The Glacier reporter., 1963-08-01
A MINUTE
WITH Ml


about II for many months and
can't seem TO come up with an
answer synonymous with the
administratiOn's view What
constitutes an act OF war?
Possibly we are going a lit;le
too far out, but we are of the
opinion that just about every
American with good red blood
flowing through his veins. felt
4 surging Of that blood when he
read that Castro had seized our
embassy in Havana. / wouldn't
know how the blue-blOods re-
acted. being Of Shanty Irish ex-
traction myself. but I don't ser
much difference between seizinE
the embassy or the capitol in
Washington. ID. c. About the on
ly difference is that Castro woulS
have 10 invade the States TO pull
off the latter caper and I
wouldn't be at all surprised II
he couldn't muster quite a good
sized audience of SOlOns and
bureaucrats 10 watch and cheer.
Something is wrong with the
person who claims TO be an
American If they haven't Wond-
cred just how long we are going
to let this Clown of Communism
slap ard insult US. He has al
ready COIfisCated millions in
privatCly-Owned American inter
es;s and now our embassy
There was a day when we would
have looked upon such an act
as unfriendly"-and would
have done something about it
They used 10 teach US in school
(befOre government support 10
eiucatiOn) that one Of the great
advantages Of being an American
citizen was that your person and
your properly would always be
respected and protected no mat
ter where you went in this world
Il gives US great cause TO won
der IL our sO-called allies. whom
We are substituting TO the hilt and
on whom we are spending bill
liOrs to protect. aren't getting
a better break than we OF the
great tax-Paying democracy!
In this great land where We
used TO applaud at the sight Of
the stars and stripes or the Pres
ident. while at the movies,
great feeling Of distrust and dis
belief is slowly creeping in 70
darken the patriotic perspective.
These senses. coupled with
growing feeling Of insecurity
fcstered by expanding dictator.
iol powers being invested in poll
uc1Ily appointed 5ureaucrats
ard administrativ tive-;hinki1g de
partments. is the exact seed the
Communist leaders have tcc
waiting 10 fertilize and ",
are sewing IL. ourselves.
| am beginning to understand
what Grandpa meant when he
used TO speak OF the horse and
buggy. kerosene lamps, and dol
Iar-a-day wage days IS The good
old days"
A friend asked me the other
day what would do If the gov
ernment decreed that ! hire any
persons against my will or bet
ter judgment
/ knew right away what he was
getting at. and why II didn't
take me more than a second to
answer, and the answer was that
would fight the government
edict with everything ! had
III went broke doing II, ! would
simply have TO close up shop.
That isn't a foreign thought, nor
the first time il has occurred to
me.
When /; comes 10 a point that
an employer, who has built and
is operating his own business by
his own initiative. must employ
persons selected by the govern
ment, it's time he closed shop.
He is no lOnger a freeman or in
the field OF FREE enterprise from
which his busi ?ess grew.
I'll be hanged II I can see why
there are so many persons with
eyes. yet who cannot see We
sit stand. run, walk and fly to
extol the virtues and great need
for democracy h g n, Dttle
by little. year By year, we take
AWAY the individual privileges
from which the very heart and
being Of democracy was born
No wonder we have a generation
of confused Offsprings who are
willing TO throw in with any radi-
cal who stems UD on the soap box
It's Just too doggone bad that
there amt a boatl0ad OF tes
somewhere handy that we could
dump or sink. The question IS
aWiIl the boat sink frcm over
loading. or, because the rats
have chewed too many holes IN
the hull7"
Now il you should be wonder
ing why we seem a little bitter
this week. let me explain. We