TUESDAY, NOVEMDCR 6,
PAGE TWO
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
YOU Said It:
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Xot many people are going -to
bid up ail iiiutii luiu'iu. uincsj;
it's to check on United .Nations
proceedings.
The election is in the bag. most
people predict Dwight n be name
er and Richard Nixon will be re-V!()f ',)e Republican Nat
tamed in otlue tor nnotner tour.
years. Adlai Stevenson and Estes
Ketauver will start looking for oth
er jobs, and the Democratic Party '.
av i 1 1 start searching for a 19O0
candidate.
A majority of the national polls
confirm this, Barbershop talk con
firms it, and radio commentators
and newspaper columnists agree.
Franklin St. gossip all lias it that
Eisenhower will win by a larger
majority than he pulled in 1932.
There has been a large shift in
suport from Stevenson to Risen-,
how in the p.i-.st few 'days. A lot of
it tomes from people who don't
want to change horses on thejrhik
who would think it highly unwise;
to put Stevenson in while the world
is bubbling over with hatred and
gunfire. Those people will not ad
mit that Ike's apparent inability to
do something fast when something
needed doing fast is partially re
sponsible for the world's hanging
on the brink right now.
There lias been a steady shift in
support from Stevenson to Eisen
hower during the past few. months.'
Stevenson, as The New York Times'
James Reston pointed out in a col
umn written from Chapel Hill,
has lost irvor from the intellectuals
who . thumped tubs lor him four
years ago. They still will votefor
him today, but their -coffee-shop,
arguments oer the past few weeks
have lost enthusiasm and energy.
A lot of the Nounger voters will
be voting for Eisenhower today.
campus mock election last week
Stowed that two more people want-.
Ike than Stevenson. Two votes is
rutting the line rather thinly,' but
think what such a narrow margin
would have meant lour years aero.
health of the President of the Unit-"
ed States, it is essential that we do
so. me I'resiaent s own uuuuis
have not shown any awful compul
sion to acquaint the public: with
the President's' condition; they
ed members'
1 '
immican .national com-
mi t tee.
We don't c.-icly know why the '
shift has r,mc. but we are sorry it
came. If Eisenhower, Nixon and;
liig business win today on sched-
ulc. it will mean another four years
of living on the brink.
The United States will be liv- .
on the brink of a business-run. ?
government.'
It will be living
on
the brink ot war with soviet Russia.
The truth is this: If President
Eisenhower dies in office, Richard
Nixon will succeed him as Presi
dent.. And if Richard Nixon is
President of these United States,
we might as well' make Era Tatt
Benson and Charles Wilson co-Secretaries
of State.
Telephones
V
Are Finally
Getting In
So Southern Bell Telephone Co.
has decided to put pay phones in f
men's dormitories.
The situation,' which the com
pany's Durham switchboard says is
so bad. could have been relieved
two months ago if pay phones had
betn installed originally.
But the company put in pay less
phones and expected second-and
fourth-floor dormitory residents to
walk down- or upstairs to make
calls to their girlfriends and par
ents. The company should h a v e
known letter, and the University
should have advised the company
better. Wry few dormitory men
are going to want to hike up and
down stairs to make long distance
telephone calls. As long as the tele
phones Avere being installed, they
should have been pay phones from
the beginning.
Chalk up another checkmark to
the area's inadequate telephone
setup.
Underway'
Can Mean
Forever
And the United States will be
living on the brink of having Rich
ard Nixon as President.
While it is "treacherous" and
terribly nasty to comment on the
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Editor
FRED POWLEDGE
Managing Editor
- CHARLIE SLOAN
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News Editor
RAY LINKER
Plans for Carolina's new dornii-
torics are underway, a news story
reports.
That would be wonderful news
if those plans hadn't been "under
way"' for more than a year!
It was more than a- year ago when
V the University asked for and got
permission to ask the government
jor a loan w ith which to construct
three new men's dormitories and
a new wing for Spencer women's
dormitory:
The University asked for and
got S2 million from the federal
government. That, also, was a year
af?o.
. The University started work on
plans for the dormitories. At one
jxmit South Building said con
struction probably would start at
Christmas. That was last Christ
mas:'" A shovel hasn't hit the ground
yet . . - ' -
Last spring plans for the dorm
itories were "underway." South
Building was exhibiting proudly a
scale model of the dormitories, and
the men ?nd coeds stacked three-in-a-roorri
were close to seeing that
wonderful day when they could
turn' a book's pages without el-bowhi'?-
their roommates.
