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?AGE TWO
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1936
H-D Bomb Plan Sounds
Good For Nov. 6, Mankind
"The renunciation of Hydrogen Bomb tests is a step wliich I
think the great jiowers are now willing to take if there is leader
ship in tins direction. It is a step that can he safely taken, for no
one can explode a hydrogen bomb in secret, and each other ivoutd
know whether the others were acting in good faith. It would be a
step along a new path toward peace." Adlai Stevenson in political
speech at Teaneck, X. ., this week. ,
.Stevenson's statements on ending
H-lJonib tests now have developed
into one of the Presidential cam
paign's hottest issues. President
Eisenhower has called the idea a
"theatrical national gesture.
For Stevenson, it was a sign that
Ins forces have come of age. Em
barrassed by the petty intra-party
imulslinging that came with the
civil rights platform and the nomi
nations at Chicago, he recently has
shown great wisdom on the matter
of atomic blasts.
For one thing, he has hurt the
Republican's claim that they are
the "party of peace." And he has
in I lamed the President on an is-
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PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
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n the wrong side of. . AI
Stevensons' plan is good from fTt
the noral iewx)im. He said:
"Surelv there must be sufficient
ision to save the human race from
contaminating its own air, from
filling the upper atmosphere with
malign elements .which may have
inclinable effects on humanity."
And it was good from the prac
tical point of view. For the United
States, in calling for a ban on H
liomb tests, would be calling the
Soviet's bluff at the same time.
The I'nited States, bv initiating
such a practice and carrying it out,
would erase millions of words of
Russian propaganda in the little
countries of the world.
If Russia were to violate the
agreement, she would suffer great
ly in terms of prestige.
Hut Steenson's greatest point,
anil one which will not win him
any votes in this mad world of war,
should be remembered above all
others:
. . . in the hvdrogen age," he
warned, "disarinamcnt becomes
not a matter of convenience, but
a matter of necessity . .
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THE HYDROGEN BOMB
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Adlri's Draft Plan Is Bad
C andidate Stevenson, while he
p; esses the issue of a hydrogen
bomb ban. is also keeping mighty
quiet on the matter of reducing
the United States draft.
Earlier in the campaign, he
said (in the most politic of terms)
the government should look into
the possibility of cutting the draft
and substituting a specialized career-type
army that' .could operate
the hydrogen ages' complicated
weapons.
The candidate implied that the
common old foot-soldier should be
led even further out to pasture.
This may get a lot of votes from
American mothers and fathers and
men finishing their senior years
in college. But it just ain't so.
Neither the United States nor
any other country, in the hydrogen
or any other age, can afford to
develop an army full of airplanes
and missiles and giant bombs, and
at the same time cut the numbers
of men with rifles and grenades
and mortars.
No war unless it is the war to
end all wars could be concluded
without the common old foot-soldiers
to mop up, liberate and oc
cupy. Candidate Stevenson knows that,
and he knows he made a bad cam-
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paign statement when ie advocat
ed cutting the draft at this time.
One of the leading pro-Stevenson
opinion journals, attempting
to somewhat explain the candi
date's statement, gave this interpre
tation: Stevenson heard that President
Eisenhower was planning to drop
a last-minute egg, cutting the
draft a few days before the Nov.
( election. Stevenson had to do
something fast.
This may or may not be the
reason. But either way, we hope
Stevenson, if he is elected, will for
get all about his campaign promise
concerning cutting the draft. It was
a dangerous promise. It would be
even moe dang'erotfs if it were
carried out. "
Gracious
Living:
Number 1
Graham Memorial Student Un
ion, which always lias a close eye
on possible -improvements for the
students, has struck a mighty blow
for Gracious. Living in Chapel
Hill. -
The building has installed ' a
pastry machine.
The machine is right hard, by
the coffee machine, which dis
penses neither gracious nor living
coffee, but which fills a need, some-'
how.
The pastry machine, however,
dispenses 3iing, edible -pastry-type
things for hungry-type people to
eat. The pastries are fresh, tml ike
the sandwiches that used to be
served front machine in Ci.L . '
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A salutation to Graham Memor
ial and her officers for thisAise
move. Gracious Living, in Chapel
Hill is not dead, after all.
Battle
William H. Stringer ;
In Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON It can be set
down that both 'President Eisen
hower and Democratic contend
er Adlai E. Stevenson have able,
tough-minded, experienced press
chiefs functioning at their el
bows. To match seasoned James
C. Hagerty, White House "press
secretary extraordinary," Mr.
, Stevenson has appointed Clayton
Fritchey, since 1952 editor of
the pungent, pugnacious Demo
cratic Digest the Democratic
Party's monthly magazine.
Both men are "old pros" at the
game. Both men know their way
around. Both have been journ
alists and well understand news
men's problems. Both know, and
are knowoi by, all the important
politicians of their own parties,
and by the politicians of the op
posite party.
