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PAGE TWO THE DAILYr TAR HEEL 6litics & DTH Candidates Student lawmakers act more like old maids every day. They can't make up their minds. Recently, the student Legisla ture decided that Daily Tar Heel editorial candidates would he screened by a special bi-partisan committee. Their purpose, accord ding to the bill's sponsor (Tom Lambeth), was to take the editor ship out of party politics. At its meeting this week, the Legislature gave back, to political parties the power to pick editorial candidates. The University and Student Parties, despite their other merits, are no more qualiliecl to evaluate editorial ability of Daily fat Heel candidates than they are to judge yelling ability of cheerleader can diates. (A special board now screens cheerleader candidates.) 'Nevertheless, they insist on drag ging the editorship into party poli tics. The old maid, on-aiur-olf tac tics evoke immediate suspicion as to the politicians' motives. And we suggest the parties explain to the campus -why they should have the power to nominate editorial candidates. Duke & The BT A Debate Duke students have. recently add ed another set of initials to the al phabet abbreviations that tag al most every campus idea or organi zation 1TA. The new abbrevia tion stands for Hig-Time Athletics. What else? " The Duke Chronicle's lively pages have -been filled with HTA for the p.ist month, particularly in the letters-to-the-editor column. Duke students, in short, have been arguing the merits (and demerits) ol professionalism in college ath letics. Our champion in this debate so far is a Dookster called William Chapman, whose thinking runs like this: 1. "....Iig-tinie sports "do not contribute perceptibly to a' suc cessful post-graduate life.... 2. "To illustrate that big-time athletics are not really necessary, c onsider for a moment Harvard or Caltech, the latter being a young .school fast establishing a solid re putation without resorting to ath letic falsies. ... "Athletic publicity does con tribute to a school's reputation. Hut look deeper. Consider the many ways a lady can fast estah-, lish her reputation. I say Duke must strive, to grow with a well proportioned reputation .... I think, rather, that the Duke citi zenry should pride itself on fine proefssors, the well-reputed grad uate schools, and the opportunity to learn , w hile gaining a social sense. I think we should be more thankful for "intramural opportuni ties than for a big-time athletic team Perhaps it's inappropriate to praise Dook during these torrid ACC tournament days, butjwe will, quietly defy tradition and extend Dookster Chapman- our hardiest agreement. An Answer To UNC's Ratio If you're a male and if you're College (for girls) is offering by disturbed by the Carolina1 coed accepting male "coeds." ratio, consider the haven Meredith Trillion Dollar Question The past hicnths have witnessed an accumulation of much rubble printed and oral on the "Why Johnny Can't Read" question. Even harmless classroom design eis are made out to be fiends who slash the reading habit by making classroom wall colors painful to the eyes of children. To be fashionable in the debate, the supreme necessity is that you. attack the preparatory school sys tem from first grade up. You must know all the cliches to wit: "John Dewey ruined educational philoso phy, because he was too concerned with the child's psychological ad justment" even if you have never read a Avoid of pure John Dewey. You must cspesially blast "progress ive" education, because that's why Johnny can read only 30 wolds a minute when he starts to college. We have investigated a good bit of the accumulating rubble and failed to be satisfied. Could it be that Johnny can't read because he just won't? Could it be that the educational svNtcm is actually improving all die time, and that neither progressive education nor pastel walls have dealt us mortal blows? Johnny or a lot of Johnnies avoid reading, and why is that? Robert Frost once spoke of the Divinity as "the whole GD ma chine," and perhaps' Johnny finds his reading hard because he's in volved in a "whole CD machine" a machine that sprouts a sherwood forest of TV aerials; a machine that dec lares it heresy to think that anything worthy of cognizance could be printed on a book's pages and not projected by video tube; the -world of Superman, Jack Webb, and the Sixty-Fight Trill ion dollar question, and Arthur Godfrey; the world of classics com ic s and card games, etc.; all the hur ried distractions of an energetic culture which hates above all: silence,1 