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This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. It has been accepted for inclusion in The peS ctator by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ SeattleU. Seattle University Spectator Vol. xxxn. Seattle, Washington, Tuesday, November 26, 1963 No. 17

A Profile in Gourage

3M)n Jfttjgeralbilennebp |)rrsibtnt of tfjr ©niteb States!: Jan.20,1961toiiob.22,1963 As the bullet-tornbody of President John F.Kennedy— was moved No matter how segmentsof Seattle University thought of the Pres- to its final resting place yesterday, America watched and America ident's policies, they all admired him. Possibly they did not realize how wept. Cannons and rifles boomed and crashed in salute, and a muted much they admired him until the death message chilled the nation. bugle gently floated the sad notes of "Day is Done" over Arlington National Cemetery. AS OTHERS HAVE said, Catholics were proud of Mr. Kennedy. Earlier, the Marine Band with mournful cadence, added its tribute More important, Americans were proud of him. How he will stand in to President Kennedy — the last time they would play for him the stir- the theoretical opinions of unborn historians is not important to us. ring "Hail to the Chief." He stood high in American and world estimation today. He stood behind the the President the United States ALL heard the last "Hail the Chief." And shocked, seal of of and AMERICA to gave that seal deeper, loftier significance. He was a respected Presi- saddened Americans in all walks of life, wanted to add their own final dent — he "Hail Chief." was a beloved one. He was at ease in the councils of the to the mighty and inthe throngs of admirers. Seattle University students felt the same way. Therefore, the staff of The Spectator decided to publish this specialmemorial issue in honor COMPOUND— THE actual greatness of the man with the horror of of President Kennedy. This memorial edition is admittedly an inade- his murder and we can understand why our world stood still last quate tribute, but it is hoped to be a sincere reflection of the sympathy Friday. and the shock the students felt when Nov. 22 became a Black Friday We find it difficult to express the grief we feel over the loss of our in American history. President. Yet our grief is far less intense than that of his wife and THIS EDITION, we believe, may be our small, final "Hail to the family. To them we offer our deep sympathy in this mutual loss. Chief." It also may serve in the days and even years to come as a We add our sincere prayers that the President now may rest in remembrance of that day when the hearts of millions were pierced by peace and that his family will bear this painful addition to their cross a rifle shot. with the courage that was typical of John F.Kennedy. November 26, 1963 2 THE SPECTATOR Tuesday, The Short YearsUnder Kennedy By GENE ESQUIVEL dent's visit to the tension-torn city of ed the House, Sept.25, but stalled in the « Yesterday afternoon an eternal flame West Berlin had establised deep-seated Senate Finance Committee. was lit at the grave-sideof former Presi- confidence in the American chief. The President was especially exaspe- dent John F. Kennedy. At the request Inhopingto revive the spirit of Roose- rated at the slashing of his foreign aid of his grief-stricken wife this flame will velt's New Deal, Kennedy promised the bill. At his news conference, the Presi- burn as a constant reminder of the man nation a New Frontier. dent described the Senate's treatment who carried the torch of a new genera- "We must go forward toward this of his bill as "The worst attack on tion of Americans. New Frontier," Kennedy urgedin many foreign aid ...since the beginning of of his campaign speeches. the Marshall Plan." PERHAPS never before has there been more significancein the statement, WITH A NEW spirit of life and vfgor, WHILE ACUTELYaware of theAmer- "the shot heard around the world." The Kennedy imbued the American public ican scene, Mr. Kennedy was equally death of John Kennedy meant the loss with the realization and importance of informed of the international arena, in of a President who gave world-wide progress. He instigated the 50-mile hikes which American decision weighs so reality to the American principles of which became popular throughout the heavily.President Kennedy, vitally con- peace and freedom. brought in- cerned with the security of the Western country and about a keen Hemisphere instigated terest in physical fitness. "The Alliance for Our 35th President of the U.S. died Progress" in an effort to raise the at 1p.m. (EST), in Parkland Hospital, President Kennedy had promised to standard of living of our Latin Amer- Dallas. He never regained conscious- reinvigorate the domestic economy, to ican allies. This was one of Kennedy's ness after the fatal shots cracked the "get the country moving again." Today most controversial programs, as the un- mild afternoon in Texas. Hardly three the nation is at a peak of affluence. Yet rest and political infighting in these unemployment remains above 5.5 per appeared increase rather years ago, in one of his first addresses regions countries to President Kennedyhad urged Americans cent.The President worried over than subside. to ask "what they could do for their that laggedbehind the rest of the nation. President Kennedy, elected 100 years country, rather than what could their after the famous equality-mindedPresi- country do for them." He called on THE PRESIDENTS legislative pro- dent Abraham Lincoln, has on occasion everyone to sacrifice in order to keep INAUGURAL BALLS were toured gram was having an exceptionally dif- been compared to this great individual . America great. With this prophetical by the Kennedysin 1961 just after ficult time in Congress and the lack of of American history. President Kenne- major items reduced his po- statement and Kennedy's supreme sacri- the new President took office. results on dy's support of human equalityand civil fice of his life, he seems to have writ- pular support. rights was monumental among recent ten the final chapterin his PulitzerPrize powers Congress, bogged downon routine ap- national leaders. Much of his admini- winning book, in Courage." the Presidential were brought to devoted to easing "Profiles bear on the Steel industry when it at- propriation matters, had not yet taken stration had been tempted up the civil rights bill. Other items on situations in the strife-torn southern U.S. THE PRESIDENT'S short three-year a price raise. Unwillingly the Southerners were forc- term was a breathless series of triumph, The price the President's program which were President called the raise still languishing were education, mental ed to recognize the equality of their frustration and continuing effort. Only "a wholly unjustifiableand irresponsible negro citizens. Mr. health and health insurance for the aged shortly after his inauguration Ken- defiance of the publicinterest." Big steel The administra- THE PRESIDENT had promised a nedy was to backed down. under Social Security. forced contend with the bill, promising taxes broad civil rights program. And this western to of tion's tax lower reaction Soviet control One of the great rallying points of as a stimulus to economic growth, pass- (Continuedon page 3) Cuba. He met unrelentless attack after President Kennedy and the American the tragic Bay of Pigs invasion. people came when he issued an ulti- One of his major campaign proposals matum to the Soviet Union charging was the establishment of an amateur them to dismantle any offensive mi- ambassadors' program. At the time of sile bases in the Western Hemisphere his death over7,000 Americanyoung peo- (referring to those discovered in Cuba) ple were teaching, working in the fields and set up a partial blockade of Rus- building Boy in countries Became and dams foreign sian goods being shipped The to Cuba. - under the Peace Corps program. This The shot that killed President John F. transfer to the torpedo boat training undeniably successful —program is char- THIS SAME firm action had been ap- Kennedy will add a black touch of station at Melville, R. I. acteristic of the man John Kennedy. parent in his support of the surround- mourning to the words which future March, He used the personal approach, and ed city of 22, THE FOLLOWING Lieutenant and walled West Berlin. The chronicles will carry concerningNov. command of PT- personallyhe was extremelyinfluencial. grief of the West German people upon (j.g.) Kennedy was in 1963. -109, part of a squadron based south of hearingthe news of President Kennedy's Who was man whose deathcaused * HIS PERSONAL influence was never death was more profoundly the New Georgia. displayed such reverberations of sorrow around 2, 1943, more strikingly displayed than when than in any other country. The Presi- On Aug. he and his crew were the world? — patrollingin Blackett Strait in the Solo- He was a Kennedy the second son monIslands. Outof the midnightmurk a of former ambassador and multi-mil- Japanese destroyer swooped across the lionaire, Joseph P. Kennedy. Born on PT boat at 30 knots cutting it in two. May 29, 1917, he was named John Fitz- For more than five days and nights- gerald after his mother's father, an ebul- Kennedy swam longhours trying to keep AssassinationAccount lient, merry, garrulous, outgoing Bos- his surviving crew alive. He succeeded tonian politician. and that success brought him wartime President John F. Kennedy was killed near the Trade Mart. Just as the Presi- honors and post-war good will. by an assassin's bullet on Nov. 22 in dent's car was almost ready to go under- JOHN F. Kennedy grew up in the Dallas. He died from a wound in the neath a "triple underpass" shadows of an older brother— Joseph P. HIS CAREER on PT boats ended beneath of malaria. brain caused by a bullet from a rifle three streets (Elm, Commerce and Jr., but his place in the shadow was not shortly after with an attack apparently fired from a building near Main), the first shot was fired—presum- a welcome one. Joe and Jack fought His weight dropped to 125 pounds. The the street his motorcade was traveling. more frequently than most brothers— ramming by the destroyer had aggra- ably the one that killed Mr. Kennedy. December, Shortly after the