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c. DE - T WEATH ER Cloudy, cool and occasional rain today, with expected high of 52. KNIGHT Educational TV looms as the white knight of the video wars, says the editor. The why and wherefore is on p. 2. VOL. LVII NO. 61 Complete m Wire Service CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER. 1, 1954 Offieet In Graham Memorial FOUR PAGES TODAY Self ooresse n n 3u n (I . . ty ernes nis LomraoM MIAMI, Fla. (AP) Ralph Long of Durham, N. C, self-confessed former red, told the House Un-American Activities Committee yesterday the Communist Party operated openly at tlie University of North Carolina when he was a member in 1946-48 and that the school never did anything about it. Y 1 In two hours of testimony- vesterday mo.ning, Uong named five faculty members and . . -fand a number of students who ne -fwt. iwmwi, c;j oHanHod cnmmiinict rll moot ings with him and was apparently just getting started on his list when the hearing was recessed for lunch. Long said the purpose of the student communist clubs at Chapel Hill was to "build up the Party among the young intelligentsia of North Carolina," print and circu late literature and raise money to advance the Red cause. Julius Scales, recently arrested by the FBI on charges of conspir acy against the government, admit ted openly in 1947 that he was head of the Chapel Hill party, Long said, and communist activities there were publicly known. In answer to questions by com mittee members, he said that to his knowledge the school never made any investigation. V ? - - y : "1 Warrant Served Chapel Hill police said Mon day that the warrant charg ing James Boyd with violating a state statute which prohibits low flying over towns and public gatherings has been served to the violator. . Boyd allegedly buzzed the campus several weeks ago drop ping leaflets which publicized the "beat Wake Forest" pep rally. The rally was sponsored by the University Club, accord ing to the leaflets. ; The warrant was returned to day after having been served in Durham by police there. Boyd faces misdemeanor char ges. His trial has been set for Dec. 7, according to the Clerk of Court's office. Statesmen Coming Here 1? N - X (See RED, page 4.) . Air ROTC Names Twenty 'Distinguished7 Regional NSA Meeting Slated For Thursday The fall RegionaL Assembly of the Virginia-Carolinas Division of the National Student Association, Joel Fleishman, chairman, will con vene Dec. 2, 3 and 4 at Duke Uni versity. The association is comprised of I member schools from Virginia and j North " and South Carolina. The assembly, however, will be open to delegates from all schools in the tri-state region, whether they are members of the association or not. .,ine tnree-day meet will com mence tomorrow with an address by Ed Lacks, National Travel Dir ector of the USNSA. ' Conferences in which workshops explaining the desired functions 76 Out Of 7 Allegedly Favor George s Petition By DICK CREED Seventy-six out of 79 people contacted "the other day" signed Dr. W. C. George's pro-segregation petition to Gover nor Hodges, according to a statement by Dr. (leorgc. " Dr. George said yesterday that he and V. P. Jordan, a real estate agent in Orange County - and supporter of the petition, CHESTER BOWLES . . Dec. 9 ESTES KEFAUVER . . next Monday Bowles r Kefauver Set For Talks Here Soon Kefauver's Forum Talk Slated For Next Monday "made a trip through the county the other day to place copies of the petition and to get signatures ourselves." Continued Dr. George, "We con tacted 79 people, and 76 of them signed." The three people who didn't sign were from out of state, he said. Dr. George said that "we have not yet attempted to contact the colored people" but that "some have called to sign" the petition. He said that his soliciting of UP Names Yarboro'h New Head By CHARLES JOHNSON Charles Yarborough was elected ! chairman of the University Party last night. Yarborough, a senior from signatures for the petition would 1 Louisburg, is a member of the Ex-Ambassador Bowles Addresses UNC Dec. 9 be confined to Orange County. varsity track squad, president of RALPH LONG . .'says the Party flourished here ' (Photo by Charles Cooper, Durham Herald.) The' Air fcrce ROTC Depart ment has named 20 cadets as "Dist inguished Military Students," sel- of the various phases of student ected by over-all academic aeh-1 ; government 'work will be held on ievement, grade average in mili- Friday, Dec. 3. tary classes, Air Force ROTC sum- The conferences and their chair mer camp - record and excellence men are: Student Body Presidents, U NC A sir on 6m ers Will Take Tour Dr. Morris S. Davis, professor of astronomy here, will present a "Guided Tour of California Obser vatories" at tomorrow night's meeting