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Editorials Commentary Friday, March 10. 1967 CoumIa Sot'arl Hidden I The remarks of Sen. Wayn last week centered on the dl troversy surrounding these sul two more basic principles preat Morse is an outspoken crit tion policy in Southeast Asia. an illegal. unjustifiable war i present draft system to be in fair. lie wants change. Regardless of his views mary advocacy is for changl quo is not good enough for h so, not to surrender to the which are accepted merely 1 the first principle preached Assuming that change is i goal should be fought for w\i every counstitit ional and legal Mors.-d, ftrerll ti\ (lean of a 1 the part which laws have play c.'tl:t ry. Law. in the forI11 of f',tui(dat1io11 of the replublic. (r nbie ritht s, but laws must exis those who could take them av As Mlorse pointed out. th laws. However, one cannot t good laws and disregard the The only solution is to chang by orderly constitutional pro At present most disregard small. but vocal minorities. T] their cause are faced with a < to have their voice heard, to However. disorderly efforts to of the law. serve only to alien weaken the cause of the mino P'ossibly the most obvious qi lack of patience. Not only r ad,pted, but the change mu1t1st C the real problem. For lasting resolution of v be accepted by the majority. view on the majority will not soon rebel and institute char We also are cognizant of th almost every idea for change 1 task of the smaller faction is tc tional programs to persuade idea - enough people to conpI process provided by our systen i sti i 113impro\"emllent mu111st fo1 Whatever his views, Morse the colrage of his convictions slat us quo. Ite must also be re andt reliance on the processes wl A New Mlusic, the universal languat in the Universitv's efforts to ,ut h i'arlina. This past tednes(lay nigh eral Assembly were both ei the vibrant new I'niversity 0 legislat ors were unaware of bea ut iful v oices compelled th The! emergencet of the (h44ir to i)1r. Thinmas I. .1Jones, the Ul a ri flu to find( a man to give Y1r ups1 in the ntion1." Tlhat n toh pers;>n1 of IProf. A rpad I )ara Prof. i)ara1z, a Hiuunarian idIatU innai ari for his St. F pro'du;ce.i : musical group of v F'urt her, Prof. D)arazs at the invaluable service the che sentative of the University tl the state throughout the nati We4commenrd the e ffo rts < O)ratorio ('hoir thus far, andt oppr t (4f t he ttire (arolinla 1 44.444l4d J.uary 3o. 1o '44 .th I4bert (.me(j oc-k s pubb,bedl hv4 .11(1t fr the4 stud sekiy Iu 4. 41m 4 uhtlege '..r 4x1ep duru1444 () ,o es < Ihe (..4ne14 c k4 .1 r ('I lC , ... o:(4 (i INM \ AA;l A ssi-tant Managing Edlitor News4 Editor Sport. Editor A ssi stant News Edi torl 11eth Bro(w Social A ffairs E'ditor Faculty Editor C[hief JReporter C;hief Photographer Advertising Manager (1iclation Manager Staff Members: Heyward Addy, Kate 8 Jimmy Wannanhaker. Merry Ani fIurnett. I Willard. Mona Giault, Charlene Searson. J Finn. Coates Crewe. Chip Galloway. Dianne Ellabeth Clare. Don Hull. Max Childers. Bernny Lanenton, Ann Bel1. Nate Cantrell. Hiden, Tweetle Smith. Harvey Burgess, Ma. h=d Jay Bender. /1essage e Morse during his visit here raft and Vietnam. The con >jects may have overshadowed :hed by the Oregon lawmaker. ic of the Johnson administra Ile believes we are fighting n Vietnam. le believes the adequate, inefficient and un on a subject, Morse's pri e. In most cases the status im. He chooses, and rightly status quo, to those things ecause they exist. That is by Morse. 