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1 i THE DAILY TAR HEEL Tuesday, 3IaiTh 18. 1963 JU .-, .r-,,1 i i.... ., r ... , L . ,,-.. ,,.. .r,., - -.w,, . r.: r....r-Tm.a.).w. .'lill.ui..iiiilll,.i..l,i.-M-jjiiiiiliilM' ' ' ' ""T inn, in., ., .1 75 Yestt of Editorial Freedom fsyna Hiinfrr, Editor ZZl Stztsa, Business Manager Kcrmit Vigil, Letter Writ Will Eel Strikers JL For anybody that missed the festivities of xMonday's vigil there will be a repeat today from 9 ajn. to 4 pjn. We encourage every student or faculty member to utilize tliis opportunity to express his support of the workers grievance. The organizers are trying to make the vigil a low keyaffair that all students can feel free to participate while at the same time providing a visible demonstration of support tiiat people all of the state can see. Despite the importance of the boycott, it is not the visible demonstration of support that persons outside the University can really sec. Students crowded In Polk Place provide such a visible demonstration. The vigil also provides a more important means of helping the workers: tables at wiiich students can sit and write letters to the governor or their legislators and tell their; what's really happening. As two legislators, Jim Beatty UNC Med School Ne Expansion North Carolina's Need From the Raleigh Times The key to overcoming North Carolina's shortage in physicians is to be found in expanding the enrollments of the State's three medical schools. That's a good summary of the thought-provoking report of the Comraittey on the Physician Shortage in Rural North Carolina to the legislature's Legislative Research Commission. This is the report the legislators should use as their guide in considering whether to spend available funds to expand the present medical schools or to begin . the long and tremendously ' expensive process of building a brand-new medical school at East Carolina University. The report makes it plain that it is too expensive to build from scratch, and that it takes too long. Instead, the report urges that the General Assembly act favorably on the budget requests of the- UNC School of Medicine "for the means to develop and expand programs relating to community medical care, special education far North Carolina students and family physician education. If this appropriation of approximately $11,000,000 is granted-together with federal funds already approved-the University Medical School can increase its entering enrollment by 25 to a total of 100 in 1970. Since the dropout rate at the University is extremely low, this means that 25 more doctors will be graduated each year beginning in 1974. At that rate, some 200 additional doctors would be graduated at UNC alone during the period which would be required to buUd and begin and brand-new medical school. The Duke and Bowman Gray Medical Schools also, plan to expand their facilities, and would also be turning out more graduates. It also should be noted that the UNC School of Medicine has Rtbci Good, Managing Editor Joe Sanders, News Editor Harrty Elliott. Features Editor Owen Davis, Sports Editor Scott Goodfellow, Associate Editor Buckntr, Jr,, Advertising Manager ng and Skipper Bowles, explained Monday, a lot of legislators still perccvie of the trouble here on campus as a fight bejtwecit radical students who want to control the University and the A JniinistratioiT. They sec the struggle as having the seeds of another San Francisco State or Columbia conflict. That Is wrong. It is a simple labor-management fight in which the workers are trying; to get redress for some Injustices that even members of the Administration; admit and are trying to get a wage tliat will allow them to support a family at more than just a bare subsistence level. This side of the story has to be explained to the people of the state as much as possible. Over 300 students wrote letters on Monday; hopefully even more will turn out today to write their legislators. If letterwriting isn't your forte you can still just sit around in the 60 degree temperature and sun, sin about BobScott's troopers, join In discussions, listen to the speakers, and help out the workers. eds To Fulfill planned to increase its graduating class to 200 by sometime around 1977. And, the School has plans for developing family practice interest among its students. The legislative study commission favors pLmning for development of two 400-bed referral hospitals in the eastern and the State for of University western parts of clinical training medical students, would serve the Such a program ;ual purpose of bringing more medical service to those areas and of giving the medical students more of a feeling of the need practititioners and such practice. for general of the nature of ine study commission also reported on the need for better science trainin g m