrument. Harold Velde, chairman of the House Un-American Activi ties Committee, has launched a careless investigation of alleged communism in colleges. Velde automatically showed his in competence when he attacked Mrs. Eugene Meyer as a Com munist pamphleteer. Velde has backed out of possible investi gation of the American clergy because of a loud protest, but not before he lambasted several prominent ministers for at tacking him. Senator Jenner is the man who characterized General George Marshall as a "living lie." He is also heading a com mittee to investigate schools. Representative Ja.ckson from California has characterized Methodist Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam as a man who "served God on Sunday and the Communist front for the balance of the week." These men are the politicians eagerly flexing their inves tigative muscles; they are power hungry, publicity hungry men who are ready for a slamming, name-calling session with any one, any time. Their leader is McCarthy who moves so fast that it takes exhaustive researches for the truth to catch up with him. If the country only had to suffer with these men as bur densome office holders who eventually would pass on to other callings, so many people wouldn't be concerned. But these men, together with the American Legion textbook hunters, the Indiana politicans who seek to castigate all New Dealers, and the half-truth equipped witchhunters, make an impression upon the public, enact legislation, and terrorize the minds of thousands. These men are making strange progress. Though they would be the last to admit it, they have invented and are giving push to a new type of Socialism. Their Socialisms is not of an economic nature. It is a mental type Socialization of the Mind. The philosophy goes something like this: "Don't disagree with us or we will slam you right out of your job, your position in the community, and your former character and high integrity. You can't be an individualist. Revenge and retaliation are the bywords for those who wish to dissent from our line. Our line is what we think at the moment. There will be no deviations." Except for the fact that we have an elecion every two years for representatives, and every six for senaors, we would be come very pessimistic for the future of freedom in America. The New York Times has characterized these "Socialists" as ' the little men intoxicated wih a bit of power and a splash of publicity." Two Americans, one an educator and the other a great judge, have noted the value of the rights and freedoms that these men would seek to take away. Dr. James Conant, also smeared by McCarthy, said in his final report to Harvard, "It would be a sad day for the United States if the tradition of dissent were driven out of the universities. For it is the freedom to disagree, to quarrel with authority on intellectual matters, to think otherwise, that 'has made this nation what it is. . . ." These words apply o all of the people, not just professors. Justice Robert H. Jackson has said, "If there is any fixed star .in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, na tionalism, religion, or other matters of opinion, or force citi zens to confess by word of their faith therein." We urge more freedom lovers to speak out for America in a positive way; we urge more people, particularly students to note the disservices that McCarthy and his cohorts are of fering us. When Bishop Oxnam, iMrs. Meyer, Alan Barth of the Washington Post and others begin to point to the folly and error of McCarthyism, and people begin to hear them, then this vicious tribe of power warriors will be quelled, and in their place will come people who really understand freedom. TCan't Stand It, I Tell You. It's Driving Me Batty John Taylor "TTie Importance Of Being Earnest" "Maybe We're Losing Our Touch' Plea To The Editor Editor's Note: Two members of the University community have the same name, a fact that is not unusual. John Charles Gibson, a graduate stu dent and instructor of anthro pology, is The Daily Tar Heel columnist referred to. The au thor of this poem is John Living ston Gibson of Jackson Circle. We would like to enlist the writ ing abilities of the Jackson Circle Gibson as we have done with our anthropologist. please Mr. Editor give me some space To clear up a matter that threat ens my disgrace. I refer to the doggerel about "Marilyn Monroe" (And "imports for dates" versus the "ratio", Written by one whose name is John Gibson And cleverly done with the prop er diction. My dilemma is mild, not any thing tragic, But a condition exists that smacks of z'magic; For when introduced to people, Trustees forsaken, 1 am quickly praised for works undertaken - To kill Saturday classes or even promote cholrophyll, Using your daily as a vehicle for (my) skill. I've told those who lavish such praise Tis another John Gibson among - t Vi o m37a Of people who struggle in the field of English Lit, And whose name appears above articles well writ. They refuse to believe that I'm not the lad in you paper, But I couldn't write of Monroe unless you undraped her. You recall the man, a Methody, Who because of George Elliot's famous lethargy About clearing up the question of her actual name, Became the recipient of her rightful fame. (I shan't do this but I'm tempted you hear, for my character is weakening too much I fear, please Mr. Editor, print in bold type There are two John Gibsons of the English stripe. One, your writer, who has proven his literacy, sAnother, myself, more concerned with the immediacy Of telling those who to your daily are subscribing That my character can't stand much more of this bribing. John Gibson II 121 Jackson Circle Never let it be said that a clas sic done with taste and relish is snot as enjoyable and pleasant as a brand new dish, hot off the griddle. A case in point is the J. Arthur Rank faithful adaptation of "The Importance of Being Earnest," which will bubble along at the Varsity today and tomor- row. The plot of the well-known Os Icar Wilde satire is ridiculous and incidental. Briefly it is this: Jack and Gwendolen love each other. Algernon and Cecily are also in love. Both girls believe their lov es to be named Ernest, a fact of extreme importance to them. Be cause the only knowledge that Jack has of his ancestry is that he was found at an early age in a beaten-up handbag in the Vic toria train station, Lady Brack inell, Gwendolen's mother, will not permit her daughter to marry ihim. In return Jack, as Cecily's guardian, will not permit her mar riage to Algernon, Lady Brack nell's nephew. The problem is solved by a skeleton in the closet of the learned Miss Prism, Ce cily's tutor. Also mixed into this melage of nothing are several cases of mistaken identities. Obviously an inconsequential and artificial story, but one which has given Wilde an excellent framework on which to hang a constant stream of witty, pun gent observations on the . man ners and morals of late nineteenth century society. As did his great contemporary, George Bernard Shaw, Wilde has given his some times one-dimensional characters brilliant truths and half-truths to tspeak and has made them in con sequence scintillating and observ ant personnages. An insight into the eternal, though superficial, wit of the text can be realized only by a few quotations from the script, and so there follows some char acteristic epigrams. Wilde on man's behavior toward woman: "The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her if she is pretty, and to someone else if she isn't." On bachelorhood: "By remaining single a man con verts i himself into a permanent public temptation." On diaries:' "I never travel without my diary; WE'LL CU&E 7(M7J If it's motor trouble that's giving you the headache, you don't need an aspirin ... you need one of our MASTER MECHAN ICS! These super-technicians will find the trouble fast, and lmake prompt, dependable re pairs and adjustments. Let us cure YOUR car headache! POE MOTOR CO. 112 W. Franklin PH. 6581 PLYMOUTH one should always have something sensational to read on the train." On the state of being an orphan: "To lose one parent' may be re garded as unfortunate; to lose both looks like carelessness." And on engagements:: "I am not in favor of long engagements; they give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marrjage, which I think is never advisable." Under Anthony Asquith's ad mirable direction an all-star Brit ish cast has tackled this labor of Hove with an almost incredible amount of verve and enthusiasm. Michael Redgrave makes Jack Worthing an engaging and polish ed fop. Joan Greenwood's Gwen dolyn Fairfax is in turn elegant and adoring, with always just tb right amount of feminine wilei poking its pretty head above her decorous parasol. Margaret Rmj,. erford, Michael Denison, Mile; Malleson, and newcomer Doroth Tutin contribute expert perform, iances. But it is Dame Edith Evans who dominates the film. As the iforbiding, glowering Lady Brack nell, she rules over the proceed ings with her clipped, biting, and flamboyant portrayal. As one of the characters says of her day, "We live in an age of surfaces." This more than ade quately sums up the film. 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