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U.M.C. Library Eon 370 .chaps i Hil Reappointment A delinquent trustee is re appointed for another 8-year term. Read 'Mr. Phipps' on the editorial page. 3 ( on RIPPER'S REACTION What does pro linebacker Rip Hawkins say about his experiences in the NFL? Read John Montague on the sports page. Seventy Years Of Editorial Freedom Offices In Graham Memorial CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 1963 UPI Wire Service ( x Mock Trial Jury Rules 6No Case9 In Phelps Libel. o n MllL By LOU ROSENTHAL ! and a former Raleigh Superior A favorable verdict for the Daily Court Judge, commented that the lar Heel was returned Friday night at the Law School Mock Trial, when the 12-man jury found for the DTH in a civil libel suit brought by Larry Phelps. The jury deliberated for almost an hour before returning its 10-2 decision. The trial, under sponsorship of Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity, was based upon an allegedly libel ous editorial appearing in the DTH, calling Phelps no more than an 'agent' of Communist Russia. Phelps' attorneys, Joel Fried berg and Joe Roberts, called down the editorial, and its author, DTH Co-editor David Ethridge, saying the editorial was libelous and dam aging, and asked $55,000 in total damages $5,000 for actual dam ages and $50,000 for punitive dam ages. Presiding Judge Malcolm B. Seawell, N. C. Attorney General under Governor Luther Hodges, trial was "much better by hav ing a civil action for libel, than the usual murder trial. . "All did a grand job," said the Chapel Hill resident at the. end of the trial. "Loyalty is to the gov ernment and the law. T went to the USSR last year, and I have never seen more ' pitiful people than those on the farms.The col lective farmers are poverty-stricken." ' ' : :- ' Judge Seawell announced at the start of the trial that "I am Mal colm B., not Malcolm X," in ref erence to the speech of the Black Muslim leader on the campus Fri day night. The verdict of the jury was not unanimous, but the attorneys for both sides had agreed that a ma jority decision would be accepted to prevent a mistrial. The first witness was the com plainant, Phelps. Examined by Roberts, Phelps said that he came from a small town, and had held an appointment to West Point from former Rep. Carl Durham. When asked about his leanings to Marxist-Leninist feelings, he-replied that until he had entered UNC, he had no such feelings, but then traced his evolution as a Marxist Leninist to his appearance in court. "This has helped me feel my posi tion as a United States citizen, and what is happening in the U. S., and better advance U. S. civilization in general. My action is conscious thought of what is good for hu manity and the U. S." Under cross-examination by de fense attorney Charles Katzenstein, Phelps called himself a Commun ist, "with qualifications." The de fendant's counsel referred to his "qualified communism" through out the trial. Phelps said that he didn't be lieve in God, and that "we all know that truth is relative at cer tain times to men, judged in terms of man, and his existence ridge and Gary Blanchard, the co- while he lives. "Capitalism is nothing more than 20th century slavery," he replied when queried about his racial opinions. The plaintiff said he attempted to go to Cuba in December, 1962, but was foiled by the State De partment. A document was shown to him that was identified as dis tributed by the Progressive Labor Movement, of which Phelps is co-. chairman, and was later read to the court. The only other witness for Phelps was his academic advisor Gifford M. Foust, a professor in the UNC History Department. Professor Foust acted as Phelps' "expert witness," and testified as to Phelps' possible connection with the Soviet Union, either as a "witting or un witting agent." Phelps' attorneys rested their case, and the defense took overj putting on the stand, David Eth- ag5ng Editor Wayne King called the attorney a "shyster lawyer . . . . crook. He should be editors of the DTH. Their questioning brought to light j con-man the dispute over the word "agent," run out of town on a rail . . . whether it meant a paid represen- tarred ... and feathered." tative of the Soviet Union, or an; The DTH attorneys then present- unwiuing aiscipie ot the UbbK's ed their "expert witness," James Roberts, a graduate student in Political Science, specializing in Soviet government, Communist theory, and fluent in Russian. Katzenstein read the Progressive Labor movement's documents to the court. The document called for op position to "Kennedy's War Policy against Cuba," and asked for read ers to rise against President Ken nedy and "link arms with our Cu ban brothers to preserve peace." Roberts called the document "typ ical of the movement." "Mr. Phelps," he said, "is a con sistent Marxist-Leninist and under