Volume 72, Number 118
Tuesday, March 17, 1964
71 Years of Editorial Freedom
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Contradictions As A Way Of Life
"That's The Trouble Dealing With
Lefter.-.To'Tha Editor
The white Southerner is a strange
breed of individual, possessing many
contradictions, a negative approach to
most issues and a regional psyche that
is unfathomable except to the most as
tute observers.
Given an issue in which the argu
ments for and against are evenly balanc
ed, the Southerner will vote it down 3
to 1 in almost every case. He would also
much prefer to think of himself as
black-balling one candidate than as vot
ing for another.
All these qualities are, as might be
expected, manifested most clearly in
the current civil rights fight. The ar
dent and bitter foes of integration say
that the Negro is ignorant and that un
til he makes some effort on his own to
educate himself and earn a place in
society, we, the white, have no obliga
tion to accept him as a human being.
. This seems to be a reasonable
and at least easy answer for
many segregationists, but then there
comes that little contradiction. James
Meredith wants to go to school at the
University of Mississippi, and the roof
falls in- A Negro coed is denied a library
card in Cheraw, South Carolina because
the public library is, and as far as many
South Carolina whites are concerned
always should be, segregated. They don't
consider the job of the librarian to be
-getting as many people as possible in
terested in books and reading. The job
is just to get as many whites as pos
sible interested in books.
And now, the new governor of Missis
sippi, Paul B. Johnson (who said in his
inaugural address, in January, "Hate or
or ignorance will not lead Mississippi
while I sit in the governor's chair.") is
trying to close a Negro college near
Jackson. Johnson is supporting a state
senate bill that seeks to revoke the 1871
charter of Tougaloo Southern Christian
College. The problem revolves around
the fact that the 522 students at Touga
loo have been active in the civil rights
movement. As in many cases, Chapel
Hill being an example, this is directly
equated with Communism and, as Mis
sissippi's lieutenant governor put it,
"queers, quacks and quirks."
Governor Johnson's inaugural promi
ses may sound hollow, but the argu
ments of the segregationists seem com
pletely empty in comparison. Any edu
cational institution is vital to us, and
even more vital in the South. To close,
or attempt to close one because the stu
dent body agitates for what it has been
denied is one of the most callous acts
of political ignorance and vindictiveness.
A Gratifying Trend In The University
The Chapel Hill Weekly
The appointment of two new vice
presidents of the Consolidated Univer
sity is gratifying in two important re
' spects-
Particularly gratifying is the fact
that Arnold King and Fred Weaver
were chosen for the posts. Both have
toiled long and faithfully for the Uni
versity and each richly deserves the
sort of recognition the vice presidencies
represent.
Among other things, Dr. King has
been largely responsible for transform
ing the Summer Session from a sort of
casual interlude into a thriving, integral
part of the University's basic program.
Mr. Weaver has risen steadily
through the administrative ranks, and
in recent years has been particularly
effective in dealings with the Trustees
and the Legislature.
The Consolidated University has
done well by itself in entrusting to them
these new and important responsibili
ties. Gary Blanchard, Dave Ethridge
Co-Editor
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
News Editors
Copy Editor
. Fred Seely
Hugh Stevens
Mickey Blackwell
Peter Wales
Linda Riggs
John Montague
Larry Tarlton
Jim Wallace
Sports Editor
Asst. Sports Editor
Photo Editor
Reporters :
Kerry Sipe, Administration
Jeff Dick, Municipal
John Greenbacker, Student Government
Editorial Assistants:
Shirley Travis Nancy McCracken
Also gratifying is this further proof
that the University, looks to its own
ranks first before attempting to recruit
new talent. Thig has been the predomin
ant trend since William Friday was
named President of the University.
Among those chosen from the ranks
have been William Aycock as Chancellor
of the University here, Hugh Holman
as Dean of the Graduate School, and
most recently Wayne Danielson as Dean
of the Journalism School.
The trend has also been apparent
along non-academic lines, particularly in
sports. When head football coach Jim
Tatum died, instead of bringing in an
established "name" the University
without hesitation gave the job to Jim
Hickey who had been a Tatum assistant.