of the Chapel Hill Astro- j California are the Lick Observatory Tomorrow , the 200-inch Hale telescope which was conceived by George Ellery Hale. Other observatories located in nomy Club. at Mount Hamilton and the Mount The tour will consist of pictures ' Wilson Observatory, the home of .,,. t; nr,v f enmp nf . the 100-inch Hooker Kellector. the California observatories that! Dr. uavis win snow pictures 01 he visited last summer while in . these observatories, and speak on California attending the conference j the conference of astronomy teach of teachers in astronomy, plus in-! ers at which he heard lectures by formation on points of interest Bart profesSor of astro- covered at the conference. . The newest of California's obser- nomy at Harvard on Radl Ast" vatories is located on Palomar ! ronomy and the Structure of the ; appropriate ceremony at June gr- exhibited in leadership ability. Those selected are given spec ial consideration'- as -they enter7 active military service In applying for Regular Air Force Appointments. The following cadets have been selected: Larry H. Addington, John D. Barab Jr., Cyrus L. Brooks, Jam es W. Claiborne, Robert S. Colbert, David B. Cooper, Don W. Geiger, Heiskell R. Gray, John M. Gwynn Jr., Leonard J. Howell; Claude J. Johns Jr., William H. Kirkman Jr., Rodger C. Logsdon, John L. McDaniel, George B. Mc Gehee Jr., Herbert E. Neilson, Ken neth M. Pruitt, Robert J. Roque more Jr., Howard V. Scotland Jr., Ronald L. Shearin, Leo C. Wilker son, Charles P. Wolfe and James . The Carolina Forum will present Chester Bowles, former governor of Connecticut and former U. S. ambassador to India, on Dec. 9. Bowles will speak at 8:30 in Carroll Hall. He will be introduced by;Dr, Raj C, Bose, professor ofi mathematical 'statistics here. . The former U. S. ambassador entered government service in 1941. In 1943 he was ; named to head the office of price administ ration, and in 194( he became the director, of economic; stabilization. In 1946 Bowles- was the Amer ican Delegate to the UNESCO Con ference in Paris and was appoint- The date for the appearance of Senator Estes Kefauver, the next speaker in the current series spon sored by the Carolina Forum, has been changed from Dec. 3 to Dec. 6, according to Joel Fleishman. Forum chairman. Kefauver will speak at 8:30 in Memorial Hall. Professor Walter Spearman of the School of Jour nalism will introduce him. The Tennessee senator has been prominent on the national scene in recent years, both for his pres idential campaigning and his leg islative and investigative work in the Senate. During his 10 years in the Hou se of Representatives he was a de fender of the Tennessee Valley He added, however, that he has ! the senior class and secretary of received requests from other parts the Monogram Club. He was pres-v of the state for copies of the peti- ident of his sophomore class and tion, and that he is mailing them. is also a member of Phi Eta Sigma, "I haven't the time or the fa- freshman honorary scholastic fra cility to organize the state," Dr. ternity. George said. He said he did not After th'e election, the new know to what extent the pro-segre- chairman said "The University gation campaign was being or-j Party is the most representative ganized in other counties. 1 group on this campus. Its mem- He sad he had received no re-' bers and candidates have a sin port on the number of signatures' cere interest in working, not for which have ben affixed to the co-l any clique or selfish faction, but pies of the petition so far. TWO WEEKS OLD for all of the students. We think that our standard of "conservative Dennie Chatham, WCUNC; Colleg- f e special consultant to the secret iate Editors, Charles Kuralt, UNC: ! arytgeneral of the United Nations Judical .; Chairman, Julia Allen, f.Heiteo traveled. Jn the capacity xf I Authority and was one of the spon- Duke; Campus Coordinators, Ly dia Simmons, Duke; Student Gov ernment Orginization, and leader ship, NSA National Officer. traveled through India talking wtih niittee of the Senate Armed Ser vice Committee and of the Judici- chairman of the UN Appeal for sors of the GI Bill of Rights. Children in Eastern and Western' Since his election to the Senate Europe. ' -m 1948, Kefauver has served as a As ambassador to India, Bowles member of the Preparedness Com- Dr. Georse originated the neli-i ; Progressiveness is the best way tion on Nov. 18. It calls for contin-j of achieving responsible and use ued segregation in the public j ful student overnment. schools on the basis of "biological! "It is the firm conviction of the and social" differences between the members of this party that Caro white and Negro races. lina comes first, then politics. Po- It is addressed to the Governor litical action is necessary in