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October 5, 19C2
Tel. 942-235G
Vol. XLX, No. 14
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Recently in a letter to the cam
pus, via the Daily Tar Heel, Phil
Smith, the Chairman of the Uni
versity Party, admitted to "some
concern about the internal situa
tion of the UP," and went on to
try to clear up for questioning
students the confusion that sur
rounded the party Chairmanship.
Indeed, there was and there con
tinues to be some concern about
the internal situation of the UP.
Many of us were and continue to
be confused about the party Chair-
manship.
And it is about time that our
doubts, questions and suspicions
were brought into the open for UP
comment or clarification.
Confusion: Last spring, May 15
to be exact, Fhil Smith announced
his resignation from the Chairman
ship of the University Party. At
that time he said: "The need for
someone who will continue party
policy through the summer prompt
ed the appointment" (he was speak
ing of the appointment of his im
mediate successor, Don Curtis).
Smith also said that the reason no
election would be held for the post
was because it was so late in the
semester, and . . . because "only one
other person showed mild interest
in the position."
Then, when Curtis failed to re
turn for this semester's duties,
Smith was reappointed to the Chair
manship by the executive commit
tee of the UP.
Tin's seemed peculiar to many of
us.
So in an attempt to clarify the
issues, Smith made his statement
usion
to the Tar Heel, on September 29.
He said: in explanation for his
resignation last spring, "It was due
to my appointment as Chairman of
the Campus Entertainment' Com
mittee, and by desire to keep poli
cies out of student government com
mittees." Sounds noble, but what
happened to the reason they gave
last spring? " '
And, since he is still Chairman
of the Entertainment Committee,
how does his recent reappointment
blend with his expressed desire to
keep policies out of student govern
ment committees?
And, since his resignation did not
come during exams last spring, as
Smith said it did, why didn't the
UP hold an open meeting for a
Chairmanship- election ? -Smell
.something? We do.
And it smells like this : Since
Don Curtis had been a successful
campaign manager for the JJP can
didate -for the presidency of the
student body, the party big-wigs
felt he had earned a promotion,
namely, the party chairmanship.
But Smith was in the way. So they
gave him a seat at the head of the
Entertainment Committee to justi
fy his stepping down. They made
a trade.
Now, maybe all these matters
were cleared up at the open party
meeting last night. Maybe some
more trades had been arranged, and
all the UP members voted to ap
prove them. Maybe all the ar
rangements were made above board,
maybe we are the only ones on
campus who are confused. Maybe,
but we doubt it. (cw)
A Weekend
We have been hearing for years
the lament that there never has
been an all-campus weekend. Never
has there ben an event or series of
events that was aimed at social
participation by all students. It
seems that every "big" social week
end is, in some manner, "restrict
ed." It is not so much that certain
students are barred from attend
inging, but rather that only cer
tain others may attend. In other
words, if you belong to the "group"
you go, if you don't belong to the
group, you just don't bother your
self about the matter.
Well, the Senior Class, under
some willing and able leadership,
has arranged to put on a series of
events for any and every student
on campus. The program has been
set up to complement tonight's per
formance by the Weavers, who are
still regarded by many as the num-
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JIM CLOTFELTER
CHUCK WRYE
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More notes on the Oxford, Es3.
crisis these notes a little more
senoffsV: a little sadder than tho5e
appearing in yesterday's Tar Heel.
TEAR GAS
' ' It" must have occurred to a few
of the Mississippi rioters last Sun
day night, as the tear gas began
to permanently settle itself upon
the Ofe Miss campus, that maybe
'a 't mistake' had:been made. "When
you took that "first whiff of "tear
gas, the same sort of tear gas
"which is used on senseless mobs
"everywhere, you' were' 'faced with
the enormity of what had been done.
A group of students and adults
egged on by the state patrol, en
couraged by an' army general and
morally sanctioned by a "Never"
saying governor had attacked the
representatives of the United
States government. We doubt if
their fury would have been blunted
if the President had been standing
in front of the Lyceum instead of
bewildered U. S. Marshals.
MARSHALS
Speaking of the U. S. marshals,
it must have been a totally new ex
perience for them as Mississippians
themselves, to be condemned as
"niggar-lovers" and told that their
kids would grow up to be "polka
dotted." INDIVIDUAL
Possibly the most ironic aspect of
the rioting was that it was done in
Letters to the Editor
B
arnett Draws Praise, Abuse
Arbitrary Action
Cause Of Riots
ber one folk singing group in
America.
