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f 10. ;- 1 From Conflict Lessons India "Shut Mali Mouth Must Learn ( . In its seventieth year of editorial freedom, unhampered by restrictions from either the University administration or the afu dent body. All editorials appearing in the DAILY TAB HEEL are the indivdnal opinions of the Editors, unless otherwise credited; they do not necessarily represent the opinion of the staff. The edi tors are responsible for all material printed in the DAILY TAR HEEL. December 1G, 19G2 Tel. 942-235G Vol. LXX, No. 69 "Insult To Injury:99 A Readjustment Due It would seem that we have, in the Buckley vs. Carolina Forum ep isode, a fine example of an offend ed part' properly upset by the ad dition of insult to prior injury. The injur'? Well, as Henry Mayer, Chairman of the Carolina Forum, pointed out in his letter to Mr. Buckley's agent, the decision to meet Buckley's de mand of $450 for his speaking en gagement represented quite a de parture from the established policy. Not blessed with an abundance of fiscal resources drawing en tirely from student government funds the Forum just cannot af ford to pay traveling expenses and large speaking fees also. The de cision to pay Buckley such a large sum came only after extensive de liberation and realization that sac rifices might be made elsewhere. The Forum might have felt an obligation or, perhaps, merely a desire, to bring a respected con servative to the Campus. At any rate, they contracted to bring Buck le', who in turn "agreed" to speak on "Freedom and the Welfare State." The event was announced in press releases, the word was pass ed around, and many were those who looked forward to Buckley's appearance. Many were those who anticipated a lecture on "Freedom and the Welfare State," including the Carolina Forum. They had de cided to suffer the "injury" of more than $500 in total expenses for the lecture by Buckley. A slice of cash that large in any student govern ment budget is a wond which cer tainly represents an injury. The insult? Well, there are those who would maintain that the mere fact that Buckley chose to disregard an "ob ligation," an "agreement," and to read an article, previously publish ed, that had nothing to do with the announced topic is sufficient in sult to merit offense being taken and a demand for readjustment of the fee. Perhaps, this is "insult." But if that one fact of divergence from the scheduled topic is not enough to insult an audience, cer tainly the fact that Mr. Buckley, in a manner so charming, dismissed his divergence with the notion that "Freedom and the Welfare State" was "too academic" for presenta tion to a Carolina crowd added in sult to prior injury. Of course, we must guard against the glib assumption that Mr. Buck ley did such a thing on purpose, or that he did not care. , We do not think that he chose, snottily, to insult the audience. Chances are that he did not know that the Playboy article was al ready out, and perhaps he sincere ly felt that his agreed upon topic was too academic for an enter taining presentation . . . chances are that he sincerely regrets the whole embarrassing episode. He would do well to make manifest his regret by "agreeing" to a re adjustment in the initial fee. (CW) Give: Aid To India Quietly almost too quietly va rious faculty members, students and local citizens of Chapel Hill have un dertaken the collection of funds to be sent as "Aid To India" through out the coming weeks. We would like to urge every member of the university com munity to contribute substantially to this fund. The donations will be sent to India earmarked for use in non-political humanitarian projects. The money will purchase badly needed supplies and medicines for Indian casualties of the Indian-Chinese conflict. Aid will be extended to the families of casualties and general ly distributed among a people badly in need of help beyond that mili tary equipment being flown in reg ularly. We must not suppose that be cause open fighting has halted the Indian people may relax or that the situation is not bad. In a coun try which must struggle desperate ly to feed and equip a slowly ex panding army, there are millions of civilians who are suffering per sonal sacrifices to support the mili tary growth. We should be more than willing, especially in this sea son of giving, to contribute our due for humanitarian aid to a cause so worthy. Although a concentrated drive has not yet been launched, con tributions are being solicited con tinually. And a good way to ap proach the Christmas Season would be the timely donation of some con tribution to the "Aid to India" fund. Address it to: Aid To India Committee Prof. R. C. Bose 340 Phillips Hall Chapel Hill, N. C. 'Incredibly Dumb . . The current issue of Reporter magazine contains an amazing dia logue from the University of Miss issippi. The author of the article "A Visit to Ole Miss" is waiting to talk to James Meredith, and over hears a conversation among Ole Miss faculty members: "Somebody said, 'One of the deans' wives is spreading the rum or that Meredith is flunking all his subjects except political science and he's passing that only because his teacher is an integrationist.' "Everybody roared with laughter, except the so-called integrationist. 