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October 18, 19G2
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Vol. XLX, No. 21 t
South's Troubled Search:
Reconcile Beliefs, Reality
Many observers of the Mississip
pi crisis have claimed that the de
fiance of Federal authority and en
suing enrollment of Meredith mark
a "turning point" in the progress
of desegregation in the South this,
it seems, misses the point.
The "turning point" in Southern
race relations which is being look
ed, for, has come is coming and
will come.
What happened in Mississippi
has affected Southern defiance phy- can't fight the Federal government;
sically, but not morally. The riots they've got the H-Bomb."
supporting the Fourteenth and Fif
teenth amendments, or by seeing
that the South's resistance is futile
and this is the point.
Most of the words directed at Sou
therners on the race question have
said, "You will lose Don't fight
You will lose." For a region with
a deep-seated love for lost causes,
this argument carries no weight
the South accepts it with spirit of
Earl Long, when he said, "You
make such future actions less prob
able, but do nothing to the basic
reasons for these actions.
"The turning point came for
Oxford's citizens that Bloody Sun
day on the Ole Miss campus. A
month before the turning point
probably came for an old man in
Atlanta . . . three months before
that, for a couple in Charleston . . .
a year before that, for a college
student in Raleigh . . . before that,
for countless others, came mo
ments of doubt, the questioning, and
finally the acceptance that Ameri
can ideals mean the .same thing
for all citizens, that "all men are
created equal" means all men are
created equal, and that the South
land can no longer deny basic hu
man liberties to any portion of its
population. Thus the turning point
has come for many Southerners.
For the last hundred years, more
desperately in the last ten years,
the South has been searching for a
That this resignation in face of
the power of government solves no
basic feelings does not mean it
should be stopped or slowed. It does
mean that parallel though must be
directed thought primarily by con
cerned Southerners, because it is
their conflict and their shame to
ward reconciling the Southerner
spiritually and emotionally to the
Negro as a human being and as
an economic, political and social
fact.
This though, and the actions
steming from thought, should come
primarily from Southerners because
they know the internal conflict
the Southerner understands why
his best friend or his next-door
neighbor or roommate is a segrega
tionist. He understands the maze of
religious and emotional reasons be
hind the prejudice and stubborness.
The Southern college student has
an even greater obligation to help
remove the stigma of racial preju-
solution to its racial problems. More dice from his region and his people,
accurately the search has been for The student is given four years of
THE solution, the panacea which comparative freedom, with prime re
will -end forever the agonizing con- sp0nsibility to his own education
flict within the white Southerner in and out of the classroom and he
between his racial attitudes on one is given these four years in a time
hand, and on the other, his essen- of history, when his region is em
tial belief in American principles broiled in a painful upheaval of the
and the honest, generous spirit of nlfl nrfw Thek stnHpnt. is nffprprl tV.P
the South.
The Southerner is caught between
what he believes he SHOULD think
about the Negro, and what he actu
ally feels.
He is shipwrecked, lost in a sea
of confusion and doubt.
(But, as Ortega Gasset's "ship
wrecked" man did, the Southerner
"looked around for something to
which to cling, and that tragic,
ruthless glance, absolutely sincere,
because it is a question of his sal
vation, will cause him to bring or
der into the chaos of his life.
"These are the only genuine
ideas: the ideas of the shipwreck
ear 'The Southerner cannot end the
conflict within himself by reading
about the Federal troops in Missis
sippi, or by hearing an argument
.......
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Preoccupation Force
THE ONE" ANT) ONLY
REAL TRUTH
Letters To The Editors
By EENEDICT BURR
(Eds' Note: Mr. Eurr, the author
of this new weekly column, comes
to Carolina from St. Mary's Jr.
College, wliere he was expelled for
falsifying records, and more recent
ly he was expelled for painting black
a statue of Thomas Jefferson. For
his protection, he is writing under
a pseudonym.)
With the recent turbulence at the
University of Mississippi, a question
of great relavence comes to the
minds of all professional rabble
rousers and hate-mongers. That is,
""What can I do on my particular
campus to bring about similar hos
tilities?" Although football games are
good for raising students to the level
of wild animals, they lack the neces
sary ingredient to provide a genuine
frenzy. This ingredient is, of course,
a sense of Revolt, and is best mani
fested in recent times by Ross
Barnett. (The distinguished gover
nor will surely go down with Bacun
in and Trotsky as great exponents
of anarchy.)
Clearly then, students must revolt
against the nearest form of govern
ment, namely Student Government.
Plans must be laid immediately for
the violent overthrow of Graham
Memorial, and the setting up of a
Student Provisional Government.
