Show NIS It seems incredible now that I Iso so very ery recently I could have I believed the intricate measures measured I taken to guard the President ot of of the United States were ed I In Washington where publish publish- em era joined President I Kennedy ennedy for tor i ia ia j i ja a White House luncheon and i again in Salt Lake City where I I happened to be on his floor of ot the hotel I chatted freely treely with with Secret Service men and asked if It ifs I tho the elaborate precautions were WE're I really necessary In each city the they answer W was 6 the same samo II Who ho knows what a crackpot crackpot crack crack- I pot might do Which explains why hy In thO the I Hotel Utah the head security e I Iman i iman man insl insisted ted I 1 go to the lobby Finally I removed my press pass I badge adge showed him my room key I and gave him a II look around In nt mY room Who ho In the tho world would want to harm a man like dent Kennedy l I asked Who knows was the reply And so O right Now we ve know I ny 01 coincidence I was with Governor George D D. Clyde when the Chocking bocking bo ln nf news wi ws came I paused to chat with the rece receptionist anI and her er phone rl ra ng She answered rasped gasped f pW and cried ried as so 80 many Bullions OWl did Oh NO Oh NO Rola Roland d Robison Ro the Gov Cov- mars mar's ad administrative assistant rushed from Mr Clydes Clyde's ott office ce at The PrE President hasen has hasA n A clerk deck came ame running from fro a near near-by ar X e. e III m Ills f rave face e ua was Wat wasa a I Ito at as fl Ct try U IPg g t to kill kl M I t. t Vf W gathered r t sound around Mr Clyde y 2 h el alt a a r tor radio in h Ms ht MOd As we listened to the hl de- de e- e I 1 inco t O noted that 1 r tt grip i lop looked 4 so 10 tiny Uny In the th theoTe oTe i and and nd His t c iraa carved in hi line 0 of ot f shock hock and nd grief Tad nad he been alone I b beI be be- I lieve his emotions might have I overpowered o him I spent the afternoon in the I Fullbright Scholarship committee committee I meeting There was nothing but grief expressed by leading Utah Republicans i t Ii Like so many of ot you I was wasI I able to grasp only partly the actuality of at the tragedy Until that is I 1 got home Friday evening eve eve- evening ning went into the office and studied the pictures of ot my visit to the White House which My Lady Fair has hung there Then It struck me This handsome virile brilliant man I with whom I had hall rubbed elbows I at a White House luncheon who had kidded me about swiping a White House spoon who had accepted and Immediately Immedi Immedi- Immediately lighted the cigar which I Idid Idid did not smoke Is dead I admire appreciate and respect respect re- re ct him e even more now than I t Idid tI did I dill did then then Mal Mae |