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Students plan for action
By BRUCE SAVAGE
Man W nti'i
new polilual
FORMER REPRESENTATIVE ALLAfiJ
LOWEIMSTEIN was the keynote speaker at the Student
Action Conference in Chapel Hill last weekend.
A new pniiikal force in
North Carolina An effective,
organized student pressure
group'?
rhesc were the possibilities
faced by approximately 300
student leaders from across the
State who gjthered in Chapel
Hill during the weekend to
discuss mutual political and
educational problems and plan
action to solve them.
The Student Action
Conference "71 - 7 2 was
sponsored by the student
governments of eleven North
Carolina colleges and
universities.
The three day conference
focused emphasis on how to
motivate and use students'
political power. The student
leaders determined three issues
to be the major areas which
they have a vital interest in
Registration of voters,
out-of-state tuition hike, and
education reform were chosen
as having top priority for
student action
I n i he I icld ol voici
registration, a stale wide
organization was tentatively
established to co-ordinate the
registration drive in the
dillereut sections ol the stale
Also students are planning
COUfl cases to lest the validity
ol residency tcquiremenls for
voting in the campus areas
In the area of out-of-state
tuition hikes, different
approaches were debated. On
July 13, the state legislature
increased out-of-state tuition
to $1,300 for this year and
$1,800 for the following and
increased residency
requirements for in state
tuition from 6 to 12 months.
Students from several
institutions are planning court
action to halt or do away with
completely the increase. The
court action would focus on
the "equal protection clause"
of the 14th amendment.
If successful, the out-of-state
classification would be
eliminated or residency during
the school yeal would In-
allowed Inwards fulfilling the
requirements
I ducation reform centered
primarily on the creation ol an
A d v i so i y Commit tee ol
Students to the slate planning
and co-ordinating agency foi
llighei education and the
endorsement ol (?uv Scott's
call for the establishment ol a
"Center foi the Continuing
Reform ol Higher Education
The conference was
highlighted by the appearances
; for me i kcp. Ai iar u
Lowenstein. DN.Y. and
presidential hopeful Rep
"Pete" McCloskey. R-Calif
Lowenstein, the architect of
the 1968 "Dump Johnson
Movement told the
conference that young voters
have the will and the means to
elect a new administration that
would be more responsive to
the people.
"we are going to have to
make readjustments in the
United States Lowenstein
said of the domestic scene.
"Vers 11 s people in lliis
country want to continue
suffering this high level
politii al halitosis
McCloskey, wlui plans to
oppose President Nixon in the
primaries, i"ld the students
that the Nixon administration
"has perfected the jii ol
deceit
The Califomian expressed
disagreement with ihe
President's stand mi forced
busing ul school children and
asserted that the stand was
politically motivated
"busing is an appropriate
means to end dual school
systems he said "Bui some
busing plans I have seen are
unreasonable We must use the
rule of reason
McCloskey said he was
opposing Nixon because ol the
President's posture in several
areas the Vietnam war. truth
in government, and the
southern strategy
Several students reported
that they feared the conference
(Continued On Page 2)
Summer School
REPRESENTATIVE PAUL
in Chapel Hill that the
"perfected the art of deceit
McCLOSKEY told students
Nixon Administration has
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Volume II, Number 71
and the truth shall make vqu free'
Greenville, North Carolina
Wednesday. August 18, 1971
Mitchell rejects Kent State murder probe
WASHINGTON (API- Attorney
General John N. Mitchell has
announced the end of a federal
investigation of the 1970
slavings of four Kent State
University students saying the
Justice Department plans no
further action.
Mitchell said no federal
grand jury would be convened.
He said an investigation could
not be expected to produce
new evidence for possible
action in the case.
In a statement Friday,
Mitchell said he agreed with a
presidential commission's
words, "Unnecessary,
unwarranted and inexcusable
But he added: "Our review
persuades me that there is no
credible evidence of a
conspiracy between National
Guardsmen to shoot students
On the campus aMd that there is
no likelihood of successful
prosecu'ions of individual
guardsmen.
The shock of learning of the
decisionis nearly as great as
the shock that came when our
children were ki lied
responded the parents of the
slain students in a statement.
The parents as well as
congressional and civil rights
spokesmen had urged a federal
grand jury investigation of the
shootings.
So has former Pennsylvania
Governor William W Scran ton.
Chairman of the President's
commission on Campus Unrest,
whose conclusion was cited by
Mitchell.
"We had faith in the action
that would ultimately be taken
by the Department of Justice,
and we had faith in the system
of justice for which it is
responsible the parents'
statement said.
"Now we know that the I
Department of Justice will not
act the statement continued.
"It is inconceivable to us that
this is so. particularly because
its own investigation reports
indicate that such action would
have been fully appropriate
A Portage County, Ohio,
special grand jury indicted 24
youths and a Kent State
professor on not charges and
placed responsibility for the
violence that led to the
shootings on the university
administratioM for laxity.
No charges were filed against
the guardsmen.
"If murder was committed
by anyone else, they would
certainty be committed, or
tried or something like that
said Mrs. Martin Sheuer of
Boardman, Ohio, whose
daughter, Sandra, 20, was one
of the students killed.
"It just isn't right she said.
"It should be looked into
further
Kent State President Robert
I. White said the school "nust
and djes accept" the decision.
White, wh) is resigning
September 15 to return
leaching duties, said the Justice
Department was "The only
agency with complete
knowledge of all the testimony
and evidence gathered by the
local, state and national
fact-gathering departments
Craig Morton, Kent State
student body president at the
time of the shootings, and one
of those indicted, said he was
"morally abhorred" by the
Justice DepartmeMt decision,
but added it was "sort of what
I expected
"I'm not so naive as to
believe the Nixon
administration would take a
position to be interpreted as
pro-student said Morton.
The American Civil Liberties
Union of Ohio said in a
statement issued by Executive
Director Benson A. Wolman.
that it would "redouble its
efforts" in civil courts to hold
guardsmen accountable for
their actions at Kent State.
Peter Davies, a New York
insurance executive who
conducted a fourteen month
private study of the Kent State
shootings, said the Justice
Department should have let a
grand jury decide whether
there was sufficient evidence
for indictments.
Davies said in hid report that
he believed guardsmen opened
fire on a prearranged signal
after agreeing demonstrators
should be punished.
ECU artist paints famous Berlin Wall
Black Caucus picks co-chairmen
MOBILE AP)- The newly
organized Southern Black
Caucus picked Julian Bond.
Charles Evers, and Dr. John
Cashin as its temporary
co-chairmen Sunday, and urged
its members not to commit
themselves to any presidential
candidate
Bond, a Democratic Georgia
state legislator; Evers, mayor of
Fayette, Mississippi, and a
candidate for governor; and
Cashin, chairman of the
Independent National
Democratic party of Alabama,
have the task of setting up the
political group's permanent
structure, with the help of a
steering committee.
In three days of meetings
the 328 founding delegates
focused on strategies to
influence the 1972 presidential
election, and to make the
Democratic party more
responsive to minorities,
women aMd the poor.
