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Editorials: Bits And Pieces It's time to throw out the pile of notes which have ac- cumulated beside the typewriter during the past few months. But before they land in the wastebasket, we'll sal- vage some of the better ones for our readers, to-wit: Lawrence G. Klein hates government gobbledygook. Mr, Klein edits the Monthly Labor Review for the Depart- ment of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, and as an :ex- ample of the semantic desert of officialese, quotes the title of one report submitted to him: "Per Cent of Total Family pelaonal Income Held by Fourth Highest Fifth Less the Top Five Per Cent of the Families." An article in The Wretched Moose News tells how to weigh a moose: "While weighing a moose may appear dif- ficult to the uninitiated, like most other things one encoun- ters in life, it is simple if you only know how. Simply lay a heavy plank across three or four ordinary bathroom scales and have the moose stand on the plank. By adding the sums shown on the scales and subtracting the weight of the plank, you will quickly have the correct answer." "Another improvised method that proves handy when one is out in the forest with no bathroom scales handy is this: Put 950 one-pound bricks in a large gunny sack. Tie a rope to the top of the sack and throw the rope over a high, sturdy tree limb. Attach an ordinary hammock to the rope's other end, and place the moose in the hammock. If the weight of the bricks fails to lift the moose off the ground, you know then, according to elementary laws of physics, that the bricks weigh less than the moose. Add or subtract bricks until moose and bricks balance one an- other. By then totaling the number of one-pound bricks used, you will have arrived at the precise weight of the moose." . e Letter Box: t Safety And Common Editor, The Journal: hills and trails Thank you and Bravo to you adventure, much Vern ttonstain, the streets and I beleivc you have said in I speak from your reply to 1Vrs. Smith just have been ridin what I have been trying to tell years and many my teenage son for a long time. AlSo, than I just about had him convinced Our that experience, safety and corn- back to men sense arc the most import- as long''as ant things when it comes to cycle their feet under riding. Then comes this article table they would by 1Vfrs. Smith and he gave me dom by at least the big laugh, the parents have to Thanks for nothing 1Y£rs. Smith Let's hope our I think that Mrs. Smith should that the opinions talk to some of the Doctors that ents are based on try to patch up sortie of these cern for the young people when they are loved ones. brought in with no skin or flesh How much left on parts of their bodies that for th'em to weren't protected by adequate guidance rather clothing, which is not shorts, tee ideas of people shirts, beach sandals, and such. Protest Marches, I am a cycle rider myself and Cycle Riding. think it is a great SlX)rt and the Has Facts And Figures Editor. The Journal: were). Are we to In regards to Mz'. Honstains all riders 19 or so-called letter. If he wants to experienced? If so, ' see the facts and figures I have to be as the articles at my home. Also, Jimmy Einarsson I assumed that most people ertson, both of would know that there are more men are far under cars and pedestrians than age and are very cycles. The figures were used Did you also hs a comparison only. cent of cycle iVfr. Honstain also states that caused by cars the 73 persons killed in this wrong. Also, most state between January 1, 1965 do wear shoes and October 31, 1966 averaged (I don't look goo 19 years old, He then says they shorts). are inexperienced operators (or Stumped for the cause of a blaze they extinguished in a tree, Bloomington, Illinois, firemen finally marked down the origin as: "Squirrel smoking in bed." California's new governor, Ronald Reagan, announced that in the interests of economy he was not going to order new letterheads but would have his secretary scratch out Pat Brown's name and type in his own. A San Francisco man, using a computer, determined that Reagan's $600- per-month secretary could perform this task for 4,4 cent;t per letterhead. The cost of printing new letterheads would be 4.2 cents each. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara recently present- ed the Pentagon's Distinguished Public Service Medal to his retiring information chief, Arthur Sylvester, whom he Capitol Dome: Thanks To Nimrod "Watering Down" Saves Bills From Death ed in this sessmn went down on the floor of the Republican-con- trolled House, with 16 Republi- cans joining with the Democrats to vote against it. The measure, HB388, probably was the least important of any in the Governor's program, how- ever. It would extend the au- thority of the State Athletic Com- mission to cooperate with federal programs, assist in promotion of athletic clinics and to study the effectiveness of developing fitness, recreation and athletic programs. It was opposed by the High By ROBEPT C. CUM]VHNGS • A record number of substi- tute bills are coming out of com- mittees