1ecessary, Morse believes the th every weapon available weapon available, that is. aw school, is keenly aware of ed in the development of our the Constitution, is the very nted, men have their inalien t to protect these rights from ~ay. ere are good laws and bad ietermine to obey only the had, for the bad is still law. e the bad law, to replace it cesses. for the law is preached by ,ose who sincerely believe in lilemma, for they must seek make their positions known. attract attention, in violation ite the majority and further rity. .ality of these groups is their oust they have their ideas )me immediately. Herein lies problem, the change must Imposition of the minority last, for the majority will ige of its own. L L e necessity of minorities, for Uegins with a minority. The undertake long-range educa- Dear .Mr. El mough people to accept the As one 4 rise a majority. That is the Fhida night rtiday" night i, and those who would make press my ( low due process. Great Issues must be respected for having I did not a9 lnd sincerely questioning the Senator Mor spected for his confidence in I feel that different vie i ich have butt ressed a nation. The most about the si turnout of Force the choice of For e ance, but it i of the stude re, may soon be a vital force apathetic al erve and lead the people of esa' The samE Morse spee t the members of the Gen- college held cited and entertained by problems o ratorio Choir. Most of the Amlong the its existence before the Rokwell ami to call for an encore. Although it was no accident. According ble for any iiversityv went ''looking with all of these is one of the finest musical dent body ani ap)parently was foun n( urthermior I/- ect was . -b)orn nmusician who gainedl nanced by lilian lBoychoir, has already The UJnive .hich the Uniiversity canI be !inaS ought t( speakerI prof we will have id the l'niversity realize spns from ir can perform as a repre iroughout the state and of. on. Dear .Ur. El f Prof. D arazs and of the It is tim rust they will receive the slmmlt' to *ommunity as they develop. the studlent the welfare dent on this A bill tha cernling the speaker's foi the senate 1 senators wa hliot ConLies as the first editor, the with their pc tats <.th ii, Invaeruaty of Sotath (Carolina ta h'I atys .and exxuninat ions. I han thast of I itu - " iasi i " '' " ti '""I '"4 dfi) 'ent expressi I 1220 Iluinen a nrio Artvert istig an<d Students< IC(K ElJlOTIrl the time fo CARlTERt (;EWE your inher GINNY C;AtII. have b)een r Carol M ulli nax speak out I Sally Zalkin dents. The D)on C;aughmnan the senate Greta Med lini, Mary lHenstons Linda Jo Mangum had anythin C:hristie Corley tlk to a set Casrl Stepp tor could< Lyn .Johnson duce a hill Richard Shealy hwvr John Rockholz iwvr Mary Williamson pletely inva Ohz Oberly re'eks from alley. Joe Hitchman. Harry Simmons. some senator like Krochmalry. Kay Rankin. Eugene . sahn David Spade, Corinne Sittnn. Ed himself mig Wilson, Tina Derrick. Helen William, eaos ar Dianne Claypoole, Forrest Hemphill. Kathy floyd. Gary Messenger, Debbie Thew "G;r-el 'en Aidde. Tony 8naith. Steve ips ma ri tLers To liott: ered all horizons, not just f the students who lated campus affairs, but >r Wayne Morse last areas of academic and cons , I would like to ex- tional freedom of expression -nthusiasm for our could have provided every program. Although dent, not just senators, the -ree with everything to communicate his ideas se said, nonetheless, every other student. it is important for Now it is dead. Long I vpoints to be heard. our dedicated student sen disappointing thing of which many members se cech was the small to cherish an early meal students. I'm sure an extra T. V. show more ti nights hurt attend- the attainment of what t eems that too many student body deserves nts at Carolina are should now demand! out the great is- hION KOPLE weekend as the a p i ch, Wake Forest fear Mdr. Elliott: a session on the Today we live in a demoer f p r o s p e r it y . Consider our basic cheri. toekeswreNr freommunicaten hisviea s, Gerge Licol evfr Nowthe student f woul beimpsi frNed upo is deAll Lng one t agrewith ur dteictedil stuegtser urned outrinhlargealinemread. reacspeeh.aD wat??? T.h show more t1 ~~~~~the atanentireofo-whatI,oanneItld t tudens alne.de,nth bodydesers Ca ram anl hpeflly schol. no ceanndertn ant e great rs- aptyhtinette