Following the Weavers, Doug
Clark and his combo, who some
times go by another name, will
perform at the American Legion
Hut. This combo is regarded by
many as the best in the area, and
if you go tonight, you will see
why. On Saturday night, the Sen
ior Class will sponsor a free com
bo party featuring the Premiers,
another fine group.
The point seems to be this:
Quite a lot of work has gone into
the planning of a weekend for
you whoever you are; here is
your all-campus weekend, with
some ;of the best entertainment
available anywhere. It is enter
tainment which ought to draw
some all-campus participation.
(CW)
'Minute?
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Most UNC students have shown
a great interest in the Oxford, Miss.
situation, some favoring and some
opposing James Meredith's admis
sion to Ole Miss. There have been
countless letters to the Daily Tar
Heel editors on all sides of the
question. Several sociology, journal
ism and political science classes
have discussed the problem. The
Tar Heel has been asked to send
student editorial opinion to the U.
S. Information Agency.
Now it is time for students to
make even clearer their feelings on
this most controversial and delicate
problem.
The "Minute for Meredith" gath
ering today at 11:55 on the South
Building steps is a natural mode of
expression. Take out just one min
ute to consider the sad situation in
Missisippi.
Chuck Wrye
Jim Clotfelter
To The Editor:
Millions of words have been and
will be written about what has hap
pened in Mississippi. Few attempts
have been made to rationally analyze
the events.
The democratically-elected officers
of the state, with the universal sup
port of the responsible part of the
people, attempted to preserve their
authority over an agency of their
state and operate it in a manner
which had been approved by the
democratically expressed will of the
people.
In so doing they were declared to
be in defiance of the Federal government.
What exactly did their defiance
consist of? Did they defy a law
made by the Congress? No.
Did they defy the officially ex
pressed will of the people of the
United States? No.
Did they defy the Constitution of
the United States? Would they have
been defying the Constitution by the
same actions in 1953? No. Has the
Constitution then been amended? No.
Exactly what then were the people
of Mississippi defying? They were
defying an attempt of nine judges
on the bench to amend the Constitu
tion in accordance with their own
liking and make it say what any
alert sixth-grader knows it was not
intended to say.
This is what has happened: a rul
ing made in any undemocratic man
ner and enforced in a totalitarian
manner has been made to prevail
over the democratically expressed
will of a people in a matter in which
they had every right to express
their will.
Has any democratic nation ever
before attempted to violate by force
traditions and social customs which
are long-standing and fiercely clung
to by a significant part of its
people?
No. Only totalitarian nations have
attempted such policies because
totalitarian methods are required.
Have Americans in any state
ever submitted without defiance to
arbitrary authority which thwarts
the will of the people and strongly
held beliefs?
Is it remarkable that violence
erupted when free men were sub
jected to the frustration of armed
force requiring them to do what
every instinct told them was wrong?
Is there any Negro anywhere in
the United States who is better off
in any substantial way by the en
trance of one Negro into a Univer
sity under the guardianship of more
American troops than were present
at the seige of Yorktown?
Is their any integrationist in the
United States who is sane and loves
his country who believes that what
happened was worth it or that real
equality has been brought one day
closer?
Has any opponent of racial inte
gration in the United States been
made any more ready to accept it?
Is equality at the expense of
military coercion a proper goal of
a democratic society?
Then why in the name of God
are 15,000 American troops occupy
ing an American state?
CLYDE WILSON
Thus, the resulting riot, besides pre
senting a sore spot to the world
and to Communist propaganda, was
responsible for two deaths and scores
of injuries.
DAVE CANALOS
'Thank God
For Baniett9
No Front
Page Edits
To The Editor:
Since when has the Daily Tar Heel
become such a paper that it may
editorialize in bold type on the front
page as in the artical "America?"
ROMERT PUSTILNIK
Riot Helps
Communists
To The Editor:
The cause of the mob violence that
erupted at "Ole Miss" last Sunday
night is the object of heated dispute
between President Kennedy and Gov
ernor Ross Barnett.. Gov. Barnett
claims that Kennedy was responsible
for the uncontrolled riots since he
brought in "inexperienced and trig
gerhappy" U. S. Marshals. Presi
dent Kennedy, on the other hand, in
sists that Barnett "doublecrossed"
him and failed to give "Ole Miss"
the police protection that he had
promised.