certain circumstances would carry out his ideas to a logical conclu sion. "If necessary, violent action would Richard Hesse Named To Lead '64 Symposium National Security Chosen As Topic "National security and its impact on American Culture" will be the general topic of the 1964 Carolina Symposium, it was decided by the symposium committee this week. Richard Hesse, a sophomore from Metairie, La., has been appointed as Symposium chairman, and Bev Haynes, a junior from Washington, J J. C, has been named secretary. Terry Bond, a sophomore from Batavia, 111., is the vice-chairman End chairman of the program com mittee. Dr. David T. Lapkin, Pro lessor, of Economics, is the faculty advisor to the committee. The definite title for next year's symposium has not been announc ed, and no committee chairmen have been appointed. Miss Haynes said that "sometime in the next ten days, we will iron these things out.' The 1964 Symposium has a pro posed $10,000 budget, $2,000 more than any previous symposium. Only $2,000 of this will come front the Student Legislature, the rest com ing from grants and donations. The dates announced for next year's program are April 5 thru S. The committee hopes to have discussion groups on symposium subjects in campus living residen ces starting this spring. This has been done before according to Miss Haynes, and proved very success ful in the past. The symposium will consider American culture and the con trol of information as related to national security. The committee hopes to have an analysis of litera ture, tracing the cold war through the American novel. Another proposed topic for semi nars and symposiums speakers is the value of the individual: Whether being psychologically prepared for peace will interfere with the ability to cope with warfare. The final idea that will be dis cussed is what has happened to the standards that control our society. mvmvnmmvmmuvmmnm.uwjm,. mi iuj.ii u.i. .......i.,. n ..hiidh wwufwniwi.. " y ; :: J ::-:-: . i ' . ' ; . Malcolm X Speaks Here 4X' Says Negroes Will Pass Whites By BILL DOWELL "The difference between liberals and conservatives is that the lib-1 erals have developed the art of us ing the Negro," Malcolm X said Friday night. "The white liberal is foxy," the Muslim leader said, "where the white conservative is usually hon est and lets the Negro know what he thinks of him." The meeting between Malcolm X and Negro Attorney Floyd McKis sick of Durham was moved to Memorial Hall after the Howell Hall audience overflowed. About 1600 people attended. -- Malcolm X said that the Mus lims have no desire to be equal to the whites because that would i;if tVicm tn the level of the whites. The whites, he said, claimed that the Negroes couldn't have equal rights because they were always fighting, or getting drunk or being immoral and then, when the Black IS Chairmanships Open For Next Year Students interested in being in terviewed for one of the 15 stu dent Government committee chair manships open for next year must fill out application blanks prior to their interviews, Student Body Lawler Meets Press Wednesday Afternoon Student body president-elect Mike Lawler announced yesterday that he will hold the first of his weekly press conferences Wednesday after noon in Graham Memorial. Lawler said that he would re port and comment upon the out come of Tuesday's meeting with the Faculty Committee on Student Discipline and officials of the Uni versity Administration. "Both gen eral and specific concerns in the area of student conduct will be discussed at this meeting," be said. DTH co-editor Gary Blanchard yesterday requested all students who have questions for the newly elected student government lead er to direct them to the. Daily Tar Heel office in GM by Tuesday after noon. Muslims came along and didn't operate that way, the whites didn' like that either. ine Muslims, Malcolm a con tinued, placed heavy emphasis on education and morality. No drink ing is allowed and prayers are said five times a day. "What the Honorable Elijah Mohammed has done," he said "is to clear up what four hundred years of slavery at the hands of your forefathers did. That is what all the organizations in Washington can't do." The Muslims, Malcolm con tinued, following the religion their ancestors. "There was a Buddhist world, a Jewish world, and a Christian world," he said. "Negroes come from the Islam world. We feel we can better solve our own problems in our own way." Islam, which means submission to God, could be followed by any one who is willing to submit to the will of Allah, X said. The complex ion of a man's skin is not import ant as it is in the Christian church where color is a bar. Later, how ever, X said that white people are not allowed into Muslim Mosques because of the sins which the American whites committed dur ing slavery. Whites who might come from Europe, he continued, take