welvskwthdschasinghe" -ch,t sWakneelFowhrcaet a awsesso of the i. Seaters weringigTisr-re ht a fsth verageLinco gvn"tltestdntn camus. wbeconulmpoWhseipi uspeaes,muedi the stu detbd-hsbe eue au grou ofalargteifrmdof osored aonced "cfi- tegodo rolpoerahr aolnStudents,"aande. siyon f SouththoteCawrhoar ram alna, owefu eestdy anu toe strieter Ifteyteme-e r theou tertubd. cathyfnouwen that ifhe student pei?Ititrehayo deto andare ofna notheitret h onhichnta iporto, ofomtoispvde,hn nf the aeae ineetetilunetiae th Is intod ie con- Iraieta hsrln estatlishe tul' sol ea lment of ch itmd wat thuede in vl fntfrtee ausei a, grou of uei oy frup eas fre-e whicota stu- i hswy My Paul Ja4 of the pieces o Xerox," Xerc "I thing, I sai "Yes Wha "Il This i tion's I asl Mr. parts M nection in Wash ing. "Il Rever on thi a seal New ant sl "Rig reporter documei hands o machine ments j But "T ball c; you g Plugg "So Foundat gets to s. enough, ito togethet e r those lo f 5 connecti figure c But iso- A few people, and when I say documer all a few, I mean those I have talked desperat titu- to, which is but a small minority s . It -all have had problems, either men on stu- with a schedule conflict or an p r i v a 1 ight inconvenient schedule. True, the had not to system will make a few mis- do with takes, but should the inconven- "Suc ive iences suffered by those few Mr. Jac ate have occurred ? be a col em The dissatisfied minority(?) lnd should have been given a , ian chance to voice their opinions. ured his The opinions vary from acute- CIA ;nd ly against, to not really car- again ing one way or another, to God - f N those who like it and are glad people to have it this way. bent f I realize that there is nothing trigue that can be done about it now. "Tha acy. I feel that the right to voice my Washing hed opinion will serve to let it be (Oir lied known publicly that there are 4 . F_ some people who feel that mat- - in- ters concerning the "good" of rad. the students should at least have bysome cons idleration by the stu- D sad- dent body. NAME WITHHIELD) Dear Mr. irst BY REQUEST The Un had ing and f D)ear Mr. Elliott: (again) it rIn the March 3rd edition of Last sumi be The' Gamecock, Don Koplen of plated a mur the Student Senate urged stu- dIraft, but he dlents to speak to their Student made pub lu Senators to providle support for dent creal rats his Free Speech measures. I sion to m - would like to thank Mr. Koplen January. 2et for his effort to make us aware the prese or of his proposals. Now w do Freedom of speech is a very tions on t o)utst.andling privilege in our so- ties in th pIe. ciety, but the installation of a no surpri meen micro phone in front of the Rus- State Sebi wvho sell House Pond is not free has said iion speech. It is willful destruction serious in of an area suit.able for quiet dIraft law: that studIy andl relaxation in the sun- into that in- shine. One of mts Mr. Koplen wishes to make ing ineqi the the area a "Greek Podium" conscript: feel and I believe this to be a ficial sti ast. worthwhile project. My only Vietnam in- suggestion is that speakers being fo should practice their oratory ficially, n. in the manner of D)emosthenes Unde'rc nd in order to vocalize above the hoards de wroar of the sprinkler in the peetive ey pond. If a "Greek P'odium" greater n p- requires amplified sound, I suing a f an propose that it be installed at potn a ut the base of the slope on Intra- prtfina n- mural Field A. That site is the family he far more classical than the a p)lumber RI u s s e II H ouse -- an amphi- into the s a theater provided by nature. On the it I appeal to the Student Sen- war, the ere ate to vote "nay" to Mr. Kop- of a citiz >ice len's bill unless it is amendod in his p)lumbi rthe req4ue'stedl manner. And, I secondarv ne imlr all cotncernedl to rally 'Whe'n a te'r to the c'ry of "Free Quiet." militay r JOHN FINNRCAN ...... -:ii )ur Man Hoppe By Arthur Hoppe I Spy, You Spy, We All Spy good friend and Washington correspondent, Mr. :obs, recently returned from a week in that capital Free World. Naturally I asked him what critical f information he had managed to pick up. Jacobs glanced furtively over his shoulder. "Buy he said. x? L's going to go sky high," he said. "For one they got full employment in Washington now." d that was encouraging. ," he said, "everybody's investigating the CIA." t had that got to do with buying Xerox stock? 