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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1954
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One More Breath
(We consider the development particularly
the recent demonstrations of atomic weapons the
paramount world question today. Of atoning facts
there is a plentitude and of counsel there is much,
but nowhere have we seen a cogent summary of
the atomic problem as in this letter from Lewis
Mumford to The New York Times, which we are
reprinting today as an editorial expression. Mr.
Mumford is a town-planning authority and social
critic; his books include "Values for Survival" and
"The Condition jof Man." Editor.)
The power of the hydrogen bomb has, it is plain,
given pause even to the leaders of our Government
Their very hesitation to give away the facts in it
self gives away the facts. Under what mandate,
then, do they continue to hold as secret the results
we may expect from the use of weapons of ex
termination not merely on our own cities and
people but on all living organisms; not merely on
our present lives but on the lives of countless gen
erations to come?
Are our leaders afraid that when the truth is
known our devotion to the perfection of scientific
weapons of total destruction and extermination
will turn out to be a profoundly irrational one: re
pulsive to morality, dangerous to national security,
inimical to life? .
Do they suspect that the American people are
still sane enough to halt the blind automatism that
continues, in the face of Soviet Russia's equal sci
entific powers, to produce these fatal weapons?
Do they fear that their fellowcountrymen may
well doubt the usefulness of instruments which,
under the guise of deterring an aggressor or in
suring a cheap victory, might incidentally destroy
the whole fabric of civilization and threaten the
very existence of the human race?
Our secret weapons of extermination have been
produced under conditions that have favored irre
sponsible censorship and short-sighted political and
military judgments. Under the protection of sec
recy a succession of fatal errors has been made,
primarily as the result (since 1942) of our accept
ing total extermination as a method of warfare.
These errors have been compounded by our count
ing upon such dehumanized methods to preserve
peace and security.
In turn, our very need for secrecy in an abortive
effort to monopolize technical and scientific know
ledge, has produced pathological symptoms in the
whole body politic: fear, suspicion, non-cooperation,
hostility to critical judgment, above all de
lusions of power based on fantasies of unlimited
extermination, as the only possible answer to the
political threat of Soviet Russia. But demoralized
men cannot be counted upon to control such auto
matic instruments of demoralization.
" At a fatal, moment our self -induced fears may
produce the incalculable and irretrievable holo
caust our own weapons have given ois reason to
dread. Only courage and intelligence of the high
est order, backed by open discussion, will give' us
the strength to turn back from the suicidal path
we have blindly followed since 1942.
Are there not enough Americans still possessed
of their sanity to call a stop to these irrational de
cisions, which are automatically bringing us close
to a total catastrophe? ,
There are many alternative courses to the poli
cy to which we have committed ourselves, practi
cally without debate. The worst of all these altern
atives, submission to Communist totalitarianism,
would still be far wiser than the final destruction
of civilization.
As for the best of these alternatives, a policy of
working firmly toward justice and cooperation, and
free intercourse with all other peoples, in the faith
that love begets love as surely as hatred begets
hatred would, in all probability, be the one in
strument capable of piercing the strong armor of
our present enemies.
Once the facts of onr policy of total extermina
tion are publicly canvassed, and the final outcome,
mass suicide, is faced, I believe that the American
people are still sane enough to come to a wiser de
cision than our Government has yet made. They
will realize that retaliation is not protection; that
total extermination of both sides is not victory;
that a constant state of morbid fear, suspicion and
hatred is not security; that, in short, what seems
like unlimited power has become impotence.
In the name of sanity let our Government now
pause and seek the counsel of sane men: men who
have not participated in the errors we have made
and are not committed, out of pride, to defending
them. Let us cease all further experiments with
even more horrifying weapons of destruction, lest
our own self-induced fears further upset our men
tal balance.
Let tis all, as responsible citizens, not be cowed
subjects of an all-wise state, weigh the alternatives
and canvass new lines of approach to the problems
of power and peace.
Let us deal with our own massive sins and er
rors as a step toward establishing firm relations
of confidence with the rest of mankind. And let us,
first of all, have the courage to speak up on be
half of humanity, on behalf of civilization, on be
half of life itself against the methodology of bar
barism to which we are now committed.
If as a nation we have become mad it is time
for the world to take note of that madness. If we
are still humane and sane, then it is time for the
powerful voice of sanity to be heard once more in
our land. " '
An Era Comes
To Chapel Hill
John Taylor '
Last September marked the be
ginning of what may well be a
new era in motion pictures the
New York release of "The Robe,"
the first movie made in Cinema
Scope. Today, the era comes to
Chapel Hill with the presentation
of "The Robe" on the Carolina's
new CinemaScope screen.
