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Edntornals:
Read all about it
It's time, once again, to sift through the pile of odds
and ends heaped beside the typewriter. Here are the hot
scoops we couldn't throw out during the last few months:
The Los Angeles county tax collector admitted that
during 1968 his office changed the amounts on about 1,000
taxpayers' checks when mistakes were made in payment
of property tax bills and that local banks honored the
altered checks. The amounts were raised as much as $30,
sometimes without notifying the taxpayer.
And next, folks, is the universal credit card. Don't
bother to check the balance; the bank and the government
will take care of everything.
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Toppenish Police Chief Orville Olney doesn't believe
in ultimatums. When he decided to order the removal of
pinball machines from the city, he was quoted as follows:
"I didn't give them a deadline," he said. "I just told
them that the gambling devices would have to be removed
from the premises immediately."
If Chief Olney had served in the Old West, he might
have been quoted thusly, "I didn't threaten the gunslinger.
I just told him to drop the gun or I'd kill him."
The Fresno (California) See informed its sporting
news fans that "A softball game of the All-Star girls team
against the All-Star boys team was stopped when one of
the girls complained the male pitcher was pinching low."
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"Why of course the people don't want war. Why should
some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war
when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his
farm in one piece. Naturally the common people don't want
war, neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America,
nor, for that matter, in Germany. That is understood. But
after all, it is always the leaders of the country who deter-
mine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag
the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist
dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.
Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the
bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is
tell them they are being attacked and denounce the paci-
fists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to
danger. It works the same in any country."
Sound familiar in this day of Vietnam ? The author
was Hermann Goering, one of the really nice guys of the
last half-century.
Prime Minister Jack Lynch of Ireland announced that
he and other top government officials are taking a 15 per-
cent pay out for the remainder of the year. The move was
made, Lynch said, "to underline the seriousness of our
present economic difficulties."
That sounds "loan.
The Flapdoodler:
You can't build a fence
By STEVE ERICKSON
So you've got three children under seven and you love
them, and they're innocent and good even in surroundings
which aren't, and everything seems fine.
Until your baby sitter an eighth-grade girl plays
"dirty doctor" with them while you're gone.
So you're sick about it. Gut.sick, not just disappointed
--sick. Sick way down here where you live. To the point
where you wonder if you can ever turn your back on any-
body, ANYbody, with anything you happen to have that
they might covet.
You go around for a while feeling sick. It's not the
first time. You felt this way once before. Maybe that
time you felt even sicker, because that time it involve@
someone you knew experts say it almost always does.
That should have been youi-warning, you tell yourself.
That first time. It proved a lot of things, most of them
so disgusting you did everything you could to forget them.
Things such as your friend may be a helluva guy to
you, but when you're not there to be a helluva guy with,
he's a pervert.
That's tough. But true. You tried to forget it. Maybe
you did forget it, or maybe you just managed to shove it
out of reach, temporarily.
Maybe it will return some dark someday to drive you
mad.
You figured it probably would return that way, and
you hoped you'd be prepared to cope with it when it did.
Meanwhile, you Just hoped your old friend, the pervert,
thought about it a lot too, maybe enough to blow his
brains out over it.
But thi welcome turn of events seems unlikely.
So you try to forget it. "Forget it," you tell yourself,
and others tell you the same thing. God knows they don't
want to think about such sickness any more than you do.
And so you forget it until it happens again. With your
baby sitter.
This time you take positive action or, rather, your
wife does.
Sick baby sitter's parents are informed. They're good
about it, rational, they're going to "get to the bottom of it."
They even try. They reach what they think is bottom.
And maybe it the bottom.
Down there with your old friend, the pervert.
Why try? you ask yourself then. Who's to believe it?
You have your convlctlons, they have their prejudices and
their weaknesses. And their sickness.
You decide to give up, build a big fence around your-
self, your children, your home, your world.
You decide to build this fence, but you don't. You
think about it, but you don't do it.
Instead, you stay out there and slug it out with the
sick, the perverted, And you try to develop strong kids
who can handle sickie like them. Like us.
And you hope they do better than you have,
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Capitol dome:
Taxpayers wait for governor to drop other shoe
By ROBFJT (. CU/H[MINGS
Everything on the surface in-
dicates there won't be another
special session of the Legislature
next momh to enact an annual
election law , . . but don't be
too sure.