this session of the Legis- lature. This is a clear indica- tion of how hard the comnttees are working in both houses. Very few bills are slipping through committee without first receiv- ing thorough consideration. Sub- stitute bills are the result. Some are drafted to eliminate ambi- guities in the original bill, or to perfect certain portions of the language. Others are compro- mise measures. single objective, preservation of civil service. Measures consolidating depart- ments, transferring, functions, or one department to another, or reorganizing a department; all lacked provisions for continuing the errployees involved in their present civil service status. The omission was described as an "oversight". In each case am- endments prepared by the Fede- ration of State Employees, AFL- CIO, were adopted. MILK BILL GOES SOUR The milk price stablization bill praised with the comment: "His efforts greatly increased Original bills are "watered (SB79) was dead long before Go- School Activities Association, and the "-'erican:--^ple. ''z_rn u Sy|'3' ' down" somewhat to incA'ase? ernor Evans announced that he. virtually everyy even remote- a inormatioIi to the flow their chances of passage vlegl, *nroballvaauld t, ttf it b ter, you'll remember, isthe fellow who made "managed a stalemate appears ]nevstble ed hzs" desk. .... It'-':actqally' • wa s-7 on :!*    on an original bill. This latter its death bed before it passed ly connected with education vo- ted against it. LABELLED, BUT CONTENTS UNKNOWN There are more than 100 bills kicking around the Lgislature to which nobody but lobbyist pay attention. These are the mea- sures which are introduced by title and first section only on the 40th day of the Legislature, the last day for introducing bills other than appropriation and revenue measures. The title-only bills cover wr- tually every subject there is. The titles arc broad enough to cover any situatiOn; though each is re"".' , stricted tO a  eerta.in field'..:S0me -,. relate: to education, others to il- stitutions, others to community ': Editor, The Journal: There were three members of Shelton Nimrod Club who came out and personally observed some of the elk darmage that has been done to rrcy Skokomish Valley ranch, and I want to publicly thank the club mem- bers for the courtesy and the friendliness shown me at the meeting held at last Thursday Department I want them to appreciate the making to come UP tion to solve the done by these ell¢ We Contribute To Editor, Tile Journal:.. Between four and five hund- red thousand of America's fin- est youth are in Viet Nam, fighting to contain Communism. Thousands of these boys have been 'killed or have been. physi- cally .end,montally: .maimed .be-.. yorid ' aft' hol)bS' dr" repair ' and' we the:American: Public have help, with we Communist nationS, Let us know, too, stabilized the countries with our our shipments of terial, and let us by so doing w e these countries sibilty of providing contributed to 'their' death and destruction. W,e have done this through our apathy, our greed and ore" sel- fish, self-interest and by our will- ingness to leave everything up to the Federal Government and its pseudo-experts. Let us look with honesty at that which we have helped per- petuate. Let us know that these boys are dying and being maim- ed beyond all repair with our news" a household phrase, : : Ross Leitch, chairman of the campaign committee which is pushing former Alabama governor George Wal- lace for the presidency, recently commented: "The liberals can't stop this one, not even with their violence and ter- rorist'tactics." He apparently was referring to the liberal who have terrorized the south by putting their backs in front of guns fired by conservative southern patriots. The pre-school lad who attended a Boy Scout Court of Honor in a Wichita, Kansas, church with his mother wig- gled in his seat and finally whispered audibly, "Mommy, I don't see the bottle. You said we were going to see a quart of honors." By CHESTER GUEST stitution, a lot of them do rally The call has gone out for a hero to save America. And that doesn't mean Batman. Colunmist James Reston (N. Y. Times) reports that the nerve center of America (Wash- lngton, D.C.) is divided and con- vulsed with insincerety, its tac- tics are stronger than its beliefs, and it has lost confidence in itself. "And it has no heroes," he concludes. Of course not. This is the age of the anti-hero. The kids have deemed it so. Using shopworn, meaningless phrases, slogans and mottos like "a world we never made," the tots under 25 have rebelled, re- fused to acknowledge, go along with, or even like the way, things are or the people running them. Instead, they pout, flaunt, scorn and in other immature ways refuse to adjust to an im- perfect situation, a human world. And what does this get them? Well, Time Mgazine named their generation "Man of the Year," At least, I think it was a genuine Time that bestowed the honor, although at first I thought it must be one os those Harvard Lamtxns. I still think it should have' been. Hidden within the gushy pag- es of the Time "Man of the