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TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, io PACE TWO THE DAILY TAR HEEL Prespecfives Jonathan Yardley (Thii is the fifth in a series of nine articles which will attempt to present a reasonably objec tive view of the leading aspirants for the presidency in the forth coming election. The purpose of these articles is to inform, not to sway. If the author's opinions should sneak in, the reader is asked to remember that he is only mortal. (Further expositions on these men may be found in Eric Sevareid's excellent collection Candidates I960, published by Basic Books, from which the puthor has gleaned some of the facts contained in fh series.) Stuart Symington An Ounce Of Defense Is Worth . . . I: JONATHAN YARDLEY "1 1 Stuart Symiir- ii n is a highly SllCC'f 1 11 1 V X - rx businessman. a liberal. and a 1 I I e ni o c r a t. If . these facets of his make-up do nut seem to jibe I bey art only ex terior indications of the life of a man w h o has u;nt from one surprise to the next. S miii'.'ton was bo-n in the siim-Pi.-r of I DO I on the campus of Amherst College, where his father t;iu'.;!tt IJomanee Languages. A quiet man. Wil liam Stuart Sv Tn ii' ton was fir "d from the col lego bee.' u -e he became involved ii an im'iro'.'lii v i t h a janitor vho bad been faithful in sup plying beat to t h e buildings during the frigid Massachu setts winters. The College seemed to feel it needed the janitor more. The family then moved to Balti more, via law training in New York for the sen- tor member, and vi, on "nt.i'v.- ,.aMTiotiHaHy prosperous while Dr. S million followed the pursuit of county .indue. Stuart enlisted in the army in 1917 but never uot oerseas. lie was muhicd out at 'oe age of l.'J ai a second lieutenant. In 1D1D Symington en tered Yale by virtue of a Iran and promptly became a popular, successful student who managed, some how, to afford to become a member of Delta Kappa Tpsilon. In 1DJ1 Symington attended a Washington Cha rity Hall and met beautiful, yming. rich Evelyn Wadworth. daughter of Senator James Wadsworth. They fell in love and were married at Washington in 1D24. Since I heir marriage the charming Mrs. Symington has been at one time a concert singer who received Hollywood offers, and at all times a helpful, untiring mate to an inexhaustible man. I'pon bis ra iuation from Yale (he did not actu ally receive a diploma, since he had a nnthematics deficiency) Symington entered a plant of the T. H. Happy New Year 1. The nation is at wr. 2. The nation is losing the war badiy. 3. The nation must eeit a w.tlv greater effort By Yardley Symington Co.. manufacturers of railroad equip ment, and worked as a manual laborer. He took correspondence courses and mastered engineering and metallurgy. He rapidly rose to the presidency of the clay products plant and then, thanks to a half million dollar loan from rich uncles, bought out the Colonial Radio Corporation: he managed to acquire for Colonial the Sears. Roebuck contract, which is credited by Edward P. Morgan as pulling the company through the depression. From Colonial. Symington moved to Rustless Iron & Steel, which he rescued from financial de spondency: in 1R33. he was lured to St. Louis to doctor the ailing Envrson Electric Manufacturing Company. In the course of this association he solv ed an intense labor difticultv with a Communist led union and proved himself a friend of labor in general. At the end of World War II Styminglon was called to Washington by Paesident Harry Truman to head the Surplus Property Administration. The job was trying and difficult, since there was g-eat confusion in the canital and much surplus to be disposed of. He remained in the job for six montbs. and did not distinguish himself. Feeling in Wash ington seemed to be that he had made the most out of an impossible job. In lfW6 Symington entered the really decisive phase of his career. He was made Assistant Secre tary of War for Au He immediately pressed full strength for a sen.T-afe Air Force, expressing tinr and again his belief th.it air power wou'.l be te best and the only defense in the future. In 1D17 the Department of the Air Force was eren'ed and Svmington was made its head. Many peop'e give him poetically sob' cred:t for the formation of the t'nited States Air Force as we know it todav whether this is true or not. bis influence was one of L'reat and fruitful power. As Secretary of the Air Force Symington be came known for what his critics felt to be a "p-e-ventive war" desire. Thcv felt he had itehv fiiveys and mieM push tb panic button because be .t'-i-er.fed with such b'-k of otaIi('iea'n tbe ne! f . a vt-op7 Amrrienn de''To Svmin"'on la'er v: 1 that he hrd and ln no des;,-o to w.T7.