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Sunday, November' 10. 1968 Page 2 THE DAILY TAR HEEL 76 Years oj Editorial Freedom Wayne Hurder, Editor Dill Staton, Business Manager Saigon 'Democracy SAIGON (UPI) The South Vietnamese Government closed one Saigon newspaper and suspended two others Saturday "for endangering national security." The newspaper shut down carried a story imputing that the government had caused the deadlock in the preliminary peace talks at Paris, a spokesman said. Those suspended carried misleading headlines which could be understood as propaganda favorable to the Communists, the spokesman said. A total of 10 Saigon newspapers have been either closed or suspended by the government in the past 15 days. That's what the South Vietnamese government, a government that the United States . is defending from the "tyranny" of the National Liberation Front, is doing to insure that democracy will survive in Asia. For such a government the United States is spending approximately $250,000 to kill a Vict Cong, for such a government 28,000 Americans have died and 180,000 have been wounded. For such a government we are ' neglecting the problems of our urban areas and the problems of our rural poor. Nor is the example of those papers being closed an isolated incident that has occurred in the South Vietnamese government. The South Vietnamese j government, which was controlled ' by strongmen Nguyen Van Thieu and Nguyen Cao Ky, prior to Sept. 13, 1967 held "elections" on that date and surprisingly enough the people selected Thieu and Ky as premier and president, officers, J Thieuand Ky are just regular old public . servants, no longer strongmen and now subject to the opinions of the citizens. That's the way it should be in democracy. However, if South Vietnam is democratic, that wasn't too obvious to Truong Dinh Dzu, the strongest opponent of the two in the election and who was somewhat dovish on the war, for he was put in jail shortly after the election on trumped-up charges of passing bad checks. Later, when he was released on these charges he was put back in jail for advocating the formation of a coalition government with the NLF. Thieu himself has stated that he was "determined not to allow any unbridled freedom in which each man is presenting his own peace solution, saying wild things about peace which are not in harmony with the peace position of the government and the National Assembly." Thieu is now holding up the peace talks in Paris by refusing to recognize the Nlf as an independent political power in South Vietnam. He would deal only with the Hanoi government in working out a peace proposal. Not only that, he apparently will refuse to allow the formation .of a coalition government for rightful fear that Electoral College Antiquated From the Raleigh News & Observer Americans are properly concerned about the evident faults in the electoral college system. These defects need attention. But it should not be forgotten that one great reform was made in the whole business of presidential succession under Franklin D. Roosevelt. That change puts a newly elected president in the White House on January 20 instead of March 4. Certainly the virtue of this change is evident now. In this swift pace world, it would be well nigh disastrous if a lame duck president remained in office for four months after a new president had been elected. The evident good sense in this change not only reflects swifter Dale Gibson, Managing Editor Rebel Good, News Editor Joe Sanders, Features Editor Owen Davis, Sports Editor Dick Levy, Associate Editor Kermit Buckner, Jr Advertising Manager the NLFwould gradually take over the government. We say "rightful fear" that they would take over because it seems obvious to us that the NLF has done a better job of governing the country that . have the South Vietnamese and would be able to get complete control of the country. The reaction of most people is that the Viet Cong have managed to keep such tight control over then areas because they have resorted to terrorism. That isn't true, completely. While they have used terrorism it has usually been directed against local officials appointed by the highly unpopular Saigon government. In additon, they could never have been so successful in their killings without the majority of the people approving and keeping silent about their whereabouts. Che Guevara's failure in Bolivia stands as proof that it takes the support of the local people to be successful. He didn't win the sympathies of the people and as a result found his forces being defeated. Finally, he was killed when someone revealed to the government the location of his camp.- That doesn't happen in South Vietnam because of the widespread support that the Viet Cong has. If the Siagon goverrnment should persist in its present attitude toward the Paris talks and the formation of a coalition government the U.S. should let them know we don't think they are in much of a position to dawdle over such matters and should be prepared to withdraw completely from the country and leave the fight for the better party to win. We would hope that Richard Nixon would do that. Unfortunately, judging from his past record of support of the John Foster Dulles philosophy we wouldn't expect him to take a hard line towards Saigon, but rather towards Hanoi, which, in our opinion, has about as much influence over the NLF as we have over the Saigon government. Failure by Nixon to get tough towards the South Vietnamese would lead to a greater division within the U.S. over our involvement in Vietnam. After all his recent talk about uniting the country we hope he will see the need for taking these