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THE DAILY TAR HEEL!
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1953
The Old Master
Why Not?
Back when he was trying to please both .
sides on the book burning controversy and
not succeeding with either, President Eisen
hower said, among other things, he thought
Americans should know the enemies they
are fighting. To do this Americans must
read books about communism and its theo
ries, the President said.
We would like to add to the President's
plan. ,
Why doesn't our University, if it con
siders itself a university; teach a course about
communism. Why don't we explain what
Marx said. Why don't we explain why it
won't work, giving its good as well as its
bad points. Why don't we invite; a commu
nist to come to the campus to speak. 7 .
The question is: Should a competent,
clear exposition of Marxist doctrine be
given?; The answer is yes. We cannot land
punches; we cannot fight with conviction if
we are boxing shadows.
Spirit In It
The thing we like best about this year's
football team (better even than their credit;
able won-loss record) is the team spirit.
This spirit was very evident in Satur
day's game with Georgia. Although we were
behind with no hope of even tying the
Bulldogs, the Carolina squad played with all
the fervor it demonstrated when the game
started.
To us this is an instance of the famed
Carolina Spirit: Though the possibility of
a win is gone, the will to win is still there.
Maryland Diamondback
Southern Hospitality
. The now-infamous Carolina away-weekend brings
back some rather unfond memories of the "Boston
Tea Party of 1949."
. Maryland students are being given a full-blown
treatment from press and Chapel Hill residents
both . . . "Vandas . . . definitely not Southern
gentlemen . . . destructive morons ..."
Now it appears that the university has received
a letter of apology from Carolina for Tar Heel
hospitality over that glorious weekend.
Perhaps the antipathy exuded by the Carolin
ians was the result of the pressure built up by the
blow UNC received as a result of its first at-home
defeat by the Terps. Then there was the little
handshake scene on the football field following
the game; Coach Barclay's fraternal grip with
Tatum had all the warmth of an Antarctic iceberg.
Maryland had a pretty favorable press concerning
Carolina weekend, but qulzs a rew details were
left out of these stories. Did any paper mention
the difficulties that certain Maryland fraternities
had in even entering their chapter houses at UNC?
Or the needling Terp students got as they walked
the main drag of Chapel Hill?
This paper is not leaping to the defense of
university students responsible for minor riots
and major chaos which developed from their anfics
last weekend. But we feel that such low-caliber
Maryland discreditors were in the minority at
Carolina.
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L Jack Stilwell
It is an affirmation of the time
less quality of "Les Miserables"
that the magnificent film edition
of Victor Hugo's nineteenth cen
tury classic bears its hallmark
of Twentieth Century Pictures.
.(Now merged with Fox) Despite
its costumed surfaces this od
yssey of the greatest manhunt in
literature possesses a topical
significance in 1953 as real and
moving as it did in 1862, and it
Is as undated as man's inhumani
ty to man.
The film will be shown free of
charge at 7 o'clock tonight in
Gerrard Hall under the sponsor
ship of the YMCA-Hillel Forum.
A University professor will lead
a discussion afterward.
In a work which represents the
perfect blending of many talents
it is diffucult to award the laurel
adequately. But we can come
pretty close by applauding Rich
ard Boleslawski for his monumen
tal direction, Gregg Toland for
his remarkable photography, W.
P. Lipscomb for a screen play
which is a model of telescopic
writing, and the distinguished
performances of Frederic March
and Charles Laughton.
Despite the rich kaleidoscopic
variety of the drama, it is al
ways at the bottom of the story
of the hunted and the hunter of
Valjean, the tragic and eternally
defeated man, and Javert, the
eternal policemen, who had to
pursued his quarry down the
nights and days ,and even down
the labyrinthine ways of his own
mind, because the law was his
religion, his blood and his life.
It is one of the great merits
of Mr. Lipscomb's screenplay
that it brings Valjean and Javert
down to the end of the story
together, eleminating the anti
climax of Valjean's death, as
Hugo would have it. Thus the
drama fades out powerfully with
Valjean free at last, and Javert
a sucide in the near by Seine
he could atone only by forfeit
for the sin of mercy, for which
he could atone only by forfeit
ing his own life.
If your memory for drama is
as bad as mine, you will not re
sent being reminded that life
time purgatory of Jean Valjean
began when he stole a loaf of
bread to feed his sister's starving
family. For that breach of law
in the France of 1800 he was
condemned to the galleys for ten
years (it was five in the book).
His penalty was increased be
cause of his rebellious conduct,
and when he was turned loose,
theoretically a free man, he
found his independence a cruel
mockery because everyone's hand
was turned against him.
The Bishop Bienvenu alone
sheltered him. When Valjean
made off with the good man's
silverware and was dragged back
by the police the bishop saved
the wretched Valjean from
another turn in the galleys by
pretending that the theft was
actually a gift.
