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Lyndon E The tragic and senseless assassination of John F. Kennedy in the streets of Dallas has given the American people, amid grief and sorrow, a new President who is eminently qualified for the position he now holds, and a man who has demonstrated his skill during his 30 years of experience as a public servant. Lyndon Bains Johnson, at 55, became America's 36th President November 22, as suming the burden of leadership in a turbu lent time of shock and disbelief. There is probably no man in our land more capable of taking over the reigns of the Presidency at such a time as the rugged and talented Texan. Lyndon Johnson's field is people: he knows them, he knows what they want, and he knows how to give them what they want. Launching his political career in 1937 as a New Dealer Democrat, Johnson was elected to Congress, serving 11 years in the House. He studied legislative tactics under the wing of the late Speaker Sam Rayburn, a close friend and a fellow Texan. After his election to the Senate, Johnson rose to Demo cratic floor leader in an unprecendented four years. His record as majority leader stands out in American history - there is scarcely a bill that Johnson supported and personally backed during his years in the Senate that did not win the approval of his fellow members. When the race for the Democratic Presi dential nomination got off the ground in 1960, the name of Lyndon Johnson blos somed. He, among the major candidates, possessed the most impressive qualifications for the office, but his major competitor, John F. Kennedy, could not be stopped. Kennedy, a Northerner and an avowed liberal, put a great deal of effort into win ning the nomination by entering primaries and demonstrating his popularity among the people. Johnson, however, announced his Survey Plannec The death of President Ken- is directing a s nedy has created a profound opinion poll of change in political attitudes on dents. Students, dom, will be ask the Carolina campus. Opinions date they suppor of p e r s o n s considering the election, which possibility of presidential candi- supported prior dacy before the death of Ken- dent's death, an nedy and after have change date they would 1964 Presidentia greatly. held this week. To feel the pulse of the USC It is being as student body, Miss Susan Lin- Democratic n o r dau, The Gamecock columnist, President Lynd< KENNEDY: HE W The assassination of John Fitz- disgusting comnt gerald Kennedy was indeed a served only to at tragedy, not because of who he ridiculous to ai was or what he was, but because solemn event. TE he was a man. The death of any- been dignity, noi one in such a manner would have mentality. If i~ been equally tragic, for our so- martyr, what wi ciety holds that each man's life what was he a has worth. But unfortunately Those who wec there are those who overlook this have said that] fact and who see John Kennedy very much to be more as a god than a man. written about as Journalists have eulogized John dent. Many Amer K e n n e d y with tear - jerking haste to call him phrases such as "martyred young in compliance v President," and have written that This mania has "the heavens are crying" in their in many ways, I f/ GA4-cot CROw1NG FOR A GREATER UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROI Member of Associated Collegiate Press Founded Janua ry 30~ 1908, with Robert Elliott G;onzatei Editor. "The Gamecock' is publi shed by and for the stu, University of South Carolinza weekly, on Fridays, during year except on holidays and during examinustions. The opinions expressed by cohemnists and letter writ necessarily thuse of "The Camecock." "The Gamecock" Letters to the Editor, but all Le'tlers must be signied. Putb not constitute an endorsement. The right to edit or wil pubbcation any letter is reserved. EDITOR ...DEN MANAGING EDITOR DAV ASSOCIATE EDITOR DONN BUSINESS MANAGER EM ILI News Editor R Sporta Editor M Society Editor Feature Editor Campus Editor Mary C Chief Photographer Advertising Manager Circulation Manager .SI Exchange Editor Nel Art Editor ....Jo. Office Manager PHOTOGRAPHERS: Ralph Jarrells. Dave Under Johnson candidacy shortly before the convention, anc sought the nomination, instead, on his publii record, and the influence of Sam Rayburn. If qualifications had determined the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Con vention, Lyndon Johnson would have won But, the Democrats were intent on winning the election and chose a handsome, young colleague of Johnson's - Kennedy - for h< could carry the large industrial states. Hav ing previously lost two presidential election and the crucial Northern electoral votes, thf Democrats could hardly take a chance with someone like Johnson, a Southerner, an< expect to win - even though the TexaE senator held many of the same beliefs a Kennedy. The biggest surprise of the Democratic Convention was Johnson's