The Glacier reporter., 1963-06-27
a MINUTE
WITH MI

is d0ggOHe hard fer We in the
iaxpayI7g class - understand
Why a man of such position as
that OF President OF The United
States will nlunt such un-
popular cazd imp0ssiblel prom
I>es around % the effect
that We will risk our homes to
protect yours Cert2inly II |
hat been within hearing dis
tancc Of Mr. Kennedy ! would
rave been tempted 20 ask him.
What did you risk for Cuba"
Such lludable speeches. OF
course. are purely for i1tcrna-
i.01sI consumption. aid must
have been made after little or
70 thought or preparation We
feel certain that the pulse of
the American public was not
heating in the same tempo as
the presidents when he m d e
the promise. Il has the over
tones OF having been taken from
D lost sheet of one of Kruschev's 5
speeches wherein he is always
promising 10 bring the wrath
Of Russia down on anyOne's
head who so much as dares to
shake a fist at his satellites
Pulling someone else's chest
nuts out Of the fire has always
seemed 10 be our greatest virtue.
bu: il may just be that after
having done this twice within
the last two generations the jolly
cid taxpayer may not be willing
10 60 along with the hobby any
more. especially after having
looked the record over carefully
again and realizing that after
every encounter we add several
more countries to OTr already
too long a list Of financial
liabilities
have often wondered. regard
less of which political party is
in the drivers seat. Just who
gives the president the author
iiy to promise our lives and
limbs mot TO mention our homes
ard our fOrtunesl 10 any other
country or cause other than
that Of protecting our own
!, would appear ihet as last
ss Mr. Kennedy ge:s one foot
part way out of a pail. he steps.
into another Yes. someone
IS taking notes Of all these
situations such as The Big
Promise. Integration. Cuha and
many others They will all
crop up again in 1864,
We do believe sincerely that
president Kennedy's visit 20
Europe wiu have a binding e.:
fec, among the western allies
Typical OF all foreigners. they
want only the top man TO visit
them This was proven during
the Eisenhower administration
when Ike sent Vice-pTes sident
Nixon on so many wall-mend-
ing trips II Just didn't work,
and was an admitted mistake
that cost US a lot 0l prestige
The Importance Of Kennedy'S
j7uni is obvious in the hurried
change Of plans by Mr. X who
set hls visiting schedule ahead
in an atem9t TO cOunteract any
good will that the president may
have built up,
The thought occurred % me
IS was looking AZ . picture 9f
Nr Kennedy standing on an
elevated platform and looking
over the Berlin wall There
has for years been lust such 4
w1ll only invisible. between the
Democrats ard Republicans for
wears Whatever one party IS
for. the other IS against, and !
presume il will 90 on for many
more years al least until we
come 70 realize that both parties
are made up Of human beings
and not just dO7keys and
elephants as we have come 10
picture them j. our milts.
On the local scene we under
stand that everything is Just
about ready for the big Indian
Days Celebration. Probably the
fi7al meeting. is scheduled 10 re
held Friday evering al . O'clock
al the HageTty Hotel at which
time the whole program will be
reviewed and any necessary
changes made
HighIighti7g the parade will
be the Flathesd Sherifrs Posse
Of mounted lawmen. the Penta-
Ron Bagpipe Band, and the
Nalmstrom Air Base Drum ard
Bugle Corps. There will, Of
course. be the cOlorfully dressed
Indians and their horses along
with many unusual floats. Tn"
whole parade is expected 20 last
an hour or more. This will iFka
place on Saturday morning July
I3 at iIs30.
We understand that several
eeIebreties and other important
nsrSoralifieS will be attending