, Valjean never forgot the bis
hop's kindness. In the years that
followed, although he became a .
a sainted man out of his suffer
ings, the implacable Javert trac
ed him down, uprooted him, and
sent him fleeing. Even when Val
jean spared his enemy's life on
the barricades Javert pursued
him, because the pursuit was a
disease in him which only death
could conquer.
Charles Laughton is an actor
of such brilliant range that it is
follhardy to estimate any single
performance of his in relation
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WASHINGTON John Foster
Dulles, who has worked hard and
bounced around the world more
thean any other Secretary of
State in pursuit of a more stable
peace, came back from London
none too happy. He did not suc
ceed in his mission of dissuading
Sir Winston Churchill from going
to Moscow, but he did come back
with renewed admiration for the
grand old man of England.
Churchill convinced "Foster,"
as Ike calls him in cabinet meet
ings, that his trip to Moscow was
not all personal vanity but rather
to probe and exhaust every lest
possibility of understanding with
the Soviet before throwing up
our hands and admitting it's no
go.
Unless the mission to Moscow
is undertaken, Churchill told Fos
ter, unless the French are con
vinced we have taken every pos
sible step toward a Soviet agree
ment, the French will not ratify
the United European Army Poet
and the rest or Europe will not
re-arm.
Churchill argued so eloquently
that Dulles was almost convinced
he was right. As a compromise,
however, Dulles finally persuad
ed Churchill to put off the meet
ing for three months. He still
thinks a meeting with Malenkov
is kow-towing appeasement to
the Russians, will only give Mos-:
cow a propaganda megaphone to
shout insincere mouthings about
peace.
NOTE Meanwhile, the biggest
debate going on inside the Pen
to those before or after this sterl
trembling lips, the relentless
the cropped head, the hideous
ing performance. But nis Javert,
monotone of his behavior, is one
of the great screen portraits. Mr. '
Marsh's Valjean in a flawless
thing, strong and heartbreaking.
It reveals Mr. Marsh as a screen
player of enormous resource
when, as on this occasion, he is
properly cast.
tagon is whether big land armies
are hopeless for defending Eu
rope, whether we should pull out
our troops, depend on atomic
defense and save money.
Leonard Lyons, the broadway
columnist, got a letter from Harry
Truman the .other day which re
called Truman's last dinner in
the White House. His only guests
were Leonard and Sylvia Lyons
and old family friend Mrs. Flo
rence Mahoney.
At the dinner Truman jokingly
appointed Lyons as a judge and
Mrs. Lyons as ambassador to
Mexico his last official acts.
Writing to his new appointees
the other day, Truman began:
"Dear Judge Leonard and Am
bassador Sylvia Lyons:
"This salutation offends me
because it violates protocol.
And an ambassador comes before
a Judge.
In reply, Lyons wrote:
"Thanks for the belated con
firmation of our appointments.
Regarding the matter of protocol,
you are referring to the old days
in Washington. Today many
things are backward, including
protocol. Nowadays an Ambassa
dor comes after a judge and the
President and Secretary of State
come after a Senator from Wisconsin."
think it will be dangerous, but
he's put up a precautionary red
flag.
As a result, the Treasury has
abandoned the hard-money pol
licy almost in toto. It almost
broke sincere Secretary George
Humphrey's heart to do it, but
for the time being he's won over.
Meanwhile Humphrey's experts
are toying with the idea of going
to Congress with a staggered tax
program, instead of a lot of tax
changes to become effective at
one time, the changes would be
strung out over a period of three
years. This has the advantage of
fighting one tax battle with Con
gress at one time, instead of
every year, with taxes taking
effect in different years.
Taxes are still worrying the Ike
administration. The tax experts
don't quite know where to turn
for three good reasons:
1. The treasury doesn't yet
know how much it will have
to raise for defense spend
ing. 2. There's tremendous opposi
tion to a sales tax-either in
the form of a manufacturer's
tax or in any other form.
3. There's evidence the econo
my is taking a deflationary
turn.
Dr. Arthur Burns, head of Ike's
council of economic advisers, has
warned that a slight business
slump can be expected in the
next three months. He doesn't
Republican leaders knew in
advance that Ike was planning nis
press conference bombshell tak
ing himself out of local elections.
They did their best to change his
mind but failed.
, Following the local Democratic
victories in Connecticut and the
congressional victory in Wiscon
sin, GOP leaders were especially
eloquent in telling the White
House that the Grand Old Party
was in trouble. Not many of them
it's true, got in to see the presi
dent himself. Most saw Sherman
Adams, or eeven lesser lights.
They made little impression.
After the Wisconsin upset,
White House aides calmly re
minded the politicos that the
Gallup Poll showed Ike more
popular than ever. Sourly re
marked one Republican leader,
after talking to White House aide
Homer Gruenther:
"It looks as if the White House
wants a Democratic Congress."