nomination to the second spot on the national ticket, for he had always said he would rather be majority leader than Vice President. But, perhaps Johnson had more insight than he was giver credit for, because as Vice President he played a major role in the policy formulatior of the Kennedy Administration. He was a close ally of Kennedy's and his voice did noi go unheard during important conferences and discussions. He was a truly fully-in. formed Vice President. Now, Lyndon Bains Johnson, a natural leader, sits in the chair of the chief execu tive, not by his own will, but by the bullets of an assassin. Had the tragedy of Dallas never occurred Johnson probably would never have become President. The will of God, though, cannot be ques tioned. As we mourn and forget John F. Kennedy, with sorrow in our hearts, let us thank God that we have been blessed with Lyndon Bains Johnson. Amid so much tur moil and confusion we have been given a man - a man who knows and understands the people - to lead us on to greater heights. -Myers I On '64 Race :ientific public Republican presidential possi University stu- bilities being slated against selected at ran- Johnson in the student public d which candi- opinion poll include New York ted in the 1960 Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, Sen. candidate they Barry Goldwater of Arizona, to the Fresi- and former Vice P r e s i d e n t d which candi- Richard M. Nixon. support if the Results of the student survey, 1 election were including an analyzation, will appear on the editorial page of sumed that the next week's The Gamecock in n i n e e will be Miss Lindau's new column, "In m B. Johnson. quiring Reporter." \S NOT UNIQUEI nientary, which notable being the movement to ld a note of the name the state of West Virginia o t h e r w i s e after the late President, and ere should have Johnson's decision, at the sug maudlin senti- gestion of Mrs. Kennedy, to re ennedy was a name Cape Canaveral. Regard s his cause? Of less of the world situation and nartyr? the state of the nation, America r'e close to him does not need another "wounded (ennedy wanted god." thought of and Later generations will have to a great Presi- judlge whether or not John Fitz icans have made gerald Kennedy was great. We great, seemingly are in no position to say, for dith his wishes- greatness is a matter of perspec nianifested itself tive, and perspective can come wo of the more only with time. One thing is certain, however. The man will not be judged by what he did, because he did very little. The final decision will rest upon the success or failure of the things he started. This is a time in which the American people should use rea son, not irrational emotionalism as the first to guide their actions. Life goes the cllegeon, and the world stops for no man. If Kennedy is to be sainted, "l ,f let the church do it. No memorial daeeinspired by a people's gloomy 0 madness can bring him back. NIS MYERS ,John Kennedy was a man. He E BLEDSOE was not unique. A RUSSELL Y REDDING ?s,g,, /9 .'c gina Galgano The Gamecock Is intended ke McCarthy primarily as a voice for stu Connie Wall dent opinion and news. We PatRoesle welcome letters from any Pat Ressle student or member ot the arlton O'Neal laculty under the toliowmng Bill Campbell provis4ions. iarry Barrett Letters must be signed elaRadn with the writer's mailing ad elsRaon dress. We will withhold the lie Merryman writersa name if the letter n K. Roberts requests it. However, we Cartr Cewe wil print no letter that is CarterCrewe unsigned. Awood. ______________ Fr "So THEN 1 T V AND F PRa LETT Clemson Reply Editor The Gamecock )ear Mr. Myers: Your r e c e n t challenge was childish, rash, and laughable due to the fact that you misspelled one of the five dollar words which you so carefully looked up in your dictionary (Nov. 22, p. 2). After consideration, Mr. Miley and I have decided that some pleasure might r e s u 1 t from watching you consume that foul bird. Of course, that this would be the only possible result is obvious to all. However, due to the poor seats available in the soup bowl, which you call home, we are going to i watch the chicken - plucking on television. After all, who cares to watch a team (?) which has already ended the nation's two longest losing streaks? FRANK L. GENTRY Editor, The Tiger (EDITOR'S NOTE: Come, come, editor Centry - we really didn't use a dlictionary; The Gamecock has necver owned one. We misspell words on the editorial page for our readers who are sick of reading p)rinted matter with correct spelling. Actually, we were exercising a newly conceived freedom of the press - the right to misspell words to confusqe and shock our readers.) School Spirit Editor The G;amecock Dear Mr. Myers: What is school spirit? Is it an unruly mob of mentally and morally deficient students who ) gather, under cover of darkness, and roar vile vulgarities in the form of cheers directed at the