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S ! .iLvSg 'i ! i M 1 ! it " it Page 2 THE, DAILY TAR HEEL Thursday, December 8. 1966 1m Our Opinion-.-. Fast, Efficient Service Not At Y-Court Snack Bar 'So Da Ting's Only Haf Full! Whadaya Wunt Me T Do 'Bout It? hi Jitters ; It wasn't surprising to hear a great deal of complaining this fall when Y-Court Snack Bar hiked the price of a cup of coffee from five cents to a dime. What is surprising, though, is that those complaints have died completely and no other ones have been lodged. At the risk of stirring up a hor net's nest, we feel it time to com ment on several unsatisfactory con ditions around Y-Court. Have you ever bought an ice cream cone there? At first we were impressed that the Y-Court Snack Bar sells the frozen delicacy at six cents per scoop less than the Dairy Bar. But after seeing the size of the scoops at Y-Court we are con viced you get more for your mon ey across the street where the price is higher. Then there is the milk shake which invariably comes in a cup slightly more than half filled. , The place is generally untidy, and especially repulsive is the glassware that sits on the shelves Under a heavy coat of dust: And have you ever noticed the way the clerks grab a Bic pen from the display, mark stock with it, then stick it back on the rack to be sold. We got a pen there the other day from which at least a quarter of an inch of ink had been used. Then there is the check-cashing counter the only place on cam pus where students can convert their slips of paper into a week's spending money. So for the 13,000 students, there is one girl employed to handle all the financial trans actions. Y-Court is an animal without a twin on the main part of campus. Students who want to buy a snack or class supplies or need to cash a check have to use the facilities of Y-Court. So why can't we have a little better service for the students? As we see it, this is just one more area in which the UNC Book Ex change that horrible monster is short-changing the students. H olding Out For Booze A law that was put on the books in 1913 will be enforced starting Dec. 13. That's the word from the North Carolina Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. But watch out for the determined people of Mecklen burg County. It was early last spring when the attorney general made his pronouncement that law enforce ment agencies would be obligated o-enforce-thi; statutes prohibiting the consumption of liquor' outside the home. And close on the heels of this statement came a reply from Mecklenburg that it would be im possible to enforce the law. Somehow the obviously ridicu lous but nevertheless clearly 'stated law found itself being . challenged in the state supreme court. In a less than earth-shaking decision, Associate Justice Susie Sharp last week upheld thev statute as being constitutional. Now the warning comes that as of Dec. 13 North Carolineans will have to live within the law. i But Mecklenburg County isn't taking it sitting down. A statement issued yesterday by Charlotte ABC board member Charles E. Knox said that county will seek to con tinue brown-bagging until after the Christmas and New Year's hoijL days. r ; T ' ? " :- " A Who knows what luck they might have. They managed to get around the law for seven months. Why not for another 30 days? On the other hand, the situation is get ting tighter and official rulings have been made. If the Mecklen burg luck runs out, the most pop ular Yuletide song in Charlotte this year might well be "Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes." D o You Know A Legislator? The State Affairs Committee and the University need the stu dents' help. As a part of a stepped-up pro gram to aid the University by brightening its image and explain ing its position on many controver sial issues, the committee included ; in its early planning this fall a pro ; gram whereby every member of the state legislature would be vis ited in his home by a UNC student for the purpose of discussing an in crease in the per occupant financial ceiling on residence hall construc tion, presently $3,000. It is an old story that the Uni versity can no longer provide ade quate housing for this price. The task now remains to convince legis lators of the reality of the situation and of the students' concern over over the m a 1 1 e r. President Fri day, Chancellor Sitterson and other administrators have voiced their approval of the State Affairs Com mittee's plan. Now the committee needs the help of students who know mem bers of the state legislature. As much as we tend to think of the General Assembly as an unfriendly, inhuman animal that sits in Raleigh and dictates to UNC, we all know that it is made up of prominent citizens from the various localities of the state. We also know that we have stu dents from these localities, and it . stands to reason that at least one ; student here should know alegisla I tor from every district. So if you fall into that category if you are acquainted with your local repre sentative contact the State Af fairs Committee. Discuss with them the plan for approaching the legislators. Then go to it. You can do the University a great service in this manner. 