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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14. 1957 THE DAILY TAR HEEL PAGf TWO Election Interest Poor; Yet Slate Seems Excellent Vt-Niti (l.iy's tot.il Mile-ip)H)M-in.iifly ;', kt 4 cut nl tlie fliiblc student (lectin ;itc was f.ir hum rn- (on i 1 1'4 . W'liile I he total votcis J.jlii out ol an clcttoi.uc ol some 7.000, ao (orditiv; to liy,nrcs lomputattil by D.iilv 1 ;ir llitl election analysts was not ui lii 11 ly unlavoiahle ,i oiiij.ikI to totaK in oilier lall clu tion. I'.iil it w as 1 Aliriiu lv (listoma.; iu;.;. Student m II im uihh tit. as wc luxe aiil anil iciui.iltd. is only as stion.; as student votcis tnakr it. only .. strong as the voter particip ation on I'lci lion il.i. Donnitoix (liNitiits. .in i licuent k tin' i.im', turned out 11101c voters in did low n divU ii t. The uiiiimi.iI ami .toundin.; I. it t alx'iit 1 1 1 c- t K i lion is that 1, M J donuitoiv oiciN tinted onl iT 11 piiM nt.uivo to ilu- Student l.t-islatnif. while only ti.-; town ltsltit olris let ltd it Mudcnt U i I itoi s. A jinyMhlf tint' " I In' C( tfl iiilx ".r linn mil 111 to, 111 tliituds .rnultl be n ijijini lionnunt 0 Iritl otitic wvi (iflfi t in h t lt i linn on tlir luii of i iln ln In ijition in nit ,lih!l. 'litis .ulion slionlil ile I iiiilt'Iy insiiii- inif oitr paitiiip .ition on t li lion la. It is an ultimatum, in altri native. On the oilm hand, student votcis should iMtiise their ptiit nn oiiii4 piiile-4e without an ol uxii ion or ultimatum liom the I Sections r.o.nd. I he I lei tiotis r.o.ud. under the t h.tii nuiiship ol Ait Nohel. worked vciv cllcuivclv dining tin- tleitiou .iii.I UMilttn-4 ote tahiilaiion. I lu te liae Keen n tepoi is ol Not ing in e411l.1t it its whiih have plau td p '.s! eleilioiiN .mil nei essitated ill ini'lld.ltill oM illoW ol inn oil ele t i- M.. ( h hi in . n s hi -1. .iNN'tNtani John Minter and many other faithfuls on the lo.nd arc to he heartily com plimented lor their conduct of the election. The most discouraging and dis turbing fact surrounding the elec tion Mas the conduct of the polls in Town Men's IV District, Victory Village. Last year's reapportionment of legislative seats and lelocation of elect ic districts resulted in the ci eat ion of a separate district lor Victory Village voters. Village duellers were allocated two stu dent representatives, and rightly so. Pun Tuesday's election, in which two 1li.c4e candidates wire dis qualified due to failure to submit, ixpciw ationnts tt the l'leetioiis Hoard, and in which village dwel lers failed to supply necessary poll te.uleis so that only eilit oiers vvctc allowed the piivilee ol bal lot ciNtiiv. demonstrates a most ir responsible attitude of the part ol Victoiy Village voters. The disti ii t is deliniiely entitled to legislative ri'presentaties. lut the district should be reapportion-i-d to lessen representatives it Vict oiy Village voters can not offer moie pa 1 tii ip.it it hi than was de monstrated during yesterday's ele ct in. And il town district voters con tinue their dismal participation at the polls, some ol their representa tives should be reapportioned to districts where moie voter enthusi asm is ev ident. We shall look lorward to sprin;; eki lions with a lervent hope that students will resHnd more enthu siastically at the olls. Olliiials elected appear capable and should .idvante student ;;ov em inent far. I.ut vofis should deliniiely de uioiisti.ite moie elloit and partici pation in all i online eleitioiis. The Loss Of Coach Casey And Stifling Parsimony I he loss ol Co.uh Leslie Ralph ( :.ix v has T.11 moie siniliianic than iiu t In the eve. The Daily Tar Heel The offubl student puMcauon of the publication Board of the University of North Carolina, where if is published daily except Sunday. Monday and exam ination and vacation perish and sum mer terms Kntered a second clas mat ter in the p.it office in Chapel Hill, N. C. under the Act of March 8. 1870. Subscription rat'-: mailed. S4 per year, $2 r0 a semester; delivered, i a year, : SO a semester. p.ditnr Vanajjin T.ditor . ... NCU. BASS T)OUG EISELE N e vTFihtTr" BUI CHtisi HP E ssT. News Editor . PATSY MILLER sports Editor . BILL KING Asst. Sports Editor DAVE WTBLK lysines! Manager . . J01LN WHITAKER Advertising Manager .. KREI) KATZ1N Coed Alitor ALYS VOOUHEES librarian - G LEND A FOWLER linsiness Staff WALKKR BLANTON, LEWIS RUSH Circulation Manager SYD SHUEOKL) A ire Editor . : PAUL RULE Subscription Mgr. AVERY THOMAS Feature Editor MARY M. MASON EDIT STAFF Whit Whitfield. Nancy Hill, Gary Nichols, Curtis Cans, Al Walker, Harry Kirschncr, Gail God win. NhWS STAFF Davis Young, Ann Frye, Dale Whitfield, Mary Moore Mason, Stanford Fisher, With MacKinnon, I'rin?le Pipkin, Mary Leggett Brown ins. Ruth Whitley, Sarah Adams, Mar ion Hays. Parker Maddry. SPORTS STAFF Erwin Fuller, Mac Ma haffy, Al Walters, Ed Rowland, Ken Friendman. Donnie Moore, Neil Leti rman. Wliott