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Page 2 Wednesday, May 19, 1965 6 You Woke Me Up!' Annihilation . - Stye , la jEfer. bbI A Sinrole Solution II Opinions of the Daily Tar Heel are nnnm1 fn Its w"fh 7 - To i lals. Letters ' and columns covering a wide range of views, I reflect the personal opinions of tbelr authors. A friendly Legislative Death The bill to legalize liquor distilleries in North Carolina died one of the. mostirien&ly legislative, deaths in. history. The display of State House logic in killing the bill was typical in its backwardness and lack of reason. The deed was-done in the Senate Monday night when the opponents- of the bill praised Senator Ruf fin Bailey of Wake County for his "sincerity" in; introducing the bill. They expressed their respect and admiration for Bailey rather frequently, then killed his bill by tabling it. Senator Hector McGeachy of Cumberland said the pas sage of the legislation would create a "Frankenstein octo pus whose tentacles might extend into every precinct of the state He said legalizing distilleries might cause the people of North Carolina to "rise up in a great fury." Such drama is certainly going to waste in the General Assembly. And Senator Jennings King of Scotland County seemed to think that liquor interests would play a heavy role in state politics because of the amount of money they would invest in business here.. It does not speak too well of the integrity of North Carolina politicians when he says that the liquor interests will "sometime, somewhere dominate the politics of. North Carolina to protect these interests ... every election would be influenced by the liquor interests." Does he expect us to believe the illegal distillers have no political influence now? Of course the legal , liquor manufacturers can be ex pected to be , as involved in politics as much as any other businessmen but it is stretching a point to say they alone will be able to control elections. It is unlikely that the con struction, banking and insurance interests would let the distillers slip off with all the influence. o Bailey argued for passage of the bill, saying it would not increase the sale of liquor in the state but it would bring in revenue now flowing to other states and take ad vantage of North Carolina's resources at the same time. The issue is economic. Anyone who calls it a moral ones being fooled by his own sanctimony; But still, the bill died .a friendly deaths Said Senator Julian Allsbrook of Halifax County, 'There's only one goocf thing about this, bill, 'anjd that's the introducer;" ' " r'- ' ' " '" ' '..... i : - ... " ' ,' , , v. . ... BusyDay ,The last weeks of school are traditionally a-time of coasting atime to talk about the impending , disaster of final exams, but not really a time to do much of anything. : J But somehow the message did -not. reach Chapel Hill this spring.. The campus has ben beset by protests, rallies and petitions of every likely variety. And some were of. the ... . . . - - unlikely variety. ? " : The normal post-election tapering-off period simply has not materialized. Indications are that; the? campus politic ians will still be going at it right up to exani time. A. fair gauge to student activity, is the DTH mailbag. Students who take time to write a letter to- the editor are concerned students, and it is highly encouraging to see so many letters being written about all campus issues . We congratulate the student body of this University on not succumbing to spring fever and its accompanying in difference to everything. Even though we heartily disapprove of some of the ac tivity we approve just as heartily the right to; participate in it: If changes in any situation are in order, such free -and open discussion from both sides are necessary to bring them about. Yes, It has been an interesting and busy spring at UNC. But we still can't i help feeling that a good panty raid or two would not be out of place. 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 Sipei managtog editor; John Greenbacker, news editor; Fred Thomas, copy editor; Mike Wiggin, night ' editor; Fred Seely, sports editor; Richard Smith, asst. sport3 editor; Andy Myers John Jennrich, Mary Ellison - Strother. Ernest Itobl, Bob Wright, David Rothman, staiff writers; Bill lee Pete Cross, sports writers; Jocle Lauierer, photographer; Chip Barnard, art editor: Becky Timberlake, secretary. Jack Harrington, business mgr.; Woody Sobel, advertising mgr.; Tom Clark, subscription mgr.; John Evans, circulation mgr. . - Second Class postage paid at the post ofTIc in Chapel ma, N.. C. Subscription rates: $4.53 per semester;, $3 peryear, Printed by the Chapel Hill Publishing C&iiE& The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for repnhlicatioa of all loczl news- printed in this cewspajsear as ir?lt aJU A? Jiews" f ;-.; f- ; , r. - - t I' , ' - - ' - - i r,?mr s '-- J, 2 r'- ifirir The Center Ring No Room For Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: It is disappointing to an old