boiling point
He Was Ours
Few, if any of us here, had
the privilege of knowing Pres
ident John Fitzgerald Kennedy,
yet he was our own.
He was the symbol of Ameri
can youth; his family and per
sonal life rep-
re s e nted tl
America
dream.
He left to
a mantle of dei
cation, and '
of our gene)
tion must devi
op the streng
of character to $
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heritage.
Many of us 4 *-"'
were first intro- MISS boyle
duced to the intricacies of
American politics by his wide
spread campaigning in 1960,
when we were exposed to the
dynamic “vigah” of the can
didate who was to become the
nation’s 35th President.
Since that time, our interest
could not wane as the President
guided the American people
through one crisis after an
other.
We flocked to our radios and
television sets time after time
to hear words of solution, com
fort and assurance from him
whom we now collectively
mourn so deeply.
There was the steel crisis,
when Kennedy lashed out
against those who were not
living up to his inaugural plea:
“Ask not what your country
can do for you, but what you
can do for your country.”
Though many of us dis
agreed with the forcefulness
used by the Executive in this
as in many other instances, few
would doubt the sincerity of
the President in the conviction
of the justice in his actions.
Then came the Cuban crisis
last year when America was
waiting for the words of the
President who could lead us
into war or who could keep us
out. More than anything, in
that period of tension, Kennedy
instilled us with the courage
that made each and everyone
of us ready to defend his coun
try if the need had arisen.
To his country, John F. Ken
nedy gave the best of his young
years, his courage, his sincer
ity, his idealism, and his hope
for a peaceful future.
The tremendous bui'den upon
his shoulders was immeasur
able even in the limited knowl
edge we have of the problems
his office has entailed in the
last three years.
We will remember, as it must
have been yesterday morning,
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by winnie boyle
the Kennedy smile, the amia
bility, the exuberance of youth
ful virility, the humorous quips
that were all a part of the man
which this nation and the world
took pride in having as a mem
ber of its citizenry.
Today, tomorrow and for
many days to come we will
take time to utter a prayer to
the only One who can hold an
answer to that often queried
“Why?”
We may be consoled in the
thought that John Kennedy has
found, in death, the peace he
sought for the world in which
he lived.
mefovision
Shortly before 1:00 p.m. CST
yesterday the United States
entered a period of transition
which may prove the most
trying it has ever experienced.
At that time, doctors declared
John Fitzgerald Kennedy dead,
and the authority of the presi
dency passed automatically to
Lyndon B. Johnson.
A while later, at about 2.38
p.m. CST, President Johnson
was sworn in aboard the pres
idential plane which was pre
paring to fly him from Dallas
to Washington, where he would
assume his new duties as 36th
President of the United States.
The problems which face our
new President are great in
magnitude and number. How
they are solved may long dic
tate the course of national and
international affairs.
Congress yesterday ex
pressed grief at the news that
the President had been assas
sinated. It also proclaimed its
respect for him. Yet, this same
Congress has long procrasti-
perspective
An Example of
Modern Civilization
“Ladies and gentlemen, the
President of the United States
is dead.”
The radio fell silent. The
emotions feft by announcers
and technicians could be no
different from those of their
countrymen listening in awe
to the most,
credible new
our generate
has yet to he;
Preside
Kennedy w;
assassinate
Shot in t ’
head as Li
coin was
while in a pui
lie crowd
McKinley was,
There were no
words for such M,ss Michaels
a living nightmare. Just ques
tions.
Revolutions during the past
few weeks in several corners
of the world have killed lead
ers of nations. But they have
also overthrown whole gov
ernmental systems.
Our government will not
fall from this bizarre deed.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1963
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Fitting Tribute
nated over the legislative pro
gram Kennedy proposed and
has slashed deeply into the
foreign aid authorization bill
Kennedy said was essential if
he were to fulfill his duties as
chief diplomat
Johnson’Wi
have to decii
how to approa<
this Congre:
and what meai
ures to ask of
He will have
e s t a b lish h;
own legislati’
priorities.
He may find
himself helped
or hindered by
the public indig- AXILBI ND
nation the assassination of the
President has aroused. Con
gress could find itself pres
sured to pass, as a memorial to
John Kennedy, those measures
it would not grant while he
lived.
The President will have to
decide whether the men who
aided Kennedy can serve him
as well. Those men who were
by rochelle michctels
Even iis policies will not
change much in the imme
diate _ future. Yet, for this
abominable crime our- people,
will mourn' a," deeper - grief
than the Vietnamese 'or
Iraq's can now know as a
nation.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
was the leader of our country.
To be sure, some chose not
to follow. But he remained
our personal symbol of the
youth and. .“.vigah” of»the
youngest of world 'powers.
He was awed and respected,
hated and cursed. We spent
hours making and laughing
at jokes about Kennedy and
the “clan.” The jokes - were
no different from those you
might tell about your, room
mate or someone you saw
standing on the - s,teps of the
library.