Although most Southern
Black Caucus delegates
committed to a major party
were Democrats, much
attention was devoted to
building local black
independent political
organizations that would have
enough voting clout to make
changes locally aMd nationally
too, if they work together
One workshop stressed the
idea that such local groups
could determine how Miany
minority aMd poor delegates
each state seMds to the 1972
Democratic National
Convention under the
Democratic party's new, more
open delegate selection rule.
More than 30 persons were
named to the steering
committee, two or more black
elected officials from every
Southern state plus an
unspecified number of youth
delegates to be picked by the
under-30 members at a
seperate meeting.
Those chosen included Rep.
Walter Fauntroy, the
nonvoting Democratic
.Congressman from Washington,
DC; Aaron Henry, chairman
of the Mississippi Freedom
Democratic party; Vice Mayor
Maynard Jackson of Atlanta;
Texas State Legislator Barbara
Jordan; Mayor Howard Lee ot
Chapel Hill, N.C Maryland
State Senator Clarence Mitchell
III; and Mrs Fannie Lou
Hamer of Mississippi.
ED. Nixon of Alabama was
elected treasurer and Mrs. Lois
Morris, a Louisville, Ky ,
alderwoman. was elected
secretary.
The caucus voted to support
the calling of a national black
caucus in January or February
to "set priorities for black
political strtegies
It attacked President
Nixon's welfare reform
package, the Family Assistance
Plan, calling it a "family
destruction plan" that would
By FRANC WHITE
ECU News B jreiu
What are a World War II
combat artist's impressions of
the Berlin Wall"
Ed Reep, artist-in-residence
at ECU, will be able to show
the answer when he returns
from BerliM this summer. The
nationally recognized painter
has been commissioned by the
Pentagon to render on canvas
his thoughts about the historic-
European barrier.
It is not a new kind of
assignment for Reep. who
followed the famous 1st
Armoured Division on its
bloody trail up the Italian
peninsula during World War II
His graphic portrayals of that
campaign were widely
published during and after the
unpleasantness that was to end
all wars.
His charcoal drawings are
liberally scattered throughout
the nine volume "Fifth Army
History and more than half a
hundred of his paintings hang
in the PentagoM
But Reep's 26-year journey
from all the Cassinos aMd
Anzios and Vergatos of Italy to
the bleak wall of Germany has
not been marked by a
preoccupation with war.
He has painted 10-page
spreads for "Life covered
famous courtroom trials on the
West Coast for "Look and
currently is working on a group
of paintings called the
"Greenville Series" in his
newly-adopted hometown.
Not the least of his chores is
a full academic load in ECU's
highly rated School of Art,
where hts popular courses are
much in student demand.
"I was told before I came
here that I would find very
little talent among the
students Reep said "Nothing
could be further from the
truth! Not only are these kids
bright and talented and eager
to learn; they are not jaded.
That's very important, not to
be jaded-like they often are
where I came from
Where he "came from" is a
long art career spent mostly m
California Before arriving at
ECU last Summer, he was
chairman of painting at the
California Institute of the Arts,
an institution strongly
supported by the late Walt
Disney.
Previously, he worked as an
artist for the major Hollywood
studios. If you saw "Duel in
the Sun then you saw
opening and closing landscapes
painted by Reep with the
(Continued On Page 2
ED REEP, ARTIST IN-RESIDEMCE at ECU, left this
week for an extended trip to Berlin.
Presidential primary adds excitement
leave welfare
recipient'
JULIAN BOND, a Democratic Georgia state legislator,
was one of the three black leaders elected last weekend
as temporary co-chairmen of the Southern Black
Caucus.
off than they are now
A controversial resolution
also was passed demanding
"the United States government
end its denial of home rule to
the coMtinent of Africa-
through its economic and
political support of all
countries participating in
African colonization,
pa-tu ulanv Portugal and South
Africa
Several delegates objected to
naming Israel along with
Portugal and South Africa and
the final version made no
specific mention of Israel.
By NOEL VANCBY
Associated Press Writer
RALEIGH, N.C (AP)- A new
presidential preference primary
will add new excitement to
next year's elections in North
Carolina.
The presidential vote, to be
held next May 2 along with the
state's regular primaries, will be
watched nationally as an
important barometer on the
political climate in the South
It's not yet known which of
the presidential aspirants will
enter the North Carolina
contest, and it will not be
known until around the first of
Mext March, but the executive
secretary of the state Board of
Elections, Alex Brock, feels
"we're going to have a very
active primary
Nearly all of those who have
been mentioned as possible
contenders for the Democratic
piesideMi.il MommatioM have
indicated an interest in the
North Carolina primary, but
none has yet made a firm
commitment
These include Sen. George
McGovern, DSD, the only
announced indidaie foi the
Democratic nomination. He
said awhile back that he was
'definitely interested" in the
North Carolina primary
Others include Sen Henry
Jackson, D-Wash who visited
North Carolina last weekend
testing the political situation in
the state. Sen Birch Bayh.
D-Ind . and SeM Edmund
Muskie. D-Me . who visited the
state several months ago and
who has the endorsement of
Gov Bob Scott.
Supporters of Rep Wilbut
Mills. D-Ark the powerful
chairman of the House Ways
and Means Committee, have
made inquiries about the North
Carolina primary and so have
backers of Alabama Got
George Wallace, who still is
registered as a Democrat even
though hts backers have
formed a third party.
On the Republican side, the
elections board has had
inquiries from GOP party
officials who presumably are
interested in placing President
Nixon's name on the North
Carolina ballot and also from
Kep Paul McCloskey, R-Calit .
who may make the Vietnam
uui an issue in a "dump
Nixon" campaign
The machinery for the
N D r t hatolina primary
provides that the Board of
Elections shall select
na t i onall) recognized"
individuals as candidates, and
shall notify these candidates of
then selection b legistercd
mail
Those so selected who wish
to entei the primary can do so
by filling out and signing a
tiling form and paying a
$1,000 tiling lee Others
wishing to enter the primary
must submit petitions bearing
the signatures of 10.000
registered voters plus the
SI.000 fee.
The lout top vote-getters in
the May 2 election will receive
the backing of North Carolina's
vote on the first ballot at the
Democratic National
t onvention. The number of
convention votes each
candidates receives will depend
on the pctcentage of the
primary vote hi receives.
