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Show Letters to Editor Death: Awesome Teach Dear Editor: Now that the hours have passed since John F. Kennedy's assassination, assassin-ation, it is possible to reflect back upon the situation as we all sat soberly and anxiously waiting for the news of future developments. A disastrous event can be less tragic if some benefit can be derived de-rived from it such as a lesson learned therefore making the loss seem less futile than if nothing noth-ing at all were gained. I HOPE THAT since the assassin assas-sin has been discovered to be a action against the enemy A phrase, trite, but valid r-to r-to mind: " . . .that these -: shall not have died in vain."" DID PRESIDENT Lincob in vain, himself? His death-' brought about by elements o'-monster o'-monster he sought election lo bar. Yet what he did has rer. -the United States has rem;-' :ven if confused and fe. -down at times by this mote-:. But in his deeds and in death the moster was bro. : itno the open. This enemv :: not been destroyed it had - !' been defeated. THE ENEMY Mr. Kennedy ., fighting was not Soviet t :: nor the republican party, : people who took honest, free i." ' with his ideoolgical stands, those philosophies tee!;-" socialism, capitalism, ;: .- etc. This enemy is hate. Itist::: and fear. It lies not in a :; conception of the world ani ! but in his conception of ie can lie in any man, Christian.;: eist or what have you. Any:' can hold the spirit of man:, within himself, or make it : something small and vile. JOHN F. KENNEDY stoii!:--be remembered for meife the Bay of Pigs, or South Vj; nam. These and all the rest:' person inspired by communist ideas, we do not forget our earliest earli-est feelings when the shooting was first announced. We all felt a sense of shame at a citizenry that could be so immature in certain cer-tain segments as to stoop to the level of political behavior that is typical of many countries we look upon with disdain. Speculations were floating around about various vari-ous right wing or segregation groups instigating the action or at least providing a predisposing influence for it. Accusations were being thrown at various groups and individuals for being at least partially responsible for this terrifying ter-rifying event. Now that the American public's conscience has been lucky enough to get off easily, I hope that we do not let our sense of guilt and superficial aspects of his stration are unfinished. Or.;';, have been for or again;: actions; they are debatable. He should be rememberc. --what --what he was and what he -for. HE FOUGHT and stood"-'; monument tothe human that men may be born fc; they may live unshackle out fear, that they may and think, and speak glance gl-ance wit htheir consc j. they may strive for Jf- I-perhaps I-perhaps define and fine, j,. stood and fought for J , . but he also fought " , own ideas and .deals; K main sacred to us, tt-could tt-could remain ours I He was a brave man. M , for the privilege tor; -emyface to face, as an) r- r seeks his office must. r shame escape us completely. It should have been made clear to us by this tragedy, that John F. Kennedy's assassination could just as easily have been the result re-sult of immaturity within the American public, his assassin being be-ing an unbalanced radical stirred up by feelings of hate, distrust and fear instigated by numerous groups and individuals within this country. He could just as easily have been killed by a segregationist segregation-ist or right wing radical. The death of our President will be all the more tragic if this nation na-tion hasn't learned to search its own soul to find where it has gone astray from its original concept con-cept of democratic cooperation, trust, and mutual effort towards worthwhile goals. Sincerely, Robin Henderson Tribute to Valor Dear Editor: The President is dead. JUST AS SUDDENLY as that a new government is plunged into all of the problems the United 'States and the World faces today. Without a pause, and without stopping to regroup forces and ideas and yet a pause could be fatal. The world belongs to the living. liv-ing. And life is going on. But that world which we, the living, have inherited was in part shaped by this man. AS AN EPITAPH to John F. Kennedy I would offer: A valiant American killed in HE FOUGHT and i, stop him, that hate an M can grow unn;,: man dignity, u , the South. It sn -Dallas. And wh V , self it was defef Vber;:i not be open, an d ; Did John F. KvC Did ers V: NOT IF Wt.fba:e the true .-tu. ; & which it bf re"edo: . ours must be f menofgoodfaffc.Je If thf h ever be ; smoulder mg ,:, i ages in the 0 James H- |