'I'm no integrationist,' he said to us earnestly, 'but I do believe in sup porting law and order.' "We asked if Meredith might flunk out. Everyone said no. " 'It's pretty hard to flunk out of this university,' a faculty member said. 'We have a lot of students here who are really incredibly dumb. Some of them think the Lord created the world in six days. They are invariably the ones who think it came to an end last Sep tember 30 when Meredith enrolled at Ole Miss.' " It appears that, at Ole Miss, "ig norance is our most important pro duct." (JC) Bus The bill to buy a bus for Craige- Ehringhaus residents will come up in Legislature at Monday's propos ed special session. Bill supporters say it must be passed at this meet ing for the bus to be bought before second semester. If this is done, student government can go through the cashier's office to charge stu dents for this bus service a fac tor which could make or break the whole project. (JC) Letters To The Editors The recent clash between India & China told more things about many nations than any other historic event of our time. In general, it brought' the unity of the free world as well as the disunity of the com munist world into a sharp focus. With admirable speed and effic iency Britain, U.S.A., and several other countries rushed to the help of India. On the other hand. Russia showed reluctance to take sides in this issue. In the Cuban incidence, Russia took 3 different strategies at different times. First, she denied the existence of offensive weapons in Cuba, until the photographic evi dence showed to the contrary. Then she tried to ignore the seriousness of the situation while justifying her position, until she was faced with an utimatum from Washington. Then, finally, Russia tried to picture Kennedy as the aggressor who back ed down, before the Russian ulti matum. Russia took a similar line of actions regarding the Indian-Chinese dispute. First, she acted as if nothing happened between India & China. She didn't even mention labout the conflict in her Party Con gress in Moscow. Then, she said it was only a border trouble. Finally she began to blame the western powers for making a big issue out of a border trouble. Though Russia is quite different from what she was a few years ago, we can not take it for granted. India is still hoping against hope that salvation might come from the North. China pushed deep into the In dian territory playing the strategy Administrative Act Was 'Dangerous Wheless Hits SG Hesitancy To the Editors, Rather that Student Government be dead than Administration-led. Our University has a long tradition of strong Student Government; our University has a long tradition of strong and competent University ad ministrators; and of great import ance is the tradition that Student Government and Administration are compatible entities. Student Government and Admin istration have long been friends. Working together, what greater friends? (Working in diametric op position, what greater enemies?) The alliance is an important one; but the alliance has been attacked by distrust, disapprobation and dis respect. The Administration has at tempted a dangerous precedent, the full implications of which are at the moment incomprehensible when applied to our University. Administrative cooperation is a facility but not a necessity. Stu dents can and will solve student problems ably and capably in spite of administration harangues. In the past these aforementioned entities have worked well together; I sin crely hope that the recent Adminis trative action concerning the "Beat Book" parade does not mark the mood of the future. There is too much to be lost by hasty, ill-measured decree. It is my hope that the Executive branch of Student Government will assume the lead in resolving this or any other student problem, re gardless of legislative or judicial prodding, and regardless of Admin istrative threat. Compatible entities, yes; but separate. Dwisht Wheless Christmas Decorations To the Editors, Warmest congratulations to the 450 students of the Pan Helenic Council, under the direction of Gra ham Memorial, on the very beauti ful job they did Sunday afternoon, decorating Graham Memorial for the Christmas season. Hither-to, as I remember it, there has been a decorated front door, and one tree inside the lounge, with some mantel decorations. It is delightful with two decorat ed trees on the porch, a huge 12 foot wreath over the main entrance. Inside the hall, a lovely center piece on the table, four lighted wreaths hang from the four win dows, and an evergreen arrangement, with candle, on the window sills. The two stairways are drapped with long strands of evergreens and red balls and ribbons. Inside the lounge, evergreen ar rangements, with candle, on the sills of the seven windows, the mantels decorated wdth greens and large candles, and another huge Christmas tree, beautifully decorated with all the Christmas lights and trimmings. There was still another tree in the TV room. I know I haven't named every thing, but