The same thing happened when head
basketball coach Frank McGuire departed-
Dean Smith, McGuire assistant, got
the nod and was the only one given
serious consideration.
This trend carries with it the danger
of excessive in-breeding, particularly as
far as academics and administration are
concerned. A fresh and unoriented point
of view has definite value. But it would
seem to be outweighed in the main by
the .simple justice of rewarding good
work and the wisdom of realizing to the
fullest your own potential.
The trend is bound to bolster the
morale of all University personnel and
encourage even more faithful and dedi
cated service.
As an incentive, there is practically
no substitute for knowing there is al
ways room at the top.
Before New Hampshire, Bid . . .
By WALTER LIPPMAN
Writing this piece after the
'New Hampshire campaign has
ended but before the returns
are in, I am struck by the very
low estimate placed on the
American voter by practicing
politicians. The outstanding fact
about the New Hampshire pri
mary is that no one of the
candidates, declared or unde
clared, has thought it necessary
to make even one considered
speech addressed to an adult
and informed audience.
The two leading declared can
didates Governor Rockefeller
and Senator Goldwater mention
ed most of the topics, domestic
and foreign, which are of vital
interest to the country. Not even
once has either of them discussed
any of these topics with any
thoroughness or with the recogni
tion of complexity which enables
a voter to judge what the candi
date would do if he were respon
sible for action. They have men
tioned Cuba, Viet Nam, NATO,
inflation, the budget, taxes, and
civil rights. Neither of them saw
fit to treat any part of the New
Hampshire electorate as fully
adult and genuinely concerned.
It is no exaggeration to say that
the intellectual and moral level
of this primary campaign reflect
ed the degradation of the demo
cratic process.
It is a significant comment on
the quality of the primary that
while the two declared candi
dates were traipsing all over the
state like mountebanks trying to
beguile the boobs, the undeclared
candidates seemed to be gaining
strength. I do not know how large
a write-in vote Mr. Lodge will
obtain. But each vote for a man
who has made no speeches at all
will be a reflection on the candi
dates who have been making
speeches a dozen times a day.
What about the Rockefeller
and Goldwater estimates of the
intellectual and moral level of
the citizens of New Hampshire?
are the people as dumb as all
that? If they are, the outlook for
popular government is pretty dis
mal. My own view is that Senator
Goldwater was just being natural
and was on the level to which
he belongs. But in the case of
Governor Rockefeller what we
have been witnessing is a man
acting on the prime fallacy of
the public relations business.
These students of human nature
have found through elaborate in
vestigations what is really quite
obvious and indeed a truism. It
is that most of the people can
and do pay only a little attention
to public affairs. Most men are
quickly bored with public affairs,
they are easily distracted, they
are too busy, and they are inter
ested in other things. The com
mercialized mass media cater to
this condition of the public mind.
They keep their sights down to
that level.
But in public life, and indeed,
I would say, hi journalism and
the arts, it is essential to aim
higher than the average of the
mass audience. For while the
men and women who are inform
ed and concerned are only a
part of the people, they are a
leading part. They have influ
ence far beyond their numbers,
not because they are any better
than anyone else but because
they are believed to have taken
the trouble to earn the right to
speak on some subject.
It is these influential people
who are neglected and ignored
in the kind of campaigning which
Governor Rockefeller has stoop
ed down to. Incidentally, this
may have given a considerable
advantage to the non-candidates,
who- are- assumed to have more
to say than tHe candidates are
saying.
V '"
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Over 1964 Campaign
John Kennedy's Shadow
By DOUGLAS KIKER
N. Y. Herald Tribune
If the New Hampshire pri
mary proved nothing else and
an awful lot of people are claim
ing it proved an awful lot of dif
ferent things it did confirm
what everybody knew in his pri
vate heart all along:
The nation's voters still have
not recovered from the political
trauma they suffered en Nov.
22. when President John F.
Kennedy was killed.
Why is it that 1964 is the
year when so far, at least, the
future seems to lie in the past?
