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Page 2-B Hie Chapel Hill Weekly ‘7/ the natter it important and you are sure of your ground, merer feat to be in the minority.” tmVdlM CAMPBELL, PMbtiaher JAMES SHUMAKER, General Manatee HMM evory Omtar all tavteMtey hr the Chapel Hill Publishing Company, lac. Ml West Franklin Street. Chapel Hill. N. C. P. O. Bwt *7l - Telephone 987-7045 f Subscription ntes (payable in advance and including N. C. sales tax)—ln North Carolina: Gan year, felt; six months, IS.tt; three months, $2 06 Elsewhere in the United States: One pair. |SJt; six months, $4.00; float months, |MO. Outside United States: One year, SIO.OO. The Proposed Pleasant Drive Link Doesn’t Figure To Be So Pleasant Only two persons, John Umstead and his son Frank, have publicly objected to the proposed Pleasant Drive connect ing Carrboro with the Estes Hills area. Virtually all the people in Carrboro favor the new link, for the simple reason that it will provide them easier access to the new Guy B. Phillips Junior High School opening this falls in Estes Hills. That’s a sound reason for wanting the connector road. Without it, their chil dren will have to be transported through the Chapel Hill business district, and downtown traffic conditions make that a pretty gloomy prospect. However, the fact that only two per sons are standing publicly in opposition does not necessarily mean that the pro posed road is a good idea. On the con trary, anyone familiar with present traf fic conditions in the area that would be affected and conditions that would re sult from this new connector might be led to wonder if the road were really planned or if it just happened. In the first place, arterial traffic would be directed right through the mid dle of Chapel Hill’s only recreation area of any size, with a baseball diamond hard on one side of the road, a picnic area, recreation center and swimming pool on the other. Then the traffic would Our Unlearned Art Os Simply Living The ordinary mind, if it can keep up at all, is probably bedazzled these days by maa's startling achievements. A week or so ago, a driver powered a racing car, on the ground, at better than four hundred miles an hour. In the air, four hundred per is plain loafing. Cruising speed for routine trav el is faster than sound and a military jet can flash past a passenger plane the way the old Model A used to whiz by mule and wagon. Space travel is becoming a common place and hardly anybody’s eyebrows go up at the real and present prospect of landing a man on the moon. We have done all o£jhis in the rela tively vshort span of forty to fifty years and the business of getting from one place to another, or from one planet The Answer Is In The Hedgerows THE VINEYARD GAZETTE Almost everything in nature used to be a remedy for something; the old peo ple knew this, and a record is to be found in their almanacs and books that admits of no doubt or contradiction. The wonder is that with so many natural and uni versal remedies growing in fields, swamps and woodland, not to mention those ancient dooryard gardens, there remained anyone at all who was still in need of curing. Perhaps this continued unperfected state was due to human oddity, for our ancestors were a contrary lot; or per haps the remedies were too largely for queerly-named ailments that don’t exist any more, at least by the old names and in the old frame of reference. As new afflictions have won recognition, older ones have gone the way of blue wagon wheels and country stiles. Or, again, it is possible that the remedies were not picked at the right phase of the moon or of the season; one would like to be lieve anything but that the herbs and simples might have lacked the heroic qualities attributed to them. The fact is, and we hope it will re main, that anyone can tell by the taste and smell of many wild things that they must have curative «*lue. Take the wild cherries, for instance, that are now dangling hi larger clusters than usual Wednesday, September 4,1963 travel along Umstead Drive, which is full of blind curves, with a creek on one side and a sheer rock wall on the other. Bradley Drive dead-ends at Umstead and feeds in all of the traffic from Pinebrook and Colonial Heights and a good part from the Barclay Road Area. This traf fic on Umstead Drive is then fed, at con siderable danger, into Airport Road. Coming out of Umstead, there is a blind corner to the left, a congested area to the right, with other traffic entering Airport Road from a service station, Hillsboro Street and another side road. Umstead Drive cannot be seen by traffic coming down the incline on Airport Road toward Town. Otherwise, Airport Road normally resembles a racetrack. It is certainly the fastest and possibly the most hazardous stretch in the immediate Chapel Hill area. That is why John and Frank Umstead are opposed to the Pleasant Drive Link. Their objections, we feel, have merit. Certainly it will be an inconvenience for the Carrboro Junior High students to have to come through the downtown area to get to school. But it would seem wise to settle for that until a better route can be devised. The one proposed along Umstead Drive would create more prob lems than it could possibly solve. to another, is nowhere near played out. And yet, we have not been able to find away to live together in peace. No one has yet discovered the human chem istry necessary to permit a Negro fam ily to move into a white neighborhood in safety, let alone serenity. It is far easier to fly from New York to Cali fornia than to walk from a