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Thursday, December 16, 1965
The Student Speaks
Why Are We In Viet Nam
He Says It's Just A Light Atop A Bell Tower
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g ERNIE McCRARY, EDITOR
Watch That Other Guy
'Tis the season to be jolly and most of us will be.
But without sermonizing or wet-blanketism, the fact
should bepointed out that the odds are very high that
at least one person reading this will not return to
school after the holidays.
He will not return because he will be dead, and he
will be dead because somebody was negligent enough
to cause an automobile wreck.
There is not much we can do about that "other
guy" who takes to the highways with a "gotta get
there now" attitude, perhaps bolstered by some liquid
cheer.
But it is unforgiveable if you are one of those well
lubricated nuts behind a wheel, because you can pre
vent that.
Sure, it will not happen to you. It always happens
to somebody else. Ask the friends of the UNC students
killed in the last few years.
Polluted drivers and anxious hotrodders keep the
undertaker busy. Keep your eye out for them and try
riot to join them.
Make a Christmas wish when you take to the road.
Wish for next Christmas.
'We Bottled It'
Worried about what to give HER for Christmas?
If advertisements are any sort of indicator, we
recommend that nothing besides perfume be con
sidered. Look at these come-ons, found in almost any cur
rent magazine:
"What makes a shy girl get Intimate?" asks an
ad. "It's the fragrance that does all the flirting for her.
The uninhibited perfume that makes things happen
What kind of things? That's her affair."
Emeraude says, "Want him to be more of a man?
Try being more of a woman. For the woman who
knows. . ."
Then there is the observation, that "Interlude, like
love. . . must be experienced."
'Aimant says it is "like a kiss across the room,"
and you can almost hear the come-hither model in a
full-page display whisper, "Give him Madame Rochas.
A few drops at a time," as she applies a few drops
about her plunging neckline.
Replique claims that it is "for women who are in
teresting to begin with," while a competing brand of
battled magic say" All she, wants. is.a little Emotion
lot if she's daring) ! "
Perhaps the manufacturers should at least partial
ly qualify this advertising statement: "Caleche It's all
a woman needs to wear."
Some of the ads are more graphic than vocal. Ma
Griffe perfume depicts a man and woman tightly em
braced in a misty sylvan setting. The headline says,
"We bottled it."
In another, a laughing nude coyly cluthes her bosom
and proclaims, "Imprevu is here!"
On second thought, maybe you fellows ought to
steer clear of the perfume counter this shopping sea
son. Chances are that you might buy something which
could create a dangerous situation. These ads indicate
that perfume is pretty powerful stuff, and sometimes it
is not wise to put a weapon in a woman's hands or
behind her ears.
Consider the risk involved and decide for youself.
Decide, that is, which is more provocative the per
fume or their advertisements?
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Tiheral Comment
Capitalism And Problems
By TERRY FOWLER
Several articles about Ludwig von Mises
have recently appeared in the DTH, pre
senting him essentially as a paragon of
economic and political perspicuity. My ac
quaintance with von Mises, unfortunately,
is limited to only one slim volume entitled
Bureaucracy. To the degree that it is rep
resentative of his work, von Mises' position
is open to serius question.
Bureaucracy is a diatribe against social
ism and welfare statism. In praise of cap
italism, von Mises maintains that there is
no compromise, no halfway point between
these two economic philosophies. The auth
or attacks socialism by attacking its indis
pensable tool, government bureaucracy.
There are two ways of conducting af- -fairs,
saya the: preface bureaucratic maiW "
agement and profit management. The for
mer is defined as the "method applied in
the conduct of administrative affairs the re
sult of which has no cash value on the
market"; i.e., bureaucracy's output cannot
be evaluated through economic calculation.
The outstanding feature of capitalism,
von Mises feels, is that it efficiently cal
culates what the consumer wants without
any complex bureaucracy. The reason cap
italism has such wonderful results is that
the consumer's decision to buy dictates to
the capitalist what to produce, namely, the
cheapest, most efficient product that will
compete with those of other producers. Prof
it management, then, according to the au
thor is subservient to the consumer.
Bureaucratic management, on the other
hand, is autonomous; it exists as a separ
ate, neutral instrument to execute the pop
ular will. When people dislike bureau
cracy, the fault lies not within the structure
but with the policy administered. The book's
main argument is that when bureaucracy
is used to administer a business venture, it
is unsuccessful, since it is motivated by
something other than the profits system.
There are two heinous results of bureau
cratization identified by von Mises: its self
aggrandizement and the idolization of the
state. From here it is but a short step to
totalitarianism. Another evil is that the
regimentation concomitant with bureau
cracy "spells the doom of initiative," for
citizens see no place to go save into the
government service, nothing to improve.
This is because Utopians, in which class
von Mises places socialists, see the perfect
state as immutable. Finally, bureaucracy is
by nature subservient to rules which resist
change; the grizzled breaucrat, after thirty
years of following the same rules, is likely
to be extremely conservative. The book's
conclusion is that socialism's vehicle, bu
reaucracy, is not only not progressive, but
rigid and reactionary.
