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lddor,als.
Sauce for the goose
Sound the trumpets! Break out the flags! Washing-
ton's House of Representatives has finally approved a code
of ethics for legislators.
With the righteousness of a pagan priest who has just
pushed a virgin into a volcano, the representatives unani-
mously pressed their "yea" buttons, thus putting final an-
proval of the code in the hands of the Senate.
House leaders were unanimous in their praise of the
code. Democratic Minority Leader John O'Brien said: "This
is one of the most far-reaching codes of ethics ever adopted
by state legislators. This is something we should be proud
of as state legislators."
House Majority Leader Stu Bledsoe said it was "un-
precedented.., a working set of guidelines for those of us
who sit here."
Representative Bob Perry called it "a landmark in leg-
islation in the United States."
This unprecedented landmark contains one small loop-
hole in its far-reaching effectiveness; a loopho}e which, if
closed, "would probably kill the whole code of ethics," ac-
cording to one of the measure's authors.
The ethical escape hatch allows lawyer-legislators to
keep locked in their bosoms the identities of those who pay
them retainers, while their fellow legislators must disclose
most of their business connections to avoid conflict of in-
terests.
This is probably a small matter, since only 17 of the
49 Senate members, for instance, are lawyers. That's not
even a majority; it amounts to a minuscule 34 percent.
That is hardly enough to worry about when you con-
sider the evidence, compiled down through the years, that
lawyer-legislators are meticulous in their avoidance of con-
flict of interests. Every schoolboy knows that lawyer-leg-
islators do not accept retainers from persons and firms do-
ing business with the state. If you desire proof of this
ask any lawyer-legislator.
The precedent set by this bipartisan exercise in smug-
ness, however, may have far-reaching consequences in leg-
islation affecting other businesses and professions. Be-
cause of this, we asked three local men--a butcher, a baker
and a candlestick maker--for their views on stricter gov-
ernment regulation of their businesses.
The butcher said he would welcome tighter restrictions
on those who handle perishable foodstuffs, provided that
butchers, who have always kept their own house in order
through rigid self-discipline, be excluded from the require-
ments.
"A new set of regulations protecting the public from
spoiled fruit and vegetables would be something we could
be proud of as butchers," he said.
The baker, who said he had been unhappy for some
time with the state's enforcement of weights and measures
laws, indicated his approval of stringent new regulations in
that department.
"Bakers, of course, should be exempt from the provi-
sions of any new law," he remarked, "but there is an ur-
gent need for an unprecedented set of guidelines for those
of us who weigh and measure here."
The candlestick maker, up to his elbows in hot solder,
' was aflame with enthusiasm for revision of the state's busi-
ne and occupation tax.
"Most of the state's financial problems can be solved,"
he explained, "if the B&O tax is raised. Candlestick mak-
ers, because of their long tradition of unselfish public serv-
ice, should not be included among those who have to pay
the tax, which, if raised, would be a landmark in legisla-
tion in the United States."
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Capitol dome:
Open space law will be a long time in coming
By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS
It took two sessions of the
Legislature to get the so-called
open space amendment to the
constitution on the ballot. It may
take another two sessions to en-
act a law to put it into opera-
tion.
The amendment, appro v e d
overwhelmingly by the voters
last November as House Joint
Resolution No. 1, authorizes tax-
ation of property on the basis
of current use, but needs a law
to implement it.
The Legislative Council spent
much of the last two years of
study and public hearing on a
bill to accomplish this purpose,
but now it doesn't seem to pleas F
anybody.
At a leglyeLpublic hearing
on the measure, I£B 26, every
single witness called for some
changes. Not one speaker favor-
ed the bill in its present form.
County officials, who were con-
cerned about the loss of revenue,
were the most articulate in op-
position, but even spokesmen for
farm and forestry organizations
called for amendments.
