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Page 4-B f The Chapel Hill Weekly j if Founded In 1923 by Louis Graves - jj "If the matter is important and you ah sure of your ground, never fear to be in the minority.” ORVILLE CAMPBELL. Publisher JAMES SHUMAKER. Editor Published every Sunday and Wediesduy by the Chapel Hill Publishing Company, Inc. SOI West Franklin Street. Chapel Hill. N. C. P. O. Bos 271 Telephone 967-7M5 Subscription rates (payable in advance and including N. C. sales tax)—ln North Carolina: One year, 15.15; six months, 93.09; three months, $2.08. Elsewhere in the United States: One year. 16.00; six months, $4.00; three months. $3.00. Outside United States; One year, SIO.OO. University Administrators Demonstrate The Difficulties Os Enforcing Gag Law Last Monday, UNC administrators ex plained to the University Board of Trustees some of the difficulties of en forcing North Carolina’s Gag Law be cause of the statute’s uncertainties, am biguities and vagueness. As if to drive home the point, the University several days later .proceed ed to demonstrate the Keystone, Kops aspect of attempted enforcement. One who helped to prove the Univer sity’s point was Larry Phelps, a form er UNC student who summered in Cuba in defiance of the State Department’s travel ban. On his return from Cuba, Phelps had taken the Fifth four times before the House Un-American Activities Commit tee, although it still is not clear in what regard he invoked Constitutional immunity. In the course of a visit to the Chapel Hill campus last week, Phelps gave a talk about his Cuban adventure in one of the UNC dorms. The talk was in formal and was not sponsored by any official campus group. However, the University administration was advised beforehand that Phelps planned to speak and the administration didn’t see any clear-cut reason to stop him. In his speech, Phelps admitted that he was a communist (with a little “c”), but not a member of the Communist Party. This would seem to put Phelps under the Gag Law, but he had already spoken. It was a little late to lock the barn door. Another case which illustrates the University’s quandary over enforcement is a statistic’s colloquium planned for tomorrow. The speaker is to be a professor from Leningrad State Univer sity in Russia. His topic will be “Limit Theorems for Large Deviations of Sums of Independent Random Variables.” That doesn’t sound like propaganda or subversion. But then the Gag Law doesn’t fnention subject matter; it sim ply states that members of the Com munist Party shall not speak at any State-supported college or university. Bonus Is Good, But Not As A Policy In voting a bonus of SIOO each to the members of the Chapel Hill Police De partment, the Board of Aldermen man aged at least satisfactory compensation for the 1,400 hours of overtime the po licemen put in during racial demonstra tions last summer. Appreciated as the gesture was, it did nothing toward correcting a serious deficiency in the structure of municipal law enforcement. The demonstrations which occasioned the overtime were ad mittedly of an unusual nature and not the sort of thing with which the police are expected to deal as a matter of rou tine. Consequently the Police Depart ment is not structured to handle them as a matter of routine, or without extra ordinary measures. The policemen re sponded admirably to the demand nev ertheless. Vacations went by the board and many a patrolman had to be called out of bed to meet emergencies. To their credit, no really serious incidents oc curred in connection with the demon strations. Yet the expense of this salutary performance would, without the bonus, have been borne entirely by the individual policemen themselves. The Town does not reimburse its em ployees for overtime duty it permits them “compensatory time off.” But for the Police Department to have permit ted all those who put in overtime to take advantage of this form of reim bursement, it would h&ve meant making a shambles of the law enforcement rou tine. The overtime compiled equalled a normal week’s work for 35 men. .If is doubtfot that Chapel Hrtt has Sunday, November 3,1963 The Russian professor reportedly has been sent one of the questionnaires the University requires of speakers who might be subject to the Gag Law, but no reply has been received. The colloquium speaker would seem to fall in the same category as Dr. J. B. S. Haldane, w£p had been schedul ed to speak at State College on genetics. Dr. Haldane refused to respond to the questionnaire and his scheduled appear ance was dropped. It will be interesting to see what happens if the Russian pro fessor shows up at Chapel Hill tomor row without having acknowledged the questionnaire in any way. The University obviously is trying to do what the Gag Law demands but, as the case of Larry Phelps demonstrated last week, enforcement would seem to require divining what is in a man’s mind as well as investigating what is in his past. The only alternative to mind-read ing would seem