concentration, isolation, and thought the ancient requisites of good reading. F ie On Old Tlushograms "SORRY. CAN'T MAKE GER MANS. GEORGIA DOBHS HIT ON ULNA HY TA RANTULA, CONTRACTED The Daily Tar Heel The official student publication of the Publications Board of the University of North Carolina, where it is published daily except Monday and examination and vacation periods and summer terms. Entered as second class matter in the post office in Chapel Hill, N. C, under the Act of March 8, 187?. Subscription rates: mailed, $4 per year, $2.50 a se mester; delivered. $G a year, $3.50 a se mester. Editors .. LOUIS KRAAR, ED YODER Managing Editor. FRED POWLEDGE News Editor CHARLIE JOHNSON Business Manager BILL BOB PEEL Sports Edllor. l WAYNE BISHOP Advertising Manager Coed Editor Subscription Manager. Staff Artist Dick Sirfcih Peg Humphrey - Jim Chamblee Charlie Daniel Night Editor . ..Charlie Sloan ELEPHANTLriS, WHOLE -DORM QUARANTINED. KNOW YOU'LL UNDER STAND. LOVE. SUSAN' It's the big weekend, and you're waiting for her to arrive. Instead of her, yon get a telegram like this. Ton-know -'the story well. So do the Ivy Leaguers. Nevertheless, Yale University's News is holding a contest "to acid to the mass of sociological data al ready gathered about the thinking of the Eastern college student." Participants jirst have to compose an appropriate "flnshogram." We'd like to go on record right now, as a journal of Southern thought, alxmt these so-called "llushograms." That's just a high flown name for the old, backwoods ICC (I Crn't Come) letter. And you don't have to be a Vassar or Sarah Lawrence girl to write one either. Plenty are composed at Woman's College and St. Mary's. After all, who( has. more "origi nality, audacity, and aptness of thought" than a- date writing her Carolina gentleman an ICC? Racial reci a to eciration?? Two BR I I ere Are if on st Spokesme On Opp sin Of This Ouesf son Two of the Smith's most vocal 'spokesmen on opposing sides of the racial segregation question particularly as re cently brought into nationwide significance by the Supreme CourQ integration decision arc residents of Chapel Hill. Prof. V. Crit C.corge of the University Medical School fac ulty is President of the" newly-formed 'Patriots of- North Carolina organization, and an outspoken opponent of integra tion. On the other hand, the Rev. Charles M. Jones, minister of the Community Church of Chapel Hill, is well-known lor his leadership in the 'movement for integration. Prof. W. C. George r. Instead of some of -the things I must say, it would be much more agreeable to me to speak of those things that cause me to hold some cf my Negro friends in affectionate esteem; but a situation has -been forced upon us that we must meet without evasion. ' t was Saint Paul who said "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." If we apply this admonition of Paul's to the Supreme Court's decision, we find that it is not good because it is based on error and because it will almost surely bring tragic results in its train. I became active in the race problem net because of any animosity towards Negroes but because of my desire that five, 10 generations from now we might have in this country a breed of people capable of maintaining our civilization. Reaching general conclusions and making decisions on the as sumption that factors and people are equal, when they are not, introduces error that invalidates the decisions and may lead to tragedy. Use of the woyds equal, superior and inferior, other than in a qualified sense, may be unwise, especially when applied to people. However, everyone knows that some breeds of plants and animals are superior to others in some respects. Everyone knows also that some people are superior to others in various respects. It is likewise true, s . although unfashionable to recog- nizejt, that some racial groups are superior to others in various re spects. Whatever other virtues Negroes may have, all of the evidence that I know about, and there is a lot of it, indicates that the Caucasian race is superior .