The Glacier reporter., 1963-09-26
WEATHER
a MINUTE
WITH MI

Ills has Deel a pad week 10
the editor He has been torn be
tween making a trip to Grea
Fall, TO see the president. or &c:
ting the paper out. We did hav,
an invitation TO bare our soul I,
the security soeEts and sit in tn,
press box II We passed. but ",
also tcl; CblIg-ted - get the pa
per out 50 here we are. anC
there he Is - neither missi~g thu
lther - anv great extent
We felt that as lone as the gov
crnor had decided - be on hand
there would actually be little use
Of our going In fact. We decide
lDrz ,:mc AGO that We had bet
to stay on the lob 10 earn tios,
extra fcw bucks that NAV 20 10
ward, paying Mr. KeHnedy's cX
penses-
This trip IS experilv timed. and
ll:hUugh the president and hIs
staff dc-v anv political tie-in. wo
can hcl0 but feel that 1t IS sOlcl.
political IN every 0hasp in view o.
the clOseness Of the election az
whIch time Senator Mans.iclc
will be on the ballot along with
the president Mr. Mansfield's
loss TO his party would indeed be
! serious blow
IS one coffee counter expert
stated. IF he can't find a better
excuse for his cOming here thar
10 tell Us we need 10 preserve our
natural resources and manpOwer.
ne might have done better in the
southern states We have heard
that ssmt statement from every
president thai ever took Office "
Ard ! thirk he vas right
Another political implication l.
10 be found IN the presidents
statement that Montana need.
cheaper power. This. of course. i.
IN reference TO the proposed
Knowles Dam which verv few of
US in Montana want or need.
Other than that we are pleased
that the president saw lit 10 make
iAc irI0 10 our state. We believe
that every president should make
At least one visit to every state
II would probably accomplish
lot moe than PLAYING poker
playing gClf CT yachting
And for these who were hon
orr j TO be with the president on
the official stand. we find that
only four MOntanans were so
granted permission. and among
them was the Chairman OF the
BlaCkrect Tribal Council. Walter
WetZeI This is indeed a gres:
honor. and one that most OF Us
TO matter what our politics.
would be proud and happy 20 &C
cOmplish. Il IS a mark of disi1c-
tiOn for the American Indians
WhCm Blackie was representing
as President of the National Con
gress of American Indians.
As predicted. the House hes
passed the II million dollar tax
cut bill which the president has
claimed was a mus" in order 10
stimulate the national economy
and Give relief 10 the taxpayers.
Be that as il NAV. we carefully
read a breakdown of the relief ii
will give the average smoker in
comparison TO the expense Of his
nasty habit Il will lust about
take care OF his cigarette monty
for one wear provided he does NJ
smoke over a pack a d7v Well
that's something anyway. We will
see Just how right Mr.. Kennedy
was in predicting an economic
boom based on the tax cut /!
il goes the rest OF the way
As for the rest of the desert
ed" state. the weather Is just as
nice here as in Great Falls. The
temperature is II he high eight
les and it's just 4 plain lazy day
Sort OF makes one want 10 take 10
the hills or streams and start Ov-
or where he left off earlier in the
season.
Bill Spanish, tribal councilman.
dropped in the office the other
day to correct what could be a
misinteTpretatiOn on his salary
Bill states that when he was
elected he served on a per diem
basis only. until july when the
next budget was drawn up. At
that time ne went off q minimum
salary and wrawing no per diem,
which he is dJin- al this time