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n L EDJTORIAL & FEATURE PAGE Chapel Hill News Leader Tired, But Still Top News VOL. Ml NO. 13 With TMNe^Hr, Chap,! Hill, Ca„bo,o, Gian Lrnnm and lartaandinp Araas MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1956 Nervousness among the Stocks Hje iiniiirdi:it€ tall in llie stock niaikct ilial iolloMcd the iliat .\lr. Kisenhotcer iconlti make an annoniu eincnt about Iti.s ctniflicltics on oi ttbont March i ks hotind to ite .siftiiilii .1111, 1 he stock dirip rv.as not due. ol ctmr.se. to the word ii,scll Init to the possi- f)ilit\ that In: iniaht not tain, 11 die slocks (.111 be ilins shaken dotvn by Ibis sa^ne hint, \thai niioht be the jKtssibili- tiesil Mr. iMsenhonatr should sndtlenK (rune out with a dtdinite decision not (o lain? I he Republican partv has all tt.s eoys hi one basket, tin* I'.isenhotrer basket, and if lliat comes diirmoli n ithont a citish the pai- t) and all the inteicsts dependent on it can look lonvaid to lour more years of the full graey boat. lint il, alter all ihe reassuiances. Nfi. kis- enhotver detides early liext nionlh that he fannoi tun, then the Repuirliean party and all Its prosjiei Is nill be at sea. The ativerse deiision wriiild tanse :i reaction that mioiit 111 esery atenne of the national econ. he felt otny. .Seldom has any one man had more ponei or responsibilitv. We have Ipatled the presi dency with such prestitn‘ aiui power that the occupant ol it is more like an emperor than a ieinporars |K)litical-execiitise. I'. I). Roosevelt Idled Ihe roll of emperor of the t nited .St,ties wry well. Me knew when he came to power that immediate and disMic ac'iioti \v'a,s nccL'.ssai'v. and lu* n.s.siuued all ilut needlnl power.s tviiji small ciiiicism from his lellmv coimiryman-until they had recover ed from their |)anic: then they betaine criii- al enough, l>ui Ml. |•.isenhowcr htu luwer been able to lill the job completely, lie has never giv en the naljon the impression he was entire- Iv ha|ip\ ill the ^\hite fionse. lie has had to listen to too many advisers, fn a sense, he is a ( a])tive. What if he shotild dei ide to break out of his cajstisity and just go to larming.? Claire Booth Luce and the Blackboard Ju Sioux City Journal Value of a Concept Senator Gas and Senator Oi! Are Winners 1 he ease with whiili the gas anti oil in terests Won the recent IkS .Senate battle over fetlera! prite totriinls shotvs that the big (di- poiations can use ilic Dcniotiatic ptirty as ii.tndily as lhe\ hahitiially use the Repuhii- ci-n parts. • I he 1()7 corpoiaiions that do ntisl of the hiisincss in this field had Scnatoi l.vndon Johnson of Texas, the inajorilv floor leatler, representing their i anse, assisted h\ two other prominent Oeinotiatic senators, [. William T111briglu ol .Aikaiisas and .Mike Monroney . of (Oklahoma. When the vole was annonneed, the Wasli- ingion correspondenls tlescrihed the Re|)nb- ii('.:i senators as rushing ovci to the Deino- iraiic leadeis to felicitate them: and there svere other signs that Ihe vicloiy was a joint eiiteipnsi in which Denioirats and Repub- litans united in an effort designed to cost the gas lonsnmer Spi to .Suo a year. Jltat was the esliinale of Mayor W'agner oi \esv A’oik, tvho lined tip w ith othermayors in o|)po.sing pt'isage ol the hill. jnsi before the Senate sole was taken, the mote exjiei iciieed AVashinglon neivspaper- incn lepealediv wanted the public what lay behind the hill, and the outcry of Senator (kisc that a Seyoo biihe had been ollcrcd him lor a lavoraltic sole indicated the in tensity ol the efforts of the 'Texas .'•ltd other soiilhwcstern interests to obtain its pas.sage. I here was no lack ol pnhiicily and ilchate, vet the ‘Mile were alreadv in the hag. One .\orth (larolina senator was for, the other was : oainsl. 1 he restihs shotv to wliat an extern the f S Senate is lilled with economic rather than ])olilical fcpresenlatives. Senator (las and Sentilor Oil will now join Senator Steel and SciTalor Coal in what has beencalled the iiKtsl jirlw.lle and exclusive ehih in the tvorkl. (From a decision by U. S. Supereme Court Justice Douglas) ‘Tubiic safety, public health, morality, peace and (]uiet, law order -these are some of the more conspicuous examples of tlie traditional application of the police power to municipal af fairs. Yet they merely iilustrali^ the scope of the power and do not limit if “Miserable and disreputable housing conditiorts may do more than spread disea,se and crime suffocate the sjiirit by reducing and immorality. They may also the people who live there to the status of cattle. They may indeed make living an almost insuffer able burden. They nia.v also be an