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TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1953
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THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Pi r Tl r 1 WISE AND OTHERWISE: "Why. No--1 Haven't Been Sitting On That Report" LETTERS TO EDITOR
fans For I he Probers - . j. ; - - - , -
Well, we went he 1 01c the News
paper Re-eauh C.ouuuittec yester
day .Hid in ule several recommenda
tions ahoi.it opeiatiou ol the Daily
Tar Heel.
I i 1 n 1 . we Iield that the current
method ol selection ol the editor
hy popular eleition is the only
tail va, (h'Npitc its shortcoming
to till the top newspaper ost.
Set ond. we imposed that a com
mittee he set up to study circula
tion ol the Tar Heel, pointing out
the lact that we line a moral oh
liitioii. it not a coiwitulioii.il
one. to iet the newspaper t( all
who aie ictpiircd to pay for it.
Thiid. we upheld salaries for
jmisIs ol editor, managing editor
and news editor as inccntinvc to re
tain competent journalists in the
1110 demanding, t iine-t -omnium;
johs on the paper.
And lout th. we sounded out the
need lor a pi ess camera lor the
newspaper along with other provi
sions needed in the processing ol
lilm and pic tures lor the Tar Heel.
Among our other lcconinienda
tions were: icxision ol the li-Part-isan
Selections Hoard to exclude
from its memhership the editor of
the Dailv Tar Heel and of the
Yatkety Yaek: and a program of co
o)eration and training with the
journalism school to oiler practi
cal experience for students taking
courses there.
Our reasons lor opular selec
tion of editor and for a revised cir
c illation deputmeiit already hac
heen expressed. Too, we hae ex
plained reasons why journalism
school students should he encour
aged to woik on the Tar Heel. We
have not. as yet. commented on
our other recommendations.
Concerning salaries, we leel that
only through nominal compensa
tion for the most responsible johs
on the paper tan we line! and then
keep students wlio aic inteiested in
and know something ahout journa
lism. These people are required to
he here every day; the work they
do deserves much more than the
pay they receive.
As for a camera for the Tar
Heel, we feel that, in the long run,
it will constitute a savings in ex
I tenses for photographs used by the
newspaper. We now pay at least $2
per picture, when taken hy a staff
niemher or by the photo Jab. If
we had our own equipment we
could take and process our own
pictures at cost.
We suggested a revision of the
Hi-Partisan Selections Hoard for
obvious reasons: a sophomore or
junior editor of the Tar Heel,
seeking reelection, would, by vir
tue of his membership in the selec
tions board, be a party to his own
endorsement or rejection by that
ltoard. We do not feel that a candi
ate for the post should pass judg
ment on himself. And if he can't
pass judgment cm all who appear
before the board, he doesn't be
long there as a meinlter.
Our recommendations will be
among others accumulated by the
research committee when it reports
to the legislature next month. We
feel they are gcxwl ones, and we
hope that the legislature will look
open-mindedly at them when it
receives the committee report in
February.
It is noteworthy to point out
here that, nowhere in the course
of our relationship with the com
mittee, have we seen anyone sug
gesting that the editor be saddled
in the performance of his job. No
one has proposed that a limit be
placed on his editorial expression.
So long as that attitude reigns on
the campus, a lot of good stands to
be gained from the hearings. The
evil will come when attempts are
made to limit the editor in his com
ments on current affairs.
Russia AppealsToHunger
I'rom among the many remarks
made heie this weekend hy Mrs.
I'.leanor Roosevelt, there remains
one which, above alt others, de
serves 1 c km t i 1 t herer
Ais. Ro(jccJi. discussing Rus
sian .ippc.il to h.iikw.iid nations. of
her (Russia's) key pitch in sprcad
the world today, pointed out that
ing communism is a comparison of
the Red country before 11)17 and
that ol today.
Is it not appealing to an econo
mical!) poor, hunger-t iclden nation
appioachcd bv Russia that the Zaar
l.md. under communism, has evolv-.
cd from a poor agrarian society
prior to iu7 to the heavily in
dustrialized nation it is today?, Mrs.
Roosevelt asked.
Well, it is appealing. And what
we Ameiicans fail to realize is that
middle ol-the-i o id nations, c aught
in a squeeze between the Kast and
the West, look with startling amaze
incut upon the long strides for
ward made by the Kremlin since
the Russian revolution.