student and former professor to find Chancellor Paul F. Sharp in his Parents' Day speech making a plea for authority in the con duct of affairs at the University instead of a democratic form of government in which students, when their interest are con cerned, would have a voice. Authority wielded from above (in this case, the faculty is the . opposite of the American experiment which in Jefferson's statement , declared that ."just government J rests -on the consent , of the governed." Presumably, Jefferson would have applied this principle to -students as '"well as voters. The Chancellor declared: f ."It is the faculty that determines and must determine the quality of the teach- ; ing and research that goes on on a univer-, sity. campus." . roval Given Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: ' - So much mud has been slung at Rep. Jim Little (MD IX) recently in the DTH that as two. of his constituents who voted for him last March, we feel compelled to point out a few of the grosser inaccurac ies made by his attackers. ; yice President Brit Gordon charged: the legislators "were elected to make de cision, not to run to their constituents ev ery; time an important issue is raised; the students -have made their decision and do not-want; to be bothered by referendums." Gordon is not omniscient. We are two constituents who want o be bothered by a referendum, before $35,000 is spent, on a campus radio. In Little's district, we are not alone. Alvin Tyndall, newly appointed chairman of the elections board, has as sured us that he is prepared and willing to hold such a referendum. Gordon charged . that Little "prevented reconsideration of .the referendum on cam pus radio." Legislature reconsidered the referendum on the campus radio on Tues day, Gordon himself asked Little to . ex plain the reconsideration vote to the legis lators. A majority of the legislators for the second time voted to hold a referendum on campus radio at the time of the fall elections, 1965. We personally regret put ting off the referendum so long. Gordon further charged that Little and associates "carried out a minority filibus ter on the radio bills." Only a two - thirds vote is required to shut off debate. Two, or three legislators cannot filibuster in a 50 member body. ' . We are proud of our legislator for pre serving our right to decide on this momen tous issue of campus radio. Tom Mimms ; 119 Teague "j Steve Zacbary 229 Parker Letters The Daily Tar Heel welcomes let ters to the editor on any subject, par ticularly on matters of local or Uni versity interest. Letters should be , typed, doable spaced and include the name and address of sender Names will not be omitted in publication. Letters should be kept as brief as possible. The DTH reserves the right to edit for leagth. App W - i 1 'Conseui ' Here There 'is no room for consent here, and the principle of consent is not endorsed in any part of the Chancellor's speech, which is Hamiltonian in concept as against Jef f ersonian. The Chancellor further states: "To remove this power from the facul ty is to destroy the University itself."? Come, come, Chancellor. The Univer sity is riot going to be destroyed by grant . ing to students a voice in the retention of teachers whom they admire. And that, as, far as I can understand it, is all they have been asking for. Faculties are not en dowed with any certain mystique that gives them superior intelligence. They have more experience,? but that is not always used. Here in thi$ University the head of an im portant : school was ; once chosen by those "professional, peers 1 and colleagues," td whom the Chancellor ? would have - Us look up, and brought here where for several months he functioned (adequately, it must be said) uptil it was discovered that he was just a horse doctor. An exception, it might be argued ; but anyone who has sat in faculty meetings and committees can see that faculties act like human beings elsewhere with no more intelligence, no "more judgment; and no more balance of brain . as against emo tion. It is possible that if students had sat on the selecting committee in the horse doctor case, they would have exerted a mi tigating and beneficial influence. .- .;! It is unfortunate to find Sharp veering from the main issue (consent vs. arbi trary authority) to reflect on "professional students" and their supposed agitations. If professional students can introduce the principle of consent on a reluctant and foot dragging University administration, we need more of them, hot less. In the case of the popular, professor whom the ' students like but the faculty doesn't, the University has not shown up well. It has been fumbling and not forth right, as if suffering from a feeling of guilt. y-- It is like authority throughout history can't admit it has been wrong. A few on lookers have thought the University fa culty is not as strong as it was. . Is this because new men are timidly chosen for fear they might be "controversial," for . fear they might be unorthodox