The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1962-02-01
From The SideIines
BY Iliff Mckay

The first political stir, county
wise, came with the unusual Jan
uary thaw when James A. art
Perrine of Cut Bank announced
that he would file as candidate
for State Representative on the
Republican ticket from Glacier
county.
Art is now owner of the Plains
Hotel in Cut Bank and Is no
longer in the ranching business
thus, the name of a pioneer fam
lily no longer reflexes one OF the
reservation landmarks-the Per
rine Ranch. But still. Art will no
doubt be best called to mind by
the old timers simply as, jim
Perrine's son.
Although he and / are Of oppo
site political affiliation, know
Art well; and he wouldn't be
hard to take as a State Represen
tatiye. From working with him
two years on the Tribal Council
In know him to be sincere and
capable.
The subsurface rumblings in
Tribal politics are beginning to
make themselves heard. and felt
Like most people. I don't know
where the time goes: but it will
be a matter of only three months
around May 5-until the notice
for the biennial Tribal Council
elections Is issued By the Tribal
Council.
As provided by the Tribes
Constitution, the election will be
held the third Tuesday in June;
and candidates must file not
later than fifteen days before
the date of election. Also as pro-
vided in the constitution, the
council in office will lay down
the rules under which the elec'
ton will be conducted, including
the filing fee, the district boun'
daries, and the hours during
which the polls will be open.
So, this spring IL a man Tor
woman's) fancy does not lightly
turn to thoughts of love, IL will
turn laboriously to thoughts OF
politics.
From the zone to watch depart
ment" comes this note: A move
Is under way in the u. s. Deprt'
ment of Interior to increase the
terms of oil and gas leases on
Indian land from their present
terms of ten years and so long
thereafter as oil and gas is found
in commercial quantities, to an
indefinite term.
This would mean that Indian
land could be leased for oil and
gas mining purposes for an in
definite length of time; provid'
ing, of course, that the lessee
paid the rentals called for in the
lease. To my knowledge, no drill
ing requirements are contemplat
ed in the proposed change in
regulations.
A hot national issue has been
the right of the President, or
officers and employees desiT7at
ed by him, to review the speech
es of military men before the
speech is made; and to eliminate
or suggest elimination, parts OF
such speeches which are felt to
be contrary to the best interests
of the United States.
Most people who oppose such
review call il "unwrranted cen
sorship," and a violation of the
free speech guarantee in the us
Constitution. Those who favor
such review claim such review
is proper, and in some cases nee
essary to prevent harmful inter
probation of the foreign policy
of the u. S.
believe such review serves q
useful purpose. In the first place
generals and other high. ranking
military men are not political
thinkers. They have spent life
time being schooled in the sci
ence of combat; consequently
their thoughts may very well be
"war-oriented." After all, under
our form Of government we dc
not depend upon generals to i'm
prove our relations with the resi-
of the world. At least, not while
they are in military service.
But there are some countrie:
which do depend upon general:
for their foreign, and domestic
policies. We must recognize this
What may to us be an expression
of petty, inter-service rivalry
may be to people in another
country official notice that thu
u. S. is girding for war.
II is one of the well settled
facts of life that an employees
should do nothing to jeapordizc
the business of his employer