I hey don't talk alxtut freedom
and individual rights and proerty
ownership to the improverished
nations of Kurope and Asia. They
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PEELEY BARROW
talk ahout food and clothing, a
house to live in those desires in
nate in a people who live in starva
tion and nakedness, wandering
wherever they can to secure t lie
scant necessities of life.
In a nation free and prosperous
since its hirth we cannot draw
similar comparisons, though our in
dustrialization and standard of
lhing surpasses that of Red coun
tiies. Our apeal is on the hasis of
individaul freedom and rights,
which is the reason for our materi
al advantages oer the rest of the
world.
IJut a starving people are in
search of food for the ImhIv, not
sustenance lor the political mind.
What we must do is compete with
the Russians on their own level
alter altering foreign policy com
mensurate to the task.
Big Postal Hike:
Poor Man Suffers
So now President Eisenhower has
proposed that cost of first class
letters mailed out of town he
increased from three to live cents.
It would, he said, add some
million dollars to the coffers of
the stal department.
Well, we didn't like it when Gen
eral Summei field first told Con
gress he was cutting off mail service
unless he got an increased approp
riation for his mail department. We
still don't like the idea.
It's not being; sentimental to say
that even today some American?
have a hard time buying vcent
stamps to send a letter. Delivery
of the same is a basic American
service, and we don't feel its cost
should le bcxsted jo per c ent.
Hundreds of U.S. corporations
use for advertising purposes at a
cost substantially below that . re
quired of pensioned widows whose
only communication with . their
families is through the mails.
Vet it takes the same manpower,
the same effort on the pari of the
postal department, to circulate ad
vertising handouts as it does to de
liver a first class letter. And many
times the handouts hit the waste
can lie fore ever being opened.
The ostal department was est
ablished as a service to the Ameri-.
can people. It was, we feel, designed
to meet the pocket hook of the
poor man, not to provide a means
of advertisement for the rich.
A Story About
2 Young Boys
And A Rocket
By WHIT WHITFIELD
SPECIAL TO THE DAILY TAR
HEEL: -
(On January 6 in the small Tex
as town of Birdseye, three teen
age boys announced the successful
firing of a home-made missile, ap
propriately named Atlast. The mis
sile had soared 40 feet into the air,
. arched gracefully, then fallen lo .
the earth, demolishing a rew
chicken coop. The boys, Melvin
and Marvin ,aged 14, and Lyndon,
15, spoke in glowing terms of the r
project. Their mother, Mrs. Jon
son, was also very helpful in mak
ing this special interview a suc
cess.) 1
Question: Mrs. Jonson, How did.
the boys become interested in
building a rocket?
Answer: Their father , was an
atomic physicist working for the
government in New Mexico before
his death in 1952. They inherited
their inquisitive natures from him
I guess, and he also encouraged
them to work in the small labora
tory he built for them.
Q. Do they still have a labora
tory? A. No, they don't. My second
husband is a retired businessman,
and he thinks we should save our
money so our boys will be able to
go into business when they grad
uate from college.
Q. Well, then, Mrs. Jonson,
where did the boys get the moaey
to finance this project?
A. Their father left each one a
sizeab'e amount to do research,
but my husband persuaded me to
save most of it. He's opposed to
foolish spending you see.
Q. Boys, did you pool your re
source to build this missile?
A. We each tried to build one to
to outs rip the other, but that
didn't work. Neither of us could
get one off the ground.
Q. Then you pooled your funds
to build this one?
A. Yessir, but we quarreled
about who was going to des gn it
until mother stepped in and stop
ped us.
Q. Were you discouraged by the
40 foot flight of your first rocket?
A. Nossir, not at ail. We could
have done been better if we had
had more money for fuel.;
Q. What type of fuel did you
use? Solid or liquid?
A. Liquid. Gas as a matter of
fact. Our stepfather wouldn't let
us use anything else. He said tt
was too expensive.
Q. Boys, what is going to be
your next project?
A. Well, we'd like to send up a
chicken on our second attempt,
and then eventually send a rocket
to the moon.
Q. What do you anticipate being
the' greatest problem in your
future undertaking?
A. Well, we should" be able to
get along with our.; experiments
without fighting if mother super
vises, but getting money from our
stepfather is almost impossible.
