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tJllC Library Serial? Papfc, Box 870 Cfetpel HiLl, n.c. o Get 9Em Students not planning to be on campus for spring elections March 23 should pick up ab sentee ballots today from Stu dent Government offices. -Weather Ain't it nice! yy Founded Feb. 23, 1893 CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1965 Volume 72, Number 115 Introduced To IFC Editor's Notebook .Bill Hits Faculty Decision 1I mm II LJ Ml J -ft" I ? ' "i n -i With Mike Yopp It was six days almost to the hour from the time Rev. Jame: Reeb was beaten on a Selrm street to the time Presiden Johnson appeared before a join session of Congress to ask leg islation granting all American the right to vote. Reeb's death dramatized th cause of Negro voting right more than a march to Mont gomery or anywhere else coulr possibly have done. The attacl on the Boston Unitarian mini? ter by a band of angry white gave a sense of urgency to th situation that Negroes had at tempted to create during i month of protests in the sma! Alabama town. Johnson conveyed this urgen cy Monday night as he spokf to both houses and a nation wide television and radio audi ence about "the cries of oain the hymns and the protests of the oppressed people." Favorable Reaction Congressional reaction w a ; favorable, and, despite threats of a Southern filibuster in the Senate, passage of stringent voting measures seems assured "It is morally wrong to deny any of your fellow Americans the right to vote in this coun try," Johnson asserted in his address. Assuming "your fellow Americans" are of age and have residency in a voting district, this seems only reasonable. But r.it doesn't seem reason able to residents of Dallas County, Ala., where Negroes outnumber whites three to one, or to residents of hundreds -of other southern counties where a similar ratio exists. In these places you hear that first cry of anarchy: "You can't legislate morals." These people are victims of the influence of five or six gen erations whose social standards allowed them to tolerate Ne groes, but not accept them into the mainstream of Southern life. But, contrary to beliefs of some observers, these southern "hold - outs" are possessed with hearts and souls and they des erve consideration. But so do Negroes who are trapped in this outmoded social system. " These people are resisting change, change that will come just as surely as the sun will sink nightly behind the low Al abama hills. In this struggle against change, they have unknowingly been betrayed by two mstitu tions which they trust state and local government and the southern press. Alabama Governor George Wallace has been the foremost spokesman for segregation. Wallace is an articulate repre sentative for the Deep South, and (if you dispense with pow ers of reasoning) makes a be lievable case for segregation. And this attitude spills over to government officials in Sel ma (which must now be con sidered a symbol of Southern resistance). Deny Vote Local registrars denied the right to vote to three out of four Selma Negroes who attempted to register during the first two months of the civil rights cam paign there, according to a Jus tice Department survey. Sheriff James Clark deputized scores of local residents and formed a posse, and peacekeep ing isn't the only goal of these armed men. " A federal judge Monday or dered police to allow a march to the memory of Reeb. This came after four days of attempt ed marches which each time met with police lines. The only concession (and it was a slight one), was the offer of Selma mayor Joe Smitherman to allow a service at the local football field, well removed from the downtown section. And newspapers? The widely circulated Birmingham Post -Dispatch has repeatedly editor ialized against attempts of Sel ma Negroes to bring their, pngnt before the nation's eye. The headline of a Jan. 31 col umn by Montgomery Advertiser managing editor Don F. Wasson reads: "Selma Inscribes Note Of Reason In History Text." Wasson throws the blame of Selma incidents, not on the res idents, but on "racial agitators" and the "invading horde" of "semi - literate newsmen, who, without feeling for the hard (Continued on Page 2) r 4 , AND WHEN HE wants his fraternity pin back, all you do is squeeeeze the trigger . Take it easy men, these Air Force ROTC Angel Flight members are only getting in a little rifle practice on the range