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October 31, 1961
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Vol. LXIX, No. 36
Atmospheric Testing
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Displaying complete disregard for f ing more than an approval of the
world opinion, Premier Khrushchev
has. gone ahead with the explosion
of a nuclear super-bomb.
This obvious contempt for the
feelings of the world community has
led some observers already to be
lieve that Khrushchev has decided
to forego all attempts at conjuring
an image of a peaceful nation which
arms only for protection, and pur
sue a policy of direct and obvious,
coercion.
The explosion, then, is reduced
by this logic, to a bluff which will
force the U. S. to give up part or
all of her claims in Berlin. By hold
ing the threat of nuclear war over
the heads of the nations of the
world, Khrushchev thinks he can
contain U. S. opposition.
In response to this coercive ap
proach, some in the U. S., notably
New York's Governor Rockefeller,
have come up with the solution that
the U. S. should counter by resum
ing atmospheric testing of her own.
We can think of no course more
riduculous than the resumption of
atmospheric nuclear tests by the
U. S. Such a move would be noth-
Russian move, and an admission
that nuclear threats are the only
deterrent to war.
Governor Rockefeller's proposal
is nothing more than a continuation
of the U. S. policy of reaction, of
countermove rather than positive
action.
For the U. S. to step into the at
mospheric test arena, when .she now
has bombs perfected which, on the
testimony of experts, can deliver a
death blow anywhere in the world,
would be nothing more than a rash
response for the sake of showing
cur power.
For the U. S. to join the Russians
in filling the air with fall-out, even
though it would not push us over
the danger point, would be com
pounding the Russian error. We
cannot allow ourselves to be fright
ened into rattling weapons as a de
fense mechanism.
We need to protect ourselves, but
the resumption of atmospheric test
ing goes far beyond the call for de
fense and falls into the category
of frightened response, and a dan
gerous response at that.
Old Joe's Bones
The following paragraphs are
from a Chapel Hill Weekly editorial
commenting on the efforts of Col
onel Henry Royall to brand partici
pants in the recent conference on
the first amendment as Communists
or sympathizers.
We have nothing but contempt . . .
for Colonel Royall and anyone else who
attempts to brand a man as a Communist
by implication, by innuendo, through the
guilt by association technique, and be
cause of sheer and unrelieved prejudice.
Without hearing the first word uttered
at that conference last Friday, Colonel
Royall charged that God was pushed
out of His Holy Temple by anti-Christ
activities and he urged the Christian
Patriots of Chapel Hill to join him at the
tocsin. If any Patriots should happen
to answer the Colonel's call, we hope
they will come with a clapper other than
the dusty bones of Joe McCarthy.
What Happened
For those who are still interested
in what happened to the "major
foreign policy speech" slated for de
livery by President Kennedy here,
Oct. 12, the answer has now been
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That is the reason for the re
hashed campaign speech that was
delivered. .
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'Children's Group
Nominating Mouse'
To the Editor:
Recently I had the great pleasure
of attending a political convention
presented by one o f the University's
leading parties. To my amazement
and disappointment, the meeting
was not a convention, but a mob of
animals run by a political machine.
These students, who claim to be
educated, acted like a group of
children at a cartoon show while
Mickey (Mouse is being nominated
for offices. Students booed and hiss
ed so loud that at times some speak
ers were not heard. When the so
called convention did settle down,
many did not know who they were
voting for and those who did dis
covered that their delegation was
pledged to a certain candidate.
I seriously ask you, the students
at UNC, to open your eyes and ex
amine your student political parties.
If you do not take an active and
serious interest in your parties now,
what type of active interest will you
take in national politics later. It is
my sincere belief that our political
parties should conduct themselves
in a more serious manner, instead
of the frivolous show, I observed
a few days ago. Above all, do not
be afraid to critizes or change your
government or political parties this
is the only way they can be im
proved. Wyatt Hart
Dictatorial Censors
To the Editor:
The TAR HEEL is prob
ably the single most import
ant means of communication
on campus, and as such pos
sesses tremendous influence.
At present, however, it only
represents the editorial view
point. The students help
support the paper financial
ly and should be guaranteed
a few more "commenting"
rights than they have at the
moment. If a student writes
a letter of personal opinion,
it is subject to almost dic
tatorial editing under the
statements contained in the
"About Letters" section.
On Tuesday, an editorial
appeared that said the Yack
Beauty Contest must have
been more important than
the Operation Abolition
film because the Contest had
late permission. The editor
ial did not say that Wo
men's Residence Council
only grants permission for
the event that the permis
sion is requested for, and
that the sponsors of the film
did not request that permis
sion. Granted, this is only
an isolated example; how
ever, the paper often criti
zes editorially various seg
ments of our Government,
such as HUAC, and even
other campus affairs. Then
they ask the faculty editor
ially for more freedom of
the press, a freedom that
they refuse to extend to fel
low students.'
