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November 8, 1962
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Vol. LXX, No. 42
"Lei's Get A Lock For This Thing5
Letters
Anonymous Letter Writer,
Afraicl Or Confused?
The Greensboro Daily News re
cently ran a letter to the editor
which they received from an anony
mous student here at Carolina. The
letter lamented the fact that the
majority of the views presented
both to and by students on this
campus were in effect "liberal"
views.
Specifically, the letter stated,
. . students rarely hear anything
other than harangues by all-knowing
. liberals. And, "When you stop
to consider that the 'other side' is
never heard, it . isn't so amazing
that leftist group, flourish on the
Carolina campus. ..."
, Well, aside from the fact that
we would never call the struggling
attempts of a very few students to
establish a Progressive Labor club
on this campus "flourishing lef tis
ism," we find that the letter raises
some interesting points about the
type of speakers and entertainers
who come to the Carolina campus.
The individual, whether a stu
dent or not, is obviously sincere
ly concerned that he does not have
the opportunity to hear and ap
plaud the view's of some conserva
tives with whom he agrees. This
may be a valid criticism, but the
matter does not rest so easily, as
this, letter writer would lead us to
believe, on the specific personalities
of those individuals who have ap
peared on the campus.
But then again, what if the
speakers to whom Mr. Anon refers
are blantantly liberal, and what if
some folk singers sing about their
aspirations for peace ? This does
not prevent . any equally talented or
vocal conservative elements from
presenting their views.
The conservative element suf
fers only in so far as it remains si
lent and does not choose to present
itself to the campus as a worthy
and legitimate "search for the
truth," to borrow a phrase from
our mysterious, upset student. Cer
tainly, when Fulton Lewis, Jr. was
here he had some good points to
make and some interesting ap
proaches to current issues, and, no
doubt, numerous students on cam
pus would enjoy hearing him again.
Where is he?
For that matter, where are the
conservative speakers in general?
Where are entertainers who would
like to sing a chorus or two about
an invasion of Cuba or the glories
of nuclear war?
Contrary to what said letter by
supposed student would lead one
to believe, various campus organi
zations have endeavored to get con
servative speakers here, but in the
overwhelming majority of instanc
es the prices demanded by the re
spected, vocal conservatives have
been way beyond the budgets of
any campus group. They, quite sim
ply, want too much money.
We would not glibly criticize
them for their monetary demands.
It may be the only way in which
they can afford to come to the cam
pus. It may be that they have so
many requests to speak that they
must limit themselves in some man
lier, and by imposing financial bar
riers they certainly do exclude
themselves from many campuses.
But let all this be as it may, the
really frightening aspect the most
disappointing thing about the let
ter was it's writer's lack of name.
Why would a student from UNC
write a letter of complaint to the
newspaper of another town, and
why would he choose not to sign
his name? This stimulants, indeed,
encourages generalized speculation.
Was it a student who wrote that
letter? We will never know, but
we have our doubts.
But then again, what if it was
a student? Is the situation here at
Chapel Hill such that those who lean
toward a conservative stand are in
timidated? Is there just cause for
a conservative to fear being knowrn ?
We do not think so. There are many
on campus who are vocal conserva
tives, and who do not mind letting
other students know that they are.
So, we must conclude that the
"fear" is peculiar to this one in
dividual. And that is a shame. For if
the "student" is afraid to speak op
enly on behalf of what he believes,
his plight is miserable, to say the
least.
Furthermore, the anonymous in
dividual is confused, or at least he
confuses the issue, when he closes
his letter with the plea, "... I do
suggest that both sides be given an
opportunity to speak;" and then re
fuses to sign his name in effect,
refusing to speak as an individual
for either side. (CW)
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Fraternal Pressure
It is quite often, through vary
ing media, pointed out that fratern-
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about "pledge-points" and commit
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banned, rumored, and frightful "rat
court."
But when the joking is done. We
must admit that system works. Or
at least that the majority of stu
dent government committees are
manned by individuals who belong
to fraternities. And in most in
stances, these individuals, who may
have originally joined the commit
tees through fear of the almighty
brotherhood, find that they actual
ly enjoy their activities and that
they have something to offer to the
organization and thereby, to the
campus in general.
So, we may all joke about pledge
duties, but let us not overlook the
good that comes from some. The
haphazard "joining" that is the re
sult of fraternity pressure quite of
ten leads on to an enjoyable and
productive service to the campus
by an individual who might, other
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S j
Federal Aid To Arizona: A
By DONALD R. McNEILL
In The Reporter
Mesa, Arizona In the heart of
Senator Barry Goldwater's home
town of Phoenix, a new eight-story,
block-long Federal Building has
changed the desert skyline. Com
pleted last year at a cost of almost
$4 million, the handsome black and
gold structure is a striking symbol
of the continuing influence of the
Federal government in the lives
and economy of the conservative
senator's 1,400,000 generally coaser
vative constituents.