the State's public schools and colleges, to produce a larger supply of medical students. It reported that only five colleges actually supply most of the premedical students, Chapel Hill. N.C. State, Wake Forest, Davidson, and Duke. The report then adds: "It is apparent that efforts need to be made to stren; programs in the the State if more other colleges in medical students are to be produced j It is important to note that this study report was signed by five residents of Eastern North Carolina. That fact adds weight to the legislature should consideration the give to these recommendations. since the pressure to spend millions to begin a new coming from University. medical school is East Carolina The report didn't give figures on what a new medical school would cost But, a iencrallv accented figure is that a school designed to ' r graduate 1 00 students a year would cost a minimum of SIOO minion to build. For a great deal less, the three very fine medical schools already operating in this State could increase their giaduating classes by well over 1 00 students per year. Letters rm o To the Editor: All the talk lately has been or responsibilities, particularly those of the student to himself and to the university. There is another responsibility, however, and I feel it is time something is said about it. What about the responsibility of the University to the community1? The "community" is not only Chapel 3 H2I, or Carrboro, or Orange County. Indeed it is the entire State of North : Carolina. The faculty, administration, and students collectively as the University are an integral member of this community. As such it cannot be allowed to neglect duties, much less to abuse its status. The immediate community of Chapel nni-Carrboro depends much upon the co-operation of its citizens . and the University. The University provides employment; it provides a proportionally fantastic market for local businesses. It controls the telephone system; it regulates the water. Yet, as evinced by the recent demonstrations here, it does not conduct its affiars in an equitable manner. Employment practices, manager-employee relationships, and business in general are under serious and justified attack by concerned groups and individuals. The University also owes a debt to the state. North Carolina, with a black population representing about 25, cannot afford to ignore no, to outwardly subdue that Important segment of this state. It is time for the University to take its place as a responsible citizen, no longer apathetic, but concerned with, the common interest of all the others, willing to do what it can to rectify the situation. Sincerely, Douglas Matson 345 Morrison State Patrolmen Are Appreciated To the Editor: 1 appreciate the presence of the State Highway Patrol in Lenoir dining halL They have made meals more enjoyable by just showing their beautiful bodies. At least now I don't have to think about the awful food. Also, those Men are a far cry With The r - -v Look BY NANCY SMITH If a woman isn't fulfilled by uie role of housewife and mother, she can always go out and get a Job. Quite true. And one-third of all women are doing this . now. They make up 37 per cent of this . country's labor force. What kind of job can she get? Most probably a low-status, low-pay, helper job , in which she plays an auxiliary role to a man. She may become some man's y secretary, some man's nurse or some man's factory hand. Or she may go into a : traditionally female profession like teaching; or social work. She will seldom : be entrusted with a creative or policy making role. She's the helper and servant on the job just as she is in the home. : Perhaps the answer is more education, ; The statistics say no 70 per cent of all j women with college degrees work, but ; only 2 per cent are executives. The number of women in such professions as medicine, law, and clergy is negligible, j Over 20 per cent work at clerical, retail or i facotry jobs and over 40 per cent teach, i If the low status of jobs available to women, including the highly educated ones, is not enough to keep her at home, : perhaps the low pay wuX Department of Labor publications tell ; us that in 1965 the median income of year-round, fun-time workers was: white men, $6,704; non-white men, 4,277; white women, $3,991; nonwbite women, $2,816. Education is not the determining factor. The median education of both female groups (white and nonwbite) is higher than that of the racially corresponding male group. And even within the same occupations the median income of females is only 50-60 percent that of males. The 1965 median income for white women is below that of nonwbite men and barely above the poverty IeveL Sex, then, is as great a deterrent to achieving equal status and income hi the labor force as is race. And black women, 50 percent' of whom