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Hopefully, action taken Monday by the United States
Supreme Court will take the country's school boards and
their legal advisors out of the personal grooming business and
give them more time to concentrate on education.
The high court refused to hear a petition from the
Wisconsin attorney general appealing a U.S. circuit court's
decision that "the right to wear one's hair at any length or in
any desired manner is an ingredient of personal freedom
protected by the United States Constitution."
The attorney general, in defending a suit by two
Wisconsin schoolboys who were expelled for long hair,
contended public school students do not have a personal,
fundamental right of free choice of grooming and dress•
Federal district and appeals courts, and now the supreme
court, ruled otherwise.
Unless a movement is started among the educational
dinosaurs to impeach Warren Burger, the start of the school
year next September should see the matter of children's dress
and hair once again in the hands of their parents.
Whither the nerve gas?
At latest report, Alaska was suffering from the gas pains
formerly inflicted by the Department of Defense on
Washington and Oregon• Kodiak is the lucky city which is
scheduled to be the new home of the 13,000 tons of
chemical goodies, now stored on hostile Okinawa.
Senator Henry M. Jackson, who is running for re-election
this year on the Demican (or is it Republicrat?) ticket, was
chosen by President Nixon to announce the switch from
Umatilla,Oregon, to Kodiak, making him the only dove in the
world who raids chicken yards.
Assorted Alaskan politicians, including the mayor of
Kodiak, have raised a howl about the impending shipment,
but the Department of Defense found one friend in the
Frozen North•
The editor of Kodiak's weekly newspaper said the area
was in the economic doldrums and could use the business.
The three or four million dollar payroll would be worth the
risk of possible death by nerve gas, he declared.
According to word brought south by an itinerant polar
bear, there is widespread talk of nominating the crusading
country journalist for the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce's
"Ecologist of the Year" award.
Meanwhile, there is still talk of storing the gas on some
remote island in the middle of the Pacific, probably some
place where the thirteen natives who survived World War II
are looking for a new payroll.
Through all this confusing relocation business, only one
thing is certain: the Department of Defense is not about to
destroy the 153 billion lethal doses of nerve gas.
By The Ripon Society
Dial Press. 1969. $6.95
One of the enduring
anomalies of the American
political system, the ideological
diversity tolerated within the
two major political parties,
baffles even the most thorough
observer. The Democratic party
functions with such unlikely
bedfellows as Lester Maddox,
Richard Daley and Eugene
McCarthy while the Republicans
display such disparate talent as
Strom Thurmond, Richard Nixon
and Edward Brooke.
This political schizophrenia
extends to policy-making bodies
as well with the Democratic
party's Southern Governors'
Conference and Americans For
Democratic Action about as far
apart ideologically as the Young
Americans For Freedom and the
Ripon Society, both of which
carry Republican credentials•
A very vivid illustration of
the ideological and tactical
differences within the
Republican party comes with a
comparison of the Ripon Society
publication, The Lessons of
Victory, and The Emerging
Republican Majority (previously
reviewed) of arch-conservative
and Y.A.F. sympathizer, Kevin
Phillips. Any similarity between
the two books is purely
coincidental•
The Lessons of Victory, a
literate if not quite scholarly
work, specifically repudiates a
favorite conservative GOP
pursuit, the "southern Strategy",
labeling it "a short-sighted and
counterproductive ploy which
almost lost Richard Nixon the
1968 election" and which, if
continued, would be "a disaster
for Republican hopes of a
majority coalition."
Contrary to Phillips' The
Emerging Republican
Majority,which envisions a
Republican majority (almost
devoid of Negro support) based
in the South and the suburbs,
IAw~ons Of Victory advises
that the GOP "must learn to
excite intellectuals, minority
groups, laborers and urban
dwellers if it is to have a viable
future."
Clearly, then, the Ripon
Society (basically a liberal
Republican policy council)and
Kevin Phillips (with apparent
Nixon Administration support)
differ fundamentally on how to
forge a dominant Republican
party and from which
constituency it can develop.
The Lessons of Victory is
more an apology for "Nixon's
non-campaign" and "obsession
with the Wallace vote" than an
endorsement of the
Nixon-Agnew leadership axis. As
such it couldn't be further from
the Nixonesque idolatry of the
The Emerging Republican
Majority.