actions. communications since the Constitution was framed. It also indicates that changes in the size and character of the nation require changes in other aspects of presidential election and succession. Certainly it is absurd that presidential electors are not bound by national law to cast their votes for the candidates they were elected to support. It is a silly situation when a candidate with the most votes of the people might get a good deal less than the most votes in the electoral college. The electoral college may deserve some respect as an antique. But more and more it is clear that its proper place is in the museum of history, not in the democracy of a nation in a difficult world. Scott Goodfellmv Thimki Some highly irresponsible and indiscreet sources are saying that Richard Nixon picked Spiro Agnew because no one would dare to take a shot at him. No one, of course, except Agnew. . . Nevertheless, there are some benefits from the election even for those of you who took it with all the ease of swallowing an artichoke. We can now step 'There are some benefits from the election even fox those of you who took it ivith all the ease of swallowing an artichoke.9 forth with assurance and with a New Face into a New Deal without the expensive trappings from the Great Society-and give the American people what they want. Well, at worst, we could have four years of trusteeship. No Split There are those who say we're facing a ID- Bryan Gumming .Honrs War Coed ChalHem Since night watchmen have been installed at women's dormitories, serious questions are being asked about whether closing hours are still useful. Many coeds have voiced approval of the idea of self-limiting hours, which would give each woman student the personal responsibility of deciding her own closing hours. Previously one of the main reasons for closing hours was to insure the safety of the coeds. The use of security guards at women's dorms invalidates this argument. Southern Womanhood Another important notion behind closing hours is the antiquated notion of Southern Womanhood. Whoever devised the rule for closing hours believed that as long as you had women in their dorms by 2:00, you would preserve their chastity. An appropriate if somewhat undignified response to this curious theory would be: anything you can do after 2:00 you can do before 2:00. If closing hours are meant to r ebel Good SemateNaume v Jmwublers The citizens of this great country have now completed their trips to the polls and a new Congress has been elected. Let's hope some much needed legislation will be passed out by them. Here are some suggestions: A bill reaffirming our support of Israel and its wartime acquisitions, sponsored by a senator from North Carolina and a representative from South Carolina the Jordan-Rivers Bill. A bill appropriating money for more highway construction, sponsored by the Vice President Anew divisive split in purpose, but that is not the case. The 43-43-14 per cent could be applied to different means of looking at lots of problems. Take busing, for example. 43 per cent of the public are for using three jets to get to school (named Pat, Julie and David), 43 per cent are for having a chauffeur who bounces around, smiling and all the time saying "Woopie" when the light changes to green, and 14 per cent are just against buses. Or you could juggle those figures in another way. If the 14 per cent are right in saying there's not a dime's worth of difference in the leadership of the two national parties, then the other 86 per cent really agree with each other and Cronkite should have called the election about 8 p.m. Then again, as one columnist pointed out, you could say that 43 per cent of the country wanted government to change, 43 wanted it to stay still or maybe even backpeddle a bit, and 14 per cent are against government. State Level On the state level a number interesting things have cropped up: of protect women's safety, they are not necessary. If closing hours are meant to preserve chastity, they simply don't work. The obligation to come in at 2:00 is also the obligation to stay out until 2:00. Social pressure makes a girl and her date stay out as long as possible, even though neither may want to do so. If self-limiting hours were instituted, coeds would be free to set their own hours. Coming in at midnight may become style rather than stigma. Under the present system, coeds are requred to be in their dormitory by a certain hour. If they come in late by as little as ten minutes, they may be subjected to campusment. The University takes an incredibly old-fashioned view of its coeds. The first assumption is mistrust. The second one is harsh , discipline. In effect, the University is saying, "we don't trust your ability to make such decisions as how long you may stay out. And if you break our rule, you'll regret it." new Alaskan senator and a representative from Arizona the Gravel-Rhodes bill. A bill calling for compulsory religious education in public schools, sponsored by a congressman from New York and Nevada's senior senator the Reid-Bible bill. A bill calling for additional price support for the South's major crop, sponsored by a Californian congressman and New Hampshire's senior senator the King-Cotton bill. The computer in New York, you will note, choked on the North Carolina governorship race. It got so excited along about midnight that it spat out 50,000 votes (Scott free) and mumbled sweet nothings for nearly an hour. Fred Steele pulled one of the more beautiful concession statements by telling Galifianakis that he was questioning 10,000 "irregular ballots" but didn't 'Nobody wanted to take the "I for Integrity" out of Mck.9 expect it