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ii sixty-ninth year of editorial freedom, unhampered by
restrictions from either tJje administration or the student body.
The Daily Tar Heel is the official student publication of
fv- Publications Board of the University of North Carolina.
All editorials appearing in The Daily Tar Heel are the
personal expressions of the editor, unless otherwise credited; they
tre not necessarily representative of feeling on the staff
A P.
ixie Lrirt
May 17, 1962
Tel. 942-2356
Vol. XLlX No. 161
American Press, I:
"There is less a disposition to ac
cept what newspapers say than to
try to estimate the probable truth
on the basis of what they say, like
aiming a rifle that you know has a
deviation to the right."
This is A. J. Liebling's view of
public acceptance of American news
papers, as presented in his book
THE TRESS, published last fall.
Liebling is a columnist for the New
Yorkei magazine and author of two
previous books on the press.
He points out what everybody
knows and few people worry about:
the lack of newspaper competition,
leading to a drastic reduction in
"the number and variety of the
voices speaking to the public
through the press" (from England's
Royal Commision named to investi
gate the condition of the press.)
In the United States this lack of
competition has led to a condition
where the press is overwhelmingly
Republican, conservative, anti-labor,
anti-foreigner, and often afraid to
be outspoken, to take any risks at
all.
This situation is a potential dan
ger to American democracy, which
is based on the education and
awareness of the people. The press
has a vital role in creating this
awareness and improving the quali
ty of the education.
Thomas Jefferson has been quot
ed (accurately) as saying he would
prefer a nation to have newspapers
without a government, than a gov
ernment without newspapers. He
was emphasizing the importance he
placed on "the opinion of the peo
ple," on freedom of information and
public awareness of the activities
of government.
This public awareness now is
threatened, not by a congressional
act or presidential order, but by the
willful self-censorship and partial
news-editorial degeneracy of news
papers therhsleves.
Most newspapers give adequate,
often exceptional, coverage of local
and national news events. Local
news staffs have grown while inter
national correspondents have be
come rarer. But editorially the U.
S. press remains lopsidedly Repub
lican (over 80 per cent of American
dailies endorsed Richard Nixon for
President in the 1960 election, ac
cording to the American Newspaper
Publisher's Association) and over
whelmingly pro-business and anti
labor. It is not unnatural that newspap
er publishers, who are themselves
big businessmen, should favor busi
ness in its fight with labor, but it
is disturbing that the sentiment
should be so one-sided.
"No newspaper anywhere in the
nation," said Liebling, "has had a
kind word for the working man
since about 1936 on this point the
press is not lopsided, but unilateral,
monolithic, solidary and unani
mous." Concerning the Republican hold
on the press Liebling said, "Mr.
Nixon, after the last campaign,
charged that reporters were telling
the truth behind their bosses'
backs, but this was so inherently
improbable that nobody took him
seriously."
Most newspapers are wary about
whose feet get tread upon in other
areas. "Civil rights" is a great
rallying cry for . Northern editors
... a magnificent crusade just as
long as the crusade is in deepest
darkest Alabama and not in New
York City or Chicago.
These Northern editors remem
ber that, as Liebling , said, "The
function of the press in society is
to inform, but its role is to make
money" to make money by not
making anyone mad. (jc)
(This is the first of a three-part
editorial series on the American
press.)
Religion 93
Too often we hear students moan
about having to sit through uninter
esting lectures in the heat of a
Chapel Hill spring. Quite often we
know exactly what they mean.
But the unjustifiable tendency is
towards forgetting the number of
good classes that we attend, and
only mentioning those that habitu
ally drag. There are those eourses
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in which a straight lecture and note
taking procedure is the only fea
sible means of covering the subject
matter but they are not, by defini
tion, boring classes.
A good majority of the classes
on the upper college level are made
interesting by practiced and polish
ed lecture presentations. But the
stimulating lectures are often de
tracted from by the necessity of
of taking voluminous notes. And
quite often the opportunities for
class discussions are severely limit
ed by the straight "lecture" proce
dure. Yet, there are still those courses,
which occasionally fit into your
schedule, in which an actual open
forum prevails.