- -" war on anv scale, but n-cfers to have which would eliminate the possibility oI STUART SYAAINGTON The orr.cial student publication of the Publication 3o d of 'he University of North Carolina where it la published duly except M(n.la. an4 pxjmination periods and summer terms. Knured jl.i second mat'ir in the pi.st office in Chapel Hill. N. V., under thf ac of March 3, i870. Subscription fab s: 4 00 per se nretpr, $7 00 per fear. Tin Daily Tar Heel i printed by th" Newt Inc . Carrboro if t t; t 'if'' - s. , ? s if .Worth (,'jrbU,.. '7 91 "or Assistant Fditor Associate Kditor F.ditoiial Asst. Managing Pditors B.isine.ss Ma.iaer Sports Editor . Feature Kditor Coed FcMor Sm, l.il ' ll.l U 1 1 1 . M I'liwtu I'Alnors I v el i isil.s ...jIiJ.i 1' N. C DAVIS B YOUNG . . RON SHFMATF. FRANK CROWTHEK M.LOU REDDEN PARRY SMITH JONATHAN YARDLEY WALKER BL ANTON EIXIOTT COOPER MARY ALICE ROWLETTF . JOSIE MORRI- Sl'SAN LEWIS l'dl.L CR1NKHOUS PETER NESS . BARRY ZASLW V1RGLMA ALDIOL ('efen e war. Amotr.' tbe plank which vmin-leii strove ,r in his Air Foer capaeitv wc-e: incrrasei' bu''."' snpp'i'P'T 'o allow the Ar Fre-ee to iiv-ease what he felt was a dralica!'y inadeqoate defense ss ter: full and comntete cooneration between tbe branches of the service which would result in severe cuts in what wis obviously a plethora of wasted mrney: unelent in-.' efforts to keep ahead of the Soviets. In lOO he resigned because of de fense cuts which he felt were urHidy severe. Some think that bad these cuts not been mrute tbe en tire Korean retien mi:ht have been avoided. Although Trum-in and Svming'on disagreed on many points, the former respected tbe drive an.l organizational ability of his fallow Missourian and asked him in 1D50 to remain in Washington as head of the National Securities Resources Hoard. He proved an amazingly able financial advisor. When he came into conflict with Charles F. Wilson, head of the office of Defense Mobilization, he de cided to get out. but was quickly male head of the scandal-ridden Reconstruction Finance Corpo ration. He went to work immediately and cleaned out the evil, while raising the cood. He fired a friend of the President's, though, and retired in lfT2. Almost as soon as he got horn." he was ap rroacbed by friends to run for the Senate seat long held by Republican James Kem. Deciding to do so. he campaigned against almost insurmountable odds and won by a margin of over 150.000. In 1953 he went to the United States Senate, never before having served his people in an elective office. He was green, and he knew it. While in the Senate Symington, like many other candidates for the lfKiO nominations, came into close contact with the ebullient Joe McCarthy. He sat on the McCarthy Committee and was highly indignant about the manner in which the investigations were conducted he sympathized with the purpose but not with the concept of one man investigating teams. He was most disturbed by the Senator's attacks upon the Armed Services, "out was bewildered by his methods and legalistically incapable of battling him. Within the Senate he is known as a forceful liberal Democrat with a mania for defense. He has been largely unsuccessful in gaining the defense improvements he feels are so necessary, but he has made a great mark upon the nation's conscience with his incredible knowledge of military matters. It has appeared, in a number of instances, that he knf.ws more about defense problems and intelli gence than anyone in the Department of Defense, which has been at times, needless to say. most em barrassing for the? Administration and its underlings. Although Symington was never considered a presidential candidate in 1D5S. polls taken by lead ing magazines and surveys have shown him to be one of the three leaders for the nomination this summer, Adlai E. Stevenson and John F. Kennedy being the other two. At present he is making an obvious move to get the nomination and has been going forward with considerable success. He is popular in the South, with labor, with business, and within the elite of his own party. The two most striking aspects of Symington's personality are his organizational ability and his preoccupation with defense. His business past shows only too clearly that he is more than capable of expedient organization and action, and his recT-l in the Senate and in Truman's administration makes it clear that he is concerned with and aware of the problems of national defense. It is highly possible that he is more fully aware of the military problems facing tbe nation than any of the other candidates. Symington is a handsome, tactful man who has managed to transport himself between strata of so ciety with ease and gra-e. He has gn attractive wife and two married'sens with equally attractive fami lies. In many w-ys V is the perfect candidate, from the prefessioiiT' politician's point of iew. because he ha no h'-uk marks on bis record which oannot easily be ovr-rni(. if v js- nomina'erl by th" party, however, it will be a the result of a deadW-k. pro baUv hctv.een S'evenson and Kennedy, and this would weaken his chances of achieving victory. Reader's t Repository To the fu..nr: DON'T SIGN A BLANK CHECK On Tuesday the students o. the University ot North Carolina wi.l have the opportunity to d )j t o. reject four constitutional amend ments concernnig the Jud-ciaiy Rranch of Student Government. I would urge that the vo'.er.s loi k closely at these amendment be fore making their decision. While the lirst and third of these proposals would place an aded burden on the A.torr.ey General's staff, I neve: the-ess favor lh? random selection ol jurors and be lieve fhat the defense shou'd hjvc the riht to sunmiui wi n.ss.