be sure to drop in and see the decorations and express your wonder and admiration to these boys and girls who gave so much of their time, and spent so many hours at hard labor, as their contribution towards the enhancing of the Christmas spirit. They are smarter than I am, and I wish to express our hearty thanks to them. They have added to the spirit of the season for us all. Otelia Connor Finally Praises Clotfellcr To the Editors, Congratulations to - Clotfelter for finally mustering up the courage to write a positive editorial. It is most encouraging to find out at long last that a 'student leader with your infinite understanding of every thing from international politics to the character of the past Vice-President has finally been able to find something with which you can agree, if only the Reflections magazine. A. Gordon Appell Team Should Have Negroes To the Editors: Carolina is being cheated out of top national ranking in athletics. Have you heard of Bobby Bell, the only repeat first string Ail-American? Bobby hails from Moores ville, North Carolina, but he per forms his tackle duties for the Uni versity of Minnesota. Why? Be cause Bobby is a Negro. Bobby would have gladly come to Carolina if he had received a schol arship; in fact, the late Jim Tatum liked Bobby so well that he arrang ed for Bobby to go to Minnesota. With our recruiting area restrict ed, we should tap the entire poten tial of this area. People who com plain about our athletics should realize that the situation could be solved by giving scholarships to all qualified athletes from this state, regardless of race. A Bell or two could have put Carolina in the Top Ten, as was Minnesota. North Carolina Negroes have prov en their ability in all three major sports. It is a shame they cannot share their talents with their own state university. M. J. Pittman Students Tried To Embarrass Guest To the Editors, It was distressing that several Carolina students had the poor taste to take advantage of a question and answer session to rudely ridicule our guest. Acting Chief of Russia's Tass News Bureau for the U, S. and the U. N., Nikolai D, Turkatenko, visited the University Thursday eve ning and talked to a group of stu dents in Carroll Hall. After his talk he answered individual's questions. Instead of taking a genuine inter est in learning what Mr.. Turkatenko had to say about the Russian, dis semination of news, several student; designed questions to embarrass our guest. An example is a question sarcast ically phrased to the effect . that if a Russian reporter criticized Khrush 'chev, "would he be around the next day to talk about it?" It would have been quite easy to have asked how much Individual freedom a Russian reporter has in criticizing his gov ernment. I arh sure that a more genuine answer would have been given to such questions if they did not indicate animosity, but merely honest curiosity. , r Dort Carver Clyde Wilson Try Picketing Some Day Reflections from the picket line To anyone who has never tried it, I would recommend several hours spent on a picket line for a new and vivid experience. I spent an evening recently car rying a sign in front of Memorial Hall protesting Pete Seeger. Our purpose was to make sure that peo ple were well-informed about his sponsor (the New Left), his record (many Communist-front affiliations) and the probable destination of their money (a "freedom rider's pock et). If knowing this, they still want ed to put down their dollar and see the show, then they of course had every right to do so. Those who did put down their dol lar were a highly unrepresentative segement of the campus. They were mostly the self-styled bohemians and the sillier sorts of graduate stu dents and that group of journalism students which prides itself on its liberalism. We didn't expect any thing else from them. What did bother us was the coterie of the fraternity-sorority set who giggled, made a clever remark to their dates and swept past the pick et line. They would probably agree with our line (if they took the trou ble to think about it). But they wouldn't stoop to anything so un cool as to lose an evening's fun for principle. (Maybe they have to wait for their parents to tell them what to think.) Picketing has its rewards and its liabilities. Hiere was the handful of nuts who actually screamed at us. There were the mouselike creatures who sidled up to you with an imitation of a friendly smile on their face and then lashed out with some pointless im precation. This didn't bother us be cause we knew that the people who called us Lincoln Rockwell admire Castro and anybody who admires Castro is as crazy as Lincoln Rock well and a lot more dangerous. On the plus side there was the fact that some of the budding journalists got a big thrill out of covering the incident. The people did not turn away in droves but enough did to give us some satisfaction. Plenty of them came by and told us to keep up the good work. There was the old couple who said, "You convinced us." And there were the five or six who told each other, "Hell boys, let's go back and listen to the ballgame." Otelia On ' UNC Coeds I had many reactions