On occasion, from hefe on
during the campaign, we may ex
pect to see the sharks fly as they
match wits. Even as, just now,
Hagerty singled out a newspaper
story which appeared to show
Stevenson finding that patches of
unemployment in the nation were
"good news' and Fritchey quick
ly replied that two 'wholly un
related statements had been "tel
escoped" to produce a false Im
pression. ; -
' A press secretary can have
immense impact on the public
impression which a President or
a candidate makes. Washington
reporters would generally agree
that Jim Hagarty, the Northern
Irishman with the genial man
ner but the low boiling point, is
one of the ablest White House
press chiefs in many a moon.
Probably no press secretary in
many decades has developed
such a close and confidential re
lationship with his chief or has
been entrusted with so much in:
dependent authority to speak
out on significent subjects. It
was Jim who skillfully managed
the "public presentation" of both
of the President's illnesses in
such a manner as to earn maxi
mum public confidence in the
White House bulletins and to
stir minimum public apprehen
sions over the outcome.
Not always is a White House
press secretary a member of the
executive ''big team." But Jim
Hagerty, by his political astute
ness and by the fact that his ad
vice has "almost always been
shrewd and effective, stands in
Mr. Eisenhower's esteem along
side Presidential Assistant Sher
man Adams, Appointment Sec
retary Bernard M. Shanley, and
Deputy Presidential Assistant
Maj. Gen. Wilton B. Persons.
On the Democratic side, as the
campaign moved into high gear.
the presence of a top-ranking
press chief with plenty of poli
tical savvy on the Stevenson
team seemed necessary. This is
not to say that press chief Rog
er Tubby has not been a capa
ble and excellent press-relations
man. But it has not always been
easy to lasso Stevenson's fast
moving intellect and bring it
down to consider the needs and
necessities of proper journalis
tic contacts.
Stevenson held no authentic
press conference during the Chi
cago Democratic convention. He
gave a sidewalk interview to a
I he
P
ress secretaries
television newsman on the vital
subject of civil rights and then
neglected to tell Tubby about it.
Clayton Fritchey, as the new
press chief, besides giving poli
tical advice, has the task of pre
venting such forgetfulness in the
future.
Fritchey enters the Stevenson
entourage with a long history
of past newspaper experience on
the Pittsburgh Press, the Cleve
land Press, as managing editor
of the Baltimore Post, 'and as
editor of the New Orleans It
em. An "idea man" like his op
posite number, Hagerty, Fritchey
is largely responsible for the wit
and breezy irony which have
gone into the thoroughly politi
cal Democratic Digest since its
founding in 1953.
President Eisenhower enters
the autumnal fray with a highly
competent political team, from
GOP National Chairman Leonard
W. Hall to Vice-President Rich
ard M. Nixon to Press Secretary
Jim Hagerty. Stevenson goes to
bat with a political team vastly
improved over its 1952 counter
part. He has moved his political
headquarters to Washington. He
has appointed as campaign man
ager James Aloysius "Finnegan
the expert who steered him to
a first-ballot nomination at Chi
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'They Talk As If I Were Responsible For My Administration'
CAROLINA CAROLEiDOSCOPE
Big Changes In What Is Important
Frank Crowther
A point in Social Science.
"You know," said the profess
or, "when I was in college some
twenty odd years ago they told
me quite briefly about Africa.
We were told that it was the
second largest continent located
below the Mediterranean Sea and
that it was large, underdevelop
ed, and relatively unimportant.
'Just know where it is,' said
my instructor, 'and forget about
it.'
Well, just a few years ago,
President Harry Truman said
that he had taken an imaginary
map of the world and had drawn
an imaginary line on said map.
If the Russians decided to step
across that line, he said that we
would just have to swat 'em.
This was immediately live bait
for reporters. They pried at him
and pressed him to reveal the
exact location of his "no tres
passing" line.
One day, one of the reporters
asked him. 'Is that line drawn
across the Mediterranean, Mr.
President?'
'Yes, he replied.
'You mean,' said the reporter,
'that we would fight for Africa?'
'Yes, we will fight for Africa,'
said the President.
Why, we may ask?
Because in the central and
southern parts of this continent
they had found one of the world's
largest known deposits of uran
ium which just happened to be
an element that my Chemistry
teacher had told me was of no
importance.
And, you know, they told me
to forget about Africa when I
went through college and today
we have to tell students that they
may be going to war in defense
of it!"
One of the best places to re
lax on the campus seems to be
on the grass in front of the li
brary. The ominous trees convenient
ly blot out enough of the sun
to keep ytm from squinting or
becoming uncomfortable and the
only break in the quietness is
made by the screeching squirrels
playing tag and the unending
shuffle of feet plodding up and
dawn the library's steps.
From a distance, it appeared
as if the library were a large
ant hill and the book-toting pat
rons were the clan of ants.