-s and obtain evidence. However. 1 can in no way er.d-r.se the .ecund amendment, due to the undo inod and neoulaus design a ion o; ; n ' acthe" defense counsel. At the prese.it time, the counsel for d. lense enjoys the same inquisi.or ial privileges as council mem bers: therefore, I feel that chri tication :s needed of the "active' counsel. Due to the necessary br vi y o this let er. I would like to concc n myself wi'h the fourth of these amendments. The pas-ag." o which would empower the Leis lamre to set up eistric.s :i in whieh cinci! memhe s w ou'd b.' elected. I feel that this prrp s .1 is ridiculous and quite incongru, u.s wi'h the allusions made to '"rights" and "Angb-Saxcn heri age" which color the who eases 0f this bill. U occurs to me h:it ih ' s'rucki c o! our de nocr::ey is bui't n se paration ol powers. The right of a legisintii'V to have complete tr e iom in determining "same lorm o! geographical appoVtionmen:" .seems quite ineongruent with our governmental siruciure. The word ing ol this amendment typifies th.' cloudy nature ot its propos d. Editor's Corner "Never Mind The Fine Print. Now, Over Here (Continued From Pag This is a growing campus with a shrinking Honor System. It is shrinking because these who live under it are ignorant of that for which it proclaims to stand. Each of us must live under the system and be responsible to it; yet. there are those who will deny our right to participate. And without participation, a system such as ours will crumble in a heap. Participation breeds know ledge, and knowledge breeds un derstanding. Without all of these, the secretive aura which sur rounds judicial proceedings be comes in reality the exclusive property of a few. The amendments before you today will create understanding, knowledge and participation. They will remove the Honor Sys tem from the few and return it to the rightful owners, the many. Attending this University is a privilege. Living under its laws is an obligation. Yet, if we can't participate in these decisions, we shouldn't be forced to live under them. There are many who will tell you it is better to keep the Hon or System under the control of those who now have it, the in terested ones. What kind of in terest is shown on the part of individuals when an entire fra ternity pledge class is marched up to the Student Government offices to sign up for the Jury? , Don't listen to those who praise the system as it is and call for the status quo. The plain truth of the matter is that the status quo just isn't good enough. Vote yes. vote yes, vote yes. ote yes. .Vole yes on each mea sure and give the Honor System back to the students. Do we want our council mem bers elected irom distt iets? I think not. The men and wrin.n who form our judiciary dete mine the punishment for Honor Co.'e and Campus Code violations. 1 .should hope that the University wou'd be afforded the services of the most capable students on these councils. Whether the most quali fied persons be dormitory, frater nity, or sorority residents, I firm ly believe they should be allowed to hold a council seat. I have be-en told that there would be "able" people in each district. I don't want an "able" person consider ing my suspension or probation. I want the most mature, the most capable, and the mast qualified. U takes little imaginaton to real ize that some dormitories have more, talented residents than oth ers - just as same fraternities and sororities do. In addition to the political em- Letters Second Prize In Essay Contest James W. Roberts WHAT IS WRONG WITH AMERICA It seam to me that what is wronq; with Aiiurica is the well-meant namhy-pamby-isin. seen everywhere in public life, that tries to slide over all life's conflicts. This exag gerated fear of offending any identifiable group or institution, of being in any way 'controversial', has conic to dominate the media of mass communications on which we must now depend so heavily for our image of ourselves and our information about the world. We usrd to l.uioh at Hoik wood for phasis that the council elections 1 might assume, it would certainly tins. sort of terror of saving something con be unfortunate to sacrifice our troversial, but it doesn't seem so harmless councils on the altar of medio- and funnv now that television has become up ot un its own supposed self-image wins the pr le. crny ny me selling up oi on- , ;,,.,., rt,- ,,-. tl .rw,nl ... ,. . . 11" II till IIIII'WI ,..1H 1..V IW1 .1. ............. known judiciary districts. It is . 