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In Wl .14 Tow- tI$tT will Nwve as the theme for thle Rpligious Ev4phasis Week which begin on the Carolina campus next Monday and the suocess of which will depend on the attitude the students assume. Plans have been progressing for months on the programs for the week, and great work has been expended by both the RE Week committee and the administration. They have taken special consideration in selecting speakers who have the potefitiality of making this a very successful week and in helping us to realize where our faith really lies. A program such as will be offered us next week should be supported whole-heartedly by the student body because all of the work and effort put into the pre-mature plans are put there with the student in mind. But yet, as in recent years, the result will probably be that a surprisingly small number of the total student body will participate in the programs. By no means do I want anyone to mis interpret me as saying that the previous For Abolition United States Congressmen are at present in the process of making what may be one of the greatest decisions of the present ses sion-the decision of whether or not to ex tend the authority to draft men into the armed forces. The present draft law expires on July 1, 1959, and there is increasing tension among the pro and con factors as to whether or not it should be extended for another four years. In 1955, when the same 'bill came up for extension, only five representatives voted against it, but it is now the sentiment of some that the conditions which existed at that time and which demanded a draft law are now obsolete. The opposition factors hold that the present draft law is an example of waste and unfairness. When the law was extended in 1955, it was assumed that the nation's need for trained military manpower could be met only by compelling every qualified youth to serve. But many factors have altered this assumption. Although the "Universal Military Train ing and Service Act" obligates each qualified male to perform at least six years of mili tary service, many receive deferments due to children, to their classification as a stu dent, or to any of several other reasons. This is the problem of the universal serv ice plan: it cannot be applied fairly without yielding far more manpower than the armed services need or want. Thus many young. men never have to serve in any branch of the service, and people are left yelling, "unfair."~ George B. Salley, Jr.... A Genuine Pot With Freedonr Recently, we have seen one of world has yet seel the few remaining dictatorships We loudly decl in the Western Hemisphere come for dictators, but to an ignoble end, refuge to the he True to form, when the revolu- of the most hate tion was reaching its final stages constantly voice o1 of success, the ruling family and democracy. b their cohorts ingloriously took to to Batista... their heels, seeking sanctuary in the Cuban people neighboring countries, of a police state. The Cuban revolution that we We shouted "r< have witnessed is a revolution when the Cuban with a difference-at least inso- their oppressors far as Latin American revolu- not a single cry tions in general are concerned. up during the r Popuar priingmurder and tortr Populr Uprsingupon the Cubans Rather than the familiar coup Batista in order d'etat, we have before us a genu- fulfill his own ine popular uprising-an upris- wealth and power ing of people sick to the gills of dictatorship and its a'ecom- Friendly 19 panying hardships. This was an In fact, most oj uprising with freedom as its goal, heard of the ci and this goal has .been reached. heard was what It might have been expected about our friend that,- the people of the United the south whiec States would be quite pleased pleasant watering with this outcome. We place a Idle rich and a high value on our own freedom, ment area for so' but we seem to have almost inessmen. grudgingly acknowledged the But we hear a i success of the recent attainment that the revolut of freedom by the Cuban people, have declared the "Rein ofTerrr"closing the Amei "ft.. o Tero . bling joints and I We maintain capital punish- share of the proftl ment .in this country, but our owned manufactur newspapers and politician cry and sugar cane p1 "reign of terror" and "blood- And we hear al bath" *hen the Cuban people "communist inill utde*take to mete such justly there js talk of deewtid punishment to some of Amei:iean-owned la the met -uthlm criminals the landless Cuban pei EmphaasI week. Religious Emphasis Weels hive. been -Vn successful; just the opposite is true. The efforts in recent years were successful due to the fact that the meeting included as many students as they did, but still a great number of