assassination, a sus- afterwards, and Joe usually won. vated his back injury. In Almost immediately Gov. 1943, he was in States, pect, Lee H. Oswald, was arrested for Connally was hit by another The earlyyears of John F. were spent back the United — shot which and the next spring, he entered Chelsea the murder of a policeman and later could have been fatal had he not turned in his family homes, first in Brookline, charged Mr. Kennedy's — Mass., a suburb of Boston, and after Naval Hospital near Boston. with murder. around the second before possibly be- A later the Kennedy fam- Two days later Oswald was himself cause he heard the President being hit 1926, in New York. Among the private few months by attended, ily was notified that the eldest son, killed a Dallas citizen while being The President's car moved so schools he John —was for one Aug. transferred to another jail. ahead year in a Catholic school Canterbury Joseph P., Jr., had been killed on rapidly after the shooting that report- Milford, 12, 1944, whenhis Liberator on a special The tragic shot that shook the world ers in press buses— be- Preparatory School in New some distance Mass., when he was 13. However, he missionhad blown up. was fired at 12:30 p.m. The President hind the President's car— were not aware Journalism claimed John F. Kennedy < was pronounced dead at 1 p.m. anything happened shifted the next fall to an exclusive boys' serious had until school, Choate at Wallingford, Conn., for a short time after he left the Navy. they reached the Trade Mart. He a special correspondent for In- IRONICALLY, the day had started and graduated from this school when was he was 18. ternational News Service and he cov- well for Mr. Kennedy. He had opened A TELEVISION reporter thought the ered the Conference and the the day in Fort Worth, first a Potsdam with shots came from the fixth or sixth floor JOHN BEGAN college at Princeton, founding of the United Nations among speech in a parking lot and then at a of the Texas School Book Depository, a of Commerce breakfast. but a recurrence of jaundice forced his other events. Chamber leased state building on the right of in The Following breakfast, the presiden- the withdrawal December. follow- KENNEDY SAID he found journalism the motorcade. ing year he at While party to nearby enrolled Harvard. too passive. He liked politics, and when tial had flown Dallas Senator Yarborough of Texas said trying out unsuccessfully for the fresh- (an eight-minute flight) where Mr. Ken- there had been a slight pause between death claimed the Kennedy obviously nedy received a reception man football team, he suffered a back destined for a political career, John was had warm the first two shots and a longer pause cause him serious from group called between second and The injury that would glad to step in. ' a the "Grassroots the third. sen- trouble in the years to However, Democrats." ator was riding with the Johnsons. come. The representative from Boston s he was on the swimming team where he District, M. Curley, was Mrs. Kennedy cried "Oh, No!" as her Eleventh James IN HIS OPEN Lincoln convertible, developeda skill that brought him war- about to vacate his seat and run for husband was hit and tried to cradle his time honors. District the President sat in the rear seat on head as the car sped for the hospital. mayor. It was in this Eleventh the righthand side with Mrs. Kennedy Until a summer trip to Europe in 1937— —home of both paternal and maternal on his left. In the "jump seat" directly sparked an interest in foreign affairs grandfathers— that John wouldmake his PRESIDENT Kennedy was both the abetted by the appointment intopolitics that eventually in front of Mr. Kennedy sat Gov. John youngest man to be elected President late that plunge would year of his to lead him to the pinnacle— to Connally of Texas with Mrs. Connally (43), and the youngest to die in office — father as ambassador and an un- on his left. England John's student record was timely death. (46). only in junior year in The motorcade proceededuneventfully Doctors at the hospitalsaid they never average. But his HANDICAPPED because he was not a alonga in college, his grades rose to a "B" pla- genuine Bostonian, Kennedy had per- 10-mile route downtown Dallas had any hope of saving his life. The in on the way to the city's Trade Mart administered teau. He graduated from Harvard sistence, a famous name and money. priest who the last rites political science in 1940 cum laude. where the President was to address a of the Church to Mr. Kennedy said he He organized his supporters into a lively group of leadingcitizens at a luncheon. thought the President was dead when group. His energeticcampaign paidoff. HE THEN enrolled in Stanford's busi- He swamped his primary opponents and In the downtown area, the crowds he reached him because he had to draw ness school, but left school and toured were thick and enthusiastic, something a sheet back from his head to anoint won in the final with no difficulty. In South America. Back from the tour, January, 1947, his en- unexpected in a so-called center of con- him. The priest is the Very Rev. Oscar September he made official he conditionedhimself and in trance in to the House in Washington. servatism where Adlai Stevenson had L. Huber of Holy Trinity Church in 1941, months Harbor, group. Dallas. three before Pearl Kennedy served three terms in the been insulted by a rightist (It he passed the physical to enter the was also herethat the then SenatorJohn- Mr. Johnson took the oath as Presi- House. His record was not spectacular, son and his wife had nearly been mob- dent at 1:39 p.m. in the presidential Navy. his vote was often on the liberal side bed in the 1960 campaign.) plane, and shortly after, returned with His first Navy job was in intelligence and he occasionally showed flashes of Mrs. Kennedy and the body to Wash- at a desk, and he did not like it. With independence by refusing to follow the THE CARS moved onto a throughway ington. his father's influence, he managed a directions of Rep. John W. McCormack, PageThree Tuesday, November 26, 1963 THE SPECTATOR- In the faceofTragedy Unbelievable Courage ByPAT WELD ITWAS a harshday,leavingMrs.Ken- The Presidentialvisitto Texasmarked nedy dazed, tearless, almost unable to the first time Jacqueline Kennedy had show emotion. Her husband had been made a public appearance in the United shot as he sat beside her in a gaily States since the death of her infant son. received motorcade. She had held him, Then, without warning, the first lady bleedingand mortally wounded ina dash once again had to endure the loss of a to Parkland Hospital.He never regained loved one. consciousness. This time it was an— assassin's bullet Death struck at what wasto havebeen —tragically accurate which felled her one of the happiest times of the year for husband, John F. Kennedy, who sat be- the Kennedys— the birthdaycelebrations side her as a multitudeof Dallas citizens of their two children, Caroline and John gazed at the motorcade in disbelief. Jr., and the traditional gatheringof the As the rifle shotspierced the energetic Kennedy family for Thanksgiving. and vital body of the Chief— Executive, the measure of the woman Jacqueline MRS. KENNEDY had not only been Kennedy— became apparent. Acclaimed the first lady of the land, but also a by Americans and foreignobservers for conscientious mother of two children. As her Dresden beauty,impeccable fashion she returned to the executive mansion sense and graciously regal manner, she with her husband's body at 4:30 a.m. - displayed courage as unbelievable as the Saturday, she still had one of the most tragedyitself. heart-rending tasks of the tragedy yet to face. Caroline and John, Jr., awaited THE HOURS following the heinous the return of their parents. She still urder of her devoted husband, the explain was gone. LIN lady had to their father genteel first maintained iron cour- marriage, appearedoutwardly composed, In the 10 years of her the age and debutante, who was a Vassar-educated, "through the ordeal of the President's soci- and the swearingin ceremoniesof high-styled product of East Coast AND were with their father when he visited death ety,had faced other tragedies. She suf- JOHN JR. CAROLINE the new President. Mrs. Kennedy in the hospital this summer after the death of their to the capital city, her fered two miscarriages, and ministered She returned through his ill- last-born child. The dog is Charlie, a family pet. tome for the past three years, in a chic her husband extended nk wool suit still stained with the nessin1954 and1955. ood of her martyred husband. The emergencyCaesareanbirth of Pat- preme dignity, Mrs. Kennedy has made JOHN F. Kennedy 'was the leader of From the emergency room in the Dal- rick Bouvier on Aug. 7 of this year, was her own indelible contribution to current our country and of his party. Paralleling as hospital, through the sad flight home, the most recent ordeal of the first lady. American history in the closing hours his leadership,Jackie refused to become otheNaval hospital where the President Her son, born prematurely, died less of her term as firstlady. merely the wife of the President. She as prepared for burial, until she than two days after the operation. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy brings to is an individual of incredible energy >rought him home in death to the White almost every activity a qualityof almost and organization, despite her doll-like ouse, she was at her husband's side. BY LIVING through all this with su- regal grace, competence and serenity. beauty.From the day her husband was Her life before marrying into the Ken- elected President she led the American nedy family was that of a gentle world. fashion world. She competently host- She was born to a wealthy,retiring Re- essed huge state dinners, but personally publican family. "She was like a prin- preferred small informal group gather- cess" was one of the more significant ings in the Presidential living quarters. descriptionsof her serene dignity. There was still more in the first lady's life. She was a mother. Her two small The President deftly her werea constant * THOUGH SHE carried out children source of con- veteran leader of the Massachusetts administration and foreign policy. responsibilities as the wife of a great cern for her as she attempted to give delegation. In 1958 Kennedy had to run again for politician, her interests varied. Fluent them love, security,disciplineand anor- the Senate. He won by over 800,000 in several foreign tongues, she was an mal life under most unnormal circum- THE YOUNG representative was look- votes, a record majority. avid historian of the 18th Century. Her stances. Despite the constant coverage ing for higher things. In 1952, he de- enthusiasm for the arts was evident as of the Kennedy family by the press, she ,cided to run againstHenry Cabot Lodge THE NEXT two years were openly the White managed raise in for she undertook to redecorate to her children com- for a Senate seat. devoted to his preparation to run House, to entertain artists, poets and parativeprivacy. Typically, the whole Kennedy family the presidency. Kennedy chose to win musicians, a by entering primaries in as well as to become fre- THEBEAUTIFUL and serene Jacque- entered the campaign with enthusiasm. the nomination quent patron of the performing arts. line Bouvier Kennedy has represented The hard-driving campaign of the like- various states. He first defeated Sen. Humphrey in Wisconsin, "Jackie" was a word understood uni- exceptional accomplishment both physi- able young Kennedy paid off. He de- Hubert and mental in 70,000 while Eis- him out of contention by a versally. While she almostnever actively cal and her public career. feated Lodge by votes then forced campaigned, she frequently accompa- Now, inher most sorrowing hours, she enhower carried the state by over big victory in West Virginia. multitudinous After religious had not halt- nied her husband both in the U.S. and is the object of prayers. the issue abroad. She charmed the highest world As she moves from the nations capital ed Kennedy in West Virginia, the band- un- WHEN JOHN was dreaming about wagonreally began roll. It leaders with her disarming wit. Her oc- millions pray for the easing of this to continued brief addresses in peo- explainabletragedy in her Senate chances in 1951, another dream to gainmomentum wntil the Democratic casional and a life. And we his eyes. She was Jacque- Lyndon ple's native languagebrought her inter- thank God for even a few years of this came before convention where Johnson and acclaim. magnificentlady'senergies. line Lee Bouvier, then 21, and a student Stevenson hoped favorite-son votes national at George Washington University. For would forestall a first-ballot Kennedy months, because of his efforts to win victory, but their hopes were in vain. the election for the Senate, Kennedyhad He won the nomination on the first to be satisfied with dreams about the ballot. striking young woman with soft, abun- dant hair, modulated voice and an in- IN A SURPRISE move, Kennedy Kennedy's 3 his running mate. Years mind, asked Johnson to be ut when Kennedy defeated Lodge And in an equally surprising move, accepted. (Continued from Page 2) cost one life, that of a reporter. Dis- returned to Washigton in the be- Johnson Stevenson introduced Birmingham nng of 1953 as a senator, he began Kennedy for the acceptance speech. The front became grimmer suddenly in the orders in followed. Pendentanother campaign. This too was suc- Democratic ranks were closed and the latemonths of 1962. In October, a nine- BIRMINGHAM had been plagued by cessful and he and Jacqueline were race for the White House was on. year veteran of the Air Force sought bombings, all with racial overtones, Sept. 12, 1953, at St. Mary's The main campaign innovation was to register at the University of Missis- since World War 11. On Sunday morn- hurch, Newport. The Most Rev. Rich- the four debates between Kennedy and sippi. ing, Sept. 15, 1963, a dynamiteexplosion rd J. Cushing, archbishop of Boston, Nixon. Many observers felt that the The University town of Oxford was shook the 16th Street Baptist Church in erformed the ceremony. first debate was the turning point in torn by rioting. Gov. Ross Barnett Birmingham's downtown Negro section. the campaign since it helped weaken telephone: found forced him pleadedwith the President by When the smoke cleared rescuers KENNEDY'SBACK trouble the Republican charge that Kennedy "Get Meredith off the campus I the bodies of four girls beneath a pile ) undergo double fusion of spinal discs was immature. ... lacked experience and protecthim." of debris. Their had just l 1954, operation in can't teacher dis- late and another The senator presented himself as an missed them after a lesson on "The ebruary of 1955. This latter operation assured and mature person with amaz- Forgives." ;emed successful,and Kennedy'shealth "LISTEN, Governor," the President LoveThat ing information both about specific de- shouted, "We're not moving anybody "The love that forgives" . . . how as soon as good as ever. tails and general policy. in dissertation as in in 1954 and 1955, until you do your duty ... There are similar context is this While the hospital in jeopardy I'm in po- of "... that may achieve in ohn Kennedy wrote the book Profiles THEDEBATES also brought Kennedy lives. ... not a that we public People quickly sition to do anything, to make any deals, our time and for all time the ancient l Courage. His study of notable ex- into the eye. now earth, good to- political courage a became as familiar with Kennedy as to discuss anything until law and order vision of 'peace on will mples of won Pul- people men.' That must always be our zer Prize in 1957. It also gave the they were with Nixon. are restored and the lives of the ward spiring young senator particular form The religious issue refused to die protected. Goodbye." a President Kennedy slammed down the The latter Biblical allusion came from F political prestige. down. Probably the most effective step speech Kennedy in Kennedy took against it was his phone. He orderedFederal Troops into the text of the was to BACK IN the Washington swim hour- have givenin He 955, Kennedy that Adlai E. long appearance an ap- Oxford. Dallas. never delivered realized televised before victory integration at Oxford it. He was assassinated. tevenson was a cinch for the Demo- parentlyhostile groupof Protestant min- The for ratic nominationthe followingyear. By isters in Houston. His declaration that " this time the Kennedy sights were on he would resign the presidency if he the White House. thought his religion would not permit The senator from Massachusetts was him to act in the national interest has aware that the nomination for vice pres- been called the high point of his pre- SEATTLE ident would be a big assist, and that sentation. liarriedeven a brisk fight for the spot was al- 8, 1960, Kennedys gath- most as valuable as the nomination ON NOV. the nomination, ered at Hyannis Port to await the re- itself. He did not make the game of he — leading the eventu- turns. There was even a touch Spectator, but came close football. The next day, Mr. Nixon con- This is a special edition of the Seattle University com- ally successful Estes Kefauver on one Fitzgerald memorating the death John F. Kennedy. The regular Wednesday ballot 618 to 55iy. ceded the election. John of 2 Kennedy had been elected by the slim- issue willappear as scheduled tomorrow. AFTER THE convention, Kennedy mest of margins to become the thirty- Published Wodnoadori and Friday! dwina *c "*""! yoor Mceo)t on holidays and daring turned to presidentialpolitics. He spoke fifth President of the United States— flnol examinations by itudMih) of Seattle University. Idilorial and business officw of the Spectator Building, 915 I.Marion, Soattlo, Washington, 9512» Second-class postage paid at in 26 states for Stevenson, and after his and eventually the fourth President in Soattlo, Washington. Subscription: $4 a yoar; clom relatl'es, alumni, 52.50; Conod- Moilc*, defeat, began blasting the Eisenhower history to be killed by assassination. I*.25; othor foreign, $540; airmail inU.S., 16.60 Tuesday, 26, 1963 PageFour THE SPECTATOR November November 22,1963:

"... transfusions are being .. .' ... he is dead." "Official sources confirmed .. ." ByDAVEVERRON tragedy of Nov. 22. On the same evening,63 persons died in a fire in a home for the aged in Illinois, so Our President Is Dead that we would seem to be out of proportionin our days be torn from of our treatmentof John Kennedy'sdeath. Most can the calendar However, we cannot judge men as God judges, memory, and there is no significant loss or notable equality haveexperienced. for we are mere men. Our is that of the gap inwhat we of Independence, which is, as the Presi- 22, day that Declaration But Friday, Nov. 1963, is a will not dent saidin his many pleasfor civil rights, "equality be easily erased from anyone's memory but will be of opportunityand equalitybefore the law." remembered in everyoutrageousdetail.The memory of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy THUS WE ARE NOT GOD, but men, and so we will remain and will sting the mind and conscience honor those who are most worthy as men and who of everyone whowitnessed that day. sacrificethemselves for their fellow man. President John F. Kennedy will be remembered HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of public and pri- as a man most deserving of every honor and tribute vate tributes have since been paidto the slainPresi- we can givehim, but there is one tribute that history dent, but perhaps the finest was that of the man he books cannever adequatelyrecord. That is the sight defeatedinthe 1960 Presidential election: "On Friday of honest tears and sincere grief for aman who died Mr. Kennedy wrote the greatest and final chapter of thousands of miles away. Most students at S.U. had his Profiles inCourage." never met the man or been near enough to meet The late President did not shrink from tragedy— him; and yet, without exception each felt personal and he was subjected to much; the loss of a brother sorrow because of his deathand genuinecompassion and a sister under sudden and stunning circum- for his family. There may never again be such a stances, and more recently the loss of a son at birth. universal expressionof grief inour lifetime. We also must face our duty in spite of this loss of our President and become more resolute. If we Voices Joined in Sorrow do not, our mourning will become