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CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1965
Volume 72, Number DS
'Marxism'
Hurled At
By JOHN GREENBACKER
DTII Staff Writer
Medicare: "This reminds me' of
one of the first principles of Marx
ism." . This was an argument raised
by former North Carolina Ameri
can Medical Association president
Dr. John Kernodle Tuesday night
in a debate in Gerrard Hail.
A self -proclaimed "radical" and
Socialist Party member, a form
er national AMA president, UNC
associate professor and Kernodle
tossed the Medicare question
around with a flurry of facts,
figures and pleas before a capaci
ty crowd.
UNC associate professor of
medicine Dr. Frank Williams led
the debate for the affirmative
with the statement: "In an abund
ant society there is no reason
why everyone can't , have ade
quate medical care.
"There are more aged persons
'suffering from illness than any
other age group," he said. "The
average person 65 years old or
older who is sick spends an av
erage of 10.9 days per year in the
hospital, while the average sick
person under 65 spends under 6.5
days in the hospital.
"Elderly persons pay 55 per
cent more in costs for hospitaliza
tion than younger persons. In
North Carolina older couples
spend five times the money in
couples do.
"Among elderly persons 64 per
cent don't have health insurance,
and of those that do, only one
fourth of them have insurance
which would cover three-fourths
of their medical expenses, "Wil
liams said.
"An older person is most con
cerned over two things, day-to-day
subsistence and the possibility of
illness," he said. "A total of 31
per cent of ail elderly persons
who apply for welfare benefits
have lost their previous income
because of medical costs.
"Nine out" b 10 elderly persons
spend some time in the hospital
before death."
Williams said the current federal
bill for medical assistance to eld
erly persons, the Kerr-Mills act,
and its more liberalized version,
the AMA sponsored Eldercare
bill, "will not help an elderly
person with any significant in
come. "The King-Anderson or Medi
care bill will provide medical
care for all persons over 65 re
gardless of income," he said. "It
will be financed like social securi
ty and will cost an estimated $45
per year for each person."
More Insurance
Williams said the program
would enhance the purchasing of
private medical insurance much
as the social security system has
done.
Former national AMA president
Dr. Edward Annis opposed the
Medicare bill, and said current
... programs would be sufficient with
some modification.
"Catastrophe illness insurance
which would cover medical ex
penses between . $5C0-$25,000 can
be purchased by a person of any
age for the same or less than
the price of Medicare," he said.
"Eighty-two per cent of our
elderly people are supporting
themselves independently, and 80
per cent own their own homes,
besides having federal tax ad
vantages. "Among those elderly persons
who are not financially independ
ent," he said, "they may re
ceive free medical care under ex
isting programs if they need it.
"The biggest problem we face
today is that people don't know of
the existing medical care pro
grams, and when the question of
eligibility arises, there is too
much adherence to the letter of
the law," he said.
"The proposed Eldercare plan
calls for additional money for free
medical care along tie Kerr
Mills basis, pays for the medical
i Ai,4s-ir re
insurance oi neeuy eiucujr k1--sons
and provides aid for per
sons more financially solvent."
Annis said under existing pro
grams, no needy person is denied
medical care if he needs it.
Tucker attacked the AMA for
its stand on the bill. "The King
Anderson bill doesn't set the pay
of phyisicians, it deals only with
hospitals and institutions," he
said.
"In many ways, the Medicare
hill is entirelv irrelevant to doc
tors. They dislike it because of
its implications."
Tucker said the MIA was fitt
ing the Medicare proposal because
of a long range fear of socialized
medicine. "They dislike it for the
same reason that I support it,"
he said.
"There are many persons who
have come to feel that medicine
should have its socialized aspects
Charge
Medicare
much as do the police, fire pre
vention and educational systems
cf the state."
Lines cf Opposition
"The AMA has three lines of
opposition against Medicare," he
said. "They rely on massive re
sistance, the claim that private
insurance can solve the problems
along vith Eldercare and the at
titude 'don't mess with the status-
quo.' "
Tucker said that federal involve
ment in medical institutions in
the past has had the effect of up
grading standards.
Kernodle, speaking against
Medicare, said, "Eighty per cent
cf the people in North Carolina
pay medical expenses out of in
surance or earnings, not savings.