The importance of this new
process in film making should
not be underestimated. Coming
as it does on the tail of 3-D, it is
likely to be thought of by many
as just another gimmick, quite an
apt category in which to place
the audience-torturing earlier de
vice employed by Hollywood to
give a boost to its sagging box
office, but hardly an appropri
ate classification for the. new
wide-screen process.
And what separates Cinema
Scope from the gimmick class?
It is the premise on which it is
founded; that is, the wide-screen
is used to make even better and
more effective, movies that would
have been of high calibre, on the
conventional-size screen. Gim
micks, of which 3-D is a good
example, are used, on the other
hand, not to improve movies, but
to draw the willing, gadget-happy
public into the bad ones,
through the exploitation of
"something new."
The death of "the new demen
sion in film-making" came with
the filming action of two "big"
pictures, "Miss Sadie Thompson"
and "Kiss Me, Kate" in both
"flat" and the new teachnique,
and the practical realization at
the box office, that not only was
the public tired of seeing souped
up mediocrities, but actually pre
ferred to see the decent movies
without having something thrown
in their faces.
Obviously CinemaScope with
its wide screen (the one at the
Carolina is 40 feet wide and 19
feet high) is not suited for inti
mate dramas, like "Streetcar
Named Desire," or unpretentious
little comedies, such as "The
Moon Is Blue," because the size
of the screen itself would tend
to throw the subject matter of
these films out of all proportion
to what they were intended to be
and to make a spectacle out of
what should be1 relatively simple
in scale. "How to Marry a Mil
lionaire" suffers to a certain ex
tent from this very problem, al
though the idea of 760 square'
feet of Marilyn Monroe is, to say
the least, enticing. But for ex
travaganzas and action films that
require tremendous sweep of
scope, the new process has no
peer.
Let us now concentrate on "The
Robe." The adaptation-of the fa
mous Lloyd Douglas novel of
Christianity and martyrdom was
an excellent choice for the first
CinemaScope production. It has
spectacle and power, two top
qualifications for a wide-screen
film. It also has a strong plot
and a universal message, both f
which have been missing from
most of the other movies filmed
in the new process, but greatly to
the effect of this film. For al
though the film adaptation util
izes thousands of extras and mil
lions of dollars worth of scenery.,
the element of spectacle never
gets completely out of hand, and
the simple dignity and compas
sion of the novel remain in many
scenes.
Briefly, the familiar story tells
of Marcellus, a Roman tribune,
his conversion from a life of
wine, women, and song to Chris
tianity through the miraculous
power of the robe of Christ, worn
by the Savior at the Crucifixion,
and his martyrdom, along with
his beloved Diana.
The Crucifixion, the hurricane,
and the pomp of the emperor
Caligula's court are all forceful
ly portrayed on the wide-screen,
with its companion feature, stere
ophonic sound, while the impact
of the original tale is honestly
and 6imply projected by a large
cast of fine actors, including
Richard Burton, Jean Simmons,
Michael Rennie, Victor Mature,
Jay Robinson, and Ernest Thesig
er. On a conventional screen "The
Robe" would have been a fine
film; in CinemaScope it is one of
the best of the year.
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Nazis & Communists Form Pact
Drew Pearson
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WASHINGTON U.S. agents
have dug up irrefutable evidence
that the 1939 Nazi-Communist
pact has been renewed, in effect,
and that the Reds are again col
laborating with unrepentant Na
zis in a world-wide, underground
network.
The evidence is also conclusive
that the network has used none
other than Sen. Joe McCarthy as
a propaganda mouthpiece. For
example, McCarthy charged the
U.S. Army with
torturing Ger
man war crim
inals who had
been sentenced
for the murder
of American
prisoners. This
happened to be
the Communist
line in Ger-
PEARSON many, and Mc
Carthy's sensational charges were
circulated by the Reds to stir up
anti-American feeling among the
German people.
Senate investigators traced the
charges to Dr. Rudolph Aschen
auer, an ex-Nazi working with
the Communists, who helped
write McCarthy's speeches and
mailed them to him from Frank
fort, Germany.
Aschenauer had three known
agents in this country Frederick
Weiss, H. Keith Thompson, and
Ulick Varange who also repre
sented the Socialist Reich Party.