only a fixed and purposelessmoan. News of President Kennedy's death reached the Why did he die? students of S.U. within moments of the time it oc- "torch has been passed..." curred. Radioand televisionflashedbulletinsof facts the U.S. and at S.U. for a year, "was surprised that and rumors as they received them, and the Associ- it could happen to a President in America." He and On the occasion of his inauguration in January atedPress confirmed the news as their sources made the world learned something that our own people of 1961, President Kennedy spoke words that men itavailable to them. Moderncommunication and tech- will never admit or learn— that it can happen in will quote for many years to —come, but there—was nology sped the news around the world as it could America. special meaning in his words and in his life for never have done before, and modern medical men the youth of our nation: "Let the word go forth and science did all they could to reverse the fatal cc sorrylorMrs.Kennedy" time place, to friend and foe alike, ... from this and dictumof theassassin's bullet. the has passed to a new generation Once the students were certain that what could that torch been No matter how much students at S.U. were bene- had actually occurred, the first expres- of Americans." advances, not happen fitted by these modern there was one in- sion was one of sympathy for the family. No matter The President may not have been speaking spe- strument that no one has yet developed and that cifically generation, was speaking a how much anyone was shocked by the tragic act, of our but he of each of us most sincerely wished were available: A Anderson said, very generationof Americans "born in this century, tem- grief they could only, as Carol "feel means of communicating the actual and com- sorry forMrs.Kennedy." peredby war,disciplinedby a cold andbitterpeace," passion thateach person felt. 2,000 and this applies to our generation as well as to his. She was among the students who attended STUDENTS AT S.U. and Catholics throughout the the impromptu Requiem Mass offered in the gym JOHN KENNEDY was convinced that the world nation expressed their sorrow and their feelings in by Fr. Henry Hargreaves, a visiting Jesuit from could not afford to wait longer for him and his gen- a way that has never been improved upon. On Fri- Alaska. The Mass was a token of everyone's sorrow, eration, and he has proved himself correct. He had day and throughout the weekend, special Requiem but Sheila McHugh called it "sorrow for the family, taken the torch longbefore he became President; at Masses were said at S.U., at St. James Cathedral because Iam sure the President is already taken the ageof 23 he had alreadypublishedhis best-selling and in all congregationsof all denominations in the careof." While England Slept, not content merely 2,000 for he was city and nation. Over students crowded into TO EVERY STUDENT the loss was deeply per- to listen to the ideas and reluctantly accept the lead- the gym to pay honor to the slain President in a ership of older generations. His life was an inspiring sonal, "like losing your father," as Jay Mcllwaine specialnoon Mass Friday.Students and other Seattle said, or John Kertes "as if one of my own family example of what youth can accomplish and a mes- Catholics filled the aisles of St. James Cathedral sage youth and everywhere. had been shot." to students Friday evening for a Requiem Mass. Extra Masses Kathryn Dudley was most impressed by "how Friday was, as all days are, marked by tragedy, and specialMasses were offered inparishes through- was the only muchMrs. Kennedyhas lost. When JFK was elected, but the President's assassination not out the Seattle area. And yesterdayat noon a solemn frightening anonymity. for the she said it was to lose one's RequiemMass was offeredin the gymnasium Since then she has lost a son and her husband. Now intentions of the President's family. is the time when she needs her anonymity most, but it willbe violated more thanever before." "it couldn't happen ." when .. The Words That For the first day,there was little reaction besides Tried incredulous shock. Many students, when first in- Almost as soon the President'sdeath was report- formed of the assassination attempt, reacted as Jack ed, millions of telegraphed lines of tribute began McGann did, whomentally asked, "What's the punch pouring into the White House. Sunday evening the line?" student senate, approved two separate resolutions There was no "punch line"; only the cruel news tobe sent toMrs.KennedyandPresident Johnson. that the President was dead.To think that such news The resolution to Mrs. Kennedy read, in part, could be a joke sounds unreasonable, but to most "on behalf of the Associated Students of Seattle students the alternative was far more unreasonable. University, extends to Mrs. Kennedy that sympathy As Andy McClure said, "Somebodyas great as Pres- for which no words can be found. ... We send also ident Kennedycouldn't die." our prayers, to be offered at an official student body Mass on Nov. 25, 1963, and throughout the year for BUT THERE WAS MORE than the President both the repose of the President's soul and for the dying; he was assassinated. This is what was so daysof sorrow in thelives of his family." difficult to fathom. Dan Leahyexpressed"disbelief," and Robert Brennan simply murmured, "I didn't TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON the senate extended think sucha thing couldhappenin the UnitedStates." "its best wishesand promiseof firm supportto Lyn- The foreign students and instructors at S.U. felt don Baines Johnson ... is certain that President as much grief for the President who had shown him- Johnson's leadership in these troubled times will be self tobe a friend toall peoplesof the world. Madame sure and unerring as was the leadership of our late Marchand, French language instructor, wept openly President,JohnFitzgeraldKennedy." as she read the reports on the Associated Press ma- The Very Rev. A. A. Lemieux, S.J., president of When did he die? chine. And Mr. John Mendizabal, who has been in S.U., said he would extend the University's condol- PageFive Tuesday, November 26, 1963 THE SPECTATOR Mirror of Tragedy

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youth and his Catholic faith. He won and served we call primitive areas." Fred Burich expanded on faithfully and unflinchinglyboth "masters." these thoughts: "It surprises me that a human done and what be capable good, yet, when He did whatno man before him had beingcan of so much and most said could not be done— won the leadershipof dispute arises, we revert to the cave man method. youth and his — to his nation without admitting that his We're all guilty in a way conditions which led in any way— and he exercised by us." religionhindered him his death were caused that leadershipwell and with courage. EVERYWHERE THERE WERE lessons to be learned from the tragedy, and reasons were sought Words Strength to explainit. But the bitter fact is that the American Last of people have not learned the lesson of hate,no matter The evaluation of John Kennedy's greatness re- how cruelly it has beenpresented to them. mains the task of the historians. They will determine In less than six months we have seen a Negro his effect on the past,but it is this generation which leader shot down in his own driveway, before the must follow his directions for the future. If we are eyesof his family; fourNegro girls savagelydeprived certain of his greatness, then we must follow his of life by a bomb blast in their Sunday school, and a words. President shot in hate as he rode in an open car The speech which Mr.Kennedy was to have given beside his wife and among thousands of friends. in Dallas was never delivered, but we have those words. They must remain, whether he would have wished it so or not, as his final directions to his What Reason for This Act? nation and his countrymen. Anne Galen feared that the President's accused saw this country, and assassin "would be treated in the same manner as THE LATE PRESIDENT Lincoln." And he was. The act of its people, as "the watchman on the walls of world the assassin of so this post he sacrificed malicious murder was returned in kind; and so it freedom," and it was at that his life. In his speech in Dallas, Mr. Kennedy was will go on forever, until people realize the futility "strength returning withhate. to urge this country to exercise its with of hate — that we may achieve in our How did he die? have the death wisdomand restrain For those who would demanded time and for all time the ancient vision of 'peace of President Kennedy's alleged assassin if he had That always the on earth, good will towardmen.' must lived to face trial, this act of revenge shows goal — and righteousness of our cause ences to the family in a letter to Sen. Edward Ken- "eye an eye" modeof justice. Such be our the fallacy of the for must always underlie our strength." nedy, the late President's younger brother. Fr. Le- retribution only been an insult to the telegram time would be would have Our late President had the vision of a world free mieux said that a at this greatness of President Kennedy. We must all pay of "only in and that, by addressing the sacrifice, from hate and violence. This would be a world one a million" for the crime with our dedicationand which those who preached feelings of himself and the University to Edward pleaded so or was peace, and he corrected that he so often for and seldom won "peace is sign weakness." Mr. Kennedy gave Kennedy, the message would "more personally be givenfreely. a of conveyed and expressed to the President's family." his life for that cause, and no man of war could Edward Kennedy spoke on campus in 1960 during THE ASSASSIN'S ACT was one of hate, hate for havegivenmore. his brother's Presidential campaign. the man instead of hate for what he stood for. The assassin was led to believe that by killing the man JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY died at the hands he could kill what he stood for. Sen. Barry Gold- of the hate and violence he sought to destroy, but "have lost a great leader" water, the man perhaps most violently opposed to he left us the means to continue the battle. He gave Kennedy stood for, shattered this his words and