Cooper, Carl Keller, Jim Purks, Rusty Hammond. PHOTOGRAPHERS Norman Kantor, Cuddy Spoon. NkhtTdltor PEBLEY BARROW PEELEY B ARROW Popular (loach Casey, director of th I 'niversitv's outstaiulin.; swimm ing teams, will, ol (ouise. be much missed hv his athletes and hv stu dents who admiied him all over the tampus. His loss to the Dept. ol P!ivsi.il I ihuation Avill also he lelt. C.oaih (l.isev was an assistant piolcssoi iluie. Ptiit C.oaih Casev's just i I iahle le.tsoiis loi resignation aie stiikiii' Iv n i '4 n i I i( ant. lie leaves the I'ni veisitv to .ue)l a position at NouiIkiii Illinois I 'Diversity al a tliinl lii'Jici li. The Daily Far Heel has voiced sentiment over and over conceiii in the " intellei 1 1 1:1 1 migration" of tittlessois liom the ,iitij)iis. I he situation became more con spit nous than ever last year when iiumeious piolessois migrated from the (auipus to attept )osts paving "o per tent 11101c salary and even higher figures at other colleges ami universities. A case in point is outstanding and admired Dr. Pull Poteat ol the Philosophy Dept. Dr. Poteat was mentioned promi nently lor the chancellorship and suppoiied atitl recommended by a large number ol students who te signed to accept another teaching post with nun h 11101 e salary. The problem is acute. The five per cent raise in state employee's salaries whiih went into elicit this yen is wholly inadequate. And ad ditional salaiv kick-ups. awarded on individual meiit basis, is again whollv inadequate. . Additional salary increases is im peiaiive il the I'niversity is to con tinue and peipetuate its academic reputation, its outstanding retold of si holistic achievement. The intellectual migration from the rniveisity's classrooms must be halted. Higher 10 per (cut or more salaries awanled by the state Cen eral Assembly in ii-,( would eradi cate patt of the deplorable situa- t loll. I.ut moie immediate remedies should be sought. VIEW FROM THE HILL: Constitution & Individualism Anathema's Rt. By Curtis Gans On June 17. the Supreme Court of the United States handed down four decisions which produced con siderable outcry, and threatened to tear down much of the "legis lation" related to the security of the United States. They also took the first step in a very long time towards the protection of indivi dual rights under the first, fifth and sixth amendments of the Con stitution. These individual rights are cen tral to any democracy, and are of utmost importance to American democracy. Perhaps the most far reaching decision of the court was the ac tion taken on the Smith Act. Here the right of individuals to espouse and teach communism and to as semble as a group was upheld. The condition was made, of course, that individuals or groups must not preach or incite to practice violent overthrow of the U. S. gov ernment. in any democracy, if the govern ment wants to protect the rights of all individuals, it must take the good with the bad. If America wants to preserve free speech, then it must let those speak whose views are anathema to democracy, for freedom of speech for all is nttt freedom of speech for the few who preach the line of the government currently in power. Moreover it is to the good of the United States to have the Com munist line exposed to the critical scrutiny of the press, the politi cians, and last but most impor tant, t he voters. The right of people not to con form in thought and speech with the majority is one of the basic and li'tle used rights of America, but if this right is not upheld, then the day may come when freedom of speech for only those who speak as the members of the govern ment speak will be allowed. It would indeed be a sad state of affairs if this were to happen. Tlir right to join a group whose munliors espouse similar ideals Is also a fundamental precept in American democracy, and is pro tected by Article One of the Rill of Rights. However, until the Su preme Court decision of June 17. the post-war Communist party was subject to the censorship of local laws. Again America must take the good with the bad if it is to pre serve its democratic ideals. The day may well come when cither the I oniocral ic or Republican par ty can set itself up. and with the censorship of the Communist par ty as a precedent, censor its rival. The result would be disastrous. Perhaps the next important deci sion was the Jenck's verdict, which opened the testimony of two wit nesses within the files of the FBI to the scrutiny of the defendant. It is well known that the sixth amendment to the Constitution of the United States contains a clause whereby the individual has the right to face his accusers. Clearly if testimony of two witnesses is brought out in trial to the detri ment of the accused without the accused being able to take re course in cross examination, he is denied the right of facing his ac cusers. The Supreme Court in upholding this right might have wrought a READERS REPOSITORY:- "I Think