-to the Negro race in the creation, and maintenance of what we call civilization. Elabor ate support of that statement would require more time than is available here. ; May I remind you, however, that the ancient? civilizations of Suraer ia'and "the other khrgdoitK and empires of the Near East, of an cient India, of Egypt, of Carthage, of Greece and Home and Mace donia, and the more recent civili zations of northern and western Europe and of 'America have all been creations of the various branches of the Caucasian race. - If time permitted, I could present convincing evidence that crea tiveness, or the lack of it, result from intellectual and.personality traits that are in large measure subject to the laws of heredity, just as the traits of our household pels and domestic animals are; largely hereditary. It follows that if traits vital to our national well being and progress are hereditary, then it becomes a matter of national as well as family importance that these traits be maintained in our popula Everyone knows that if you cross a high producing strain of animals with low producing animals, the resulting hybrid strain has a lower productivity than the original high producing strain. That the same is true of people is in accord with genetic theory and with the experience of mankind. One example of that experience may be found in the case of Portugal. In the 15th f and 16th centuries the Portuguese were great explorers and a creative people, and at the forefront of the nations of Europe. Beginning in 1442 large numbers of Negroes were introduced into Portugal. During the following centuries these were absorbed into the older population. Negroid characters became widely distributed among the people and Portugal declined. ' In my judgement, therefore, the Supreme Court's decision is un righteous because mixing our white and Negro children in the intima cies of school life until they are grown would speed-up the mixing of the blood of the races. The . result would be a hybrid race, probably without the capacity to advance or maintain our civilization. It is un believable to me that we should knowingly pursue such an end as pub lic policy, and that it could bo called ethical. 2 1 - . v , i, 5 i w. m4i - W. CRITZ GEORGE I ast Monday evening, at the annual Institute of Religion sponsored by the United Chun h in Raleigh, Prof. George and the Rev Mr. Jones shared the platform with attorney R. Mayne Albright and ex-State Sen. James H. Pou Bailey of Raleigh in a'n extraordinary "town meeting" discussion of the Supreme Court's dec ision. It is with the idea ol" furthering' the stimulation of ser ious thought toward the solution of the problems brought about by the Court's decision that we-herewith reprint ex cerpts from the talks of Prof. George ad Rev. Mr. Jones on this very important topic;. The Rev. Charles Jones The Supreme Court Decision calling for an end to racially segregated Schools was a welcome one to Christian leaders in the South. Legal sanction to an un-Christian practice was withdrawn. At last life could be breathed into Christian platitudes about brotherhood, human digni ty and respect for man. Christians have seen the damage segregation does to human be ings for both segregated and segregator alike suffer. They have seen that this vicious practice for more than a century has twisted the moral judgement of Christians. ' Racial discrimination distorts the mind and personality of. the segregated as it loads down their inner life with inarticulate re sentments and a sense of inferiority and limitation. But it scar the soul of the segregator, too. Dr. Benjamin Mays has said, "When we build fences to keep others out, erect barriers to keep others down, deny to them the free dom which we ourselves enjoy and cherish most, we keep ourselves in, hold ourselves down, and the barriers we erect against others be come prison bars to our own souls. So it is not clear who is damaged more the person who inflicts discrimination or the person who suffers it, the man who is held down or who holds him down, the segregated ,or the segregator. Yet the stark fact confronts us there has been no desegregation in North Carolina Schools nor is there any preparation for it as far as the public knows. Quite the con trary, despite the word from the Supreme Court asking States to proceed "in good faith", "practical flexibility", "prompt and reason able start" and "deliberate speed" we have drifted to the point of ser ious talk about interposition, a special session to make tuition available for students to attend private schools. , In my remaining time may I sug gest some reasons and remedies for this. First, we have lacked politi cal leadership. We can all be sym pathetic with the position public officials are in now. We can un derstand the pressures on them. Yet is it asking political leaders to be statesmen enough, whatever their views and feelings on racial seg regation, to do three things. First, state clearly the intention of leading the State in abid ing by the declared law of the land. Since the foundation of the American Republic other nations have watched with interest to see