Why can't we be guaran
teed a little short space
somewhere perhaps a
weekly four column inch
to put forth divergent views
or factual additions concern
ing the week's editorials
which would not be under
the present rigid censor
ship? Boiling Puller
"It Seems THEY'VE Decided To Start Influencing US"
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Readers Debate The Debate
To the Editor:
On May 12-14, 1960 the House
Committee on Un-American Activi
ties held its hearings at the city hall
in San Francisco, California. On
October 23, 1961, several hundred
UNC students tried to attend a con
troversial film dealing with the so
called "Riots" resulting from the
improper practices of the Committee.
This film, ''Operation Abolition" was
to be shown in Carroll Hall at 8.30
Monday night. By 8 p.m. the audi
torium was full; people were sitting
in the aisle, on the window ledges,
and many more were gathering out
side the door.
(By 8:30 some 300 students were
assembled on the steps and in the'
adjoining area of Carroll Hall. Some
carried placards advocating their
views:
One red, "In God we used to trust,
now we have HUAC," another re
ferred to the historical basis: "32
Crucifixions, 1,500-Torture chamber,
1,700-Witch burnings, 1800-Guillotine,
1900-Gas , Chambers HUAC means
progress," another placard requested
that we "Support Our HUAC, Volun
teer for their black list."
And so it'went but the uniformed
police guards at the door stood firm
and let no more enter, except a
few card-carrying faculty members,
a placard carrier who said he was
working for the American Legion,
and some ' coeds who were better
looking to the police than the rest
of the crowd.
Somebody felt that this was un
just and he yelled, "Break down
the Iron Curtain!" someone else
cried, "Let's have a Communist in
spired riot." But this was not ac
ceptable, because the crowd realized
that if somebody took pictures, they
would bo shown to the students at
San Francisco next year, and this
would be too democratic. So the
300 students quietly dispersed, con
tent to read about "Operation Aboli
tion" in the newspaper the next day.
Fess Green
401 W. Franklin
To the Editor:
Well, whoever was responsible for
showing "Operation Abolition" came
through in the old tradition of not
knowing what1 in Hell he was doing.
It is one thing to show the film in
an auditorium that has the seating
capacity of about one-fourth of the
people that wanted to see it, but
they also had to schedule the thing
oh a " night - when the Yack Beauty
Contest was held.
I think it is really pitiful, after
all the publicity that has been given
the film, to turn away the majority
of the people that wanted to see it.
This, in my opinion, is just another
one of the typical blunders that is
so common around this University.
Chandler Van Orman
To the Editor:
In reading your paper's front page
article of October 25th, concerning
the Lewis-Harrington debate on
HUAC, one who did not attend the
debate just might be led to believe
that Lewis had nothing constructive
to offer. That your reporter slightly
favors Harrington and the liberal
point of view is clearly made evident
in the article. If this is the way in
which a news item is supposed to
be written then you have my apology
and I stand corrected. Perhaps this
was not meant to be a news item.
If this is the case, might I suggest
that your writers confine their per
sonal prejudices to the editorial sec
tion of the paper? As a rule, front
page stories are news stories and
to "editorialize" a news item not
only shows bad taste but it also
shows an inability to analyze a fact
situation.
' ' David V. Smith
Free Enterprise Not 'God'
To the Editor:
I would like to make a few com
ments on Mr. James M. R. Smith's
article on the U. S. as a Welfare
State and the possibility of our be
coming a Socialistic State. From
what I can gather from Mr. Smith's
"thinking," he is opposed to past
governmental legislation in the areas
of welfare and busines, as well as
proposed further legislation along
these lines. It is the rejection of
past legislation in these areas that I
would question.
(Mr. Smith seems to make a "God"
of the free enterprise system and
also of the "Survival of the fittest"
cliche. I feel, however, that our
country is not set up solely on the
premise that free enterprise should
reign supreme. There seems to be
some opinion, instead, that our gov
ernment must be concerned witb
the welfare and interests of all of
its citizens. This concern is not
merely for the strong, the most in
telligent the "fittest," or the lucky,
but also for the weak the less in
telligent and the unlucky. In a coun
try where social and economic ills
(on top of personal physical dis
abilities) do not allow all the people
to have even a minimum standard
of living at all times, the govern
ment has an obligation to provide
help. If this makes us a Welfare
State, then we are a Welfare State
and must be so.
In regard to governmental con
trols on business, it seems that Mr.
Smith knows little about the period
in our history when big business
was allowed to run unchecked. We
were then, in the' late 19th and early
20th centuries, treated to the spec
tacle of a country under the power
ful fist of growing business interests.
Fortunately, some people realized
that the government (as a represen
tative of the people) must have
some control over businesses, which
affect the lives of all.'