We've Managed To Save Hi Face" Staffers Speak little havoc with the secrecy of FBI files, but it protected the , necessary legal rights of all in dividuals. The other two decisions of June 17. upheld the rights of individuals under the fifth amendment. It vindicated two men who refused to answer questions in Congress and the New Hampshire State Legislature. It has been a strange miscon ception in American judical and political circles as of late to view any man who resorts to the fifth amendment . . as guilty. This is . contrary to the spirit and letter of the law. The law is set up for the pro tecion of individuals in order that they may not say something that may tend to incrlmminate them selves. This does not mean that these people are guilty or the statements that they would make are confessions of guilt. It means that they are able to protect them selves from being misconstrued and having their own words used against them. The Supreme Court in handing down the June 17, decisions up held the right of refusal to testify against one's self, and tore at the modern edifice of implied guilt which is coupled with the utiliza tion of the fifth amendment. Moreover, it set limits upon the field of investigation by congres sional and state boards of inquiry, in saying that the questions that the two individuals in question re fused to answer were far afield from the topic of investigation. Although no definite limits of Congressional investigations were set. there was a step made toward protecting the privacy of the in dividual. This was a step in the right direction. CAROLINA CARROUSEL: Christmas Buddies Pale At Pastel Pistols Gail Godwin Today, wo shall decide what to give to our Christmas buddies to make their masculine hearts jump for joy. We have already left cufflinks, fountain pens, wallets, and linen lianderchiefs to the more conserv ative present -givers. Now we shall be original. The type ot man your Christmas buddy is dictates the type of gift you want to buy. I thumbed through several maga zines to get an idea of what is being offered this year, and I found that opportunities are better than ever for shocking yonr C. B. with your extreme originality. For (lie man you "Cain't help lovin', even though they tell you he's lazy," delightful Eastern type pajamas with kimono sleeves and oriental sandals to match will hit the spot. If. however, your mamma does not like the idea of giving your lazy C. B. such inti mate apparel, substitute with a foam rubber pillow covered with material on which your name is printed in gay colors. If your buddy likes his liquids, surprise him with an ice crusher with matching ice bucket - adjust able for coarse or fine ice. If he is the continental cassanova witch-hunting due to security scares, his again become the lead ing weapon in the struggle for the The Supreme Court, after a lapse preservation of individual rights. It it is a change to be hailed. of several years of Congressional who roams the earth in search of adventure, slip a leather pass port case under his Christmas Tree. If you have been blessed with the outdoor type of Buddy, opportuni ties are unlimited. Three possibil ites are: .22 caliber handguns in pastel colors, a smart looking leather-trimmed barometer, or deer skin gloves with knit inserts and slit palms for greater agility. If he is always go, go. going, buy him an electric shaver that plugs into any automobile cigarette lighter. Then he can drive and shave at the same time. Has your C. B. always got his nose in politics? Then your search is over. Give him a jigger made like a gavel. If he is one of this handsome, big. Viking type males with ruddy cheeks and muscles of steel, he would undobutedly look even big ger in your Chirstmas present - a bulky-knit ski sweater in bold de signs and colors. Several Vikings on campus are wearing .them and they certainly turn the eye - or else blind it. If he has everything and you want to give him something frivol ous, manufacturers are now mak ing Men's Jewel cases with fleur du lis designs and inlaid with bronze. Tiffany's has come out wih a cute litte pen and pencil set in solid gold for only $175. Whatever you decide upon, be sure and think hard before you decide, because it's the thought that counts, so they say. L'lL ABNER by Al Capp rSBURN.N'MOONf3EAM-sV QGT J 0 AH HOPE IT J ORKEDJf DOOMED.'' I VOWHffj-MT SSP'N TT HOOD, AH HOPES MAH A sXD-DlDKT ) ?m( V S HZr- VI "J SCHEME WORKED.'' r-fi I7C"Cl W l cJ ( iT V J 1I If P ' ,fi 1 ' return mo LLili LAW C "-'NJ POGO by Walt Kelly CAPTAmf J fUUl PAY CP YPMCeW 5Mfv?$a A HAlf rA YtAG. W I On Edit Freedom EDITOR: . I write this letter not necessarily in defense of your editorial policies, but rather to assert your right to have them. You were elected last year in a campuside election You were selected to run at the discretion of a bi-partisan board for the position you now hold and reached the pinnacle of. your present success by virtue of true democratic practices. " A recall has been an integral part of the system of checks and balances of our system of government for over 40 years. 