There was considerable agita-
tion for delay on the bill, and
if enough pressure is exerted
in behalf of further amendments,
the delaying action will be suc-
cessful. It could be 1971 before
taxation on the basis of use, as
opposed to "best use," becomes
a reality.
GRANDFATHER OUTDATED
The proposed constitutional
amendment which is the heart
of Gov. Dan Evans' tax reform
program, besides paving the
way for a single-rate income tax,
cuts in half the assessment base
for taxing property, but also car-
ries a "grandfather's clause."
It provides that taxes in ex-
cess of the constitutional limita-
tion may be levied to pay the
principal and interest on gen-
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The bear facts
Editor, The Jcurnal
This drivel was prompted by
bear tracks around my door,
witnessed by Esther Goetsch and
Doris Bryant.
PRISTINE HARSTINE
Bear tracks in the snow
Startled us who slept
In warmth of hearthglow
Ne'er dreaming of Ursus Major
Descending to our door.
(Perhaps with lure of bacon
He'll constellate once more)
Daniel Lee O'Brien
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The Flapdoodler:
Pay your money and fall to the back of the bus
By STEVE ERICKSON
Among other unpleaantries, the recent blizzard forced
me to turn to an old enemy for help. City buses.
Although it was a crow-eating, cheek-turning experi-
ence it was also an education.
It had been a long time---years--since I had done any
more than honk my horn angrily at a bus, so I really
couldn't be, blamed for dropping only a nickel into the hop-
per as I climbed aboard that snowy Monday morn.
The driver, being a bus driver, blamed me anyway.
"No ya don't, bud," he yelled, attracting maximum at-
tention. "Ya gotta pay me another thutty cents."
I gasped and coughed up, trying to spot his badge num-
ber as I forked over so I could turn him in to his superiors
at the earliest opportunity. No badge.
My money safely in his clutches, he pulled an old trick
teenage drivers have picked up from bus drivers. He
"popped the clutch."
The effect is to make the bus leap forward as though
jabbed with a cattle prod. Fun if you're sitting. Disaster,
if you're standing.
I was standing, reaching for a handrail when the clutch
popped. Then I was falling, still grabbing for a handrail,
and the next thing I knew I was sitting. In the aisle, which
hadn't been swept since a year ago last Easter.
Off we went down the street toward a cluster of vic-
tims waiting on yonder comer. I scrambled into a seat
immediately behind the driver.
This group displayed more spirit, spunk and moxie
than I had shown. The popping clutch seemed to pop a
few nerves. There was considerable muttering from the
aisle, some of it turning the air blue.
The driver turned to me, his lip curled in disdain.
"Did you hear that?" he asked,
"Yes," I said. "A little weak, but it sounded sincere."
We arrived downtown, where the driver ran afoul of
what should have been a safe haven--a bus stop.
He wheeled dramatically up to the curb in front of
Meier & Frank's general store, disgorged several well-shak-
en riders, absorbed a few, and popped the clutch.
Surprise! Nothing happened. Nobody fell, nobody
cursed, nobody went anyplace.
We were stuck. Somebody snickered and the driver's
ears turned pink. He tried everything to get out of the
ice, but nothing worked. The tires continued to spin, we
contipued to be stuck and the driver's ears continued to
rdddn.
Finally I walked the remaining three blocks to work.
Red-Ears wouldn't give me a refund, either.
After work it was the same old story, different driver.
The morning driver was still down at Rose City Transit
headquarters, being flogged.
We lurched and skidded along avenues and over bridges
and the bus filled with work-weary Portlanders unaware of
this driver's specialtydoor-snapping.
He managed to catch a good 50 per cent of the new
arrivals in his closing doors, like a great rubber-jawed
Venus Flytrap on wheels. Not a painful experience, but
shocking.
One anonymous passenger avenged himself by dinging
the "stop" bell in the middle of every block, causing many
false stops and considerable driver chagrin.
Pink ears again.
At length we approached my stop. I dinged the bell
and the bus kept right on going. I dinged again and the
bus kept right on going.