advantage of the benefits gained by the original masters and are therefore subject to the same penalty. Referring to the refusal on the part of city officials in Columbia, S. C. and Durham to allow him to use city -owned speaking facilities on the grounds taat the Muslims were not not a religious group, Malcolm X quoted the part of the Bible in which Christ tells his fol lowers to shake the dust from their feet where they are not wanted and the dust will become a curse to those who would not let them speak. McKissick said he believes that the Muslim movement "has grown out cf tiie frustration of the Ameri can Negro." President-elect Mike Lawler an nounced yesterday. These forms sre now available at the Informa tions Desk in GM. Interviews will be held by Law ler, Tuesday-Friday of next week in the SG offices in GM. Interviews will last approximately ten minutes each and will be held Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, from 1-3:30, and Wednesday and Friday, from 3- 3:30. The following chairmanships are open: Campus Affairs, Communica tions; Orientation; Academic Af fairs: National Merit; Carolina Fcrum: Campus Committee of Na tional Student Association; Inter national Students Board; Consoli dated University Student Council; State Affairs; Honor System Com mission; Elections Board and Stu dent Credit Commission. Three new executive suo-com- students in the infirmary yes mittees have been established for terdav were Janice Kay Fox, Nan- which chairmanship interviews will cv carol Alford, George Harriett also be held. These include thejjr James King, Henry Flour Aid-To-Education Bill Will Reach House Tuesday - $237 Million Would Aid Health Schools WASHINGTON (UPD The first educational bill of the season will be considered by the House next week amid grumblings of dissat isfaction from some traditional friends of school aid. Up for consideration on Tuesday is a $237 million measure to assist m the construction of schools of medicine, denistry and other "health professions." Also included are provisions for loans to medi cal, dental and osteopathic stu dents. - - .- - " " " r Opposition to the legislation is negligible. - What -is bothering ad vocates of federal aid to schools is the timing and the form in which the bill is arriving on the floor. May Hurt Chances Rep. Edith Green, D Ore., chairmon of the House education subcommittee, has. been battling for a general college aid bill and feels that, action now. on the med ical school measure may ( hurt the chances of her legislation. Mrs. Green and other members of the House Education and Labor Committee both Republican and Democratic wanted the medical school bill either tied . to the gen eral college aid measure or at least considered after her $2.7 bil lion proposal was considered. Aid to medical schools was approved by the House Commerce Com mittee, which oversees the U. S. Public Health Service, the agency responsible for carrying out the program. Supporters of substan tial federal aid to colleges are worried that a vote for the medi cal school bill will diminish en thusiasm of many members for voting in favor of a second school aid bill. Rep. Albert Quie, Minn., a Re publican member of the Education and Labor Committee, went before the House Rules Committee two weeks ago in an effort to stall action on the medical bill until the general bill was considered. Team Player . . j: i t ij mis. vxreen cua not as uie com mittee to hold up the medical aid measure. Nor did she urge the members to clear it. She labeled herself a "team player" and im plied that she was ready to go along with a White House decision to sidetrack the general bill in favor of the medical school mea sure. aims. Ethridge said he meant it as furthering the aims of the USSR, and not a paid agent." Blanch ard felt that "it was possible that a better choice of words might have been used, but the staff felt that agent in quotes was the best word. In no sense were we implying that he was a paid agent" When Blanchard was asked if he had ever seen Phelps arm him self, the DTH Co-editor replied, "Well, I have seen him carrying a tray full of knives in Lenoir Han." While Ethridge was on the wit ness stand, Friedberg read to the court a DTH article in which Man- be taken. The Progressive Labor up that commie meeting." "Fried- movement is more militant than! berg was one of the students who the Communist Party. The national irttended.) leadership is composed of ex-communists who have been disenchant ed with the rightism of the Ameri can Communist Party. It is con ceivable that he (Phelps) would take action against the United States." The DTH's last witness was James Carson, a UNC law student. Carson testified that he and a group of law students went to a meeting of the New Left, a leftist organization, last October, to hear a seminar on disarmament. "Mr. Phelps expressed the view that