"Under the Kerr-Mills program
in North Carolina," he said, "eld
erly persons who are in need are
eligible for unlimited hospital
care, and now may receive dental,
drug and outpatient services free.
"To be eligible, an elderly per
son must show his need by filling
out a voucher statement of in
come, similar to that used on
income, tax forms," he said.
"We believe in helping those
who. need help, not the greedy.
"Only 18 per cent of our elder
ly persons are indigent," he said.
"Why should younger persons
have to pay for the care of these
people?
$6,500 for Medicare
"Under the Medicare program,
it has been estimated that a
young working person will have
to pay $6,500 from his lifetime
salary to finance Medicare aid,"
he said.
Kernodle agreed that Medicare
was a step towards socialized
medicine, and said, "One of the
first principles of Marxism is if
you want to control a nation you
must organize and control the
medical profession." . :
Attacking the socialized medi
cine concept, Annis . said, , "As
soon as you provide-care for all,
your institutions will have their
standards and operations prescrib
ed in Washington."
Addressing himself to the rea
son, why a person must show his
need to receive aid, Annis said:
"In 24 programs for government
assistance and in President John
son's poverty programs, all per
sons applying must show need
before aid is given."
The Carolina Forum and the
Carolina Political Union, sponsors
of the debate, have planned more
programs, CPU chairman Jerry
Hancock said.
HC Candidates
To Meet Tonight
Students interested in seeking
election to Honor Council seats
this spring must attend the Honor
System Commission meetings to
night.
The Women's Council will meet
at 6 p.m. in GM, and the Men's
Council, at 7 p.m. in 207 Alumni.
To be eligible for election, a
student must be endorsed by the
Honor System Commission and
must take the Honor System test,
This includes write-in candidates
that do not file for election in
time to go through the normal
pre-election procedure."
There are seats open in Men's
Districts I and IX, and several
Women's Council seats are up for
election in dormitory districts.
Playmaters
The Carolina Playmakcrs pro
duction of "Oh Dad, Poor Dad,
Mama's Hung You in the Closet
and I'm Feelin' So Sad" opened
Tuesday night and will play
through Sunday at Playmakers
Theater.
By KERRY SIPE
There is a standard recipe
for writing a contemporary
drama: (1) decide that life is
ridiculous, (2) write two hours
of ridiculous things tied togeth
er around a ridiculous plot, and
(3) label the whole thing "Life"
in big red letters. "
A great many writers have
the formula and a great .many
new plays have the ingredients.
For this reason, "Oh Dad,
Poor Dad," the current Play
makers production, needed a
capable cast if it expected to
be anything out of the ordinary.
It has one.
Director Kai Jurgenson has a
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DID SOMEBODY STEP on this bug? Not really. Somehow the
rear of Chip Bernard's sports car was dented and instead of
sending it to a repair shop, Bernard took the. easy way out and
just applied a super-size bandage. Coed Mary Ellison Strother
checks out the hasty repair. Photo by Jock Lautercr
Senate Says 'YES'
To
RALEIGH m A bill to make
Charlotte College- a fourth : unit
of the Consolidated University was
passed by the Senate Wednesday '
and sent to the House.' ".;
The Senate voted after beating
down a move by Sen. Thomas
J. White of Lenoir County to
send the bill to the Appropriations
Committee of which White -, is
chairman.
White has led the battle against
the bill. :
White objected Tuesday to a
third reading and said he would
conduct research on how much it
would cost to run a university
branch at Charlotte.
' Earlier Tuesday, the bill re
ceived unanimous approval by the
House Higher Education Commit
tee. An amendment providing that
Charlotte College became part
of UNC as soon as the bill is en
acted, instead of July 1, also was
approved.
Sen. Ralph Scott of Alamance,
chairman of the Senate Higher
Education Committee, in present- ,
ing the bill to the Senate, re
viewed the problem of rising col
lege enrollments. '.,
52,101 Enrolled
Scott said there were 52,101
students enrolled in state colleges
and universities last fall. He said
these colleges would be called
on to enroll 7,300 persons in 1970
and 132,600 in 1975.
Scott called for unanimous ap
proval of the bill and said: "Let
the youth of North Carolina know
that we're doing all we can to
raise their level of living."'
White, the only senator not to
sign the bill when it was introduc
ed, then took the lectern in the
well of toe Senate chambers.
