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THE TAR HEEL
Thursday, July 14, 1966
Ernie McCrary's
Rumination And Cogitation
Who Do You Blame?
"Fire sale," read the sign in the window.
But what it really was, was a wholesale fire. And
it burned, and burned like flames were going out of
style.
It seemed like there was more fire-fighting equip
ment on the scene than firemen. There was.
People in this town have complained long and loud
about the inefficient police department (i.e. Suellen
Evans and Mrs. Frank Rinaldi). Now their wrath is be
ing turned loose on the Fire Department.
There is no doubt a problem here.. The question
is, who do you blame? The citizens.
The answer is either the dirtiest or best five letter
word, depending on your viewpoint, in the English
language. Money.
Chapel Hill has one of the highest per capita in
comes in the state. Yet, its Police and Fire Depart
ments are sadly lacking.
History, tradition and nostalgia are an important
part of this hamlet. Fire and crime can destroy them
quickly.
There is an old adage that applies here:
"Put up, or shut up."
The Ultimate Solution
This is one of those occasions some people say
they are all too infrequent when Gov. Dan Moore is
right.
Moore, speaking Monday night on the WUNC-TV
program North Carolina News Conference, said he had
ordered a complete report on the Ku Klux Klan se
curity guards who removed a crippled white youth from
the State Capitol during a rally.
When the State Bureau of Investigation's report
was aired, it confirmed the story. The youtlf had been
carted off by helmeted security guards. Moore wisely
said the next move was up to the boy. If he wanted
to sue, that was up to him.
In effect, he was saying the same thing to the
citizens of North, Carolina: if you want to act, it's
up to you. This is the same policy of restraint that
has characterized Moore's administration from his in
auguration, with a few exceptions.
Let the people act.
That is precisely where the problem of the Klan
belongs, with the people. The Klan makes no bones
about its beliefs. It makes no bones about what it
thinks is wrong with society and the Great Society:
"niggers."
To the Klan, Jonathan Daniels of The Raleigh
News and Observer is a "white nigger." To the Klan,
the entire civil rights movement is masterminded by
"an international communist conspiracy of Zionist
Jews." To the Klan, there is only one ultimate solu
tion to the problem: killing.
This isn't wild imagination. Go to a rally, and
those are the words and phrases and solutions that will
spout from the mouths of Klansmen and their leaders.
Yet, somehow, the, people of North Carolina don't
seem to be upset. They seem to be- a delicious slumber,
abdicating their responsibilities.
It is an open secret that one State legislator lost an
election because the Klan opposed him. How many oth
er losses are closed secrets?
And the Klan goes on and on, mouthing insults and
threats.
The solution?
Let the people decide.
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The Negro civil rights move
ment seems to be at a cross
roads, unsure of which path
it should now tread. Having
attained most of the legal
goals they set not so many
years ago, the Negro leaders
are now turning to the more
esthetic side of attaining eq
ual human rights. But there
seems to be some problem
within the Negro community
about how to go about the
pursuit of life, liberty and
happiness, with as many plans
as there are leaders.
Fed up with the jockeying
for power and predominance
among the head of the various
Negro organizations, the rank
and file members of these or
ganizations recently held a se
cret meeting in Bangor, Maine,
and ousted every one of the
feuding policy - makers.
Stunned by their rejection,
the leaders held a summit
meeting in Honolulu last Mon
day, and first reports of that
conference have just reached
Chapel Hill.
The deposed heads who at
tended were: Ray milkins of
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
UNC-C Student Blasts SDS
To the Editors:
Your editorial comment con
cerning the Students for a
Democratic Society and their
ignorant claim that United
States involvement in Viet
Nam is a direct contradiction
to our Declaration of Indepen
dence was sharp and to the
point. The "bearded parrot"
who led the display of mis
information July 4, atFetzer
Field, most certainly made an
ass of himself.
After disgesting the publica
tion presented by SDS, one
wonders if these psuedo-intel-tectuals
haven't resorted to
plagiary. It seems their thesis
disappears in the conglomera
tion of phrases, easily recog
nized as reiterated words
from V.I. Lenin (see "The
State and Revolution" - "The
Immediate Tasks of the Soviet
Government" "What Is To
Be Done?") and N. S. Khrush
chev (the Krushchev Report
on Moscow. Conference). SDS
is probably unaware of their
support of continued war,
which they give by demanding
United Stat's withdrawal
just, as I feel they are ignor
ant of their plagiarism.