his life to aid us in that battle. But The tributes continue to mount. Jim Picton, pres- what President myth when he spoke of the deep friendship that had he warned of the dangers of simply hearing and iwent of the S.U. Young Democrats, spoke for his "despite words: strong, strenpth for the ex- existed betweenhimself and Mr. Kennedy, voicing the "If we are our group: "It is difficult anyone to add to in had engaged on the speak for itself; if we are weak, words will be pressions of sorrow whichhave been voiced since the the violent battles which we will floor of the Senate over policies and principles." of no help." And so he left the nation and the world death of President Kennedy. Nevertheless Iwould tragic strength desperately. and Hate begets hate, and perhaps the most event that needed his words and so like to say to the world, the nation the party the slaying of the alleged have a great leader, by his life showed a of the last few days was lost who assassinin act hate. true concern for the people whom he served." Picton a further of noted that his group had voted $25 from its treasury for Masses to be offered for the intention of the late Future Presidentand his family. Question of the LEROUX, S.J., This momentary act of violence has raised ques- FR. WILLIAM a ferventDemocrat happen in and a long-time supporter of Mr. Kennedy, said tions of why it happened and what will shown tragic the future. Leo Penne, graduate student, thinks that "The tributes since the assassination of message illustrate the love the people had for the President. "the incident should be some sort for of his greatness." Fr. Leroux moderation without inveighing against radicals of There is no question such things offered a memorial service yesterday morning for either side.This should demonstratethat Sand Point as the 'Louisiana Hate Campaign' have effects which the military service stationed at Naval specific intent. As a Air Station. extend beyond their Catholic student of political science, this event proposed im- John Fattorini, ASSU first vice president and a mense problems tome." member of the Young Republicans, cited the Presi- tragedy and a great loss Dr. Robert Larson, head of the sociology dept, dent's death as a "dreadful that "the term to the American people, mournedby both Democrats feels rest of the Administration's tragedy willbe a test of the continuityof the administration and Republicans alike." The was not a world partisan a loss to the entire nationand world. that Kennedy set up, and a test before the of loss but our commitments to both national and international problems. The hope,of course, is that this event will UnlearnedLesson in Hate sober our deliberations about our international status and our national status with regard to domestic As time began the slow healing of the serious problems." wound to the nation and the world, people searched for the answers to why the savage act had occurred THERE ARE GREAT lessons to be learned from and to what the future mighthold. the event and perhaps greater lessons to be learned Fr. Hargreaves reminded the students who at- from the life of the late President. Here was a man most powerful in our nation tended the special Mass on Friday that the "spirit who sought the office He's of savagery exists in every country, not just in what despite the supposedly impossible restrictions of his dead ... PageSix THE SPECTATOR Tuesday, November 26, 1963 The 'Chief:Now He Rests at Arlington ByMARY ELAYNEGRADY POLICE ESTIMATED the silent dent said simply. "That's all Ican do. mourners, the body of the late Presi- President John F.Kennedy was buried crowds lining Washington streets at Iask your help and God's." dent was carriedfrom the White House yesterday afternoon in Arlington Na- 800,000. The procession wound around After the body was preparedforburial by eight uniformed pallbearers, two — the Lincoln Memorial and across the at the Naval Hospital, several hours from each of the military services, to tional Cemetery and with him frag- capitol ments of human hearts the world over. Memorial Bridge to the cemetery where later, Mrs. Kennedy and the Attorney the to lie in state. November 25 was a day of splendored- 126,000 veterans are buried. General accompanied the casket to the sadness unlike anyother inWashington's Near the site of Kennedy's grave, the White House. The procession wheeled JACQUELINE Kennedy,perfectly history. caisson halted. A band struck up the down Pennsylvania Avenue and turned composed but with deep circles under As the sun brought out afternoon national anthem, and then the U.S. Air into the northwest entrance to the Ex- her eyes, emerged from the White shadows, the young widow of the Presi- Force Bagpipes —began to play. A roar— ecutiveMansion. House behind the casket, with her two dent bent to light an "eternalflame"by of 50 jet planes one for each state children at her side. The trio entered her husband's grave. She spoke with thunderedover—the cemetery. The—Presi- SEVERAL HUNDRED people had a single limousine with President and Richard Cardinal Cushing who had con- dent's aircraft Air Force One fol- waited in silence for hours outside the Mrs. Johnson and Robert Kennedy, who ducted the funeral and burial, and re- lowed. White House grounds. When the body held John Jr. The procession to the turned to the White— House for her last After a special salute from the Irish arrived at the portico, servicemen' in Capitol was similar to yesterday's fun- official function the receptionof visit- Guards, Cardinal C v sh in g read the dress uniforms carried the flag-draped eral, with one exception. ing dignitaries. graveside prayers. casket up the White House steps. A little girl in a blue dress, name Mrs. Kennedy, hatless and still wear- unknown, dashed into the street as the MRS. KENNEDY had accompanied THE 21-GUN salute rumbled across ing the pink suit which she had worn cortege approached the Justice Depart- her husband on his last journey. It be- the quiet hills, a triple volley from in Dallas, folllowed the casket into the ment Building and strewed a dozen long gan yesterday morning when the flag- riflemen followed, and a bugler wafted building,with the AttorneyGeneralhold- stemmed roses in the path of the com- draped coffin had been gentlyplaced on taps over the white-stonedgrass. ingher arm. Other membersof the fam- ing caisson. the caisson outside the Capitol. Withdeft hands the honor— guard folded ily who had followed the hearse in Police estimated that some 300,000 on- The official procession formed: the the flag from the casket and as Mrs. White House limousines, entered the Ex- lookers lined Pennsylvania Avenue and six-horse caisson, the bearer of the Kennedyleft the cemetery, she clutched ecutive Mansion after them. other sections of the route between the President's flag, the unruly riderless it tightly. Executive Mansion and the Capitol. The horse, the two clergymen, the service- Ever since the President's casket had SHORTLY BEFORE the arrival of the crowd had been gathering since mid- men, the limousines. been in the Capitol Rotunda, throngs cortege, workmen on stepladders had night Saturday. Many wept as the cais- Swingingintothe WhiteHouse grounds, had waited to file past to pay their own draped the White House door on the rolled slowly past them. the line of those north portico drapes. son the procession halted and family and respects. At one time with black The cortege reached the Capitol at dignitaries began the six-block walk to waiting was over nine miles long. The body of the slain President was placed in historic East Room of the 1:42 p.m. (EST), and the body was St. Matthew's Cathedral. Behind Mrs. the the Kennedy, Attorney-General Robert Ken- POLICE ESTIMATED that 240,000 had White House, two lighted candles stand- borne into rotunda to the boom Sunday each end catafalque on of a 21-gun salute and the strains of nedy and Senator Edward Kennedy walked by the coffin since after ing at of the to More 2,000 had to be turned which the casket rested. At the corners "Hail the Chief." walked statesmen from 53 nations. noon. than mouth, Among them heads 26 away this morning when the stood enlisted men with bayonets, re- By radio and word of the news were the of coun- President's the crowd that tries. body was moved to the caisson for the presenting the Army, Navy, Marine spread swiftly through funeral procession Corps and Air Force. Three of the men Lee Harvey Oswald, the man accused above the was The Washington tribute to Kennedy of the honor guard were white, and the of killing Kennedy, had been shot in TOWERING statesmen that President Charles de Gaulle of France. began at 6:30 p.m. (EST), Friday, when fourth, the Army man, was a Negro. Dallas. Oswald died about the time Philip Great Bri- big Air Force One, a jet planeof the Kennedy's body reached the Capitol. Close were Prince of the a pass- tain, of Greece, Presi- group that had carried John F.Kennedy TWO PRIESTS knelt at stations ad- Word of the shootingcaused only Queen Frederika ing ripple interest. dent Mrs. Lyndon Johnson. on so many triumphal trips, rolled to a jacent to the catafalque to say prayers of and thenight. At the Cathedral, Mrs. Kennedy wait- stopat Andrews AirForce Base, 15 miles for the dead President through The body was moved reverently up from the White House. Reporters and cameramen were per- the broad front steps of the Capitoland ed on the steps until the car with Caro- the casket John Jr. She tookthem The bronze casket with the body of the mitted a brief viewing of into the rotunda, where it was centered line and arrived. closed, as it would ceremo- by the hand. Cardinal dishing laid his latePresident was taken from the plane noted that it was beneath the vast dome. In the their inblessing. by a group of his close friends. be throughout the public viewings. nies there were eulogies for Kennedy. hands on shoulders as if Saturday, the body Just before the coffin was carried into All day remained Cathedral, Marine Band played FOLLOWING thebody outof the plane in the East Room. Among the relatives AT THEEND,before thepublicbegan the the her, by in tribute were its farewell salute: "Hail to the Chief." was Mrs. Kennedy, and with Rob- and friends who filed filing past in twin lines on either side ert Kennedy, the attorney general, who