In Religion 93, Christianity and
Interpretations of History, such is
the case. The material is interest
ing, and everyone has read up on
all assignments, prior to attend
ing the classes in which a particu
lar topic i3 to be discussed. Usually
everyone has some ideas about what
he has read that he wants to hash
over in the class when he's given the
opportunity. And most often, he is
yiven the opportunity, consequently,
stimulating class discussion is the
rule rather than the exception.
Any course that stimulates
thought, welcomes questions, and
furthers education through guided
discussions deserves campus-wide
recognition.
Dr. Hill's Heligion 93 is such a
course, (cw)
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tost
Afternoon of a pixie sweetheart. An
interview with Joan Bayou:
Pretty pixie Joan Bayou stood in
the lobby of the Carolina Inn, kick
ing her shoes into a basket set at
the other end oE the room.
"Hi" she chirped, winging a Wee
jun past the ear of the bell-captain.
"Hello Miss Bayou" we replied
gruffly. (We had come for ail in
terview and were all business.)
"What should a folk song do, Miss
Bayou?"
"Well" she said, her pixie eyes
lighting up, "that's a very good ques
tion, golly how smart the students
here are. Wow that is a tough one
but I think hat a folic song should
start quietly and continue until a
wild orgy consumes the entire audi
ence." To emphasize this point she leap
ed high into the air sending her old
mountain guitar crashing into a five
thousand dollar Victorian chande
lier. One of us helped her up while the
other restrained the manager of the
Inn.
"We understand that your tour
with the Greenbriar boys is getting
rave notices." we chuckled.
"Well me," she squealed, elbows
akimbo but always the pixie, "they
like me!"
Letters Tq The Editor
eiioiir Hall And Liberal
serving
Girls
Don't Care?
To the Editors:
Since controversy in the TAR
HEEL has - once again turned to
Lenoir ' Hall, we would like to get
in our two cents worth. The quality
of the servicers unbelievably poor,
although ..we grant that one would
not be too enthusiastic about rend
ering service while working slave
wages, and slave hours. But, since
when does, the paying customer not
have the right to choose a good
slice of meat oyer, a burnt, gangren
ous en piece? It's . ridiculous!
Mr. Monroe, one of Lenoir's floor
walkers, frankly admitted that the
serving girls culdn't care less
whether the customer gets a shoe
tongue or the slice of meat he or
ders. iOur wording is somewhat
stronger than his.) But, since the
girls are instructed to give the
customer what he asks for, we can't
understand why the slovenly ones
aren't fired, as in most establish
ments would be the fate of recalci
trant employees.
Of course, everyone realizes that
the reason for the unconcern about
the .customer lies in Lenoir Hall's
near-monopoly on hamburger (one
for 25c) a la gristle, fish patties a
la sewer trout and "beef stew" a
la blubber. Lenoir need not worry
about the quality of the food eith
er, for it is a matter of eat it or
go broke at one of Chapel Hill's
famous greasy spoons. The captive
gourmet need not applaud. .
Wouldn't it be nice if the serving
girls really gave a damn and that
we could count on their sentiments
lying in this lyric:
A student dining said "phew"
At finding a large mouse in his
stew.
The serving girls ran out,
Said, "Don't shout and wave
it about,
Or the others will be wanting
one too."
WALTER DERRICK
WM. K. BAYLEY
Reflections
Student Legislature is spending
more money to tell people what it's
doing . . . which is, spending more
money to iell people what it's do
ing ... which is, spending more
money ...
CONGRATULATIONS: On Sun
day we were pleased to observe
that Negroes were being served in
the Bright Leaf Room of the Jack
Tar Durham hotel. Corigratulations
to the management for providing
equal service to all citizens. Pos
sibly more Durham restaurants
soon will follow this example ...
Adding Insult
To Injury . . .
To the Editors:
A$ a former employee of Lenoir
Hall, I would like to confirm what
W. M. Helmes and "THE PHAN
TOM" stated in Sunday's TAR
HEEL about working conditions in
Lenoir Hall. However, I would like
to add an "eensy-weensy" com
plaint of my own. .The already
under-paid busboys are paid in Len
oir's own meal, tickets which can be
redeemed nowhere else but Lenoir
Hall. Isn't that adding insult to
injury? Of course, the boys might
be lucky enough, in redeeming
their meal tickets for "food," to
find some valuable treasure such
as finger nails, Blackjack chewing
gum, buttons, long black hairs, shoe
strings, roaches, or cigarette butts
beneath their rusied lettuce leaves.