Governpr Dan ,Evans hhsn't
talked wth the mocrat .,
but they won't yield in their in-
sistence on a prearranged agree-
ment that the Rccpublican-control
led House pass an unemploy-
ment compensation bill which is
acceptable to the Democratic ma-
jority in the Senate.
The governor has said such
a move is "highly unlikely,"
which is a slightly milder term
than the Republican House lead-
ership used. They used the word,
"impossible."
It all depends upon he. badly
Governor Evans wants l:fls tax
reform proposal on the ballot
this November.
FEW VOTES NEEDED
The Senate version on unem-
ployment compensation has been
reasonably close to the gover-
nor's own views. The vote on this
issue in both houses has been
along strictly party lines. There
are 43 Democratic votes in the
House. If the governor wants to
use his weight, he might be able
to switch at least seven Repub-
lican votes to nail down the re-
quired prearranged agreement
with the Senate Democrats.
At any rate, the people of this
ste have only a little longer to
wait for the governor to drop the
other shoe.
He says if the special session
isn't convened before the end of
next month, there won't be any.
Which means that if be is to
give the law-makers any reason.
able choice, he will have to make
his decision soon.
SAME OLD DI8PUTE
Arguments over the state's fin-
ancial plight sound like a replay
of the same ole record that
everybody beard so often at the
end of the 1967 session. Governor
Evans says the budget enacted
by the 1969 Legislature is out of
balance to the tune of at least
$10 million, The independent,
nongovernmental Washington Re-
search Council thinks the gover
nor's figures are too conserva-
tive. It estimates a general fund
deficit for the 1969.71 biennium
of $26 million.
Sen. Martin J. Duridn, D., Is-
asquah, chairman of the Senate
Ways and Means Committee, al-
so thinks the governor's figures
are too conversative, but in the
other direction. He thinks the
governor underestimated revenue
for the. coming biennium by $40
million, which would mean - In-
stead of a deficR - a $30 million
surplus at the end of the bien-
nium.
Durkan won the last argument
over the condition of the general
fund, but Evans won the elec-
tion.
WARMUP FOR lO
The argtanent over the state's
financial plight indicates the spe-
al session Governor Evans
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plans to call next year will be
a hot one.
The chief executive already has
said he would veto the entire
budget if he weren't going to
call the Legislature. back in Jan-
uary. This indicates he will
ask for additional taxes to bring
the budget into balance accord-
tng"R, t;
Any tax bill would have to
get through Durkan's Ways and
Means Committee. With Durkan
holding different views on the
need for taxes, and also being
the leading Democratic candid-
ate for governor for 1972, the
ingredients are there for some
interesting pyrotechnics.
Durkan has a decided advan-
tage in the Legislature. It is ex-
tremely difficult to get legislators
to enact new taxes daring a year
when they are up for reelection.
GOVERNOR IS PERSISTENT
A new example of Governor
Evans, persistence earqu with
failure of his exeeutl,*requt
measure requiring a stunt mem-
ber on each of the stae univer-
sity and collge boards df regents
or trustees.
He now is seeking to get stu-
dent representation without vote
on each of the boards. He has
written the chairman of each
board, asking each to appoint a
student designated by the student
body who would participate with-
out vote in all executive as well
as public sessions.
If his bill had passed, the stu-
dent member also would have
had a vote on the board. The
governor's new plan is contin-
gent upon the cooperation of
each of the boards, but he has
requested each to report back to
him on what action has been
taken.
The letter went out to the 22
community college d i s t r i c t
boards, as well as those of the
two universities and four four-
year colleges.
Let's talk books:
Solving the mystery of the Puffin
By LLOYD A. COOK
How long is fifteen feet? More
than twice the length of the bed
you sleep in, much less than
the car you drive. Would it be
possible to row a boat this size,
yes row it, across the Atlantic,
the U. S. to England? No sail,
no motor, no tow from a passing
ship. Two men at the oars, or
one (or none), with 4,000 miles
to go. The idea of such a ven-
ture can make one quite dizzy.