In examining the situation, one
notes that the U. S. Marshals on Sun
day afternoon surrounded the Ad
ministration building while Mississip
pi State Police held the student
crowd back several yards from the
U. S. 'Marshals. When the first act
of violence occurred, the assault of
a newspaper photographer and his
car, the Mississippi police, only a
few feet away, made no attempt to
halt the attack until the photograph
er's life was in danger. In an at
tempt to move back the mob, one
Mississippi State trooper yelled out:
"Step back, maybe you'll have your
fun later." The spark that started
the tear gas and mob violence erupt
ed when a certain group who had
been throwing bottles and lighted
cigarettes at parked Army trucks
commenced aiming at the tight line
of U. S. Marshals. After being hit
several times, the U. S. Marshals,
in order to protect themselves, were
forced to fire the tear gas guns. The
spark of the riot, the bottle throw
ing at U. S. Marshals, was observed
by the Mississippi State Police who
were keeping the crowd back. It
would seem upon observing the ac
tions of the Mississippi Police that
Gov. Barnett had failed to empha
size to his police the necessity of
being non-partial in their actions.
Although Gov. Barnett had acquies
ced to the federal law by late Sun
day afternoon, and the main hope
was peace, Gov. Barnett failed to
provide the necessary protection.
To The Editor:
I am writing this letter to the
editor feeling quite sure it will never
be published. Whether it is pub
lished or not, just writing it will
give me great satisfaction.
Upon entering the university this
fall, I was first told that being an
individual should be the prime ob
jective of the freshman; that by
being an individual one could put
more into Carolina and at the same
time reap more benefits than if he
became "one of the crowd," so to
speak.
This made good sense to me be
cause it is necessary only to look in
history and see that our greatest
men were, in fact, individuals. To
illustrate what I am trying to say
I will use one example out of many,
Martin Luther.
Martin Luther was born in the
Catholic church and raised in a
world that was unanimously Catholic.
Luther was afflicted with what might
be called the "peace of God." He
wanted to make confession after
confession until one day one of the
priests at the particular monastary
Luther was at the time told Luther
to read St. Paul's writings in the
New Testament. This Luther did.
From his readings Luther made a
stand against the world. His posi
tion was best described when he
was brought before the Council of
Elders after writing his ninety-five
thesis. He said, "Here I stand, I
can do no other."
Martin Luther was truly an in
dividual. This is only one example
and there are hundreds more than
can be named. Individuals didn't
go out of style a hundred years ago.
They exist today. After hearing
the DAILY TAR HEEL give up its
right to individualism and fall into
the ranks of the liberal, I thought
the other side should be expressed.
I am speaking of the recent trouble
in Mississippi. For the past day or
so "Mr. Barnett nas been blamed for
the whole situation. Mr. Barnett had
a decision to make within himself,
no matter what the rest of the world
thought of it. I feel he made this
ron levin
the name of "individualism" a rav
ing, bestial mob, crushing all hmn
of opposition, acting to save threat
ened individualism.
BEAUTIES
Many of the mob's most promin
ent agitators were Ole Miss coeds
It was quite a sight to see seven
beautiful young things cursing and
throwing bricks and condemning the
United States government.
- "Still and all. -Ole Miss must have
some of the world's most beautiful
girlsit's a peculiar phenomenon
That the university which seems to
encourage hatred also encour-pe-physical
beauty sort of like "Beauty
and the Beast."
FOREIGN
Another thing about the students
at Ole Miss about fifty of them are
foreign students. Several from Asia
are darker - skinned than Jamts
Meredith. But nobody ever says
anything about them; they pa. s
across campus unmolested; they :nv
not in physical danger. Leave tra in
alone, Ole .Miss says, it's all rirhi.
they aren't American like that Mere
dith guy . . .
DEATH
A British reporter was talking to
several Tar Heel reporters in Oxford
the day after the riots. He had boon
the London Daily Sketch partner of
the newsman who had been killed
Sunday night. The two of them had
covered many of the world's "rent
news stories, including the ITim.qnri
an revolution, and lived through
them all . . . until Mississippi.
AFTER
The riots are over, many of the
rioters have been arrested and Ox
ford is under virtual military con
trol. Out-of-state "volunteers" to
fight the Feds have a hard time
making it through the National
Guard roadblocks around Oxford.
All signs point to the end of violence
in Mississippi. You see fewer Con
federate flags and less talk about
"getting that nigger."
