The Glacier reporter., 1963-07-04
WEEKS WEATHER
a MINUTE
WITH MI

The last payment OF the big
ransom has been paid. The
population Of the United States
has been increased by l,I37 and
we have chalked up SO million
more deficit dollars in some
unknown category where,
ever they record ransom pay,
ments.
Il seems 4 pity when we get
TO the state where we compare
dollar signs with human lives.
Just how can We put a dollar
sign in one column and a life
in the other?
Anyway. this ransom payment
adds up to something like
S45!6i3 plus a few pennies. per
capita and we ask ourselves.
How in the name OF purgatOry
did We ever get into this mess
much less, get hCOked?"
The Cuban ransom deal. 10 Us
at least, is the strangest, and
only one of its kind in history.
Certainly the cOstliest. a kings
ransom" in the ancient and
medieval days constituted some.
thing like a couple of trunks
full OF gems and possibly a gun
boat or two All. but not
tOd3y when one has TO deal
with the strange elements that
make up something like COM
munism or someone like Castro,
the victim Cor suckerl is layed
fiat on the stretching wheel and
really made 10 bleed. =
All Of this is well and coed.
We have again played the good
Samaritan and we have COM
pleted a fine Christian deed
for a select few But, how
about the millions OF other poor
souls who are still taking the
beating Of Communism back in
Cuba? This is one tired tax
payer who thinks we should
have shot the works and freed
them all After all. just as
sure as blackberries are red
when they're green" we
will have 70 do 1t in the near
future if any form Of Democracy
is 10 survive!
The waiting game. the game
Of exporting communism to uE-
stable and restless Latin Ameri-
can countries is already in high
gear ard doing pretty we'll The
question that sticks in our mind
is not greatly different from Sc
many others dealing with who
is responsible for the condition
or circumstances we often find
ourselves in so We ask
again. who will take the blame
for permitting the fostering of
Communism in our back yard
and right under our noses?"
II seems that someone always
pops up TO personally take the
blame for the bOO-5OOs. but what
penalty is ever attached, and
what good TO lock the door after
the COW is gone?
II would appear that Uncle
Sam is having his share of
troubles all up and down the
line. Latest is the expulsion OF
a Russian attache who was
caught red-handed. trying TO re-
cruit personnel for the already
massive spy ring on this con
tinent. Several more suspects
have been rounded up and their
deportation papers are being
drawn up.
The Russians. naturally. will
deny that there is anything TO
the chargCs-and We have many
times acted accordingly. so now
We can expect that a few OF our
own Russian diplomats corps
men 10 be expelled from Vodka
land in retaliation.
II brings ore 10 the point OF
departing with his stomach
whCl he reads about all Of the
attempts that have been made,
ard that are beirg made. 70 sit
down at the ci-.as conferences
and attempt % talk co-exist'
ence with the clan that has
avowei TO eliminate US.
Let US keep the door ops1I
and speak softly at all times.
the administration apologeiical-
Iy advises at the end of every
confab in which we have taken.
a licking or been forced TO with
draw with bowed head and red
face Compatibility and CO
existence cannot be found in the
Russian dictionary, much less
in their creed of dedicaiionl
Drive carefully. The wife you,