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r.. Page 2 Friday, May 14, 1965 I Stye -lath ar 1M Opinions of the Daily Tar Heel are expressed in its editor ials. Letters and columns, covering a wide range -of views, reflect the personal opinions of their .authors. r- ii i 1 Tlie Voice Of What? The "Voice of Free Enterprise in Raleigh - Durham' has spoken again. Jesse Helms-of WRAL - TV7 said it in an editorial Tuesday. : . We think it unlikely that the legislature will re ceive a bill to repeal or amend the communist speaker ban law. And even if one were to be introduced, the mood of the people of this state will not be overlooked by the mem bers of the legislature. The General Assembly will see no point in tampering with a good law. possessing the political virtue of being popular with the people." Rep. R. D. McMillan, chairman of the House Commit tee on Higher Education, said at UNC Wednesday night, "Maybe something can be done about it (the speaker ban) yet. We have not given up." He indicated there is strong sentiment in the House for at least amendment. Senator Ralph Scott, chairman of the Senate Commit tee on Higher Education, told an Ehringhaus audience Wednesday night that he did not fear communist speakers on any campus, and told the students the most effective 'way to work against the ban is to contact the legislator from their home district. Obviously the Voice of Free Enterprise is not the Voice o of the General Assembly. Good News From Dickson The best news to come from Student Body President Paul Dickson's office lately is that he is not going directly to the General Assembly with the University's problems. At the Y Court rally Monday Dickson said, "Teaching is'of primary importance. I intend to go to the administra tion and say something about it. I have been very con- cerned about this. Great. The DTH supports him 100 per cent, and con trary to the opinion of some, shares his concern for teach ing. ' : But then Dickson said, "I intend to go further than that. I have already contacted several state legislators. I intend to see if I can't appear before the Senate and House Committees on Higher Education and also the Joint Ap propriations Committee." No one advocates more strongly than the DTH the principle of starting at the top to get things done, but Dick son's remark was a bit hasty and thankfully he has changed his tune a little now. He is going to talk to the trustees first. We are suitably impressed with Dickson's contacts in the General Assernbly, and trust that the rest of the stu dent body is too. But in recent times the Assembly has done more than its share of direct intervention in Univer sity affairs. We prefer, a trend toward less legislative in volvement in problems which should be settled by the trus tees or administration. If this kind of precedent is set the legislators will take even more liberties with the authority which rightfully be longs to the trustees. . Apparently Dickson has been convinced of the same .thing, because now he says he will talk to the Board of Trustees, probably late this month, before going to the State House. - Dickson says he wants to demonstrate to the General Assembly and the people of North Carolina that students are really concerned about teaching quality, teachers' sal aries and other problems. , "Fine, but we think it best for the University to handle its own problems from within. The idea of running to the ''pals in Raleigh" completely contradicts the concept of a tree university. There is a right way and a wrong way to do almost everything. Dickson has chosen the right way by deciding to talk to the trustees before he goes shopping in Raleigh. m P If In Uatltj ar tt The Daily Tar Heel is the , official news publication of the University of North Carolina and is published by students daily except Mondays, examination periods and vacations. Ernie McCrary, editor; Mike Yopp, associate editor; Kerry Sipe, managing editor; -John Greenbacker, news editor; Fred Thomas, copy editor; Mike Wiggin, night B editor; Fred Seely, sports editor; Richard Smith, asst. sports editor; Andy Myers, John Jennrich, Mary Ellison Strother, Ernest Robl, Bob Wright, David Rothman, staff writers; Bill Lee Pete Cross, sports writers; Jock Lauterer, photographer; Chip Barnard, art editor; Becky Timberlake, secretary. Jack Harrington, business mgr.; Woody Sobol, advertising mgr.; Tom Clark, subscription mgr.; John Evans, circulation mgr. Second Class postage paid at the post office in Chapel Hill, N. C. Subscription rates: $4.50 per .semester; $8 per year. Prirted by the Chapel Hill Publishing Co., Inc. The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication f all local news printed in this newspaper as well as all AP. news dispatches. Faculty The Mailbox . . . 