Editor,

In his January 1961 farewell address to the nation, President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke. The following were his remarks:

“We pray that peoples of all faiths, all races, all nations, may have their great human needs satisfied; that those now denied opportunity shall come to enjoy it to the full; that all who yearn for freedom may experience its spiritual blessings; those who have freedom will understand, also, its heavy responsibilities; that all who are insensitive to the needs of others will learn charity; that the scourges of poverty, disease, and ignorance will be made to disappear from the earth, and that, in the goodness of time, all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the binding force of mutual respect and love.”

It is unfathomable that this man of character, intelligence, decency, honesty, humility and compassion will soon go down in history as sharing the title with the current president-elect.

Where is Ike when our country needs him most?

Chris Geiger

Coupeville