EDITORIAL STAFF - Woody Sear, Bu, today. Nov. 0. ,q-)0. the con.
I rank Crowther, Barry Winston, David - . , . , ,
Mundy. George Pfingst, Ingrid Clay. ' hasV 1 cvcn njet.
Cortland Edwards, Paul McCauIey.f J he plans aren t even complet-
Bobbi Smith. ' v4 et'
All of this goes on while the
BIE?S SlAl7rSZ re'f?hnn? dormitories are getting fuller,
VMutaker, p,ck Leavitt, Peter Alper. ft ,vli,e t,,e vitlory village waiting
NEWS STAFT Clarke Jones, Nancy f list gets ridiculously Jong,, and
Hill, Joan Moore, Pringle Pipkin, Anne while room-rent prices in town
Drake, Edith MacKinnon, Wally Kurait, j arc .retting higher and higher
Mary Alys Vowhees, Graham Snfder, - 0n fhe nttcr of (i"nmuny
Billy Barnes, Neil Bass, Gary Nichols, I s . .1 f 1 1 . t '
t, '. , , ... ' u spare, the University has et her
Page Bernstein, Peg Humphrey, Phyllis If f , , , 7., . .
Maultsby. ' students down most: Die Situation
1! has passed the point when it could
SPORTS STAFF: Bill King, Jim Purks, t be. described , as a "crying need;"
Jimmy Harper, Dave Wible, Charley ! it js in the creaming, hollering
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Sports Editor
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Ben Taylor IJiabout it.
Editor:
In response to 'Cortland Ed
wards' political exhortation, ar
rogantly entitled "A Northern
View,", permit the present author,
an Ohioan, to make reply.
Education: After receiving his
B. S. from West Point, Eisenhow
er's graduate work was under
taken at such institutions as the
"Infantry Tank. School" and the
"Army War College."
Health: The probability of re
occurrence of ileitis and of heart
failure is in both cases greater
than 50 percent for a man of Eis
enhower's age. Eisenhower's oi
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jxnother four years
ficial doctors have repeatedly de
ceived the public about his
health, never mentioning his
twenty-year history of ileitis at
tacks until it-could no longer be
hidden.
"Welfare" and Finances: Eis
enhower is a richer man than
Stevenson, due primarily to his
profit from sales of Crusade In
Europe. In turn, these profits
were increased tremendously be
cause Eisenhower -chose to re
port his income as capital gains
rather than as personal income
(on which' taxes are much great
er). Government: Stevenson's job
with Henry Wallace was in the
AAA where Wallace's universally
recognized agricultural achieve
ment was being wisely utilized.
(By the way, Wallace recently
announced he's voting for Ike.)
As for Hiss, Stevenson had no
choice but to testify that Hiss'
reputation was excellent. It is an
undeniable fact that it teas, and
to have to have testified other
wise would have been to lie.
Farmer Stevenson's farm pro-,
gram is, admittedly, weak; but
so is the Soil. Bank,- which in
stead of removing fertile land
from cultivation, has turned in
to a political maneuver" to give
doles to farmers suffering from
drought.
Enough rebuttal; now for the
attack! James Reston wrote last
week in The New York Times
that "the United States has lost
control of events in areas vital
to its security."
One of the thre reasons for
the breakdown of the Western
Alliance is "the psychological re
action in Britain and France to
the'personality and diplom
acy of Secretary of State Dulles
. . . The President cannot be
lieve it, but the testimony here
(Washington) of well-informed -men
is . almost unanimous that
. . . there have been incidents
(of policy reversals) that have
slowly created a kind of crisis on
confidence in Western Big Three
diplomacy . . . Reporters have
been sending reams of copy out
of here for many months about
this decline of United States in
fluence overseas, while the Pres
ident has been proclaiming that
Washington's influence was high
er than ever before ... The
plain truth is that the British
and French . . . came to the
conclusion that Mr. Dulles' poli
cy in the Middle East . . . has
been a failure . . ."
Dulles and Eisenhower have
brought us to another brink.
Shallowly they try to cover up by
elaiming the United States is
helpless in opposing the buildup
of Russian, troops now reported
encircling Budapest, just as it
actually had no control over the
beginning, continuing, or end of
the revolt there.
Adlai Stevenson, over a year
ago, proposed a policy for main
taining peace in the Middle East
and was ignored, while Eisenhow
er permitted the policy of alter
nate wooing and spurning Nasser
to go forth. We're reaping our
crop now.
