The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1963-01-17
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reach OF too many people who are
not as staunch and foresighted
as they or their party spOnsorers
picture them 10 be.
In this respect we are REFER
ing 10 foreign aid and military
spending. We would certainly be
ore Of the last one TO advocate
withholding necessary funds from
the military 10 be used in defense
81 our country or against any
serious threat of any kind And
w" might add that we think the
president acted wisely when he
mustered our armed forces on
CU5a'S doorstep under the exist
g circumstances On the other
I'D we dePlOre the way the Ole
Miss situation was handled. par
"cularly concerning the federal
Interference.
The cost of this absolutely I'M
necessary military venture ran
r7iO many millions Of dollars
and for what Communist prop
aga1da Meredith is without a
doubt the most costly student TO
ever attend any university
and II is Just exactly as We pre-
dICted. he is now going 10 leave
for reasons Of not being able 10
concentrate on his studies. This,
we also predicted,
As 4 taxpayer we cannot CON
done the governments use of our
6+ceni tax dollar for any such
OCCASIONS II is well and good
that we should all have equal
rights. but Institutional rights
should also be adhered 10 and
their traditions respected
Another item that has always
suck in our crop is the fact that
IN a recently activated air acad-
envy. a reDOrtcr noted the fine
AID lavishly styled ash trays in
ne officers club when he in
CURED as TO the cost he was told
hat they cost a nOmir1l $3.50
apiece Now il thirty-five
buck ash trays make a better
pilot. I've been way out in left
field for 4 long time or course.
nat is only one item: there are
thousands more and most Of
hem don't add ID to the useful
ress OF \ gold plated ash tray
We got off the path 4 bit. but
what we are trying 20 get across
IS that at the least provOcation,
some high mucky-muck pushes
the panic button every time Rus
sia launches Z rocket. and thus
starts the cry for more defense
ard foreign lid funds Congress
as a whole. gees along with the
plea and Goles out many mil
lions moro each year than is ask
ed for Who pays It's 10 mill
'ary secret but what they
do with our dollars surely IS.
Among the gOi7gs-On at the
State Ca7'tol we find the hopper
aIreadv loaded with something
ike us bills as Of Wednesday
Chances are there are 5 20 so
more by now.
Among those bills we firi one
that would do away with closed
door sessions among the commit
tees and what have you. II II
makes any difference We will nut
cur stamp Of approval on this
one. We have long advocated this
sort of legislation. along with
4 r77dtOry law requiring the
puhli~atiOu Of minutes and fi7an-
ci-l statements OF organizations.
boards and groups receiving and
dishu-si-g public monies We
sh-I watch closely when the
votes are tailed
Il has ALWAYS irritated me ius'
more than = little 70 think that
lam acce9ted as bPiHg intelligent
c~cugh 10 pick and vote for q
candidate then bei07 classi-
fled as l7cki0g the Intelligence
20 com0-nhend the blsic struc-
'ure ard arguments for aid
agqi-st the D0sit'C7 for which
holm cleo; him II our off
Gals aren't asN-Ted Of what
goes on behird the great doors,
then WV SHOULDN'T they want 10
share their intelligent opinions
with u.s.
v seems as IL the President has
rrtten himself into somewhat
Of 4 difficult diplomatic situation
which arose from his welcoming
sDeech 10 the group Of Cuban
freed freedom fighters. In an
emotional statement ~ the 81
GOO friends and relatives. he
stated that the little battle flag
presented 10 him would be re-
turned to fly over a free Hav-
ana"
This was taken 10 mean that
.he L. s. had plans for a. i1va-
rion. or near effective r1a-S''-ns
rat would soon unseat Castro.
Thus il is that 4 clamOr has now
arisen and the exiled Cubans
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