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FASE TWO
THE DArLY TAR HEEL.
All That Glitters
Is Not $10,240
Sot hc th- ha lilMi ktoty over
:Utt-(, Sot Wife th ft$u a'jfrimt Saturday
iUwz ! the CuAim vtn&ai Uxyxxn
t v.thxni.i-d to anion. Sol '.:u.f the invar
no'.1, of the vli'-t: tas Jl(:'y tV-cn V hak
r;i ft rooH as ta our campm tomnmmty
this Httt V of co-nw, of the chain
k-irf fat. in U has .UlrsMM , UttU in
AX its haodnUtttly dcu-pthc vt in CA.zX
fill, i;-f :t-j. is :-' ' tftiiAzjttt"? Ly vrne vror
hy Muf'vVun to one" of or larr fraternity
how,s.
C.:rin U:tU:t ate. not ' net, although you
ttou'd fhmfc v horn fbr- g&tpt of awe which
kxe forih horn tho,e ho are hem;; let in
for the fmt :j,;?- ors 'an 'easy way to wale
milKonvx-M, to fr.s.lc o.zi, in thh
lnn tA ( vem'on of the raciet-
'I he Irf.tihU: v, m chair feuen. and the
jc n f hy the'. A-ii:tt't branded earlier for
the fraud thev are, H mat orncone IiOLS
riric t:,ontj Uova them. I here is a gentle
t:tt tuti'j., in the a hove-rnen t io jed frater
;. houv; noA' with a pile of greenbacks
v-?r h h he ha received through the mail. "But
!':' t "ore tlm uv. He .vas in on the
f f 5; i rifh, f he yxoi: who initiate a chain
tIi pnArAAy make orrwr money off
it ,,c- m rhty be? in to reap the reward
heh-M- he chain fjreaU don n or before
vrsje i e '.-uy am oast wt,y-daisy with
the ofdtr of the name on hi.v list. lut a
chain letter can iKrvcr keep soiling unless
ne ran ;mmne .tv,o things,: ; thai cvery-orn-
is '"honest" enough to jilav the mc ae
touting to th- rules, 2; ttiat there is an in
finite number of people, so the chain can
keep oinro Neither is true.
AH over the earnptis tolay, students v,ho
have gotten tiapjed in the racket ate wear
ing tlentwhes out trying to sell the two
letter require d in thh particular c fiaiu proj
ect, he supply of people available to buy
the letters yv,u exhausted. The
!) ti in runniti'4 out. A few fx:oplc ate rnak
iu rfioney. A freat mt.ny liave lost Sio
carh. A Sio lesson seei) pretty expensive,
but they aten't liable to lose Sto the next
tune around. And there will be a next time,
beiause the few uho h ive made money on
flm drain letter uill'start another.
The thiux do, if you're smart and
want to ni;ike a lot of money for nothing,
is to start your own chain letter. Hut if
yon'te evert smarter, the" thit to do is to
keep yout money in your pocket and look
for honest nays to make that million.
A Good Word For
Benedict
Uoe on acioss this pc and you will
come ujxm a letter from Mr, Burke I ox svho
expresses his gratitude for the noble de
fense (wv) have been ronductin lor poor,
mattyred Alet and Owen." He goes on to
bay that vve have omitied otif narre: ".Slip
in a oorl vvoul for Benedict Arnold," he
ur-es.
' O.K. Say no mote. We have leafed through
a couple of good history books, sharpened
our KTolleciion ol Ue Benedict Arnold af
fair and now we will piesent our case.
Benedict .Arnold's heart was so constitut
ed that he liked his glass of wine- and his
good cigar; and when he did things, he liked
for it to be knowi;. (Wry common frailties
ol out Hesli.; But at the same time Mr. Ar
nold was undeniably a brilliant mart, one
of out most dating and dfective H evolution
al y generals.
In 1777, out el lot t in the War for In
dependence had come to a pretty dark pass.
Howe, Btiti.sh commander in the North,
wined and dined in Philadelphia .social cir
c Ics. Washington and his fiecving at my hi
bernated at Valley Forge.
