Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-11-28
Kennedy Died In Line Of
Duty, Even AS Lincoln

=. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
-. time to time with the blood of patriots and
- despots. 1t is it's natural manure.-ThOmas
jefferson.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of
an assassin's bullet even as predecessor Abraham
Lincoln, died in the cause Of liberty justice and
freedom for all people.
President John Kennedy like Abraham Lincoln
IS martyr to the cause of human rights and de-
cency. His death should the entire nation to
re-examine any unresolved problem, domestic or
international which would cause the public murder
Of dedicated public servant who sought to serve the
interests Of all the people. A state Of mind which
would cause the bombing of a church Sunday schoo
in our country would not spare President fro:
assassination.
Kennedy joined Medgar Evers the Mississippi
NAACP officials who was gunned down in front Of
his home for advocating freedom for us. Negroes;
the six young Negroes who were victims Of bombers
and other assasins in the streets of Birmingham, ir
giving his life for freedom and justice.
President Kennedy's death may be attributed to
a number of reasons beside the civil rights issue by
many but this newspaper believes the rights issue
was an overriding influence in the tragedy. The
personal attacks of the Faubuses the Barnetts
the Wallaces John Kennedy and his brother are
many extremists resort to murder.
The reports at hand indicate that fanatical
devotee of Mar1dsm and Ffdel Castro pulled the
trigger which took the life of the President this
Is true it reinfoces earlier statement that Ken,
nedy was victim Of the forces opposed to freedom
and justice. Both the left and the right in our
country and elsewhere were rejected by John Ken
nedy and he became a symbol Of their fear of the
achievement of true liberty, freedom and democr. cy
in the world
Many American recalling the customs and
lack of respect for law and order which caused the
death Of Medgar Evers breathed a sigh Of relief
that the actual assassination could not be traced
directly to anger in the South at the Presidents
civil rights posture.
1t is true that in our preoccupation with the VIC
iolY attacks of the extreme right in this country
against Kennedy a President, and most shame
fully personality, have often forgotten that
just vicious and unprincpaled the ghtists and
racists the extreme left represented by the
Communists and leftist oriented groups in the us.
Of the many members Of Congress who ex-
pressed thoughts on the tragedy the most forth
right we read or heard were those remarks Of Con-
gressman Hale Boggs of Louisiana who attributed
the assassination to the climate of personal hatred of
the President which he had cautioned the people of
his native Louisiana against in a speech in New
civil rights advocate, had the courage and convc-
tion to offer the hatred stirred up by the racists
a contributing factor in Fridays great tragedy.
President Kennedy may have been the victim
of the split personality, a national characteristic
which has continued in this nation-a personality
that allows to sing praises to republic for its
liberty justice. freedom, and equahty-even we
know that In fact 1t does not exist for at least 10
per cent of our population. Most certainly he wgor
ously opposed our national schizophrenia.
In this nation we have been relatively free o.
political murders, but there is a growing virulence
which is best represented by the political rghtsts
in this nation which indicate that such assassination
Of political leaders occurred Friday may become
a new phase of American life it has been in less
fortunate countries.
It can hope that the horrible murder Of our
national leader win shock the conscience of our
nation that we return to sanity and face the need
to get our moral house In order-a cause and hope
for which President Kennedy died