to be a censor standing at the speaker's side. As soon las a doubt ful word was uttered, the censor would pole-ax the speaker on the spot. This might not cull any Communists, but it sure would cut down on public speaking, and that might be what the Legislature has been after all the time. DSM For Jonas One of the State’s big newspapers pointed out last week that Charles R. Jonas had done the Republican Party a valuable service by keeping the populace waiting on tenterhooks all those months to see if he would run for Governor. The way the newspaper figured it, even though Mr. Jonas finally decided not to run he had gotten the GOP thous ands of dollars worth of publicity just by thinking about it. Sort of like the fellow driving his car over the cliff and saying to him self: “I know this is going to kill me, but look ab the headlines I’ll get.^ seen its last demonstration, and even if it has, there are other situations which could arise to produce comparable overwork of the police. In fairness, the Town has no choice but to make addi tional personnel available, or to es tablish an equitable means of paying any Town employee called upon to deal' with a sustained emergency. Have A Petunia Th* Richmond News Leader Scientists at the Rosewell Park Me morial Institute in New York are con ducting experiments to discover an ac ceptable substitute for tobacco. So far, they have come up with a cigarette con cocted of eggplant, dandelions and cab bage leaves, and another made of car rots, mints, potatoes, petunias, and hol lyhock. The “most palatable” cigarette de signed to date consists of petunia, cab bage, and dandelion leaves sprayed with a mixture of sugar, cocoa, maple and glycerine, laced with a dressing of Ja maica rum and herbs, tonka and deer’s tongue. The scientists say that one ob ject of their research is to design a cig arette that does not harm the smoker. Another object- is to come up with a cigarette that allows the smoker to break the habit easily. The fellow who puts away a pack of twenty petunias may or may not reach objective number one, but by George, he’ll make it fine with number two. V u-li V- ~ *,>L f?' >. ~ ' ' Jr,. * ' r ‘ •. h 3 SsSBcsS sag wWlMjSg't s ' SSteb-ST&r WU 9 S IjmX «IB illllfei ” ■ 9 ‘Leaves Os Brown Came Tumbling ... The Wages Os Winter In Chapel Hill Letters: Robert J. Getty, Rockefeller %/ ' Dear Sirs There are some people whom nature seems to set aside, above and beytnd us lesser mortals. Professor Robert Geity was one of these. Tiie first time I met him I was looking fjr the classroom of a professor o. the Greek Class ics. Professor Getty came in the hall and directed me to uie sought-after class. Later I told the Greek professor that “Pro fessor Getty and 1 nearly had a love-feast in the hall.” That is the ef.ect he had on everybody who ca.ne in contact with aim, however fleeting, as the letter from the librarian attests. L never audited Professor Get ty’s course, because I am not a Latin scholar, but on the cam pus, or wherever I would meet him, he was always the court eous, superb gentleman. His wi e, Mrs. Getty, is just as love ly an example of the highest type of womanhood. We are fortunate to have had their pres ence in our midst, even for a brief period, “for departing they leave behind them, foot prints on the sands of time,” and on the University commun ity. Otelta Connor Dear Sir: Even though in our form of government it isn’t too lmport ant,,who is President, I would much rather see hockefeller as President than Goluwater, be cause whether a lot o* people like it or not, there has to he a Wurld community of men with as little to keep men apart from each other as is possible. The fact is that man has to get useJ to thinking of prob lems in global terms, even if it is more comfortaole to thinx in terms of local or county af fairs. Man cannot forever cling to di ferent nationalities, differ ent religious, different colors of skin and ditferent standards of living to make him feel superior to his fellowman. Man gradually will have to grow up, if he is to remain on this planet, and he has to learn that the more for tunate have to share with the les3 fortunate; that there is no superior religion and that there is no superior nationality. Man has to derive his satisfaction from loving and understanding his neighbor, rather than from feeling superior to him. Our emotions have to start catching up with the technical and scien tific developments which have been made. Otherwise, we will have ndfhiqgbut knowledge, and will be prevented frem using it by traditionalism, old habits, prejudices and downright stupid ity. Man must also realize that un limited, un-regulated population growth helps no one and hurts everyone, because the available food per person shrinks as the population grows. It is for these reasons that 1 think Hockefeller, not necessar ily only for the term cr terms of office that he might serve, but for the long pull, would be more quali:ied than Gold water. When I say that it is largely