former Presidents Dwight Eisenhower of the closed coffin, Mrs.Kennedy walk- THE FUNERAL was a low mass. had boarded the planeimmediatelyafter and Harry Truman. ed up to the casket with Caroline be- no eulogy, the it stopped "I came to pay my respects," was side her, pressed her lips Althoughthere was to be say. knelt and Most Rev. PhilipM. Hannan, an auxili- Mrs. Kennedy and the Attorney Gen- all Eisenhower would the flag covering the coffin. Mrs. Ken- ary bishop of Washington, used Ken- eral rode in the gray ambulance that nedy, Caroline and John then returned the body to the Naval Hospital at PRESIDENT JOHNSON visited the to the Wouse. nedy's inaugural address and some bib- took the White quotations as a of eulogy. Bethesda, Md. White House several times during lical form pray at the casket and to study Jacqueline Kennedy returned to the After the funeral, the miles-long pro- After the ambulance moved away at day, to Capitol rotunda again shortly after 9 6:10 p.m. (EST), the new President, the state of world affairs in the map- cession to the cemetery formed. re- p.m. (EST), for one more glimpse of Cathedral, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Mrs. Johnson lined "situation room" where secret again she Outside the Cardinal Cush- world screen- the. flag-draped coffin. Once ing stoopedandkissed Caroline Kennedy. emerged from the plane. Mr. Johnson ports from around the are knelt, placed her hand on the coffin, and later, Mrs. Kennedy appeared shaken and unnerved by the ed. A few moments morning, Mrs. Kennedy kissedit. spoke to John Jr. The boy, whose third events of the past few hours, but his On Sunday he spoke briefly into and Caroline attended a special Mass Millions around the world yesterday, birthday was yesterday, handed his voice was firm as day before, and the day before carrying, and the microphonesat the airport. in the East Room. and the mother a book he was roll of muffled that, were also expressing their grief in caisson bearing the body of Later, to the doleful saluted the drums, silent throngs their personalfashions. his father. "IWILL DO my best," the new Presi- and before of Leaders Express Their Sorrow World us Dy an most tragic event and to who love peace and justice and has been taken trom Almost as quickly as the news at this act which outrages decent men F.Kennedy's assassina- be associated in the condolences freedom will bow their heads. of John At such a moment we can only everywhere. tion was flashed around the to Mrs. Kennedy, to members upheld of to turn to prayer . .. May God "He the faith our world, a tidal wave of tribute of the bereaved family and fathers, is for all government people of help us .. ." which freedom and sympathy beganpouringin- the and men." nations capitol from the the U.S." to the ONE OF the highest tributes leaders of the world. From around the world, the to Kennedy was by the new "... A MAN of wisdom, England's new Prime Minis- messages poured in, from the President Lyndon Johnson. On strength, and peace,he molded ter, Sir Alec Douglas-Home,was leaders of most of the world's his second day in office, John- and moved the power of our one of the first to send his con- nations. The messagespreceded son proclaimed a national day nation in the service of a world dolences: "Irecall him as a just a pilgrimage to Washington of of mourning for the slain presi- of growing liberty and order. man, a man who hated bigotry, the world's dignitariesunmatch- dent. Johnson's proclamation "All who love freedom will , whobelieved allmen were equal ed in history. said inpart: "John Kennedy... mourn his death." in the sight of God and acted on that belief." JOHN KENNEDY had made many political enemies during FRENCH President Charles the years he served his coun- DeGaulle announced that he try. But in the days following JFK Now Fourth would attend Kennedy's funeral his death, theingrainedbarriers and cabled this message: "The of partisanship were, for a mo- death of President Kennedy is ment, dropped while political Presidential Victim a source of deep sorrow to the and military leaders paid their French people, who held in the tribute to a man whom they Kennedy is the fourth American President to respected. John F. highest esteem this great head be killed by assassins' bullets. state, servant of Arthur, of illustrious Gen. Douglas Mac in The first was Abraham Lin- freedom and of the destiny of a telegram to Mrs. Kennedy, April 15, mankind." coln, shot in the head Kennedy was fatally wounded said: "I realize the utter futil- 1865, by southern sympathizer Friday by a sniper during a Sir Winston Churchill, the eld- ity of words at such a time, but President Kennedy John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Dallas, Tex., motorcade. erly former Prime Minister of the world of civilization shares Theater in Washington, D.C. the poignancyof monument- as statesman, words mock our England, had this comment: this THERE HAVE been other at- "The assassination was a al tragedy. As a former com- attempts to express the anguish JAMES A. Garfield was gun- mon- shall tempts on the lives of presi- strous act rade in arms, his death kills in our hearts ... We not ned down July 2, 1881, by Char- which has taken from his again." rail- dents. Of the last four U.S. chief us a great statesmanand a wise something within me." see like les J. Guiteau in the capitol executives, only Dwight D. and valiant man. The loss to Adlai Stevenson, the U.S. Am- road station as he was setting subject Nations, a vacation. Garfield Eisenhower was not to the United States and to the RICHARD Cardinal Cushing, bassador to the United out on an assassination attempt. world is incalculable." a close friend of the family, suggested prayer as a harbor lingered on for more than two eulogized the President: "How for the nations grief: "The tra- months before dyingSept. 19. Franklin D. Roosevelt was UNITED NATIONS Secretary- much more would have been gedy of this day is beyond in- William McKinley died Sept. shot at in Miami Feb. 15, 1933 General UThant's message was accomplished for America and stant comprehension. All of us 14, 1901, shot by an anarchist while still president-elect. The similar to countless others sent the worldhad henot been assas- who knew him will bear the eight days earlier at a Pan- assassin's bullet missed Roose- to the White House: "I would sinated. For those who knew grief of his death to the day American expositionin Buffalo, velt and fatally wounded Chica- like to express profound sorrow the President as a friend as well of ours. And all men everywhere N. Y. go Mayor Anton Cermak. Tuesday, November 26, 1963 THE SPECTATOR 7

IN JUNE. 1961. President and Mrs. Kennedy attended POPE PAUL VI received President Ken- leaders took place shortly after the new the Versailles Ballet with President and Mrs. De Gaulle nedy in a private audience this summer pope's election. after the French leader had honored the Kennedys at a at the Vatican. The meeting of the two reception. TheWorld Has Lost A Friend MIKE PARKS parted friend. through the night color flies at half staff only on Belgrade, a student penned By Berliners, 19 man- 12,000 West Berlin high To West Kennedy the day of the funeral of the these words: "I am one of Never in the history of SOME of million Yugoslavs who sincere- death of a great school students carried flaming was a symbol of hope. He was Chief State. kind has the a symbol of the force of free- ly admired his dynamism and leader been met with such a torches to the city hall where EVEN INRUSSIA, the Presi- 30,000 had gathered spontan- dom which they hoped would efforts for the preservation of universal display of shock and remove the physical dent's death was met with peace. With his death, we lose mourning as was the passing of eously. someday shock, and apparent barrier to their freedom, the disbelief a great friend." John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the During the convocation, dismay. said: "A flame went out Berlin Wall. BAY, tiny boats President of the United States. Brandt They thought Premier Khruschev, who had IN TOKYO news of his death rever- for all those who had hope for of him as one of Japanese fishermenpulled up The a of themselves. When he had many times lost in show-downs berated around the world and a just peace and better life." critical issues with Kennedy, alongside U. S. Navy warships He the city hall visited the Berlin Wall five on covered it witha cloudof gloom. confirmed that before, ap- cancelled a tour and returned with little /lags flying at half trips, and square would be renamed after months he had won Japanese In his his warmth plause with bin ein to the Kremlin. He payed his mast in tribute. The human compassion had given Kennedy. his "Ich destroyer Captain whose ship the Berliner" (Iam a Berliner). respects to the American am- him a special placein thehearts On the night following bassador, Kohler, and then almost killed Kennedy in 1943 death, Berliners dimmed Foy of millions of foreigners. West INENGLAND the tribute also sent messages to Mrs. Kennedy said: "The world has lost an the lights of their surrounded irreplaceable man, for there is THE world, was monumental. Queen Eliza- and President Johnson. His THROUGHOUT city and expressed their sorrow II commanded her court Kennedy no other president who worked kings, prime ministers and by burning in beth message to Mrs. read: candles their win- to go into a week's mourning. "It was with deep personal grief for peace like he did." washerwomen alike wept un- dows. Again they congregated in West- At U. S. militaryposts of states The great tenor bell that Ilearned about the tragic around ashamedly. Heads at city hall, 60,000 strong, to Abbey ordered husband, the world, men of the armed precedents by ordering Mayor. minster was death of your ...John broke hear their every minute from 11 Kennedy. forces, some sobbing, stood in flags flown at half staff. Par- tolled F. haunting SAID at meet- a.m. until noon on the day after who knew him silent attention as the liaments adjourned. Business BRANDT this "All people notes taps were sounded. halt, ing: "We in Berlin mourn be- theassassination, atribute here- greatly respected him and I of activities jolted to a bars The story was repeated time closed, operas, concerts cause have