An attempt to do just this, to
row the Atlantic, is the subject
of Marten Naydler's "The Pen-
ance Way", Morrow, 1969. In all
the boating adventures I have
read, from Kon-Tiki's crossing
to Rehu Moana's trip around the
world, there are no thrills - and
no derring-do - greater than the
ones in the Puffin Saga.
The saga is a study of facts,
dug up in hard research, and a
reconstruction of what must have
happened in the mid-Atlantic.
The author, a lawyer, is versed
in technical matters and has
spent time at sea. He knew the
ewe men, David Johnstone and
John Hears. He writes from a
diary found in the capsized boat,
from tests he made at sea after
refitting the Puffin, and from his
personal knowledge of the case.
Start of the venture €ook some
months of planning, All the de-
,alia of boat design, construction,
navigational aids, minimal equip-
ment, provisioning, and the like.
For these items alone anyone
who plans to buy or build a
boat, to own one and keep it
fit, even to stow away for any
distance, should not miss this
book. It is fine on technical de-
tail, and it has an appendix of
nautical terms.
The Puffin was made of 3/8"
moulded plywood on an oak and
spruce frame. It was 15 feet
overall, 5 at the beam, with
a 16" freeboard. It was egg-shap-
ed, air bags on both sides, the
idea being if it flipped it would
roll on over and come right. It
had twin oarlocks fore and aft,
and a weak radio transmitter. It
was built to carry a ton of stores,
plus gear, plus two men, in all
a two ton weight. Sea trials were
planned to set the trim, test the
handling, but were called off,
which was a great mistake. Haste
to get underway was due to
other men n a dory who were
resolved to be the first in rowing
the ocean.
When Johnstone and Hoare first
saw the half-done Puffin, the
builder said: "You'll be horri-
fied at its size, Looks terribly
small, don't It'0" Hoare's reply:
"She's got great lines," the pat
remark of any boat lover to a
clean design
The Puff was shipped to the
U. S. and cast off from near
Founded 1888 by Grant O. Angle
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PLANT SUPEIINTENDENT -- Jim Shrum
Norfolk, Va. on May 21, 1966, ex-
pecting to make the crossing in
60 days. Twelve days later Rose
EI, Rtdgway's two-man boat, left
Cape Cod, and the race was on.
Johnstone's dairy begins here
and goes on for 106 days at sea,
until Sept. 3, when Hurricane
Faith swept the middle Atlantic.
The men wasted ten days in
Chesapeake Bay, driven back
and forth by wind and tide. Less
hardy souls would have quit then
but not these men. Not even
after 104 days, when they knew
how bad their plight was. The
diary reads: "I'll never see them
at home again. We'll never be
able to stop a ship in these seas,
and we'll be dead of hunger be-
fore there is a calm."
No movie maker would write
a script like this; no one would
believe it. Coppy seas, cross cur-
rents, gale winds, drag anchor
knotted up, the craft going 3/4
over time and again. Wet clothes,
cold food (little of it), house-
keeping gone to pot. Recurring
chills, seasickness, diarrhea, mus-
cle cramps. The Gulf Stream not
where, by dead reckoning, it
should be. Sharks nosing about,
big ships dashing by. Row and
drift, drift and row, day and
night.
The Rose, a 20 footer, had its
problems also but either missed
the big hurricane or was able to
ride it out. On Sept. 3 the dory
was spotted off Galway, Ireland,
and towed in to a hero's welcome.
What happened? Why didn't the
Puffin go bottom up? The auth-
or finds a number of causes, hu-
man and mechanical. The Rose
was a safer boat. With her fiat
bottom, she could slide down big
waves, and her flared sides re-
pelled the sea. Without severe
trial, no one knew how the Puffin
would behave. Weakened by hun-
ger and fatigue, the men may
have lacked the strength to de-
fend against the storm or made
mistakes in their split-second de-
cisions.
The book is a tribute to the,
a memorial In their honor,' It
also contributes to what Is known
about small boat and the sea.