Butgoytte, (lispau hed by the British high
command to take the Hudson River Valley
while Yankee-. Spit it was at low ebb, was
crushed and oiled at the Battle of Sara
toga. It was Horatio dates, the olh'cial Ameri
can commander, got credit for this victory.
But do you know who wolly led the armies
to victory at Saiatoga!' You guessed it Bene
dict himself. I his could have been the turn
ing poifit in the war; the Flench, long hesi
tant, scanned the wilderness to the west and
said: Mon Pirn Irs Amrricnhis Soul Ties
C.ood gzets; and they gave us active aid
lh.it helped decide the linal outcome.
Alas, in 17 No. pool Benedict, unwept, un
honotcd, unsung and underpaid, turned
thumbs clown 011 the Ametican cause and
sold himself to the British, He was a traitor,
sine enough, (something we'ie not .sure Mr,
Hiss was and that we're sine Mr. Lattimore
wasn't) but he was baldly alone in his final
allegiance to the Biiiish crown. Historians
say about a lliiid ol the colonials joined
him.
So our point is made, our "good word for
Benedict" slipped in, for Mr. Fox and any
of the rest ol you who are interested in eval
uating histoiy's big black mark cm an only
Jt il f -lil.i k
Carolina Front.
Historical Background Of The Paris Agreement
Suggestion For
Just Another
Commission
Louts Krasr
IK AN' UNUSUAL atswphere
fA calm zrA QUit tfc ttsir.t
Ivsfilitsr revived a cocs-mlttae
thus wfte. rJi
( the offieist-
V'The LefUIa-V-
- tsve Executive
: - V-w5 ' Problems Cora
;ri" j- nAm ion
f j The CoTr.mi.-
,ioTi, (tilled
, C O M L E X
dfit goera.T.er.t circles), met
fi"!t spriBg, ttnd its tlr.iir.gi em
bodied such vast changes In stu
dent government that the com
mittee record are still confiden
tial, Joel Fleishman, chairman of
the group, explained yesterday
that the records would have to.
remain undisclosed berau "tie
itdng hain't crjstallized yet"
But whn this group met last
epring with former President Bob
Gorham, so this reporter under
stands, here are some things it
considered,
1. The group concluded that
the President should have more
appointive pover. It was empha
sized that the fruits of political
victories in the form of appoint
ments would be good incentive;
tor ntudenU to get into govern
ment here.
2. Student government should
have a secretary of utale, the com
mission decided. The secretary
would be appointed by the "stu
dent body president.
3. The need for a legislative
executive committee to see legis
lation implemented was brought
out.
One informant called this
group "a sort of brain trust."
WHILE THIS commission seems
necessary, the rash of commit
tees that the Legislature has bro
ken into seems almost ludicrous.
Jim Turner, Studc-nt Party floor
leader, introduced one bill cal
ling for a Legislature Complaint
Board.
'This Board thall be the offi
cial aura of student government,
but fchall not discourage contact
or complaint by other means," the
bill states encouragingly.
This reporter appreciates the
consideration Turner has sho'.vn
would-be complainc;rs. Somehow,
though, I find it difficult to vis
ualize an irate .student storming
into Turner's office to complain
and Turner, seeing him, explain
ing: "Sorry, friend, you'll have to
wait for the next Complaint Board
meeting."
Another portion of the bill says,
"The Board .shall vary its meet
ings from place to place in order
to gain as wide a scope of opin
ion as possible." This part amus
es me. I might suggest shifting
the time of the meetings, too, so
that no student could find the
group, and it's usclessncss would
be more easily seen bylegislators.
IN AN0TI1EH BILL, introduc
ed by SP Chairman Joel Fleish
man, the Inter-Dormitory Coun
cil's members and officers arc
commerjded. Then, the bill goes
on to set up a Social Activities
Commission to work with the IDC
"in the administration of its so
cial progress."
While this group will tic the
IDC closer to the fund-eranting
legislature, there seems little oth
er heed for it.
This current legislative trend
of establishing a committee "to
look into the possibilities of" or
setting up a commission "to work
with" a certain group is a little
alarming. Soon I expect to see stu-dc-nl
legislators pass out from
sheer exhaustion after attending
their regular committee, party,
caucus, Legislature, and commis
sion meetings.
