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Show Phooie on Magna ni mity A few months ago The South East Independent wrote an editorial suggesting that the U.S. should not lessen the amount of sugar it had been buying from Cuba. This was based upon the thought that such action would win the friendship of the Cuba people. Well phooey to magnanimity. All civilized people have hoped for years that the generosity of our foreign give-away would bring us ahostof friends around the world. In some countries this has been the case, as revealed by President Eisenhower's recent travels. Also revealed at the same time is the fact that many countries have not been won over to our side. Worse still countries that have been friendly in the past have gone over to the Communistic way of thinking. What new friends have we won in recent years? It is difficult to understand how thinking people can be lured into the Communistic trap, but the fact is they are. The U-2, of recent international fame, took off from and landed in, what was supposed to be, countries friendlv to the U. S. One lion roar from Mr. K. as to the consequences if this should happen again had our friends quaking in their boots and denouncing America for its "dastardly deed' Money alone will not buy friends. It must be accompanied with respect and admiration. Our willy-nilly attitude and noble thoughts just don't create friends that remain so when they are needed. The U. .S. must act and sound like a big nation if we are going to be regarded as such thoughout the world. A little fear creates a mountain of respect. |