4BIue Diapers' And Pink Faces Editor, The Daily Tar Heel : Well, it's that time of year again, when our famed outdoor pool is open. Unfor tunately, it is also that 4ime-of -yearor Carolina Gentlemen to appear in public wearing what may ;loosely -be described ras , bathing .suits. This .description Jits the Jalue diapers, provided for. male -students .to wear, for .that Js talso .bow ibey ; fit ifae wearers. Ope is led to wonder M Jthese .miss iiap en garments were donated to us by the ; USSR, for when . wearing them -.we may not be Red, but .we definitely jare pink, and not from sunburn. To avoid this .em barrassment the University should .allow us the same privilege given to the fe males. Surely each male student vwould be willing to purchase a true swim suit, even if the powers - that - be set regulations as to color and style. The sad excuse used, that of a prob lem of cleanliness, seems absurd. Most students clean the street clothes they wear, 'and I'm sure they .would also, at least occasionally, wash their swimwear. In any case, let us hope the University will end this discriminatory practice and raise the Carolina Gentlemen to the same status as the owmen. Peter JVl. Slagan 154 Bagley Drive I)iscrimi Against Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: Last Friday night a faculty member, upon entry to the iree flick, was requested by the 1ID checker to remain standing in the hallway until the students had been seated. Only then, if there were still va cant seats, would he be 'allowed in. Thereupon this gentleman and a man not without some pride (although a mere professor) changed his mind about seeing Charlie Chaplin and walked out. It was not hard to see he had been offended, and rightly so. I protest this policy , of Graham Memorial . which says that students have priority over faculty members in gaining admittance to the free flick, a University function. Although realizing that the poorly paid professors do not contribute to the student activity fees, I feel that as respected mem bers of the University, and, moreover, as persons who have greater intellectual po tential for absorbing and appreciating the high quality (and often artistic) films such as have been offered this year, that they should ' not k be - discriminated against, but rather should be, welcomed io ' all cultural presentations of this University. Katherine Stuart Townhouse Apt. IE Johnson Acted Thoughtlessly Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: After reflecting on the Dominican sit uation now that it has stabilized, I offer these thoughts for consideration : 1. That President Johnson acted too hastily (and hence thoughtlessly) in re committing the United States to military intervention in Latin American affairs. 2. That the President was inot initially candid with the American public about the real motives for disptaching Marines to Santo Domingo. 3. That our fear of a communist take over in the Dominican Republic, which actually inspired our intervention, was an unrealistic and even paranoiac reaction. 4. That the ; landing of 19,000 Ameri can troops in the Dominican Republic will only further aid anti - American and pro communist sentiment throughout Latin Am erica. 5. That the OAS is being used as a screen for further so - called multila teral but actually unilateral American mil itary actions in any future revolt - torn Latin nation. 6. That, if implemented, our new inter ventionist policy will prove highly unpop ular and unworkable and extremely de trimental to hemispheric peace and uni ty. Our actions have perhaps brought or der to the Dominican Republic sooner than if the Dominicans had Jbeen allowed to squabble in isolation. However, the obvious deleterious effects on U.S.-hemispheric re lations such actions are now having and will doubtlessly continue to have to an in creasing extent argues for an immediate and rigorous reappraisal of America's new militant Latin American policy. Phillip Podlish 415 Connor Welcome Addition Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: There has been a welcomed addition to the past several issues of the DTH movie reviews. Intelligent criticism has a lot of flavor and I hope the Tar Heel will continue to sponsor a critic's column. There is no doubt that the Chapel Hill -Durham area . is a movie conscious com munity and whoever the critic might be he will have plenty to work with espec ially the Rialto in Durham. There should be something of an "established" critic every year in the Tar Heel. Stephen H. Isreal . . - - Route .2 Barbee Chapel Road Mind If I Have A Whack At It?" 'X f , i t '. it - I I ' 5- ft St' ,''' v J i ' r . ,. , . 5S"-w"i" - I " " : - x . v I - ' ' ' 1 s I J ' "" I- - - -1 rf ' ' J " I . yi- m -m. - - I - ' ' ' ' - - - rr - - ' t i, i , ' '- - , ; , r - - - - v - ' -I - ' J - f' ' it.' rm ttt i t ' n i i JJ Reasons For Revolt Where Are The Teachers? By ART BUCHWALD The New York Herald Tribune There has been a great deal of dis cussion about campus revolts spreading across the nation. It is .obvious the stu dents are restless and it's making our edu cators very nervous. The question is why, and I think I've got the answer. The reason the college students are doing so much demonstrat ing is that there is no one in class to teach them anymore and the students have nothing else : to do. Almost every full pro fessor is either writing ' a book, guest lec turing1 at another university, or -taking a year off to write a report for President Johnson. . Therefore, he has turned over his course to a graduate