ugly sore, a blight on the com munity, which robs it of charm, which makes it a place from which men return. The misery of housing may despoil a com munity as an open sewer may ruin a river. ‘Mg don’t sit to determine whether a particular housing pro,iect is or is not desirable. The concept of the public ivel- fare is broad and exclusive. . , . The values it represents are spiritual as well as physical, aesthetic as well as monetary. It is witliin the power of the leg islature to determine that the community should be beautiful as well as health, spacious as well as clean, w^ell-balanced as well as carefully patrolled. In the pres ent case, the Congress and its authorized agencies have made determinations that take into ac count a wide variety of values. It is not for us to reappraise them. II those who govern the District of Columbia decide that tae nation’s capital should be beautiful as well as sanitary, there is nothing in the Fifth Amendment that stands in the Chips That Fall J Ilf robins that ii.siially (tiiiic up Ivoni the south af ter C.hristiiias hh\c not yet appeti'red in town in any niinilici. hilt in the country tliey are picntiliil, \ow is a good time to be on the watch hti ,si,gii,s that a big roo.st may be building tip in sonic grove or pine thicket. The last one ol great .size in this area wa.s in .-Mainance (loiinty three years ago. but that tva.s .sec ond in size to the great Orange (lonntv one in iptph not hif fro inthe Tiieco I.loyd plate where it wa.s esliniaied ;i)o.o()o birds gathered night- K way. Letters to the Editor The Answer May Be Jobs Not Jails ■ k \ i: rinia coininLssioii appointed to .study llie tpiestion of juvenile delintjtiency li:is toimd there i.s a lack ol .steady jobs lor vonibs over It) years old, and suggests this has a bearing on a problem tiiat ha.s be.set lainiiies, lotirls, and (jolite. 'The tnnnni.ssion recoininentls a coniimnii- ty progra'in lor rittding siiitalile jobs of lads between i() and it) and tJiinks a central agency for Jiandliiig einpltiymcnt of tbi.s kind is needed in every (omnninify. )tivenile ol'fcn.ses are apparently not dc- crea,siiig tine to tvlshlnl tJtinking. One head, line alter another proclaims theft, violence, damage to property, and defiance ol law as traceable to beanllcss boys’while even teen age girls are not exeni])t. "The polite and the eoim.s h.ite irnnbatted thi.s .situation lot years. but lind that even In ;ip]nelicnd and inijjris- on a yotithinl ollemUu' often does nt) more than turn Iiim inro a Invrtlenetl anti cvnical taiminal. J’uni.shinent allei the event has not wtirked —that is [jli 'in. It may he tliat it) lake tip the problem Iinni the other end—the ])rc\enti\c eniT-tiill have more sucxe.ss. .Atlole.scence is somelitnes trying eiiongki tin lainiiies with, out Inin.ging in jitils anti road terms. II, even in this lime t)f relative prosjtei ity, jtih.s hir ytuiths ol over i(i are staietc, vvhat woiiltl the .situation become if a sliniip or recession should occtirr Juvenile ilelin|ncn( v may be- at ba.se no ilTiire than an economic prolileni. Inieiesling and steady work may lie a cine tor reslle.s.s vttnihs as well as adnlts. Walter Clark as Prophet By SIDNEY SWAiM ROBINS iNorth Carolina Chief Justice Wallej- Clark was somethin’g of a radical, or maybe a New Deal- ej-, in his day. Just fifty years ago, come the 27th of April, in an address before the law depart ment of the University of Penns- yivania he said that the Federal Constitution was a reactionary document—in com pari.-on with the Declaration of Independence. He said the Deciaratinn was de mocratic and whe Constitution took it back. The Declaration was made in effect by all tire people, and represented all the people. The Coastitulion was mad be hind closed doors at Philadel phia. ami it arranged things so that property would govern. Clark was arguing for a na tional constitutional con\'fention, and it is interesting that many of the amendments or changes he wanted to see have come about, even if not in the way he look ed forward to. Amonsf those are: popular election of U. S. Siena- tors: abolition of "lame duck” Cungresses: woman suffrage: in come and inheritance taxes to lay the burden on those able to P‘iy- local election of po^,*tmasters. The charge that wc arc govern ed by big business, common in Clark's time, has not been heard so much for the past twenty five years. And no more than four years ago the opposite charge w’as made, that we are icing governed 'by labor. Jefferson Absent After Justice Clark's far-rc- soLinding opeech, a North Caro lina correspondent w'rote him that he had not previously realized Lh^ reactionary character of the Con stitution. but