Letter box:
Time to cooperate
Editor, The Journal: be healing. Evidence
I believe it is about time for shown at the MaY
all people in this community to tions' meeting
stop locking horns over school cussed,
issues and realize that the pro- and disagreed "
ceedings at recent negotiations' honestly- as
meetings between the School Therefore, we
Board and the Shelton Education ing about or even
Association have been examples taking sides, or
of the true democratic process of porary, seeing
giving and taking, black hats ann
As stated in previous communi- white hats.
cations, much time has been see promis in
given by the School Board, and tween teams,
I, a teacher and SEA Executive scale,
Board member, am grateful to munity, ad
them. Moreover, I am greateful board, and
to oar SEA team; these three There is a
gentlemen have given a great raise now in
deal of their time, also at their Schools
own expense. Both groups need be
further congratulations for dip- all walks of life
ping into their reservoirs of committees next
strength to perform their jobs committees
well daily despite the demands goal of true
of planning for anti partieipating merit, people
in these sessions, dynamic school
The study report and the re- tern where
port from the School Board tors, and
which followed upset many in- for the
dividuals, but the sores which dents. ..,I
these may have caused seem to
The true situation
Editor, The Journal:
A recent letter to the editor
concerning curriculum planning
and scope needs some qualifica-
tion in order to show the true
situation.
Page seven of the WEA Shelton
Study states that all unfounded
and untrue runors should be
stopped, With this in mind I will
present the facts about a few
such remarks.
The Psychology class at Shel-
ton High was established as a
one semester course after a pre-
liminary survey last spring
showed that Economics and
Psychology were the most wanted
classes. The teacher involved was
not qualified to teach Economics
but could meet the standards
for Psychology. The State Depart-
ment was contacted and gave us
the names of high schools in our
area that offer such a course.
With the advice of these schools
we adopted the best text avail-
able and were assured that the
course was worthwhile and well
received by students.
The Debate
Shelton High
have to
own pocket.
instructress was
supplies,
would be
district, which
transportation.
sured me that
the avallahlUY
through the
Debate studenl
some of the
selves. The
the
all
tional debate
This year
the high
does not
support as is
criticizing the
ally since the
average for
ly $75.00 per
Thanks from
Editor, The Journal :
The followin letter has been
sent to the Joint School Study
Committee by the Student Senate
of Shclton High School.
Leahe Swayze
ASB Secretay
May 21, 1969
Joint School Study Committee
Dr. Don Johnson
Washington Education Associa-
tion
910 Fifth Avenue
Seattle Wa. 98104
Dear Sirs :
We, the Student Government of
Shelton High School, wish to ex-
tend, in deep appreciation, our
sincere thanks to the Washing-
ton Education Association for its
efforts in the recent study of Shel-
ton School District number 309.
We wish to commend the mem-
hers of the
the thorough
of their
especially
attitudes an
seek out
blems of our
On the
feel
possible
vestigated
ed, and
the
Now that
it will
of time
trict take
educational
ren of the
Once again,
Credit due Dave
Editor, The Journal: boll doWn
Forest Festival followers, I'm inclusive
sure, found the 25th anniversary phrases
history booklet provided through story;
courtesty of the Simpson Timber dictated
Company fascinating and infor- I cannot,
restive as a record of festival erous]
highlights daring its first quarter in Forest
century of existence, another
C'redlts were given many who" val's
worked long and faithfully in one to go
perpetuating this wonderful corn- noted.
reunify endeavor, but one was No
by-passed who rightfully de- harder
serves as much credit for the
Forest Festival's success as any-
one. This would be the fellow
who put the booklet together,
who dug through a couple thou-
sand negatives to find the dozen
or so best pictures which were
used, who stewed many hours to
Forest
period as
all
ed in the
let, none
a place in
Stand up, sitters
Editor, The Journal:
Last Saturday morning I saw
my first Forest Festival Parade
and enjoyed it immensely. It was
evidert that much time, interest,
work and money went into the
organization and presentation of
this parade and I was delighted When
to see the wonderful turnout of symbol
spectators - some having travel- most
ed quite a distance to support world
and enjoy this annual Shelton women
area project, hesitate
This team-work is good for a ance,
community - the working and or
playing together. Let's
BUT shoW
I was shocked and dismayed country
to see the number of "curb sit- now on,
........ ters" that remained sitting when freedom
the American Flag went by. Parade.
What is Happening to this corm- to be
try? We are concerned about the
draft c
riots
shown bY
words
father,
much