In this respt t, the North
Carolina primary differs from
most of the 21 other state
presidential primaries In some
of these states the vote is
simply a "popularity contest"
that he n? official effect on the
stales national convention
delegations In others, it is a
"winner-take all" proposition
in which the top candidate
receives the support of a state's
entite national convention
delegation, usually on the first
ballot
Asked if he did not leel the
big increase in the number of
presidential primaiies would
tend to lessen intcicst in the
North Carolina vote. Brock
said
"I think the fact that there
are 22 primaries now
will
almost force the candidates to
seek those primaries that are
most meaningful. From the
expressions I have heard, most
all of the candidates or their
aides have agieed that North
Carolina's pnmaiy is one of the
most meaningful
"Oui primaty will enable a
candidate to reap dividends for
his efforts here That's why I
think our pnmary will be
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" 11 ivial t oday reported
increasing concern about
depreciation" and
'obsolescence" of people in
the Federal government,
industry and acadeinia.
especially those job holder!
occupying executive suites
In effect, he said, a great
many government officials,
industrial executives and
university professors tail to
keep up with the limes They
fall "in ol step will) iapid
technological advances and
theii managerial concepts and
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John A Lang Jr . hiinselt .1
veteran careei official of 35
years in Federal service, told
the annual meeting ol the
Vcademy of Management that
p rob I e in ol ex ec ul ive
management have become so
chaotic that only a new system
would be able to handle .1
massive restructuring that is
needed
Lang, now ECU vice
president for External Affairs,
was until recently
administrative assistant to the
Secretary of the u Force, a
position he held for seven
years.
He proposed a "total
systems approach to the
Federal Civil Service designed
to permit competent personal
to progress in then careers as
rapidly as then talents and
energies allow He jlso sjk! the
ability and experience ot older
executives should be rec-
ognized but not to the extent
that it would block effective
operations a no greatei
efficiency
"Industry and government
have long been concerned with
the concept ot depreciation
and obsolescence of equipment
and facilities and other capital
investments he said The
subject of applying this
concept to the "executive
suite" is 'i increasing concern.
he said
In a more detailed papei.
lane reviewed "the dilemma"
o t depreciation and
obsolescence ot civil servants in
Federal executive suites,
including "the necessity tor
appreciation and replenishment
of an "aging" (and in many
cases a non ? responsive
executive work force
I'hesc executives, career
officials and highly ranked civil
servants, he said may be either
unwilling to do what is wanted.
01 they lack the ability to
perform as desired.
Through his own experience
in studying and handling
administrative affairs, he said
"we discovered that the long
time Civil Service executive
may have outlived his
use fullness through lack of
development of his potential;
or (hat his talents may not be
commensurate with the
position he occupies
He added that such a
jobholder may be unwilling or
incapable of accepting new
ideas or supporting new
policies.
"He may feel that his long
service has given him
knowledge and objectivity that
his new superior does not
possess or that the actions of
his new superior are politically
motivated
"On the other hand, the new
superior may feel a mandate to
msttute new policies and lo
strike out in new directions. He
may view, and rightly so, the
long-time employee an
Impediment to the adoption of
these new policies.that the
career Civil servant is
incompetent or uncooperative-
and possibly both - and
therefore must be removed or
placed in a less sensitive
position
But Lang pointed out that.
undei the present system, "in
most cases, the "satisfactory"
employee with long tenure
cannot be fired and feels an
entrenched vested right 10 the
specific position he occupies
Ellsberg expects jail
Nader claims guidelines
heavily'watered-down'
VASHINr.TflNI UPl. IP-ll, r,?,?? ? I .U. rsrr:
WASHINGTON (AP)- Ralph
Nader has assualted new
federal air pollution guide lines
lor state as a watered down
product of Nixon
administration infighting.
In a phone interview, Nader
said Ruckelshaus authored a
set of strong regulations which
included high standards for
auto exhaust emission, slate
inspections of cars now on the
road and strong requirements
for new pollution control
equipment in industry.
Bnt when the proposed
oni wiicii ine proposeu
More flexibity and freedom at Madison
MADISON, vv.s ,
Recommendations providing
"more flexibility and freedom
for students to plan their
programs of study " are
contained in the report of the
student-faculty c urricuhim
review committee ot the
University of
Wisconsin-Madison College of
Letters and Science
The report, while stressing
the importance of retaining the
"traditional high academic
standards o( the College
suggests important changes in
language, science, and
mathematics requirements
The committee recommends
such innovations as allowing
students to plan their own
majors, provided they make
them 'coherent and
meaningful" and can get them
approved, to do more
independent study; to try for
degree credit bv examination;
jud to graduate in less than
fout vcjis
The changes will permit
most students seeking j BA
degiee 10 complete the
language and math
requirements in high school. It
will also permit them to get the
baccalaureate degree in less
than lour years Students will
still need 120 academic credits
to graduate, but they can speed
the process by the proposed
c r e d 11 ? h v examination
provision
Recommended changes in
minimum requirements for the
bachelor of arts degree are as
follows
English Demonstrated
competence either through
examination or one semester
course in composition or
public speaking at the college
level, plus subsequent
certification of competence by
the major department or major
advisor
Foreign Language. "Four
units or the equivalent in
college level work in one
foreign language
Mathematics "Three units
of high school work, or the
equivalent in college level
work, including algebra and
geometry
Among other provisions is
addition of four credits to the
36 now required in the
humanities, social studies, and
natural sciences, the "breadth"
courses.
The bachelor of science
requirements recommended by
the committee include the
same credit provisions in
English, more credits in
mathematics and the natural
sciences, fewer in foreign
languages
The changes would also
allow inter-disciplinary majors;
allow LAS students to take 20
credits outside the college 111
any department; and increase
the "?normal" credit load
maximum from 17 to 18
credits a semester.
In the report, committee
members stated their
philosophy "In a world
undergoing dramatic and often
bewildering change, where
knowledge is accumulating at a
mind-boggling rate, the College
must constantly reassess its
educational objectives and
priorities, discarding the
outmoded, innovating new
approaches, and refreshing and
strengthening all aspects of its
programs
regulations reached the Of fie
of Management and Budget,
they were heavily watered
down, he said.
"This is the Cambodia of the
environmental movement
Nader said in reference to
President Nixon's decision to
send American troops into
Cai bodia in 1970. "Where do
we go from here"
The guidelines are so weak
Nader said, they violate the
intent of the Clean Air Act of
1O70
Nader said attempts by
Ruckelshaus to include
proposals that the states limit
highway construction in areas
of heavy pollution and a
permit system suggesting the '
states require polluting
industries to obtain licenses
were eliminated.
Muskie said his
the
into
s u b c 0 m mitt e e 011
environment will look
how the new guidelines stack
up against the 1970
antipollution law.
"Every concerned American
should be disappointed and
disturbed, as I am. about
reports that the White House-
has watered down proposals of
its own anti-pollution agency
for the implementation of the
l?70 Clean Air Act he said.
Ruckelshaus was unavailable
for comment on Nader's
charges but EPA issued a
statement with the guidelines
which said they would
"provide for the achievement
in a reasonable lime of air
quality levels that are
protective of personal comfort
and well-bemg.vegeta t ion.
materials, animals. Wtathtl
visibility and soil and watei "
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Dr
Daniel Ellsberg. charged with
unauthorized possession ot
secret government documents,
says he expects to be jailed He
has admitted releasing the
Pentagon papers to the press.
He made the prediction
Thursday night in an address at
a rally of the Southern
Christian ! eaderjhip
Conference.
"If it weren't for the
example set by the Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr I wouldn't be
where I am now, which is on
my
way Jail under
Indictment foi having found,
way to actively resist an ev,
war Ellsberg said.