In addition to their student gov
ernment duties, most of the peo
ple in the Legislature belong to
either the I)i or the Phi, the cam
pus debating societies, and many
belong to social fraternities. And,
on the side, I assume sonic of
them study once in a while.
Perhaps the Legislature wil
soon appoint a commission to look
into the busy schedules of its
members. The problem then, it
would seem, will be when it
could find time to meet.
Soar: A Franco-German Basketball
Scuncls
"vgreidF rrn. j&e Sssr lazt wj.th,
Ztzereiar-f LrjMzs ifitvtsed Presi
dent ZuerhfAKer, "Everything, if
"Jifit ihe htt beem fisei,
sXe.-i end delivered." One mesc
peper Ke'idli-r.ed it-A er-A of tfiz
"Z'X-year fihi oxer the Soar"
The IxsHy Tar Heel azr.fd Pro
feziw C- L Pen?, of iH Kiztrsrj
hepa.rr'ie"X focvuty, xhme pri
rviry field it Vez.em Europe, to
z-ed vtie kUivrital light o th.e
S'iar diivi'.e, Editor.)
Trie Saarland, which is tsrx
2nd which ha been many tXmez
in the past a burning issue it.
Tranche rmsn relations, i? a
highly industrialized, eea-samed
area of SOI square miles running
north from Lorraine and east
from Laiernboarg. LinguM;cany
and culturally the Saar is Ger
rnan, hut economically it is close
ly integrated with France and it?
coal seams jut ntt the iron Leids
of Lorraine. It explosive charac
ter stems largely from three
facts: (I) its strategic location on
old icva-.ion routes between Ger
many and France; (2; its eco
nomic wealth (in IS.S3 it produc
ed approximately 17,000,000 tons
of coal and 3,000,(X0 tons of
hleely, and 'Zi its appeal to the
national aspirations ' of the Ger
man people.
Historically, this tiny territory
ha passed back and forth be
tween France and Germany, fol
lowing the ups and downs of
their military fortunes. Since
1318 its status has been provision
al most of the time. In 1919 it
was placed under the administra
tion of the League of Nations,
and its mines were assigned to
Prance for a period of fiteen
years as partial compensation for
the damage which German arm-
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dr. rixic;
its had done to her own coal
fields. In 1935 it was reincorpor
ated into Germany as a result of
the plebiscite which had been
provided in the Versailles Trea
ty. In 1945, after the collapse of
the Third Keich, France, victor
ious by the grace of her allies,
received the Saar as part of her
zone of occupation.
This time France did not ask
to be allowed to annex the Saar,
but she set out to detach it from
Germany, to give it political au
tonomy, and to integrate it into
her own economy. She saw to it
that the Saarlanders had ade
quate, food, that their factories
were, not dismantled, and talked
vagucdy of an autonomous Saar
land. The shattered Saar econo
my revived rapidly, and the Saar
landers, whose national aspira
tions had been dampened by an-
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t?r 1 ' "fe
other defeat, began to rally
around the French program.
In 1947 the Saarlanders, gent
ly pressed by the French, elected
a constituent assembly and fram
ed a constitutional statute which
called for an independent Saar
regime and a customs and cur
rency union with France. The
French government approved the
statute, and Johannes Hoffman,
leader of the powerful Popular
Christian party, formed a Saar
cabinet. n November 1947 the
French franc became the mone
tary unit of the Saar, and in April
1943 a Franco-Saar customs un
ion was established.
In 1949, with East and West
bidding for German support and
the matter of Western defense a
burning issue, the Federal Re
public of Germany was set up.