work and many of whom are the sole support of families, are doubly burdened. If the low status and low pay of jobs available to women are not enough to keep her at home, perhaps the burden of a double work day wiH When man and wife return home from work, who does the cookmg and cleaning, who tends the children and who caters to the mrgfgnrfy And if that's not enough, consider the lack of adequate child care faHits in this country. Licensed day care is presently available to only about 190,000 chUdrenL Almost three mHILan mthry with children under see work outside the home. So working moifrgT spend imw time on the fob worrying about their children, and the children suffer from lack of proper guidance and attenlioix. One last factor may be enough to put the woman back in her place and keep her there. Maternity leave is. by no means universal. Frequently a woman looses her fobs, including seniority and other accrued Com annuity from the pimple-faced boys that occupy the dorms on campus and attend the tlssses I do. Ciris hare always been attracted to men in uniform. What do we want here at UNC? We go into Lenoir and see hundreds; of gorgeous men walking around in a semi-protective fashion. Lenoir has not really returned to a cafeteria, but has turned into a supermarket with men as the main item. In other words, a patrolmen supermarket. I will eat in Lenoir until the patrol leaves, and then I will return to my apartment and think of those beautiful men. As far as Irm concerned, the patrol can stay for ever. And wouldn't it be nicer for them to be in Lenoir Hall than on the highways giving tickets on the weekends we head for the beach? So, stay MEN, stay, someone loves you. Sincerely, Becky McGiH Senior, English Cataivha Tech i?) Adores UNC Politicos To the Editorr I am a student at Catawba Valley Technical Institute and have encountered a serious problem: I want to run for a -campus office, but I am sort of a political and social nonentity at Catawba Tech. While visiting a frond in Chapel HUL. I became amazed at the abundance of political activity on your campus particularly the independent candidates for campus-wide office. So I would like to have seme information on forming some sort of society so that I can be heard of era campus before election time rolls around. I am pretty much of a nobody, and I figure this is the best way to advance my political aspirations. Please print my letter and address so that people can send me the inside dope on forming societies, on choosing cool names for them, and on getting publicity in national magazines. Thank you, Seymour Gooch Box753Q17 Catawba Valley Tecymcal Inst. Hickory, N.C. Women benefits when she must take a few months off for childbirth. Strange that a society as affluent as ours cannot provide these essential benefits and services for a group which makes up 51 percent of the population. And things are not getting any better. In fact, the difference between incomes of males and females has increased at a rate of lA per cent a year for the last 15 years. According to Mary Deyseriing, Director of the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor, ""oceupationally women are relatively more disadvantaged today then they were 25 years ago. In 1940 they held 45 per cent of all professional and technical positions. Currently they hold only 37 per cent. This deterioration has occurred despite the increase in women's share of total employment over the same period and the rising number of women who enroll in and graduate from institutions of higher education Over of the striking black UNC cafeteria workers are women. Double oppression is hard to bear. Statistics from: 1965 Handbook on Women Worker, UJS, Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, American Women, Report of the President's Commission on the Status of Women, 1965. 1 Mike Cozsa on An editorial in the Carolina Chronicle, the Hayakawa Society's new publication, susesled last week that compromise is the only reasonable way to settle the cafeteria workers strike. Unfortunately, the editors did not suggest which of the workers demands should be com promisevL Perhaps they will be so kind as to inform us in the next issue: - Should promises made by the university months ago on wage increases not lie kept? Should there not be black supervisors, and should there not be the opportunity for blacks to advance through the ranks to supervisor positions? Should the workers not get time-and-a-half for overtime? Should worker classification not match the job a worker is doing? -Should the university continue to overwork employees to prevent hiring others. Should workers who have been cheated ( by Chancellor Sittersons own admission) not receive their due compensation according: to the law? Should workers employed on a regular, full-time basis for over 90 days not be