Ellsburg, 40. a researcher u
Massachusetts Institute ,f
Technology, is to be arraigned
on the federal charge m 1,
Angeles Monday
He had access to the secret
i entagon papers, a study of
US involvement m Vietnam
as an employee ol the R3nd'
Corp a Santa Monica, Calif
firm which does research work
for the federal government
Taylor favored in poll
Start Quiet Sections'
at University of Maine
General Services Admin, converts cars
BOSTON (AP)You could get
your lace right next to the
exhaust and not see or smell
anything a government
inspector said of low-pollution
cars being put into use by the
General Services
Administration.
"These cars are about 95 per
cent emission-fu added
Robert W Kelly, an
automotive inspector for the
GSA
Eleven ol the vehicles,
powered by liquid natural gas,
were put into service this week
by the GSA and long-range
plans call for the agency to
convert all of its 49.500
vehicles across the country
within the next five years
Eighty-nine more are expected
to be ready here within a few
months.
The fuel system, however!
still is. at best, some distance
from the public market
Under the Clean Air Act of
1 970. manufacturers are
required to produce a virtually
"? ?nu? me country requireu 10 proau
Army's desertion rate
equals W.W.I I peak
WASHINGTON (AP)- Despite
the shrinking US combat role,
the army's desertion rate in the
Vietnam conflict has climbed
to the peak set in World War II
The number oft desertion
cases in the first 10 months of
the 1971 fiscal year, which
ended June 30. increased to
o8.449. the equivalent of lour
and one half combat divisions
Figures for the final two
months will push it even
higher
Desertion absent without
official leave for more tham 30
days - has been on the rise
since escalation of the Vietnam
war was begun in 1965. In
1968 the desertion rate
surpassed the Korean war high
"I 22 5 per 1000. but until
now it had been below that of
World War II
According to figures
supplied by the Army, the rate
of desertions for fiscal 1971 as
of April was 62 6 per 1000
men. compared with 52.3 for
allot'fiscal 1970 During World
War II the Army's desertion
rate hit a peak ot 63 for 1000
in 1944
The AWOL and desertion
rate for the Navy and Air
Force is almost miniscule
compared to that of the Army
and Marine Corps The
Marines, however, report a
decline in their desertion
figures from a high of 59 6 per
1000 in fiscal 1971 to 56.1 per
1000 last year
A great majority of deserters
either are picked up or
voluntarily return to their
units Because ol the legal
difficulty in proving intent or
never returning to duty, most
are tried on the lesser charge of
being AWOL
A Senate Armed Services
subcommittee accused the
Pentagon two years ago of a
lack ol concern and failure to
deal sternly with the thousands
of servicemen running awav
each year In response, the
Defense Department last
September established a
uniform policy for all the
services to follow in dealing
with deserters.
The Army blamed the
Vietnam war for the big
increase, citing some soldiers'
fear of being wounded or killed
in combat as the most frequent
reason for running away. Most
of those going AWOL did so
after receiving the Vietnam
orders, the Army said
But today the casualties are
down and fewer replacements
are being sent to the battle
zone - 15.000 a month
compared with 45.000 per
month in 1968.
Although the desertion rate
has reached a high. Army
officials say they are
encouraged by monthly
statistics showing the number
of runaways has dropped
slightly each month since
January.
Reep paints famous airports
(Continued From Paae il I I
pollution-free auto by 1976
But automakers have said it
will be impossible to mass
produce a substitute for the
internal combustion engine in
that time.
"Detroit is watching this
experiment closely said
Robert L. Kunzig. GSA
Administrator. "Perhaps
Detroit will come up with
something similar, or better
The government 1 rs have
their liquid natural gas stored ?
at 259 degrees below mo - in
an insulated 20 gallon tank in
the trunk. The gas costs the
government about 16 cents a
gallon, the same price it pays -
tax free - for regular gasoline,
but there is no lead in the fuel
and less wear on the engine
Cost of the unit and
installation, however, is the
problem. The price of the tank,
tubing and carburetor adapter
is about $750. Installation
takes two men a day, adding
another $100 to $150.
"It's expensive said James
Mullin. a GSA official. "For
the ordinary guy to put one of
these in his car. he'd have to be
pretty civic-minded
Kelly doesn't contend the
liquid natural gas cars are the
solution to the auto emission
problem.
"Look he said, "anything
that can get rid of pollution -
even a little bit - in cities like
this has got to be a good
thing
ORONO. Me (IP). "Quiet
Sections" will be established
this fall as an experimental
program for those wishing a
somewhat different life style
than now exists for most
students at the University of
Maine, according to Dwight
Rideout, associate dean of
student affairs at the Orono
campus.
The quiet areas will be
established on the fourth floors
of two male dornntones and
two sections of a woman's
dormitory. Approximately 80
spaces or rooms will be
involved in these quiet areas,
with the residents of these
spaces determining themselves
what study rules they wish to
maintain.
Rideout expects that
residents of the quiet areas will
not want the full option of
freedom in relation to visiting
hours and noise that ordinarily
exists in most dormitories.
"We would expect that
students wishing to reside in
the designated quiet areas will
be those already predisposed to
a life style calling for less noise
and shorter visiting hour
regulations in order to put
more emphasis on
concentrated study in their
rooms said Rideout.
He said the new concept was
decided upon as the result of a
survey which polled students
on their desires regarding quiet
areas for study. Some 100
students said they would like
such areas, but 60 of them
stipulated that it be in their
own dorms
Currently, each floor or
wing in a dormitory determines
its own study needs and
policies reflecting the feelings
0 the majority in each area.
Visiting hours are generally
standardized as from 12 noon
to 12 midn ight during
weekdays and 12 noon to I
a.m. weekends.
The "Quiet Section"
concept will be expanded or
altered based on this year's
results with the program, Dean
Rideout commented.
Lt Gov. Pat lav lor released
Sunday the results of a poll
which he said indicates he
would be favored in the race
for the Democratic nomination
to run for governor of North
Carolma in 1972. Taylor, who
had the poll conducted to
determine his strength, said 32
per cent of those Interviewed
said they would vote foi him.
24 pei cent foi Any Gen
Robert Morgan jik! 24 pet cent
foi othei possible Democratic
candidates
Twenty per cent ol those
questioned s.nd the) were
undecided
"I'm very encouraged by the
results of the poll Taylor said
111 an interview The poll was
conducted by Oliver Quay le of
New York, a professional
pollster.
Taylor, presiding officer of
the state Senate, has traveled
throughout North Carolina the
last three weeks to sample
public opinion on his chances
il he becomes a Democratic
candidate for governor
He said in April he was
Strongly considering the race
and would make a formal
announcement after (he
(-ener.il Assembly adjourned
He said Sunday he expects
to make the announcement m
about six or seven weeks
"I've found strong support
and encouragement ui my talks
with people about the state
said Taylor, a former speaker
ol the House.