The first step in any good revolu
tion is to gain control of the military
and the prolitariat. Obviously the
most aggressive, militarily-oriented
group on campus is the sorority
pledges who will be organized into
a marching force. The prolatariat
is, of course, the residents of Ehring
haus dorm. (What other group is
more oppressed and dissatisfied?)
With the Ehringhaus boys rioting
outside New East, the pledges will
march in and purge the Student
Legislature of all undesirables.
(Which includes everyone, except
Rufus Edmisten, who could never
be undesirable to anyone.)
The new revolutionary-controlled
legislature will immediately supple
ment its power by nationalizing all
campus industry -and commerce:
thus, placing in their control the
Book Exchange, Y Court, and the
greatest of the factories. Lenoir
Hall.
Obviously, all other political par
ties will be made illegal, and the
honor council will bo forced to im
prison the SP and UP chairmen in
the bell tower.
It will not be necessary for the
legislators to enact a bill of attaind
er since the Campus Code already
provides for the legality of mass
arrests. The final step in the assumption
of complete control is the overthrow
of the executive branch. President
Inmbn Allen masses h,is forces
around Graham Memorial, prepar
ing for violence. Nevertheless, he
makes a last-minute plea for peace
over WUXC.
This is unfortunate, since no one
ever listens to WUXC. At the mom
ent he is reminding the rebellious
students of their "responsibility," a
correspondent from the Duke Chron
icle is hit with an Early Times bot
tle, and war erupts.
As the violence reaches its pe:tk,
and the President's forces are fir
ing last year's G. M. calendars on
the mob, a heroic figure appears to
lead the retreating revolutionaries
back on the student union. It's Hank
Patterson! Ex-student government
officer and unsuccessful candidate
for legislature in last spring's elec
tion, Hank makes a dramatic appeal,
and leads the charging .students back
against Allen's marshals.
At the last moment, Graham
Memorial is saved when seven re
porters from the Ole Miss student
newspaper arrive to give the Presi
dent the added strength he needs.
'After a brutal show of force, the
rebels are quelled. As the scene
closes, the campus is in shambles,
and executive troops have occupied
Chapel Hill.
Open Trials, YAF, And (Yes) Ross Barnett
dtp sifeWar !eF
JIM CLOTFELTER
CHUCK WRYE
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ffil ti. C pursuant with Hie act of
ldarcn s. iSTa. susecrtpaon rateai uo
knowledge to deal with this situa
tion offered by a campus which
specializes in tolerance and under
standing. On the racial problem as on no
others the student is faced with a
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situation wmcn is next aoor reaiiy, j
it is within his house, within his
dormitory, shadowing him wherever
he goes. This is the only issue of
moral and political consequence
which the student cannot escape
as long as he is in a school or a
church or a theater or a restaurant
or in a voting booth.
The racial situation is one which
must not be dragged out for cen
turies it must be dispensed with,
ended, so that no longer is it even
a "question" or a "problem". Only
when there is no longer a race prob
lem, will America be able to confi
dentally and completely center its
attention upon the issues of war
and peace, economic development,
the world community of nations . . .
As long as there is an Oxford and
a Little Rock there will be little un
derstanding abroad of the American
system of democracy. Close to home,
as long as there is an Oxford, busi
ness will be troubled . . . state and
local and Federal government will
be in constant friction . . . There wTill
be no peace until the ever-present
sword of racial agitation is taken
from over our heads.
And the Southern student must
assume a leading responsibility in
this.
TT' T J 1 X. i J i -I
jiiiicii muuciil must coimuct ms
personal "search", must resolve his
personal conflict, and then aid the
region in resolving its broader con
flict.
rrn i je
ine decisions ana actions ot tnese
hipwrecked Southerners are "the
per semester, taper year. i -
iheSJ gh&&22fr2i I ony genuine ideas", in Ortega's
utilizes the services of tb News Bu
reau ot thm University ot North Caro
lina. fuhnshed by the Publications Board
sf the University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill. H.G.
words. These will be the decisions
and actions bv which the South ad
vances and eventuallv, finds its
peace. (JC)
'Troika' Proposal
And Open Trials
In the current debate raging
on campus concerning increased
openness of Honor Council trials,
proponents of this amendment stress
the educational value to be derived
from such procedures. The need for
and the merit of increased knowl
edge by the student body of the
work of the Councils cannot be dis
puted. To accomplish this, legisla
tion soon to be proposed would pro
vide that all trials would be open
except in those cases which a select
ed 'troika' deemed openness and
publication unwise, even within the
limits of the amendment. Carefully
thought-out limitations and restric
tions present in the bill are designed
to provide adequate information to
the student body while completely
protecting the identity of the de
fendant. My concern here is prim
arily with the mechanism devised to
accomplish this, namely the 'troika'
concept.