Negro home to a white school. And it seems that it will be infinitely easier to land that first man on the moon than it will be to convince the George Wallaces of our Nation that the brotherhood of man is not simply and exclusively a part of the Christmastime tradition. You might be inclined to think that we had learned to fly before ever learn ing to live. and in fine, glossy plumpness. If that pungent, arresting, natural wonder of a taste does not guarantee positive help to the human system, in what instinct may we continue to have faith? Like the yarrow in summer fields, the tansy in old gardens, the bayberry in its deep green thickets, the wild cherry offers an elixir of hard won sunshine, wind, earth, and enduring nature. We suspect, though, that it is not a real illness the wild cherry elixir is good for, but a craving of the human spirit, a fulfillment of an old destiny that per sists in our age of concrete, steel, and— let no one omit the fact—destruction. Turn again, mankind; turn again to the wild cherry hedgerows in ripened sum mer; turn again to the taste that will renew' youth and the whole heart. Honest Fisherman He had hard luck fishing, and on his way home he entered the fish market and said to the dealer: “Just stand there and throw me five of the biggest of those bass.” “Throw ’em? What for?” asked the dealer in amazement. “So I can tell the family that I caught ’em. I may be a poor fisherman, but I’m not a liar.” —McAaad News, McAlester, Okla. And Casts A Few Stones Clarence Stone Takes His Stand A* address by State Senator T. Cbream team at Malt of die North Corel 1m Association es Cowtey Cwtaßtam. Mr. Stone ms President of (he State atm te daring the IMS General My friends, I come to yea to day in all humility to declare again my love for North Carolina and for her great institutions, particularly her institutions es h4sier learning, including toe great University es North Caro lina. I make these opening remarks because within recent weeks those who are willing to stand up and protect our institutions have been under heavy attack from those who claim to be the only true guardians of academic free dom, freedom of the press and, of course, of those great educa tional institutions supported by the State. Criticism is one of the penali ties of being in public service. Notwithstanding the bitter at tacks that have been made upon those of us who safeguard and protect our freedoms by the liberal and sometimes irrespon sible press, radio and TV. I reaffirm my faith in a free and responsive press and other news media. I reaffirm my faith in education—l reaffirm my right to think and to speak freely upon the issues of the day. I think that I should remind you that a majority of our repre sentatives and senators are under heavy attack from the liberal elements of the press and other news media, because of our be lief that religion should still have a part in our public as well as private lives. I have paid my respects in no uncertain terms to the Supreme Court of the United States because it would suppress as dangerous prayers repeated by little children when they say—“ Our Father, Who art in Heaven.” On the other hand, we are un der heavy attack from the same elements of the press and news media because we would deny to known communists the right to utilize tax-supported facilities at our educational institutions for preaching dangerous doctrines to our youth aimed at the overthrow of our constitutional form of gov ernment. If it be treason for me to feel that it is proper for, prayers to be said in the public schools honoring the Greatt God Who made us, and if it be treason for me to look with concern upon the subversive influence of anti- Christian communist propagan da, then, if this be treason, my friends, make the most of it! I believe in Ihe right of our I believe in Ihe right of our wwBjFbSs JN iiilWwr ijnViW By • j ? wm nyi«; jl if wa I Mr* - ' • *%. - ; iEr j®!* « PWKf JrJKmJMk y , '*•' - jK ? jks pmgm «. J|. '3BEtk 81 111 *l®*' 9 Gimghoul Castle In Chapel Hill .... The Home Os A Secret Carolina Order University sad other educational institutions to pursue truth, but 1 do not believe that communist propaganda has anything to do with truth. Ido net believe that the State should encourage or sanction in any way speeches made by known communists who are therefore under communist discipline, which we have learn ed by bitter experience does not hesitate to lie or misrepresent. I think our students should learn the difference between freedom and communism, and should study all forms of govern ment and religion, but I think that they should take their in struction from good, loyal, free Americans and net from men who cannot speak except as their language is approved in the Kremlin. I believe in freedom of the press: I believe in academic freedom: and last but not least, I believe in the freedom of Clar ence Stone. All my life, I have been a friend of education, and I have been a loyal supporter in the General Assembly of the Uni versity of North Carolina. The Chapel Hill Weekly, which some call “The Voice of the Univer sity,” has made a bitter attack upon me. As a North Carolina citizen, as a State Senator, and as President of the Senate, I threw such influence as I had in behalf of H.B. 1395, the so called ban on communist speak ers at public institutions, and I am proud of it. If The Chapel Hill Weekly thinks this is tragic, that’s just too bad! I voted my own conscience, as I have a right to do. and I believe that my vote is more in keeping with American patriotism than anything