The Glacier reporter., 1963-11-14
a MINUTE
WITH MI

The death OF young John Hor-
land. Brownings i7termeCi1lo
srhCcl teacher who h74 ius.
started his career following nj.
Ne-sitv graduation. was iriro4
great shock TO this community
!, is always difficult to u~der-
sta0d why such sincere e!'rr's
and young lives are cut off 50
svddl lly and violently as was
this Young mans
John was a dadic7'od NAV
dcdlcated 10 the good of. a7H
hoI7ing others through teaching
HIS students liked ard Respected
him He was understanding 0r
:Scir wants and needs. and would
no doubt have been 4 gre ~ m1ld
or Of the type o. personality we
- badly need in this and every
community
We do not mean TO eulCErZP
because We are not quaIirie1
through the brief time we knew
this young man. but there is
alwavS an unmlstakable mark or
char7ctcris'i that stands out il
a persons good caIibre. and we
bcllev" John was such a person
This fact Is substantiatei
through the respect accorded him
Nv his students This community
has irdced suffered a great un-
comNrchcrdablc loss
The latest report on COmmu-
nrsts visiting this country is that
ll'tle over half OF the United
safes has been declared as of
Limits" TO the visitors We
could comment. About time
don't think there is much
doubt that il ii was left uD IN
the man who pays the policy
makers wages. the whole cOuT-
Try would be declared off limits
10 these sOul-grinders For years
we have been inviting the com.
rru~ISts 10 visit our country. and
conducting tours TO the most
vital centers Of defense. showing
and explaining in detail the 0DrT-
alton Cf our selI-suTvivaI Sys
TENS. Actually. there seemed -
he Ii;tIe need for them 10 se-d
n spies for the purpose Of gath
cring this information We so free
ly offered
To counter such statements
the administration has always .
assured the public that nothing .
important had been revealed or
that the visitors had been able .
10 gather any information other /
than what the officials wanted /
them to
There are just more than
few cases on record where the
government was as:Ounded at
what our intelligent visitors
could piece together after the
omen arms tours Such actions
always reminds me of the case
during World War II when
couple OF daily cOlumnists.
dressed as Nazi officers. strolled
the streets Of Washington and
New York unmOlested or even
questioned. for days al a time.
II seems that we are overly
free with vital information TO
our enemies. and too closed
mouth with the American pub
lie relative to what IS really go
ing on and why,
The diplomats and bureau
Gratis have always assumed the
air that the American taxpayers
were too unintelligent to be told
the truth. and that they are the
only ones capable OF comprehend
ing q national situation.
AID now comes the story that
CambCdia. far eastern hot spot,
is going 10 kick out our troops
and turn down our foreign aid
program. and probably accept
Russian aid. We could say little
more than good"
CambOdia Is another country
whose favor we have been al
tempting to buy with dollars. and
we have succeeded only so far
as TO build them up TO where
they are now strong enough TO
saw ito hell with you
We have not only poured mil
lions annually into this country.
hut much of our foreign aid to
Russia and Tito has been trans
tered TO CambOdia under the
label of Communism In other
words. We have given to Mr. X
and Tito who have in turn given
n Cambodia- One shining eX-
ample is the new multi-million