Paris, sensing the growing
strength of Germany's position
and the inevitability of some. sort
of German rearmament, decided
to alter the course of her tradi
tional policy and to try for an
understanding with Germany .
within the framework of a Eu
ropean union. Though Konrad
Adenauer, Chancellor of the West
German state, responded warmly,
to the French gesture, he did not
conceal the German hope to re
cover the Saar. In the early days
of 1950, as France opened' nego
tiations with the Saar in an effort
to establish the Franco-Saar eco
nomic union on a contractual ba
sis, there was a sudden flash of
German nationalism. Even Theo
dore Heuss, president of the Ger
man Federal Republic, declared
that the Saar was German and
that its status could not be de
fined in advance of a peace trea
ty. Although France proceeded
to sign a series of agreements in
March 1950 which put existing ar
rangements on a -contractual ba
sis, Robert Schuman repeatedly
assured Chancellor Adenauer that
nothing had been done to preju
dice the final status of the Saar.
From that moment until this,
the Saar has been a topic of de
bate throughout Europe and a
matter of almost constant nego
tiation between Paris and Bonn.
After the Saar entered the Coun
cil of Europe in July 1950, there
was much talk of its organization
as a "Federal European State"
and as the home of the various
European bodies. The agreement
which Mendes-France and Ade
nauer signed on October 23, and
which is yet to be ratified, con
tains little that is new, despite
screaming headlines. It puts the
Saar vaguely under the Western
European Union, which is a new
name for the enlarged Brussels
Pact organization, originally cre
ated in 1943. The Council of the
Western European Union is to
name a neutral high commission
er, for the Saar to take the place
of the present French high
commissioner. Under the tutelage
of the neutral commissioner, the
Saarlanders are to vote on the
new plan, and, if they approve,
it must be. incorporated into the
Saar constitution and a new par
liament elected within three
months.
But Mendes-France and Aden
auer d,id not pretend to have
achieved anything beyond a mo
dus vivendi. The agreement
states that the Saar question will
be' re-examined when a German
peace treaty is made, and that
the Saarlanders will be permit-''
ted to decide whether they will
retain their "European" status.
Perhaps the most significant
thing about the agreement is that
it marks a step, however timid
and halting, in the direction of
the Europeanization of the Saar.
The Dorm-Frqf Division & How It Grew
Dick Creed
The most accurate reflection I've heard on
fra't mao Charles Ackerman's fear that the cam
pus is breaking down into two factions came from
a dorm acquaintance the other day.
"Breaking, hell. It's already broken."
That's all he said before he folded his Daily
Tar Heel and finished his yellow-green Lenoir hall
eggs, made infamous recently by The Ram, Alex
ander dorm's weekly newspaper.
Impressed by his acidulent manner in stressing
the past tense, I wanted to know more, and asked'
him when the breach occured.
He answered, rather too dramatically, I though,
"It happened on the day the first fraternity came
to campus."
lie didn't volunteer any more information., and
I didn't ask for any more.
Unqualified as his views may seem, I find my
self agreeing with him. " '
I expect that the two-man committee studying
the "distinct line of division" between dorms and
fraternities could get most of the reasons for the
schism from him.
The only thing 'is, the committee hasn't said
yet what it's looking for and what it's going to
do when it finds it. One thing's for sure. They'd
have a heck of a time abolishing dormitories.
The reasons why there is a not-so-pleasant feel
ing between dorm' men and f rat men are ridic
ulously simple. And they're amazing similar to the
reasons why. sonj'e . people are' bent on destroying
the American class system.
A. Frat men have cars and money. Dorm men
don't.
1. Frat men have oodles of girls and fun.
Dorm men don't.
2. Frat men can make liquor runs to Dur
ham. Dorm men can't.
B. Frat men. have the benefits of a club.
Dorm men, don't
1. Frat men make lifelong buddies. Dorm
, men don't ' ' '
2, Frat men can choose their friends. Dorm
men" can't.
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If the committee is looking for the causes of
the break, these are aU the reasons they will need.
If it's a cure, they're after, they won't 'find it,
unless, , of course, they and South Building are
willing to' listen to suggestions from the Kremlin.
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Rather than talking and theorizing about the
discontent and envy in the heart of the dorm man,
somebody, committee or not, ought to do something
sabout those yellow-green and gunmetal-grey Lenoir
Hall eggs.
' TheyT reaHy are that" color. I've, seen 'em.
