The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1963-10-04

| In a E1atteT Oh minutes Ine IouuiIig
| chairs not being used to stand on
had been knocked over and lit was
impossible to tell where we had been
sitting. I crouched down to look for
black purse and all could see were
black shoes The pressure of the peo-
pie plus the heat were such that dis
erection being the better part of valor
1 abandoned the search, which was
| Just as well; someone else had re-
membered her purse.
Those who were not close enough
to shake his hand stayed around to
get closer look as he walked around
the roped off section where the peo-
pie gathered.
Whatever the reason they came,
everyone was caught up in the spirit
of the occasion, were impressed with
the President and seemed loathe to
leave.
Watching them it seems that it
made no difference at all whether it
was supposed to be non-political or
political trip.
For whatever reason they came,
few will forget the day.
At the Rainbow Hotel the Presi-
dents partisans gathered for lunch
and coffee and spent the rest of the
afternoon basking in the glow of the
reflected glory of the day.
From 1 80 till nearly five, when
we left, the partisans were still ex-
pressing their mutual admiration
e ay,Hc of hn
''It is the most spirit I have seen
in the party for long time, one of
the most shrewd political observers
noted.
1t was on a cloud of optimism that
the day ended for the Presidents
partisans.
For the opposition partisans the
results could be measured in the at
tack nature of the headlines that have
followed.
Even as the President drove out
of the Great Falls High School Sta
dunn, Montana's Governor told radio
listeners that we have none of the
problems here that the President
spoke of. Through it all, the Gov
ernor has said, he felt like nothing
but Tim. He has been I'M
Modified by the gregarious comments
of the Presidents happy partisans
about his being just a lovely host.
Didn't some of the Governors parti-
sans tell him whose party this was?
The Governor will probably con-
,inue his little ditty that we have no
problems and are untouched by those
)f the rest of the nation and the
world, but HIS partisans, after wit
lessing the enthusiastic and rousing
reception given the President of the
United States left the stadium say
ng, "Well, now you can see the
problems WE have.
Why had so many come? What
viii be the results?
Do they remember his words about
his country being guardians at the
rate of freedom that under the
hadow of some of the most power
ul nuclear missiles in the world
fontana must be aware of the inter
ational struggle of man to be free?
We're they impressed when he
loted the great conservation adj
ances in the West that we see today
tand as monument to another gen
ration, not ours that this gen.
ration must do its share and not
cave it to the next one?
That this nation has a responsible
y to educate the youth of today and
Eliminate our pockets of poverty or
re will be faced with an ever in
reasing group of people who can
OF take care of themselves, that
very child that does not finish high
'hool is the beginning of another
eprived family another genera
on living at the bottom?
1t was difficult to tell on the eve
his appearance, but the partisans
no oppose his views were quick
18th the counter attack.
What do you think?