Smith receives grant
Dr. A Mason Smith. ECU
biologist, has been awarded
$3,000 by the Research
Corporation of New York to
study the manufacture of
disease-resisting antibodies in
the carp
His ultimate goal is to
discover more about the nature
of the evolution of antibody
diversity in the higher animals.
including man whose immune
response to foreign substances
is more highly refined than
that of the carp, a fish
belonging to the lower
vertebrates
Smith is also researchuig the
connection between cancerous
tumors in fish and certain
industrial pollutants and
pesticide chemicals at Manteo,
the lower Roanoke River and
the Curntuck Sound
This project is pan of an
international task force
investigation by biologists in
the U.S England, Australia,
the Netherlands and Japan of
the relation between cancer
and environmental substances
in their respective areas.
Smith, who holds degrees
from N C State University, did
doctoral research ai the
National Cancer Institute ai
Bethesda. Md
Raleigh plan approved
RALEIGH (AP) The
Raleigh desegregation plan for
this year has received final
approval from US. District
Judge John D Larkins Jr.
Larkins signed an order
Saturday authorizing the
school board to proceed with
implementation of the plan it
submitted last month under
court order
The order instructed the
board to review the plan's
effectiveness before the end of
May. 1972. at which time it
should also consider
suggestions and changes from
parents and groups.
The order also restores the
Raleigh schools' eligibilnv for
new federal funds
The new plan devised by ihe
board "appears to achieve the
total desegregation of each
school throughout the dtj
school system and. when
implemented, should remove
trom the system the last
vestiges of prior state imposed
segregation. " Larkins said
Workshop's completed
Forty participants were
finishing last week a three
week workshop on federal
government publications. This
special workshop conducted by
Dr Gene D Lamer, chairman
of the Library Science
Department, began on July 19
and held its final session last
week.
Participants in the
workshop, representing all
types of libraries, were
involved in the study of the
forms, distribution, care and
utilization of all types of
federal government
publications.
Attention has been given to
publications of value in school,
public, college and university
media programs
Consultants representing
different types of libraries have
added to discussions and
answered questions for the
participants
(Continued From Paqe j
actors "matted" in to appear as
though they were m the desert
In a special "Life" edition
on a via 1 ion. Reep was
commissioned to do an enure
watercoloi scries on the
world's mosi famous airports.
In Look Ins courtroom
drawings brought to the public
1 lie 111111 dc 1 dial ol I ana
Turner's daughter. Cheryl
Crane
Oilier credits include Ihe
position .is Visiting Artist al
Southern Illinois University, a
Guggenheim Fellowship lor
cicative painting, and some
iwo dtcn liujjin prized in
competitions ihroughoul the
II.IIIOII
Reep says he has found
Carol main.is friendly, ihe
climate pleasant, and ihe
University a good place lo
work From this attitude has
grown his "Greenville Series"
currently in progiess al his
downtown studio
These sinking paintings, live
of them already completed.are
each five feel square and
, portray Eastern Carolina as
Reep sees 11. a liquid green
moon glowing over endless flal
fields dolled with tobacco
h J1"s. a confederate
monument standing before a
lowering domed courthouse
under a Disneyland sky.
niglitiall catching a huge Negro
worker in repose before .1
backdrop of golden tobacco
leaves, a sidewalk rising straight
J 11 d narrow into ihe
neo colonial portico of a
magnolia-shaded brick cottage
within die vivid colors of his
Greenville Series' one can
sense a kind of 1rrevere.1t and
jubilant love which the artist
has found in his new homt
Berlin this summer will mark
a sort of return from a 26-year
journey since Reep sketched
burning villages and struggling
men from the front scat of a
jeep Barbed wire and concrete
in a no-man's land arc as much
a pail of the human
inheritance as the devastation
of a declared war-they differ
only in thai they exist in
separate nines
T h e Pentagon has
commissioned Ed Reep i put
aside his current projects
temporarily and reduce to
pictures his impressions of The
Wall
They have made 1
choice.
wise
'
At the Palace of Weddings
in Leningrad marria?es arc
peiformed 10 hours a dav,
seven days a week. The charge
is $1.65 for the eight minute
ceremony.
Dump Nixon
(Continued From Pag? J
would lose its apolitical
character and take on a "Dump
Nixon" appearance.
Of the 14.? responses to a
student action qucslioiiaire.
only six said they were
Republicans and seven
identified themselves as
conservative 102 classified
themselves as liberal or radical
Eighty-six per cent said Nixon
should not be rceleeted. Of the
Democratic hopefuls. Sen
George McGovern was the
favorite.
ECU ARTIST DONALD SEXAUER. chairman of the
Prints Department, ECU School of Art. is in South
Vietnam this month observing, drawing and
photographing activity in the field. Sexauer was
commissioned by the Chief of Office of Military
History U S. Department of Defense, to contribute to
the military s archives and art collection. (ECU News
Bureau Photo).
Kosteck receives award
One way ticket available for $75 on
ECU Bonn Campus charter flight
from New York to Frankfurt,
Germany, having the morning of the
15, September, 1971 For further
information, contact Dr Indorf
Political Science Department
Gregory Kosteck of
Greenville lias been awarded a
scholarship to the Composers'
Conference. Vermont's
c o n I e m p o 1 a r y in usic
workshop.
Scholarships weie presented
to I') young composers from
Ihroughoul ihe United States
for the annual 26th conference
session, convening August 15
The conference will be held foi
two weeks on the campus of
Benmgtoii College.
Majoi funding support loi
the conference is provided by
the Nji1011.1l I ndowmcnl foi
ihe Ails by the Manila Baud
Rockefellci Fund foi Music.
Inc the Recording Industrie
Musk Performance rrtwt
I und. and In the Vciuioiil
( oiincil on the ns ru
Boys can't wear wigs
PROVO Utah (API fcVyama,
not WCJI wigs III school iu
more in Provo
The anti-wig regulation ?.is
added Wednesday lo the school
dress code b the Prow Board
1,1 I duc.ilioii
I lie diess coile.ils require
among othei ihmgj, ,i? n
?"I hah he cut above the
ecs and above ihe ,o.? (
dress shtrl
Fuuntainhead. Wednesday, ugust ix. 1971. Page '
Venceremos Brigade recruiting people to go toCuba
A MEMBER OF THE 2nd contingent
of the Venceremos Brigade
contributes to the record 8 12
million ton sugar harvest of 1970.
The following it a ? tatement from the Vtncinnoi Brigade
Committaa for North and South Carolina:
The Venceremos Brigade is a group of North Americans who
go to Cuba to break the blockade imposed on the island by the
U.S. governm nt and to learn for themselves about the country
that our government sees as communism's foothold m the "free
world" and that Cubans call "the first tree territory of the
Americas
In the past two years, four Brigades, composed mainly of
young people-students and workers-liave gone to Cuba to work
and learn. A typical brigade spends six weeks working with
Cubans in the fields: cutting sugar cane or planting, fertilizing and
harvesting citrus fruits. Then two weeks are spent touring the
isianu. iearmng about its history, culture, technology, agriculture,
schools, health care, ect. Brigade members also meet and talk
with members of the Cuban government and young people from
Indochina, Africa and Latin America.
The fifth Venceremos Brigade will leave the U.S. in January,
1972. Recruitment for this Brigade will take place during August
and September, 1971. Members of past Brigades are eager to talk
with interested persons or groups and to show slides and films
about Cuba and the Brigade.