: "It was- difficult for me to with
stand the persuasive and persis
tent attempt by Sen. Belk of
Mecklenburg to put my name
on this bill," White said. "I was
troupe capable of milking mean
ing from the absurd and of giv
ing the Playmaker audience a
puzzle for their philosophical .
intellects. The show in part re
deems the Playmakers for their
rather disappointing efforts in
Hamlet earlier this season.
To satirize a single part of
life successfully is commend
able. To satirize all of life suc
cessfully is monumental. - Arth
ur Kopit, the author of the play,
who wrote it as a college fra
ternity student, pictures life as
a beautiful pastoral scene with"
blue sky and green trees. "When
you go sit under the tree and
breathe in the air and say, 'Oh,
God, how beautiful' that's when
the bird on the branch above
your head lets go his drop
pings..' The bearer of this revelation
is Madame Rosepettle (Martha
Nell Hardy), a sophisticated
Upgrading
CC
tortured by this restraint.
"But the responsibility is mine
as a legislator," White continued,
"to proceed on available facts and
due inquiry."
The senator charged that the
Senate Higher Education Com
mittee gave the bill rapid approv-
;al4'contrary to ordinary proced-:
ure." He described the committee
vote as "tacitly affirmative.
"We need to know how much
money is needed now? How much
money will be needed in the
future and what effect these ap
propriations will have on approp
riations for existing branches of
the university?
"All this should be done in re
spectable manner," White con
tinued. ' .
Capital Punishment
A bill to partially abolish capital
punishment in North Carolina was
introduced in the House. Wednes
day. Rep. Ernest B. Messer of Hay
wood sent forward the bill which
would eliminate the death senten
ce for murder, burglary and ar
son but leave it in effect for rape.
Messer said he wrote the bill
to leave rape as a capital crime
because he did not think the bill
would pass if the death sentence
for rape were abolished.
Minimum Wage
Rep. Carl L. Bailey Jr. of Wash
ington County and J. Henry Hill
of Catawba and other House mem
bers joined in sponsoring a bill to
boost the state's minimum wage
from 85 cents to $1.
The bill would benefit an esti
mated 50,000 of the state's lowest-paid
industrial workers. Gov.
Dan Moore has stated he would
favor an increase in the minimum
wage i? it would not cause low
paid workers to lose their jobs
vor cause marginal industries to
go out of business.
Acting Cited
Scoipe Success
lady necrophiliac.with an affec
tion for her dead husband's stuf
fed body. The madame,' whose
favorite past-time is going to
the beach at night to kick sand
in the faces of the lovers she
finds there, is traveling in the
Caribbean with her paranoid
son, Johnathan (Michael Car-
rington). .
: In her long search for some
thing she can call her very own,
Madame Rosepettle has taken
her husband's life and is busily
engaged in collecting the broken
pieces of her son's mind.
Happy Family . .
With the happy family & thlT
hotel room are two venus fly
traps, an elderly and lecherous
yacht captain (George A.-Gray
HI), a silver pvrannah fish
named Rosalinda "with an.aPP?"
tite for cats, a number of bell
boys, a "fantastic" stamp col
lection, a corpse," a -'fabulous
McCrary
Investigators
Push Search
r Arsonist
, A' team of 30 professional in
vestigators and a 50-man security
guard continued looking yester
day for clues concerning the $550,
003 halocaust which destroyed one
building and damaged another on
the . N. C. State campus Monday
night.
Hardy Berry, State's public in
formation director said that stu
dents have established a sentinel
system in all dormitory buildings,
and are keeping watch 24 hours a
day.
It was determined soon after
the fire in Pullen and Peele Halls
I were extinguished that arson was
I the cause. The fire was the latest
in a series of 11 blazes set on the
State campus since Dec. 18.
State Bureau of Investigation
Chief Walter Anderson said his
: men have eliminated as suspects
the two former State students who
were arrested recently in connec-
' ticn with a December fire on the
' campus. '
Whereabouts Established
Although the two youths, WTil-
linm Royal Fairehild of Winston
! Srlcm and David Landon Steele
5 of Raleigh, are both free under
bond awaiting trial, Anderson said
: their whereabouts Monday night
have been established.
Dct. Capt. Robert E. Goodwin
, ol the Raleiglvpolice said informa
tion gathered by investigation of
ficers has been examined and
two-man teams were assigned to
follow up leads. .: .
