The Glacier reporter., 1963-03-21
a MINUTE
WITH Nj

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quite the reverse from that of
our fJun1lng fathers. who knew
whai they wanted aTd planned
carefully for that end Now
adIys We are so underided. Sd
s-ll, n JplniOns and 50 willing
20 wel-1me the eaemy ito our
camp ;-al We have los: sight o.
Ovr o1'p ave and are let found
eng n the costly field OF therO-
Ism W. are sdOplilg 4 s.aHd-0y
ai.I.u1c rather than / positive
a''ltIdc We are dealing II. and
WI:1. theorists not facts and
PIP ttSalitIes We are creating
1rw designs and making deci-
s.D-s rot from experience but
from u0tried and speculative
cpI2IO1s
No more convincing example
e cur IndecisiOn and theoreti-
cal ideas OF co-existence with
Communism has been displayed
10 the world than in the recent
Cuban crisis in which we did a
lot OF sabCr-rattling. which in
turn vas credited with the Rus
SANS removing their lOng-rangc
missiles We have never been
convinced that this was the rel-
son the Russians made their ap-
parent retreat. although we do
believe we were absolutely ser
IOus in our willingness 10 use
force II necessary. and rightly
50
Communism IS a we'll planned
and deadly serious threat TO
Democracy. and with their ex-
pressed dedication TO bury US.
il is difficult TO believe that they
would retreat from any ground
they had gained TO the extent
they did in Cuba Their mis-
siles. as we have said before.
were a giant camuflage for more
important phases Of their Oper-
alton and plan They managed
10 get thousands of technicians
and communist instructors into
Cuba long enough 10 train thou
sands OF CastrO's sympa;hizors
II the art Of sabotage and eSpiOn-
age which they are now export
ing TO other Latin Americsn
countries according 10 plan.
We said before. and we repeat
again We should ,.Oi parsAitI
one missile or one Russian
.technician" 10 rest so close to
our doorstep knowing full
we'll that they meant what they
said when they 50 many times
told US fsce-tO-face that they
would bury us,
The training ce1ters for sab
otage. espionage and suhversion
poses ius: IS much a threa: 10 our
hemisphere. or possibly more,
than did their missiles.
4 short time ago we were ask
ed why we devoted so much
space in cur column 10 the Gu
ban situation. Our answer is that
we are jus; plain scared and
worried and we mean IT,
We have been sitting high on
the throne for many wears now.
taking great comfort in the fact
that we possess the worlds lar
goSt and strongest military ma
chine or AT least we did II
seems now that even the experts
aren't really sure anymore,
Anyway. when we look back
over the past forty wears and
see what Russia has done with
their enslaving boot and heel
tyne Of government. what the
Chinese have done in the past
fifteen years using the same. or
al lest. a similar approach. and
what Castro has done in the past
three years why shouldn't
we concerned?
II has gotten 10 the point
where we can't take much COM
fort in the statements from our
State Department or the meant
to-be assuring r7dio. TV and
newspaper rcleaeas from our
leaders to the c''Cct that the
food. oil. gasoline. rockets and
iO0mm ca1nOnS piling up in
Cuba are no threat 10 our nation.
We can no longer PVT our
faith in the statements that We
are containing Communism. or
thst Cas'ro is not hurti7F the
cause OF freedom in al Latin
American countries As We
see il. this threat Is growing big
ger and bigger. day by day. and
every single piece Of mcdaniel
e0uipuie-t and dunn Of oil that
CaS.ro receives is marked For
USA" sbut net with peace
full intentions!
Somebody better w7ke IN. and
soon or it's going 10 be like
the note Tunior's teacher sent
home IF YOU move anv slow
er. you're going 20 be dead"
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