the total enrollment neglected to participate in the affairs of the weeks. Missing the convocations and meetings seems to be unfair not only to ourselves but also to the administration officials, who have gone to the trouble of rearranging the sched ule of classes so that no person will be denied the privilege of hearing the excellent speakers. And it seems that since this sched ule gives us an hour to attend the convoca tion, we should use the time for that purpose. It would be futile to list again the speakers who will be on campus throughout the week, but I am sure that it will certainly prove worthwhile for each to.attend the convoca tions of his religious group and the special meetings held by the fraternities, sororities, and other clubs on the campus for the pur pose of hearing additional talks by these speakers. Of The Draft Actually, less than half of the young men in the draft age group are seeing military service under the present universal service laws. Still other persons feel that providing for a large army is a waste of money and talent. Physical power today is going to waste due to the fact that today's military forces oper ate more on mechanics and electronics than on the manual power of just a few years ago. We now need a comparatively small force with long term service and more skill. Even in the event of another major war, there is little likelihood of calling out a great number of men because a major conflict would probably be in the form of a nuclear war and the decisive phase of such a war would likely come within two or three days. There would not be time to utilize the draft or to call out the reserves. Another apparent feeling Is that waste is involved in taking young men directly out of or soon after college and placing them in service for a two-year period. This is not time enough to train a person and to let him put his training into use. It seems as if there are many better ways of maintaining the United States armed forces than universal military service, and it is our feeling that the draft law should be defeated and a different type armed force program set up. It would provide many more skilled workers for a longer p)eriod of time if salaries were raised and the entire pro gram operated on the voluntary basis. :>ular Uprising As Its Goal -Our Values. are our hatred Where are our values? How we have given long can we expect to he con sehmen of one sidered the champions of free d despots. We dom when, through so-called mu or approval for tual defense treaties, we are 'rovided arms instrumental in maintaining dic uhich he kept tatorships in such places as Spain in the bandage and the Dominican Republic and when we provide arms which are sign of terror" used to support unpopular re people brought gimes in, for example, Algeria, to justice, but ,Jordan, and (until lately) Iraq? of alarm went Must we continue to be in the many years of position of throwing in our lots re perpetuated with those of the dictators and y the criminal colonialists? that he might How cain we, for example, op ambitions for pose the Soviet dictatorship and at the same timie support the gbrSpanish dictatorship? How can e1~bborwe condemn Soviet imperialism us never even and at the sanme time wink at ines. All we British and French imperialism? we were told Soviet Suppression ly neighbor to How can we deplore the Soviet i provided a suppression of opposition parties place for our and soft-pedal the same thing in "safe" invest- Paraguay and (to a lesser ex ne of our bus- tent) In Korea? These are rather apparent inconsistencies. There great deal, now are others, but . I suspect that lonary leaders these will serve to make the point ir Intention of clear. ican-run gain- Thus in the wake of the re aking a larger cently successful Cuban revolu a of American- tion, we are afforded an excel ing enterprises lent opportunity for a badly antations, needed ideological self-examina armed cries of tion. ration" when It is hoped that the near fu distribution of ture will witness a long overdue md among the re-examination and restatement msanta. of our poial- vales Anthony E. Brown Inflal There is a spectre haunting Ameriea-the spectre of infla tion! We are caught in a spiral of rising taxes' and increasing costs of living which has been sweeping our land like a tornado since 1989. Where, we ask, is the answer to be found? An individual today is literally a fool to become too successful in his occupation as far as re muneration is concerned. The more he earns, the more he must pay for that privilege, and his living costs rise accordingly. Beyond the Individual The matter goes beyond the individual to business and in dustry. Taxes and operations costs are far too high for the Wes Scott . . I See( In Fifty I see Carolina