If you andor your group would like to find out more about
Cuba, contact us and suggest dates on which you would like
speakers. The address for North and South Carolina is P.O. Box
5101, Fayetteville, or see Bob Malone at 701 Willow St
Greenville.
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BRIGAOISTAS REST IN the field during Merienda (snack break).
Faulty radar equipment
may have caused death
By JIM ADAMS
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - House
investigators reported Sunday
that faulty generators sold to
the Marine Corps "may have
contributed to combat
casualties" In Vietnam
The report by the House
Armed Services uivestigating
subcommittee dealt with what
it called "petty corruption in
low places
It spoke of a "tangled web
of contractor influence over
Marine Corps personnel" and
said one contractor's
Washington representative let
two Marine procurement
officers charge thousands of
dollars on a company credit
card.
Chaiiman Otis G. Pike,
D-N.Y said the
subcommittee's records are
being turned over to the
Justice Department for
possible criminal prosecution.
The generators that may
have contributed to combat
deaths, the report said, were
supposed to power three radar
units for locating enemy
mortars near Danang in
Vietnam-but one or another
unit was out of operatio for
up to a month at a time
because of brol down
generators.
The generators, built by
Consolidated Diesel Electric
Co. (CONDEC) of Stanford,
Conn were so faulty, the
report said, that the first 300
sent to Vietnam were out of
commission within five
months.
One sent to California was
found to have two of its three
pistons missing, the report said.
Christian Action
seeks drink test
CHARLOTTE (AP)- Wet forces
hope to be able to buy liquor
by the drink to celebrate the
new year in Charlotte and
Mecklenburg County.
But the drys are planning a
court test of the
consttuhonality of new state
enabling acts for mixed-drinks
elections in Mecklenburg and
Moore Counties
The drys. the statewide 1.7
million-member Christian
Action League, composed of
several church denominations,
have not decided whether they
will go to court before or after
the Mecklenburg vote,
scheduled for November 2.
They plan to meet within a
week to pick a leader for their
campaign in Mecklenburg
County and perhaps to decide
on when the test will be-
sought.
The state Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board has notified the
Mecklenburg County borad
that it has approved the
county's comprehensive plan
of rules and enforcement
should mixed drinks be voted
in.
Mecklenburg had tried to get
a mixed drinks bill through in
the 1967 and 1969 biennial
sessions. In 1965 after a study
of almost a year, the Charlotte
Chamber of Commerce
recommended mixed drinks for
Mecklenburg County.
Raymond King Jr
Charlotte insurance man who
will head the campaign for
mixed drinks in Mecklenburg,
says liquor by the drink is now
permitted in 44 states with 90
per cent of the population in
the United States.
Wechter gives
ECU manuscript
By WILLIAM A SHIRES
ECU Nawt Bureau
Neil Wise Wechter, the
schoo I teacheiauthor ol
Stumpy Point, N.C . has given
the original manuscript and
page proofs of her latest book,
"Swamp Girl to the ECU
library to assist aspiring writers
in learning method and
techniques.
The manuscript and proofs
of "Swamp Girl" will join
those of Mrs. Wechtcr's earlier
novels in a repository at Joyner
Library, the author's alma
mater. Eventually these will
become part of ECU'S growing
manuscript collection,
according to Wendell Smiley.
ECU librarian.
Mrs. Wechter, now retired
after teaching school and
writing for newspapers for
some 30 years, said she gave
the manuscripts to ECU
"proudly" and with the "hope
that they may be of some help
to other writers coming along.
She and her husband.
Robert William (Bob) Wechter,
live at Mrs. Wechter's old home
plantation on the Pamlico
Sound. Her novels, based on
coastal North Carolina settings,
locales and characters have
won wide acclaim "Swamp
Girl" was published in June.
Mrs. Wechter was born in
Stumpy Point, the daughter of
Enoch Raymon Wise, a relative
of Virginia's Civil War
governor. Henry Wise, and
Edith Casey Best, whose
ancestral home was County
Cork, Ireland. She holds three-
degrees from ECU and says "1
have all praise for the
wondetful English training I
received there. I consider
Greenville hy home away from
home
Her literary honors are
numerous, including the 1950
George Washington Gold Medal
presented by the Freedoms
Foundation, Valley Forge. Pa
for leaching and writing about
the American way of life. The
original of her play, "All
Aboard For Freedom is
buried in a steel crypt at Valley
Forge for posterity, not to be
opened until the year 2000
A.D
She has awards from ECU,
from the Guilford Fine Arts
Festival, the national teachers
medal from the Freedoms
Foundation, and the American
Association of University
Women's award for the best
young people's book, "Taffy
0f Torpedo Junction
published in 1957.
Fall Anti-War Offensive
A series of actions to protest the Vietnam war have been
planned for the fall, sponsered by the People's Coalition for Peace
and Justice and the National Peace Action Coalition. Additional
anti-war activity is expected to be announced at the conclusion of
the National Mayday Collectives "Gathering of the Tribe" now
being held in Atlanta. Actions planned so far include:
October 13? Nationwide Moratorium on business as usual in
as many communities across the country as possible. The
moratorium will include campus strikes, work stoppages, and
other actions.
October 14-15?Locally organized non-violent direct action
directed at Federal Government buildings and corporations
involved in perpetuating the war.
Octover 25?Vietnam Veteran Solidarity Day
November 6?Massive street demonstrations in 20 cities (in the
south demonstrations will be held in Atlanta and Tampa).
November 6 (evening)?A March for Life hi Washington. DC.
This March will continue throughout the night and into the next
day. Participants will carry the names of those who have signed
the People's Peace Treaty to the Congress.
November 7?Soul Rally. An inspirational protest rally
originally scheduled for last May 2 but postponed because of the
undeclared, but apparent, martial law in Washington.
November 8 and continuing?Massive non-violent direct action
in Washington designed to move the government to "set the date"
for the withdrawal of all American land, sea, and air forces from
Indochina
People wanting more information can contact the Peoples
Coalition for Peace and Justice, 1029 Vermont Ave. N.W
Washington. D.C 20005. the Atlanta Peace Action Coalition.
P.O. Box 77064, Atlanta. Ga. 30309. or MayDay. Box 6078.
Washington. D.C 20005.
I
Legalization
maybe not
far away
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harmless drug.
They have found that marijuana does not
automatically lead to hard drugs. They have
found that marijuana does not impair one's
judgment to the extent that alcohol does. They
have laughed off the 1937 scions who believed
that marijuana was the devil's plot to bring
about murder, rape, insanity, and degeneration
of society
In light of these new findings on marijuana
the estimated 10-12 million Americans who
regularly or occasionally use it are eagerlv
awaiting its legalization. The federal
government and most state governments have
lessened the penalties for first offenders with
marijuana Congress is considering proposals
that would make possession or use of marijuana
a misdemeanor. Surely, the "final step" to
legalization is not far away.