He was a fellow country
man. He gave us a new, dy-;
namic personality that quick
ly became the American poli
tical ideal—regardless of what
onenhought of his policies.
. What kind of American
could murder this man'-whom
his compatrio tif "Called
"theirs?" How could he bring
the deep, personal grief to
homes across the nation that
was felt yesterday by the
President's millions of moth
ers, fathers, sisters and broth
ers?
Why?
In our supposedly advanced
civilization of today, must the
animal instinct in man re
peatedly show itself to re
mind us we have not yet
become civilized?
Nation Mourns
A loved One '
TO THE EDITOR:
In homes across our nation
wide
It is as if a loved one died.
Our leader has been killed
this day
We ask for strength
■fey*—- ~
to go our way.
— Capt. P. A, Mark
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mel axilbund
not close personal advsers to
the President may be retained
by Johnson in policy making
positions. Those who were
“Kennedy men” will undoubt
edly leave the government,
their chief is dead.
But the country will have to
wait and overcome much spec
ulation before it can be known
from the character of the men
Johnson chooses to stand
around him what course the
new President intends to fol
low.
The public and the press
must lend their support to the
new President in the days im
mediately ahead. President
Johnson has, perhaps, more
problems to solve and a more
volatile atmosphere in which
to work than any person who
has been faced with a similar
task.
On some levels, where alle
giance is owed to the office and
not to the man, to the presi
dency and not to the President,
the transition is already com
lete.
But such is not the case In
many other quarters. Kennedy
took office in 1961 after a two
month period in which he
learned something of the re
sponsibilities he was assum
ing. He had recruited aides and
laid certain concrete plans in
the interim which followed the
election.
President Johnson is in of
fice without warning, and, I
suspect, without a set of “con
tingency plans” to guide him.
The people and the press must
be as lenient with his initial
efforts as they were with those
of President Kennedy. They
must abstain from being overly
critical and grant him time to
learn his job and choose his
course.
This would be a fitting tribute
-to John Kennedy, and a part of
the debt we aE owe him.
On JFK's
Resignation
TO THE EDITOR:
There once lived a man
Like you and I
Physically just the same
With feelings and thoughts
A laugh and a cry
With loved ones and a
home.
Here was a man who tried
to do
The things he felt are
right.
Working to benefit all of
us
Our leader and our friend.
Like all men he was loved
by some
And I guess hated by a
few.
Yet in this wonderful
modern age
We learn to compromise.
If we dislike those who
govern us
Our system provides some
ways
By which these men can
. be removed
Peaceably and sure.
But I guess this day
someone forgot
And left his God behind
For today our glorious
President
Forceably resigned.
~-Jeil Michelman, 'B4
Domestic Economy Will Change Little
With Kennedy's Death, McKinley Says
President Kennedy’s death
will cause few long-range
changes in the domestic
economy but may point the
way to a change in the
present governmental structure,
David H. McKinley, associate
dean of the College of Business
Administration, said yesterday.
The shift in power in the ex
ecutive branch of the govern
ment should not affect the
market, he said. However, the
assassination “should set the na
tion thinking about a move to
ward greater division of powers
in our government,” he added.
‘Capable President’
Discussing Lyndon B. John
son’s ascension into the Presi
dential office, McKinley said he
felt the former vice president
will make an “exceedingly
capable President.” McKinley
called Johnson “one of the
stronger vice presidents to take
over” upon the death of the chief
executive,.
It will require many months,
however, before Johnson will be
able to make decisions with the
ability of the former President,
McKinley said.
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Johnson will have to make
himself known to the world,
especially to Premier Khrush
chev, as Kennedy did, he con
tinued.
Earlier this week McKinley
spoke to a convention of New
York bankers concerning the
four main points that may domi
nate the 1964 presidential elec
tion in the field of economics.
Two of these issues will be
favorable to the present admin
istration and two unfavorable,
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he said,
Favorable to the present ad
ministration will be the total
“real” output in the United
States. The adjusted gross na
tional product has probably out-
Plunge Suffered
By Stock Market
NEW YORK UP) Shocked
by the death of President Ken
nedy, the stock market yester
day took its sharpest loss since
“Black Monday,” May 28, 1962,
- The New York Exchange and
other stock exchanges through
out the country were shut down
shortly after the news came
that the President had been
shot.
In a brief half hour—be
tween the first news of the
shooting and the order to stop
trading—stocks erased gains
made in a vigorous rally and
sank swiftly.
Big losses were taken by
many blue chips'. U.S. govern
ment bonds were mostly un
changed.
Even before the “Big Board”
ordered trading suspended,
dealings were halted in many
of the higher-priced and more
volatile issues.
The Dow Jones industrial
average dropped 21.16 to 711.49,
its worst loss since May 28,
1,962, when it lost 34.95 in the
worst plunge since 1929.
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