But still, even these fringe benefits
are not adequate compensation.
J. M. CLARK
"former kitchen knave"
Hall Is Weak,
Insignificant
To the Editors:
One wonders what the hell other
than professional envy is bothering
campus guitarist Mike Hall who
(Saturday in the Tar Heel) took
issue with Joan Baez as a singer of
songs of social protest. He doesn't
like Pete Seeger playing the role
of Daddy Warbucks to her.
What can one say to a cat with
views like his? Nothing that would
do any good. It's obvious that he
rather missed the point in his study
of folksinging through the years.
What does he think to be his intent
as folksinger? TO ENTERTAIN!
Well, that may be. There have been
some singers who did very well with
that. But one can aim higher in
their art and I am one of the many
who are grateful to Miss Baez, and
to Mr. Seeger, for picking up the
tab that so many like Mr. Hall
seem too weak and insignificant to
carry.
ROBT. LOUIS JORDAN
. .Too Much
Of Clotf elter'
To the Editors:
1 looked forward to the prospect
of having two co-editors for the
DTH as it might be different and
bring interesting results. However,
after looking the result over for
the first two weeks I find an un
fortunate trend has developed,
whether planned or not, in the area
of the paper that brings the editors
out most clearly: the editorials.
Every editorial about national and
international affairs is written by
'(jc)', the rest, mainly more trivial
J,
matters about the University, are
written by '(cw)'. May I suggest
that this procedure be switched
around for a while, to see what Mr.
Wrye has to say about national af
fairs, and to escape for a while the
one-sided approach offered by Mr.
Clotfelter's liberalism. Or its it that
liberalism has been so enfused in
the Carolina way of thinking that
it is akin to a revolution to have
anything but the left of the left
have a voice in a semi-official capa
city? Let's give Mr. Wrye a chance.
TRUMAN SMITH
North Should
Help 'F Rides'
To the Editors,
The intemperate reaction of some
Northern groups to Southern efforts
to send "Freedom buses" North well
illustrates the arrogant hypocrisy
with which they usually deal with
race questions (in the South).
'No one has yet pointed out exactly
what is wrong with the plan. It is
in the best American tradition for
those who are not prospering where
they are to light out for new territory
Why. aren't these Northerners, who
know all the answers, willing to im
port the problem where they can
deal with it, instead of exporting
the solution to those who don't
want it?
Maybe they are not so concerned
about the Negro after all (unless he
is in the South). Obviously brother
hood is much easier in Hyannis Port
where there is no one to integrate
than in New Orleans where there
is 30-40 per cent of the population.
There is an elementary justice to
this fact which thousands of vocal
South-haters have not yet allowed
to penetrate their bigotry.
Teddy Kennedy's, Hary Golden's,
and the Urban League's gestures
to individual imigrants are not likely
to help the thousands who leave
the South every day on their own
and head for the ghettos of North
ern cities.
If the things that are commonly
believed in their circles are true,
it would appear to be their moral
duty to hasten the migration from
the South, instead of hinder it.
Aren't they the ones who are ex
ploiting human misery.
Southerners gleefully await the
day when race will no longer be
their problem, but will convulse the
Heartland of Brotherhood.
CLYDE WILSON
'Liberal Papers'
Are Extremist
To the Editors,
One of the favorite pastimes of
the Liberal Establishment, and in
deed o fpetty Liberals also, has
been the constant attempt to dis
credit the Conservative movement
with continuous cries, of "extrem
ism" and "irresponsibility." It is
rare indeed to find a Liberal nowa
days who seeks to battle the Con
servative trend on its own ground;
i.e., a logical and reasonable appeal
to the rational mind of man.
We often hear Liberals dictate to
the country exactly what "respon
sible conservatism" should contain.
It is interesting to note that if all
conservatives espoused only the con
victions set up for them as "respon
sible conservatives" by their Liberal
opponents, we would all be in the
left wing. Conservatives have re
frained from defining what "respon
sible liberalism' 'involves. We feel
that given the facts and the use
of a little common sense, most peo
ple are capable of figuring that out
for themselves. Herein, we present
a few facts and leave the conclu
sions about "responsibility" and
"extremism" in America's Left Wing
to you.