This was such a flagrant, pro
Nazi party that it was finally out
lawed by the West German gov
ernment. Yet, in spite of its Nazi
trimmings, the SRP was known
to be drawing money and sup
port from the Communists. Its
vice chairman, Dr. Fritz Doris,
visited Soviet headquarters in
Karlshorst, East Germany.
Of the three pro-Nazi agents in
this country, the best known is
Weiss, who masterminds the Na
tional Renaissance Party, a group
of fanatical anti-Semites with
headquarters in Yorkville, N.,,Y.
Weiss is one of McCarthy's most
ardent admirers, yet at the same
time is collaborating with the
Communists. He spouts the Com
munist line on foreign policy,
particularly against the European
Defense Community, and his fa
natical band is known to be in
filtrated with Reds.
(The FBI is most interested,
however, in Varange, a mystery
man who also goes by the names
Francis Yockey and Frank Healy.
He is known to be the author of
a book on Fascist strategy, urging
anti-American but not anti-Soviet
activity. As for Thompson,
he started out as a left-winger,
switched over to the Nazis, and
now claims to have broken with
them.
Purpose behind the new Nazi
Communist partnership is to
weaken democracy an objective
of both the extreme left and
right. Though the neo-Nazis and
Communists openly denounce
each other, they secretly work to
gether to tear down the demo
cratic fabric. This is done by the
old, familiar method of spread
ing hate, fear, suspicion, and dis
sension. A devastating, documented
story on the world-wide link be
tween Communism and Nazism
appears in The Reporter maga
zine, which went on the stands
today. For example, the Reporter
describes the Communist back
ing of the neo-Nazi leader Dr.
. Werner Naumann, who was nom
inated by Hitler to be Josef Goeb
bels heir as propaganda minister.
Natnnaim rallied the pro-Nazi
splinter parties behind him in an
attempt to resurrect the Nazi
movement. He praised Senator
McCarthy and denounced Presi
dent Eisenhower. Finally he was
arrested by the British on charg
es of plotting to overthrow the
West German government. The
plot was inspired, according to
closed-door testimony, by a Com
munist agent.
, ; Reporter magazine Charges that
the "explicit aim of the Naumann
group was to establish a totali
tarian West German government
oriented toward the Soviet Un
ion."
Naumann used a Dusseldorf
export-import firm, the H. S.
Lucht Company, as a front for a
world-wide political network
which kept in touch with Nazi
exiles in Spain and Argentina, as
well as pro-Nazis in other coun
tries. For example, Col. Otto
Skorzeny, the rescue'r of Musso
lini, and Dr. Hjalmar Schacht,
Hitler's former financial wizard,
are connected with the company
in Spain.
Two members of the Nazi-Communist
underground in Spain also
took in Senator McCarthy's two
Junior G-Men, Roy Cohn and Da
vid Schine, during their comic
opera, spy - hunting junket
throughout Europe last year.
One was Wolfgang Lohde, who
filled the two youthful gumshoes
with stories of Communist infil
tration of Radio Free Europe. It
later turned out that he had sign
ed an anti-American manifesto
circulated by a German Communist-front
organization.
The other informant was Her
' mann Aumer, who was authorized
by Cohn and Schine to spy on the
U.S.-licensed German press, for
McCarthy. Once ardently "pro
Nazi, Aumer was fired by the
U.S. Army in 1946 because of sus
pected Communist affiliations.
Afterward, he proved the sus
picions had been well-founded by
joining the board of directors of
the East-West Working Group for
East-West Trade, a known Red
front.
These two informants tried to
sabotage U.S. propaganda behind
the Iron Curtain by convincing
McCarthy's gumshoes that Com
munists had infiltrated the Voice
of America and Radio Free Eu
rope. NOTE Senator McCarthy has
consistently voted the Commun
ist line against the Marshall Plan,
Point Four, and military aid to
free nations. He has also played
into Communist hands by under
mining Army morale, undercut
ting the foreign service, and sab
otaging the Voice of America.
In Defense Of The Senator
William K. Scarborough
The whole difference between
construction and creation is ex
actly this: That a thing con
structed can only be loved after
it is constructed; but a thing
created is loved before it exists.
Gilbert K. Chesterson.