Tcm Spain
, A great deal has been
ud fortunately for ilea of
Us ability as a musician. His n a
GM Recital
"Hazel" found a close rival in
the fury of pianist David Bay
illan, who performed for the Pe
tites Musicales series, last ' Sun
day night. Bar-illan's technical
skill, power, and interpretations
make his playing a whirlwind of
sound. To review his concert is
hard I can't find anything nasty
to say. The program matter va
ried from two Bach preludes to
the Sonata by Roy Travis, a con
temporary composer, and Mr. Bar
Clan introduced each of his num
bers by telling something of their
background. ,
The first two numbers were
Bach, and were played with qyite
a bit of definition and care. Aft
er the Bach, Bar-illan played
Schubert's Fantasie, "The Wan
derer," which might be consider
ed a set of variations on a theme.
The four, movements treat the
theme much as hie treats a wan
dering soul. This piece is a chal
lenge to any artist's ability as an
interpreter of human emotions.
Following "The W'anderer"
were two preludes by Debussy,
and as I listened to Bar-illan play
I could hear an echo of "The
Old Man of Debussy," Giesiking.
For his last number before the
intermission he played a Pastor
ale and Toccata by his close
friend Paul Ben-hayim. After the
intermission, Bar-illan did anoth
er contemporary, work, Roy Tra
vis' Sonata No. 1. I must confess
that this was just a little too mod
ern for me; as the pianist said,
"It sounds like a machine with a
bolt loose." His playing was, nev
ertheless, technically beautiful,
and the interpretation was as it
should have been quite machine
like. The last set of numbers left
the audience breathless; two Et
udes, a Nocturne, and a Ballade
by Chopin. I won't try to describe
the delicate precision with which
he played them.
For Ills encores Bar-illan chose
Soler's Sonata, Chopin's G minor
Wraltz, and Liszt's Hungarian
Rhapsody No. 2. The audience
slowly, broke up after the last
encore, leaving abouf a dozen of
us begging for just one more
piece.
John Ludwig
YOU Said It
Editor: . ,f '
I just can't resist expressing
my gratitude for the noble de
fense you have been conducting
for poor, martyred Alger and
Owen. Your words have tugged at
the hearstKngs" of all red-blooded
campus liberals and many of the
anemic ones. '
My admiration is such that I
hate to remind you of one not
able oversight on your part. I
am sure you have been so busy
castigating the reactionaries that
you have . overlooked one name.
Slip in a good word for Benedict
Arnold, will you?
Burkt Fox
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8, 1879. Subscription
rates: mailed, $4 per
I h year, $2.50 a semester;
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h. Vo of hr C'ojverMtV
sr learned the b-:rtrs n xn
2nd has had them ever since.
It is generally accepted tiu
Coaw reacted his place in jazz cirri w zetr- I
enthusiasm and the ability to organ:, tr.e r..
ship running a roe secer.d. rhcr,yc.::c:.
ence betveea Condon and llezzr; tee..., --, .." .
Condon attempted to hide his secondary a...y 1 ,
lizd.ihe rest of th band. wh,le ne.er
Irving to come out on top. But de-e -- - - - -BaiE2
clarinet work. Mezfs devotion an. e..-,v :
preserve jazz as a basic art t. its b-.s. v.
te5 fell both in this country, and m Lurope. e-; f
iaJH- Paris. It is in Pari that he now rec. v--
lonniES with maxy American jazz great? ...o -. .
ia'pieasant exile, maintaining a safe dtazce lr,:a
the extmtnerti.il trend at home.
-" Victor has Ieasd 12rinch collector's iu-.n
featuring Mezzrow and Frank ie ?irxoc on civ.vc
- ide. Its title MEZZLV ABOUND, an apt a-erp-
tk-a. Frankie Newton, a relative unknown v.. .o r...
last spring, is featured with hi trumpet and
ckestra and plays in the Mezzrow outfit. Likcwi-,,
Mezr is featured with Newton, explaining t.-.e tit; -
The sides are not new ones. Mezzrow's five .seh-;-taoas
were cut some time In 1936, while Neut.,n s ,
cajsein 1323. Jazz historians would imd t.iese r.u:r
bers. interesting, as they represent the transition.,!
period of Chicago-toswing. If music has grown-.,'
paisVihey too, are here represented. The rosters ni ,
both, groups are star-studded, and LV-s. certainly,
accounts for the real qualities found therein. V.rh
apologies to Mezz, we mud say that trjeperforn!
ances are' predominately swin. and jazz suffers some
definite' alterations. Show tune?, muted horns, a
swing beat, big-band drum soio, and extensive u
of saxaphones, are not elements of pure jazz. Im
provisation is at a minimum, and to be honest, the
record has a touch of the juke-box sound.