With no particular sense of con
tradiction, most of these Arizonans
including ranchers with Federal
farm loans, retired couples receiving
Social Security payments, and busi
nessmen with defense contracts are
proud of Senator Goldwater's grow
ing reputation as the chief national
spokesman for reducing; Federal
spending. "When it operates with as
much absence of government inter
ference as possible, the economy op
erates the best", the senator told
Eric Sevareid on a national televi
sion broadcast last March. But in
the same interview he conceded that
Federal expenditures have had an
impact on his state. "I don't deny
that we take it", he admitted. "We
do". When Sevareid asked if Ari
zona had not accepted about $84
million in Federal money in 1961,
the senator replied: "Oh, I think
that probably more than that was
spent in the state... I think the total
would be over $200 million". Even
that estimate is low. In 1961,
the Arizona economy was bolstered
by nearly a billion dollars in Fed
eral money.
A recent report by the Library
of Congress, listing only "Select
ed Federal Expenditures", showed
that $796,336,982 entered Arizona
during fiscal 1961. Not included in
this "selected" list are payments for
the purchase, storage, and transpor
tation of price-support commodities,
defense subcontracts to Arizona firms
from out-of-state industries, and ex
pense of Federal agencies like the
FBI, SEC.and Food and Drug Ad
ministration which do not break
down their budgets by states. More
over, direct Federal expenditures
available in the state far exceed the
Library of Congress's careful esti
mate. For example, Federal highway
funds, listed in the report as $34 mil
lion, actually totaled almost $40
million in 1961.
WThat should Arizonans do about
this vast and growing Federal spend
ing? "We wish we'd never started it,
and we'd like to get out of it, and
the governor's working very hard to
see what he can do", the senator
told Sevareid. Senator Goldwater
has not, however, advised the people
of his state to refuse Federal funds.
He just asks them not to come to
Washingfton looking for ; money.
They usually don't have to.
Like Senator Goldwater, Republi
can Governor Paul Fannin deplores
the power of the Federal govern
ment. In a speech at Salome, Ari
zona, in July, 1961, he warned that
"Any government with the power to
give you anything that you want is
strong enough to take everything
you have". Five days later he tele
graphed Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman asking that two
Arizona counties be declared eligible
for the Federal livestock feed pro
gram. They were. Just a few weeks
ago, Governor Fannin again applied
to Secretary Freeman for Federal
aid to three drought-stricken coun
tries. The governor and the senator
face formidable obstacles in trying
to convince Arizonans that the Fed
eral government should withdraw
from the economy. "It's hard for me
to find a farmer who believes in
this agricultural program". Senator
Goldwater once declared. "Yet wrhen
the chips are down and they get a
chance to do something about it by
voting against allotments, they'll in
variably vote for more allotments
and say, 'Well, we're In it. We
might as well stay with it' ".
What Senator Goldwater regards
as inertia may merely be basic eco
nomics. Farmers might have found
it difficult to operate without the
$40 million spent in Arizona by the
Department of Agriculture in 1961.
Some goes to control cotton and
wheat pests, some to combat live
stock disease, and some to provide
livestock feed during droughts.
Wool-growers receive Federal incen
tive payments and cotton farmers
regularly collect Federal subsidies.
Arizona farmers look to the govern
ment for help in marketing their
produce, for electricity and tele
phones, and for low-interest loans
of all kinds. As a matter of fact,
'it is difficult to see how the Ari
zona farmer, who generally works
a natural wasteland brought under
cultivation and maintained by arti
fical means and harassed by some
of the worst pests and drought con
ditions in the United States, could
survive without Federal aid what
ever the money may be doing to
his moral fiber.
Millions from Defense
In one area, national defense, Sen
ator Goldwater does not quibble
with the amount of Federal spend
ing in his state. The $355,675,000
spent there by the Department of
Defense during 1961 has kept Ari
zona industry booming. Motorola,
General Electric, AiResearch, and
other large firms are thriving on de
fense contracts and providing a
much-needed diversity to the state's
economy, which has traditionally
been dependent on agriculture and
the tourist trade.
Small businesses, too, have been
getting their share, despite Senator
Goldwater's complaint that the Ken
nedy administration is "browbeating
business in the face of dangerous
economic conditions". Smaller: firms
profit for subcontracts with the
larger corporations, and in 1961
they received more than $2 million
in loans from the Small Business
Administration. Arizona contractors
in particular have reason to be
grateful for the $37 million spent by
the Housing and Home Fiance Agen
cy an dthe $40 million by the Bur
eau of Roads during 1961.