the USSR was justified in crush ing the Hugarian uprising; and that the USSR, and not the U. S., was to be trusted in test ban talks," Carson testified. In cross-examination by Fried- Carson answered it was not the purpose, and when questioned why the chief cf campus security force "a as present, the law student said, "Mr. Beaumont was sitting in a window, but I understand he goes to all their meetings. In his argument to the jury, Katzenstein said that the defense had "established beyond a shad ow of a doubt, the truth of the editorial. "He (Phelps) is dedicated to bringing communism to the Unit ed States. If anything, the DTH understated its description of the defendant. Phelps couldn't help answering questonings by justi fication of the Party Line." Friedberg said that Phelps did n't agree with the Cuban docu ment in its entirety, and that berg, Carson was asked if the Phelps views are to forward Amer purpose of the law students going ica. "The defendant has not tried I to the meeting was not to "break! (Continued on nai?B 3) 1 Tri tx&" 1 iJ- ' --sEU .-.-X- T 9 S if i Larry Phelps Testifies Under Examination Duke Report Calls End To Segregation Duke University has ended 125 years of racial segregation in its undergraduate colleges with the ad mission of several Negoes to the Class of 1967, according to a Duke Chronicle report. The Adninistration had no com ment on the report. Official an nouncement from the University is pending acceptance of admission by May 1, the Chronicle learned. Graduate and professional schools were desegregated in March, 1961, by order of the Trustees, and four Negroes were admitted the f ollowing . September. In action last June, the Board of Trustees authorized undergra duate admissions "without regard to race, creed or national origin." The Chronicle source indicated the Negroes would receive financial aid and that notifications of schol arships and grants-in-aid will be mailed Tuesday. Mariam Makeba, an African folk singer who performed on the Duke campus last week, donated her fee to establish a scholarship fund for a Negro student from Ghana. World News In Brief TfkT iiixon Raps Cuba Policies Of JFX Infirmary Co-op, University Abroad and Orien tation Reform Committees. Dormitory newspaper editors are also reauested to interview for - . -r i t t, r noy, nomer ieurdiiu. iueeru axs, Victor Duggins, Jac Robinson, Alema Fisher, Mason Cox, Harold Wilson, Alired Taylor, William. ci32mansiiip or tee tailors tfouaa- joraan, vnuan zr uy, oaay, table. and Robert Croroarue. PHOTOGRAPHERS The Daily Tar Heel is interest ed in printing imaginative shots of general campus scenes. If you have any, bring them up. Pay ment wUI be made for all pic tures used. Education Called National Problem By PETE WALES "Education is a national prob lem and must be treated as such by the federal government," Rep-. Frank Thompson (D-New Jersey) said at a luncheon at the Holiday Inn in : Durham yesterday. . Thompson's address closed out a two-day conference of the North Carolina chapter cf the Federation of College Young Democrats to rally support for President Kennedy's National Education Improvement Act. Many of the delegates were pre paring for the National Student Federal Aid to Education Confer enoe to be held ia Washington, D. C. April 25-26. "Despite the comparative .great ness and wealth of this coustfy, we have a surprisingly low education standard," Thompson said. Thompson, a Wake Forest gradu ate from Trenton. N. J., feels that the aid to education bill should be passed on a need basis. The poorer states would receive the .majority of the aid at the expense of the richer ones. He cited states rights as bein a maior issue blocking all aid to education bills in the past several years. States-righters feel that the federal government would have un due influence over schools of it were to surply their funds. "The federal government has given aid to education since the Northwest. Ordinance in 1737," Thompson said "Yet it has never interfered with schools or tried to pressure them in any way." WASHINGTON (UPI) Richard M. Nixon charged Saturday that with American acquiesence" the Soviet position in Cuba is firmer now Cian it was a year ago. The former vice president, ad dressing the American Society of Newspaper Editors from the same platform where President Kennedy spoke Friday, said the Cuban ven ture has been "a net gain, not a loss" for Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. "We must no longer postpone making a command decision to do WHATEVER IS NECESSARY TO FORCE the removal of the Soviet beachhead," Nixon said. "The Un ited States cannot tolerate the con tinued existence of a Soviet mili tary and subversive base 90 miles from our shore." His speech to the country's leading newspaper editors was a sharp attack on the foreign policies of the man who defeated him in the 1960 presidential