to faze the results. Steele lost by 4,000. The eastern part of the state didn't like Hardee's secret sauce. Nobody wanted to take the "I for Integrity" out of Nick. Or perhaps thev figured out what Sikanaifilag spelled backwards is. At any rate, the whole election, exhausting though it was, was fascinating. Perhaps an end result will be change in the Electoral College. vf. 4- nee J s Whole Attitude To make matters worse, closing hours are only one manifestation of an entire attitude. The University has the power to campus a coed for several trivial crimes in addition to tardiness, such as neglecting phone duty and missing a dormitory meeting. Even though these women are nineteen and twenty years old, the University still refuses to admit that they are mature enough to decide their own social hours. At best, the University still refuses to admit that they are mature enough to decide their own social hours. At best, the University interferes with their personal lives; at worst, the University insults the personal maturity of each coed. UNC coeds are treated with maximum suspicion and minimum respect. The allowance of self-limiting hours, or individual responsibility as it is sometimes known, would provide women students with the convenience they desire the responsibility they deserve. A bill establishing fowl and wildlife preserves in every state, sponsored by a senator from - Virginia and the House majority whip the Byrd-Boggs bill. A bill appropriating more money into the field of coronary diseases, sponsored by the senior senators from Vermont and Michigan the Aiken-Hart bill. Finally we come to some legislation definitely needed on our own campus: A bill to make a national historic landmark of that spire, in the center of campus, sponsored by a California "LI The Electoral College has long been a game which would set three-dimensional parcheesi to shame. School children find it more frustrating than memorizing logrithm tables. Parents try to relearn it every four years. George Wallace lost the key to it, and Yalte;Cronkite interprets it for the country. Gallup and Harris pussyfoot around it. But don't forget that if the Electoral College weren't around, we might still be glued to television trying to find out who won. Ah welL With one great deep breath, take consolation in the fact that no such extravaganza as a national election will happen for four more years. Sir Gusty Blows Hard By DTH Insight Team Sir Cyclone Gusty Thursday read six Irish limericks to an audience of 14,000 in Kenan Memorial Stadium. A well-known personality, Sir Cyclone has directed many famous plays, including the first version of "Oedipus Rex," which was performed in Athens. Because of the high wind, many members of the audience could not hear Sir Cyclone, a well-known personality. In addition to the limericks, Sir Cyclone read the familiar Gaelic sonnet, "Bereave Me of All Thy Endearing Young Charms." A tuba accompanied Sir Cyclone's moving reading of "Danny Boy." the well-known personality closed his audience with a reading of James Joyce's "Ulysees," one of his favorite short stories. For his fee of $12,000,000 Sir Cyclone also contributed a lecture in the afternoon. Through error the lecture was announced for the evening, and 96 people drove from Knoxville, Tennessee, through the snow to hear him. To console them, Sir Cyclone posed for photographs as General DeGaulle, whose brother he is in private life. A member of . the Dramatic Arts Department commented, "Sir Cyclone is a major event and perfectly in keeping with the spirit of our memorial season. His name will be inscribed on an aspirin tablet ' and placed in the basement of Playmakers' Theatre." Sir Cyclone left Chapel Hill pursued by a host of punch-drinking admirers. "He is a very well-known personality," commented one prominent Chapel Hill opinion-maker. Praising the well-known Gusty, prominent playwright Paul Glebe was quoted by intimates as saying, "I want very much to talk to him about outdoor theatre." The insight team found that Sir Cyclone has made a large contribution to outdoor theatre. A member of the well-known personality's entourage told an Insight reporter that Sir Cyclone has driven as many people out of theatres by his readings as he has pulled in with his productions, a record equalled only by his contemporary, the late Will ("the Butler") Yeats. The remaining punch was drunk by members of the University staff and the leftover cookies were donated to the -Carrboro Home for Retired Actors. Sir Cyclone's next appearance will be in Madison Square Garden, where he will ready "Galway Bay" and mime St. Patrick casting the snakes out of Ireland. The Daily Tar Heel is published by the University of North Carolina Student Publication's Board, daily except Monday, examination periods and vacations and during summer periods. Offices are on the second floor of Graham Memorial. Telephone numbers:- editorial, sports, news-933-1011; business, circulation, advertising-933-1163. Address: Box 1080, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514. Second class postage paid at U.S. Post Office in Chapel Hill, N.C. Subscription rates: $9 per year; $5 per semester. 4 Paradise congressman and the junior senator from Texas-the Bell-Towers bill. A bill banning disturbances when company recruiters come on campus, sponsored by a New York congressman and a Massachusetts congresswoman-the Dow-Heckler bill. And if these should not come to pass, there s always a chance that three courageous senators will step forward with a proposal to change our national anthem. And this would be called the Spong-Fong-Long Song bill.
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