the outcome of this growth of a new law enshrined in our Con stitution. Rule by law vs. anarchy is at stake. Then the preservation and fulfillment of our public school system is at stake in this crisis. No democracy can long endure unless it pro vides for the adequate education of all its children. It is now clear there are elements in our State prepared to destroy public education rather than permit us further progress in the direction of equality the Constitution has set us. Can we depend on our political leadership to preserve the pubic school system? Then too, political leadership of North Carolina has not sought the help of Negro leaders in the State in meeting the crisis. Those few Negroes chosen have been hand-picked and are in State jobs and by'virtue of this not free torepresent the Negroes. Finally just a word about Church and educational institutions, for we need to do a quick and good job in changing attitudes! Churches have made resolutions but done little else. We must confront Church people with the teaching of the Bible, with the fine resolutions of the high level leadership. We must establish friendly channels of association and communi cation. Churches will have to unsegregate if they work on the problem of desegregation. To praise the Supreme Court for 'its decision and carry out no decisive action ourselves is hypocritical. Can we no hold community worship services, community vacatit?h Church schools, community day camps and give our people the contact needed to change both mind and heart? For these things the law cannot do. My time is up and these matters can be discussed later if you desire; It is enough now to recognize that the unanimous desicion by the Supreme Court outlawing segregation in public schools( and later on public playgrounds) has posed a national problem as fateful as any faced by a free people . If we accept the challenge democrary will live and Christianity will bear its witness to brotherhood. If we hesitate or reject that chal lenge democracy will suffer, indeed might well be destroyed and Christianity totally discredited at the hands of those who profess to l6ve her most. 1 THE REV. CHARLES JONES SOME SURPRISES Manager Chotiner Pushes Nixon Campaign By Doris Fleeson WASHINGTON - Republicans who oppose the renomination of Vice-President Richard M. Nixon may be in for some surprises. While they have been mur muring their doubts and hesita tions in rather esoteric Eastern circles, the Vice-President and his mentor, Murray Chotiner, a Los Angeles lawyer, have been successfully cultivating the gar dens of GOP professionals in the states. That Nixon was the voice of Republicanism in the 1954 cam paign, which Eisenhower en tered late and reluctantly, is well known. That one of his claims to renomination is his campaigning skill is well known, too. But for some reason Chotiner, who taught Nixon how and has been his campaign manager, has escaped national attention. Nor have many people noticed that Chotiner is one of the most sought-after lecturers in the Vampaign schools which. GOP state chairmen and others are conducting all over the coun try. . , A United Press poll of these chairmen shows Nixon and Chot ner bringing in the crops. The revulfs are 25 for Nixon for Vice-President, four for whom ever the President wants, two for others and six with no" com ment. That would put Nixon in front in 36 states with 417 electoral votes, 151 more than the bare majority needed for nomination at the Republican convention, according to the UP. The Vice-President might not, of course, do so handsomely in a similar Presidential preference poll but would surely do well. In assessing these returns, it should be remembered that GOP state chairmen are almost all Eisenhower men, new to the scene since 1952. The old pros and fat cats of the national committee who so long held the limelight are fading away slow-1 ly. In their ranks, the old guard is still strongly represented. Chotiner has no official posi tion in the party, though at home he is a well-known and controversial figure whose ties with Nixon have been widely ad vertised. Californians credit or blame Chotiner fori the Nixon campaign technique which has turned the Vice-President into a controversial figure tionally. The Chotiner lecture tour had its start when an admirer of his results, GOP Campaign Direc tor Robert Humphreys, brought him to Washington last Septem ber for an indoctrination session with the state chairman. Chotiner made one of 11 pre- sentations. His topic was "Fun damentals of Campaign Organi zation" and he illustrated his points with a