He's pretty stingy with OUR
money you know.
Thanks a lot, fellows. You too
Mrs. Jonson. Good luck on your
next rocket.
Israeli Corrections
VIEW FROM THE HILL:
Freedom-A Chall enge To The U.S.
By CURTIS GANS
There was an apparently in
significant and harmless item in
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt's speech
on Sunday night. On the surface
it sounded funny.
However, underlying tis itm
is the inherent danger in com
munism, and perhaps the possible
downfall of communism. .
Mrs. Roosevelt was describing
her trip to Russia and noted as
one of the points of interest, the
nurseries where children are put
after their 57th day of life, so that
their mothers c-n go back to work.
She pointed out thit Soviet vi
sion is geared to the labor s'pply
rather thai the families and that
is why this step is necessary. The
Soviets, she said, were also out to
prove that these children can be
brought up without, the family,
perhaps because there is enough
affection for children around to
make the nursery ,a wholesome
place. ' .
But what was astonishing was
the idea that these' children were
being reared in Pavlov's and Bech
terev's conditioned " response me
thod. Hence .these children were
taught to do things that would
bring them reward and avoid do-
1 ing things that would bring them
punishment. The net result was,
from Mrs. Roosevelt's account,
that these children were at the
age of six months" and one and
one-half years human automatons.
They did exactly - as they were
taught; they did not deviate, and
they took pleasure in doing these
things. Furthermore, she noted
that these children were perfect
ly happy and healthy.
The net picture is one of com
plete domination of the human
mind, for the child has learned to
act at ali times reflexively. There
has been at no time between the
time the child was 57 days old to
the time that he attains manhood
and after,, that the'ehild has been
free to think or act. He is at adult
hood a walking and talking tool
of anyone who would want to lead
him.
What is frightening in this pic
ture is the spectacle of total con
trol of mankind. These are not
human children; they are mach
ines. When they attain adulthood,
they are not humans, they are
tools.
The net result is that before long
the leaders in Russia may have
total control oyer their subjects,
and their subjects may be entire
ly helpless without their leaders.
If there is any picture that
should cause the American to re
flect and to see how high a prem
ium there should be paid for the
freedom of thought and action that
is inherent to democracy, this pic
ture of the coming age in Russia
should.
This picture should show to the
American, indeed to all the people
of Ihe free world, exactly what
freedom is worth, and " exactly
what a country is without suoh
freedom.
It must be noted that Russia has
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gained much in the forty years of
the communist regime, but those
gains were made not by choice,
or human resourcefulness, but by
forcing certain ' things upon a
people who gradually- learned
that there is no such thing as
choice.
The TJ. S. may be soon fightin?
a one minded nation. The re
sources of this country must be
used not only to protect the in
dividual in the TJ. S., but to ac
quaint the peoples of Russia that
although they do not have it at
present, there' is a choice.
There is a difficulty in the Rus
sian method. The succession of
leaders will be difficult, if they
have only tools instead of men. For
these men wrill know how to re
act to given circumstances, but
faced with something knew, they
will not have the resource of crea
tive thought to get them out of
the predicament. , ,
Yet, it 'will be a long time from
this day to that, and in between
these times, on the U. S. rests the
burden of leading the world and
acquainting them with the true
meaning of liberty. If not, the hu
man race, as human beings, will
become extinct, and that ne-A'
breed of automations will take
over.
NiR'ta Khrushchev said to Mrs.
Roosevelt that none of the efforts
of the free world will help, and
that world communism is the eo r.
ing thing. The U. S. can try to put
some doubts in Mr. Khruschev's
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To The Editor:
Miss Waite makes a number of statements in
her letter in today's Daily Tar Heel which require
correction.
The refugees left their homes during, and as a,
result of, the 1948 hostilities. It is remembered by
everybody, with the exception , of Arabs, that the
1943 war- was started by the Arab states with the
express intention of nullifying the UN resolution to
establish the State of Israel. I would say, therefore,
that the refugee exodus was caused directly by the
Arabs. -
Israel has consistently declared herself willing
to compensate the refugees for their property, as
part of a peace settlement with any one or all Arab
states. Israel has continually offered to start peace
negotiations but the Arab states have steadfastly
, refused to negotiate with her (to the extent of
. assassinating King Abdallah of Jordan when he
was suspected of secret peace talks with Israel). In
stead, the Arab states have instituted a shipping
blockade, an economic boycott and guerilla war
fare against Israel, and have reiterated their in
tention of destroying Israel by force as soon as they
can. (For the most recent of these threats see
Newsweek of January 13-, 1958). Miss Waite's state
ment of Israel's unwillingness to compensate the
refugees is simply untrue.