classified as full-time, permanent workers? -Should workers not have two weekends off each month? Should workers not be given job descriptions outlining their responsibilities and rights? Should workers not be addressed with dignity and respect? Should employees be released without reason and without notice? And should workers released in such a manner not be reinstated? Should workers not have a 40 hour week with two days off each week? Should workers have to pay for meals they don't eat and don't want? Should workers not have a SI .80 pet4" hour' minimum wage which would provide them with $72.00 gross pay each week to support their families? Should those persons Restraint At UNC By JIM CLOTFELTER By the time this is printed the University might have had its long-delayed ''confrontation", overshadowing recent controversies over workers" demands, but as of Saturday an. the 15th, several thirty seem worth sayingr 1. The workers demands are so very rmnfm? and then' supporters" tactics have been so very conservative Mai. chancellors and governors need vivid imaginations to lecture them about tlte dangers of "violence and mob behavior. . . 2. The leaders of the Black Student Movement, the workers, and sympathetic white student and faculty groups have been more "responsible than the Umvessity leadership in the sense of J mise; i J responsible for employ mcnl practices in clear violation of federal and state law and of university regulations, and who turned a deaf ear to legitimate grievance procedures for more than six months, be allowed to continue in their present positions? Some issues do not lend themselves to compromise, and tliis strike is one of them. You just can't compromise on fighting injustice or on compensating: people who have been cheated for long periods of time. If the editors of the Chronicle still think compromise is the answer, I challenge them to respond by telling: us which of the demands should be compromised. Also, just for the record, Il like to correct a factual error in the Chronicle's editorial. It states, without reservation, that "Neither side wants to negotiate. Anyone who has followed this issue knows that is incorrect. Ncgotia lions have always been the worker's highest priority. The purpose of the strike itself, of the threatened teaching assistants walkout, and of the workers hiring legal counsel, was clearly to get negotiations going after management had balked for so long. Incidentally, whatever happened to the Hayadawa Society's "moderate program" to solve campus problems? Hayakawa President Grainger Barrett spoke of such a program in a transcript interview with this columnist which appeared in the DTIlonFeb. 19. Barrett said the Society was working on a position paper that would contribute something positive to the racial dialogue. He said the paper would soon be made public That was exactly one month ago tomorrow. As tins column goes to press, the Hayakawa Society has not spoken out. The campus is still waiting. weighing the consequences of potential actions. The BSM, the workers, and their supporters so far have been more reasonable and moderate than the University has any reason to expect, given the past record of neglect and deceit on the part of University administrators at various levels. Whatever happens from now on, the BSM and the workers have performed admirably since the strike began and especially since the police were called onto campus, time and again avoiding confrontations which the police seemed to be seeking. 3. The University, by its Octorjer-to-Fefaruary stall and its actions since then, has once again confirmed that dramatic (radical?) action is the only way to force the University to do what it should have done long ago. " The Administration refuses to deal with the BSM apparently for fear of giving it "fegahuiLj" (shades of Saigon and the Viet Cong in Paris?), and the faculty has declined to endorse the actions of the BSM and other student groups. But surely it is dear to most members of the University community that Preston Dobbins, BUI Coates, Howard FoRer, concerned and stndent etc have done more for the "good name" of the University than its duly-appomted Ipaders have so far done. DaOy Tar Heel s published :by the Uturersiiy of North CzrpUza Stxsd;t PutScxlica's Ecxnl, dzSy except l!ondxr. exandnxtioit periods and vacations sod during - GIksxreaitheSlude&tUmaa BIdgl. Unit, of Korti CaroEna, Chapel HO, d.C. 27514 Telephoae mnnhcrc 'editorial, sports news 333-1011; twri . crcTiIat inq, xdertstir 333-1 1 CX Address: Box 1C20, Chpl IEL NLCL2T5U. - Sghwrfptiaa txtesz S3 pr jeax, $5 per semester. We regret that w? can accept only prepaid' subscriptiooSk. - Gasified ads are per dry prrnaacL Disbar rate is S1.2S nr m - g U.rosfcOfTkia.Cbapid;NLC.I r It 4 i I 1
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