The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1960-04-07
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going to be something Of a record
political year IS far as the mum
Der OF candidates seeking nomin
atoms for the various offices is
concerned. particularly on tho
state level The list Of candidates
for the u. S. Senatorial posts
and Representative seas is prac
tically bewildering. ard il is get,
ting 70 be a case OF out and-0ut
inter-psTty scalping.
We. as voters, will row De sub
iected 10 the same OLD political
hog-wash that we can REMAINDER
since we frs; opened our politi-
cal science books away back
when OF course a lot OF new
angles have been added. as well
as a lot of new adiectives and
adverbs but they do not
change the color or breeding OF
the horses in the running.
Practically every politician who
ever ran for office has promised
financial relief In one form or
another, or in several forms
They have promised TO 60 into
office with their sleeves rolled
up and clean house TO once and
for all rid the overburdened tax
payer OF his painful financial bur
dens: but, as we look over the
long list of candidates and their
Star-lighted promises, We find
them getting fatter on our tax
dollars, along with the rest of
the world and we are the ones
who have had to roll our sleeves
higher
Political education for the tax
payer is indeed an education,
and a mighty expensive one. A
lot Of people probably won't
agree with us, but what we need
is a lot more Teddy RoOseveIts
and Joe McCarthys, and a lot
less officials with big families
and too many friends to put on
the payroll!
And speaking of politics - we
find a similar impact in almost
every phase of public and bust
ness life take education for
instance. We think the word edu-
cation is being tossed around in
a scandalous manner, and has
been for a number of years.
Don't .lisGEdersland us. We.
are for education and have al
ways supported it in its every
form. We believe that education
is the foundation for everything
one can mention but We also
believe that the word education
is being applied to a lot of I'M
related subjects and that the
word is being tossed around so
carelessly il will soon lose its
true meaning.
What We are really trying to
say is that organizations are
working within the educational
organization which contribute
nothing to the subject at all. In
fact. these elements have al
ready become so specialized in
the art that when a sO-called
educational issue" Is being dis
cussed or promoted, the person
who raises any question as 10 the
need or reason for the promo
ton is Immediately branded I'M
patriotic or blasphemOus II he
dis7grees.
In other words, we are suppos-
ed 20 agree and contribute TO
any proposition titled For Bet
ter Education" regardless OF its
actual need, purpose, cost or con-
Germ TO the small group who are
promoting II.
We NAV be old fashioned, and
will agree that we are at times.
but we have for many years CIV
en- careful scrutiny to the PROD
ucts as compared with the cc2
and we can't help but won
der If our beautiful and moder7
educational institutions have i'm
proved the product
We do not believe that the
quality of our diploma-carryi7g
product depends on the amount
az money we sped per capita
we believe it depends on
how and what we spend II for.
In comparison it might be sid
that the excessive expenditures
in education are fast becoming
like most OF our governmental
agencies a costly burden on
the public. much of which we
can do without
The public is beginning 70
wake up and ask Why" to a lot
Of questions