supposed it was made that way becau.se Jeffer son was absent. It is certainly true that, when. Jefferson got home from France he led the strongly gathering movement for the Bill of Rights amendments, which were a democratic addcji- dum to the Con..11.111100. Willi uit the Hill, the Constitution would not have been adopted at all; and even with, the Bill it had a h.ard time in Virginia, New York, and North Carolina. Changc.s he wanted which have not come about inedude: a de flating of the U. S. Supreme Cmirt, partly by election of jus- tice.s for a term of office; propor tional represeiiialion in Congress; Historians might argue with Judge Clark and insist that the reaction in the Consti'liition was not .so much against the Decla ration of Independence as it was again.st the loose, weak, footless, ineffective government we en joyed while under the Articles of Confederation which preceded the Con.-litution. On that head, read the disgusted resolutions of Or look at a history like McMas- ters. Judge Clark brings this.- in as a minor or secondary cause at work. The Supreme Court, and John Marshall’s deci.uon.s (which ac cording to Walter Clark in that acldrcji were too reactionary, or anti-democratic, for even the makers of the Constitution, and contrary Lo their proved under standing) did make us a unified nation. And most people probably now agree that we needed to move for a time in a strongly centralizing direction in order lo be a nation at all. That is the meaning of AVebsters famous speech about the 'Tope of sand,” which he .r.iid was not what the Fathers intended. Tho.se amendments to the Con stitution which were favored by Clark and which havc^ found ac ceptance. as widl as almost all ol: the amendments which have been adopted so far, ail move in the direction of more direct democracy and a wider ba.sis for thc suffrage. The fight there i.s still g^ing on of course. But on the othej hand, the cry of ‘y.ales’ right.s' against principles of na tional interest, — such as was heard in “NtillificalionT in the (jvil War, in disputes over Tii- ter.state Commerce and Trust re gulation,—has yet, I believe, to win its first battle. It has nothing more than abortive skirmishes-to its credit. one Slate Assembly after anotl.cr. DISGUST To the Editor; The law of the integyity^f the .species in nature . unadul terated by man may ‘un scientific’ and ‘unhistoricar. as contended by one of your re cent contributors; but the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Does anyone believe that wc could have the cardinal, ring- neck pheasant, peacock and Canada goose among the fowls, the leopard, tiger, zebra and po lar while bear among the beasts, the beautiful reptiles of the jungle or the indescribably colorful fishes of the seas, to mention just a few of nature's wondor.s where man Has' not been able to interfere, could have been possible had tlie pro miscuous procreative habits of man been made the order of reproduction? Sexual promiscu ity (pure integration) is respon sible for the intervening shades of ih human species and its resultant low in the scale of human values. I have but little, if any, dif ficulty in paying reverence and homage to the manifestations of the Great God of us all; the at tempted alterations of his work by puny man, on the other hand, repel and disgust me greatly. John W. Hester Are they going to help .solve the race (juestion? Also, for the benefit of the universities, I would like lo recall me press report of the “beer- guzzling” angle of the racial in citement. Here is the ‘dynamite cap’ that explodes racial trouble and a thousand other troubles. If the univcrsitic.s and colleges .really want to grow some vitali- ' ty, so they can help the nation’s part in the “new age”, let them give some JeacYership to wards solving the alcoholic drink problem as well as the race prob- Jem. G. C. Graham Bakersville, N. C. LAST WORDS MOB SPIRIT To the Editor: II remained for the students of ■Alabama University to give the top example of “juvenile delinq uency.”' It was a spectacle of mob spirit such as hasuT been seen in the South since .some of the lynchings; and it exceeded most of those. Where arc wc, anyhow? Just a few weeks ago, the students across the line in Georgia were “b-urning in effigy’ their Gover nor (because he threw a fit over a Negi'o player on the Pitt team, and in.siilted the race). Now, a month later, Alabama students “rever.se the field”, grab the ball of race haired and put it well be hind the goal posts. At first, the press reports, it appeared to be only a beer-in flamed, celebrating group of rowdy sttident.s. But when it ran on for days, became a lawless riot that demanded Slate