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PACt TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1957 Fight For Freedom And A Grim Reminder "We l i.i 1 1 ;immiji" xmu death." 1 rnni the jjiaw in.nkei ol a llmi.;- .ii i. m piliiot. Tomorrow. .o. , i otiuiicinoi aus 1 1 ic .imiix c i n.ii v ol one ol the most brutal instance of siiision of hie thought and Ifee action in the ignominious histmy oi smli a( t ion. On No. . I'i'di. massixe ami mobilized Russian troops enteied rudatest. HunatA. and snulled 1 1 1 the last I'lit kci iirj; llame of libei l. The Hungarian Rcxolt had bej;uii on ()d. . and had pio K ssed puiely throuli the niiracu Ioms and ne ei -sa -die clfoi ts of a iiiinoiitx of heedoin fighters. ssin rdlv no amount of Rus sian pmpa.nanda Sputnik. sha lo'4 tales about sending a slux do into space, cLiims of dexelop mt iiiol a sine lire sine lor Asian Tin. etc. (an eradicate niemoiies of this xaliant li'Ju for Ireedom. Nor (.111 mm li piopa inda eradicate the pictuie of atheistic (Intu munism inninul.it 1114 and dtoxvu inn hopes for democratic freedom cil thought-a phiase which has now conic- to mean s-o much on out hx nl t urn lui. Colleges and univeisities tlnou yhout the nation, upon th urin of the ( :ln istianfoi in." non-profit, linn sc tn i. 111 organization clcdic.it (d to the defeat ol atheisti ('.0111 ttuiiiisin." xcsunlix ( oninieinoi ated the I I uimai i.m Inedom lijit s i 1 1 1 h.illtimc lestix itics-41 im lemind ei s lff ,ir lorrt, ( )ne i the II un.u iau It eedotn li'hleis. I eslie loth, who escaped ( uintniinit txi.iunx bx llccinu, to 1 li m in iiNiii i and who is cur lentlx st mixing in the I'nited States, th am. it ic allx des jibes the textilt in illuminating tenus. W'e tiii( passages nun an aitiile s lit 1 (ii bx 1 ot h : In the laU ol mV'i. Iluu-aiian s.Miib. as unixeivdW claimed. u- upied iioi niil the oLitloiim ol m ZiooN hut also of xlilic al life. . . Hnn-aii.m xoiith became icat nhen it realized that tin's liuht for lile and death had to be lou-lit. . . I his xoiith lixed in a uoild uhcre the state meant totalitai ianisin and die tatoi sliip. Out xoiith lixed in a countrv uhcre tlieie uric tnoic spies than stieet swcepis. mie pi isons than The Daily Tar Heel The official student publication of the Publication Board of the 1'nivcrsity of North Carolina, where it is published daily exce pt Sunday. Monday and exam ination and vacation periods and sum mr terms. Kntcnd as second class mrd tcr in the post office in Chapel Hill, N. C . under the Act of March 8. 1870. Subscription rates: tnailed, $4 per year. .52 50 a semester; delivered, $6 a year, $'.1 50 a semester. hospitals, xvhere the concentration camp was the largest monastery ol the Jesuits, where the only eountrv one could loxe was, according to the orders of the Communist lead ers, the Soviet Union, xvhere morals are laughed at and called 4a rudi ment of petty bourneosie,' where senility, falsity and coxvardice are the greatest xiitues, xvhere attacks a'aunst the very nation and the family haxe bci;un all oxer and xvhere th soviet citizen and com nuinisty bv riht of 'superhumanity' droxe millions into imprisonment." the soxiet c iticn and communist by rilit of 'superhunianitv' iroe millions into impi isoninent." Alter Toth's explanation of the Hungarian Rexoh's background, he clescribecl the battle in these graphic terms: "W'e had not more than a lew hours sleep since the morning ol Oct. Our clothe were sticky liom dirt and sweat. The Rus sians xvere chasing us Irotn block to block. . .bitter lights xvere still .H'oin. on in the suburbs. . .It was impossible to walk on the streets xviili amis and with our dirty and i.iyed appearance, betraying us at otue as lexolutionaries. Our having been spied by Russian soldiers xxould haxe meant immediate al lot, if not death. '"People were aitnlesslv xvalking on the stieets. their faces betray ing their utter liojelessiie.ss and bewilderment. . .Yet. somehow. Ave had the icclint; that even in this xaciiinn ol despair. ex cry body seemed to wait lor something, to expect a niiicale. "Mx liiend (.eza said to us dur iti the li'htinu. '1 xen in case x e win todax. we cannot know what wil happen lontomxv. 1 haxe not much hope, but theie is no choice. loXs. let us do our dutx." Inloi tunatclv. (ieza xvas li-lit. I hat nibt the Russians oxtu.m rs and i.iptuuil vis. 