THE DAILY TAR HEEL
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY M, IMt
FACE TWO
Special Committee Probe
Is Good For Fraternities
Student criiiiK'iit 1 i-s now
t.ikin the bull the horns in dis
union ol MM.illod "Iraternity
jnohleuis" l setting nj .m eiu
e.;cny t ommiiu-r to air Iraterni
ties at I'NC. Nothing lml
(ould iniiu' ol tli it eonnnittees
nuTtins.
When The Daily Tar Heel first
Nonndcd out the need lor ulorni
in it-miii areas ol Inutility adi
xities. a i ol indignation swept
.mionn the t.unuis in what appeal -d
to he unilinl oppoNition to the
I'liniMi Imient upon hateinities l
the juilui.m ol student owrii
incur. What liaietnitN nun lailtd to
ualie .it that time, however, is
th.it neither student o eminent
inn the adininitiation it sell' is out
in 10I1 tin loral liaternilies ol what
pi i ile-e aie iiilitl iluiiv They
impl iiionied the need to eon
liol haleinitv aitiilies to thus
in.ikt the 01 '4 aniat ions reMnsi
hle units ill the l'nieisit oin-
lllllllilN
It i not a oiiiplinieiil.il y pit -tun
whuli student o eminent,
the .idiuiimtratioit and the state
.i a whole hae st n in their eval
uations ol the bi'CNt stories oiu
iii'4 out ol Chapel Mill dining the
p.ot eeral xe.irs. Vittu.illy all
hae iiiNohed, in one wax or an
other, the I. uue li.iiei nity bloe.
We don't like to ontinualIv re
mind Maternities ol their own
eils. loi doubtless these are lar
outweighed bx out i ibut ions they
haxe made anl arc .continuing to
make at the lTnixersity of North
Carolina and throughout the
Cnited States. Vet these evils
should be pointed out xvith an eye
to retaining the distinction of
Maternal life.
It is. then, that purpose for which
the emergency committee has been
set up not necessarily a commit
tee that will publicize all its dis
cissions ad findings during the
next several, weeks, but one which
xvill meet in closed sessions, talk
lieelx and frankly, and then make
leconuneiidations lor presentation
lo I'niveisitv officials.
And. insofar as student govern
ment has taken it upon itsell to
make the study and recommenda
tions, students are attempting to
discipline theniselxes in an area
which surely would be subject to
administrate and trustee regula
tions had the emergency commit
tee not been established.
In "earlier periods of American
histoiy there was strong sentiment
against the growing participation
of the jj-mx eminent in respect t con
trol of the individual, his rights
and property. Hut as time passed
it became evident that certain
restrictions must be handed down
lest our freedoms become for us
liabilities.
In no small measure these same
circumstances apply to fraternity'
life at lTC. For without control,
freedom can become a cancerous
trowth which ultimately destroys
that which it intends to protect.
Leopold's Freedom Adds
To Rehabilitation Program
I he sttitx ol Nathan 1 .copold,
who gained luitlm 1IuiimI.iv
lioin the st.ite p.nole bo.ud in Illi
iiuiv will 'o down in Anieiii an
bistoix .is anion.; the ;uatisi tiiine
nIhi it s ol the i c ntuw .
And in th.it simx m.ix lie the
lnuininni; ol a luminal's rehabil
itation pio'4tam tow. ltd whit h I.e
opold has pledged himself to woik
in his sitklx. t'liabetit lile ahead.
We wish him u'c.it mkcon in his
t ndeaxoi s.
( !i it i (I nl the "lln ill" killing
alon with Kith. ml l.oeli ol a
neihbni hood box in Chicago in
l''-'. l.eojMild was senteiucd to no
xeais .uid hie with the judge's
oidtis that iicvci would he be
Ui. tnlcd a paiole.
So Nathan I.rojMild wtnt oil to
piison. I oi ; Ion.; xe.ns the biil
liant student dexoted hiinsell to
te n hiu. in St.itcville 1'iison. to
iu.isleiiii'4 '.'o l.uuuaes. to wot kilt;.
in intilii.d dep.ntiueiits ol the
penitent iat x .
