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Ay
cock, Henderson To Resign
ic it it
Trustees To Seek Ga
Students To
Enforce Ban
Until Repeal
By JOEL BULKLEY
The Executive Committee of the
University's Board of Trustees this
week announced its intention of
complying with a recently enacted
law banning Communist sneakers
from state-supported campuses and
at the same tame recommended
that steps be taken to gain its
elimination.
Resolutions to this effect were
adopted unanimously by the Com
mittee at its meeting Monday in
Raleigh. . ,
Consolidated University Presi
dent William C. Friday later de
clined comment on the two reso
lutions. stating that the "state
ments would stand by themselves."
The resolution to seek repeal of
the law. hastily passed under sus
pension of the rules in the final
hours of the 1963 General Assem
bly, termed it as "imposing un
necessary restrictions considered
inimical to academic freedom and
contrary to the traditions of the
CUNC and other state educational
institutions.
We. the members of the Execu
tive Committee of the UNC Board
of Trustees." the resolution con
tinued," do jecommend that the
board of trustees take appropriate
steps to "endeavor to eliminate
this restriction upon academic
freedom."
The second resolution ordered
students, faculty members and ad
ministrators authorized to invite
visiting speakers to enforce the
speaker ban policy as adopted by
the State Legislature last month.
The law forbids known members
of the Communist party; persons
who have advocated the overthrow
of the U. S. and North Carolina
Constitution; or persons who have
ever taken the Fifth Amendment
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Members Of Progressive Labor Club
Two Former UNC
By PETER A. HARKNESS
Two former UNC students are
reported to have flown to Prague,
Czechoslovakia this summer in or
der to take a
Cabana Airlines
flight to . Cuba,
The Tar Heel
learned this
week.
John Salter, a
Junior who left
school at the be
ginning of t h e
Phelps
Spring semester, and Larry Phelps,
who graduated this past year, flew
from New York to Ireland where
they were warned by the U. S.
State Department that the planned
trip was against the law and would
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1963
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Chancellor William ': Ay cock
Police Chief Asks
For Safer Marches
By JIM NEAL
Police Chief W. D. Blake asked
integration leaders to improve
their march procedures according
to safety rules in a meeting follow
ing yesterday's anti segregation
demonstration.
He said he asked them not to
block streets along the march in
order . to allow . emergency traffic
to get through.
The Committee for Open Busin
ess, sponsors of the demonstra
tions, yesterday announced plans
to bgin workshops in techniques of
non-violence in direct action pro
result in heavy fines and possible
prison sentences.
Evidently ignoring the warning,
the two students flew on to Prague
where they were scheduled to meet
the Cuban airliner and fly on to
Havana.
Whether or not they actually
board the " plane and made the
flight is not known, but 59 Ameri
can college students did and are
now in Cuba.
Face Possible Action
These 59 students are facing pos
sible action by the State Depart
ment upon return to this country.
The maximum penalty would be
a fine of $5000 and a five-year
prison sentence per student.
Both Phelps- and Salter were
it it it
tests tonight at St. Joseph's CME
Church. Workshops will be held
every night at eight o'clock for an
indefinite time, the Committee said.
In yesterday's demonstration,
about 160 people, including 30
whites, paraded silently from St.
Joseph's to the Colonial Drug Co.,
sang a few songs, and marched
silently back to the church: .
No incidents on arrests were re
ported. , . .
Non-Violence Argued
The Committee has made a
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Students
members of the Progressive La
bor Club here.
Phelps has run for the Presi
dency of the Student Body and
Salter for Vice-President on an
Independent ticket that was
soundly beaten in 1962. Phelps
was also a member of the origin
al New Left Club here.
Phelps and 65 other U. S. col
lege students were stopped in
their efforts to travel to Cuba
over the Christmas holidays.
The trip, which was to be
sponsored by the Castro Govern
ment, was cancelled when Cana
dian officials refused to permit
a Cuban plane to land at the
Toronto airport.
At that time, Phelps told The
Tar Heel that the group had not
William B. Aycock will end a seven-year tenure as
Chancellor here in September, 1964 to return to the
teaching of law according to an announcement made
this week by Consolidated University President William
C. Friday.
Since announcement of Aycoclds resignation was
made public following Monday's meeting, of the Execu
tive Committee of the University's Board of Trustees
in Raleigh, speculation has in-.'
creased that Aycock may be a
candidate for. Governor next year
, A Greensboro ' attorney said
Tuesday that Aycock would be a
likely Democratic choice for Gov
ernor in 1964.
"We need a man like Bill Ay
cock," attorney Armistead W.
Sapp Jr. told a local civic club
meeting. "He would heal the
spirit in the Democratic party as
a moderate, a hard worker and
a man qualified to furnish strong
leadership."
The Chancellor is reported to
be out of town until early next
week.
Committee To Name Successor
In making the announcement,
Friday said he would soon ap
point a special committee of fac
ulty members, trustees and alum
ni to advise with the President's
office in choosing Aycock's suc
cessor. Friday noted that at the time
Aycock agreed to accept the Chan
cellorship in 1956 it was with the
understanding that at the appro
priate time he would return to his
professorship in the University's
law school.
Aycock will return to the law
school when his resignation be
comes effective, Friday said.
The University president said
in a prepared statement, "The
unyielding stand of Chancellor
Aycock for the freedom of the
University, his introduction of
constructive administrative pro
cedures, his success in improv
ing financial support of the Uni
versity, the establishment of
new distinguished professorships
and the development of a long
range plan for the growth of the
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May Be
given up hope and would not
disband. He said that another
attempt would be made over the
summer vacation.
The Christmas attempt was
mobilized by Anatol Issac Schlos
ser, 25, a graduate student at
New York University and identi
fied as a Castro sympathizer, ac
cording to a broadcast over Ha
vana radio on Nov. 29, 1962.
Other Schools Involved
At that time, the colleges and
universities involved were the
City College of New York, NYU;
the universities of Wisconsin,
Chicago, North Carolina, Cali
fornia, Toronto, Boston Univer
sity and Harvard.
Before the attempt, 62 students
Offices In ""7
Graham Memorial
Student Union
Repeal.
CHARLES HENDERSON
Cathey Is Named
As New Dean Of
Student Affairs
C. 0. Cathey, professor of history
and modern civilization, has been
named Dean of Student Affairs for
a one-year term following the res
ignation of Dean Charles Hender
son. Cathey will assume the posi
tion September 1.
Henderson, a professor in the
classics department prior to his
appointment as dean in February,
1961, will return to the teachin
of Latin this fall
The selection of Cathey was an
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In Cuba
from Buffalo State University
withdrew from the junket after
a strong State Department warn
ing of fines or imprisonment.
Travel to Cuba both at that time,
as now, was illegal without a
specially validated passport.
Both Phelps and Salter were
members of the Progressive La
bor Club here. Two weeks ago,
the State American Legion pass
ed a resolution stating that the
State should investigate the club
because of Communist activity.
The National Broadcasting
Company revealed last week that .
the students were giving what
was termed as "pro-Cuban" and
"anti-American" talks over Ha
vana Radio.
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