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Student Action Conference succeeds
Last w e kend's Student Action
( onferem f might well mark .1 turning
point m North Carolina electoral
pol tics "he youth caucus ol
approximately 100 college and high
si hool siiulcnts met tot three day s to
plan means In which concerted
student action could effect changes in
the stale's political and educational
sv stems
Workshops were held I riday to
dis iiss how students could best
theii political and economii. influence
in the forthcoming reform ol the
highci education svstcm. in the 1972
Presidential Preference Primary
mid in statewide votet registration
drives to get the x to 20 year-old
v,U' registered, cither in their home
counties 01 where they go to school
Othei seminars discussed the state's
drug laws the organization ol a
statewide student newspapet means
In which student governments could
gain a grea t e 1 inlinence 1 n
institutional policy, community-based
experiences, political party
involvement ami organization against
the wai the out of stjtc tuition
hike. visitation on campus mA
women's rights
On Saturday and Sunday students
organized Action Task Forces ol
individuals interested in working on
specific protects on the campuses or
in limit) Resolutions foi
areas toi immediate statewide student
action were proposed at a group
meeting Sunday afternoon Proposals
urged student involvement in voter
registration campaigns, in educational
reform in secondary and highci
education curriculums, appropriations.
tees and governance, in state and
national politics and in coordinated
statewide efforts by area campuses
Communications networks were set
u p he t we e n individuals and
institutions throughout the state to
coordinate campus efforts and
increase contact among area student
governments and campus newspapers.
The foundations were laid for a
statewide student organization whose
direction and level of participation in
the political arena will be determined
In the amount of interest and action
that conference participants can
stimulate in the State's colleges and
high schools
I he success of attempts to
mobilize diu organize the youth vote
.is .m effective voting bloc in North
i arolina's political affairs is
dependent directly i the success of
voter registration drives and court
suits to allow students to vote in
then college communities
I he prospect of a strong and
concerted campaign In youthful
voters to effect educational and
political reforms, both in the state
government policies and in its
institutions of learning, is a powerful
bargaining agent for students Student
power can become a reality through
the use of the ballot, but only if the
students register to vote and take an
active interest in the political and
educational decisions that affect their
lives
Indications at the Chapel Hill
conference were that, by and large,
student leaders across the state are
ready and eager to work for change
on their campuses and in their
communities They are ready to work
together throughout the state to
make student voices heard
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Straw vote shows student choices
political preference questionnaire
w.is distributed, on an optional basis
to the approximately 198 delegates
to last weekend's Student Action
( onference who registered on the
first day of the three-day meet
Results ol the sampling were
predictable for the most part, but
there were some suprises m the straw
vote
Of the 143 respondents. 32
(21.4 1 were high school students.
93 ((1 1 represented the state's
colleges and Universities and 18
(12.6 1 were listed as "others a
classication which included the
conference staff and workshop
leaders, most of whom were students
or recent graduates, from area
campuses, and members of the press.
Overall. HI (56.7) considered
themselves Democrats. 6 (4.2) had
Republican leanings, and 56 (39.1 1
expressed other or no pa ty
affiliations Conservatives, usually
reckoned as a decisive faction in
North Carolina politics, numbered
only 1 (4.8 1 in the sample: whereas
I iberals HI (56 7 1 and Radicals 21
(14" 1 overwhelmed Moderates: 25
1 r i and Undecideds: c (6.3 1
high percentage of those
questioned said that they would
register to vote. 138 (96.50 said
they would register or had registered
and 5 (3.5 1 said they would not
Only (4.8 I responses favored
President Nixon's reelection. 123
(8( 2 1 urged his defeat and 13 (99i )
were undecided Democrats and
Independents chose Sen George
McGovern, D-S.D by a narrow
margin as their most preferable
opponent foi Nixon, On the
presidential ballot. McGovern got 27
votes (IHH'i. Sen Edward Kennedy.
D Mass and Sen Edmund Muskie,
) Me tied with 1 votes (13.3)
c.uh and Ralph Nader. Eugene
McCarthy, Mayor John Lindsay, Sen,
Henry "Scoop" Jackson. D-Wash
Sen Hiuh Buyh and Sen Hubert
Humphrey received u few votes each
surprising 4o delegates (12 2 1
indicated no choice among the
picsidenti.il contenders,
()i si Republicans, three favored
Nixon's reelection, two voted for
GOP rebel Rep Paul N "Pete"
l.( loskcv. ami one chose California
k)t Ronald Re.i.e.in
n i.vci vvlu lining 6 I 6 pelieiil 88 I
ol th, ballots indicated ih.it they
i undci ided among Northarolina
gubernatorial 'candidates. Guilford
County State Sen Hargrave "Skipper"
Bowles generated the most enthusiasm
with 20 votes (14), Lt Gov Pat
Taylor trailed with 17 votes (11.9)
with Atty Gen Robert Morgan -close
behind with 1 2 votes (8.4)
Republican James Holshouser and
ECU President Leo Jenkins received
three votes i 2 : I each as gubernatorial
prospects
The results of the survey show
that more students are interested in
national politics and tl t a large
percentage of students are apathetic
to current choices for high office. An
overwhelming trend toward liberal
and radical views was evident both in
the ballot results and in the
conference workshops. The poll
indicates only the choices of student
"leaders however.
The student rank and file
undoubtedly will follow more
conservative trends than their elected
officials, but the shift to the right
will still leave the students far to the
left of their parents
The number and enthusiasm of
high school delegates to the
conference is also a foreshadowing of
incipient change Dress codes and
strict conduct regulations have served
to radicalize many of the state's high
school students whose votes will
reflect their anger and frustration
with North Carolina's secondary
school systems.
College students can be expected
to be much more liberal than their
predecessors The Vietnam conflict,
racial discrimination, the state of the
economy and educational reform will
be key issues on the state's
campuses
Judging from the level of
participation and interest in the
Student Action Conference, students
are moving toward a greater
involvement in the political and
educational systems that affect their
lives The effect of this increased
political participation in the 1972
election, when their will be 39
million elegible voters under 30 years
ol age will be great
If t h e e n e rg v a n d moral
commitment of the young is
channeled into the elective 'process,
great changes can be expected either
with the two major political parties
Ol in the form ol a new partv l?72
will be the veai and Nixon will be
the one to beat!
Student body presidents signs statement
The following statement was delivered
August 14 by Danny Clodlelter. student body
president of Davidson College. Davidson. North
Carolina, speaking on behalf of the student
body presidents and student leaders listed
below
This conference bears witness lo the
commitment of students from North Carolina
high schools, colleges, and technical institutes
to organize action on issues of statewide
concern But it is also time that we should
think aboui national issues as well.
Next war North Carolina will have its first
presidential preference primary. In that primary
the majority of college and a number of high
school students will be voting foi the first time
These new voters, registered and active, can
decisively affect the outcome of national and
state elections. It is for this reason that we feel
it important to challenge all candidates for
public office to respond to the issues of student
concern raised at this conference and elsewhere.