1 . critical that these amendments be consciousness. All example ol what I mean considered carefully, in order that is something almost all of us have expeii- a radical legislature net bo given a "blank check" for the basic al teration of our judiciary. George Grayson Men's Honor Council Kditor: He your January 9 editorial: "S erling Hayden is our brother. We reach out to him in his loneliness and our guilt. We re. ch out to hold his hand in the mid d.e of the American night." Really Mr. Young, hold ng hands with a grown man in the dark is hardly something a re putable young editor should be doing. Guiltily yours, Public us ence.d: J he- way they turn the camera at a football game away from the field when here is an injury or a scuffle between the plavers. Somcbodv, you see, has decided that the public must be spared such distressing sights. The good -guys must not merely win, but must look like a bunch of Jack Arm strongs doing it- The most ridiculous ex ample of this is the farce of television wrestl ing. Pray' do not think, however, thr.t this process of substituting fantrsy for the sharp ness of reality is confined to such exercises ol low comic idiocy as the latter. The same thing is at woik when the powers that be de cide the public can't tolerate honest com petition on the cjui program, but must in stead be presented with a fairy t; le in which The debasement of some of the public amusements would be unimpoi tant, were it not that the principle on which they are de based unfortunately extends into all areas of public life, with the result that, at re time when the traditional values of our society need serious and open examination, it is al most impossible to get this in the mass com munications media. It is corrupting to public- life and private morals when it is held thai the unfiltered truth is too distasteful lo be generally broadcast, that reality must be made palatable, together with the companion notion that there are ho real, irreducible dif ferences between ourselves as members of a plural society. There are, in fact, such dil-frences- And reality is epiite often unpleas ant. And anyone who pretends otherwise and tries to spoon-feed us with a lot of intel lectual pablum that slurs over real differ ences and blunts reality is depriving us of a pan of our birthright, the right as moral free agents to base the crucial decisions of our lives on full, fair, and honest evidence. What one can do is to .refuse to passive ly tolerate it. One should not spare ridicule, and at every opportunity must insist that the only acceptable standard in the public area is unmit igt ied truth. If enough of us follow this rule we will have a very real effect on the public processes, for we should remem ber that those responsible for the present state of affairs are at root frightened people, not aggressively determined ones. I am aware that it is highly unoriginal to s:.y that the solution to what ails us is to purify our own selves, but I can see no other answer- umJKiUNliY or3 -- YOU, o o o ex. rfAVINTA CHIlfi OP V0U85 Bi L0V2LV, Ttatcmefy,, but it happens that my setf, my colleague AFIE AT LIBERTY 1 1 kO. mS aAS W"2s Out CP WCiZK AN? USE A SQUAJIi M6AUT0 MATCH OUZ h&AP$. x i my vmu3M,ULWuza4 titatWEbeengaoedtoSALWM I fRMOUf.V'MAS?. WHY NOT 0&t0 on pixk yores? i I TAALHAYNANYf-! r T I " I 1 T 1 I &s-7 -y W ,s 1 i.t V r f 11 If A. xi ' . . ... - I JTTT --' 1 I Mi, rs S f I I -S ViM'thr I 5lTWA Vi I k)VE THAT Vft!)1 I lTHERE!! - 5 toad X. JL, s vy i JL s Mr. NitnoTs: In your letter which appeared in Saturday's edition of the DTH, you stated that a ". . . judicial body should be composed of the most qualified students . ..." Do you seriously contend that the election of the most qualified in ciiviauals is best accomplished by forcing candidates for judicial positions to campaign on a nearf campus-wide basis? How many candidates for these important positions are given an opportunity to discuss their qualifications with the voting public? I would say that there are a very few who are able to contact more than a negligible number of potential voters. How many vot ers on this campus are sufficiently familiar with the candidates for Honor Council and Student Coun cil to cast intelligent ballots? Should the proposed amend ments pass, candidates for judi . cial positions will have consider ably smaller areas in which to campaign; however, in all prob ability, a judicial district would be comprised of about a thousand students who would elect several of their own number to each of the appropriate judicial councils. A district of this size will assure qualified candidates and also will give these candidates an oppor tunity to contact a much larger percentage of the voters. The Student Legislature present ly has the power to enact legis lation to provide for judicial dis tricts; however, should this amendment pass, the principle oi a geographically apportioned cam pus judiciary will be inserted and therefore preserved in the Student Constitution. I also urge the student body to consider the proposed amendment carefully, and upon doing so I feel confident that it will vote 'yes" in today's referendum. Ilaok Patterson Editor: I just want to say I wish them smart tellers in the student leg islature would quit trying to make the honor council give more rights to people who get brought up be fore it. Everybody knows that anyone who's called up by the honor council is guilty anyway this new bill will just fix things to they kin g:t out of being pun ished. The communists in the stu dent legislature ought to be go: rid of for trying to undermine our honor code. John D. Wliupp'e P. S. Vote against them hon or council reforms. They aln"t democratic.
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