in politi cal and economic opinions, or for fear of cut appropriations? Eccentric teachers and. students, are a valuable asset to any university. They keep the air from becoming stifling. Phillips Russell Professor Emeritus A Credit To UNC Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: I have been meaning to write yoa for sometime to say that I was lucky enough recently to hear a concert of the Men's Glee Club directed by Joel Carter on April "22, at the Burton Parish Church in Wil liamsburg. I wanted to say that the concert was most impressive and it was especiaJy beautiful in this wonderful setting; the members of the club not only gave a fine Performance but also presented an excel lent appearance and represented tie uni versity admirably. Humphrey Smith ' Boston, Mass. Class of 1939 By DOUG JORDAN The Cavalier Daily Almost every day one may read news paper accounts of embassy bombings, caused by overpopulation. . Moreover, there appears to be no end in sight. As long as there are American embas sies in foreign countries, they will remain targets of all people who feel they have grievances against the United - States. As long as there are communists, they will continue to pursue their goal of world do mination. And. the population will continue to explode as long as there are people to reproduce and a medical profession to keep them alive. Fortunately, however there is a solution to these and other international problems which has previously been overlooked by supposedly far - sighted American leaders. The solution is a simple one. American military forces have the capacity at pre sent to deliver nuclear . weapons to every country outside the United States in a quan tity sufficient to annihilate virtually the whole populations of these countries. On a pre - - determined day, at a pre - deter mined hour, all available Strategic Air Command bombers, Intercontinental Bal listic Missiles, and Polaris - armed sub marines should be directed against tar gets around the world. No warning shall be given in order to avoid, retaliation. In this manner, only 30 minutes at most would be available for foreign counter - attack and these attacks could easily be warded off. The minute number of people who survive the attack could be exterminated in the following weeks by speciaUy trained-ground forces. Americans living in other countries would, of course, be killed, but this is a small price to pay for the solution of the prob lems, which, are so pressing today. Mem bers of foreign embassies and visitors to, the country would be given the choice of becoming American citizens or of being executed in the most merciful fashion which could be devised. In this way, the world would become free for Democracy, since all other forms of gov ernment would perish along with their fol lowers. The advantages of such a plan of ac tion are almost too numerous to mention and would be quite sufficient to compen sate for the . minor difficulties it would create. , . First, there would be no more prob lems in Foreign affairs since the United States would control all of the rest of the world by default. Embassies would no long er be bombed because they would no . long er be necessary. The President could stop worrying about his foreign policy and con- centrate on domestic issues. Communist in filtration would also be a thing of the past because there would be no communists left . except for the relatively weak party , or ganization existing in America today. Economics would be gratified . by the cessation, of the flow of gold from the economy since there would no longer be foreign products to buy: or foreign people to receive the goldl Senator McClelland could stop worrying about the American money lost to the artful pick - pockets and sophisticated debauchery in Paris because Paris would no longer be as great a tourist attraction. The Senator could then begin worrying more about artful pick Truth Squads Assigned To University Campuse By ART BUCHWALD The New York Herald Tribune WASHINGTON United States foreign policy is going through its most difficult phase. Not only are we having trouble convincing our Western allies and our South American friends that we are doing the right thing, but we're having a heck of a time persuading our own university stu dents and professors. The President has ordered truth squads sent out to American college campuses, and it is only the first of many plans in the works to get the students and professors back on our side. The Under Secretary of State in Charge of University Relations . recently made his report to the cabinet. I managed to get hold of a transcript. He said: "Gentlemen, I am happy to report that West Point and the Colorado, School of Mines are supporting our action in the Dominican Republic., "What about the University of Wiscon sin?" someone asked. 