any and the members of the State Sen- form of government, but there is ate and House of Representatives. ' always the ever-present danger of It will be presented to them "having too much ' government and when the Legislature meets next month, according to Dr. George. COMMISSIONS MEET, FRIDAY The agenda for Friday afternoon will be primarily devoted to com mission meetines. Chairmen of these commissions are: Travel Af- j officials and worked with a major " . ary Committee and several of its lactuiy . wuis -u 6uva,uuCUl subcommittees. ' i fairs, Helen Haynes, WC; Educa-! point four project developed dur tional and Student Affairs, Pat I ing his term. Fieldsl GC, and Student Govern-! I (See KEFAUVER, page 4.) ment Planning, Jim Turner, UNC. Dr. Hollis Edens will deliver the j Keynote address Friday evening. Immediately following the address, a panel discussion concerning aca demic freedom in which Jim Wal- lace of UNC, Dr. King of UNC, Dr. Y Sponsoring Brando W. Wright. These names will be read with , Parker of Duke, David Reid of UNC, and Jim Hardison of Duke Mountain. The observatory houses Galaxy aduation exercises. will participate, will be held. The YMCA is sponsoring an ad vance ticket sale for the Chapel Hill premier showing of Marlon Brando's latest thriller, "The Wild One." The tickets will be on sale to night through Monday night in all dorms, sorority and fraternity houses, Lenoir Hall and the Y lobby. Proceeds from the ducats will be used to defer expenses of a del egation to the National Assembly Dec. 27-Jan. 2, in Lawrence, Kan. Trustees Approve NCS Plan For Peru Mission RALEIGH m The executive committee of the Board of Trus tees of the Consolidated University of North Carolina Monday ap proved a plan of operation for a State College agricultural techni cal mission to Peru. The mission will assist the Pe ruvian government in. developing an agricultural research program designed to create a higher level of productivity in that country. too much politics. "As party chairman, I shall do my best to keep politics at a re spectable level," Yarborough said. "I am confident that this group is one of the most resourceful and most capable organizations in the University. Our candidates are not interested in themselves alone, but are interested in doing a good job for the whole student body. "If the spirit that was shown in the last elections prevails this spring, the University Party will win an even greater victory next April." The other officers elected were: Bill Sabiston, vice chairman; Jane Cocke, secretary; John Raper, treasurer, and Charles Aekermann, publicity chairman. Science At UNC Stotm Gather: Bomb By CHARLES CHILDS The A-bomb tests in New Mexico had far-reaching effects in the United States., In Illinois they caused the exposure of a large quantity of photographic film because radioactive particles had entered the film's ingredients. Fifteen miles from the site some cattle lost patches of hair and suffered blister-like lesions. Later, after the atomic artillery testing, radioactive snow fell in. Washington, D. C Five years after the atomic bombing blast of Japan, 45 cases of cataracts were found among per- i sons near the blasts. These also appeared among persons who were facing the explosions 30 miles tway. 1 There are reports that the number of still and deformed births among the Japanese survivors has been considerable. EFFECTS ON INHERITANCE As has been discussed, a person has to be exposed i om,.nt nf radiation within a short time to be visibly effected. He might recover with no visibly' changes, including complete regrowth of hair. .,, ., Othor persons near the blast area will consider themselves lucky if they were exposed with no ill effects. However, it is likely that these "lucky-people" have suffered severe changes in their genes, and these changes are more important than a small burn. , 1 The damage to genes is important because the genes determine the inheritance of children. An example "of this damage can be found among certain births by the survivors of the first atomic bombs. Of course these people were subjected to intense but short periods of radiation, but it is another consideration which prompted Prime Minister Win ston Churchill's statement about the dangers of even testing these weapons. This consideration is that the strength or time of exposure is of little concern when the genes are involved, because the effects on the genes continu ally build-up and do not repair themselves. Speaking about this danger, Dr. D. G. Catcheside of Cambridge warned: - . "If must be emphasized that absorption of radia tion is always connected with damage, no matter how small the dose, and that many radiation ef fects are cumulative." We knew that, in an H-bomb war there could be few