here. After Monday night's regular meeting 15 of the 28 Angels underwent instruction. The would - be Annie Oakleys are, from left: Nancy Litton, Connie Croom and Betsy Gray. Photo by Jock Lau erer. outhern Johnson's WASHINGTON (AP) South ern Democrats bitterly assailed President Johnson' 3 proposed voting rights legislation Tues day as bipartisan sponsors la bored to whip it into shape for introduction in Congress. Sens. Allen J. Ellender, D La., John Sparkman, D - Ala., and Herman E. Talmadge, D Ga., fired a barrage in the Sen ate against the President's pro gram to set up federal regis trars called examiners to put Negroes on the voting rolls. This would be done in those areas in which fewer than 50 per cent of the qualified citi zens went to the polls last No vember. Minority Viewpoint The Southerners obviously represented a minority point of view in a Congress pointed to ward action to eliminate one of the causes of controversy that has spilled racial demonstra tions into the streets, as in Sel ma, Ala. But they . represented, in the threat of a senate filibuster, po tential delays in such action. Ellender called the Presi dent's proposal a violation of the constitutional right of states to fix the qualifications of vot ers. He threatened to "filibuster against it and talk against it as long as the Lord gives me breath." Ellender claimed it might lead to anarchy in gov ernment. Talmadge attacked the bill as unconstitutional, unnecessary and unwise. "The federal government has no more constitutional authori ty to take over the control of city, county and state elections than it has to supplant mayors, county officials, state legisla tors and governors with ap pointed federal officials," Tal madge declared. Given Opportunity Sparkman said that qualified citizens of Selma and Dallas County, Negro and white, "were being given the opportunity to register and vote when these demonstrations began, and they will have that opportunity when these demonstrations end." He said that this was being done under U. S. court orders. "The great majority of the people of Alabama . vigorously opposed the enactment of the (1964) Civil Rights Act, and they still oppose it as being un constitutional and unwise," Snarkman said, "but the bill is law and ... the people of Ala bama and the south will obey Coed Sally Laws Selected Air Unit's 'Little Colonel9 Sally Laws, a Raleigh senior majoring in medical technology, was elected "Little Colonel" by the Arnold Air Society conclave over the weekend. She was selected by representatives from East Carolina Col lege, N. C. State, A&T College, Duke and UNC. She ' will represent the area at the Arnold Air Society National Conclave in Washington April 11 to 15. In Washington, Miss Laws will compete for the title of "Little General," the top award given to a member of Angel Flight in the United States. She will be judged on beauty, poise and con tributions to the Arnold Air Society and Angel Flight. Miss Laws is commander of the Area Angel Flight. She is also a member of . the Newman Club, the Medical Technology Club and the Order of the Old Lampshadss. Connie Roberts, a junior majoring in political science, has been elected commander of the Jesse J. Moorehead squadron of Angel Flight here. - - Other officers include: executive officer, Connie Croom; admin istrative officer, Ann Mcintosh; assistant administrative officer, Kay Landolina; comptroller. Isabelle Szczerbiak; information services officer, Sharon Miller; 1 ... t . . .... Democrats Assai Votinj the law because it is the law. "Let Martin Luther King and his lieutenants do the same. If they are to demand that others obey the law, then let them obey the law." Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirkssn of Illinois told a news conference he hopes a panel of justice department lawyers and congress staff i4r it R Four Hospitalized ifter Bloody v'Melee. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) Mounted possemen clubbed and flailed white and Negro demon strators Tuesday in another bloody racial outburst that shift ed the civil rights focus to Ala bama's capital. At least four persons, includ ing a white college professor, were hospitalized after the rout by mounted sheriff's deputies. The horsemen broke up a street sit - down by about 600 persons. A thousand Negroes massed at the white - domed capitol within an hour after the bloody melee four blocks away. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leader of the violence-wracked Negro voter drive, left Selma Y Interviews Begin Friday ! Interviews for YMCA commit-1 tee co - chairmen will be held Friday and Monday from 2 to 5 p.m. in 106 Y-Building. An appointment time sheet and informative brochures are available outside the office. The committees in the YMCA are divided into two general categories: community service and education. Under community service come the committees of Blind, Y-Teens, Butner, South Wing, Girl Scouts, Freshman Pro gram, Hi-Y, Gravely, Hospital, Orphanage and Murdock. Under education comes Unit ed Nations, Foreign Students, Human Relations, International Relations, Public Affairs, Re ligious Emphasis, Writer - in -Residence and Campus Chest. and chaplain, Michel Beaulieu. A i -"f 4 j equests members can produce a draft of a voting rights bill for in troduction today. He said he is working close ly with Atty. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach, Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield of Mon tana and Rep. William M.-Mcculloch, R-Ohio, in attempts to produce a bipartisan bill. ir immediately for Montgomery. King had said earlier there would be no let - up in Ala bama marches. Troopers On Scene The capitol was ringed by hundreds of helmeted, club -carrying state troopers, county officers and state conservation and alcoholic beverage control agents. Some of the troopers rode horses. The mounted possemen also stood guard around the green lawned square. The line of offi cers completely encircled the capitol. The singing, chanting Negroes marched from Alabama State College where their earlier march had started. Before leaving Selma, King said at a news conference his supporters would keep the pres sure on Alabama and Washing ton until Congress enacts the vote - right guarantees proposed by President Johnson. In Selma Dr. King said that his steadily growing civil rights army will keep marching in the streets of Alabama until Congress enacts the vote - right guarantees proposed by Presi dent Johnson. Keep Pressure King said his supporters will keep the pressure on Alabama and also mount a Washington drive for quick passage of the President's legislation. "The main focus .will be kept on Alabama," King said at a news conference in the front yard of a Negro dentist. King spent the night at the dentist's home. King said a 50 - mile highway pilgrimage from Selma to Montgomery would be under taken to keep the voter issue before the nation. A federal judge at Montgom ery ended a hearing Tuesday on a petition for such a march and was expected to rule soon on whether it would be per mitted. Negro leaders planned to wait until after district judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. rules be fore setting a date for the march to Montgomery. King issued a statement say ing that President Johnson's ad dress to congress Monday night was "one of the most eloquent, unequivocal and passionate pleas for human rights ever made by a President of the United States ..." FACULTY RECEPTION Kappa Sigma fraternity will hold a faculty reception from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. A broth er said it will be "a sort of opening" for the newly reno vated house. Fraternity and so rority presidents are also in vited. Grail Inducts 16 Men Ten juniors and six sophomor es were intiated into the Order of the Grail in predawn cere monios Monday. The rites marked the firs time that the order, the highes all-undergraduate honorary 01 campus, has taken more thai the traditional 13. New knights are: Donah Wayne Carson, Rocky Mount Pfcul Dickson III, Raeford; Al bert Parrish Pepper Jr., Salis bury; John Matney Harmon Statesville; Penn Rodion Szitt ya, Asheville; Spencer Wyat McCallie, Chatanooga, Tenn. Armistead Jones Maupin Jr., Ra lcigh; and Jchn Daniel Shel burne, Raleigh. Also, William Neil Thoma.' Ill, Lookout Mountain, Tenn.: Britton L. Gordon Jr., Granc Rapids, Mich.; Don Thomas Wil son, Birmingham, Ala.; Rober Owen Wilson, Charlotte; Rc bert Stone Powell, Thomasvil le; Allen Pierce McDonald, At lanta, Ga.; . Dennis Theodore O'Toole, Boydton, Va.; and James Allen Medford, Waynes ville. The Order of the Grail yvat founded in 1920 to recognize out standing men of the University who exemplify the virtues 91 by the four goals the Grail sym bolizes: friendship, truth, cour age and service. v t The