militia help to quell, it became a nation al disgrace that even jeopardizes our jntcniational friendships. This would be a proper lime for the Universities to “take stock.” It i.s natural for the na tion to look to its universities in times of crisis on any issue. Cherokee Bill, a western outlaw at the turn of the century, was about to be hanged. People from all over the county had gathered to witness the event. The sheriff, noted for his show manship at these affairs,, led the hatchet faced Indian to the edge of the scafold and raised hi.s hand • for silence. “Cherokee Bill,” he smd, hold- ' ing the rope over the Indian's head, “before I place this noose around your neck, do you have any last words to say?” The outlaw looked at the sheriff for a moment, then at the crowd. “Cherokee Bill come here to be hung,” he said solemnly, “not to make a speech.’ —Wall Street Journal. ★ ★ ★ , I he Raleiglt-Diiriiain .Air port .Authority i.s ou the de- lejisive about the parking gouge iiupo.sed ]>v a private roiiipany with udtich it has a deal. It pka-rls "a lark of liiiids" as tiic cause of ii.s nior ing its free jxu king lor lo a di.stance wJiile it allows this private (ojupany t> charge lor the more coiivetiient .space near the terminal, 'rhe free parking lot is not only at a distance l)iu is at night nor properly ligjited. is unj:)aved, and in bad weather is disagreeable from every viewpoint. It would seem that such tin tirr.ingemeiit is an exam ple of poor pnl)lic relations. Jr cannot be good policy to incur the il!-v\ ill of ilie traw eliiig publit even indirectly, 'riie rtnlroad.s once tried to ignore the needs and conven ience of cn.sromers. but that attitude eventually cost ihon dearly. . -A: ★ ★ .Although Wednesday is the Last day for ]jlaies, the word a few days Ago was rliar a])pIictuions were lagging. It is not clear why this should be so, except lor tlie well esr:i])lished recognition that il the time were extended to next (]hristma,s there would still be laggards, a liiie-iip at the last minute, and a desk of hot and harra.ssed clerks. By HARRY GOLDEN (Carolina Israelite) It wa.s surprising that a person as “aware” as Claire BooiU Luce took the steps she did to prevent the showing of the movie, “The Blackboard Jungle,” at an inter national exhibit in Venice. The picture, of course, somewhat exaggerated, showed a phase of pi-oblem of juvenile delinquency. Let us yule out for the moment whether or not Miss Luce actually played the role of censor. 1 think a much broader question is in volved. It is a question whether such motions pictures, books, or exhibits which portray the un pleasant problems of our society, really put America in a ‘ bad light.” I do not think so at all. I think the reverse is true, un less we aie whiling lo accept the proposition that all the peoples of the world have lost all sense of proportion. During World War 2, the Nazi papers picked up many para graphs from Westbrook: Pegler and the Chicago Tribune which happened to be highly critical of President Roosevelt,' Did not the Germans of average intelligence recognize this as “opposition,” something w'hich they did not pos sess? Is it not likely that there w'ere millions or people in Europe w'ho must have secretly evied a. country where, in the midst of the bitterest w'ar in history, peo ple W'ere free to say what they think, even to criticize their gov ernment and curse or make fun of their President? Are there not millions of people now be hind the Iron Curtain w'ilh in telligence enough to envy a coun- Jungle” to whoever wants to see try that can show a “Blackboard it? Aren’t w'e completely aware of this fact, in reverse, every day of our live.s? Do we not question in our minds—how' come w'e never see a ((uota Soviet source criti eminent? Are there not mi pie on the other si« that question foi th plctcly in our fa\4 how' some of our p about “The Crapes I every movie house ii Our Ambassador ot casions protested .It under the impress.le good thing. But Yugoslavs looked afc of Wrath” the mort became. This was s the story of Ame;L of the poor, but thf something which fd in those days. Our^ only had .shoes but an automobile, and two years to realiz Yugoslavia the’ on an automobile were “Oakies.” That’s pi made Tito himself our side. Fairness To High Christian Scien In endeavoring tofi gressional road ahe; federal highway leg or so ago we do que.vion: “What in all fa mean.s in the light should trupks paj road.s)?” Not being expe taxation or in high tion and maintenanc presume to name cents answer. But tain factors in the pfe must be considered tax proviAons and result. Fairness here is r as it relates to the roads. li 10 MILLION SUSPECTS GOT THE