There are all types: some on
their bikes; a boy and girl on a
study-date, several professors in
a group with briefcases; a red
headed boy by himself carrying
what appeared to be his dinner
in a paper bag; two girls stag
gering out with enough books
for an entire dorm; and a little
boy with his dad carrying him
home.
They all apparently have one
thing in common a collective
yearning. They are seeking some
thing, and hope that the "ant
hill" contains some of the an
swers. Up and down ... in and out
... on and on.
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A NORTHERN VIEW ,
Plans Are Subject
To Imagination
Woody Sears
Every so often someone asks about your future
plans and what you plan to do v-hen you get out
of school. Many of us have a ready answer for the
inquisitive, saying doctor, lawyer, merchant, etc.
But many of us, on the other hand, still have no
idea what we're going to do. There's no particular
discredit in this indecision, for many who know
what they're going to do get out and find they
don't like it after all.
For many of us it will oe a number of years be
fore we know for sure what we want, and some of
us will unfortunately never know. Those, however,
are the breaks and the chances we must take.
Ambition is a good thing when it is guided in
the right directions, but many of us let our ambi
tions run away from us, along with a galloping
imagination.
The reason for mentioning this is the popular
misconception that many college students get, that
their degrees really mean something and that there
fore the "world owes them a living, ' or something
to that effect.
Tain't so. It just isn't in the general scheme of
things. But surprisingly enough, a lot of people
leave here with just that idea in mind. They are
truly to be pitied, for that mistaken idea will bring
them no end of misery. For so long as they believe
that, they will be discontented with their own sta
tion, and be resentful of the less educated people
-or those with the same background who advance
quicker than they.
As an example of this, a student from the Busi
ness School went out from here for a job interview
with a national concern in a neighboring city. Dur
ing the course of the interview the employer asked
the student if he had had any experience in sales.
The student promptly replied that his major was
sales management, not sales. lie probably never
understood why he wasn't hired. Nor did he ever
know just how ridiculous his statement w-as to a
man wrho made his living first in sales, then in sales
management.
Probably if the truth were known, there would
be many such ridiculous statements made by our
students as they leave to face the problem of mak
ing a living. It's truly a shame, for they are de
feated before they ever get started.
Therefore, in the counseling of students, those
who counsel should make this known to the profes
sional hopefuls before they go out to cut their
own throats.
Pofeai: Needed
More As Teacher
Cortland H. Edwards II
In the past few days I have-heard faint rumblings
of a petition grinding inta gear to put "William Pt
teat in for the Chancellor of the Greater University
of North Carolina.
i, and I speak for others as well, don't want Bill
Potcatas Chancellor. It is not because he is un
qualified. On the contrary, I think that he would
majce an excellent one. In fact, it is his calibre of
men that this universty needs in its top positions.
I don't want Poteat as Chancellor because he is
much more capable and better qualified to hold
the job he now has as a professor of philosophy.
He is much more important to the University, ths
State, and even the United States in his teaching
capacity.
You have no doubt heard the comment that you
have net lived until you liave 'had religion under
Boyd, or history under Godfrey or Lefler. Well I
say your formal education won't be complete until
you have had a philosophy course under Poteat.
(pronounced like petite).
Whom, may I ask, could possibly fill his shoes in
, teaching "Philosophy of Religion" for instance. I
am afraid that without Bill Poteat, the philosophy
department would' go down quite a few points. I
say keep him teaching where he is happy and is
needed. Keep him where his knowledge may be
shared by others and not buried by other duties.
In passing, who then would I suggest? Why there
is Godfrey, Lefler, Douglas, Wallace, Mackie,
Boyd, Geer, and many more. But these are all men
who are very devoted to their work and are tops in
their field, and furthermore, should be left there.
To change them now, would be to stagnate them.
Who then? I would suggest drawing new blood
from the West, or New York, or Pennsylvania.
What we need is new ideas and a man to push them
thru the red tape.
Although Frank Crowther wrote an excellent
article on behalf of Bill Poteat, I wish that he too,
would reconsider his proposal, and hope fervently
that Dr. Poteat be allowed to continue his teachings.
They Had Those
Problems Then
Th omas Wolfe
The Tar Heel, 1919
Two weeks ago we published an editorial, un
headed, that dealt with the present need of new
buildings. In this editorial we mentioned the fact
that three students to the room was the usual oc
currence now and that completely successful liv
ing conditions could not be realized until this con
gestion was relieved by "new buildings, more of
them and soon."
The past week a committee of the trustees has
met here and authorized the immediate erection of
two modern, fireproof dormitories, behind the South
Building, capable of housing 173 students.
This is a good start and a speedy one; it speaks
well for the promptitude of the trustees. But let
there be no forgetting the fact that over 600 of our
1,300 student body are forced to room in town and
that this is a condition that must be relieved.
The action of the trustees in authorizing these
new buildings will be received here with shouts of
joy, but our building committee must realize new
that they will have to work hard and fasst to kep
abreast of the fastest srowin? student body in ihr
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