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Gerry Cohen Opinion ntte Jlefltere to save- primary W Without belaboring the point, Vd like to talk again about the primary date bill, a mear:re potentially more important than .y other legislation being cons:' red in Raleigh, as far as the political future in the state is concerned. The bill, as approved by the House Committee on Election Laws and awaiting floor action, calls for moving the primary from the Tuesday after the first Monday in May to the fourth Tuesday in July, (the 1971 General Assembly moved the date from the first Saturday in May to Tuesday, but suspended the law until 1974). The bill will have major effect on liberals, rural blacks, high school students, and working whites: the heart of both the McGovern and Wallace strength in the state in 1972. I have already discussed the effect the Letters to the Editor Darleyl To the Editor: I find M. Darley's second column about the Middle East equally as fallacious as his first. Putting aside the question of his anti-Semitism, I will only accuse M. Darley of being ignorant. If he will do some research, he will learn that the Arab nations, not Israel, are responsible for the plight of the Palestinian refugees. The Arab governments encouraged the refugees to leave Palestine during the 1948 war, promising them they would be able to return as soon as the Israelis had been pushed into the sea. When they failed in their attempt, the Arabs encouraged the refugees to remain in refugee camps, realizing their value as political pawns and breeding grounds of revolutionary discontent. Also, how M. Darley can compare the calculated kidnapping and deliberate murder of the Munich athletes by Arab terrorists with an over-reaction by Israel to a suspicious and tense situation is beyond me. If M. Darley is not anti-Semitic, he must be only stupid. Stefanie Mendell 422 James LindahPs pics 'insult' reader To the Editor: I am the first to admit that my ability to judge newspaper photographs as to their artistic merit is far from expert; however, after several weeks of being assaulted by the photographic ramblings of Mr. Johnny Lindahl, I am about to go bananas! I have been insulted by "arty" photos of people that have been accented by grease pens. I am annoyed by lie Satin, Evans Witt, 80 Years of Editorial Freedom The Daily . Tar Heel strives to provide meaningful news interpretations and opinions on its editorial page. Unsigned editorials are the opinions of the editor, while letters and columns represent only the views of individual contributors. bill would have on the liberal community, largely centered around the Universities in this state. A July primary would just about eliminate both the faculty and student vote. University communities are just about vaporized during the summer. An ex-editor of the DTH phoned me from Halifax County the other day, to talk about the rural effect. "You know," he said, "tobacco planting depends on the weather. But no matter when planting is, farmers and poor black workers are guaranteed to be in the fields during the fourth week in July. Tuesday is bad enough for blacks, but Tuesday in July would wipe-out the rural black vote, as well as much of the Wallace poor white vote." he concluded. "Organizing would be impossible in rural black areas. Most of the good second coMiiiti '-fallacious' disembodied heads staring from my copy of the DTH, or frowning at my morning coffee. I am hounded by equally "arty" dream pictures of -children, dogs and flowers. My main objection, though, is not Mr. Lindahl's conception of art, but the DTH's conception of photo-journalism. There are plenty of photographers on this campus who can provide impressive and tasteful photos without darkroom prestidigitation. I don't feel that the DTH is meant to be a display pamphlet for Mr. Lindahl's photography and I am looking forward to the day when I can sit down in the Union and munch my doughnuts while looking at an amazing picture: a photograph of a co-ed sitting beneath a tree in the Arboretum NOT holding her head in her hand. J. David Kiser 308 Aycock German student backs exchange To the Editor: I would like you to know about a great opportunity to see German students here on campus and, if you want, in an ancient German university town, 4000 miles away. I am one of the two German exchange students from Goettingen, West Germany. About one year ago, on a rainy day, walking in the romantic streets of my town, I just decided to go to America, simply to see something new and to study there. On that very day I found out about the exchange program between the University of Goettingen and UNC. That's how I got here last August. Have you evgxJhought about going to a SFar Editor David Woodall, Managing Editor Mary Newsom, News Editor Howie Carr, Associate Editor Lynn Lloyd, Associate Editor Winston Cavin, Sports Editor Diuat Mann, riutui'n Cdiiui Scott Stewart, Head Photographer Dean Gerdes, Night Editor organizing in 72 was done by black high school seniors and college students, but in this area, they are off in D.C. or New York by summer." he added. In the textile and manufacturing areas of the Piedmont, a late July date would cut drastically . into the working vote. Many, many plants simply shut down for a week or two in the summer, and give all of their workers the same vacation. In Alamance County, for instance, the two largest employers will be off the scheduled week of the primary. The third largest plant will be off the week before and employees will miss the crucial last week of campaigning. I suspect a summer primary, whenever set, would interfere with vacation schedules all across the piedmont, thus wiping out much of this vote from the primary. V European country to live and study there? As far as I am concerned I have got more benefits from this program than I had anticipated. Which? First of all I got to know people from all over the world, as I have been living in the ISC (International Student Center), Carr Dorm for more than seven months. My host family and other friends helped me to get used to the completely new environment. They introduced me to American social life by taking me to many meetings and parties. I have travelled with American friends to Florida, to the coast and the mountains of North Carolina, to Washington, D.C, to New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohiol I have been able to continue my studies, simultaneously practicing the English language intensively. I have enjoyed playing the guitar and singing German folk songs and contemporary chansons for American and international students and families. I have enjoyed many cultural activities ; offered on campus and downtown Chapel HilL To summarize: I did not only intensify my knowledge, I also had to modify or even drop many judgements about "America" and "The Americans" in general. What have I been able to offer? I have tried . to sweep away the American-European stereotype thinking, as I think it is better to help each other : than make vague judgments about each other. It is a great feeling to realize that you succeed every now and then. You get experiences that nobody and no book can teach you. It's all up to you. Ingo Hennemann . 