in 50 ways: The Russell House bulletin board: a mass of confusion with every one's signature on everything . . . Coach Hambrick's obvious dis pleasure when his charges don't do too well . . . Walt Copeland's flashy smile . . . Lgrand and Pat . . . Religious FSmphasis Week: for some a spiritual lift, for others an extended coffee break. AKG Ovation The ovation given Dean Clot worthy at the AKG tapping... the pipe fad . . . faithful park ing at "No Parking" signs... Duffy and Clario spectacles... the fraternity housemnothers, friends and counselors... "Cookie" and Nancy Pericola. Early Politics Early political promises by wvould-be hopefuls . . . Coach Grugan's splintermen with a heavy season . . .Carl Reynolds, an astute observer of a million things . . . Ed lIartin and his I.F.C. notables . . . Dr. Rogers' aboundance of "F" students... Bill Cork, everywhere doing everything. IPicauso's Clothespins, Picasso prints being held-up by American clothespins at a recent campus bookstore sale . . . the controversy over the baby has sinett in Sims . . . broken legs and dislocated shoulders . . . the anticipated voice of the Univer sity Chorus . . . "Our Town," quality versus quantity. Weird Anties The weird antics of Pete Tack ney . . . Dr. Walker serving Chinese tea to his Far Eastern history class . . . those disgusting b)lack, red, and blue stockings the females wear . . . the eat-by number system of the Gamecock room . . . the superb rebounding of Mike Callahan. High Pressure Bill McCallum "high pressur ing" the girls . . . Student Urnion's varied selection of free movies . . . the pleasant smile of Virginia Hohue behind the Slater cash register . .. Lawton and Mary Pearl . .. Bill Latham, a one-man track wonder. Future Crown John Chappell, heir apparent to Carolina's debating crown .. . a scrapping frosh basketball five . .. "Uncle" Tonm Maore . .. final ILI foor. Phillips is on probation agair -ionist Man well-being of the economy in gen eral. One may argue that this is a democracy and democratic gov ernment is the most costly -to maintain. Certainly this is true, but when personal income taxes reach 91 per cent, as they do in many cases, there -is no longer a democratic system. A confiscatory tax rate such as this Is' destructive to capital ac cumulation. Ambition to build, expand and grow are squelched by the very government that was formulated to give rise to a eapitalistic, free-trade society. Welfare State Economists claim that America is fast becoming a welfare state, ..arohina Ways Gene Crotty's excellent job as Thespian leader . . . WUSC, the unsuing heroes who give 13 hours a day to the Carolina Commun ity. Pill Boys The pill boys from -LeConte College with their whi-te jackets . . Boby Hnt, lwas smlin . . CagmanBud ronn, fesh man sowma andplayaker. . neatl dresed lw stdent Russell Huse dinig faiiis .oor. Pheip isn tant afgKin Dion itob M ane ro h well-irng and the eclaonom i. gen Rerte'nelihsevc fa ecrac fandtemrti gov-e ernmnt . the mostr ostly Kapp butphen p ers icmustahes rachd9 gpaesfr etthedo out Fondaanay caes0,eein longer a d emcati tem. nhldasaddrn Acnfary tax rat suha thLi etrutivte Edtor cbuta ac-tt cuultionstitin osbment., e pb adiow anltesre sehed btvEDry oenetta a fmAAGIN tgEiseR BUitlSIcES fre-tAERscey WelfSAre tAteIG D Econmist clam tht Amric COP fsbEoingawefrORae TCespia lEDTr..WUCth arhay aton Carol WCommam TheIllS bosTAF from RLeont Colegems, he whiter. ket CobbyUM nt,: aly smiRiy1 Brown, C George BdCo. n frlesh Rmcnbowanke plymke. neARTdress law studets TYPIieTS haniwrk. hta .1 0 ke) ifesto which certainly seems to be the way we are headed. This column does not pretend to have all the answers to the inflation problem, and appar ently no one else does either. It seems to be like the weather: it is always bad, but nobody is able to do anything about it. The Answers We propose that something could be done about the situation and must be if our economy is to hold together. The answers lie in the federal government, whose 100,000 miles of red tape cost the American people $760,000 a foot per year. This multi-billion-dollar gov ernment operations fee is ex pended, ostensibly, for the good and benefit of the citizens of the United States. But we as a nation have be come deadlocked in one of the most harmful and destructive wars ever devised by man-a gigantic give-away battle to see which nation can win more coun tries to their ways of thinking by influencing rulers, kings, and demi-gods with good old lucre, and it seems that the more we give, the more allies and friends we lose. Reduce Spending Therefore, we believe that the most effective manner in which to straighten out the lamentable condition of our economy is to drastically reduce government spending and to balance the woe