The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1960-05-26
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JUST uEAoAE VIC 81 ~ pass "
learn that the United Nations
has turned thumbs down or
branding the United States Is
an aggressOr because OF the u
spy plane incident
Generally. il was not expecte5
otherwise. although the Russians
left no stone unturned in an ef
fort TO place US in bad SPOT.
Krushchev has always m7i7
'ainPd that the u y. was rugged
in favor Of the western nations
and this latest decision will nc
doubt prompt renewed blasts al
all nations voting against the
Russian proposal.
II is easy 10 criticize the pres
ent administration for the un
fortunate predicament we find
ourselves in. as a nation
but. on the other hand, what
kind Of criticism would be level
ed at the administration in the
event Of a surprise attack by the
Russians? The first question
would be. Where were our in
teIIigence agencies. and what
were they dOing?"
II seems a pity 10 US that both
parties can't join forces to make
our stand stronger. information
ally. rather than level critical
blasts such as has been happen
ing. . Actually, we find a group
of has beens and would-be's doing
most of the hOIlering in this
case. Stevenson has certainly
turned his own party against him
Even "Give-'em Hell Harry" say:
Stevenson is way out and far of
base, and that is quite something
coming from Harry.
This week we find another
group of young people taking
leave from the alma mater TO &c
on to fields of higher education
or into the pursuits Of making q
living. We extend our personal
congratulations and wish them
the best of luck
Everyone is glad at this time oil
the year when school is out, par
ticularly the students and teach
ers. II is the sort Of thing one
looks forward TO, but when II
happens the feeling isn't quite
as joyful as was expected. For the
young folks there is fishing
swimming. sports and recreation
10 look forward to land an occa
sional hitch al the lawn mower
For the teachers there is sum
mer school, an occasional vaca'
ton trip. but generally a score
of home duties that have long
been neglected &c Anyway, there
is q breather between the ringing
Of the school bell
Politics. yes. They are really
boiling from the county level up
into the state and national, This
is the time of year the printers
like. but on the other hand,
everything piles up and things
become quite a mess around the
shops
As for ourselves, we play nc
favori;es as far as publicity goes
First come. first served and the
winner takes all -. When we
90 TO the polls it's a different
story and we carefully select the
man we think best suited and
capable for the job.
We are not the dyed-in-the
wool party follower, and have
always been able TO find a lot Of
faults with the straight party
line approach. We have Away:
liked 10 sort out what we con
slider the good from the bad
and dislike the times we have Il
vote a straight party ticket
The Good Lord is not respon
sible for any political party. Tha
Is something man, himself, ha'
created and possibly no
without good intent, but we az
find many incapable and un-
qualified candidates seeking var
ious offices who ride the part!
70 death and OCCASIONAL!
TO defeat.
II is at election time that thu
individual candidate becomes
pure and crowned with a hale
while the rest of the boy
attempting to climb the fenc'
become smeared and villainoui
It's truly a great show.