Among Arizona businessmen and
farmers alike, reclamation is almost
an article of faith, since without it
much of the state would still be
desert. Senator Goldwater approves
of the construction of huge reclama
tion dams like Glen Canyon Dam
(1961 expenditures: $35 million; even
tual cost: almost $335 million) which
are obviously beyond the means of
private enterprise. To be sure, the
senator vehemently denounces Fed
eral construction of powder lines from
the dams on the ground that they
would constitute Federal interfer
ence. Senator Goldwater's difference
with the Department of the Interior
often seem more political than eco
nomic. Secretary Stewart Udall, a
fellow Arizonan, may be Goldwater's
Democratic senatorial opponent two
years from now. Goldwater has ac
cused him of using the power of his
position "to threaten congressmen
from western states." Udall's "cal
culated seizure of patronage," Gold
water charges, "does not bring any
great credit to Arizona." Many Ari
zonans, however, are likely to take a
somewhat more tolerant view of
Udall's activities in view of the fact
that the Department of the Interior
brought $97 million to Arizona in
1961, funds that were employed to
provide a good deal of impetus to
iboth agriculture and business.
In his syndicated column of Au
guest 23, 1961, Goldwater asked:
"When will the people of America
awaken and shout down those lib
eral apostles who seek to convert this
land into the central collectivist
state where everything is for free?"
"Can man be fed by superficially
benevolent government and not lose
the desire and ability to forage for
himself?" he asked on another oc
casion. The senator's contempt for dead
beats on welfare rolls has probably
been received with more enthusi-
On First Magazine
Fellow Travelers
Magazine Story
Struck New Low
To the Editors:
I suppose that all of us will cheer
fully grant Mr. Roy Rabon's right
to think of himself as a gay young
dog. It's just that we'd rather he
didn't try to turn the campus into
one big fireplug. Without elabora
ting further on this analogy, I'll just
say that his story titled so cleverly
as "Boy and the Woman" may
have hit a new low in taste, humor,
and literary merit.
Lest I be accused of shocked
"prudery," I'll admit having read
stories like this one before enough
of them, in fact to make a few gen
eralizations. One generalization
misht be that when breasts are de
scribed as "round." "shapely," or
even "protruding," the situation may
still be saveable. But when an auth
or starts calling them "warm."
"heavy," and "proud," there's
trouble afoot, and weak men sink
and strong men fail. PerhaDs Mr.
Rabon has succeeded in showing us
what children do in such a case.
Another generalization might be
that most of the rum-dums who
write stories like these are still in
a state of adolescent prurience, and
thev're more to be pited than cen
sured. Of course, to the best of
my knowledge, this is the first time
that one of them has tried to pass
his work off as "humor." Some day
real soon, I'd like to meet the editor
of your magazine.
If Mr. Rabon's story had been
funny or significant, or even we!!
written, it miqht have been ju-M-fied.
Instead it is a travesty and a
waste of time. By now you nri4
have guessed my horrible secret:
I have three or four inhibitions I'm
actually proud of.. Wait till Rabon
hears about this!
Kevin J. Kerrane
Bombs WorTt Fall
On Chapel Hill
To the Editors:
With the Cuban situation everv
one in Chapel Hill seems to haw
suddenly become concerned about
civil defense. There are now she
ers for 12,175 that we never knew
we had before.
Actually we don't have to worry
at all. If the Russians ever mad
a nattack on the U. S., Chapel Hi'.!
is about the last place fhey wnu'd
think worth wasting a bomb on.
In the first place this is a conflict
based around industrial power, and
we all know what an important in
dustrial complex is situated on the
Hill.
In the second place Chapel Hill
has such an unusual ratio of regular
Americans to fellow travellers that
I doubt the Russians would want to
exterminate so many friends.
So forget the CD routine: if it ev
er happened you couldn't be in a
safer place.
Thurmnn L. Smith
Billibii
y '
For Barry
astic approval in his home state than
anywhere else. Yet it is interesting
to note that each month during fis
cal 1961 thousands ol retired per
sons, happily basking in the desert
sun, collected their individual shares
of the $68.8 million paid to Arizon
ans in the form of Social Security
benefits; thousands of others de
pendent children, orphans, the blind,
and the crippled received another
$17.5 million. All these funds, and
more, came from the Department
of Health, Education and Welfare,
penetrating almost every Arizona
community. Federal funds went for
hospitals, sewage plants, vocational
rehabilitation projects, research and
training programs, and tuberculosis,
mental health, cancer, and water
pollution control. Next to the De
partment of Defense. Hew, one of
Senator Goldwater's prime targets,
was the largest spender in Arizona
more than $112 million in 1961.