With this in mind, let us ask,
"Why are closed trials currently pro
vided for?" Of the many reasons
that could be given, one of the most
important is that certian offense in
herently are best handled in this
manner, experience validating in this
Examples here include certain cases
handled by the Women's Council
plus those involving well-known stu
dent body personalities. Yet in con
cern for fairness, ready access has
been provided all defendants to
closed trials. Secondly, many feel
that the bad connotation associated
with any appearance before the
Councils, whether as witness or de
fendant, is greatly reduced or elim
inated in closed trials. In the case
of the guilt defendant, it is often
felt that the council is better able
to achieve its twin objectives of
providing a sentence balanced by
both corrective and punitive ele
ments. Finally, the present right y
which allows each defendant to de
cide the question of the openness of
his trial is one which should not be
dismissed lightly, as the proposed
amendment would do. For here, the
defendant is forced to decide between
the validity of his reasons for a
closed trial and the validity of the
student body's interest in the pro
ceedings of the Councils. This priv
ilege he should always have! In re
sponse to those who disagree, of
what value then is student govern
ment if it removes the opportunity
for responsible decision-making from
the defendant's rights? Is not the
defendant the one who may most
need to grow in responsible living?
Brief mention has been made of
some of the reasons behind the cur
rent tradition of closed trials and
why ready access to them should
always be available. Admittedly,
the number of open trials in the past
has been small. WHY? The word
ing of the constitution 'favoring
closed trials and the attitude thus
conveyed its partially responsible.
But also involved, whether justifiably
or not, is a lack of confidence in
the Daily Tar Heel to responsibly
handle open trials. In view of this
tendency, the farmers of the "open'
amdement included the 'troika' de
vice to insure increased access to
Council trials. Thus, one is forced
to wonder what kind of proposal this
is that needs such a crutch! Is the
proposed amendment strong enough
to protect the individual's identity
or not? And if so, then why do the
amendment's proponents lack such
confidence in its merits that they
feel compelled to abolish the right
of each defendant to decide for him
self the openess of his trial?
If the bill would be as beneficiary
as its advocates proclaim, then why
is there this unwillingness to work
to sell and persuade fellow students
of the merits and strong points of
the proposal. Why do proponents
feel they must 'cram this amend
ment down the student's throat? If
it is that good and that soundly
conceived and administered, then
surely the amendment can stand on
its own, without any crutch! Cor
rectly handled and communicated,
it can receive voluntary endorse
ment from each defendant, while at
the same time, providing the op
portunity for free, responsible decision-making
by each student as
to his responsibility to his fellow
students for their knowledge of Hon
or Council transactions.
The proposed amendment does not
need such a crutch as the 'troika'.
Except for that particular detail, it
is quite strong, well-conceived, and
thought-out. Yet, even here it can
not be assumed perfect. Thus, it
nais crucial to provide an effective
y check against that which currently
J seems inconceivable, namely the
flagrant abuse of the amendment's
purpose via some unforeseen loop
hole or carelessness in handling. Let
us continue to provide for ready ac
cess to closed trials by any student
on his own volition. Let us not ask
the student body to forfeit the op
portunity for responsible decision
making presently available. Rather,
let us shift the present emphasis to
one of "open trials unless the de
fendant reouests a closed one." Let
us work for increased conviction
among the students as to the merits
and Guarantees of this proposal while
simultaneously retaining the 'check
of the individual decision to insure
protection of personal rights.
John Mitch ener
Barnett And Co.
Real Enemies
To The Editors:
Is the American Legion really in
terested in strengthening America
and fighting Communism?
If so, why doesn't it "investigate"
the real treats to our security
those who have openly advocated
rebellion against our government,
defamed our world image as a "de
mocracy", and furnished the Com
munists with valuable propaganda
weapons.
With Ross Barnett and his sup
porters doing so much to weaken
America and help its enemies, why
does the Legion make such a fuss
over a harmless bunch of left-wing
college kids?
Craig Smith
Bettina Smith
YAF Meeting
Slated Today
To the Editors:
The first annual convention of
Young Americans for Freedom,
America's leading conservative youth
organization, was held in New York
City on September 27, 28, and 29.
Robert Bauman of Washington, D.
C, a law student at Georgetown
University was elected to a two
year term as National Chairman,
and David Jones of St. Petersburg,
Fla. was elected to the post of
Southern Regional Chairman. Prom
inent speakers at the convention in
cluded William F. Buckley, Jr., edi
tor of National Review, and Rep.