. Competition is great up to a
point. But should we allow competi
tion to fun wild, we would be deny
ing the interdependence of all peo
ple in this industrial age. The high
er levels of the population use the
lower levels of the population as
workers and consumers, so it
would seem that the "little man"
should have some sayso in how he
is used Furthermore, when persons
are forced out of the competitive
arena (for ' various reasons), they
have a right to a part of the pro
fits, based on their contributions in
the past and their posible contribu
tions in the future.
For Mr. Smith's leisure reading,
I might suggest a good American
history " book, .and, especially, the
sections on ' for whom our govern
ment is set up, the rise of big busi
ness, and the Great Depression of
the 1930's.
Doris Bowden
Belated Comment On Theatre
To the Editor:
Belatedly, Mrs. Evangeline R.
Darity's letter to the Editor reprint
ed in the Daily Tar Heel of October
17 came to my attention. Reasons
for the situation described concern
not only the policies of the manage
ment of the Carolina Theater and
Mrs. Darity's feelings, but also the
more serious matter of public and
individual attitudes. Such occurrences
should do more than furnish a mo
ment's reading and casual reflec
tion; they should make us pause to
examine our own feelings and
opinions and wreigh our own atti
tudes against the hurt and baffle
ment of children, and the humilia
tion and frustrations of devoted pa
rents who are also good ' citizens.
Although I know the Darity fami
ly and count them friends, I found
myself thinking regretfully and" ob
jectively of other such experiences
happening to other Negro children.
For the opening sentence in Mrs.
Darity's letter "I am the mother
of two small children" attests to
her chief concern and her automatic
second-place position in the matter.
Her eight year old son is old
enough to wonder what being an
American actually means and why
there is a division in standards bas-
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Reader Comments
On Conformity
To the Editor:
Crisis! Political upheaval! 50 meg
aton bomb explosion! These are the
words that greet us every morning
in the newspaper. Being a student at
the University of North Carolina
seeking knowledge of the generations
before me, what should I expect to
hear my fellow students discussing
and debating? What type of person
should I see sitting next to me in
my classes, walking past me on canH
pus, or cavorting through that great
social institution "Y-Court"? Being
an optimist and an idealist, I expect
to see young individuals. More stress
should be put on the word individuals
than any other. I don't see young
individuals, but young, uninformed,
small talking and thinking men and
women that are the "future of our
country."
Does this sound like a dramatic
slice at our social conformity? Parti
ally it is. We dress alike, walk
alike, talk alike, and basically we
are playing our social role of college
students very well. There is one
likeness many of us have that should
be exterminated conformity of
thought. Too much social conformity
is a good foundation for mental con
formity. This must stop. I'm not
the "Old Philosopher" as I am as
guilty of this as any one. Let's
"think big," but mostly let's think.
Remember the trite expression
"you are the future of our nation."
Trite, yes, but also true.
Dennis Kursewicz
ed on a difference he is learning
about for the first time. He was
born in a foreign country, but wit
essed daily the good services of his
parents as representatives of one of
our government's operations design
ed for world benefit. Over and over
he wras told what coming home
would be like, that he would finally
know what it meant to be an Ameri
can. It must be a shock for such a
child and in turn, a source of pain
to his parents, to wonder if Ameri
cans are classified as goodies and
baddies, and if for some reason he
hasn't yet grasped, he is consigned
automatically to the unacceptable
incorrigibles.
If it wouldn't add to the boy's
wonder about the way adults run
things, I should like to apologize to
him in person for the rude sud
denness of non-acceptance in a place
operated for the pleasure of the pay
ing American public and to thank
him and the rest of his family for
being good citizens of our country
while they live through the troubled
days that should make life a more
totally human concern for the chil
dren of bur next generation.
Mrs. Frances Barrie
; Dept. of Public Health Education
About Letters
The Dally Tar Heel invites
readers to use it for expres
sions of opinion on current
topics regardless of viewpoint.
Letters must be signed, con
tain a verifiable address, and
be free of libelous material.
'Brevity and legibility la
crease the chance of publica
tion. Lengthy letters may be
edited or omitted. Absolutely
none, will be returned.
What! Starch In
My PJ's Again!
To the Editor:
Have you ever rolled over in bed
and cut yourself? Do you have trou
ble buttoning a shirt that has one
a quarter of a button left on it? Do
you really enjoy walking to on
eight o'clock in starched socks? If
the University Laundry is trying to
build character in the student body
they are doing a remarkable job.
Personally, though, I find it very
difficult to seep in board-stiff pa
jamas. I go wild over real live
whole buttons on my shirts. Need
I comment on starched socks?
I would just like to make one
small, humble suggestion. If our
infamous Laundry insists on wash
ing our clothes in a button-smashing
cement mixer, I wish they wonkl
use soap instead of straight starch!
i Ted O'Brian