election, and who before the same forum Friday argued that the United States must use "restraint and a sense of re sponsibility" in dealing with Cuba. Neutralist Routed VIENTIANE, Laos UPI Com munist Pathet Lao troops have dri ven neutralist Gen. Kong Le from his airport stronghold on the Plain of Jars and are in position to crush him completely, military sources reported Saturday. The sources said Kong Le's men withdrew to the village of Man Phanh, about six miles northwest of the airport, and "began digging in for a possible new attack by; tie Pathet Lao. However, the Pat het Lao did not immediately fol low up their advantage, the re ports said. Fighting also was reported to have'flared at Vang Vieng, an im portant road junction only 50 miles north of Vientiane. The Village on the mam road from Vientiane to the royal capital of Luang Prabang, has been held jointly by neutralist and Pathet Lao forces. Wall Reinforced munists used a dredge to widen an anti-tank trench started Friday across the street where the mech anic fled. The mechanic, 19-year-old Wolf gang Engels, was recovering in a West Berlin hospital from bullet wounds received when he jumped from the armored car to make the final dash to freedom. He was struck by a bullet in the back and grazed on the arm when the Com munist guards fired a dozen bursts. King Out Of Jail BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (UPD Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sporting an eight day growth of beard was freed from the Birmingham jail on bond Saturday and promptly vow ed to continue the desegregation drive he kicked off here 13 days ago. King said he decided to post the $300 bond so he would be free this weekend to discuss strategy for a court appearance Monday, when he is to answer charges of contempt. The charges were brought when King ignored a court order ban ning further racial demonstrations in this steel city. Candidates In Village Announced Victory Villagers will elect 10 members to the Board of Aldermen by mail-in ballots distributed Tues day at the homes of the Village's 500 voters, Lawerence Posey, pre sent chairman, has announced. The ballots will be counted Mon day, April 23. Running for the offices are 11 candidates: Jimmy Weeks, Roy Peele, Jim Alderman, John Fau cette, Bob Wilson, John Madison, Cliff Fuller, John Haynes, Carl ton Pierce, Neal Beaca and Vira Parker. The Board of Aldermen, the gov erning body for Victory Village, receives funds from Student Leg islature. The Board operates a day care center for children, han dles disputes, promotes recrea tional activities, and deals with other matters concerning Village residents. This year, Posey said, much re vamping of the housing situation had been done. Married students are now placed on request lists and attempts are being made to igatisfy grievances arising over placement. Recreational improvements are being carried out. New equipment is being provided for the Village playground. Funds have been made available for basketball goals, shuffleboards, volleyball and bad minton courts. Guatemala Student Group Visits Here Ten student leaders from Guat-, range from 17 to 27 years cf age. emala are visiting the UNC cam-! They are representing the Youth pus through Tuesday afternoon The students are participants Association of the Guatema.an American Binational Cen'.er in Social Welfare Assembly. Miss Anne Queen, is hostess f:r the Guatemalan students' visit. While on the UNC campus, the Guatemalans will visit with UNC students, student government of ficials, and members of fce Chapel RFRT.rv TrPI) Commumst mu ccmmuniiy. border -uards Saturday rem-forced Tonight, the Guatemalans will tank traps aing the Berlin wall i meet with the Student Peace Union to prevent any mere escapes like 'and tomorrow they will lunch with the one last Wednesday when an! the student NAACP chapter. They in the Special Exchanges Program Guatemala City. This association of the Bureau of Educational and; aims at prommg cultural and Cultural Affairs cf the U. S. Dc-i social exchange uith local and partment cf State. Their program! American institutions to further has been arranged by the National I strengthen understanding and friendship between the Lr.ited states East Berlin mechanic crasnea through in an armored car. West Berlin police said the Cccn- wiH dine at UNC sorority houses tomorrow night. The vuiticg Guatemalan tudezits and Guatemala and promoting the bilingual status -of the organi zation by providing activities which encourage the practice of both En glish and Spanish. The Chapel H.H-Raleigh-Durharri area is the :ecend itop on the Guatemalan students' isit. They arrived here from New Orleans and before leaving the United States on May 14, wO visit Pitts burgh, Pa., New York City, Boston. Mass.. Washington, D. C, Lzi Mi ami, Fla.
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