This figure included a sizable
amount from Hew's Office of Edu
cation. And nowhere does Senator
Goldwater deplore Federal interfer
ence more than in the field of edu
cation. Arguing his case in the Sat
urday Review, he stated flatly: "Ed
ucation is one of the powers reserv
ed to the states by the Tenth
Amendment to the Constitution.
Therefore, any Federal aid program,
however desirable it might appear,
must be regarded as illegal until the
Constitution is amended." Be that
as it may, Arizona got nearly $3
million in Federal aid-to-education
funds in 1961.
Besides the major spenders Agri
culture, Interior, Defense, and Hew
other Federal agencies, such as the
Post Office Department, Railroad
Retirement Board, Atomic Energy
Commission, and Veterans Admin
istration, pumped $156 million into
the state. Scarcely an Arizonan
farmer, rancher, miner, laborer, pro
fessional, or businessman is un
touched by Federal money in one
form or another. The indigent, the
aged, the sick, the unemployed, and
the criminal all share the benefits.
Wherever an Arizonan turns, the
monuments of Federal aid loom be
fore him: airports, highways, parks,
schools, hospitals, dams, even w e i
ther stations.
Double Your Money Rack
In "The Conscience of a Conserv
ative," Senator Goldwater wrou--.
"The people of my own State, .and
I am confident that I speak for the.
majority of them have long since
seen through the spurious suggestion
that Federal aid comes 'free.' They
know that the money comes out t
their own pockets, and that it is re
turned to them minus a broker's fee
taken by the Federal bureaucracy.
They know, too, that the power to
decide how that money shall be spent
is withdrawn from them and exer
cised by some planning board deep
in the caverns of one of the Fed
eral agencies. They understand this
represents a great and perhaps ir
reparable loss not only in their
wealth, but in their priceless liber
ty." The loss of liberty may be debat
able, but there is no loss of wealth.
In fiscal 1961, Federal tax payments
by Arizonans came to $31 million.
At the same time nearly a billion
dollars in Federal funds flowed into
the state. In other words, for every
Federal tax dollar paid out by Ari
zonans, they received nearly three
Federal dollars in return?
In the Sevareid interview, Senator
Goldwater boasted that his capital
city and home town of Phoenix had
not raised taxes in thirteen years.
"We've had surpluses in the state
government of $17 million and $12
million in the last two years. This
doesn't happen generally through
out the United States, but. maybe
it's one of the virtues of being able
to be close to your government."
Grand as it is to be clo.se to one
local government, it definitely doe.
not hurt to be close to the Federal
government, too.
In Case Of War, Break Glass
By VANCE BARRON
It is comforting to see that the ad
ministration is planning for the fu
ture, or rather for the lack of one.
In addition to fallout shelters we
should hope that they have made
provisions for an emergency chain
of command (like that of the Penta
gon) in order that the University
will continue functioning after a nu
clear disaster. For if not then,
when is the maintenance of learn
ing and clear, rational thinking
more important? We must be pre
pared to rebuild.
In a practical vein, the best place
to be in case of an attack will be
the library. Civil . Defense experts
tell us that nothing is so efficient
as a stack of books in absorbing
deadly radiation. There is a useful
purpose in having a library. Be
sides protection, the books would
serve a double purpose of providing
diversion for the long days that
would have to be spent in the shel
ter. WTio knows, but that the intel
ligent may be the only ones to sur
vive. Speaking of diversions, we pre
dict a mass exodus toward the Nur
se's Dorm or Cobb at the first sign
of a rumble. After all, it might be
a long seige.
If precedent can be depended on,
the large number of fallout shelter
signs decorating the campus may
soon decrease. The decor of dorm
rooms is often improved by a sign
or two, and the prestige of a fallout
shelter sign would be even greater
than the infamous Evacuation Route
signs.
One wonders what unconscious
motive the Freudians would assign
to the inclination to seek security in
fallout shelters. Regard for the
finer sensibilities of some readers
prohibits us from conjecturing here.
The image of 1209 people huddled
in the basement of Cobb Dorm, in
cubating in the heat of the bla-t,
is too frightening. We shudder at
the thought.
Somehow the conception of fall
out shelters has always seemed
similar to the idea behind first aid
kits. They are completely adequate
for the small injuries that don't real
ly matter, but when the big hint
comes, they don't really help.
As a parting note, perhaps we
ought to consider the thoughts of
Poor Richard. Was it not he v-ho
said, "an ounce of protection is
worth a pound of cure?" Rc.-t as
sured, bretheren.
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