unimportant who is President of this country, I say this because, in the final analy sis, every President with few exceptions, has been hogtied by a Congress which is dominated by local and regional issues and run by people who do not neces sarily possess global thinking and global understanding, though as individuals each and every one of them is probably as fine a fellow as one can find. The only trouble is, fine fellows do rot necessarily understand man kind; fine fellows do not neces sarily understand what can be done for the creation of a sensi ble one world government, or . cannot see the need that each person on this planet should have 3.000 calories of food per day, and can have this amount as far as techniques go. If they don’t have it, it is not for lack of money, know-how or tech niques. but wrong emotions of lawmakers. But any man who is President of this country, and who is able to think twenty or fifty years ahead, can stimulate the Amer ican people, and if he does not accomplish anything else ex cept to stimulate the people, he is better than the man who will not provoke the people and who rather leaves well enough alone. However, when enough presi dents, with the great prestige of that office, for a long enough time have stimulated enough people into shedding some of their old artd mostly wrong con ceptions of mankind, then it is possible that the voters grad ually might vote for well-quali fied people who have e vast amount of knowledge and are willing to tell tu«* voters that local issues are not the overrid ing problems of our time, rath er than for the pork-barrel can didates. Basically, I would say that the people who would vote for Rocke'eiler are the ones who wish to see equal rights for all Americans, who want to see a world community of human be ings, who are interested in how many miHions of people starve each .year, who are intelligent enough to see that the federal government, whether we like it or not, because life is getting more complicated by the hour, will have to do more also be cause people want to live in a welfare state, and what they don't like is welfare for others. But dare take it away from the individual and Ik will scream, regardless for or [ against whom he is. 1 serious ly doubt if many “arch-conserv atives” who receive social se curity return their checks. The people who would vote for Rockefeller are really the ones who believe in the enorm ous strength of America, both technical and psychological, and who are taerefore not afraid that communism might win by having a little weak outpost ninety miles from our shores. It is rather Rockefeller who would advocate advertising the Amer ican Miracle and propose shar ing it with the rest of the world than Goldwater. Most people loathe trying one of the truest sayings: that.hap piness multiplies as one divides it with others. The same can be said for the American Mira cle, because it also will multiply many times over for all Amer icans. and for ail men on this planet, as this Miracle is shar ed with olhers. As to Governor Rockefeller’s divorce and re marriage, I think this is an enormous asset tor the man. I think the American people, in fact, all people on this planet, are much better off with a President who loves his wife and is loved by her, and who is really happy. I have a feeling there is a built-in guarantee for happiness for him. But 1 have no knowledge whatsoever as to any other candidate's married life, and for all 1 know he has a nagging wife, or he fusses with her ail the time, and such a man cannot use all his energy, all his love for mankind and all his in genuity in the interest of spread ing the American Miracle over this globe. There is another free bonus that comes with Rockefeller as President, and it is indeed an enormous bonus for anyone who believes in peace and the com munity of men, regardless of nationality, color, religion or the form of government under which he lives. 1, as a world traveler, who has started factories all ov er the world, know the magic of the Rockefeller name through out the world, because the Rock efeller Foundation has done so much good for so many for such a long time, and that includes hundreds of millions of people behind the Iron Curtain. There are three American names that evoke some very special emotions among almost all people on this planet: Roose velt, because he was so human and so warm, and people the world over knew that he cared for the common man; Ford, be cause his nome is synonymous with pioneering high wages, and a high standard of living, and opening a new world for all men, wherever they live; and Rockefeller, for reasons men tioned. Sincerely yours, Ifeinz Rollman Waynesvillle j Bob Quincy | Some Thoughts for Sunday Morning Break fast: Drivers who park and thoughtlessly straddle painted lines should be tagged. They’re using two meters, pay ing for one. When nature erupts with a series of thunder storms, some contend it is the result of atomic experimenta tion. Do they have any answers for