Writing in the Rock County
Herald, published at Luverne,
Minnesota, Alan McIntosh has
come up with an editorial that
deserves space in this and every
ottier newspaper from the At
lantic to the Pacific,
'*! am a tried American,”
says McIntosh. ”I*m tired of
being called the ugly Ameri
can. I'm tired of having the
world panhandlers use my coun
try as a whipping boy 365 days
a year.
I am a tired American-
weary of having American em
bassies and information centers
stoned, burned and sacked by
mobs operating under orders
from dictators who preach
peace and bred conflict.
I am a tired American-
weary of being lectured by Gen
eral DeGaulle (who never won a
battle) who poses as a second
Jehovah in righteousness and
wisdom,
I am a tired American-
weary of Nasser and all the
other blood-sucking leeches
who bleed Uncle Sam white and
who kick him on the shins and
yank his beard if the flow fal
ters.
I am a tired American-
weary of the beatniks who say
they should have the right to
determine what laws of the land
they are willing to obey.
I am a tired American-
fed up with the mobs of scabby
faced, long-haired youths and
short - haired girls who claim
they represent the "new wave”
OF America and who sneer at
the old-faidii(Hied virtues of
honesty, integrity, and moral
ity on which America grew to
greatness.
I am a tired American—who
is tired of supporting families
who haven’t known any other
source of income other than
Government relief checks for
three generations.
I am a tired American—
who is getting madder by the
minutes at the filth peddlers
who have launched Americans
in an obscenity race—who try
to foist on us the belief that
filth is an Integral part of
culture—in the arts, the
movies, literature, the stage.
I am a tired American—who
has lost all patience with that
civil rl^ts group which Is
whowing propaganda movies on
college campuses from coast
to coast. Movies denouncing
the United States. Movies made
in Communist China.
I am a tired American-
sickened by the slack-jammed
bigots who wrap themselves
in bed-sheets in the dead of
night and roam the country
side looking for innocent vic
tims.
I am a tired American who
dislikes clergymen who have
made a career out of integra
tion causes, yet send their own
children to private schools.
I am a tired American who
resents those who try to ped
dle the belief in schools and
colleges that capitalism is
a dirty word and that free en
terprise and private initiative
are only synonyms for greed.
They say they hate capitalism
but they are always ii{^t at
the head of the line demanding
their share of the American
way of life.
I am a tried American-
real tired of those who are
trying to sell me the belief
that American is not the great
est in all the world»a gen-
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NUMBER 41
STUIi POPULAR—Favorable reaction to Kate Smith’s
most recent appearance on television (she was hostess
last Saturday at the Hollywood Palace) proves her dur
ability as an American mstitution. New Bern viewers
in their forties or older wistfully remember her radio
program, while younger members of local households
have discovered that she can toss any type of soni
around as well or better than today's biggest hea
liners. Kate attained lasting fame as an incomparable
vocalist without ever taking a music lesson, and her
technique from the outset was well nigh flawless,
is assoaated most frequently with her theme song—
“When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain." How
ever, no one anywhere can equal her rendition of
“God! Bless America.” Irving Berlin wrote it, of course,
and all proceeds go to the Boy Scouts organization.