Now let's see where these arguments
break down. The first concerns capitalism's
efficiency. Since competition's ultimate goal
is to eliminate competitors, and since it is
often successful in this goal, the result is
monopoly. Monopoly is under no compulsion
to produce the cheapest product efficiently.
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LETTERS
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ters to the editor on any subject,
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University interest. Letters must be
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if they are of sufficient interest. How
ever, the DTH reserves the right to
use contributed materials as it sees
fit
It is a mistake to assume bureaucracy
is neutral because it merely carries out
orders without formulating them. Von Mises
remarks that bureaucrats make policy de
cisions and this hardly keeps them neutral.
Furthermore, the hierarchical ideal is never
realized; there is much give and take be
tween inferiors and superiors, much esprit
de corps, much control of leaders and non
leaders in a bureaucracy.
In arguing that because bureaucracy does
not deal with the profit motive it cannot
successfully manage business-type opera
tions, von Mises has failed to prove two
things. First, he has not shown that govern
ment has been a flop when it turns busi
nessman because of the fact that it is
. bureaucratized. Was' the TVA a business
' 'Failure? i : ; .. - "
Second, he has not shown that something
akin to the profit motive operates in a bu
reaucracy, which was. created to deal with
the wants and needs of different interests in
society (including business's). Bureaucratic
agencies do, in fact, keep an ear sensitive
ly tuned to their "clientele's" desires.
If the agency does not satisfy its clientele
(i. e. if the customer is unsatisfied with the
product, as with the profit system), com
plaints can be made to Congress, to the
President, to the courts. A giant business
monopoly would laugh in the face of a cus
tomer complaining about high prices.
Finally, we must ask, does the bureau
cracy stifle initiative? Well, yes, in the sense
that every time we organize to accomplish
a complicated goal we must establish some
standardized procedure to make sure every
thing is done completely and correctly, or
everthing would be chaos. An organization
gathers an inertia which resists change.
This tendency is counteracted in American
governmental bureaucracy, as we have pre
viously seen, by 1) responsiveness to inter
est groups, 2) subordination to Congress and
the President, and 3) control within the
hierarchical pattern of non-leaders by lead
ers. Capitalism, on the other hand, created
monopolies and poverty and could not deal
adequately with them. Bureaucracy grew
out of a response on the part of the govern
ment to deal with them.
The profit motive resulted in a few for
tunate people taking advantage of all the
others and plunging us into a catastrophic
depression because of insufficient govern
ment controls. The Invisible Hand proved
to be all thumbs. If a bureaucracy had not
been organized to deal with the results of
the industrial revolution, even worse things
could have happened.
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BY BUCK GRLNTER
Debate on our campus over Viet Nam
has been particularly barren. Pacifists and
jingoists have too long held the public's ear.
Student participation is noticeably shrink
ing. In last Sunday's DTH, John Harri
son stepped into the void with a new call
for victory in Southeast Asia.
This interesting letter, so symptomatic
of the frustrations our administration and
people feel over its Asian involvement,
should be examined in detail. It illumin
ates those moral shibboleths and myopias
upon which the Johnson government draws
its support.
First, let us look at Harrison's assump
tions: (1) that we have never lost a war
(2) that we have allied support in this
war (3) that Lbas and Munich are some
how related (4) that freedom ("our way of
life") is what must be saved in South
Viet Nam. Initially then, it is interesting
to note that Harrison's list of American
Victories" would have to include the raz
ing of Washington in 1912, the Changjin
Reservoir and Panmunjom episodes and
the recent wallowing in the Bay of Pigs.
As for the "U. 'S. victory over the
Communist Huks in the Philippines" we
were under the impression that a nation
alist patriot named Ramon Magsaysay had
something to do with putting down that re
bellion. Secondly, let us take heed of where we
stand. We are bombing the territory of a
foreign state, without declaration of war,
in violation of the U. N. charter, without
consultation with our allies and in a man
ner comparable to no action by any Wes
tern power since Suez.
Thirdly, "Our Munich in Laos" we
ask could it not have been Mr. Kennedy's
feeling that a feudal kingdom replete with
all the trappings of princely corruption
Letters To The E ditor
Alexander Answers
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
We, the men of Alexander Hall would
like to express our most sincere gratitude
to the uninformed purveyors of mass riot
and misinformation on this campus.
There has been a succession of anti
Alexander articles in the past week. Never
since the NSA referendum of last fall has
the DTH gone to more trouble to ignore
the facts.
Mr. Greenbacker may be unaware that
the touchstone for Sunday's protest was
his article based on rumor rather than fact.
He was, indeed hanged in effigy and in
- a sincere " protest of the very yellow-journ-
alism which could destroy this campus if
allowed to continue. We plead for its halt.
The most recent article by Mr. Myers
must have come from an earnest desire to
see further and expanded demonstrations.
Does he want a panty raid so he may
reap the vicarious pleasures which he will
find therein? Does he want to re-establish
the wild gatherings of years past?