106 Carr Dorm, ISC Black students protest pictures To the Editor: You and your staff should have been electrocuted, not hung, this time for your slagging journalistic ways, that is in reference to the Feb. 21, 1973 issue of the DTH. It appears that when a Black face gets to be published it is either. the - wrong face or a ' mockery of Black features is highly emphasized. There wasn't a caption under the eight-eyed Black face in the Feb.. 21 issue and there was no visible relevance to any of the front page articles. Previous to this photo there had been pictures of an amusing oranged faced girl which carried not only a byline but also a caption. We waited for Another major effect will be the elimination of the high school vote. North Carolina allows anyone who will be 18 by the date of the November election to vote in the primary, thereby enfranchising almost all high school seniors for the spring primary. The law allows these "17 lA year olds' to register in a special period between 60 and 29 days before the primary. In 1974, this 31 day registration period would begin May 27, just seven days before school gets out in many communities. In that seven day period, many high school seniors are concerned with high school final exams. The lucky ones to be excused from finals, as many seniors are, are unlikely to be interested in a voter-registration drive at that point. So with liberals, rural blacks, poor whites, blue-collar whites and blacks, and high school seniors eliminated (largely) from primary voting, who is left? In largely oligarchial, business-establishment, textile-mill owning types that have long run the Democratic party are the ones that are left. In the last three months, they have become angry about the Wallace vote, angry enough to try to eliminate the Presidential primary (was Wallace right after all?), angry that blacks turned out to vote, angry that liberals dared organize, angry that young voters did not support their closed machine. The stakes are big, bigger than most people would image. The leaders may even have fashioned the engines of their own destruction, by gutting the base of their party. At this point, there is little to do except hope that their honorables will be restored to their senses. A few letters might be important, and I would encourage short missives to the following: James Ramsey, speaker, and William Watkins, majority leader, both care of Legislative Building, Raleigh 27611; and James Sugg, Democratic Chairman, co Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh 27602. Stress your support of the present May primary that will encourage a high voter turnout. Time is running out the House will probably vote late this week. an explanation in the preceding issues but only to see a Black couple studying which was good, this picture also received a caption and a byline. In today's issue of the DTH (3173) there appeared a four-eyed Union employee with a caption and byline. We now ask you and your staff what was the meaning of the Black Face with not 2 eyes, but with eight (8) eyes???!! We as Black students will not and shall not stand by idly and tolerate this type of mockery of our race and we are demanding an explanation for this photo. Your explanation would be greatly appreciated by the Black Students and the bewildered students. Lionell Parker Gene Manning Anybody can write letters To the Editor: Anybody can write one of these shitty letters. - Tad Smith Kingswood Apartments nxmmwt&Z- i ) sf $nt fel IEJRA Maybe North Carolina will catch up in the year 2035. After all, it took this state 52 years to ratify the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Perhaps it will take the General Assembly just as long to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. ERA went down to defeat in the N.C. Senate last week by a 27-23 margin because four senators changed their minds at the last minute from favoring the change to opposing "tampering" with the U.S. Constitution. The debate on the one-line amendment among the senators was sometimes heated and sometimes emotional. Unfortunately, logic and reason were unable to overcome the fears which triumphed that day in the senate chamber. If one witnessed the final debates, one could almost hear the echoes of a similar debate in 1921, when the N.C. Legislature refused to ratify the 19th Amendment: "Women must be protected." "They have it better now than us men." "They're not strong enough to work in certain occupations." But this time the arguments were that women should not be subject to the draft, that should not be vulnerable to be sent into combat, that ERA would prevent the establishment of separate bathrooms and that ERA would just be one more invitation for the hated Federal Courts to "meddle" in state affairs. Now, the leaders of the fight to block ratification of ERA are presenting various measures designed to placate the voters who might remember these actions when election day comes on the calendar again. An amendment to the State Constitution, similar to ERA but containing "protective clauses", will be considered, more evidence of shallow lip-service to the principle of equality. If those who voted against ERA want to show they are not disposed against the founding principles of this country, they will enact strong anti-sexual discrimination laws for all state businesses and institutions of education. Such legislation is PHASE TWOi Evans Witt, Editor Tuesday, March 6, 1973 N.C. ratification by the year 2035? needed to cover areas not under the Federal "equal pay for equal work statutes." Chances . are, however, that such legislation will be forgotten in the mad bustle in- the Legislative Building, proving one more time that there is still little dedication among state politicians to practicing this revered ideal of equality. It's bad enough The most reprehensible aspect of the N.C. Senate's action is that, coupled with that of the Nevada State Senate, ERA may be dead for this year and perhaps for good. Amendments must be ratified by 38 states to become effective; ERA has been ratified by 28 states. But 1 1 states have now acted against the amendment, meaning that two more uncommitted states acting against the amendment would be sufficient to prevent ratification for good, unless a state changed its position. Conservative? The argument goes that North Carolina has always been conservative, that it has never been one of the states in the forefront of a movement for major social change. Although that interpretation of N.C. history is somewhat dubious, one should not argue that "conservative" means opposed to individual rights. Conservatism in this country has meant overriding concern for such rights. Conservatism did not defeat ERA in this state. Fear and reactionary thinking did. Not a good place America is not a good place for individual liberties and equal protection under the law these days. Civil rights legislation is being enforced with "benign neglect", subpoenas are prying into the privacy of individual lives and into necessary press freedoms and wiretaps are a fact of life for "left-wing radicals." Equality before the law, one of the cornerstone : traditions in our American heritage, will remain a hollow gesture until it is guaranteed for all citizens, reeardless of sex.
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