fully tilted national budget. A position of economic astute ness must be followved for the inflationary spiral to be cur tailed, and there must be respite granted to the upper income groups on their personal income taxes. If this could be done, we think that there would be a sufficient drop in the cost of living and an equal rise in the level of living to insure a healthy, growing economy. It can and must be done. R A GREATER SOUTH CAROLINA ited Collegiate Press PIth Robert Eflott Conuaes as the abnshedJ and for the students .f e niatins.ys,during the enge lumnists and letter writes are t ock." "The Gamecock" eneourages vs must be signed. Publishina does heo tight to edit or withold geem -DILLY MISHOE Gerald Floyd Rion Rutledge ['OR . .Anne Valley Carol Watson Ed Spears Bill Bates . . Larry May ..........lenna Bryant Charles Bradley Charles Behling Jimmy Truesdale -son, David Caldwell, Karen Mc skos, Glenn Meadows, Joe Jordan, bby McKinney, Carlee McClendon, on, -Bill Lumpkin, Jimmy flellos. e, Marilyn Francis, Bobbie WiI tolds, Russ Burns, Anthony E. riAI, M. Graeber Jordan, Bert Lisa Lowenstein, Hal Johnson. LaWIR. CARL M. REYNOLDS... Ponderings, Politics, And Coeds Just !or the. sake of starting with something sensible, before living down to our reputation, we should like to observe the begin ning of the semester. Last week was registration. Nerly two weeks of classes have gone by. Though it's not particularly realized, every.body started off, theorectically with an "A" aver age. What they do, or have done,-.( with that average is something else again. The point we make, certainly, is that scholarship is, and should be, pre-eminent in the college curriculum. But a semester is much more . . . it's like a book, and should contain a number of chapters ... read them all . . . live a little . . . not too much, though . . . underline the important passages . . . for reference in later life . . . for college is a place to meet friends . . . to gain experience, for learning .. many things... in proper perspective. - -* * * EVERYBODY LIKES * v feel important . . . or noticed ... and to be spoken to . . . and already many students feel Important . .. spoken to . . . and noticed . . . but in MqTch . . . and April ... more students will feel important ... spoken to .. . and noticed. * . . BEFORE WE SIT to ponder whether Carolina is an up and coming "ivy" school, perhaps we s.hould acquaint ourselves with an "Oivy League Complex" ... Oivy, oivy upon the wauhl, choking auhl within its pauhl; Life emeshed within its leaves, sits alone and onnly grives. * * * VE WON'T DARE mention that most of the Carolina coeds, according to a poll, prefer loafers to high heels for just ordinary, casual street walking . . . -and high heels for other occasions. * * * PERHAPS YOU'VE seen the fellow who seemingly is a campus politician . . . he isn't . . . he just got lockjaw while smiling. THIS COOL SNAP we had at the beginning of the week sort of ruined our normal pre-spring condition. The boys, of course, were the last to return to the cold, wintry feelings . . . such as was the case in the canteen . . . we overheard . . . one young fellow ...thawved-out by coffee... whisper to a girl . . . kiss me... andl she returned . . . make me ...but spring will come again ...e're sure. * * * NEXT' WEEK THE Student Union sponsors a good movie ..."Bus Stop" which reminds us of a good joke . . . we can't -print. * * * THJERE ARE THINGS to be said for a school of thought. * * * OUR COLUMN LAST week must have really been lousey . .. one of our best enemies told us that he enjoyed it. ~ONE FELLOW WE know was sort of lost for expression when a friend asked him who the lady was he was out with "last night" ...but he recalled . .. "That wa ' no lady, It was my roommtate . . . he just walks that way." * * * WHAT REMAINS .. . if any --.is what was left out from last week . .. and's weak. * * * IT TAKES A good registration to keep most of us posted with~ the great stride and growth the University is enjoying . . . and ...It almost makes a physical training course seem crip. * * * BACK BEFORE the finals, both the Dean of Men and the Dean of Women were asking us if we had a dog on campus . .. we assured them It was just our roommate . . . but Charlie didn't take to it too kindly . . . he got hisself a haircut. * * * WE KNOW TWO boys who have a Hi-Fl set for a roommate this semester ..,. and we'd nearly wager that between the three them . . . they'll come up wit their "swan song" long befor e semester is over. * * * WE WERE READING over the weekend about some of the big United Nations parties ... and were'surprised that the Arab states can't offleiqlly serve cock tails at their affairs . . . now we're wondering if they'd really walk a mile fo a camel.