'dea himsell Ic. II in .u 11011 on o. j. cliiiini; the second Russian inx asion. "He xvas no hero. He shuplx did his duty.' I he Hungarian Rexolt xvas a bi'j, blow in the belly against txian nic.il communism. And xvhile party Chief Nikita Khrtisdiex exei -tightens his die tatoi ship xvith c out lixed plots (ailed cd-Staliniation and dc hukox izat ion. the niennnx ol the 1 1 uii'4.11 i.111 studx in blood and i;nonix. hecchjm and the con s ic ntious 1 1 1 1 1 lor Ireedom. imiv c les and minds lineis on as con sistent spur in the tyianimal com munist side. "We sh ill axcli 'e xour death."' CAROLINA CARROUSEL: Free Opinion Or Recall? Your Choice Gail Godwin "Now, Panel, What's My Line?" Kditnr Coed Kditor Manain Kditor NKIL BASS ALYS VOOIUIEES DOU(rKISELE News Kditor BILL CnKSIIlItE ssT"N(nv7 PUhtr" PATSY MI1XER sports Kditor BILL KING VHst. Sports Kditor . .. DAVE WIBLE Business Mana-er JOHN WHITAKKR Advertising Manager ... FKEI) KATZ1N Lihratian . (U.ILM)A FOWLKJ; Business Staff WALK Kit BLANTON, LEWIS RUSH El)!T STAFF Whit Whitfield, Nancy Hill. Gary Nichols. Curtis Gans. Al Walker. Frank Croxxther. Gail Godwin. Circulation Manager SYI) SI I UFO RD A ire Editor - PAUL RULE Subscription Mgr. . AVERY THOMAS Feature Editor BEN TAYLOR NEWS STAFF Davis Young, Ann Fryc, Dale Whitfield, Mary Moore Mason, Stanford Fisher. Edith MacKinnon, Prinze Pipkin. Mary Leggctt Brown ing, Ruth Whitley, Sarah Armstrong. SPORTS STAFF Erwin Fuller, Mac Ma haffy. Al Walters, Ed Rowland, Ken Friendman. Dnnnie Moore, Neil Ix-h-rman, Elliott Cooper. Carl Keller, Jim Purks. Rusty Hammond. PHOTOGRAPHERS Norman Kantor, Buddy Spoon. Proof Reader ALTON CLAYTOR ALTON CLAYTOR Niht Editor Commercialism And Alcohol . . - In this aj,e ol crass c omei c ial isiu. xvc- spied xestcrclav a sin on Hihxvav iX xlii(h xve lelt as the limit. Outside Duiliam. both on Hij;h xvaxs 1 j.S and i",--,ol, theie are ad x ei t iscnicnts I10111 the Selec ted Morticians Association, ol which theie is a rcpicscntatixe in Dur ham. Ol course, tinclertakei s could lind no better kpot lor their com merci.ils than beside the highway, lor. alter all. x hence could they possibly et more business. The adxei tiseinent's strateic position is similar to advertisement of a hot do;4 stand inside a Russian c one entiation camp if the hot dos could actually be procured. ( 'oiiunei c ialism and conimeici als haxe definitely conic of av,e. Next thin'' vou hear of in all piobability. xvill be the Women's Chiistian Tempc ranee Tnion's ad xeitisin at football panics and in loti (nations in fiont ol ahoholit bexerae stores. Iut, commeuials haxe definite ly come into their own. And to, xvhat dark spot. 'did the ae oi leaxjn citep? The "Down With Bass' peti tion has a far greater signific ance than meets the eye. Stud ents are jumping on the band wagon and signing a petition which if successful, xvill demand a recall. This is a very democratic kind of student action which is ex ercised at not only student gov ernment level, but state and nat ional also. Initiative can be very effective if used in the right way, It can be very dangerous if abused. To decide whether this initia tive is a very fine thing, or, on the other hand, somthing aris ing from petty resentment, we must look at it very objectively and ask ourselves tnese ques tions: Who takes the initiative. . . . and why? If we look into the background of this first question, we may find some things that startle us. We may find that the originators have other motives than those of meredy corecting a wrong. They may want to exploit an org an devoted to informing the public for their private use, and thus be seizing the first oppor tunity that arises which will boost them in the eyes of the public. This opportunity, which may come in the form of the editor making the right mistake at the right time. . .The kind of mistake that would arouse ma.ss Indignation, is rain from heaven for instigators of this .sUft. On the other hand, if the edi tor is abusing Ireedom oi the press, someone must have tlu foresight and the courage t, take steps to stop tins. In this case, the criginators of such a petition are loyal, interested stu dent citizens. Which is the situation here at Carolina? If the petition is successful, a recall election must be held. Could thee instigators of this petition benefit in any way from a recall election in which the present editor is defeated? Or are the instigators simply a group of enlightened students who have thoroughly investigat ed the situation and have reach ed intelligent and logical con clusi ais as to how the paper is b.'ing run? What could be the result of tills recall? Will it be a step up or a step down in the history of freedom of the student press? Will selfish opportunists ride to positions of glory under a false banner which proclaims