instructor who is either working on his Ph.D., traveling on a Ful bright scholarship, or picketing in Mont gomery, Ala. So he in turn has turned the class over to one of the brighter students who is never there because he works on the college newspaper, . is a member of the student senate, or is a delegate to his national fraternity. When the students arrive at class there is no one in front of the room, so us ually a socialist student takes over the class and tells the students it's about time they revolted against the system. The students pour out on campus head ing for the administration building to pro test: to the chancellor .of the university who, unfortunately, is away trying to raise money for a new : business admin istration building. The vice chancellor is -at the state capitol testifying on a new education bill :and the dean of men is at a convention in Phoenix, Arizona. , The dean of women is addressing a garden club in the next state, and the only one left in the administration build ing is the chief of campus police who isn't quite sure what the students are yelling about. So he arrests the ringleaders of t h e group (those standing in front) and this plays right into the students' hands, be cause now with the arrests they have something to demonstrate about. In the meantime the chancellor flies home to see if he can settle the matter. The students present him with a petition demanding the release of the arrested de monstrators. He is about to do this when the board of regents holds an emergency meeting and votes to back the chancellor in meting out punishment to the "ring leaders." The faculty, made up of visiting pro fessors from other schools, votes to sup port the students and the chancellor finds himself in an impossible position. The state politicians call for an inves tigation of the student demonstrations to discover if they were communist - inspir ed. Finally, the governor makes a state ment pledging full support for law and order, whatever that means. By this time the demonstrations start petering out. The students begin wandering back to class hoping there will be someone to teach them something. But even the socialist stu dent who started the demonstrations is not there. He's been booked on a lecture tour to talk about free speech at other universities. So everyone decides to go Washington and picket the White House over its po licy on Viet Nam. The Fifteenth Amendment Literacy And The Vote The New York Times The voting rights bill now before Con gress has come under heavy attack from its oppontents on constitutional grounds. Many of these criticisms seem to reflect the tacit assumption long held by most white Southerners that the Fifteenth Amendment is an inferior section of the Constitution that can safely be ignored. Ratified in 1870, it was expressly intended to protect the Negro's right to vote in the South For 80 years, from the end of Re construction in 1877 until the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the amend ment was indeed ignored. But now, for the fourth time in eight years, Congress is working on legislation that would imple ment it. In this bill, as in the three previous acts, .'congress is, in effect, making a finding of fact that substantial discrimi nation does exist against Negroes attemp ting to vote in certain Southern states. As Professor Paul A. Freund of the Harvard Law School has observed, "Where a pat tern of discrimination is found, Congress may act under the Fifteenth Amendment, which draws no distinction between state and federal elections." It is therefore beside the point toargue that the bill conflicts with the consWbon al guarantee to the states in Artate I to the effect that they have fright to establish their own voting standard,. But as far as Negroes are con cerned the Fifteenth Amendment was clearly intend ed to Qualify that exclusive jurisdiction. This wS precisely its purpose and its meaning. Nor is it persuasive to argue that the bill is in itself constitutionally, forbidden as ex post facto legislation, because it makes the voter - turnout on a specific past date November 1964 the basis for federal intervention. The people of the stat es affected by the bill knew perfectly well that they were violating the Fifteenth Amendment last November as they have been violating it for decades. It is stain ing an argument an unconstitutional retro active provision here. It has also been argued that it is "im moral" to permit states such as New York and California to retain a literacy test for voting while preventing Alabama and Mississippi from applying such a test. Where is the double standard, when the decisive point is not the existence of a literacy test but the fiarness of its appli cation? A literacy test would only become an issue if the dire prophecies of opponents of civil rights and or the voting bill were fulfilled and the Attorney General were to use his discretionary powers to permit illiterates to register.' There is no reason to suppose that the Attorney General would construe his au thority in such an unwise manner. But, as we have stated previously, it would be a sensible precaution to spell out in the bill a provision requiring literacy and es tablishing a sixth grade education as de facto proof of literacy. This would im prove a bill that is undoubtedly consti tuional and is a long - overdue measure, to translate the Fifteenth Amendment into reality. 