ever published in The Chapel Hill Weekly. The editors of The Chapel Hill Weekly profess to believe in tolerance and freedom of speech; their own editorials belie their professed beliefs. This type of know-it-all critic and others who smugly feel su perior to their fellow man point out that as Presiding Officer of the Senate I made the statement during the debate, “This is a good bill.” Well, let’s turn this situation around. Suppose during the debate I had said: “Senators, this is a bad bill. I hope you will kill it.” If I had said that, I would not have received one word of criticism from those lib erals who are themselves en slaved by “academic freedom/’ and I may not have been attack ed by the editorial writers of The Chapel Hill Weekly and others of their calibre. They have attacked me not because I expressed an opinion, but be cause I expressed an opinion that went cows ter to their own. Yes, if I had denounced H.B. 1395 from the chair, I am sure that the liberal press and the free academic friends of-eur institu tions of higher learning would have said: "Well, it’s goad to have old Clarence in the chair when the chips are downP’ Those who have assumed to criticize me for expressing an opinion from the chair should re member that I am the duly elect ed Senator from Rockingham. As Senator from my District, I had the right to vote regardless of a tie, and there is no question that I had the right to express an opinion. Some of these free academics have suggested that I wield a fast gavel. Well, I know of nothing in the Constitution or the laws or parliamentary procedure that says a gavel shall be either fast or slow. If fast or slow, it has been my privilege to wield a gavel in passing legislation for the benefit of the lame, the halt and the blind, as well as those suffering from mental disorders, and for the lasting benefit of our institutions of higher learning. As a matter of fact, my friends, I have never known a presiding officer worth his salt, whether he be President of the Senate or Speaker of the House, who has not let the body over which he presided have some idea of where his sympathies lie in con nection with important legisla tion. Everyone said that Sam Rayburn was a good Speaker, but no one ever had any doubt where his sympathies lay. In fact, no one ever accused “Mr. Sam” of any great neutrality! Many presiding officers in the past have privately and quietly passed their views on pending legislation to leaders on the floor. My way is to be open and frank and let the chips fall where they may! On June 6. 1960, at an alumni luncheon in Chapel Hill, in speak ing of freedom of speech, free dom of the press and freedom of religion, Chancellor William B. Aycock said in part: "These freedoms are not abso lute. There are limitations. Such as the laws of libel and slander which apply to all and statutory prohibitions against the use of public buildings by any person for the purpose of advocating, advising or teaching a doctrine that the government should be overthrown by force, violence or any unlawful means.” And then he added: “We recognize aid accept the legal limitations such as the laws of hbel, slander and the use of public buildings, but we reject economic, social and political pressures which would fetter re search, publication, teaching and learning.” As you know, my friends, Chan cellor Aycock is not only a teach er, hut also a good lawyer, and I certainly respect his legal opinion in this instance. The other day, the Greensboro Daily News published an editorial which suggested that ! might have changed my mind about toe ban on communist speakers at State-supported institutions. Per haps it is in order then to read to you today a tetter that I have written to the editor of that paper, so that there will be no question whatsoever as to where 1 stand today. “To the Editor: “On July 29, 1983, you carried an editorial entitled “Is Senator Stone for Repeal.” It is the pur pose of this totter to answer this question. “For your information, I con tinue to be heartily in favor of the law (H.B. 1395, enacted by the 1963 General Asaembly), which bans communist speakers at our State-supported institu tions, and 1 am glad to assume responsibility for my actions as presiding officer of the Senate when this bill was enacted. "While I did not know of the existence of this bill until its introduction, I am frank to say that had I not been in the chair, I would have been honored to vote for it. “I do not fliink that this law violates freedom of speech, nor is it hostile to academic free dom. In my opinion, It furnishes helpful guidelines to toe ad ministrators of our institutions. “You intimate that I may have had some second thoughts about this law. You are right: but my second make me strong er for the bill than I was when it was before the Senate. Except for editorials in yours and a few other papers, I have generally received commendation from good people throughout toe State who feel that the pursuit of truth doe not involve listening to com- —Looking Back— From the flies of the Weekly: IN 1923 Sogi Will Be Sefctal “The dogs of Chapel itiU have got to be kept from roaming at large, and a license must be obtained for every one es them. Strict enforcement of the law is ordered by the Board of Aider men, and the town’s business manager, E. M. Knox, is issuing a notice to all citizens to that effect. Licenses may be obtain ed at his office at $1 apiece. "There are about in don in the town, and the owners of only about a dozen of them have com plied with the ordinance requir ing