Lurching to the front of the bus I tapped the driver
on the shoulder and asked if he'd mind if I disembarked.
"Oh," he said, "I thought it was that wise guy again."
"Just little me," I said. He let me out, three blocks
past my corner.
"How'd it go?" she asked as I tromped into the kitchen
a few minutes later, knocking snow all over everything.
"Terrible," I said. "Those buses eat money, they eat
people, they get stuck, they... "
"Laugh it off," I was advised.
I thought that over quite a bit, and next morning as I
climbed aboard the Portland Express I was still considering
it.
"Laugh it off," wife had said, so I decided to give it a
try.
It worked.
Whir, in no time at all I was rolling in the aisles.
eral obligation bonds outstand-
ing on December 6, 1934.
The maximum maturity period
for general obligation bonds is
20 years. Any outstanding in
December, 1934 would have to
have been returned by Decem-
ber, 1.954 - more than 14 years
ago. When the resolution was
drafted, the .language was taken
from the resolution which origi-
nally put the 40-mill limit in the
constitution.
RAPID TRANSIT SLOWDOWN
A proposal to subsidize rapid
transit without dipping into motor
vehicle funds has breathed new
hope into the breasts of those
who favor this form of transpor-
tation.
The plan calls for allocating
half of the money received from
the motor vehicle excise tax, on
a 50-50 matching basis, to cities
which own and operate rapid
transit systems.
As the motor vehicle excise
tax money goes into the general
fund, this could be done without
a constitutional a m end m e nt,
which would be necessary to di-
vert money from the motor ve-
hicle fund for this purpose.
Requiring only statutory action,
it would need only a simple ma-
jority in each house, instead of
the two-thirds needed for a con-
stttutional amendment.
However, this simple majority
won't be easy to get. A lot of
legislators outside King County
are still unhappy about the sip-
honing off of part of the transi-
ent room rex to help pay for
Seattle's stadium.
WINE BILL UNCORKED
The bill permitting out-of-state
wines to be sold to retailers
through distributors (HB 100)
flowed through the House with
16 votes to spare. Two years ago
it fell one vote short of enough
for passage. This represents a
net gain of 17 votes in a two-
year period during which it oh-
tained a recommendation from
the Legislative Council.
It still took 25 days to get the
measure through the House, how-
ever, and it could be bottled
up at least that long in Liquor
Control Committee in the Senate.
If the measure gets out of that
committee, it probably will be
only by a scant one-vote mar-
gin. Then it still will have to
get out of Rules Committee twice
before it can come up for a vote
on the floor of the Senate.
Most observers believe it can't
muster enough votes to get out
of Rules Committee.
DON'T PASS THE BOTTLE
While the wine bill '.has been
holding the limelight, the beer
and soft drink industries have
been having problems of their
own.
Back in the Legislature again
are two measures aimed at non-
returnable bottles. One is a per-
ennial, requiring refunds on all
beverage bottles.
Another would authorize the
Department of Highways to
charge bottlers for the cost of
picking up discarded bottles and
cans along highway right of way.
If any big push develops be-
hind either of these bills, don't
be surprised if a measure to
modify the billboard control law
shows up, to divert the pressure
elsewhere.
ALL IS NOT BOOZE
There must be a dozen or more
other bills dealing with various
phases of liquor, but non-intoxi-
cating, non-stimulating beverages
also are receiving attention.
One measure (H'B 201), would au-
thoize dairies and creameries to
add ingredients to milk products
in accordance with regulations
approved by the Director of Agri-
culture.
The bill is designed to permit
competition with producers of
milk substitutes and was intro-
duced at request of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
Let's talk books:
Scientists are people, too
By LLOYD A. IX)OK
I The book is James D. Watson
"The Double Helix" (Anthen-
sum, 1968). In 1951-3, its author
(biologist) and two colleagues
discovered the structure of DNA,
a molecule which aids research-
ers in knowing how heredity
works, how life forms are pas-
sed along. In 1962 the Nobel
Prize was awarded to these men,
the greatest honor that can come
to any scientist or humanitarian.