Year" testimonial, however, was the answer to all this "anti-hero" business. dle it's true tha young peo- ple no longer gather for any- thing as positive as lending their support to an existing in- 'round the leader of a protest demonstration. And adthough they hasten to chide the president when he is caught with his ego showing, they are just as quick to scream that a penetrating insight exists between the ears of every pseu- do-intellectual dope monger. In short they have their he- roes, they're just not exactly the type Mr. Reston had in mind. He was referring to the kind of guy who has just enough conceit that he doesn't whine when he encounters adversity- he tries to overcome it. In his own way. He meant the type of person who offers help, not complaints and excuses. One who doesn't expect the world to beat a path to his door; knows that anything worth hav- ing is likely to be costly; would- n't take ahandout even if it were offered; and who knows when to keep his mouth shut. A no-nonsense man. There are people like this in the "Man of the Year" genera- tion, nany of them. As time says, one or more of them will eventually be president. Several of them will emerge from their youth as heroes. ]V£aybe as a group they will save the world from wherev- er it's headed. !V£aybe. But none of them will be president, hero or savior un- til they speak up, and stop let- ting their generation be too-of- ten relresented by the loll- mouth anti-hero cult. .............. j_, Pace 4. Shelton-Msan' County Journal - Thursday, March 2, 1967 , technique has saved numerous bills which in the past would have died in the obsucrity of a committee room pigeon hole. The other type of substitute bill, where ambiguities are re- moved and language perfected, may save numerous court cas- es which formerly were needed to interpret legislative intent. IANY CHANGES Another example of much de- iiberation in committees is the large number of bills coming out with amendments attached.' Very few important measures are getting out of committee with- out amendment. Some 14 bills dealing with governmental re- organization have been amended in committee to accomplish one the Senate with only one vote to spare. The only reason it re- cived a two-thirds majority to advance to final passage was that the Senate wanted to get rid of it. If it had been permitted to go back to Rules Committee it would never have come out a- gain. It had caused too much trouble on the floor already. As-it was, several of the sena- tors who voted for it did so only because they were sure it would- n't pass the House. The Gover- nor's comments merely sealed the measure's death warrant. It will never come out of the House Agriculture Committee. FIRST SETBACK The first of Governor Evans' executive request bills to be kill- Prevent Forest Fires! THE COURSE OF A colleges, etc. These don't con- cern anybody. They are intro- duced for one of two reasons. The subject matter hasn't yet been drafted, but will be coming in a few days, or the bill is in- troduced to provide a vehicle to cover some situation which may arise. There are others, however, which are broad enough to be filled with dynamite, if desired. These carry such titles as "re- lating to intoxicating liquor," "re lating to business and profes- sions," etc. There is one which relates to taxes on tobacco and tobacco products. There are 78 title-only bills in the House, and 30 in the 'Senate. They provide the means of pumping life into any issue which rrdght other wise be dead or forgotten. BILL* and made it posS to supply the Viet machinery of Let us look at our youth, let us pitals and see the we have helped ica let us hang shame for that inflict on the tion. Orale A New Interest In THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ' SPEAKER HOUSE GOMMITTEE ON INTRODUCING CHIEF OF STANDING RULES S ORDER "CALENDAR . MEMSER CLERK HOUSE COMMITTEES COMMITTEE 1 -- OR FILING REFERRED TO .... 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PASSAG,q ¢ERTmICATI ON I Editor, The Journal: I have been finding a new in- terest in Psalms lately as they describe what is taking place PUBLISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE BUREAU OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON RULES AND JOINT RULES • GC&E TF& • EXECUTIVE OFFICIALS GOVERNOR CONSIDERED BY APPROPRIATE STANNG COMMITTEE SECRETARY OF STATE -TO aE PLACED ON TH CALENDAR FOR , 1 SECrND READING-- TO BE PLACED ON -ITHE CALENDAR FOF 1TIaO READINe in these days of • They tell thinking, and ing to be done. man's ideas.. as the hills, but are fresh and do not realize is about all these spired Ioly iVen the words of may have warning to come. I advise you Psalms a lot see what is going the whole Bible It is the greatest the world, the story, doctor healing, and the on morality ever Also the bring about be unable to do. our needs, and he ing until we are for salvation. It if man could stand what God do for him, he tare a moment to as Saviour. The way to find and hear God's pray. Psalms 90 1 thou hast been place in all 2-- "Before were brought hadst formed the. world, even from everlasting thou