An - arson 1 investigation head-
. quarters has been set up on the
campus by the SBI.
In addition to SBI agents and
Raleish detectives, the investiga
tive force includes men from the
State Insurance Department, the
National Board of Fire Under
writers, the Raleigh Fire Preven
tion Bureau and State's security
police force.
'Alarming Problem'
Gov. Dan Moore called the sit
uation "an alarming problem be
cause we don t have the slightest
idea where fires will occur next
on campus."
Moore directed the SBI to make
every effort to catch the firebug.
He also ordered Ed Rankin, direc
tor of the State Department of
Administration,' to use any addi
tional measures to guard against
further fires. 1
A 6 p.m. curfew has been put
into effect on all academic and
administrative buildings by Chan
cellor John Caldwell. Only , stu
dents attending classes or labs
arc allowed to enter the buildinbs
and these were asked for identifi-
cation.
Salvage Continues
As the investigators worked,
college officials began to salvage
records," and files from Pcclc
Hall, an administrative building,
arid cleaning up the charred re
mains of Pullen, used in recent
years by band and music students.
Except for a small brush fire
on the railroad tracks near the
campus, there have been no inci
dents since Monday.
In head Roles
coin collection, a youthful, lech
erous and decidedly female
babysitter (Sara R. Kravitz),
and a collection of "unbeliev
able" books.
From the beginning of the
first scene, the action of the
play consists of passing these
10 props back and forth across
the stage in various patterns.
In the role of the love-oppressed
Johnathan, Michael Carring
ton captures every spasm of the
exaggerated clumsiness and
stutter that is necessary to
make the observer wonder
whether he should laugh or cry.
George A. Gray doesn't dance
very well, but then, neither
would a commodore. Sara R.
Kravitz, as Rosalie, presents
an impressive showing of much
natural talent and even a little
acting ability.
The bevy of uncoordinated
bellhops left the most to be
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Peace Corps Booths
Planned Next Week
i ?
Pjeace Corps officials will make
a. 'wecklong informational visit
here beginning Monday. .
According to a statement from
Georgianna Shine of the Peace
Corps' Office of. Public Affairs,
members of the . Peace Corps staff
and returned volunteers will man
an information booth in Y-Court
and another in Lenoir from 8
a.m. to 10 p.m. each day during
the week.
Organizations interested in hav
ing one of the volunteers or staff
members speak at a meeting dur
ing the week can make arrange
ments by calling Miss Shine or
Helaine Murphy of the Division
of Selection at 933-2294.
Over 8.000 new volunteers are
needed in projects in the fields
of teaching, community develop
ment, public health, agriculture,
engineering, home economics and
recreation.
Students Invited
To Prayer Service
UNC students have been in
vited to the World Day of Pray
er obscrvt-nce here March 5.
A service will be held at 11
a.m. in Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church on .Rosemary Street.
The observance is sponsored!
by the United Church Women j
of the United Council of Church
es. - . j
Services will be hld in more
than 25.000 communities in the!
United States. I
In 6Oh
desired. The bell captain (Step
han Chandler) stood by and let
his double chins do most of his
acting for him. His crew
sounded as if they were reeding
even in the parts where they
didn't open their mouths.
Stage Sermon
The' play -is worth seeing if
only, for the 20-minute stage
sermon delivered by Martha
Hardy in the second scene. She
has, through witchcraft, fasten
ed the commodore to his seat
upon the stage, and by magic
ally becoming the woman she
only mechanically portrayed
earlier in the play, she trans
fixes her audience in the same
way. In what is undoubtedly
the highlight of the drama, Mad
ame Rosepettle makes the audi
ence ashamed of itself for
laughing at the tragic picture
they are seeing.
Tommy Rezzuto deserves ap-
ERNIE McCRARY
... ,To Seek DTII EtlilorshijJ
j Vhoin hy Jock Lautrrcr
.Students can apply for the Peace
Ccrps by filling out a voluntcr
questionnaire, obtainable at. the
information center or Room 105
Y-Building, and taking the non
competitive placement test.
The test wil be given for a full
week starting Wednesday.
Talent Show
Has Sha f f er
In 'Lineup'
Lee Shaffer, former All-America
basketball -player here and an
Ail-Pro performer with the Syra
cuse Nationals, will make a guest
appearance at the Sophomore Tal
ent Show Friday night.