Yet despite reservations
about Richard Nixon the Ripon
Society expressed a hope that
President Nixon learn the lessons
of his narrow 1968 victory-"in
particular that a permanent
policitcal majority must be built
on positive actions rather than
on an appeal to ephemeral
moods".
"The Nixon government
cannot be equivocal on civil
rights ... and must observe the
constitutional rights of the
individual with regard to
electronic surveillance,
interrogations, bail procedures
and free expression ... The
Nixon administration will have to
recognize the true magnitude of
domestic problems and adjust
the financial and manpower
priorities in relation to the
magnitudes of these problems
• . . Domestic-vs: defense
spending is probably the most
fundamental issue to be faced by
the Nixon Administration."
Since the publication of The
Lessons Of Victory, the Ripon
Society has had occasion to
judge Richard Nixon's
performance in office against its
progressive criteria. That
judgement is not particularly
favorable especially as it relates
to the Nixon Administration's
civil rights and anti-crime
proposals. Neither the
Haynsworth nor the Carswell
Supreme Court nominations met
the standards set by the Ripon
Society.
It can be fairly observed that
President Nixon has developed
considerable popularity without
following the advice of the
Ripon Society. Whether that
popularity rests on "an appeal to
ephemeral moods" or "positive
actions" will have to await the
test of future elections.
David Jubb
"Moses wore sandals, George Washington wore ruffles and lace, Chief Joseph
wore beads, Nehru wore tunics, Lincoln had a beard, the Crusaders had long
hair, John Paul Jones wore bell-bottoms, Ben Franklin wore rim specs and
Jesus taught love... Which is the source you object to?"
Cascades showed a loss; several of
them substantial, percentagewise.
West Side Up
On the West Side, all except
two counties registered gains in
population• Wahkiakum, one of
those registering a loss, was down
less that 100. The other, Skagit,
lost 204.
The "bulge" obviously will
show in the "missing" counties of
King, Pierce and Snohomish. In
the last redistricting act, King and
Snohomish Counties each gained
legislative representation, while
Pierce held its own.
Disappointment Jl~
The unofficial figures wer~,dk
disappointment to Benton County
officials. Though the county
gained some population, it was
insufficient to change its status
By: ROBERT/C. CUI~I~IINGS
Though the unofficial census
figures for King, Pierce and
Snohomish Counties won't be
available until later, nobody needs
them to foresee what's going to
happen when the 1971
Legislature gets around to
redistricting itself.
Eastern Washington, which
lost two senators and four
representatives under the 1965
redistricting law, is going to lose
some more seats in both houses.
The preliminary 1970 figures
show a gain in population for
Spokane County. Whitman and
Kittitas Counties showed
respectable gains, and slight or
modest growth was registered by
Adams, Asotin, Benton and
Franklin.
Other counties east of the
By STEVE ERICKSON
"If you aren't a pair to draw to," snorted sister-in-law,
and wife nodded agreement. The object of their
derision-older brother and I.
"Of course," older brother countered in his waggish way,
"you mean, a couple of aces."
"So to speak," she said.
In our family, wives always win these little battles of
wits. This time the put-down had to do with hair, a lack of
hair, mod clothing, and a lack of that, too.
Sister-in-law began things this day by pointing atmy
girlish (albeit IN) hair and pointedly informing older brother,
"Your hair still looks like it did in high school. His (mine) is
as it should be."
I swelled with pride, a new feeling. Usually, it's older
brother who's the good example, and me the born loser•
However, victory was short-lived.
"But," I heard wife mutter, pointing at me with a thumb,
"those are the same threads (clothes) he (me) wore in high
school."
Which was approximately true, I must admit. "Just
getting broken in," I said, knocking lint off the cuff of my
pegged pants. "But let's get back to Ken's hair."
And, by golly, we did. Temporarily.
"You really should let it grow a little," sister-in-law told
older brother. "Why, that's practically a crew-cut."
"Practically?" howled older brother. We could all tell
another witticism was coming on. He glanced elaborately into
a mirror and nodded. "Needs cuttin', all right," he admitted.
"Very funny indeed," appraised sister-in-law.
"'Well," older brother began, "at least I look my age. And
I'm being myself. He (me) looks like Herb Alpert, or Glen
Campbell, or... "
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from third to second-class.