It's true Ike has been getting
better cooperation from Demo
crats on major issues than from
the Republicans, but what GOP
leaders are warried about is the
organization of Congress and pos
sible loss of committee chairmanships.
("The horse sees imperfectly, magnifying some
things, minimizing others. . ." Hipporotis; circa
500 B.C.)
THE HORSE was cropping up grass in the lee
of Alumni Building when I found him. I thought
the grass was lusher around on the other side.
"Who you calling a lush?" he snapped, his eightt
balls of eyes glowing red spots and his teeth look
ing formidable. "Huh?"
Why, nobody, of course.
"In the Southland," The Horse
chewed on, "it is patriotic to be
on the Lee side of places."
I thought I could Grant that
"I knew a horse in Jeb Stuart'i
cavalry," The Horse recalled,
"who was shot for less."
How was that?
"Aw, he was married to a crab
by old mare, and every night he
Custer out, and Custer being a
Fed general well, you see?
Yep, marriage can get you into
real serious trouble. You know they got classes on
Marriage right in this here now Alumni Building?
Yep. I was just to one."
How was it?
"Darn' interesting," The Horse conceded, stretch
ing out on the grass to watch Something in Purple
Pants go panthering past. "Trouble was, I ran into
a pop-quiz."
How had he done?
"I got an F for effort,' The Horse mourned. "The
lecturer was real good; but some of the questions
were well, not tough, but they sort of invited
counter-questions instead of answers.
For example? -
"Us Classicists say exempli gratia instead of any
thing so common as 'for example,' " The Horse re
prooved me. "But by happy chance, I can give you
four examples, for example."
I thought The Horse punned worse than Shake
speare. "Why not, my classmates claim I am as old," he
shrugged. "Well, one question was: Why Do Men
. Marry? Grasp that, I invite you! Why Do Men Mar
ry!" And The Horse's answer?
"Why do bears let themselves gat made into
rugs?"
Well, bears got trapped and skinned and
"Question Two: Why Do Women Get Married?"
The Horse's answer?
"Why do dog-licenses cost more than marriage
licenses?"
He meant it was cheaper to get a husband than
to get a dog?
"Not only that, they rub it in they got a bargain.
The first time the poor guy comes in late, she says,
'You dog!' The man, in this case, has a right to 'de
mand Two-fifty extra to make up the difference she
should have paid to get a dog. The third question
was another near-miss: Why Do People Get Divorc
ed? My answer was, Because They Got Married. I
still think my answer is right."
The fourth question of the pop-quiz?
"Will A College Woman Marry A Man With A
High-School Eddycashun?"
His answer?
"How Much Dough Has He Got?"
So The Horse had four misses.
"If I had four Missus," The Horse exclaimed, "I
would be a Mormon, and that's illegal, not to say
dementia praecox! I had a friend in the cavalry, a
handsome, big, gray horse who had a military wed
ding. Oh, it was a beautiful thing. No wonder he
got married!"
Oh, yes! Ruffles and gay drums and bugles, and
the happy couple marched under a bridge of sabres?
"Oh, no," The Horse murmured. "The couple
marched ahead of her pappy, who had a shotgun.
Well, I'm off for Equitation 51. Room 213 Caldwell."
Thet was Poly-Sci. 51. What did it have to do
with horses?
"It's about 'How To Have a Stable State Govern
ment,' isn't it?" The Horse horsed. "I'll be seein'
ya."
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something to" do with his temperment. He seems
to be quite "jaundered", as the boys back in the
Blue Ridges would say, about his personnel, Julius
La Rosa in particular.
According to the AP, Godfrey said, "Whenever
I take anybody on my show it's because I go a little
crazy about a quality I see in them which, for lack
"of a better word, I call humility.
"And I saw this quality in Julie His voice wasn't
too good he was the kind of fellow you wish you
had 10 sons like him."
But King Arthur said that as La Rosa's fame grew,
he became rather swell-headed and began to dis
regard instructions. ,
So, Monday Arthur announced to his millions of
fans that Julie was through. And then he had Julie
sing a little song ... the boys up in the Blue Ridget
would call it the "grandf i-nall-ee" . . . but Godfrey
called it his swan song.
Now Julie is without his thousand per week. But
not without friends. Thursday night Jimmy Capps,
the welMiked MC of "Our Best To You", announced
a policy a rare occurence on OBTY.
Jimmy said that he was going to play a Julius La
Rosa record and would keep playing them. He said
that he too liked humility and that he would appre
ciate any letters from listeners who also respected
that virtue, and that if he happened to get any such
letters he'd see that they went to the right place."
I don't know what Julius La Rosa would call that,
but the boys in the Blue Ridges would call it "gumption".