The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1961-05-04
From The Sidelines
by Tiff Mckay

was my hope that | could arouse
the curiosity of the reader to the
point where you would feel COM
PEELED to inquire more deeply
into some of the subjects | have
only touched upon for lack of
time and space. | hope | have
been successful in my effort.
What / have tried to say. in
roundabout way, is that world
and national affairs can and
should be directly related to local
affairs. Most of us are too in
clined to think that what is hap
pening in the rest of the world
cannot concern us less because
it does not directly affect our
daily lives. This may have been
true once, but il is not true now.
New ways of travel and new
ways of communication have
made almost every country in
the world our next door neigh
bors. And If you can't get along
with your neighbors, you'd bet
ter move to a new neighborhood.
But as world citizens, where
can we move? Surprising we can
move to the moon, will we find
il is over-populated by Russians?
Such a move, of course, is i'm
possible in the forseeable future.
We must therefore resign our
selves to living the best life I'M
der the worst conditions until we
can bring about their betterment.
Again, as world citizens, this be-
comes a personal responsibility.
Speaking of moving to the
moon, the us. can't seem to get
into outer space. Heavy, leaden
skies caused a postponement of
manned space flight Tuesday
morning. This flight may have
already taken place by the time
you read this. But if the US. is
to catch the Russians in space
exploration, we've got to get the
lead out of our astronaut.
Castro, in his May day speech,
declared that the new Cuba was
not Communist, but was the first
truly socialist state in the west.
ern hemisphere. Then he went
on to say that elections were the
work of imperialists and were not
necessary in such Heaven as he
would create. In fact, to make
sure that there was no misinter-
probation of what constitutes
Heaven, he also served notice
that no foreign born or trained
priests would be allowed in the
new Cuba. Call il what you will,
the fact remains that Castro has
convinced himself that the PEG
pie of his country do not need
their freedom as badly as they
need Castro. You could call his
government Capitalism, and il
wouldn't alter the fact that the
people in Cuba now exist for the
State and not the State for the
people.
l am again reminded of Mr..
Robert WEIGH, the founder of
the John Birch Society, saying
that he did not declare that the
us. form of government was a
perennial fraud. What he did say,
according to him was that democ-
racy is a perennial fraud; but
this does not apply to the form
of government of the US. be-
cause the US. is a Republic, not
a Democracy.
Like Shakespeare rose, such
secret societies smell as bad re-
CARELESS of name.
am truly grateful for the OPP
portunity Mr.. Fields, Editor of
The Glacier Reporter, has given
me to sound off in this weekly
column. / am sure our views
have not always been the same,
but despite that fact that Mr..
Fields owns the paper, he has
never tried to tell me what and
how to write.
The coming of the summer sea-
son forces me to abandon my role
as self-styled journalist. Until
fall, my efforts will be directed
toward making the best darned
hamburgers you've ever tasted.
The Junction Drive Inn uses no
trick advertising. nor do We fea-
ture "come-on" bargains. The
only thing that goes into juno
ton Drive Inn hamburger besides
the meat is the best wishes of
the management. No additives,
no second class products. Only
the best.
Incidentally, we will be open
this Saturday. May 6.
So, how do we part? Shall it
be on a sour note, in keeping
with the state of affairs of the
world and the nation? Shall il be