'They're still holding out, as is the Uni versity of Michigan.' "What are we going to do about it?" "The Air Force is planning to drop 80,000 leaflets on their campuses this mor ning. Radio Free America has gone on a 24 - hour schedule and the psychological warfare people are now on the scene stir ring up rumors about a left - wing take over of the schools." "That's all well and good," someone said, "But it seems to me we should bomb the schools willi more than leaflets just to show them we mean business." "We've thought about it, but don't for get we have our own truth squad people pockets and sophisticated debauchery in New York. The national budget and, consequently, federal income taxes would be much lower due to the elimination of allocations for defense, foreign aid and ihe United Nation.?. The arms race and the race for space could be slowed to a more reasonable pace due to lack of competition, and the House Un - American Activities Committee could be diverted to some more useful function. One of the' main problems this course of action would solve is that of overpopu lation. Every year, American housing shor tages grow more acute, streets and high ways more crowded, and unemployment more common. The spectre of food shortag es looms in the not - too - distant future. These conditions prevail even more mark edly in most foreign countries, causing a flood of immigrants to this country which we neither want nor need. Overpopulation problems, are also the cause of the imper ialistic designs of many countries which threaten the peace and livelihood of the United States. If nothing is done, a struggle for mere existence seems inevitable. Bombings would solve all of these prob lems, as the rapidly expanding populations would cease to be a factor in foreign countries, and the dense population of this country could be spread around the world as soon as radiation reached the proper level. There would be minor problems associat ed with this project, but they could be easi ly remedied and pose no insurmountable obstacles. Since fallout might be a problem in bombing the neighboring territories of Canada, Mexico, and Cuba, the new types of nerve gas which our government has now perfected could be used to good efffect in these areas. This method has the advantage of ex terminating the population quickly and ef ficiently while leaving the cities nd farm lands in their original state and ready for immediate use. The only reason this gas could not be used on a world - wide scale is that the cost of materials involved would be prohibitive. There would obviously be no need to fear unfavorable propaganda from other nations as to the morality of such a move. And the few finicky individuals in this country who would protest could be quickly reas sured of " the propriety of such a move by ' a nation - wide telecast by the President and favorable publicity from the press af ter the attack. Even the pacificsts would be made content by the prospect of peace in the immediate future. The annihilation of so much of the world's population would; of course, throw certain people in this country temporarily out cf work. Diplomats, people in the import -export business, missionaries, and Peace Corps volunteers would find' themselves no loger gainfully employed. But these peo ple would be given ample chance to use their considerable skills in rebuilding the destroyed sections of the globe and putting the United States of the World on a pay ing basis. It seems clear that a solution to inter national problems is urgently needed. Ex termination of the rest of the world's popu lation would not only solve all of these in ternational difficulties, but would also prove helpful in doing away with our own over population crisis. Of there, and besides we have to think of pub lic reaction from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.' "Couldn't we have the U. S. Marines occupy the campuses under the guise of protecting American lives and property?" The CIA is against it. If we recalled our people, they would have to pull out and it would interfere with their plans." 'What plans? "They're planning to put in military juntas at Wisconsin -and Michigan, made up of cadet colonies from the ROTC." "Say, that's a good idea," someone said.' "If it works. If it doesn't work, we're going to have to deny we had anything to do with it." "Don't you think tbe overthrowing of student governments is a dangerous busi ness?" one of the Doves said. "Not if we have proof that they're left wing controlled. I'd rather have an ROTC junta than a rabble of leftists running the school." "Will we notify the American Associa tion of University Professors or our plans?" "We don't have time. Once the juntas are in, we'll ask the professors to come in and help us. But if we ask them first, they'll debate the question to kingdom come." "How can we persuade the schools that supporting our policies u to their best in terest?" "By giving each university a billion dol lars if they go along with us." "And if they don't?" Then we escalate. We will start by bombing the football stadiums and the highways leading to the schools." as
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