specific problem which inspired the formation of the Qj?der, . was the -growing aware ness on "the" part' of the foun ders of a serious lack of unity on the Carolina campus. It was felt that growing anta gonism between fraternity and residence hall men was impari ing the effectiveness of united campus efforts. - The membership of . the order was thus divided between the two groups to provide a re presentative group qualified to discuss the problem and to at tempt to find solutions. This year's knights include eight from fraternities and eight from residence halls. . Active knights include: Ned Martin, Bob Spearman, Mike Chanin, Steve Dennis, Pete Wales, Gerry Hancock, Al Snead, Harrison Merrill, Park McGinty, Frank Martin, Larry Ehrhart, Jim Meade, Bill Low rance, Jim Full wood and Neal Jackson. 'WaaayOut' Group Hits UNC Tonight The prize - winning satire "Be yond the Fringe" comes to Me morial Hall today at 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale at GM In formation Desk and will be available at the door. Reserved seats for UNC students with ID cards are 50 cents; $1 for date or spouse. The "delightfully English" satire, written and presented by four English intellectual ama teurs, consists of 23 blackout skits, which assault everything from sweet patriotism to stuffy hypocrisy. The cast for the four - part play consists of Robert Cessna, Donald Cullen, Jol Fabiani, and James Valentine. 'Weekend' Tickets Tickets are on sale in Y-Court for the two night activities of "Freshman Weekend" this Friday and Saturday. According to Freshman Class President Bill Furdy, the weekend will be kicked off with a gold mine of entertainment on hand at the National Guard Armory in Durham. Friday night. Billed for the 8 p.m. to midnight dance are Dionne Warwick, making her last U. S. ap pearance beofre leaving on an European tour; "The Tams," "Dr. Feelgood and the Interns," and "Guitar Kimber and the Untouchables." i " " , ' - ' t . - j j. .. ... . j f -... i ' 5 F J r r - ? ' - J - - i r . :r X . ; I - - - - , ' r , t ' ' y - 5 f ; . i . y r , - f y - , t . "i - ,-j f - 5f , ' ' ' y ' ' - ' - v r 1 V v - i 'Zy'4y-y y:r 'yyyyy ' 'yyyyyyyyyyVXyyysyyly-y y:ryySyy&::yVfyyyy&6yXyyA' yyy'y- yyyyyyyyy-j I y 5 y.yyy;ymy;- Wi yyyyy: y' y yyy'kyryyi ; M, "m VZK. " - . i fy;. y . . y.. : :-:-y.. . . . ... . . AH, YES it's a great day for the Irish. While most descendants of the Emerald Isle are content with wearing the green on St. Patrick's Day, only shamrock-hunting would suit Irisher Zackie Mnrphie. Photo By Jock Lauterer. McClamrochAdded As Kite Fly Judge .-Chapelj Hill Mayor Sandy McCIamroch has accepted an invitation to judge the second annual DTH Kite Contest Satur day. He joins ' Kays Gary, Char lotte Observer columnist, and Mrs. Paul Sharp as judges for the event, which is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on the new base ball stadium site adjacent to Ehringhaus. . The high - flyin' mayor, who was recently named "Man of the Year" in Chapel Hill for 1964, has held his office four years. He is currently seeking his third term. A 1950 graduate of the Univer sity, McCIamroch is owner of radio station WCHL, which he founded in 1952. He is a life - long resident of Chapel Hill, married, and the father of three children. Hugh Stevens, DTH co-editor, said yesterday that the DTH Kite Queen, scheduled to be an nounced today, will instead be revealed tomorrow. "She's a real beauty," prom ised Stevens, "and she has the trophies to prove it. I'm sure many students will want to come to the contest to see her, even if they can't fly a kite." ir 'y'y-'S SANDY McCLAMROCH w Dionne Wancich Heads Program Jerry Kearns, WKIX disc jockey, will em cee the program. Saturday night the weekend moves back to Chapel Hill for a dance in Woollen Gym with the "Shadows" combo. Bus transportation to Durham Friday will be available. Persons wishing reservations on this bus should contact Roberts Crowder, fourth floor Ruffin, today. The National Guard Armory is on Stadium Drive off Highway 501, one mile from North gate Shopping Center. , Ample free parking will be provided. Contestants for the contest have to do nothing except be present when the contest begins Saturday afternoon. The DTH will print chal lenges among fraternities, cam pus organizations and other groups. Notice of challenges should be made by calling 933-1012. Prizes for the contest have been donated by Chapel