licenses. The law against al lowing the animals to run loose has been similarly disregarded. “Henceforth, when a dag is seen unaccompanied by hit mas ter or mistress, he wM be taken in charge by the police mri taken to the pound—* wooden Stratum fcri to the west of the firttouse at Rosemary and Columbia Streets. There the owner may reclaim him by paying a small Itae—probably 88 oants. Os course Ok owner wfll have to my the Unease fee tea if )* has n* *- headed to that already.” in m 3 Rtet “A Negro dance in the Standard Theatre on West Franklin Street was suddenly transformed into a riot sight before last. For dm minutes fee ydace was * pavdemevium. Raima, black jacks, aai chairs ware used as weapons. A Negro warned Smeffl, a member of the visiting orches tra from Florida, was tv* to a Durham hospital with a hemor rhage of the braia. Four dt his fellow musicians were severely cut, and Dr. Abernathy bad to sew up thsir wounds. “The dance was arranged by Durwood O’Kelly. He engaged the Florida orchestra, composed of about 20 men, on an agree ment to divide the gate receipts on a percentage basis. OfUe Kirkland demanded free admis sion because he was part own er of the building. IBs demand was refused. WhereupM be avd several other Chapel Hill Negroes rushed the door. “That was when the fight start ed. It appears that the refusal to admit Kirkland was blamed upon the orchestra by the Chap el Hill Negroes. Anyway, it be came a war fcitinvi CfcaMt Nil and Florida, and Florida, being heevfly outnumbered, sole red all the serious injuries. “Policemen Maddry and Hearn, wte we*** the rindt m tor munist propaganda. “I hope that oar educational institutions will launch intensive studies sf communist phttoos phies and behavior, but that they will seek their information from true friends of freedom and net from speakers who are under communist discipline. “I think you have your answer. Senator Stone is not for repeal!" And now I bring toy remarks to a close. I do not ask of ytpu that you necessarily ag rtte with me. On the other hand. Ido hope that North Cantina will-continue to ge forward in a spirit of tol erance and mutual trust. 2a any own heart, I know that 2 desire nothing bat the best for war people and for oar institutions. I am firmly of toe conviction that the press should not only be free, but responsible; and that our educational Institutions should not only encourage toe pursuit of truth and exercise to tiie fullest the rights of academic freedom, but that they should also remember that they belong to the people of North Carolina and that they should recognize as proper the legal and moral right of the representatives of the taxpayers to define the rea sonable use of public utilities. Recently the editor of The Chapel Hill Weekly published an editorial which he called ‘The Tragic Spring of Clarence Stone.” Nothing complimentary to me ap peared te be intended by him. I would like to close my remarks by saying: tragic or not, Clar ence Stone will continue to be true to his convictions whether it be spring, summer, autumn or winter! I do not reach my con clusions lightly and they do not change with the seasons. My love for the University and for our State is recorded to some degree in my record of public service— and some of my friends Say that it is not surpassed by any evi dence of devotion to either the University or the State on toe part of these editorial writers or slaves to “academic freedom” who are willing to bite the hands of the taxpayers who feed them. away, came on the run, entered the building and sought to quell the riot. For a while they were as helpless as a leaf in a storm, but at last they restored peace ... ■; "The orchestra is playing for a dance in Raleigh this evening. Small is reported out of danger." IN IMS Space for Only 2$ “The survey of rooming facili ties to Chapel Hill, conducted by she University housing commit tee dt which Harry F. Comer is chairman, has tamed up space, thus far, for only 25 persons. “The University has suoooedod ; in providing quarters for all the . freshmen who are to be here for ; the fall term. There are ex- [ pectod to be about 480 of these... ? "The Steele Dormitory and two • fraternity hoots, ton Chi Psi and • the Tbn Epsilon TNni, will be teed to quarter the freshmen. Them w» Ike two mm upper classmen in each building as councillors. “ ‘We are looking into various homing possibilities,’ said Mr. Comet. . - ‘There may be emer pntedures that will pro ride seme relief. We hope to be ■ble to hbve something to tell hbotft this a little later on.’ ” Os 8853 *» Liberation “Months of waiting, hoping and praying ended last Friday morning tor Mr. and Mrs. Gar lod Hartley when they learned tottheir son, Pvt. Raymond • Hackney, was among the Ameri- i CO soldiers released from Com munist prison camps in North Koran . . . "Pvt. Sackney, who is 22, en listed in the Army five years ago and had been in Japan about W months when the Korean war bnga*. He was a rifleman in the 21st Infantry Division and was reported captured July 12, 1950, soon alter the beginning of the ' war. “Mr. and Mrs. Hackney had ! lari heard from their son in . June, wfcea they received a let ter written March n. The letter, ■ nri in Us handwriting, said he was doing fine but it didn’t say be wo earning home. A tele gram received last Friday from ' the Qweminent said he would be home soon. . . (Mr. Hackney, new married with two cMdrea, stays at Me fig* fc-te o Mate Bret ta ~ ~ w n atort ootot otor, Mb. WoHfaoprtF fr|, -,ag a, „ nniivDj*
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