survivors. However, we fail to realize that even the testing of such nuclear weapons is also highly dangerous. Catcheside continued to explain that it had been known for some time that chronic irradiation would induce tumors. He added that it had not been pre viously realized that with small daily doses a variety of tumors may be induced at an earlier age. MAY BE 'DISASTROUS' In speaking of these small daily doses, he told that with a dose of 0.5 roentgen per week and con tinued over a large number of generations there would be defects produced in the genes. These de fects would reduce, the fitness of many apparently normal individuals. Catcheside considers this to be the more important things "from the point of view of the species as a whole. The total effect may well be very serious or even disastrous." One of the greatest men in human genetics today reflects the same warnings. Dr. H. J. Moller-tells us that "the genetic effects are essentially irrepara ble .... and cumulative over an unlimited period." Dr. Muller has worked out what can be the effects on a population of 100,000 people. If each generation of this group were exposed to 20 roentgens, then in each generation one out of every 20 persons would be "genetically eliminated." He warns that "every increment in the genetic lead (of radiation) must be regarded as in itself objec tionable and is to be avoided if possible, even. if it ftpi 1 , ' ' x-. x & - : mm mam 4 X o THE ATOM BOMB 1945 '. . what will its sisters do? does not threaten to wipe out mankind as a whole, and even if it is distributed in such a way that it cannot be recognized as such." As to Catcheside's rate of 300 roentgens, Muller had this to say: "It would take only some 100 to 300 roentgens applied to all human population every generation to result .... in gfanetic death and complete frus trated lives for all but a minute fraction of the . population in every generation." The question arises, "but will a, few H-bomb tests really endanger us?" Well, the scientists believe that they will, so let us look at a report made in 1952 for the Atomic Energy Commission: "In order to constitute a world wide hazard, something like a million nominal atomic bombs would have to be detonated, roughly one to each 200 square miles." . Notice that the report referred to nominal atomic bombs; now, consider that the super-bomb, which is 750 times stronger. It is simple to see that 1,400 of these super-bombs would do a thorough job of cre ating a worldwide hazard. We may assume of course that 1,400 super-bombs would not be exploded in case of war. However Churchill said the atmosphere would remain radio active for 5,000 years from such explosions and dur ing this time there would be several generations exposed to radiation. ARE WE VULNERABLE There are people who favor continuation of II bomb tests, but look at the facts about war: In case of a surprise attack, The Bulletin of Atom ic Scientists pointed out that it would take only 150 super-bombs to "neutralize" our country. Assum ing our air defense to be 90 percent efficient, which is a considerable overestimation, then it would take only 1,500 planes, each with one bomb, to do the job. If the bombs had been set to explode at a certain altitude, then even the hit planes' bombs would ex plode before the planes crashed. Or another way of causing panic could be an un-der-water explosion off the West Coast. This would shroud areas such as San Francisco in a lethal fog. The prevailing west-to-east winds would do the rest. There is even a newer weapon, called the "co balt bomb," reportedly scheduled for test by the Russians in 1955. The radiation from such a bomb can make the radiation from a super-bomb look like a candle. IS THERE ANY HOPE? We already see both sides of the cold war claim ing that they will use nuclear weapons in a war. In London last month Field Marshall Montgom ery, deputy supreme Allied commander at SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers In Eur ope) told the Royal United Services Institute: "I want to make it absolutely clear that we at SHAPE are basing all our operational planning on using atomic and thermoneculear weapons in our defense." In Moscow, Izvestia reported that weapons of mass destruction will be used against the United States and its allies in the even of World War HI "unless these are prohibited by an international act, or the states which possess such weapons renounce their use." Considering the effects of nuclear weapons on present and future mankind, there is a critical need for the nations to come together and outlaw the use of these weapons. Only in doing this and seeing that such an agreement is enforced can there be any hope for the survival of man.
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