Where is the natural excite
ment, the quickening of the na
tional pulse and that wonderful
fever which a Presidential elec
tion gives?
When Americans elect a Presi
dent they like to keep him for
awhile, because the fact is that
they do more than elect a Presi
dent; they create him in their
own minds.
Mr. Kennedy had become such
an image, and his abrupt, tragic
departure left a boiling wake of
confusion, fear and doubt, over
cast by a prevailing atmosphere
of unreality.
Nothing is politically clear,
and already it is mid-March.
Republicans still are.; casting
around : for hard issues ;and an
acceptable candidate to meet
the emotional asV well as the
practical problems caused by
the assassination.
The Democrats have their
man whether they like him or
not, but even he seems to
realize that he cannot lay full
claim on the office until the
whole nation elects him.
Puzzling Parade
Politicking, so far, seems al
most like a charade, because of
this.
Here are the handful of men
to whom luck, ambition and
circumstance have given the
chance to run for office, and
they are performing now in the
nation's living rooms making
speeches, taking stands, man
euvering, posturing.
But there is little real excite
ment among the voters as they
sit and watch and identfy them.
"I've got it, you're Scranton,
the reluctant candidate. You're
Nixon, quiet and purposeful.
You're Rockefeller, hot for the
job. You're Goldwater, frustrat
ed and beginning to get mad.
You, the one standing on the
chair, you're Lyndca Johnson,
above it all. And you, the one
holding Johnson's hand, you're
Lodge."
And then someone says,
"Enough of this. We're all bored
and sleepy. Let's break this up
and go home."
This will change in time, no
doubt. Once the Republicans
settle on a candidate and each
party has a major spokesman,
issues will naturally sharpen,
the necessities of the future
will preempt dreams of the
past, and some sort of a na
tional debate, resulting ultimate
ly in a November decision, will
get under way.
. Last week the Republicans
finished in New Hampshire and
transferred their party strug
gle west, but the confusion left
behind was causing all the com
ment. Ambassador Henry Cabot
Ledge won and can prove it cn
paper. But . he is the Republican
equivalent of the late Sen. Estes
Kefauver, it seems, because
party, leaders consider him a
lackadaisical, campaigner and an
inept politican. And besides, he
works for President Johnson.
Both Sen. Goldwater and Gov.
Rockefeller spent hundreds of
thousands of dollars and hun
dreds of man-hours pursuing the
elusive Yankee loyalty, but then
area favor Mr. Nixon for Presi
dent; while 23 per cent would
vote for Ambassador Lodge.
The other results gave Gov.
George Rcmney 9 per cent of
the GOP and independent vote;
Sen. Goldwater 8 per cent; Gov.
Rockefeller 6 per cent; and Gov.
William Scranton 6 per cent.
Mr. Harris said the out-
come was "dismal" for Gov.
Rockefeller. If Nixon or Lodge
fail to run, "Scranton is the
bright new face GOP voters
would turn to," Mr. Harris add
ed. At a deadlocked Republican
convention, Sen. Goldwater
who couldn't win it certainly
would have a major voice in de
ciding who was to win. At this
point, Mr. Nixon appears to be
the only natural and apparent
heir to the Goldwater delegate
vote.
Gov. Scranton polled only 70
votes in New Hampshire, and
to call this a victory is unreal
istic, but to call it a defeat is
equally so.
He stands now about where he
stood before New Hampshire,
but he can't continue there
much longer if he is to have any
chance.
They Question Why
The biggest question of all is
not which Republican will get
the nomination, but why any
one would want it this year.
Mr. Johnson has moved with
dazzliag speed to- preempt the
middle political ground; he has
dug in firmly, has good logisti
cal support, and it is difficult to
see how any Republican could
dislodge him.
The national outlook is good.
Employment is up. The tax cut
has given every wage-earner
an increase in take-home pay.