'Runneth Over Barron Ditlivt Sponsor Vigil Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: 1 was quite surprised to see in rcui paper Wednesday my name listed in a group of clergymen' reported to be support ing a silent vigil in front of the Post Of fice. The use of my name in this con nection was unauthorized. I did receive a telephone call last week informing me that this vigil vas to lv held. I asked the caller to read to ine t stated purposes of the vigil. Upon hearing them, I said (as I recall) that I did not see how any conscientious person couA fail to support such objectives. I then asked the caller to leave 2 written copy of the objectives at my of fice; and this was subsequently done. This was the extent of my contact with the proposed vigil. I do not recall that T irv dicated whether or not I would partici pate; but I am quite sure that I was r.5t asked to be a sponsor. The objectives cf the vigil, as given to me, were as follows : 1) To express before God and men the desire of the American people for a peaceful settlement in Viet Nam; 2) To express concern at the escala tion of the war, especially the U. S. bombing of North Viet Nam; 3) To register our hope that the Tnited States will continually press for a settle ment through unconditional discussions involving all concerned parties 4) To support and encourage President Johnson in a program of international cooperation for human welfare and eco nomic development in Southwest Asia. I am in harty support of these objectives, and I would not hesitate to express my support in some kind of public demonstra tion. I have often been willing to partici pate in such demonstrations with various groups, some of whose other aims and ob jectives I could not support. But such choic es have always been made with the know ledge of who the sponsors were, etc. In this particular case, I knew nothing about the persons sponsoring the demon stration, and I was not asked if I would lend my name to its support. The use of my name in this connection was not au thorized, and I herewith protest this ir responsible action. For these reasons, I have decided thai I will not participate in the vigil, even though I am in full sympathy with lis stated objectives. Vance Barron Pastor, Presbyterian Church 'Quiet College' : - Just A Fantasy? Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: In this day of student committee meet ings, student socials, student activities, and student rallies, I think we are all too prone to forget the need for a quiet college. All these aforementioned gatherings have one thing in common they create noise! Noise! That deadly pestilence! Thai scourge of the human race! It used to be that fraternities were the place where all the noisy students went, and these fraternities, physically separ ated from the campus, allowed to the re mainder of the students the quiet atmos phere of study they came to college seek ing. But now, a new breed of student has arisen! The student bum! This vocal, psy cologically callous, inconsiderate is constantly speaking out for social "pro gress" of one kind or another. This would be O.K. except that, with beard and dirty Levi's, he, by a great deal of high pressure sales talk, and by display of signs, tried to proselytize every meek, mild mannered student he sees. It is impossible for a student to walk across campus without having a partician of some kind thrust in his face by one of these audacious, unconstrained individu als. Is a college or a university no longer a place where one can go to be isolated from the world that he must be constantly reminded of it by these brash, outspoken individuals? Has th2 "quiet college" mere ly become a piece of fantasy? Eugene Willis 10 Vance U. S. Youth Miss JFK's Presence Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: Any conscientious person was bound to feel discouraged after reading the news papers of this past week American sol diers clashing with insurrectionists in the strife-torn Dominican Republic, more trag edies in the seemingly perpetual Viet Nam crisis, and flareups on the India-Pakistaa border, not to mention domestic problems. It is during times such as these that I really miss the somehow comforting pres ence of John F. Kennedy, and am remind ed of the profound loss inflicted on the world at the time of his death. I am not drying to assert that his pres ence would have prevented the occurrence of these crises. But I do feel he had a certain grace which enabled him to com municate with Americans in a manner which left them reassured and convinced, that by our common effort, the free world might eliminate these tension areas, or at least bear them with a brighter hope for the future. This special grace 'was particularly ef fective with this nation's youth - who" per haps miss him now most of all. Thomas W. Davis 124 Connor i
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