In the main "The Double Hel-
ix" is devoted to this research.
Watson et el. knew that a great
discovery was not far off. Scien-
tists in many places, and not-
ably Dr. Linus Pauling at Cal
Tech, were at work on it. No
one knew who would make it
first, the finding that would end
the search. Such extreme corn-
petit!on is not unusual in the
science world. Many inventions,
discoveries and theories have
been reported by two or more
individuals at about the same
time. Once the stage is set, a
level reached the next step is
all but predictable, except in
the most baffling cases such as
a cancer cure.
Watson tells at length what
the problem was, how lab ex-
periments were set up, boredom
of fruitless work, ways of break-
ing out of a rut, miscalculations
that were made, the increasing
tension as success seemed pos-
sible. The setting is largely
King's College, Cambridge, Eng-
land, where the author held a
fellowship. At that time he was
in his early 20's, less than age
24.
Beneath the technical process,
there is another record, an "in-
side story" of interpersonal re-
lations. For example, Watson's
associates (biologists, chemists,
physicists and others), or rather
his Pepys4ike comments on
them. These comments, be it
said, have already irritated some
scientists who have read the
book.
One colleague had never been
seen "in a modest mood" and
he always "talked to much'.' An-
other colleague lectured fellow
scientists on what their experi-
ments meant, how to interpret
them. Time and again this man
flooded the main hallways by
not closing a shut-off valve in
his lab. All were wary of him
because a kind remark, a will
to listen, "might bring him
smack into your life at every
turn."
In a third case, a highly skil-
Letter box:
Complaint from
Editor, The Journal
I see by your very good paper
that the Shelton Chamber of Com-
merce has injected itself into the
Alderbrook Inn controversy.
I have carefully inspected the
charts of Mason County, and I
fail to find a single conjunc-
tion between the Shelton Cham-
ber and Hood Canal. T find a
conjunction of greed, but not one
of geography.
May I respectfully suggest that
the Shelton Chamber of Com-
merce restrict itself to the pol-
lution of Hammersley inlet, if
that brings it any profit, and
leave the question of the pollution
of Hood Canal to those who live
there.
Or could it be that we can
tank car the sewage from this
revolting development and ship
it to the Shelton Chamber of
Commerce to dispose of in their
own waters?
Keith Olson
PS-You should have
bellows of rage out of
when the pulp mill was
Hammersley inlet. The
ple ran their man for
commissioner, and he
make it, to the
all decent people.
Does the Mason
hal have space in its
a geography course?
Did you notice that in
budget there was
150,000 of our dollars
a road to Alderbrook?
Of course, the road
brook serves other
we can do without it.
before and we will
put a big hotel and
has to be fixed. Is this
son that people have
Is this why our
ing down the drain?
get to where we can
Sewage and
Editor, The Journal:
On Thursday, February 6, at
4 p.m., a hearing was held on
Senate Bill No. 236 in Senate
Hearing Room No. 1, in the base-
ment of the Legislative Building
in Olympia, presided over by
Senator William S. Day.
The Bill relates to the control
of water pollution in the State
of Washington by forbidding the
disposal of sewage and garbage
from watercraft. House Bill No.
299 is the companion bill and
identical.
The legislation was originally
suggested by LANCE, Local Ac-
tion for Natural Clean Environ-
ment, president of which is Mrs.
Lloyd Cook, of Union, and vice-
president, Mrs. Carmelita Shack-
leford, of Belfair. LANCE joined
the Washington Environmental
Council last summer and pre-
sented this suggested legislation
to them at their Symposium held
in Seattle in September. A Bill
was drafted by the legislative
committee of W. E. C. and in-
troduced in the present Ligisla-
ture.