But this is only a temporary sen
sation which will exist as lorn; as
foxholes surround the Ole Miss cam
pus and soldiers march in the vil
' lage square. Ask the old black sit
in' and smokin' his pipe in Oxford
ask him what will happen when (he
soldiers leave. Look at the sdidenfs
look into their eyes and see what
will happen to Meredith. Three
years at Ole Miss is a long time . . .
decision in the best interest of his
state. Mr. Barnett was truly in
dividualistic in his decision. Mere
dith made a decision also, knowing
full well what the result of his
stand would be. In a sense Meredith
is an individual. Why then should
Barnett receive all the criticism"?
Is not Meredith just as respon.si!
as Barnett?
Thank God for men like Ban -. f
He knew he could never win v. '.
he made his decision but still ti i
did not stop him. Barnett is prob
ably one of the last of the dyhu
out state's righfers; truly he is un
individual.
jor: exi'.m
Out Of The Fryin Pan . . .
Having been away from The Hill
for a span of some years, upon our
arrival we were stunned by the
building boom, but nonetheless
pleased, and set out with light heart
and wallet in search of an apart
ment, this sort of safari possibly
familiar to those of you who have
made a similar trek in the past. The
hunt began.
FOR RENT: Charming, thirteen
room house on old Pittsboro Road.
Only three hour walk from campus.
Needs minor repairs.
After the realtor drove us there,
he told us proudly that this house
was the same used on the set dur
ing the filming of "Psycho," though,
he assured us, it was perfectly safe
now. All it needed in the 'way of
minor repairs Was a minor roof, the
old one having been destroyed in the
last fire.
He started to tell us more, but
we left him standing there, cigar
in mouth, pen in hand, and under
cover of large, billowing clouds of
noxious blue smoke, beat a hasty
retreat.
The next listing seemed more in
line with our needs, and we ran down
the address on Roachmary Street.
FOR RENT: Spacious three room
apt. Running water. Completely furn
ished. Reasonable. :
A sweet, little, old grey-haired lady
(you can't hardly find them kind
no more) answered our knock and
showed us In. The apartment was
in the basement, she explained, and
with the light from a tallow candle,
guided us down the winding stone
steps.
Foul, dank odors made our nos
trils wrinkle in displeasure, but she
was quick to notice this and said
that it had been shut up for some
time, and that a touch of Air Wick
would do the trick. Suddenly a mon
strous rat ran in front of us, dis
appearing into a large fissure in the
wall, and our friend shook her head
and remarked that she was going to
leave her cat down here overnight.
From the size of the rat, we were
going to suggest she leave a full
grown Bengal Tiger instead, but
said nothing. The running water
came from a pitcher on the table.
There was a note scrawled beneath
it, saying: Tilt Pitcher and Water
Will Run. WTe thought this terribly
clever but blanched when she told
us the rent was $150. After all, she
explained, it WAS furnished, the
furniture consisting of an army cot,
two benches from the Arboretum
and a truly spiffy Sterno stove.
Trying very hard not to upset her,
we said farewell and continued on
our way, convinced the end was in
sight.
FOR RENT: Rustic cottage set
off in woods. Absolute privacy guar
anteed. 'Modern. Must see to be
lieve. It was certainly modern, by rent
ing standards in Chapel Hill, having
doors, windows and a genuine non
dirt floor. The man explained to
us that it was a re-converted to
bacco barn moved here from Green
ville. We frowned at thi.s but did
have to admit that it was landscap
ed beautifully, set on the slop of a
hill.
The angle of the slope, thoii:;h,
required that all the furniture he
nailed stoutly to the floor. The man
told us it was safer that way, only
last year a graduate student in sta
tistics having broken three ribs f y
the wood stove having slipped is
moorings and slid across the living
room to crush him neatly a -a.::.-:
the west wall.
The absolute privacy, he went on,
was because of the road and ItilAL
LY guaranteed. We raised our eye
brows in question at this, as he con
tinued. During the rainy season
Registration to Graduation the road
was impassable, and no one could
get in or out. Just perfect for a
writer, he added. We thanked him
profusely and returned to town.
By now, our hopes were fadir..'
rapidly, and turning to the last a !
vertisement, we were heartened i y
what we saw.
FOR RENT: Warm, cozy, inn
mate, snug, efficient and conveni
ent. Easy to clean and heat. Quiet.
Just right for graduate stu !e:.:.
Wow, we thought. This seerra d
like the answer to our dreams, if it
was everything the ad said it was.
Upon arriving there, we fount the
ad had not lied. It was warm, cozy,
intimate, snug, efficient and con
venient. It was a closet.
Later . . .