The chances for the civil rights
bill look bare, and the Presi
dent will go down fighting for
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Editors, The Tar Heel:
In deference to the very able
academic gymnastics Richard
Bynum-Parsons III has set forth
for my benefit, laboring under
my "burthen" compels me to
believe, with no little difficulty,
that a final effort can be made
to help him see the point. Pa
tiently maintaining a tradition
of mutual respect found in the
old "Sam and Henry Letters."
admired by the editors of The
Daily Tar HeeI, would be the
reasonable way to do this, were
it not for the feeling that my
adversary's recent journalistic
handsprings smack of those
learned, and better left, in cer
tain College courses. His ideas
spring here and there and wear
themselves out in inevitable fal
lacy. They are reminiscent of
those of a minor figure in The
Republic who, when asked if he
saw the issue, replied that he
refused to understand. Nothing
new in 505 Ehringhaus.
Mr. Bynum-Parsons has come
up with a worthy idea, a Monu
ment Formula, so to speak, de
serving close attention. It is
unique because it is built on
straw. "Would John Kennedy
have gotten such a memorial
had he died a more prosaic
death? Is assassination suffici
cent reason for such a mem
orial?" Accordingly, on the ba
sis of Kennedy's largely unde
termined "actual greatness" or
upon his record of strikes and
errors in legislation, Mr. Bynum-Parsons
would replace what
is in reality a six inch flame,
supported by a bronze plate
little larger than a coffee sauc
er, with a broken oar. Had
Kennedy been elected by more
than a "tiny margin" and bet
ter satisfied some of our politic
al views, Mr. Bynum-Parsons
would replace the oar with a
crutch. Eventually, the "inap
propriate markers" chosen by
The First Lady would begin to
assume their proper meaning.
At the risk that some may think
I too write for financial gain,
I would ask of Mr. Bynum-Parsons
what he conceives to be the
reason for such a monument?
In its nature to be determined
solely dependent upon Offici:.
f T I U
is there meaning in o merry tL
that some of us have not grap
ed? In his article, Wainv.rL!
observes of the cemetery in At
Iington mac a nitwiuii ui;
vidpnt. reflected in the rca.
size and varying shapes of l! ,
stones which marked the cr:.w
of generals and admirals." Noa;
the summit of the hill is t! .;
SIIlUll name, '"" in...
Parsons has compared to ti
smudge pots on Cameron Si roc?
That flame is no more or !-..
than a svmbol to remind M.
again that he is still so we k
as to believe he has the m!:
to take life and law into his o n
puny hands. Saturday mor.vr
at 11:30 in Dallas twelve n cn
and women added fuel to tb;;t
flame. Petty grievances won't
put it out. We are asked to ac
cept only this.
It is time for some of us. w'.t
use unwieldy terms, to rcnlit"
how vital were "Lower-CLi
Emotions" in building the ;'.:;
of this or any free land. ,;
though commemoration can. con
cededly, be carried too f;,r, it
is to be noted for those of slip
pery memory that Kennedy die!
in a Lincoln automobile, nnco
viewed the Lincoln Memorial r,t
the end of the Memorial Eri;k:o.
once campaigned near Garfield.
Ohio. The flame is not out of
place nor does it stand alone.
True, there is no justification
for apathy: yet I fear that were
Mr. Bynum-Parsons' policy of
"journalistic discrimination" ien
able, many similar well-mean!
though faulty ideas would stand,
uncondemned even by faint
praise. It is discrimination of
the same breed that permits a
handful of men, clinging to the
past, to delay one of the "o!
jetive accomplishments" of the
late President, begun by Lin
coln, now in the Senate. Prefer
able always will be the policy
which tolerates Jabberwock in
all its guises, which leaves straw
houses to the wind. Nothing inw
in 505 Ehringhaus.
William M. Garnott
Law School
Charles McDoivell Jr.
Organizations To
Keep An Eye On
We live in a time of prolife
rating organizations dedicated
to saving us from various things,
including ourselves. Some of us
have a hard time keeping all
these saviors straight in our
minds.