I le ui.ide sexel.d .ilti nipls to
4. 1111 his Mccdoni. I he paroles
bo.ud totisisuntlx ulused him. lie
inadi .1 plea to the (toxeruoi ol
Illinois, but that. too. tailed. I'oet
Call Sandbiir.; appealed in his be
ll. ill. but to no avail.
l intllx. Nathan Leopold won
the lit tdoiu loi whit h he had so
I0114 pleaded. 1 1 is own lawxer said
Leopold was "guilty as sin" ol the
I I iiue but that his time in pi isou
his been '',; xeais of icmoise and
1 1 loi mat ion."
Now . the In t d t inx it t has told
his inmates, he will woik toward
.1 piojiam ol 1 ehabi I i t at iui as a
step towald leadiiistment of ton
xiits into the so ietx Mom whith
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ihev haxe been cast. In Leopold,
lite iampai'4n should have a quali
fied leader.
Everybody Cant
Get Into Heaven
The clergy, it seems, sometimes
leels itself exempt from laws whith
i;ovein their laymen brethren.
Lake the Raleigh minister who was
t itetl to court lor t lispt.ix iii'4 his
1 u.i 7 liteiise ta.s alter the date lor
';, l-vA had .mixed.
The minister reisietetl a toin
plaint with the ariestin olliter.
w ho 1 i.ul this to sax :
"lie said he thought it was ve:x
unl.iii to jump on someone lot be
in.; onlx .1 tlav I. ile." said the pa
tiohiian. "And he asked me under
whose authoiitx I was tiling him
to court."
Later, the ai resting olliter's su
peixisor leteived a tall Mann the
minister, who said he had pur-
based his las ,o daxs ao but '
had been unable to jet them j)iit
u his t ar hctausc j;araes had been
so bllsx.
"I told him we had no altema
tixe other than to enforce the
law." the supervisor commented.
'He then asked me if my consti
tute didn't hurt me because I put
olficcrs out in the told on such a
job."
Well, we'll no alonj; with the
patrolman's action and with the
answer he ave the minister. Kxcn
white robes don't exempt select
individuals in our society Mom the
laws whith govern the remainder
of us.
You'd think that a man whose
job it is lo set straight the consci
ence of -others would have his own
feelings about abitlin by the law.
After all, none of us laymen will
ct in heaven on an earthly liccmc
ta .
WISE AND OTHERWISE
Committees
By WHIT WHITFIELD
Scene: Graham Memorial Stu
dent Union. Roland Parker Lounge -
Event: Fourth Regular Meeting
of the Committee on Committees.
The Chair calls the meeting to
order. The preliminaries are taken
care of with due respect given to
Robert's Rule. The speaker is
interrupted by a member:
' Mr. Chairman, may xve have
a report from the committee that
was set up to regulate committee
operations?"
"Who is chairman of that com
mittee?" ' I am. Mr. Chairman."
"Would you give your report to
the body at this time."
"Mr. Chairman, the committee
on committee regulations met in
the Woodhouse Conference Room
on January 4th at 2 p.m. The tirst
item of business was the establish
ment of a subcommittee on the
operations of the commitee that '
was set up to regulate committee
operations. Then we proceeded to
set up a rules committee to deter
mine requirement regulations for
membership on the main commit
tee. A subcommittee was also set
up In this committee to aid the
chairman xvith the committee re
ports. A sub-subcommittee was set
up to validate excuses of mem
bers from committee meetings.
We adjourned at 5 p.m.
"Orders of the day. Mr. Chair
man." "The chair would like to say
that orders of the day will be
considered after all committees
have submited their reports and
the body has had the opportunity
to vote on them. Remember that
some of our most important xvork
is done in committee."
"The chair xvould like to hear
the report of the special commit
tee set up to arrange a social at
the next meeting. I'm sorry, I
almost forgot that one."
"Mr. Chairman, the special soc
ial committee met last evening for
two hours in the Tempo Room. Six
subcommittees were set up; one
for physical arrangements, one
for procuring a combo, and four
for beer. We adjourned at closing
time."
"Thank ynu. . . ."
"Orders of the day. Mr. Chair
man. " ,
"Just a moment. The Chair
vaguely remembers another com
mittee that was set up a few
weeks ago. Does anyone remem
ber its function, or who the chair
man is?"