1 However,- there are times when our checks and balances are badly abused. We believe that this is one of those times.- We do not mean to accuse those ' who are connected with the : recall of sour grapes 1 or of motives designed for personal gain, but rather we are somewhat afraid of the precedent this ac- tion will establish. . : Under Amendment 1 of the Constitution there is a guarantee of freedom of the press. If the recall is successful in your removal from office,. Mr. Edi tor, we think that from that day. ton there will be a cloud of fear, in the office of the DTH. The paper will be afraid to speak out on pertinent issues con cerning the student body. Nobody can doubt your right to take sides on an issue. Mr. Editor, for it's not only your job, hut your obligation to those who elected you. Are the voters to seek a . new editor merely because they disagree with the personal opinions of the man whom they elected a few months ago? This is certainly not consistent to us, for it does not personify the Carolina way ; of life. In Chapel Hill we have a great tradition of the voice of the students. Student organizations have long expressed their opinions without fear of persecution. However, these other organizations cannot give the campus that which The Daily Tar Heel can. The Daily Tar Heel is the only effective means of com munication that reaches the students as a group. This certainly does not mean, though, that it must only speak on popular issues. Editorials are the voice of the ELECTED EDI TOR. Page two is his, while pages one, three and four belong to the students. The only obligation which The Daily Tar Heel has to the student body is to present a fair and representative coverage of campuF news. Mr. Editor, those of us who have worked in close cmiunclion with you realize that you agree with us that The Daily Tar Heel is the most important and potentially powerful single function on campus. However much we may disagree with some of your editorials, we will not deny your right to print them. The following members of The Daily Tar Heel staff have signed this letter and. pledge that they shall not support your recall. DAVIS YOUNG . Author BILL CHESHIRE . -J.; News Editor FRED KATZEST . I Advertising Manf?r, DAVE WIBLE .Asst. Sports Ecsst GAIL GODWIN . Edit Stat! WinT WIITTTTELD Edit Staff STAN FISHER News Staff RUTH WinTTEY , News Staff RUSTY HAMMOND Sports Staff ELLIOT COOFER Sports Staff ED ROWLAND . ; Sports Staff NORMAN KANTOR Photographer MARY ALYS VOORHEES Coed Editor PATSY MLLER Asst. News Editor ANN FRYE ...... : News Staff GLENDA FOWLER Librarian JOHN WHITAKER Business Mgr. MARY MOORE MASON Feature Editor Selection Board Method Upheld EDITOR; As a member of the Selections Board for the State Student Legislature I question the wisdom of choosing delegates by election as Mr. Braxton pro posed in Tuesday's Tar Heel. The Selections Board, which is composed of past delegates to the S.S.L.. interviews people who try out and considers their qualifications and interests. These candidates are given a test on currents events. The selections Board tries to pick people who. . have a certa:n amount of poise, who speak well, who are well informed, interested in the job, and willing to work. In my opinion, a fine group of delegates wus chosen this year. With all due respect for Mr. Braxton I feel that popular election would not insure the same high type of delegation. The individual student cannot possibly know personally all the cand'cl ates and their qualifications. The average student has not worked closely with the S.S.L. and could not have a thorough knowledge of what being 3 delegate entails. I submit that popular election i not feasible. I also think it would be a mistake to stop sending delegates to the S.S.L. becau.se the University of North Carolina is a state-supportei school and is widely known and respected through out the state. The University should take part in such a program as this. Mr. Braxton said that students who do not re flect the campus views should not be sent as campus representatives. This is quite correct in theory: but how can you find out the eampus views? The delegation has always been made up of some of the most outstanding leaders on campus. Student leaders are the best spokesmen for student opin ion that I can think of because the students have entrusted them with this function It is unfortunate that most of the state news papers have ignored a great deal of commendable ac ion done by the S.S.L. and have played up two rather sensational bills which were introduced by two other schools and voted down by the Carolina delegation. I would like to thank the Editor for mentioning the -inadequate coverage of the SSL by these newspapers ALICE ELLER (
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