These have been suppressed by the more
mature students who prefer to control them
selves, even in the face of public attack.
We have the name yet we refuse to play
the game.
Analytically in reference to Mr. Myer's
article of Tuesday, the 14th of December:
1. He failed to mention the reason for
the gathering. That was to hang Mr. Fact
Lacker's effigy.
2. The demonstration began at 10:30 p.m.
rather than at 8 p.m.
3. He neglected to mention the Choral
ing Can-Can of Contemptious Controlled
Cavaliers from Alexander Hall.
4. In the spirit of Christmas, carols were
sung yet the spirit did not reach
wreath be-decked Graham Memorial, it
would seem.
5. Shades came up to the tune of carols,
sung from a respectful distance and nev
er once did the crowd violate the women's
wishes.
6. At approximately 11:30 p.m. a Win
ston lady poised herself in lingerie on the
radiator by her open window. Visible to
any but the blind, she put on quite a show.
7. The men of Alexander have shown a
great deal of restraint in light of this and
similar acts.
8. The women blinked lights and egged
the men on yet no one seems to remem
ber this.
9. It would seem that in defense of the
Carolina Gentlewomen, it is time for Silent
Sam to level a warning blast to the east.
10. May the campus at large realize both
sides of a story which at worst is a com
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and Cold War fence sitting and exhibiting
a degree of Mandarinal posturing utterly
unrelated to its peoples' needs, was not
worth a war?
And lastly, if "we cannot justify our
sacrifices unless freedom is secured for the
people that America has promised it to
we are curious to know when and what we .
did promise. After searching the Geneva
Accords, the Eisenhower - Diem communi
ques and John Kennedy's pronoucements
we have yet to turn up any promises of
freedom. ,
Military aid, yes. Pleadings for reforms
and a lessening of the fantastic corruption
surrounding Diem, yes. But freedom? In
deed, Mr. Harrison, just how attracitve
does our brand of freedom (Oxford, SeL
ma?) look to the Asians and Africans right-
now? t .
Furthermore, is the preservation of "our
way of life" in the jungles of Indo - China
what we should go to war for or mame
another country because of?
If the answers to these questions seem
difficult and illusive, one can always turn
to Mr. Harrison's alternatives. Implying a
Pax Americana for a starter and an even
tual remarking of the word in our own im
age, he may have something there.
Admittedly the image is a bit tarnish
ed by now, but the treasury appears bot
tomless. With predictions of a $10 billion
outlay next year and contingency planning
for up to 680.000 American troops in Viet
Nam by the end of 1967, it looks like Mr.
Harrison's dream could come true. Your
idea for a blood drive is a useful one, John
Harrison. We know it makes you feel good.
And who knows, maybe some of those do
nations will trickle down to the broken and
burned bodies of Vietnamese children now
enjoying that freedom you way we promised.
pliment to men on this camDus. desnitP th
spectacular blow-up given it by the D"fy
in its sanctimonious orientation.
We must apologize for failing to con
sider a panty raid now that you men
tion it don't you want to field a DTH
raid, with a prize for the best grab? No?
Well, in that case, we suggest that you al
low the proper authorities o deal with this
matter and refrain from reporting news
which is designed, however unintentional
ly, to exicte rather than inform.
The men of Alexander appeal to reason
why not its organ of communication as
well? We unanimoully condemn such yel
low journalism and we will find appropri
ate use for o DTH's if it doesn't cease.
'Thank you.. .
Seventy-four Residents of
Alexander
Abolish HUAC
Editor, The Daily Tar Heel:
The appearance of a representative of
the House Un-American Activities Commit
tee on campus is a further reminder that
the organization made famous by Senator
Joseph McCarthy is still going strong, de
spite its failure to propose any significant
legislation (the purpose of House commit
tees) in all its twenty years of existence.
Why is such a committee allowed to con
tinue when the House of Representatives
Rule XI adopted in 1946 establishing HUAC
violates the First and Fifth Amendments to
the Constitution by its undue broadness,
vagueness and uncertainty?
The rule has authorized the creation of
a governmental mechanism with the sole
purpose not of judging private citizens by.
their actions, but of forcing public disclos- :.
ure of beliefs and associations of these in
dividuals which may be unorthodox or un-;
popular, resulting in public stigma, scorn
and obloquy; and it authorizes compulsory
examination of witnesses so all-inclusive- j
that it violates the due process clause of "
the Fifth Amendment.
Despite the overwhleming reasons for its
abolishment, the continued existence of
HUAC, now concerned with determining
such things as how much the KKK charges
member for robes, can only point to the
obvious failure of the FBI and the Justice "
Department to execute their responsibilities
in the area of Civil Rights.
J. Edgar Hoover is more concerned
about purported communist activity on col
lege campses and in the peace movement
protesting the Viet Nam war than in the
manifest, blatant fascist activity by the
Klan and like organizations in Mississippi...
Peter II. Campbell
413 Patterson Plare