Hill merchants, including the Rec ord Bar, Varsity Men's Wear, and the Porthole. Campus Chest Sets Royalty Competition The Campus Chest will launch its annual fund - raising drive March 31 with a King and Queen Contest. Each residence hall, fraterni ty, and sorority will be per mitted one entry, whose pic ture will be posted in Y-Court and the Circus Room. There will be boxes under neath each picture for the col lection of money, and, as in the ugly man contest, the win ners will be those whose pic tures collect the most money. The King and Queen will be entertained at the Ranch House and will receive other prizes. Deadline for entries will be announced in letters to each residence. ,As the only official fund faising organization on campus, the purpose of the Campus Chest is the collection of funds for five selected charities. An auction and fashion show on April 7 and a carnival on April 2 will be parts of the drive which ends April 9. O Sale Action Delayed 2 Weeks A ' resolution "deploring the recently announced pol icy concerning fraternity membership criteria," was introduced to the Inter - fra ternitv Council Mondav night by Kappa Alpha mem bers Clark Crampton a n d Borden Parker. It will be voted on by the body in two weeks. Dean of Men William Long described the resolution as "a point of view which exists, and we will consider it if it passes. He said he expected very lit tle trouble with the future of the decision. "I don't anticipate any gauntlet being thrown down," he said, "but if it is, we shall work for complete com pliance with the rule." The Faculty Coinmiltec vn Sororities and Fraternitu s re cently decided to give Univer sity, chartered sororities and fra ternities until Sept., 16 to get rid of discriminatory clauses ii? their by - laws or constitutions. The IFC voted to refer the bill back to the individual houses before taking official ac tion, in order to formulate changes and sound out opinion. The resolution stated in part that "implementation of this policy may be tatamount to abolishing an undetermined number of fraternities or sorori ties. "This new policy sets h ques tionable precedent by laying il I 1. r ;i i Liie uriiLHiuwui k. mr isk n 1 t 1L . .1 - r - a l " r - - m f it also read. Reconsideration Urged Calling on the faculty com mittee to reconsider its new policy, the resolution also said that with the exception of uni form academic criteria, "fra ternity membership is properly the sole concern of tho mem bership and alumni or the fra ternity itself." Speaking for the bill, Parker termed the committee's expla nation of the policy "a white wash." "People in Student Govern ment and the administration have tried to make this decision look like a promotion of the autonomy of local chapters," he said. "Actually, even the local clauses have been ordered out. "If we lose one fraternity or sorority, we will weaken t h e entire system," he said. Parker quoted a recent state ment made by Rep. Armistead Maupin (UP) in Student Legis lature, Maupin pointed out "am biguities" in the recent decision. "The only way the adminis tration is going to tell who is discriminating or nut, when an organization has a '.socially ac ceptable' clause, is by looking at their membership," Parker said. Recognize Right Former IFC president N e d Martin said the IFC had to rec ognize the right of the adminis tration to set up such a policy. "We're making a big mistake in taking a stand now," he said. "According to the decision, a fraternity or sorority that hasn't complied to the policy by September of 19C6 still has a chance to show cause why it hasn't. "We will bo defeating our cause by fighting it," he said. "Why not work to get these clauses out of our constitu tions?" John Greenbackcr told the body the implications of the res olution were of a much broad er nature than it actually ad dressed itself to. "What is the relationship be tween the University and sorori ties and fraternities," he asked. "Why does the University have to charter us?" Criticising the administration and the IFC leadership for not bringing the matter before the body before the policy was in stituted, he said, "We in the IFC must define our role by ourselves, and determine our policies in our own right." Jim Light said fraternities and sororities were a part of the Uni versity, and it would be better to change the clauses rather than risk getting "chopped oiVz by the University.