to my let ter in the Tar Heel on Campus Man ners. Most of them favorable. How ever, one student told me he read it and was "highly displeased" with it (You can guess who he was). I said, "Good, I am glad you were." One student said, "Mrs. Connor, you are always .writing about the boy's manners. Why don't you say something about the girl's man ners?" I answered. "Well, I don't come in contact "with the girls much. In geeral, I always liked men better than women, anyway. Since I have been in Chapel Hill I have lived in the house with grad uate students who are nearly al ways mature, and pleasant to live with. But when you do run across a few who are not thoughtful, they usually get worse instead of better as time goes on. However, although they may not be old, they . are usually the old maid type, and not the pretty, "sweet ones who attract the. opposite sex. 1 suppose they Have to have some compensation for their state of sin- of brinkmanship. She retreated only when the whole world reached the brink of total war. Pakistan tried to fish when the water was stirred, not realizing the danger it was in viting for itself. Most of the old "neutral" friends of India were mostly neutral to the issue. India herself was put into a bright light. The conflict not only revealed ithe military unprepared & back wardness of India. Even the com munication for help reached its des tinations slower than one would ex pect at a time of crisis. People of ilndia became more united under iNehru than ever before. However, IMr. Nehru felt the pressure of the people of India too more than ever before. It was this pressure which caused the demotion of Mr. Krish na Menon. In her long history, India failed to think in certain realistic terms. iShe did not develop a realistic sense of history, of geography, of polities and of unity. India was mostly re garded as a cultural unit rather than a political or geographical unit. It was due to the lack of unity amons the Indians that India fell under foreign rule quite frequently. More over, due to a lack of sense of pol itics, Delhi seldom paid any atten tion to the political developments in other countries. The central govern ment was mostly for negotiation to settle the disputes between the local autonomous political units and sel dom for direct actions. And each is sue was tak separately to deal Vith, whether it was a matter of in ternal or external relationship. India is barely realizing who her friends and enemies are, but yet to learn to make the fine discrimina tion among her friends and enmies. China is a greater threat to India than Pakistan and India can not ex pect help from Moscow with the same speed and sympathy in her fight with China, as it can from (Washington or London, for example. India is painfully learning that something more than thundering speeches is necessary to fight an enemy. India is beginning to learn the place of might in international politics, but she has yet to learn that paradoxically military power is most helpful when one is negotiating. (More aggressors are kept back from aggression "by the military prepar edness of others than by the good will or negotiations of others. India realizes that China is a threat to her, but she is yet to learn that communism is a world enemy. India recognizes internal unity as strength, but she has yet to learn thatthe same 'principle applies to the whole free 'world in fighting against the world communism. If India, as part of the world community of democracy, expects help from other democra cies, when her freedom is in danger, is she not morally obliged to help other democracies when their free dom is in danger, not because oth ers helped India, but because Tn idia values democracy? India is yet to realize that there is no substitu tion for internal governmental ef ficiency. No country can help a country which is internally corrupt. The slowness of the administration in India is unequal in history. There is more tax avoided in India than 'paid. Bribery and corruption mode many millionaires in India. India values independence very much, but she is yet to learn that cooperation and joint commitment with other nations do not mean any lack of independence. If cooperation and tommitment with other nations in the matters of social amelioration, do not mean lack of independence, then why should a military coopera tion with others to fight against a 'common enemy mean a lack of in dependence? India mast answer some of the realistic questions of our time regarding her course of history in the light of the political developments in other countries, the Questions which India seldom in her history. No lonser she can take things for granted or afford the luxury of isolation. P. M. GEORGE Dept. of Sociology t'Wj.rVv'Wrr..Av............ , gle-blessedness, and we shouldn't be too critical of them. 'Most of the girls, like mast of the boys, on the campus, are a' I right. Otelia Connor Conservative Called 'Unreal' To the Editors, Monday evening fa Memorial Ha'l. William F. Buckley . . . quite pre sumptuous, very unreal, and com pletely disappointing. John C. Ulf elder i
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