A recent book entitled "The Liberal
Papers" was published under the
auspices of a group of 12 Demo
cratic Congressmen established in
I960 as the "Liberal Project." The
purpose of the 12 essays, according
to Rep. James Roosevelt (D-Calif.),
who wrote the introduction, is to
"formulate a program that is re
sponsive to our obligations as a
great power." Among the obliga
tions of a great power, according
to the book are:
To permit the Soviet Union to
"plug in" on the DEW (distant
early warning) radar defense line
to permit the Russians to be warned
in the case of an American attack.
Immediate recognition of Red
China and "recognizing Peking's un
questionably valid claim to the off
shore islands" of Quemoy and Mat
su, and admission of the Peking
regime to the U.N.
Additional diplomatic recognition
and admission to the United Nations
of East Germany, North Korea, and
North Vietnam, all, you understand,
for "stabilization of international re
lations." Tc offer economic aid to any
Communist country which requests
it in order to "make a powerful
impression" on other nations, and
"liberalize" all trade policies with
Communist nations.
In addition to such specific pro
posals for action, the "great power"
will certainly understand and recog
nize certain facts. Among these facts
of international life:
That "West Berlin is of no parti
cular value" except for the inciden
tal moral obligation incurred there.
That "there is nothing more
Communist about Castro Cuba than
there is democratic about Franco
Spain."
That "atomic testing is not vital
to American military security."
You had to love her for her s,;,.
cerity. This was an artist!
"May we ask a few more ques
tions?" we questioned squealing
delight.
"Dealers choice!" our pixie p.!
piped, but make it fast, time
money in professional folk sinm.;."
"Who are your favorite perfum
ers Miss Bayou?"
"Well," she said in a .serious t.uv
"I like the old mountain fiddie ,.:
Lester Lanin. Les played at rry
debutante ball. Great guy. Of emir-'
he can't touch me for anthem u
professional folk singing, but that's
show biz."
What a Chick! There was net hi r.::
more to say.
"It was a lovely interview Mi
Bayou" we calied.
A hint of pixie charm came t.-
her wonderful WTaif eyes.
"'So's your goddam old lady" w;.-;
her reply. What a Chick!
L
loercB,
Offers
Books
(From the National Review:)
A Liberal, having read our "Liber
al Bookshelf" (February 27). offers
a rebuttal, a CONSERVATIVE
BOOKSHELF.
"I Was an ADA for the FBI."
by Herbert A. Goldbrick. One man's
deadly masquerade as an agent of
the Liberal Conspiracy, and how lie
lived to tell about it. And tell about
it. And tell about it.
"W7hy We Are Losing in the Pclo
ponnese," by the Old Oligarch.
Skousen translation. A classic study
o fthe No-Win Policy, especially
significant in light of current evenis.
"Brainwashing in Our TB Sani
tariums," by Dr. J. B. Johns. A
daring expose of the One-Worlders
in White Coats who actively seek
to overthrow Conspicious Consump
tion. ;"From Joyce Jordan's Diary," a
girl interne's reveoling account ;f
Communist cut-ups and government
ccver-ups in the Health, Education
and Welfare Department during the
disastrous Roosevelt years.
"A Businessman Looks at Lib
eralism," by Oliver ("Daddy") Wat
bucks. A simple Man of the People
casts a damning light on the sub
versive bleeding-hearts who seek to
destroy his six-billion-dollar muni
tions empire.
By Robert Luchs
That Red Cnina would have
gladly "continued to press quietly
for its interpretation" of the Indian
border dispute, had it not been for
the revolt in Tibet, which was a pure
ly "internal" Chinese affair.
And last but certainly not lea-?
is a statement (contained in ' The
Liberal Papers") by noted Harvard,
sociologist, David Riesman that if
you consider yourself a "decent
American" who is "humane" enough
to prefer peace to an "egocentric
national honor," no doubt you find
it "increasingly difficult to be -uinely
anti-Communist.
"Extremism," we've been told, i
a trait indigenous to the Right. Doc
uments such as "The Liberal Pap
ers" seem to belie such statement-.
And people who live in glass house-
SAMUAL S. JOXES. J II.
FRANKLIN ADKINSOX JK
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