Should we, in this crisis,
change horses in the middle of
the stream? Yes, if the horse,
through blindness, 'through lack
of direction, through unstable
legs (policies) has carried, us
against our will into the stream
of world crisis. Remember this,
today.
Brad Seasholes
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Editor:
Actions speak louder than
words. Nero fiddled while Rome
burned. Eisenhower practiced
putting, Wednesday, on the
White House lawn while bombs
were falling on Cairo, Alexan
dria, and other places in the Mid
dle East.
This is not a condemnation of
President Eisenhower for taking
a few minutes off to relax dur
ing the heat of this crisis, but is
rather indicative of the admin
istration's attitude during the
past four years when Dulles and
Co. were out "golffng," and fin
aly succeeded in getting the U. S.
in the hole.
In the four years of the Eisen
hower administration, the Dept.
has succeeded in alienating the
United States' closest allies, giv
ing the Russians the initiative in
exploiting the resource-rich Mid
dle East, and finally succeeding
to align itself with Russia in the
UN in regard to Middle Eastern
matters.
True, the situation was troub
led in 1952, but at that time
there was no crisis, no imminent
war. Perhaps the only troubled
area was Israel, and at that time
the U. S. was firmly unified with
Great Britain and France in guar
anteeing the territorial integrity
of the state of Israel as well as
a neutral status toward the Arab
group.
The situation looks different
now. The U. S. no "i longer guar
antees territorial integrity for
Israel and has led that country
to pursue a rash course in pro
tection of its territory against
the encroachments of the Arab
nations.
Moreover, the U. S. has lost
control of its allies, who last
week stated quite unequivocally
that they want no more of U. S.
advice in Middle East matters
this coming on the heels of a
John Foster Dulles announce
ment that there was all sweetness
and harmony between the view
points of Britain, France, and
the U. S.
Further, the U. S. has lost the
initiative in Egypt. It is Russian
tanks, planes, and ammunition
that are now annihilating many
Israeli soldiers. It is a Russian
alliance with Egypt that provided
for the seizure of the Suez, and
this was only made possible by
the bungling of Mr. Dulles in his
dealings with Egypt.
, It is no longer true that the
U. S. is the guidepost of the free
nations of the world, and this
is a sorry state when two nations
of the Communist world have,
with success, struggled to attain
a measure of freedom and now
can look to no one for guidance.
It is probably good that this
happened in an election year, be
cause it is now up to the people
of the U. S". to choose between
those policies that led to this
conflict and loss of leadership,
and a fresh approach, more inter
national in its outlook, one that
promises o utilize to the fullest
extent the UN and other forms
of international cooperation.
Eisenhower said Wednesday
that the U. S. will "take no ac
tion" in the Middle Eastern sit
uation. This is a characteristic
statement of the past four years
of Republican administration,
which Adlai Stevenson, in a tele
vised speech Thursday night,
called "bankrupt" of ideas to
wards the Middle East situation.
The Republicans' standard of
"Peace, Prosperity, and Progress"
has been changed radically to
"strife, inflation and ideological
bankruptcy." Now, more than in
1952, it's time for a change.
But, of course, if the electorate
insists we will continue to go
"golfing" with, the rest of our
allegiances, our national status,
and most important, human life.
Curtis B. Gans
Parking Problems Not
Limited To Students
By Wa
The Chapel Hill fire depart
ment has an interesting problem
on its hands.
In 1921 a new fire truck was
purchased, one still in use. It is
14 feet long. Then, in '42 a 19
footer was added to the unit. In
1953, a monsterous 21', $10,000
truck came to the department,
and a new 16'6" 1956 model was
added last year, p. total of 4
trucks.
The 14' truck is .parked be
lly Kurait
hind the 21 footer, the foot
er behind the 19' truck.
The problem is this: The gar
age in which they are parked
is 35' in length. A little quick
arithmetic shows the problem.
The front bumper of one truck
is extended over the rear bump
er of another.
There is no room to get 'be
tween the trucks, and little room
on the sides.
Even the firemen have a park
ing problem. '
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Editor: j.
The coming national election has not only the
United States; but the entire political world voic
ing varied opinions in loud and determined voices.
Even Russia's Bulganin has tried to get in on
. the Ike-Adlai race by saying that Stevenson's "No
H-bomb test" plan is fine with him in a somewhat
nosy note from the Kremlin.
