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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."
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Letter Box:
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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.
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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
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Editor, The Journal:
I have been finding a new in-
terest in Psalms lately as they
describe what is taking place
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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