I'm chairing that committee.
Mr. Chairman. We have as our
function the investigation of the
disappearance of twelve commit
tees during the past two months.
1 am happy to report that two
comniittecs were located. One was
in 1'orson County trying to make
arrangements for a social. The
other called from Kansas City.
The chairman said that they were
in jail; seems they got lost look
ing for a plate to have a social.
Not only that, but they're booked
for public drunknesess and vag
rancy." "I move adjournment Mr.
Chairman."
"Second that."
"Is there any opposition to ad
journment? Seeing none, I declare
this meeting adjourned."
Editor
DOUG EISELK
Associate Editor FRANK CROWTIIER
Managing Editor ALYS V00IUIEES
Newi Editor
PAUL RULE
Aist. Newt Editor
ANN FRVE
Coed Editor - JOAN BROCK
Feature iEditor
MARY M. MASON
Sport! .Editor
BILL KING
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G&AUAU &NYDLB
Sonnet To
A Flower
Once there ioax a man named Flowers
Who ruled the East nith his poner.s.
The law wo-uld start conning.
Then he'd take off running,
And no one could find him for hours.
The cops said. Percy was mean.
But Percy said Percy itas- clean.
So they took it to court
Where the battle was shxnt,
'Cait.se he wasn't so clean as- it seemed.
So the moral this story tells:
Pretty flouXTs 'oft have bad smelU.
They lead you to think,
That they really don't stink,
Despite what the odor compels.
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VIEW FROM THE HILL
Taxes, Credit Not Answer To Slump
By CURTIS GANS
There have ben two proposals
advanced to stop the recession that
is currently in progress in econo
mic circles. Both augur ill for the1
future.
The first proposal, advanced by
both Repulicans and Democrats,
has been a reduction in taxation.
When the last Atlas missile
blows up in the mul-air not two
minutes off of the firing pad, this
possibility of tax reduction seems
foolhardy.
When the current education bud
get is inadequate to meet the
country's needs, the prospect of
lax reduction should be to the
minds of the sensible far off.
When the defense budget of the
country in a time when the need
is very great is at a level lower
then that of five years ago. the
very idea of a tax reduction is
dangerous.
America must be prepared for
the worst, which with the still
unreleased Gaither Report hang
ing over the U. S. might exist.
The U. S. is unable to pursue the
job of protecting itself when the
funds for this job are not at hand.
The second suggestion-easing of
credit provides a better means of
giving a shot in the arm to big
business and investors. However,
this program will hurt the small
business man.
As it, stands now, the small
business man has most of his pro
fits lying on the books and not
in the bank. Any greater exten
sion of credit will put more credit
on the books.
There is currently many a small
business man who must annually
. turn to a bank for a loan to meet
the cost of the merchandise that
he has purchased, simply because
whatever profit he makes on the
merchandise he sells is not real
ized. This profit lies in extended
credit. This extended credit ex
pands annually, and the small
business man realize none of it.
Then when the government de
cides to tighten credit, the small
merchant has an overstock that
he can't get rid of because people
have not the money to pay cash.
This dilemma is caused by the
credit built economy that currently
exists. This economy gives the
semblance of prosperity, but puts
the small business in such a pre
dicament that someday he will
become non-existent.
The economy itself is unstable
since if all the merchants in the
country and all industry decided
one day to demand payment, the
entire economy would collapse.
To open credit further would
only drive the U. S. further to
wards an unsound economy, a dol
lar without value, and the abyss
of poverty.
The answer to this recession
must lie elsewhere. Perhaps
Eisenhower might look to the re
cord of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
for a few answers that don't in
clude raising- tgxes or letting out
credit.
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they pulled Harold Donath from
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mass of blood. Closer inspection
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Be My Valentine
(Probable sequel to the American-Soviet agree
ment on cultural exchange)
I
(To Washington)
This valentine is just to tell
We may in co-existence dwell
If you will scrap the H-bomb test
And atom bases in the West.
My Tender passion I declare.
But if my courtship should be spurned
I pray that it may be returned.
II
(To Moscow) ' . ,
The lily's white, the violet's blue, t
The rose is red and so are you.