admninistration, the C am p usa Police, astonished spectators in the girls' dorms, and anyone else who might enter their misguided minds? No, I think not. Let me explain myself. I am definitely not condemning the student body as a whole for their refreshing efforts to bolster the miorale of our football team before the all-important Clemson game. My observations are made for the benefit of that group of some sixty individuals who chose the small hours of the morning t to serenade the campus with their profane and disgusting scream ing. This group wandered about the campus, befouling the air with raucous cheers, plentifully sprinkled with four-letter words. They stood across the street from South Hall, in painful proximity to University Ter r acee, and 1 uttered filth, demanding that various a rt iese of women's undierclothing be thrown down to them. I suppose they wanted the clothes to wear as a symbol of < their courage. To me, this is a prime example of misguided intentions and emo tions. This is not school spirit.i It's very easy to remain loyal to a football team that wins, but true spirit becomes obvious when a team is losingo doubnnt many UT AS UST Ur tsON " AT'ION! ERS in that unruly group are th4 who feel that the team has them down, but I assure you, i the group who has let down I team. Let's direct our efforts the RIGHT direction, and I results will be surprisingly bett RICK JUDSON Student Union Uditor rho Gamecock ')ear Mr. Mycrs: Many students are concern vith what is lacking with Cai ina; I am one of them. However, I like to recogni: when something is done and wh in individual or individuals to i step to improve the school. ,his end, I would like to comme d Hendrickson, the S t u d e i Jnion, and the others responsil or the improvements made in t ast weeks, regarding stude ictivities in particular. I have attended the hootena Les this group has sponsor< iiave made use of the very fi came room they have provide mnd anticipate using the stude ounges set aside in R u s s e sIouse for studying and ca >laying, respectively. I feel the ictivities, and those I understal vill follow, will give ani reased cohesiveness to the st lent body; I feel the lounges ai came rooms will give students >lace for study and relaxatit onvenient to the reach of ai uited to the needs of a colle; tudent. DALE ALAN BAILES fiet Nam Coup ~1ditor rhe Gamecock 2ear Mr. Mycrs: I have seen a copy of the No I edition of The Gamccock, a, 'ou are to be congratulated upt very fine campus paper. I we nuch impressed by, and in agre nent with, your editorial on ti liet Nam situation. CAROL BAUMAN Executive Secretary Youth For Goldwat< Washington, D. C. 'raises Students dor 'he Gamecock )ear Mr. Myers: I am writing to say that I we: o the University in 1912 and ave never seen as much colles pirit exhibited by any group tudents at any time as wi hown by our students at tI ~ame. I was p)roud of the stude: ody and if . . . they will coi inue to show this spirit, ti niversity will g r o w , obta dditional funds so badly neede nad we will get the material tha vill give us an outstanding foo all team. We have a wonderf oach in Marvin Bass, andI tI tudent body deserves a winnir cam. If they continue to show the nterest, as was shown . . . v vill have a winner. REP. SOLOMON BLAT Speaker of the Hlouse Rarnwea, S. C. TODD' T HE school spirit exhibited last week in preparation for the Clemson game is without a doubt the finest that I have seen in my four years here at the Univer sity. I have hopes that such an interest can be maintained, as we are still hearing compliments on the Carolina student body as a result of the enthusiasm that was quite evident. Coach Bass, as well as the entire team, were most appreciative of the actions taken. Now that basketball season is here, I sincerely hope that our spirit will continue. Coach Noe and the team have been working for quite some time, and the "Gamecocks" made a tremendous impression in their first game at Chapel Hill last Monday night. Tomorrow night they entertain the University of Georgia Bull dogs in the Field House, and we -hope to have every seat filled by a STUDENT. THE Field House here at the University is far outmoded, It has a seating capacity of ap proximately 3,200 while our stu dent body is close to 6,500. As >se most of you know, the student let activities fee paid by ALL stu t's dents at the beginning of each he s e m e s t e r sends part to the in Athletic Department for student he seating at the various events, er. This is a required payment so each student has already paid for his seat before the season starts. ed Carl H4 , Kennedy's Dea en e Will Affect '6 It Presidential Ra Ile he nt THE death of President Ken nedy has had a profound effect on the United States and eC on the world. Kennedy's death d,came completely and stunningly by surprise - whait had started 11out as a pleasant day for him enided in abisoluite tragedy. The se situation which