What the SDS said, how
ever, is disturbing. They see
the United States (again in
Lenin's terms) as imperial
ists, warmongers, and murder
ers of the Vietnamese people.
To the SDS, their nation is the
aggressor, and the men of
North Viet Nam are true pa
triots, only defending their
homes and families.. The SDS
contends that Viet Nam is not
WEVILS:BYRLW
"I'm what you'd
call an atheist,
People (NAACP), Boyd McKic
kit of the Congress for Racial
Equality (CORE), Stokey Van
Karmightal of the Student
Non-Violent Coordinating Lu
ther Baines King of the Sou
thern Christian Leadership Con
ference (SCLS) Committee and
Gregory Richard, free agent.
The meeting reportedly went
something like this:
Milkins: "Gentbmen, I
told you something like this
would happen. There just isn't
enough of a market for this
'black power' business. Some
of my best friends are white,
and they say that kind of talk
makes them nervous. And my
colored maid who comes in on
Wednesdays says the folks out
in her end of town don't know
what to make of it either."
King: "I agree. The use of
the term 'black power' has un
fortunate connotations. It
sounds like we want to take
over the whole country
maybe even get physical about
it."
Van Karmightal: "Well?"
McKickit: "Take it easy,
Stokey. Remember you're sup
posed to be with the Student
No, - Violent Coordinating
prepared for democratic rule
and they feel that when th-3
American forces withdraw, all
of Viet Nam will live in peace
and maintain self-rule. The
SDS seems to overlook the
greatest ideal of democratic
countries international peace.
In wars of aggression the or
dinary citizen sacrifices most,
and gains least. But on num
erous occasions democracies
have been compelled to battle
for their very existence. Self
defense against aggression is
not aggressive war. The
United States is in Viet Nam
to insure self-rule and to let
the Moscow-Peking followers
of the North realize that the
greatest nation in the world is
willing to give her blood to in
sure democracy's continual ex
istence. History records previous
threats to democratic rule by
various authoritarian regimes.
These governments can plan a
war, soften the intended vic
tims by subversion and detra
mental propaganda and launch
quick assaults on the unaware.
A "democracy cannot, and will
not, do this! The totalitarian
threat of the North will remain
in Viet Nam, no doubt. But,
the stand of democracy will
not allow military take-over of
the South Vietnamese Repub
lic, by any Communist regime.
What is the real objective of
the United States participa
tion in the Vietnamese war?
I feel we are carrying the
spirit of 1776 to Asia in hopes
of continuing tha American
Revolution. This is the most
Don't get me wrong
I believe in God
Committee. The thing to do is
to let me and my boys handle
this. I'm with you a hundred
per cent, but we've got to tone
this thing dow a bit; you
know, try to make the idea of
black power respectable. The
best thing to do is try to de
. fine it in some sort of political
terminology, so we can stay
fexible. You know, if things
begin to look bad, we can al
ways shift direction and say
that was the way we were go
ing the whole time, just as
long as we stay political about
it."
King: "Now fellows. I can
see we aren't going to get
much done today, and since
we've been kicked out of our
jobs, it doesn't matter any
way. I move that we all ad
journ to Waikiki Beach for a
swim and join our colleague,
Congressman Atem Harlem
Pal, who's there for a little
eight-month holiday."
They all broke for the door,
forgetting even to vote.
And back on the mainland
the Negro movement simmer
ed on the back burner, some
where between black anarchy
and Uncle Tomism.
valid revolution of our time.
The war for independence was
only a beginning. What we
must see is the dynamic polit
ical, social, and economic
concepts of 190 years may
have given us a permanent
revolution.
Our nation was born in r.
new world of the Industrial
Revolution. Karl Marx de
scribed the evils of this era
more effectively than any oth
er man. His prejudices, limi
tations, and hate limited his
thinking and led him to con
clude that the evils could only
be eliminated by violent up
heaval. There is no denying
that our nation suffered these
evils, but our existence in the
world today is a clear nega
tion of Marx's faulty analysis.
It would be beneficial to the
SDS if they took off their tint
ed glasses and viewed the poli
cies of the United States as
citizens of the world, they
must start first by being a
real citizen of their own coun
try. I certainly don't expect SDS
to make drastic changes due
to this little expression by a
fellow citizen, but I pray the
next time they open their
mouths to criticize they re
member that the majority of
American citizens do not agree
with SDS verbal garbage;
they are willing to fight, de
fend and die for the right of
SDS to regurgitate their mis
guided views.
Jay Currin
UNC-Charlotte
I just don't
believe in people.