Attending the hearing and
speaking in behalf of the bill
were Miss Dora Fredson, Gary
Plews, Bob. Osterman and Car-
melita Shackleford. Also speak-
ing in favor of the biU were Mr.
Mahoney, member of the Wash-
ingtoi l.finmntl Council,
anti Mr. Prentice Bloedel If, Ex-
ecutive Secretary of the Coun-
cil, both from Seattle.
Water pollution should be the
concern of every citizen of the
State. Our waters belong to all;
and nobody, but nobody, has the
right to pollute them. Our waters
are one of our greatest assets
from the standpoint of
fishing, and recreation.
Those who live on
front are not allowed,
ly so, to run their
the water, nor to dumP
therein. So, why
owners be allowed to
Dumping raw sewage
only to float up on
beaches, is like having
flush a toilet on your
The beaches are the
of waterfront residents.
Some opponets of
lation claim that it is
to design and install
to comply with this
If there be brains in
old United States of
put three men into
tie the moon ten timesl
build the world's
plane, the Boeing 747;
tainly there must be
brains to design
ment to stop boats
ing raw sewage into our
Others feel that we
for Federal legislation
care of pollution from
wait? Other States
tion which is being
and with the growing
lation in our State,
the proper steps were
Senate Bill No. 236
referred to the
Medicine, Denistry,
Health, Air and Wate
and House BiII No.
referred to the"
Natural Resources.
If you really want to
thing about water
to your legislators,
them, and indicate yo
of these Bills.
Carmelita
it was a good try
Editor, The Journal
On behalf of the Shelton Nim-
rod club I would like to thank
you for your support in our re-
cent effort to have Roy Poacher
a former Shelton resident and
sportsman appointed to the Wash-
ington State Game Commission.
In particular we would say
"Thanks a lot neighbor," to Bill
Dickie who used his "Sideline
Slants" quite profusly in this ef-
fort. In regard to this effort here
is a quote of a letter I have
received dated January 24, 1969.
"Dear Bob,
As you know by now, the ap-
pointments to the Game Commis-
sion have been made.
I was unable to favorably con-
sider your suggestion,
cher, as he was from
Washington. It was
that the next western
ton appointment
from the northwest
state, above Seattle,
has never been
the Commission.
Thank you, however,
me know your thougb
matter.
Daniel
We didn't get our
it sure wasn't from
port again Thank you.
Legislative
Shelton
led assistant - a woman - was
brought in to help out on a
phase of the research. Person
to person relations got off to a
bad start becuase she held that
her task was to find the struc-
ture of DNA, so that "there
was a cat and dog fight." With
Pauling known to be moving fast
in his work, pressure on the Cam-
bridge group was intense. How
to get rid of Rosy was the im-
mediate problem and it never
was resolved,
About this time the news leak-
ed that Dr. Pauling had uncov-
ered the structure of DNA. He
gave a lecture on the subject
and here are Watson's com-
ments. "This show delighted the
younger students. There was no
one like Linus in all the world . .
Fellow professors, how e v er,
watched the performance with
mixed feelings. Seeing Linus
jump up and down on the de-
monstration table, waving his
arms about . . made them feel
inadequate. A number of his col-
leagues quietly waited for the
day when he would fall fiat on
his face by botching something
important."
As Paullng began to publish,
the race "hotted" up. At thts
critical point, the
group had some
Peter Pauling, son of
scientist, came to
on a Ph.D. Degree.
with wry humor how
Peter to keep check
on his father's
Scientists are a
times all too human,
of a public image
trary. In years
job to help administer
state university and I
acquainted with
sons.
The faculty in total
differences of any
occupational
and women worked
pod hard among
between colleges. Whet
take a united stand it
often than not,
ministration. It was
stimulating group in
and live, a dedicated
In respect to research,
ing was that, at its
tical level, it was a
ed by brilliant men
Not that there weren't
tears and not knowing
where to turn. There
this yet my
game still holds.
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