William Cramer (Rep.-Fla.). Sam
Jones and Mike Jaffe attended as
representatives of the local YAF
Chapter.
Several resolutions were passed
by the convention, putting YAF on
record as holding the following posi
tions: Supporting in full the principle
of freedom of association in fratern
al organizations, and strongly con
demning any actions by college ad
ministrations tending to (lirninish
the independence of fraternities and
sororities in regard to their mem
bership policies.
Favoring the immediate activa
tion by the U. S. government oT a
total armed blockade of Communist
Cuba, and the establishment of a
policy which would demand the full
cooperation of our allies in such
endeavor.
Supporting President Hoover's
proposal for the formation of a
"Council of Free Nations," &e mem
bership of which should consist on
ly of those nations which are dedi
cated to freedom and opposed to
Communism.
Supporting the adoption of a
constitutional amendment which
would have the effect of allowing
state or local school boards to pro
vide for the saying of non-sectarian
prayers in public schools, thus over
ruling the recent decision of the Su
preme Court in Engle v. Vitale (the
"school prayer" case).
The UNC Chapter of YAF will
hold its first meeting of this semes
ter Thursday, October 18, at 7:30
p.m., in the Law School Courtroom.
The program will consist of a dis
cussion of plans for the coming year,
and the playing of recordings of
speeches by Senators Barry Gold
water and John Tower. The public
is invited to attend all YAF meet
ings. Mike Jaffe
Whv Send Best
Men To Oxford
To the Editors:
Here is an excerpt from the Oc
tober 15th edition of the U. S. News
and World Report; draw your own
conclusions.
"Some comment is heard about
how the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
rate troop requirements forthe jobs
they do. In Vietnam, for a real war,
fewer than 10,000 American military
personnel of all kinds have been
involved. In West Berlin are about
6,000 U. S. Troops. Oxford, Miss.,
however, got 16,000, including some
of America's toughest combat
troops."
And our youth in such orry phy
sical shape!
Norwood Taylor
Defense Of Letter
On Individualism
To the Editors:
I had no idea that my article
"Thank God for Barnett" published
in the DTH would bring so much
comment both by letters to the pap
er and in conversation. I am refer
ring specifically to the letters writ
ten by Mr. John Madsen and Mr.
J. Stogowski.
Thank you very much, Mr. Mad
sen, for your concern about my let
ter. I plainly stated ttiat Meredith
was an individual. Your letter was
entitled 'Meredith 1 is Individual
loo", a fact that you said I had
overlooked. To quote my article,
"In a sense Meredith is an individ
ual." Obviously, Mr. Madsen, you
too are an individual in that you arc
you are perhaps the only student
enrolled at Carolina that can't read.
As for you, Mr. Stogowski, and I
hope I did spell that correctly, you
missed the whole point of my arti
cle. Thank you for the compliment
in considering me a "world-conquering"
freshman, but flattery will
be of no avail. I was not comparing
Barnett and Luther, I was trying
to illustrate my idea of an individ
ual. I realize now that even by
drawing a picture some people
could never understand my point. I
don't know what level of high school
or college you have reached, Mr.
Stogow.ski, but there is a word to
describe your writing. The best de
scription I could give uouid be
sopliomoric.
Joe Exum
Meredith Prolest
Didn't Cost Slate
In reference to the editorial clip
ping sent to the DTH from William
sfon, N. C. "Enterprise," I woukl
like to offer a "humble" rebuttal
to the severe slashings aimed at
our esteemed University.
Having been accompanied by a
raft of Nazi propaganda and a let
ter by an obvious John Bircher, the
clipping had as its purpose evident
ly to motivate someone into cur
tailing our liberal "antics."" May I
remind the writer that the Minute
For Meredith demoastration was no
part of a so-called "program" laid
down by the administration to en
hance our intellectual capacity. Bat,
on the other hand, it was held by
a group of students who, accord
ing to the writer, were "still wet
behind the ears" for the mere value
of showing INTEREST and CON
CERN for what is going on in our
land of bountiful, equal opportunity
and prosperity.
I am very distressed that the peo
ple in the backwoods are disgusted
by our lack of concern for educa
tion. I might add that we were ut
terly overcome by their interest and
generosity last year when the Bond
Issue went down to a smashing de
feat! They claim they are "the peo
ple who pay the tax to support such
assinine antics;" however;- to my
knowledge and the knowledge of
those involved, the Meredith dem
stration did not cost ANYONE 'not
even the Daily Tar Heel editors) one
red cent. Since when have the right
to assemble and the freedom of dis
sension guaranteed by tMe Constitu
tion of the United States became
"things foreign to education"?
Johnsye Massenburg