The Highacres collegian. (Hazleton, PA) 1956-????, September 30, 1960, Image 4

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To be a good critic demands more note handed to the Russians saying that
brains and judgment than most men possess* we are afraid and have lost our nerve.
Josh BILLINGS Back peddling has always ended in defeat
for a nation*
SHOW UP OR SHUT UP
What has happened to the United States
and its place in the world, or doesn't
it have a place in the world anymore?
We used to be a nation admired and feared,
but mow we are a nation scorned and rid
iculed,. This game of international af
fairs isn't the high school football
game of yesteryear. When the game is
over, all hard feelings aren't forgotten,
and the players do not shake hands until
next year. The game that we are involved
in has no return matchj once it is lost ,
the loser is through for good* Is the
United States going.to be the loser?
Well, that is the direction in which we
are heading. It is quite apparent that
the present administration thinks that
they get points in this game for thier
grammar usage in thi verbal threats
which they are making. Unfortunately,
these useless threats are not doing the
joe;, and the United? States is losing the
prestige all over the world.
It has always been the custom of the
United States to act as a protector in
Cuba affairs. What has happened there?
The Monroe Doctrine had stood since 1823 J
what have our politicians done with it?
It is filed away where it can not be
found, with all other documents that do
not stand for appeasement.
If we do not call the bluff of the
Russians now, we might as well hang out
the white flag and pull down Old Glory,
wla has flown proudly for so many years.
It is time to help Cuba out of her dilom
no again and to forget Nikita's threats,
instead of answering threats with threats
that are never backed up. If we let this,
and other incidents go, there will be a
By Levi Kishbaugh
Also, in future years there will be
leftist uprisings in this country as ■
there are in ail the other countries,
and the Communists will have acne exactly
what they said they would do--win the
war without fighting, all they will have
had tc do was sit Lack end wait for us
to destroy ourselves a
In short, if the United States does
not start acting.-: instead of talking, we
will find ourselves in the same spot as
Japan and Etaly. It will be the begin
ning of the end for the United States a
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