FACILITIES A BETTER FATE An old Scottish widow was on her way to the churchyard to pui some flower.s on the tombstones^ of her three late hujband.s. As she entered the cemetery she met a man w'ho had ben a sui- past. “Ah, three giiid men.” .said the man w'ith a sigh. “Ah, Jennie, nia heart bleeds for ye.” “Awa’ w'i’ ye and yer sympa thy,” .snapped the widow. “If ye had any spirit at ail, yer name would be there as Week”—Wall Street Journal. NOT CRYING This paper is against all stuff ed .shirts, top-heavy officialdom, rainy weather, bad laws, girls with pretty legs who wear slacks to cover them, guys who talk loud in public places, gossipers who tell us stuff we can’t put in print, small beer glasses, big garden shovels—we could go on for pages . .. We’ve not yet reached our goal of being a crotchety, cantankerous old cur mudgeon of an editor, but it may not be long, There’s too much pushing around being clone these days ... somebody ha.s to get mad and be heard. "We happen to have the facilities for accom plishing both.—Concrete (Wash.) Herald. (Christian Science Monitor) Security procedure.s, though improved, .still permit the govern ment on occasion to push inno cent people around. And one .way or another, according to former Senator Harry P. Cain, member of the Subversive Activities Con- t.ol Board, government agencies have built-up “security dossi#rs” on more than 10 million Ameri cans. Henry Paynter, writing in BUiebook Magazine, says the fig ure should be 18 million. You wonder if any really in nocent person has been injured? The Saturday Evening Post re cently cited the case of a man who was a Presbyterian Rotarian, Republican, and a World War II pilot to boot. He .sought a job at Bendix Aviation Corporation, needed a security clearance—and for 29 months failed to get it. He got no information as to why it Was withheld. His pay stopped and he spent thousands of dollars trying to clear his, name from that deadly indictment: “You’re unfit to serve your government.” After three years he was com pletely cleared. It had all been a mistake—misinformation, bad judgment. But then ho was dis missed—because he had become a controversial figure! Totally untypical, this case’ Some monhs ago a Washington attorney, Adam Yarmolinsky brought together fifty case his tones of w'hat happened to var ious employees accused under the federal loyalty-security piogram. This study, financed, yes by the Fund for the Republic, used only actual cases. It showed instance after instance of tenuous accu sation; hearing delay and lengthy rehearing; loose and un Anglo-Saxon legal procedure- guilt by kinship for deeds long past; judgment from charges made by informants whom even the security boards were not al lowed to interrogate. The worst phases of America’s overconcern with subversion are over, but the effects on habit and procedure linger on. What the Commission on Government Se curity will do about this is, of comse, so far undetermined ’ Its appointed membership contains few individuals who have inter ested themselves very determin edly m civil- libertie.s. But there’s work to be done. Spokesmen for say trucks alread some 35 times more rage pasuenger ca numlDer but 17 per vehicles, travel but of the miles, yet pa of' the taxs. They B. Eastman, once ordiiiator of transp' after study he be particularly the big pay more than theii This is impressh man may have been look however, at tf An, average pass about 16 feet lor trailer tandem maj^iT feet qf highway. Mo a passenger car wei ton and a half; si truck limits, varyin 35 tons. Figures such as problem which the pert should answer congre.ssman Chapel Hill Ne^ Published every Thursday by the N Company, liic. Mailing Add . Box 749 Chapel Hill, Street Address—M Carrboro Telephone: , •''North Coroii PRESS ASSOCI/ Phillips Eussell Roland Gidiiz N€ L. M. Poilander E- J. Hamlin SUBSCRIPTION (Payable In Ai Five Cents Pei BY CARRIER: $2. months; 5^5.20 8Y MAIL: $4:50 1 $2.50 for six for three mont bantered as second at the postoffice at N. C., under the a 3, 1879. inn Dir( vert •njii lt:: ice) py- for aoi fiDi u;! J jw :,pel if« -A little boy, on his way to ele mentary .school, tripped and fell on the sidewalk. A kindly old lady rushed over to help him.up. “Now, little boy,” she said, “you must be a brave little man and not cry.” '“Cry hell! I'm going to sue the tow-n.” he replied. — Tom Mc knight ill Mooresvilie Tribune. NO MORE! ' Men never recognizes a dicta tor in advance.- To the average fellow before the wedding she seems no more than a sweet girl”—U. S. Coast Guard Maga zine. HOME OF CHOICE CHARCOAL BROlirr STEAKS—flaming SHISKEBAB — BUFF
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