lost our best tofore reserved for deceased shall always keep memory plays, we British royalty. the and again. Pravda, the Soviet and social events were can- friend. of my meetings with him. newspaper, changed its front Europe the Berlin have become The Queen announced that her con- celled. learned of "We in Philip, "Accept my most sincere page to pay tribute to Kennedy tragedy at night: Churches be- poorer. America has lost its husband, Prince and dolences and expressions of dimmed, Alec Douglas- as an outstanding American gan filling, lights were President. A tortured humanity Prime Minister wholehearted sympathy with statesman. Europeanradio and lighted. has lost the man so many be- Home and Lady Douglas-Home your grievous candles were the bereavement." television stations played som- In West Berlin, the mourn- lieved could help us along the would attend funeral. music between bulletins a just and better President Charles De Gaulle INHIS MESSAGE to Johnson, ber ing and sympathy was over- road toward the flag of "The death of from the U. S. whelming. of that life in this world." of France ordered Khruschev said: The people flown half staff upon Kennedy is a heavy WORLD, city gathered at night in their The freedom bell, a gift to the France at President AROUND THE mayor, German city from the U. S., the news of the President's blow to whomever the cause of church bells tolled and people city hall and heard their passing. By tradition, tri- Willy Brandt, eulogize their de- tolled its mournful message the peace is dear." wept. They wept inLondon and One newspaperreported there Moscow and Tokyo. Nations was consternation and genuine broke their own precedents to grief on the faces of the Musco- mourn him. Cold war enemies vites whohad heard the news. praised him. People all over In Portugal, people donned the earth— kings and presidents black ties and put mourning —street peddlers and fishermen Again bands on their arms. —expressed their sorrow. Family The worldhas lost a friend. A Mourns In the Yugoslav capital of family into intense Violent death is no stranger to the family of to half staff and the went Joseph P. Kennedy. Along with great political mourning, because of the death of their third Papal Message; triumph, many tragedies have come to the Irish- child. American Clan from Boston. of former President JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, Jr. the elder brother The Dallas assassination President, was lost in action John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the most recent of the assassinated death, in World War 11. A navy pilotKennedyvanished That FreedomMayLive of the Kennedychildren tomeet un-natural England occupied but theonly member to so die. on an air mission from to not Europe in 1944. This was the son who originally SLAIN PRESIDENT Kennedy's 73 year old had borne the political hopesof the family, but ByMIKE PARKS mother was informed of the grotesque shooting who did not live to enter this field. Kennedy the thirty-fifth Pres- officially Only later, a son-in-law, the Mar- When John F. became of her son only shortly after it was a month 1961, he hurdled what many people confirmed Friday. quis of Hartington,was killedin actioninFrance. ident of the U.S. in The 75 year old ailing patriarch of the Ken- And in 1948, Lady Hartington, the formerKath- thought an impassable barrier. He was the first Roman nedy clan was not informed of the tragedy for leen Kennedy, perished with three others in a Catholic elected to the nations highest office. 21 hours after the rest of the world knew. planecrash inFrance. The world's Catholics sorrow, Pope — proud that one of the said: THE YOUNGER of the two surviving sons FOR MANY YEARS, another sister, Rose- were — an institution the men- their own had become so "WE AREDEEPLY bereaved Sen.Edward M.Kennedy (D.-Mass.) broke the mary, has been in for news of his semi-invalid father in an upstairs tally retarded. prominent. And all, espe- by the tragic and sad news to the assassination of the Presi- bedroom of the main house in the Kennedy's The other surviving members of the illustri- their Vicar Pope Robert, Attorney General, cially dent. We are profoundly sad- Cape Cod compound. ous familyinclude U.S. VI, especially father, former ambassa- Edward, Massachusetts senator who holds the Paul were dened for sucha shameful crime The late president's of has struck a great and dor to Court of St. James was reported to have seat once occupied by his late brother; Eunice sorrowful at the news which Kennedy Schriver, wife of Sargent Schriver. head of the his tragic end. civil nation, and for the sorrow taken the grim news very well. Joseph inflicts upon Mrs. Ken- suffering from heart attack several years ago Peace Corps founded by her brother; Patricia which it is a IN A SPECIAL to the nedy, their children and their from which he never recovered. Lawford, wife of British actor, Peter Lawford; tribute Jean Smith, wife of Stephen Smith, real dead President, the Roman family. and the yel- THE RELATIONSHIP of the Kennedy chil- estate executive in New York. Catholic Pontiff ordered "We deplore this event with in-laws, Kennedy grand- low and white banners of the all our heart. dren, the Kennedy the city-state flown at half- children, the Kennedyconnections to oneanother NONE OF THE Kennedy's, strangely, have Vatican "He was the first Catholic counterpart in contemporary Amer- ever shown the slightest interest in finance, the staff. This tribute had been re- President of theU.S. Weremem- have little for a Pope. icansociety. field in which their father has always been a served the death of ber having had the honor of a It is market by a severely competitive spirit, fabulously successful, but mysterious figure. Pope Paul VI, on learning of visit by him and having recog- but bonded by an even stronger family loyalty. This, the elder Kennedyindicated is as it should President Kennedy's death, nized in him a great wisdom Thecohesiveness of theKennedygroup islegend. be. This country he points out, has been exceed- prayed that "the sacrifice of and high regard for the well- ingly good to the Kennedys. It is therefore only John Kennedymay advance the beingof mankind." PLANS FOR A joyous, typical American. proper, he has said, that this generation should cause he promotedand defended Kennedy's public for the freedom of peoples and LATER THE POPE gave ab- Thanksgiving day reunion for the concentrate on service. Kennedy harshly torn apart last Friday when the All the Kennedys, with the exceptionof their the peace of the world." The solution for President were the a symbolic coffin. elder Kennedys received word that their eldest Father, were in Washington this past weekend pontiff offered Mass for before to bury famous relative. Fitzgerald peace of his soul and for the He also sent messagesof con- and most prominent son had been murdered. their John Kennedy, Instead of a celebration, a moment after the Kennedy died in the service of his country and comfort of those who mourned dolence to Mrs. the informed certainly even in his intense grieving, the elder his passing. Kennedy family and the new former President's father had been President, Lyndon Johnson. the flag outside Kennedy's home was lowered Kennedy must have felt a touch of pride. In his official expression of PageEight THE SPECTATOR Tuesday, November 26, 1963 Johnson Takes Reins of State By KAF.THE ELLIS there's anybody else aboard Chief of State issued— his first Lyndon B. Johnson took who wants to see this, tell him order as President "Now, let's of to come in." Mrs. Johnson get this plane to Washington." the Presidential oath stood at the right side of her The plane then took off on the office at 2:39 p.m. (CST) husband. long,sad flightto Washington. Nov. 22, only an hour and Johnson raised his right hand a half after John F. Ken- and placed his left on a small AFTER THE LANDING at leather Bible during the two- Andrews Air Force Base in nedy died of gunshot minute ceremony. U. S. District Washington, Johnsonstoodaside wounds in Parkland Hos- Judge Sarah Hughes of Dallas while a yellow cargo lift was pital in Dallas. Mrs. Jac- administered the oath, the first raised to the rear door of the queline Kennedy stood woman to swear in a President. huge jet and the bronze casket enclosing the body of John Fitz- quietly and sorrowfully at JOHNSON then turned and lowered, kissed his wife on the forehead. gerald Kennedy was his side while Johnson re- After a moment of silence, both then transfered, to a grayNaval peated the oath. ambulance for the short drive Johnson and his wife turned to Hospital nearby the oath, Johnson be- Mrs. Kennedy, the to the Naval at With comfort Bethesda,Md. came the thirty-sixth man to grieving widow of the slain hold the highest and most diffi- President. Mrs. Johnson clasped Only then did Johnson make cult office in the nation. her hand tightly and said, "The his way— down the ramp of the Twenty-seven people nation mourns your hus- plane gravely,almost hesitant- crowded whole way into the small Presidential com- band." ly. In time, he made his partment to witness cere- Three minutes after the cere- to a cluster of microphones to the public mony after Johnson said, "If mony was completed, the new make his first pronounce-

