The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1961-05-25

of sOft-headed radicals or drivel
ing crackpots. II seems the fash
ion nowadays for the studen.
class 10 belong TO radical fra
ternities or a phalanx Of Beats
that seize upon every opportun
ity TO make themselves conspic
uOuS by INDUCING in mass demon
STATIONS and riots. II seems &c
make little difference what thu
cause might be. right, left. good
or bad, just as long as they make
the headlines and attract atten
ton as self-styled advocates of
a reversed opinion.
The question that bothers me
is what kind Of leadership and
diplomats will our country have
in a generation or two TO come?
or course we realize that all
students and all Of the younger
generation are not Of this per
sOnality or mind. and that the
sincere and sensible ones are in
a large majority but. the
bOrderline and easily influenced
society Of cOnfederates will GER
tainly grow. and certainly their
radical influence will present
greater problems.
What kind of minds permit the
body 10 become a part of such
ScandslOus demonstrations as we
have witnessed in recent months
and more recent days. The San
Francisco riot, the Freedom Rid
ers and others! IL seems that we
are taking a page from the Euro
pean practices where students
have forced themselves into be
ing dubbed into an orderly so
ciety-
With Us trying TO convince the
world. and particularly the more
backward nations Of the newly
proclaimed free nations. that our
way Of doing things is right and
proper and Democracy Is the
passport 10 freedom and pros
perity. We are presenting one Of
the most harmful and reprehens.
ible pictures possible. The mis-
usage Of our academic and char
tered rights Of asSemblage may
indeed prove 10 be a great thorn
in our road TO progress and world
leadership.
Nov that official word has con
firmed the coming meeting Of
President Kennedy and Nikita
Krushchev in Vienna. Austria,
the world awaits what may be the
great decision prompting world
peace.
We are Of the opinion that this
meeting will produce nothing in
the way Of world peace or dis
armament. II will only afford
Nikita with another opportunity
10 insult US with a new barrage of
verbal accusations and 10 walk
out on the meeting. again max
ing US the laughing stock Of the
world I can't think of any
thing ! would rather be wrong
about. but until the communists
change their dedicated creed for
world domination. will hold 10
this opinion
II seems that every man on the
street knows You can't make
peace with the communists"
that Is TO say. every one except
the leaders Of our country.
For those who think the days
Of the wild west are gone. let US
toss in this one: Cattle rustling
has become 50 bad In a couple
Of sections Of the state that the
stockmen have formed an or
ganiZation Of their own TO com
bat the activity. The organiza
ton. besides offering rewards,
has hired night riders TO report
any suspicious movements Of
livestock
Castro has placed a new low
valuation on human life. His lat
est offer 10 exchange loo pris
.oners captured in the invasion
for 500 tractors and bulldozers
tops them all
Immediately citizen groups
have set out TO raise the equiv
alent in cash in case the tractors
can't be made available.
We will 90 along with Senator
Capehart who says, Yields tc
Castro's blackmail will make US
the laughing stock Of the world.
We will lay odds that we come
up with the tractors or the cash
as crazy as IL seems. The value
Of a mans life Is apparently
equal TO two tractors We wonder
how many tractors Castro thinks
he is worth
The latest proposal, and com
ing from President Kennedy OF
ali persons. is that he will rec
ommend q tax deduction for the
amount all individuals donate 10
wards the purchase OF tractors
Cor Casfrn