Shaffer will chat with master
of ceremonies roimcr chancellor
Robert B. Houe about the upcom
ing ACC Basketball tournament,
the Duke game Saturday and his
days at UNC when hq was a stu
dent in one of House's classes.
A member of the Tar Heels bas
ketball team from 1958-C0, Shaffer
averaged 14.1; points a game
over the three? seasons.
He was chosen by the U. S.
Basketball Writers Association in
19f.o to be a member of the Look
All-America team. Other honors
under his name include ACC play
er of the year, WO; All-ACC,
1959-60; All-ACC Tournament, 1959
60; All Dixie Classics, 1958-59; All
Kentucky Invitational Tournament,
1959.
acF
r-lause for his set design and
for making excellent use of the
limited space of the Playmaker
Mage. The audience was visibly
impressed when the stace split
and turned in the third scene
to reveal the interior of Mad
ame Roscpettlc's mysterious
master bedroom.
Russel B. Graves' lighting
was harsh and spotty at times,
leaving the live actors on the
stage more hollow-faced and
pallid than the dead ones.
At cne point during the play,
Madame Rosepettle says to a
bellboy, "If you must bang like
that try to bang with some
sort of rhythm."
The case of "Oh Dad." must
have taken her advice. They
have taken a play thot might
have been simply a loud, rasp
ing noise on the stage, and add
ed enough talent and rhythm to
make it poetic.
D
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Endorsed
By UP, SP,
Pub Board
DTII managing editor Ernie
McCrary announced yesterd.iy
that he will seek the editorship
in the spring election. He K the
first to announce for the posi
tion. The Lenoir junior was en lors
ed Sunday by Student Party
and Monday by University Par
ty. Yesterday he received the
endorsement of the Publications
Board.
No Co Iditor
McCrary will seek the post
alone.
"Despite a trend toward co
editorships in the past two
years, I am running alone be
cause I feel a more effective
job can be done with one per
son in charge of the news
paper," he said yesterday.
"Almost every staff mcralx r
from this year's paper will be
back next fall. This staff, which
will be one of the most ,,i',ri
enced and competent in DTII
history, will make a tough job
easier."
McCrary has worked in a va
riety of positions on the DTII
Staff, including staff writer, as
sistant managing editor and
managing editor.
lie has also worked for The
Charlotte Observer, Hickory
Daily Record and Chapel Iliil
Weekly.
McCrary. a journalism major,
made the School of Journalism
Dean's List last semester with
a 3.1 average.
Political MooYrair'
He describes himself as a
"political moderate who prefers
to judge each issue on its own
merits, rather than adhere to
any party's policy."
"My editorial noiicv vviH be
firm and responsible, with no
place for extremism and loss
of perspective which has light
ed some past Daily Tar Heels,"
ie said.
'Office Open'
"A good editor has to be an
nformcd editor. I will inain
ain close contact and commun
ication with the administration
and students, through individ
uals and Student Government
officials, to insure that I am
informed. My office will always
be open to anyone who has Tar
Heel business to discuss and I
trust lint administrative and
student offices will be open to
me," McCrary said.
He is a 1962 graduate of Lr
noir High School, where he was
an officer of the National Honor
Society, and a four-year Student
Council member.
Five EnirlisI
1
Scholars Gel
Study G ranis
Five mcmlx-TS of the Department
of English faculty will pursue
study projects in the humanities
this summer under a cooperative
.j-'ogram launched this vcar by
7NC and Duke.
The five have been awarded
summer research grants under
the Cooperative Program in the
Humanities, a program made pos
sible by an $300,000 grant from
the Ford Foundation.
The regional program permits
the exchange of humanistic schol
ars between UNC and Duke and
between these two institutions and
a number of liberal arts colleges
in North Carolina, Virginia and
South Carolina.
The program includes summer
research awards for ;eti!ic
projects. The five recipients of
these awards are: Dr. J. O.
! Bailey, Dr. Charles L K&zv. Dr.
i William A. McQueen III. Dr.
Mark L. Reed and Dr. Char'es
D. Wright.
ITALIAN SOCIETY
The Italian Cultural Society
will meet at R p.m. today in
the lounge of Graham Memori
al. A music program is plan
ned and Italian folk sonizs will
be sung. The event is co-sponsored
by the GM Music Committee.