Considered for what it is, MEZZIN" AROUND a
fine performance, but compared to the pure juzz -1
Jimmy Noone, or to the polished swing of Goodrr.an
ii's. a failure. However, it is not swing, or jazz, hr.t
some orphaned style claimed by no one but Mezzro
and Newton. Certainly an organization cor.ta1n.n3 4
the fine work of Cozy Cole, James P. Johnson. B ; 1
Freeman, Willie "The Lion" Smith, and Al Ca-ey '
is nothing to which a deaf ear should be turned.
On side 1, we find Mezzrow's Swing Band doin? ,
MELODY FROM THE SKY, an obscure pop so: ,
from the early thirties. The vocalist, a saprar.o i f
sorts, winds her weary way through two choru-e-,
never to be heard again. I'm sure. But the accom
paniment is good, the solos by Freeman, Ne-.v. .n
and Smith somewhat reminiscent of the early Bei
derbecke bands. Though ragged and loose, the num
ber invites easy listening because of the d-jfin m j
swing beat and the reckless abandon with which
Freeman and Smith romp along.
MUTINY IN THE PARLOR come? closer to
than the others. The swinging stomp rhythm pre
sents ideal opportunities to the soloists,, and they
seem to achieve their goals here. Gay tune, MUNITY
IN THE PARLOR is of the school that preceded the j
jump tunes of the early forties.
Perhaps the most interesting of Mezz's side U
by far the least artistic. I'SE A-MUGGIN is nothing
more than. a prolonged number game, using the jie
talk of the middle thirties. The music stops att-r
a short be-bop vocal by "The Lion", and he take-;
a while to explain the rules. Then, in their own way.
the Mezzrow boys count to seventy, rhythm back
ground provided. Bud Freeman wraps it up with
one of his famous honking sax solas.
Mezzrow's selections are not gems of any sch!
or type. They're just swinging pop tunes and novel
ties, recorded to sell but didn't. Now that they're
twenty years old, they fit into a picture somewhere
in between a couple of accepted styles, and the;
certainly show that swing music wasn't made over
night. Frankie Newton's side is definitely swing, ar i
closely resembles the first Artie Shaw band, oh
fering only in size. A strong rhythm section featur
ing Cozy Cole, drums, Al Casey on guitar. John Ki
by on bass, and the ragtime piano virtuoso. James r
Johnson, creates a secure and often loud beat, form
ing a thorough pattern into which even Mezz works
a fair solo.
Leading off with ROSETTA, Newton shows tim.t
he is a trumpet man worthy of high praise in swin
circles. Throughout the six sides, his work with the
ensemble and on solos is clear, strong and melodic
Basically a dixieland musician, his leadership i
similar to Bobby Hackett. He holds the band together
with h.13 powerful and somewhat-sweet continuity.
Frankie Newton's obscurity, due in part to his poli
tical feelings, is one of the major disappointments
among musicians. Truly versatile trumpet men are
scarce, and were Newton alive today, his work
would "surely be welcome and appreciated.
The entire Newton side is honestly happy, even
on the blues numbers. Cozy Cole and James P.
Johnson, reputable buffoons, add many a touch i '
humor in their renditions. Combining swing an i
drive, the Newtoa band far surpasses Mezzrow'.-.
This may be due to the three-year difference in re
cording and reformation of groups, but the talent
advantage and the ensemble sound of the Newton
band makes it look far superior. It definitely sounds
so.
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daily except Monday,
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Editor
Night Editor for this Issue
CHARLES KURALT
Chal Schlcv