freedom of the press? Or will interested students ap prehend a lack in their student publication and remedy it by electing a new editor? Think carefully, students who champion freedom of the press, for only one of the two above conditions can be correct. You are the ones who must decide. j V READERS' REPOSITORY: Readers Defend Free Thought, And Freedom Of The Press . . . KDITOR: Again this odious business of " recall" luis been raised over the editorial policies of the Daily Tar Hi'ii for the second time in three years It is not without misgiving that one observes that a trend is being established whereby the Edi tor shall be called to account if and when lie expresses an opinion contrary to tiiat of the self-appointed tliviniM f ; of current cam pus thought. But in a deeper and more real sense, the editor is not on trial here, but actual freedom of the press to print such opinions as it feels are to the general good of the campus. There are those who will counter that since the5 DTH is financed from fees collected irrespective of whether the student actually wants a copy ouch day, the Kditor should make it his policy to try to agree with that nebulous quantity ' pub lic opinion.' But if we are to have a newspaper and not merely a publicity sheet fur campus acti vitios or a nicely supervised journalism-English project, then the editorial integrity of the Daily Tar Heel must be protected. Vou have been accused of irresponsible edi'orial policies. True. I must agree you are a bit radical, but to paraphrase Voltaire. I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the end your right to say it. Surely those who advocate a recall must realize that in electing a personality to head a student activity they are electing him for better or for worse. Evidently you have the confidence of a majority of the student body, or you would not now be in the middle of all this ruckus. It is also noteworthy that the fuss is coming from the camp of Charlie SI0311 & Company, not from the campus as a whole. I wonder if Mr. Sloan remembers his front-page article, an unabash ed piece of campaign propoganda. in which he maligned your quali fications for the Editorship. Is this quite in line with what Mr. Kurall is now advocating, or was it indeed (jMi'e fair tactics? I doubt it. I had thought that the conform ity 011 rumpus in the three-button category would certainly not spill over into the realm of the free expression of ideas. It is a great disillusionment to one who had looked on Chapel Hill to be an open-minded student community, but who now finds more and more a trend toward conservatism and conformity. I doubt that this trend has affected a majority of the campus, but it is becoming every day more important. To Sloan & Co. I agree with you: sour grapes. But I don't think they really realize where all this might eventually lead. The recall of an editor for the expression of unpopular ideas is a dangerous precedent, and I deplore it. JOE KEKRKI.L EDITOR: As a former associate of The Daily Tar Heel, I often found my self in opposition to Editor Bass's stands and treatments to issues of the day. Recently and currently I find myself in perhaps even stronger disagreement with editorial treat ments of the DTH. I number myself as one of many xv ho are critical of the present poli cies of the paper which have been reflected in the of 'times unfor tunate statements of the editor. And like many. I have taken ex ception to the editor's display of poor judgement and taste in more than one instance. But unlike those who are cur rently circulating a petition de manding a recall election. I do not condemn the right of the Tar Ueel editor to think and print as he sees fit. For this is the basic right of Ed 'tor Bass or any newspaper edi tor for that matter. An . editor's claim to office rests on' an almost unbounded freedom to put his words and feelings into the force of black print on the opinion page of bis newspaper. This is the freedom of press which is guaran teed him in a free society. To deny the editor's right to expression regardless of conse quenceis to deny the public itself of one of its free institutions. The danger to freedom of ex pression and Freedom itself should be underscored in the implica tions of the current recall action. If a recall election is effected, the campus community should take into account the dangers in herent in its actions to maintain or remove the present editor. Recall, to my mind, is a destruc tive element to free press and so ciety. What is needed in the pres ent situation is constructive, help ful criticism. If the L'C campus is disatisfied with Tar Heel policies, it could translate its dissatisfaction into a floorwater program of letters de scribing the why's and where fore's of its dissension. If it is interested and dissatisfied enough, it could provide individuals who would voice their opinions and disapproval directly to the editor. WALT SCIIRLXTEK L'lL ABNER ,1 H-Vr? yAP.D'S (JEST T BUT. V7HICH ONE ROTTEN WiF J O'US KIN LURE BACHELORS.. ' K vi 13 OF NEM TO xr-jy DcZG PATCH & W BEFO' SADIE " k UAWKIKIC, DAS' P Vi 1 s ( PS ' ' a I X -s OLE MAN MQSE'LL I 11 . ( f f 1 I IT A ' I . 