unfolded before the eyes of America seemedI un - real, as if it had been part of the movie "The Manchurian Candi (date."' >n In the short time that Kennedy 1( was in office he managed to be e' come a household word - you were either for him or op)posed to him, there was no middle ground. llis death has robbedl the Demo cratic Party of its strongest c a n d i d a t e since Franklin D). Rloosevelt, and there is little time' left for Lyndon Johnson to build v. uip an image or a record to d( present to the people as a P'resi n (lent. For' the second( position a s ireal scramnble is in progress and e- the chiief possibilities include e Bsobby Kennedy, andl( H u b e rt HIumfphrey. On the Riepublican side the dleath of Presideint Kennedy was ~r seen as a major bilow to Barry Goldwater and Nelson lRockefeller and an initial gain for iia rd M. Nixon. If this trend holds true and is not just a temp)orary setback dlue to the shock and tindlignation of the American pub. t lie over the assassination, then it app)ears that Rtichard M. Nixon will undergo another "crisis." eis now the President of the Ujnitedl States while only a short t time ago it a pp ea r ed from ~- rumors emanating from Wash ec ington that he would not be the in second man in 196,4 because he :1, couldn't carry the South wvith it Barry Goldwater as the IRepub. t hecan nomin-te, andl would, there. i1 fore, be useless. There is much Ie speculationi now if LH.J can get g the big b'lock support from the Negroes, I a b o r, metriopolitan Ir areas, and the Catholics, or 'e whether he will have to dlevise anJothe.r system to include the T South, WVest, andl Midlwest as the base of sup)port. One sure result of te det of. WILSON Field House: f0 Seat For Every USC Student? In connection with this, the Student Senate has passed a reso lution stating the position of our students and has asked that no student be turned away from any game even at the cost of selling no outside tickets. Of course, each of you realize that without the cooperation of the entire stu dent body we can do very little. If the Field House is packed beyond capacity, possibly, just possibly, someone will be awakened to the fact that we are in desperate need of a new Field House, and they might also take into consideration that we have no place that is even one-tenth the necessary size to have our student body assemble in one mass meeting. We are sorely lacking in these needed facilities. W E have a f i n e basketball team with a great group of boys who will be playing to the best of their ability; so, let us stand behind them to the best of our ability and really support them as no other Carolina team has been supported. Tomorrow night and for every home game let's pack the Field House beyond capacity. The seating capacity of the Field House is 3,200. We have 4;,500 students. That amounts to 6,500 RESERVED seats. We ask for 6,500 reserved seats for our students. They reply, "We only have 3,200," and we reply, in the words of Senator Ken Chance, "That's right." ndricks th ce President Kennedy is that the 19f14 Presidential race will he widle open, with the Democrats in for a much rougher time than had been anticipated, and the Republicans may renounce the budding interest in the South to gain supplort in the areas which were Kennedy's fort -- if this latte'r is the case, then the South Will never open its dloors again to the Reconstruction Party. A SHORT time ago President Johnson addressed the nation andl asked for the support of all the people. The fact that there was a continuity in government andl that the people did sup)port andl pray for the new president is ample evidence of our tre mendlous staying power in the face of adversity -- something which our friends who wish to bury us must realize now with consternaltion. The f a c t that Amnerica did stay together, and, that, c'ouplled with our economic l'rospe(rity indicates to us that our way of life will eventually triumph. Our new president has indi catedl that he wvill pursue the same legislative policies that his p)redecessor wanted enacted. It does not appear likely that the civil rights bill will get any l)etter treatment, but the tax cut bill and the appropriation bill might, considering the legislative experience of the new president. We are concerned with the ('old War now that we have had a change in government - it ap pears that the communists are hard(ening their policy, and we are.( interestedl in seeing if Mr. Johnson can be as tough as some of his cohorts seem to think. M R. Johnson has assured our allie's that there will hbe no major change of policy affecting them in the near future, and he has urged for greater economI~y irn all areas of government and deft'n se. Trhe death of President lKen nedy has had repe'rcussions around the world, andl we have a new pre'sident and the govern m)en)t goes oni. A mn e r i c a has undergone a severe test andl has emergel stronger than ever.