's on account of The Great 'Document Shortage. s fast approaching crisis proportions in our Na capital." w :ed Mr. Jacobs to explain. He did. * * * Jacobs, among other things, is an editor of Ram agazine, which broke the story of the CIA's con with the National Students' Association. So, while ington, he decided to do a little further investigat L's great," he said. "You go over to the Internal ue Service to maybe get a couple of documents s foundation or that. And they say please have on account of there's three reporters from the fork Times, two from Newsweek and the assist orts editor of the Galena Gazette ahead of you. ht away, you can see the problem: they got 1,500 s in Washington and they just don't have enough its to go around. So if you're lucky enough to lay n a document, what you do is put it in the Xerox , push a button and - zap! - you're got 50 docu List like that." what does anyone need 50 documents for? o trade," explained Mr. Jacobs. "It's like base irds. A guy calls you up and says, 'Hey, what'll ive me for a document on the Foundation for ing in Electric Toothbrushes, a known conduit?' you swap him two documents on the Maidenform ion, an obvious front. This way, each reporter roaden his collection of documents. When he gets he links them all and writes one of ig stories about CIA ns that nobody can ut." what about spurious its? S u r e l y some - e reporter m i g h t Xeroxing a docu some foundation or e organization that hing whatsoever to the CIA? h a document," said )bs gravely, "would lector's item." * * * all, I said, I fig this whole latest ness proves once that we decent, earing American just have no or spying and in- HOPPE t's funny," said Mr. Jacobs. "After a week in -ton I figured just the opposite." Man Hoppe is syndicated nationally by the Chroni tres Syndicate, Sani Fr ancisco, Calif.) aft Equality Asked Elliott: cuty iversal Military Train- We prahdwt h ervice Act will expire ie falteysse,Gn less than four months. Lei ehyhasidtt ner the Pentagon corn- thgraetwknsofuc Lwo-year study on the asytmith"sbitto the results were not o hnefrjdmn na Lic. Insteadl, the Presi- arawee enedmc ed a civilian commis- mr idmta ehv. ~omplete a report by lesest eakn hte 1967, on questions of weholsutiteqaiy rat draft system. frorpo uget e have their sugges- ;n ese a locii die removal of inequali-ciethidaoatrlunv e dIraft system. (It is slsse a h aeo h se to readl that our (rf c ugss hc n oetive Service Director eue ohmltr n ec that he "knows of no Crssrie i asta equities in the present ecCoswrkanntb i," but he should look eutdwt iiaysrie matter sometime.) frteei ors fdah the sources of glar- sta h rieinh ss ality in our military InpaeieThrsksth on system is the of- aefralwoaedatd tus of the war in bu 0,wtth hep f as a "limited" war fredyimatlanauo ight in what is, of- mu Iatbad,d o o peacetime." Tecoc slf oor401 ur system, local draft (rf ors ahwt t W cidle whether a pros- mtos ahwt t w n oldier will serve a trrttoso h hudb itional need by pur- cle n h hudb ormal edlucation, sup- dfre.Te"ormnswr rich mother, playing cneti hl fti ytm il football, helping on I ih fti,a g-ls farm, learning to be lteysse,culdwt or by bem.Ig drafted reieanvrylmtdy irmed forces.tmofdfret,wudsm Aher hand, in time of moejs.Ytitwldp potential contribution deteuftnt,nce en, whether it be to sr apwradeal ng or to his mother, is yugmnt nwi dac to the war effort,. hnte ol ecle O legitimate need for in(e.erhy.tm, ik lanpower is declared, thrlie. zen muLeservoHisr1h0y hassa ~ia