The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1961-01-19
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by Tiff Mckay

10 get new PRESIDENT. AFTER
eight years, Ike and Hugo have
stepped down, thus ending chap
tiers in the lives of Hugo, the
modern model for Horatio Alger,
an immigrant boy who rose from
poverty to a post of high honor
and responsibility with no formal
education and little government
interference or assistance; and
Ike, a national hero, a militarist
who was acclaimed as the liber-
ator of the free world, a man
who spent all his adult life in
government service, and none
but the last eight years as a
civilian.
In my mind, Eisenhower will
be thought of as the President
who wanted more than anything
TO be remembered not only as
a world conquerer in time of
war, but also as the man who
brought la sting peace to the
world. The pathos of his failure
TO accomplish the latter aim is
almost tear-jerking in his last
state of the union message to
Congress - the speech in which
he seemed not to face the facts
of the state of the union, but
rather TO try to write his own
history of his eight years as Pres
ident of the U. S. Eisenhower's
main pitches when campaigning
always were peace, progress,
prosperity and prudence in gov
eminent spending. His greatest
accomplishment as President, he
says, was the preservation of
peace despite a troubled world.
Admittedly, the us. is now at
peace insofar as the lack of
shooting wars is concerned. But
there are currently more people
unemployed than there have been
since the pre-World War ii days.
The national debt is higher than
il ever has been. Russia has equal
led, or surpassed, the U. S. in the
field of space and science. Pros
perity is only reflected in the
surplus of time left between pay
days, or unemployment compen-
sation, or welfare checks. And
the whole world sits on a powder
keg.
/ don't doubt the sincerity of
Ike's motives as President, but
I believe even the most partisan
politician will have some facing
up to do" when he reviews the
results of eight years of Eisen-
hover Administration.
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As for Hugo's tenure in office:
/ still remember a campaign
speech he made the night be-
fore the election of 1852 - the
election resulting in his first
term as Governor. He made con-
siderable point of the fact that
John Bonner, then Governor,
travelled extensively. AS Hugo put
il, Bonner made trips to every
bridge dedication in Montana.
'If I'm elected" Hugo said, II
won't be a travelling Governor.
I'll be right in my office all the
time, and the door will be open
so all the people in Montana can
see what their Governor is do
ing" I'll wager that Hugo open
ed airplane doors either leaving
or returning TO the state more
than he opened his office doors
10 "the folks back home" DsyI
for day, pound for pound. or anyl
other way you want to look at
il, I'll bet Hugo did more travel
ing than any other Governor in
Montana history.
Most politicians seem to think
they can set things right by max
ing their last acts in office fam
bouyant, voter appealing, and
full of efficiency. Take for ex-
ample the last acts of Eisenhow-
err. First he ordered that all serv-
icemen's dependents must be re-
turned from overseas as a means
Of strengthening the dollar. To
further this end, he also ordered
that all citizens of the U. S. in
foreign countries must dispose of
their gold holdings outside the
U. S. by June of 1861. In foreign
affairs, he broke off diplomatic
relations with Cuba, stating that
the u. S. has taken all ii can
from an upstart Castro. Then he
a budget to Congress
which, he said, could be balanced
II Congress and the administra-
ton would meet their RESPONSE
biIities by increasing national
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