1 your proposal keep in mind,
But don't suppose I'm color-blind.
Ill
(To Washington)
Though love so far seems unrequired
I hope our lives will be united,
On wings of hope these words will fly
To join the hearts of U and I,
For no good reason can I see
That parts the hearts of B and D.
IV
(To Moscow)
Your note between the lines I read,
But still await a sign, sir;
Unless you follow word with deed,
I'm not your valentine, sir.
V
(To Washington))
Good-morow, valentine, betimes.
With boundless hope I greet you:
My heart right to the summit climbs,
And there I trust I'll meet you.
Just take my word you won't repine
If you will be my valentine.
VI
(To Moscow)
In spite of all the vows you make
I see no sign of give and take;
I don't believe the love you swear
And so return your lock of hair,
Your fond attentions I decline,
You diplomatic valentine. -
SAGITTARIUS in The New Republic
THE NEW REPUBLIC
That Un-Americanism !
We have just been reading the creepycrawly seven-part
report of the House Un-American Activi
ties Committee and, my, we are frightened! The
House created this Boris Karloff committee years
ago, and though McCarthy is dead and the Daily
Worker has folded, the members must justify them
selves by scaring us. (The House group just got
another $305,000. The Senate put up S209,000 for
its own side-show.)
Communist subversion, you will be alarmed to
hear, "presents a darrger to the America people
equalling that of Soviet satellites and long-range
missiles." Doesn't that make your flesh creep? "The
Kremlin has succeeded in enlisting, at a conserva
tive estmate, morev than a million Americans into
this campaign.' What campaign? Why, to modify
the Immigration Act! Charman Walter heads the
Un-American Corr.mttee, and he is also the lead
ing voice in Congress for excluding foreigners.
The courts, it appears, have been quite nasty to
the committee and maybe a little bit, well, un
patriotic. Walters doesn't actually say the Supreme
Court is tainted, but anybody can see it has been
terribly short-sighted. A great. part of the report
is filled with the sorry story of cases dismissed
for no other reason than that civil rights of de
fendants were violated.
,The fourth section of the report is a kind of ex
perience meeting. Direct evidence has been gather
ed by the enterprising committee: Rabbi Fineberg,
Bishop Sheen and Dr. Polng all testify that Com
munism is bad. More than that news analyst Con
stantine Brown has come before the committee
and testified. His global evidence is pithily sum
marized. Here are some Brown distillations: "Spain
is extremely friendly to the US and the only coun
try in Europe willing to risk everything in its
fight against Communism." "We have performed
diplomatic miracles by keeping Communist China
out of the UN." "Western Europe in my opinion
is indefensible."
Section 7 of the report offers as a public service,
thumbnail sketches of such little known figures as
Khrushchev, Bulganin, Chou En-lai and others, in
cluding Yugoslavia's Marshal Tito and Poland's
Gomulka You can't fool Walter; they are all bad,
bad men. Don't let the "White House" and the
State Department" confuse you either about the
last two by designating Poland and Yugoslavia
'as potential allies." Ha, Walter knows better' He
has $305,000 to back it up: "During the last few
years, in fact, he (Tito) has clearly moved closer
to political alinement (sic) with Moscow." (p. 62).
For a moment we thought our hero Walter had
slipped by misspelling "alignment" made him
self silly, you know. But good sense promptly reas
serted itself. Congressmen instinctively distrust
good spellers: something sneaky, intellectual, well.
unAmencan about them. Would the House, do vou
suppose, give $305,000 (with oly two dissents)" to
a man who boggled over a dropped "g," or a small
matter Ike a missing Constitutional safeguard' Of
course not.
Senseless
A high school football star who had signed a grant-in-aid
with Tennessee and later had indicated he
might go to Clemson is now saying that he'll go
to South Carolina.
Such competition between institutions of higher
learning for athletic talent is senseless, to put the
most charitable light on it. Whe a boy signs a
grant-in-aid, he fa in effect signing a contract. If
is induced to break that contract, he surely isn't
being taught anything that will help him later in
life. v
. The sooner the institutions get together to break
up such practices, the better off everybody con
cerned will be. The Raleigh Times.