LETTERS
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Names can be withheld only
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stanced - ,
claimed the results didn't mean Jf in nv pvpnt H is heDnin'
a thing, and struck out for the the j.. whUe he placates
West- the rich. And besides, the aver-
California Republicans, not al- age American just doesn't like
lowed write-ins, must choose be- to have three different Presi-
tween them on June 15, and the ents in so short a time,
early polls favcr the New York
er, hands down. If he does win,
that may spell the end of Sen.
Goldwater.
Only the other day we heard
of some new organization or
other that is compiling a guide
to patriotic and political-action
groups so that we will be able
to tell who is saving us from
what, and whether it is a good
idea.
Pending that clarification, let
us try to get ahead of the game.
Below is a list of organizations
that have not even been formed
yet, as far as we know, but
probably will be coming along
any day now.
Association of Patriotic Amer
icans to Defend the Constitution
of Our Forefathers from Furth
er Erosion This group advo
cates prompt and orderly repeal
of the Constitution.
Free Americans for Free Ac
cess to Literature Demands ac
cess to the stacks of public lib
raries to throw out the danger
ous books.
Shame -cn-the-So vie t Society
But a Rockefeller victory in
California might not do him
any more good than the New
Hampshire win will do Mr.
Lodge.
The final beneficiary appears
to be Richard M. Nixon, whose
Gallup poll ratings are on the
rise.
The Brighter Side
Mr. Nixon's political image
was further brightened by a
ooll. conducted by research
H
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We notice that I. Beverly Lake
lost his voice over the weekend.
So it finally caught up with his
mind, huh?
Definition: Procrastination
the next quiz.
Add five persons to the official
anaiysi iou n.uU, -- ---- ionals Saturday night. The U-
yesterday m a copyrighted story f spectators, too.
by the Rochester, N.Y. Demo
crat and Chronicle. Based on a
scientifically-selected cross sec- High-school librarian Colum
tion of 1,000 homes,' it showed bus M. Tart has entered the gov
that 37 per cent of the Repub- ernor's race. But- we thought
licans and independents in the he was booked up for the next
eelprints
four years.
Governor Sanford's wife is
now a Chi Omega. Does that
mean she has to eat at The
Pines?
Then there are those clods who
never drink at the fountain of
knowledge, only gargle.
Quote of the Week (concerning
that mess on Cameron Avenue):
"I knew we were Tar Heels, but
this is ridiculous."
Then there's the UNC coed
doll you wind . it up and it
breaks the Apartment Rule.
Wants to shame the Soviet Union
and reassure world opinion by
dismantling the United Statw
Army, Navy and Air Force, and
beating all nuclear weapons in
to plow-shares.
Federated Council of Freed,t7
Lovers Determined to Free Cuba
from Communism SuS2c.4s
blowing up Cuba with nuclear
bombs.
Committee for Free Speech in
the Cinema Insists that Lie
American subtitles on foreign
films be at least as smutty s
the original dialogue.
Free Fighters for the Exten
sion cf Educational Opportunity
Demands govemment-su.'siJ-ized
home tutors for chilJrcs
whose parents will not alio'
them to attend integrate o
schools.
National Mobility Committee
for Absolute Balance cf Edu:-
tion Opportunity Advocate
equipping school buses w i t '
desks and blackboards so Uk: ;
the children of minority groir::
Will not lose fla!rnrm tirnf
while being transferred fro m
neighborhood to neighborhood t:
provide racial balance.
American Federation to Pre
serve the Fundamentals n'
Americanism Wants to require
the playing of the National An
them prior to sit-down strikes,
lie-down strikes, street riots, in
dignation meetings, stonings of
indignation, m e e t i n gs, and
bombings.
Committee for Fuller Partici
pation in Public Affairs-Award.;
medals annually to the citizens
of each state who have signed
the most petitions.
Patriots' Index Rating Bureau
Issues monthly ratings evaluat
ing oranizations that evaluate
the records of members of Ca
ress.
Council to Provide Counsel for
Dissenters Provides legal aid
to persons arrested for disturb
ing the peace by booing speak
ers, and for persons arrested
for disturbing the peace by boo
ing persons who boo speakers.
Nuts Unlimited Provides
temporary sponsorship for any
nutty idea that has not found a
permanent sponsoring organization.