wallboard and other visual aids. Humphreys says enthusiastically that Choti ner was "a smash hit" and that the demand for his help since has been terrific. Reporters unfortunately were barred from the demonstration of Chotiner know-how. " MATTER OF FACT Whose Q is GalLi By Joseph a Stewart WASHINGTON-The grand c. tion of political contributions bv? ' very much like turning imo ' k political contributions by fr-M too fine a point on it, the CIO are scared pink. ' ' What scares them is the comry-, lect committee that the Senate look into the whole problem of " ing. Sticking out like a sore thumb"' Republican committee members T Goldwater of New Mexico, who ? the roof about the political act'J5 b ganizations for some time now The committee chairmanship' v. defiance of the seniority rules, to t'v gelical Democrat, Sen. Albert Gor"'?. If Senator Gore wants to let the c'v! they may, it is unlikely that him, since there is deep fear in"'r." any suspicion of a cover-up. .'e LARGE CHIPS But Senator Gore is clearly ge;r0 , to understand that the chips will b. indexed. And that some of them will hard and wounding manner, 0n own faction of the Democratic party Besides Senator Goldwater, the oti publicans on the select committee, Br Hampshire, Thye of Minnesota and pj necticut, will certainly go along r look into the political money that core, labor as well as the money that c&Te business. Equally certain, at least one cu cratic committee members, Sen. MeCK' kansas, will favor such a move. Some labor leaders have already Senate Democratic leadership of ok And well they might. Labor contr: the form of under-the-table money ate as business contributions. And it is a r bet that almost every Democratic Sena even moderately pro-labor has leceivtd: paign help of this kind. nr AyiriM Every practical politician knows, of c: there is no truth whatever in the err?: wing view that labor money in politics f exceeds business money. The total p;!; lays of the labor organizations cer1.;.:.. amount to one fifth, and probably do :;' to one tenth, of the political outlay; of' ness. Furtheimore, except in Congress tions in the South, at least three quarter money from business sources goes to ; licans. Yet the fact has to be faced that a r and complete inquiry will deeply eir.ba:;. one, on both sides of the fence, has bt mealy-mouthed about this Dusincss 01 ui,. tributions, which has meanwhile been f of hand in all directions. t-u Kv,n.;n r .,n iirmnnt minnr;!v or industry during the recent natural gas t which brought on the present inquiry, s-:. far out of hand the whole business his there are plenty of other indications. OHIO RACE In the Ohio election that returned the ' honest Robert A. Taf t to the Senate is example, at least $3,000,000 must havete over-all, on the Republican side. Yet Ts: berry was driven from the Senate in 19 it was proved that he had spent $195.00(5 the elder Henry Ford in the Michigan? 1918. What is urgent, therefore, is not ' through all the seas of mud that are there to be ploughed through by the J of campaign contributions. What is re-.-is to subject this business of campa-P; tions to reasonable controls, and to ble, workable, non-utopian standards for--With this usual good sense, Senate leader Lyndon Johnson of Texas point. , Johnson has therefore caused to d revision of the existing statutes, things of cardinal importance, as l First. It Drn3 to cone nf mnnpv snpnt in their campaii"- I a realistic ceiling- nn thp amount of money a o PAnnroccinil rvr Senatorial fio'' a UJlf,! t XJ. . . I ..Lin UnDaraonauiz' 1 ful but minor things. . .... 1 . 1 i m;ifUc fhnt car . n conceal ly create, oneii uy . .IS. . - in f -3(1 cents per ui candidate Dr. W. C. George of Chapel Hi Air .. . . . xt tu r-.n.i una, inn Harriots or iJiin unpardonable sin Monday night at r sion on sesreeaiion neit. Dr. George is a scientist, proe . na- scientific approach to race P roblem' of conttv guilty of snatching words out fnroiuoklo cin frvr a scientist. tt:,. l ,1 fnvnhee. S313 u his thesis that whites are inhe"; Negroes. George quoted Toynbee " 'the only one of the primary race not made a creative contribute 21 civilizations is the black race. stopped. But ToynDee mum- only been going on for 6.000 'fa h'at'i:ri expectancy of 83 million times - f,r u 4i. vrt,n Vine no potcn" - 1 4. m V. . cniH IS J1 . . ' the man one fraction of a step d tc ing gun of a marathon race is f more eminent scientist, but he a unwarranted conclusion , r.. dence to back him up. The trlnl ;c v - posed to make his conclusions Dr. George has obviously tnt'u,j , confrm to his conclusions llJil,y