3f?e Satly 3ar qeel I 74 Years of Editorial Freedom Fred Thomas, Editor Tom Clark, Business Manager Scott Goodfellow, Managing Ed. John Askew Ad. Mgr. John Greenbacker Assoc. Ed. Bill Amlong ... News Ed. Kerry Sipe Feature Ed. Sandy Treadwell .. Sports Editor Bill Hass- Asst. Sports Ed. Jock Lauterer Photo Editor Chuck Benner Night Editor STAFF WRITERS :Don Campbell Lytt Stamps, Er nest Robl, Steve Bennett, Steve 'Knowlton, Judy Sipe, Carol Won savage, Diane Warman, Karen Freeman, Cindy Borden, Julie Parker, Peter Harris, Drum mond Bell, Owen Davis, Joey Leigh, Dennis Sanders. CARTOONISTS Bruce Strauch, Jeff MacNelly. The Daily Tar Heel is the official news publication of the University of North Carolina and is published by students daily except Mondays, ex amination periods and vacations. Second class postage paid at the Post Office in Chapel Hill, N C Subscription rates: $4.50 per semes ter; $3 per year. Printed by the Chapel Hill Publishing Co., Inc., 501 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, N. C -1 p 7 V I ' - vy Peter Harris .EDrafft The doubt over Viet Nam, strategically and morally, has grown for the past few 'years r at progressive pace;-1- ?v- i .- In between have come LBJ's unpredictable increasing-decreasing bombings and the raising of the hopes of Americans through a jaunt to the Far East. The leaders of American at titude, the Left, saw the 'con fusion of LBJ's method of justifying the war a long time ago. It has not been until re cently that the rest of Amer ica has followed suit in ex pressing serious doubt and consternation over the handl ing of the war. The more involved ques tions about why we are over there defending a peninsula of very little value has still been neglected by most Americans. The considerations are too complex for the average American to want to attempt -to understand. The fact is that even the far left intellectuals h a v e failed to remain realistic about why we are t h e r e, whether it is morally right or wrong, and whether the gov ernment has any right to force young people into fighting for this controversial cause. Communism There is much to be said for Communist economic methodology. It appears to be the most effective type of mass economic reform. It is capable of working in a na tion with high economic ' de velopment potential where the people accept one way or another, the temporary hard ships placed upon them. It was able to work in the Soviet Union largely because the conditions wer6 conducive to this economic reform. How ever, without the massive eco nomic potential of a USSR or Red China, perhaps, the justi fication for Communist eco nomics dwindles. Unless a smaller country (like Viet Nam) is supplied with heavy funds from another country, presumably the Soviet Union' the chances for increasing its material wealth are very poor. The justifications for a dic tatorship become less accept able as the potential of the nation decreases. The immor ality of a police state can no longer be tolerated as a posi tive means to an unfailable success. Good Times. Bad Times Since Viet Nam does not ap pear to be on the verge of economic prosperity no mat ter what system is employed, in particularly communism (under the supposition that potential is needed for pure communism to succeed), the justification for extreme so-' cial measures disappears. Therefore, it is feasible that fighting communism in . Asia is for the good of Asiav ; In : possible ;Iieu.oi.econDiSdc;'prok perity the least that these peo-; pie can be given is freedom from oppression. This is, again, under the opinion that Communism would be an un successful economic method in Viet Nam and the rest of Asia. There is the hope that the United States can help build up the economy of Asia better and more efficiently than ei ther China or the Soviet Union. This is a very positive justi fication for our war efforts. The Vietnamese would not be any better off without us, despite the killings and de struction of the jungle. These hardships must be endured; it should be recognized that they will have to be endured and that if they are the re sults will be better than if they were not endured. Therefore, the question of morality can be partly an swered by saying that much good is to be gained through the war for the nation of Viet Nam. On the other hand, the United States has no right to be there in the first place, and the fact is that we are ex ercising power in a similar fashion to the abuses of power by European nations in the nineteenth century. The fact that we are there and will not withdraw is no justification in itself. But the fact that we may actually be able to IipId these people to a much better life does present a justification. Conscription Another problem has arisen from escalation. Does the gov ernment have the right to con icans into fighting for the script (in effect) young Amer "cause of freedom." It is the writer's opinion that as a nation gains more economic stability, indeed prosperity, there are less de mands that the nation has the right to