' THE NEW PRESIDENT chatted last year with Mr. Kennedy while the latter relaxed in what is now the Accused Assassin empty rocking chair. By CHRISTEL BRELLOCHS On Sept. 26, plans were announced for Presi- ment as Chief of State. His wife scene in 1964, this is not the A days later, Only 48 hours ofter the death of John F. dent Kennedy's visit to Dallas. few stood at his side. place for an outline of these assassin, Lee Harvey Os- Oswald, now residinginIrving, Texas, got a job apprehensions.The politicalbat- Kennedy, his accused Depository, the build- IN A SLOW and grief-laden wald, victim of same violent judg- at the Texas Schoolbook tles, the party bickering, the was the the ing shots which killed Ken- voice, Johnson read from his criticism, ment by a fellow citizen. from which the rifle the debates will have nedy were fired, as a temporary warehouse statement. "This is a sad time to wait until later. They have He was transported to Parkland Hospital worker. for all people," he said. "We place Washington, Kennedy expired Friday. The no in in the where President A strange circumstances led authori- have suffered a loss that cannot White House, nor in the world desperatemedical was made to save trail of be weighed. For it is a deep — same effort ties to bear down on Oswald as the prime me today. The country and the the accused assassin's life by two of the same personal tragedy. Iknow the world— must move slowly who had vainly to the suspect first doctors labored save Attorney Wade, confident that he had an air- world shares the sorrow that up and out of its grief, shock President's. case— "l chair Mrs. Kennedy and her family and anger at the assassination tight have sent men to the electric bear. Iwill do my best. with less evidence"— released "conclusive evi- That of Kennedy. OSWALD DIED at 2:07 (EST) after Jack night, by is all Ican do. Iask your help must Rubinstein, Ruby, owner of a dence" Sunday after pressure the And Johnson move with alias bachelor Federal government. —and God's." the country. Johnson, today, is down townDallas night club, stepped wordlessly links in the President. He has aides to ad- forward, pressed a gun into Oswald's abdomen Among the specific chain of JOHNSON WAS THEN on his that Oswald assassin, vise him; he has friends and uttered a sharp cry of anguish, events linked with the own, with all the responsibilities and shot. Oswald Attorney Wade cited: of the most difficult job in the relatives to give him solace; grabbed his stomach and collapsed at Ruby's yet the oval office is now his. feet. world resting on his shoulders. THE ASSASSINATION rifle had been pur- The responsibilities, which had When he entered that office, the The scene of this third Dallas murder was chased by Oswald last March from a Chicago once been John Kennedy's, had domestic and foreign, the poli- the basement of the Dallas city jail. Oswald mail order firm. passed to him because a manin tical and private problems of was being escorted from this site to the Dallas A photograph of Oswald holding the rifle in Dallas, Tex., fired three shots the world and the U.S. become county jail. A strictly guarded armored car one hand, the Daily Worker and Fascist liter- from a high-poweredrifle. his alone. He must now bear the was waiting at the basement entrance. TV ature in the other hand. Johnson spent nearly three enormous weight of these prob- cameras were grinding. A palmprint identified as Oswald's was found hours at the White House. Dur- lems. Oswald's death— left the nation with an en- on the underside of the rifle that ballistic tests ing this short time, he plunged during mystery whether the 24-year-old ex- showed fired the bullet that killed President into the job of reorganizing the ANDTHIS MUST be the hard- Marine, who had once tried to become a Rus- Kennedy. machinery of government. Dur- est part for Johnson in his new sian citizen,reallykilledKennedyand if so, why. The Dallas News cited a reliable source as inga meetingwithCongression- functions as President. Though Despite intensive questioning, and despite the saying that officers who searched Oswald's room al leaders, Johnson asked for— he wishes to mourn and feels map a line path — pledges sup- so much deep personal loss at assertions of theauthorities that theyhad enough found a on which marked the and received of Kennedy, evidence to send Oswald to the eiectric chair, of the bullet which killed President Kennedy. port for the grief-and-trouble- the death of President The paper quoted the unidentified days he isforced toassume theduties the accused assassin never wavered in his in- source as filled ahead. immediately. sistence, "I did not kill Kennedy." reporting. "This was a map of the city of Dal- of his office He placed major OUT OF RESPECT to the must prove himself at once, to las. Oswald had marks at the — strength him intersection along motorcade route three slain President, Johnson con- show that he has the ALL WHO RECALL Oswald remember the ducted of action to as a loner, one whoneither wishednor attempted or four as Irecall. There was also a line from the business his first of and purpose main- Texas Depository Building to full day as President in his old tain the office on his own. to receive the friendship of others. He was de- the Schoolbook suite in Johnson must find balance scribed as an introvert, bookish and opposed Elm Street. This was the trajectoryof the bullets the Executive Office a which struck the and Governor Con- Bldg. During this long, sorrow- between following in the foot- to authority in any form. He was also remem- President steps views, nally." ful day, Johnson proved that he of President Kennedy and bered for his radical for his criticism of to reins striking out America and for his admiration of Marxism. intends take over the on his own. He FORTY-FIVE assassina- of governmentimmediately. sought the office of President was rememberedas a good family man— MINUTES after the Allowing time out to visit during the campaigns. Yet, he He — tion, at moment the a good father to his children; a quiet man and almost the when President body of President Kennedy, ly- agreedto become the Vice Pres- trouble; Kennedy's heartbeat stopped, a policeman,J. D. one who never caused any a brilliant Oswald, ing in state at the White House, idential candidate, knowing full mmd— one who knew all the answers. Tippit, tried to pick up a block from book his rooming house. Witnesses saw Police Officer and also to cross the street for well that Kennedy, a strong After quitting school at 17, Oswald's Marine got special memorialservices at St. man, would also be a strong 1959, Tippit motionto him. The officer out of his John's Episcopal Church, President, leavingvery career ended Sept. 11, when he was re- car and came around when Oswald shot him John- thus lit- leased from active duty to aid in the support of EST). son spent the rest of the day in tle actual policy-making to John- three times (2:15 conferences. his mother. He was put in the inactive reserve Oswald then crossed a vacant lot. ejected son. — but later was given an undesirable discharge pistol. Johnson's first formal address Now Johnson has the office three shells and reloaded the He walked to people a he to becauseof his intent to becomea Soviet citizen. away and went into the Texas Theater— four the American was has acceded the Presiden- A Marine discharge proclamationsetting aside yes- cy. Yet, his accession wascaus- month after his he was miles from the scene of the assassination. terday as a national day of ed, not by a triumphalelection, in Moscow. He appeared at the American em- Dallas police "spotted him," according to his mourning for slain President not by a mandate from the peo- bassy where he announced decision to re- Wade. Oswald struck at McDonald, the arrest- Kennedy. ple, but by a cruel twist of nounce his American citizenship —"I am a ing officer, and put his gun against the officer's Marxist," Beginningin alow and solemn hatred which caused one man to he then declared. head. The gun failed to go off. Police Officer voice, Johnson's voice grew fire a rifle and assassinate John McDonald, who was cut across the face in the stronger Kennedy. IN NOVEMBER, he in his American "Well, and more emotional as turned Fcuffle, quoted Oswald as saying. it's he paid tribute to the late Pres- passportand in an affidavit declared: "Iaffirm n\\ over now." Six officers subdued Oswald and ident as a man of "wisdom, UNDER THESE circumstan- that my allegiance is to the Soviet Socialist then took him to City Hall. Paraffin tests on strengthand peace,"a man who ces, one must feel a great Republic." both hands showed that Oswald had recently had "molded and moved the amountof sympathy for Johnson Oswald married a Russian girl,Marina Nich- fired a gun. power of our nation in the serv- in his new role as President. olaevna. She was pregnant with their first The massive hunt for Kennedy's assassin be- ice of a worldof growingliberty For,undoubtedly,his wish to be child when in January, 1962, Oswald wrote Sen. ntßn almost before the echo of the tragic hiftory- and order." "All who love free- President cannot exist today. John Tower, R-Tex., as disenchantment set in. altering shots had died away. dom," said Johnson, "will Mixed with the power which he The defector pleaded for re-entry to the U.S. Capt. Will Fritz, of the Dallas Police Depart- mournhis death." has by virtue of his accession, Tower referred the letter to the State De- ment, said after the death of the ex-Marine Johnson closed his proclama- he must also feel sorrow and partment and in February, 1962, it was decided "We don't know anyone else involved in it, and tion by urging people every- grief that only through such a after a review that Oswald never actually as far as we are concerned the case is closed." where to "pay homage of love terrible series of events did he achieved Soviet citizenship. Therefore he was Federal government officials felt otherwise. and reverence to the memory gain his office. given a passport. President Johnson ordered a full government of a great and good man." In the troubled days ahead, Back in this country, Oswald turned up in probe of Oswald's slaying and the FBI proposed while Johnson struggles to as- his native New Orleans, where he reportedly further investigation with the hope of eventually THOUGH THE accession of sume control of the government, applied for a passport to return to Europe and giv'ng the American people the full story. Johnson to thePresidencyraises the international and domestic the Soviet Union. Lee Harvey Oswald went to his grave almost apprehension in the minds of situation, while fightingback his in secret yesterday. He was buried in Rose Hill many concerning what direc- ownpersonalgrief andsorrow at THE HOUSE COMMITTEE on Un-American cemetery in Fort Worth Tex., while the eyes tions Johnson's policies will President Kennedy's death, we activities listed Oswald as secretary of the New of a saddened nation were turned half a conti- take, and what effects Kenne- should offer a prayer for Lyn- Orleans chapter of a group called Fair Play nent away to the last po'emn rites of the Chief dy's death and Johnson's acces- donJohnson, bothas a politician for Cuba, a pro-Castro organization. Executive he was accused of killing. sion will have on the political and as a man.