It is surprising that anyone should claim that .
the 40,000,000-odd Arabs are incapable of absorbing
refugees in a number not exceeding that which
650,000 Israelis have absorbed in the last ten years.
Are we to believe that nations with the richest
oil fields in the world, nations who receive aid in
discriminately from both the US and Russia, should
be incapable of even this?, After all the propaganda
of Arab brotherhood and unity that has been heard
for years, one would expect some Arab coopera
tion in helping their kindred and yet Miss Waite
takes issue with Abba Eban for considering "Arab
dom" as a whole in this: issue. -
The , truth is, as many Arabs will admit, that
the refugee problem continues to exist because
they wish to solve it by one means only, annihila
tion of Israel and its resettlement by the refugees."
The plight of the refugees is used by Arab propa
gandists as a sordid means of appeal to humani
tarian feelings in the world for support in their
. campaign against Israel. It is unfortunate that some
people of goodwill are taken in by this unscrupu
lous propaganda, just as others have fallen for
Communist "peace" movements.
I was sorry to see that Mr.- Ganz (DTH, Jan
uary 9, 1958) misunderstood Ambassador Eban who
did not say that the refugee problem was the main
source of Middle Eastern friction. The basic cause
of this unrest is the Arabs' violent hatred of Is
- rael and all other Western nations and institutions.
If the Arabs ever put the solution of the refugee
problem before their blind urge to destroy Israel,
they could negotiate a peace settlement with Israel
and obtain help and compensation for resettlement
of the refugees. ' ,
K, R, GABRI5U
P.S. One should not be misled by Miss Waite's
gilb statements of historical and statistical "facts."
An example of the reliability of her information
which amused me, a professional population stati
stician from Israel, was her quotation from the 1956
Census as there has been no population census in
Israel since Noverpber 1948.
Only One Side Heard
The Daily Tar Heel
Dear Miss Elizabeth C. Waite:
I hardly know in what language to express my
gratitude to you for the spirit you have shown in
your letter concerning Abba Eban's speech. Many
people have heard only one side of the story and
are not acquainted with the existing conditions in
the Arabic countries. It is refreshing to discover
an informed individual who has an understanding
of this crucial problem. I thank you again for what
you have done.
With deepest appreciation,
(Mr.) AWN I MOHAMAD HAMAD
IChruschev Attacked
To The Editor:
I think congratulations are in order for that
double-dealing Dean of Duplicity, -Nikita Khrus
chev. The man has become more adept at his dia
bolical brand of diplomacy with each passing day. In
looking over his administration, it becomes evi
dent that what he has been doing is playing for
time. When he first gained control he filled the
air with talk of peaceful co-existence; Comrade
Stalin was wrong in many things, said he; -our two
societies can live side-by-side in the same world,
quothed our new-found friend. This was followed
by the Geneva talks, then, the long " dragged-out
London Conference.
In the meantime, things were happening be
hind the scenes. While the 4,Kremlin Kids" talked
of competition between the West and East in cul
ture and trade, they spent their money in educa
tion and scientific-military research. ;
And when successes came, so did belligerent
threats come likewise in increasing amounts. Un
til now, their present talk of peace stands as an
open mockery when it is viewed next to their re
cent manifesto (proclaiming their intention to
spread their system over the world by whatever
means necessary).
The Russians have lifted the veil now, and the
challenge isn't trade and cultural, but decidedly
military. .
One fellow I go to school with told me, "If war
ever comes, I'll join the army right away!" But
the . war has come. We. know now that anytime we
lag behind iq the race for military supremacy, we
should expect an ultimatum to surrender or face
annihilation. Yes, the war has come and, the army
is being formed. It's an army of scientists, engi
neers techicians, and teachers, This, army is
America's hope of remaining free-l-and this is the
army we are urged to join. t
JACK MARQUARD
, " Musktgon Community Colleg
" . North Muskegon, Michigan