place on the individ uals . For example, in the Soviet Union it is hoped that after a high economic order has been established, more individual freedom will be permissable. As the demands are less, few er sacrifices have to be made. This is the way it should be. It is implicit in the theory of leisure that as society be comes more efficient, more time can be spent on aesthe tic, intellectual, and culturally productive ventures. God knows the caveman did not have much time for lei sure and that his cultural progress was slow and drawn out. As man becomes less de pendent on personal sacrifice he is able to spend more time furthering his culture. This leads us to the realiza :T..n'tiori! -that the effects' of the soi ; cial contract begin to decrease as sbcietybecomes more pros perous. The rights of the in dividual grow, as they should. Past generations struggled " through poverty in order that future generations would not have to struggle for the same goals. In an age of America where economic security has been a reality for most young people, it is no wonder that they should feel it their right to the pursuit of .more meaning ful goals. As Gary Waller (SDS) says, he never signed any social contract. He is right, too. He owes very little to a govern ment which, in actuality, needs little sacrifice from its people. This is true, especially, in comparison with poorer coun tries, even in the Soviet Union and Great Britain where eco nomic sacrifice is crucial for survival as healthy nations. The United States has the economic security to begin to engage in more productive ac tivities, and that does not mean playing big brother to the rest of the world. Hope fully, after Viet Nam, we will have learned to keep our nose in our own porridge. Therefore, the United States does not have the unquestion able right to call upon i t s youth to disrupt their more productive activities and spend two years, possibly a lifetime in case of death, in the armed forces. The idea of alternate ser vice is intriguing when you see that even our own nation, while highly prosperous can not provide all of its people with necessary amounts of food and security. But even alternate service is not within the rights of the government. In this sense, the idea of administration of things and not persons as presented by Frederick Engels becomes something of a real demand or hope, at least. This essay has presented an overall look at Viet Nam. The conclusions are that we must win in Viet Nam because we can help the people. In the fu ture, we must be more pru dent before we commit our- -selves to a precarious, per haps unjustified cause. Most importantly, though, we must not forget that Amer ica has progressed for a pur pose. That purpose is to pro vide a more conducive atmos phere to the real, more God inspired tasks put before man to search the social sciences for knowledge and under standing about himself, his world and his tofal environment. Legislator Criticizes Waller, SDS Tactics Cites Incidents Editor, The Daily Tar Heel: I feel compelled as a mem ber of Student Legislature to make reply to a DTH letter of December 2. This letter was composed by Mr. Gary Waller of the Students for a Demo cratic Society. In this letter Mr. Waller stated that subjects such as the war in Viet Nam, the draft, and use of university facilities for war research should be debated and d i s cussed among "Student legis lators who, as representatives of the Student body, are obli gated to concern themselves with matters vital to the well- being of the students and the university." It would first be necessary to prove the importance of the war itself in relation to the university. I would con tend that the war in Viet Nam is of no more direct conse quence to the educational process than is taxation, the rising cost of living, or , if I may be so bold, birth control. It would be utterly impossi ble, as anyone can see, for Student Government to debate the many controversial issues that have some remote effect on this campus and still have time to work on programs and legislation concerning housing improvements, illegal drug sales on camjpus, im proved curriculum, court re forms, and the many other such problems that directly involve students ajl of the time. The above arguments can also be applied to the ques tion of the use of university facilities for war research. If someone could prove that the educational process of univer sity students is disturbed by this research, Student Gov ernment action would certain ly be appropriate, but at this time, it would seem that the only students whose education is hampered1 are those who are too busy protesting against this policy to study and learn. 