With the gracious consent of the editor I shall
undertake- in a series of articles to present the
other side of the McCarthy issue which is such an
important topic in American politics today. I must
emphasize at the outset that the opinions expressed
in this column certainly do not represent those of
the editor of this paper and do not necessarily rep
resent those of any organization of which I am a
member. They are my own and I shall take full re
sponsibility for them.
For the information of Mr. John B. Harvey, I am
a member of the male sex. Mr. Harvey's letter
which appeared in this paper on March 17 under
took in an obscure and amaturish fashion to at
tack me for the implication that I had attacked the
members of a certain profession. The inference
drawn by Mr. Harvey was entirely unwarranted.
For the sake of his profession I hope the other
members of said profession have more perception
and understanding than Mr. Harvey appears to
have. '
Let us first understand what Mr. McCarthy is
trying to accomplish. His sole objective has been
and is to remove Communists and Communist sym
pathizers from positions of influence in our gov
ernment. He is not trying to convict anyone. It is
not yet a crime to be a Communist in this country
and those who say that McCarthy has not convicted
anyone are simply ignoring the fact that the Com
munist Party has not been outlawed in this coun
try. The value of Mr. McCarthy's campaign has been
to bring to the attention of the American people
the danger of the Communist menace from within
and to bring pressure upon lax officials in the
Executive Department to remove known Commun
ists and "fellow travelers."
In my next column I shall discuss Senator Mc
Carthy's military record.
Some Ground Rules
Editor:
As students who are primarily interested m see
ing that UNC gets good student government, not
UP or SP governments, we should like to offer sev
eral criteria that might be used" ht selecting the
various officials. ' -
First of all, we think that the students should
elect officials that have made an ethical presenta
tion of their qualifications' and experience. No one
should serve our student body who has not demon
strated forthrightness' and integrity in meeting the
students. .
Secondly, we feel that candidates or parties that
make extravagant campaign promises should be
viewed with care, because obviously there have
been exaggerations offered. On the other hand,
there is nothing wrong with well thoughtout pro
grams that would benefit the students. Care should
also be the by-word when the well worn-out prom
ises are brought from their suitcases.
Thirdly, we submit that student elections are not
popularity contests. One should have a pleasing
personality to be elected; that does not mean, how
ever, that the "smilingest" face is in the possession
of the most competent candidate for each post.
Fourthly, those who seek the endorsement of the
student body should be instilled with a real spirit
of service. The honor of holding office is also the
privilege of serving the best interests of over 5,000
students men and women that easily tire of un
fulfilled promises and worn-out phrases.
With this, we sincerely hope that the 1954 cam
paign shall be fair in every respect; that in itself
will make it long-remembered.
C. T. Andrews
George Miller
Thanks From The Blood Bank
I believe that the following letter will be of in
terest to the campus, as it shows part of the success
of the recent Interfraternity Council blood drive
for the Blood Bank at UNC Memorial Hospital.
The blood was donated by the fraternity men on
this campus, to be given free of charge to needy
cases. ...
Henry H. Isaacson
President, I FC
President
Interfraternity Council
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, N. C.
Attn: All members of the Interfraternity Council.
Dear Sin
(The Blood Bank of Memorial Hospital wants to
thank all of you that donated blood to the bank in
December.
The blood you contributed was given to a young
man 23 years old, who broke his neck while diving
into a shallow pool last July. Although he is par
alyzed from the neck down and has been through
many surgical and emotional upsets he has a re
markably good approach to his situation. These
surgical procedures have required a great deal of
blood and his family has been unable to pay for or
replace his blood needs.
We are greatly indebted to you for these dona
tions, and we will call upon you again, as time per
mits for further contributions.
Yours truly,
Blood Bank
Constance Brooks
Grace Peel
Jare Bass
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(The following article by Jack Wagstaff concerns
his work reproduced above. Mr. Wagstaff is a mem.
ber of the sculpture class of Robert Howard of the
Art Department. Editor.)
To live cooperatively as well-adjusted human be
ing in this society and to contribute to it creatively
is most important
It is impossible to live cooperatively and under
stand the needs of our neighbors without self-identification.
One identifies himself with his own work
as I have done with my wood carving. Through
creative work, we grow up in a spirit which will
contribute to the understanding of needs of our
neighbors.
As we create in the spirit of incorporating the
self with the problems of others, we learn to use
our imagination in such a way that it is as easy
-for us to visualize the needs of others as if they
were our own. We can gain an appreciation and
insight of art and culture by identifying ourselves
with art media and by experiencing them in their
living quality.
" By Jack Wagstaff