Our statement is not partisan-it is directed to
all political parlies and to all potential
candidates
What we seek is to force all candidates for
public office to confront squarely the young
population and respond specifically to the
questions young voters ask Students are not to
be considered as tools in the hands of any
campaign staff or candidate, but a definite
political force to be reckoned with.
Though as a group we are not endorsing any
candidate, there are certain issues, certain
criteria and priorities that potential candidates
for national and state elections must make
commitments on.
1). an immediate end to American military
involvement in the war in Southeast Asia.
2). a concerted diplomatic and economic
effort to end all hostilities in Vietnam
immediately and rebuild the region.
3). in order to make the ideals of racial and
sexual equality realities, a definite plan of
action to end overt and tacit forms of
discrimination.
4). strict enforcement of anti-pollution laws,
on a state as well as a federal level.
5). a nationwide program of local heroin
treatment and rehabilitation centers.
6). positive action to control the wage and
price spiral and to reduce unemployment,
SIGNATORS OF STATEMENT
(STUDENT BODY PRESIDENTS)
especially among blacks and veterans
7). a policv of governmental truthfulness on
all major national and state issues
We plan lo send lo each potential
presidential candidate copies ol this statement,
as well as to all majoi political parties, and lo
North Carolina's congressmen and senators We
will ask each o them to declare publicly and
directly their stands on these issues and we will
listen for their response
If Richard Nixon, or his Republican
challengers, think they can win without the
youth vote, they should think again. If the
Democratic parly believes it can automatically
count on the youth vote, then it should also
reasses strategy The candidates for state and
local office are even closer to economic and
social problems and must become creative,
innovative, sensitive servants of a public that
now includes young voters. It will not be the
cause celcbre or the hero we will follow this
time, but the issues The people who have been
obstacles in the paths of progress for the last
decade will be removed from office by a new
generation of voters.
We will be part of that generation.
BobbyBaucom Atlantic Christian College
Fred Barden Appalachian State University
Ed Boylan UNC Wilmington
Malcolm Carroll Rockingham Community College
Danny Clodfelter Davidson College
Glenn Groshaw East Carolina University
Chapped Green Cape Fear Technical Institute
Vandell Davis Barber-Scotia College
Gug Gusler N C. State University
Jay Hooper Catawba College
Terry Howard Winston Salem University
Sam Leonard Greensboro College
Greg Lockamy West Carolina University
Robie Ivkfarland UNC Greensboro
Chan Smith Duke University
Joe Stallings UNC Chapel Hill
Robert Strickland Pembroke State University
Charlie Sutton UNC Charlotte
J. Allen Winter N.C. Wesleyan College
Pot laws passed on erroneous information
By RICHARD HOWARD
StaM Writer
Beware! Young and Old-
People in All Walks of Life'
This (picture of a marijuana
cigarette) may be handed you
by the "friendly stranger It
contains the Killer Drug,
"Marijuana" -a powerful
narcotic in which lurks
Murder! Insanity' Death'
Just prior to the passage of the Federal
Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 the above
advertisement circulated throughout the United
States. Such was the propaganda that swept the
country in the mid-1930's concerning
marijuana.
Ii was with the help of such alarming and
erroneous literature that Congress, in 1937, was
influenced to pass the United State's initial
anti-marijuana law.
After (he passage of this harsh law the
respective states passed their own
anti-marijuana laws, many of which were more
rigid than ihe federal law. It is hard to believe
that sentences of life imprisonment and death
were meted out to first offenders for simple
possession, but it is true
In time, however, the veil of mystery that
had surrounded the "killer drug marijuana,
began to lift But the veil has not been lifted
completely, but much more is known about
marijuana and its effects than we did 20-30
ycais ago.
Seven years after the passage of the 1937
Marijuana Act. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of
New York ordered a special commission to
study marijuana in his city The commission
report was submitted in 1944, and in the
introduction LaGuardia said, "I am glad that
the ills attributed to marijuana have been found
to be exaggerated as far as the city of New
York is concerned Simply stated. LaGuardia's
commission found that marijuana use did not
necessarily lead to "hard" drugs and that it was
less of a problem than alcohol.
A study made three years ago by the Bureau
of Motor Vehicles in the stale of Washington
found marijuana to have fewer effects on
drivers than alcohol.
The Washington study is further
substantiated by a study conducted recently
by Arthur Crancer Jr on the comparative
effects nl marijuana and alcohol on simulated
driving performance Craneet found that
subjects experiencing a marijuana "high' had
more speedoinetei errors than under control
conditions, hut showed no significant
difference in accelerator, brake signal, and
steering errors
The same subjects, intoxicated with alcohol.
had more accelerator, brake, signal, and
speedometer errors than under control
conditions, but displayed no significant
differences in steering errors.
Of his study Crancei says, "Results suggest
that impairment in simulated driving
performance is not a function of increased
marijuana dosage or inexperience with the
drug
The above are only a few examples of studies
done with marijuana, but they are indicative of
nearly all current scientific research Most
scientists agree that marijuana is a relatively
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escalation of Love will quell a broken heart and
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enlightenment of chance is pursued fy
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May the chaos of a world aflame be engulfed
in My endless Love, so that a brighter
tomorrow will ensue and the light of Love will
be lit in every blessed heart throughout the
world
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Never, at anytime, will My Holy Name be
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Reply to Grimes
To Fountainhead
In reply lo the letter by Vivian II Grimes m
the last issue of the h'ountamhoid. I would like
to congradulate Miss Grimes on ihe
astuteness of her observations However, there
is one minor point that I would like to
mention.
She stated
"that it is the white man who has been
violent: from the destruction of the American
Indian to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther
King and the Vietnamese people Whites have
always and will continue to use any form of
violence to achieve their own goals '
Being a white myself, I will most heartily
concur with this overgeneialiaiion but wait
Maybe we had better include the Japanese.
Don't forget, they wanted ihe entire Pacific
area-including Pearl Harbor. Of course, we
shouldn't leave out the Chinese, especially the
Boxers Then there are the Vietnamese
themselves who have been fighting among
themselves for the last 500 years And I almost
forgot about the Huks of the Philippines In
addition, there were the anti-Gandhi factions in
India, the West Pakistanis, and others. Also
don't forget the Moslem Holy Wars And i
course, there were the Greeks under Alexander
the Germans under Hitler-but I forget
myself-thcse were whites, weren't they '
Closer to home. I would suggest (iiat Vivian
Grimes stop in at the Emergency Room ai Put
Memorial Hospital and ask whom the majority
of the "street surgeons" are. Then, again who
held the gun to the judge's head ,? ,?
California courtroomand laiei pull the triage.
On a late, scale whal cokn arc the
Sudanesc-and Bialrans. as well as the Mau-M his
The mam ,???, ,s thai Kttn be
classified as violent when I ,eallv have ? n?
bt'l'n violent. I w, throw d (?
temper-tantrum every now atnj ,U.? hut that's
Ull.
I am sure Vivian Crime would roseni k
racially classed as violent from ihe .J
examples above So let v ea,cfu ?
ovcrgenerallationi and maybe one more
will be made towards
equality
reconciliation Jn(
Sincerely
LeeRoge, Taylor J,
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