He is not alone in his external interest ir. our
internal affairs. This serves to point out just how
vital this election is to the world, and how important
it is to see that the right candidate is elected.
Unfortunately, for the Adlai Democrats, Bui
ganin's note will count but little this fall for the
loudest voice of all is still the voice of the people
of these United States.
Experts predict a less than large turnout at the
polls this year; but this staying away is a voice o
preference. It is a dissatisfied man who goes to the
polls. The contented voter, for the most part, tends
to let his '52 vote ride he wants no change.
This expected small percentage of votes shouts
the satisfaction that is found in the present ad
ministration. The anti-Ike vote which does not turn up will
be primarily composed of three types of voters: (1)
the man in the South whose grandfather voted
Demorcat, therefore, he will; (2) the man who h;is
, swallowed the trite, groundless propaganda against
Nixon; and (3) the type of idealist who sees Stev
enson's little white cloud of "end the draft and no
more H-bomb tests" as a solution to all our prob
lems. Of the first type we can say nothing any better
thar: Emerson's comment that "it is a consistency
that is the hobgoblin of little minds."
The second type of Democrat voter mentioned
is one who is an intellectual coward. lie saves his
mind a little work by simply accepting the party
line of Nixon rather than seeing the facts, or look
ing for them and then forming his own view point.
This voter can very rarely say just why his is
anti-Nixon, because all he knows is that the Demo
cratic party says so. One man said of Nixon recent
ly "He just looks like a crook to me." This is a
prime example of a mental midget. He neglects
the fact that no one has yet claimed or collected
the reward offered by House Minority leader Joe
Main for proof of the slander being spread against
the Vice-President.
As to the third type well, let's hope there aren t
many people over 21 years in this country who arc
unrealistic enough to fall for that line.
The military leaders who have long protected
us and planned our strategy are no doubt worried
about this vote-getting scheme.
Is this no-arms idea of Adlai's typical of tV;Q
' Democrat's master statesman? Perhaps such .schemes
- show why statesman Stevenson was unable to car
ry his own home state in 1952.
The enly Democrat issue, other than blaming
everything on the poor man G.O.P., seems to be
their cry "We are for labor and the poor man while
the Republicans afe the friends of the capitalists
and big business," which they scream from their
carnival barker soap boxes.
Let me say here that Stevenson filed tax on
three quarters of a million dollars in 1952 and has
an annual income of over $50,000. Kefauver has in
herited generations of wealth. Senator Kennedy
(Mass.) is a millionaire Harriman is the richest
man ever tq seek nomination for the Presidency.
Are we to believe these men are against themselves,
big business?
Dick Nixon worked his way thru .school. His
father was a small grocer. Eisenhower struggled his
way off a small farm and has worked for every
thing he has, not inherited it. These men know the
problems of small business aVid the little man more
than the money Democrats ever could or ever will
Even Gov. Hodges, Democrat, cries out in the
papers daily for "big business" or industry to come
into North Carolina. Is this a contradiction?
The Democrats are still trying to ride on their
previous claim of Utopian prosperity under the late
regime. In 1939, the Democrats had increased the
National debt by $23,000,000 of deficit spending.
There were nine million people unemployed.
The only real prosperity they gave us came as a
result of the 2nd World War boom; and wartime
prosperity is not prosperity.
Ike has given us not a national debt, but a bal
anced budget. Not unemployment, but a new record
high in employment. Above all, this administration
has curbed inflation, countermanded Harry Tru
man's comedy of errors and given us peace time
prosperity.
The Demos and Adlai claim that small business
are failing. They are, but there is a simple answer.
Prosperity means more money in, circulation and
more money for all. More money means more
small businesses are begun. Naturally more enter
prises mean more failures. A greater number, yes.
but not a greater percentage.
Adlai is unreliable as well as impractical in his
policies, both foreign and domestic. He has given
no valid reasons why he should be made President
of the United States.
Can we oust our great leader in the While
House in favor of an ex-governor, known to be un
popular in his own home state? Can we exchange
a millionaire of inherited wealth in favor of a self
made man?
Can we trust a man who has changed even
h:s religion, from Unitarian in 1952 to Protestant in
19o6. for his political career? Can we oust a man
with many years of military service and a glorious
record for a man with little or no experience. lead
us in these troubled times?
We cannot . . . The President
States for four more years must,
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
of th; United
and will be,
Nick Smith