almost a month of clear skies? Television stations which fill their coffers with premium rates for “blue” ads extolling sex movies are guilty on two counts: (1) the original ad, and (2) prompting the viewer to visit a theatre. It should be investigated by proper authorities. Yogi Berra has one of America’s choice jobs, man ager of the elegant New York Yankees. Another case of a fellow who couldn’t pass the Cofiege Boards mak ing good. * * * SPEAKING OF TELEVISION, the ad of the century would be Y. A. Tittle, the Giants’ quarterback, doing one *of those “greasy kid stuff” commercials. Next time you eat a five dollar steak just remem ber: back in your youth the same bill would have pur chased 100 five cent hot dogs. How would rock’n’roll sound if played by the New York Philharmonic? It won’t be long before the Tar Heels face State again. The two no-love-lost cousins open Kenan Stadium next fall. The biggest scares that came out of Halloween were the seriousness of the stomach aches from eating too many sweets. * * * THE SOVIETS DENY a trio of their countrymen were engaged in spying, contrary to an FBI opinion. They were merely sightseeing? A Fort Mill, S. C., steel worker.fell from the third floor of a new office building last Thursday and lived. He contended that the fall wasn’t all, but the sudden stop smarted a little. ? There are only 43 more shopping days until Christ mas. Ever notice how the old grad with thick mane seeks out bald former classmates and jovially flatters them: ‘You haven’t changed one bit.” Really! Fellow who has the eye of a talent scout reveals he has taken a good view and has resolved the co-eds this year are a bumper crop as lookers. * * * THEY’RE ALWAYS BUILDING in Chapel Hill. Next for the workmen’s scaple is Woollen Gym, which will undergo a 14-month facelifting beginning this week. Adolph Menjou, who died recently, was the only good reason for the invention of spats. For a pleasing tang in salad dressings, mix Roquefort and French. It takes a real personality boy to ride 18 floors in an elevator with a total stranger and not feel uncom fortable. Is it true that Cuban phonographs are called Hi-Fidel sets ? Whatever happened to Nelson Eddy? , < * ->,4; t*-***’ ♦ mmm r>mmwm mm BILLY ARTHUR r m mmmm. wmummmmmm $ mmmmmm " m mmms i When Rep. Ed Hamlin return ed from the special session of the General Assembly, I inquir ed how he liked it. “Tine,” he reported. “And lots of the representatives ask ed about you with some inter est.” 1 was glad he didn’t say little interest. * * * OVerheard at. the Tri-Delt House: “He and I are going to din ner.” “You got permission to stay out all night?” “Now, ydu think I'm a slow v ttr?" * * • Funniest story (printable, that is) 1 heard this week was about a funeral down east several years ago. It was for a fellow who was regarded as just about the meanest, most miserly per son in the section. And, yet, the church was overflowing with people. Obe of the mourners was ask ed how come such an individual could attract so many people to his funeraf. "Wal,” he drawled, “Yotf just givd the people what they want.” * * * We have had more together ness in our household in the past tvVo weeks than at any time sinde we got a TV set. The reason is that the Missus and I put in a rule there would be no television viewing by any member of the family frofti Monday through Thursday evening. So, when the children are fin ished with their homework and the Missus with the dishes, we have a chance to talk, laugh, read and have family fun. Friday and Saturday evenings are open viewing as long as any onte Wishes. The result has been, I think, that all of us have come to ap preciate each other and even the TV morA. * * • Our Arthfs Lillian and Billy Jr. had been accustomed to ear ly rising on Saturday morning to watch the “Sunrise Thea tre.” But last Saturday they slept til 8 a.m. and missed not all of the program but three murders, three screams, six screeches and nine squeals. * * • Billy Jr. came home with a report that he had failed to make the Glenwood School Choir. “I don’t sing good enough,” he saM. We asked when they held trials. “Mrs. Weir came around to the room and we sang songs, and she went around the room holding her ear down close to our mouths. Who could sing?” • * * And our Annis was disap pointed that sChbol homework prevented her going trick-6r treating on Halloween. “I wanted to go so badly.” she said, “so I could get sortiethihg to e&f in school Friday.” * * * What’s going on around hedte? Lady came in test week for some artiste* charcoal, and I asked if she wanted the soft, medium or hard. “Doesn’t matter,” she replidd. “I’m putting it in my will*.” Several davS later a man came in asking if we had afiy rubber stoppers in our science department. We had. “Befcffa fflTf got any coHe ones,” he offered. “Bet we have,” 1 told him. He waa amazed at first, then pleased when we counted Mm a couple of dozen. As he rent out the door, he turned and said: ‘T’U let you know how the batch turns out.”