1 . 1 riVJ..' nt HLLUt) V MAKES A SADIE HAvyKINS DAY I PPE-DICK-SHUN.'.' by Al Capp f MAM PRE-DCv-.:-i 1M " IS AS FOLLOVyS "hA.RVARP 3ACfrJLOr?S SO, US7?iAR opposrz iiY A5 VORE LURff- sw' X y POGO by Walt Kelly a.2 "Til wests jy V- HBW6. V ZAsrc?re , S(L 7 MICKEY MOUSE: Of Shrimp & Mice And Holy Terrors Walt Thomas One minute I was standing there slowly and carefully shaving my scroungy countenance when I was suddenly and explosix'ely presented with the bathroom door between my shoulder-blades and one beautiful scar on my chin which bled like the devil and to which, even now people point and shake their heads slowly, muttering sad things about wounded veterans. But it wasn't a bomb or a grenade or anything like that at all that got me. The scar was a gift exuberantly given by a little guy that "boards" around at my Parents' home, and goes under the assumed name of Dwight Douglas Thomas. He's usually called many other names by his friends. Now don't laugh yet, because they aren't necesarily the rock throw ing kind, but just other names, manly because his dumb little friends are thrown by the "G-H-T" part of his name. To tell the truth, it throws me too. so I call him Shrimp. But anyway, just at this minute I xvas being thrown through the tile wall of the bathroom (the Shrimp calls it the ''head"), and in comes the Tee Shirt Terror himself. "Thanks a lot. Shrimp", says I, acting the big ugly brother to the little Shrimp. "Your chin is bleeding", says the Shrimp to me. his non-anemic brother, "and I'm sorry". With this, the little boy that is my brother muscled his way into the room and proceeded to wash his hands. 'Why the devil have you got to wash your paws right now. Knotty One?" I asked. "Well. . .Mother says I have tr wash up before I can watch Mickey Mouse." He spluttered as he scrubbed his face. I groaned and looked up at the ceiling, holding my martvred chin and growling something about ww"f--. the sacrednes and impeccability of a Mickey Mouse to which little boys must sacrifice their well earned dirt and I my chin. The Shrimp looked worriedly at me then and, . handing me some more tissue he said, "Well know. Walt. . . .it ain't just Mickey . . .its the cookies that I'm going to eat. and Mom says that after all those rabbits today. . .well you know. . . She just says I gotta wash 'em. This wasn't enough for me so I snarled at the very "frightened" little boy who now proceeded to dry his hands in my towel. . .Wash what, Shrimp, your hands or the rabbits?" He chose not to answer his paper-chinned brother and alter leaving my towel well muddied, the bey could ride a bicycle better than anyone else, could eat more doughnuts, had more rabbits, dogs, cats, chickens, and turtles than anyone else (he told me so himself) elbowed his way out. When he heard the familiar strains of the Mickey Mouse song be ginning, he broke into a run for the living room. I stood there in the door long enough to se him dive onto the floor head first and skid to a stop ju?t about a foot away from the television screen on which there capered a little black mouse and a I turned hastily back to the paper roll when I bull-dog with pants on. From the kitchen I could -hear Mother unconsciously humming. . ."Mick eecc Mou ussss, Mick eeee Mou ussss." , fancied that I heard my blood dripping on the floor. Again I groaned up at the ceiling and then glanced at my wounded face in the mirror oncer more before applying a . bright green band-aid shaped like a bug. over my cut. It xvas the only one left in a box marked "Band-aids for children". Feeling better now and looking really dashing with my green bug stuck to my chin, I sauntered, into the living room and yelled at the Shrimp (who ; never hears anything when that black mouse is in trouble) . . . ."Hey, Dwarf, what has Walt Disney got that Walt Thomas hasn't anyhow?" He didn't answer so I sat down and began to hum. . .Mick eee Mou uss. . . Mick eee Mou ussss."
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