1 "Of course, the draft is an i entirely different : matter; - A : large percentage of our stu dents come into immediate contact with the draft from their eighteenth birthday us ually until long after their stay at UNC is over. As the Daily Tar Heel was kind enough to state, Student Gov ernment is already undertak ing a study to find ways in which the draft can be made more equitable for not only students here but for all those who come under the draft's jurisdiction. However, this study is be ing conducted because Stu dent Government wishes to be constructive and helpful. May Student Government be plagued by eternal damnation if ever it undertakes to form opinions on national problems simply because Mr. Waller feels that, in his own words, he doesn't "owe this damned country anything." This brings us to the prob lem of what is actually a detriment to the well-being of the students and the univer sity. I cite the following two incidences as ones which were, in my opinion, of great potential harm to all of us at UNC: During the Speaker Ban controversy, Mr. Waller and the SDS attempted a coup d'etate within the Committee for Free Inquiry so that that organization would vote in favor of boycotts, picketing, and civil disobedience on this campus. This action would have caused all of us to pay dearly and might have struck the campaign for free speech a fatal blow had not respon sible student leaders taken steps to block and eventually overcome the SDS. During the Michael Paull -English Department contro versy, I attended a meeting of English graduate instruc tors at which Mr. Waller tried to persuade the English grads (he is a sociology grad) to take a course which would have included an immediate campus-wide teaching boycott. As it turned out, the situation was soon rectified without any improper action. This is large ly due to the competence with which the English graduate instructors handled their re sponsibility to their students. Mr. Waller showed no such responsibility. I do not attempt to deny Mr. Waller's right to his opinions because I see a valid, ever-present need for the voice of dissent. I do, however, in tend to state my firm con viction that the right to dis sent is never the right to sub ivert,iand it . would seem evi? dent to me that, at times, Mr. Waller and his minions have dangerously encroached upon subversive ground. Therefore, they have in these instances made them selves a greater danger to the educational process of this university and to the general well-being of all students than the problems they oppose. Rep. George Kricfcbaum Student Legislator md vn Richard Doner Americanism Pure In N.C. Legionaires As I sat in the Jack Tar Hotel lobby last Saturday eve ning, the tones of Christmas songs filled the room and seemed to radiate a sort of glowing cheerfulness contrast ing with the bitter cold out side. All the American Legion of ficers who were there for a convention mush have sensed 1 this atmosphere also, since they seemed to be feeling themselves very much at ease. They were standing around, joking, laughing, and awaiting the chief speaker of the evening, a high Marine officer. As I was looking at a few of the Legionnaires walk in and out with brown paper bags in their hands, my eyes fell on the American Legion Auxiliary pamphlet which gives the group's general goals and describes the events of the weekend meeting. The front cover is . high lighted by four words: "For God and Country." Following this slogan is a paragraph de scribing the purposes of the Legion. A few lines surely de serve comment: ."We associ ate ourselves together for the following purposes: To uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent Ameri canism." : That word Americanism caught my eye and I can't stop thinking about it. I keep wondering who these seem ingly normal people are who believe themselves capable of fostering "a one hundred per cent Americanism." There is a bizarre singularity as well as a historical familiarity about this last phrase. What does it mean, "A one hundred percent Ameri canism?" Does it mean that there is only one way to be American? Naturally, in any democracy one's status as a citizen must be defined in certain terms, such as nationality of parents, birthplace, etc. But in the vast majority of cases, defini tions go no further than this, since, in terms of everyday behavior, neither a teacher nor a Governor has the right to define, limit, or analyze the loyalty one feels toward one's country. But in America the citizen has institutionalized organiza tions to judge whether he has "American" ideas in his head, whether his affiliations are "American." The simple fact that the American Legion Auxiliary dares to use the phrase "a one hundred percent Ameri canism" seems to show the existence of this tendency to define something which is, by the individual nature of hu man beings, indefinable. But, as we all know, things don't stop at the pressure group level. The U. S. House of Representatives provides us with the House Un - American Activities Committee, a group of fine upstanding "Amer icans" who have the power to further describe exactly what our national sentiments should be and how to express them. There is an American Le gion Auxiliary "Americanism" and there is a HUAC because everyone feels small, and no one cares. And the American Legion Auxiliary Program in the Jack Tar Hotel on December 3, at 9 a.m., the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was lead by the Department Amer icanism Chairman. i,
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