This is the home of Sen. Mike
McCormack, "father" of the
electronic voting law, which
presently applies only to
second-class counties•
Though there are other
second-class counties, only Clark
County currently uses electronic
voting machines.
A Raise In Pay
Thurston County was the
only third-class county in the
state to ascend to the rank of
second-class on the basis of the
unofficial nose count. It gained
more than 20,000 population
during the 10-year period, a
whopping increase of about 33
per cent.
As it has financial problems
and already uses mechanical
voting machines, it is unlikely to
Editor; The Journal:
The editorial page of the May
14 edition of the Shelton-Mason
County Journal has been
forwarded to me by a friend who
resides in your area. To say that I
was overwhelmed by your
treatment of my fiscal proposals
would be the understatement of
the year. It all goes to show that
one never knows when he opens
his mouth just where all of the
reverberations may end.
I must advise you that the ideas
attributed to me are not entirely
original with me. The ideas grew
out of a group discussion and I
really don't know who deserves
the credit. I did voice the
suggestions at one of the current
series of public meetings
conducted l,y the Le~_islaturc's
Special
Little did 1
would be.
In spite of the
forward with
pleasure to
from Hawks and
must complimel
magnificent
remark• Your
constitutes one
i maginative, a
talented bits of
encountered in ./
for a long time.
With some relue~
full credit fol
compliment you f
Editor, The JournM: , with "part bodieS'" W.~I
though'ts of the 1~!
Thank you for printing David Amel-icans be-'.sa;;4
Jubb's letter, tte has eloquently frustration, 11,~;~
stated truths which should be resentment? And le 'l
shouted from the housetops, filth" I
Mr. Editor. ho,v lnuch longer about the nu ;Y4
addicted and Pq":I
will our American people remain maimed returnees.
oblivious to the murderous acts Will Americans ~,J
against 1112111 and ecology in S.E. wllhn to give theirtl~
Asia. acts which we are " " g ....d cart1
._ support a- ....
supportino with our tax dollars? edygl~
What is exposure to these acts of American trig ' diilll~
horror doing to tile waves of those that relnaine .[alm
young men who are being pushed horror in tile s.E./i~.~l~
into this immoral situation? beyond all good_:~
It is my opinion that when forever carry oll t.ll~_~,il~
this senseless waste of hun, an life the tragedy of tll~'~..r'
and money is concluded, the this is only a part °!'-~}i.A
the American part. ,'J~
shock waves in thiscou n try will Mr. Editor, I li~l~F~I
be felt for years. And tile hate for five years (196~£
from the devastated areas will be
felt for generations. Keep up you; ~iLi1
How long will the Anlerican "Sock it to
the:.0~'
parents remaia silent as the appreciate if Y°t'qT.
Jtlbl') know that n~,,~I)
maimed or dead bodies of their letter was most aPF~;'~i
sons are returned? Why do they need to hear tile v0~,fl~.
remain silent'? Americans W~°l;t~'
What will be the result when concerned wlftn0ul,¢
the maimed arc finally channeled
into the main stream of life and conscience o I~
country. I"
into reality? Some, of course, will Vihna B. Keen i"
live out their lives in hospitals. .'
Editor, TheJournah shores of Hood ,~t~
A very sincere "Thank You"munerous mouMal°'[~
to the people of Mason County. trails, up into'si~,~I
• , ,1 qlO~;
swRchtqtheele¢tronievariety, I* As a Census Enumerator, Iroads to Prt~s' li~
will mean a substantial increase in worked long and hard counti.g Anyn, to Belfair,
salariesfor elective officials, people and houses in Mason And all pointsinb-¢~
however. County. Sometimes as much as south, east and ~l
Slight pay raises will be due, twelve and thirteen hours a day. seemed, cot~TL
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also for officials of San Juan And through rain, hail, sleet, and Sometime lld~ll~!l
County which rose from ninth to yes, snow! And it was a most often tired ~1'~[i
eighth-class, but Chelan County is gratifying experience• occasionally lost, S0~'~'
due to drop, from third to fourth. Almost without exception, I every door. An.u ~0d~l.?:
Bad News For Cities found the people friendly, twice iflgotabl~:;~#~
' rn 1 j
The new census figures are cooperative and sincerely At times, tj :~ ~d'g~
bad news for many cities• Their interested in helping with the U.S. coming on, los t!
shares of state liquor store profits Census• In many instances, road, narrow anu~'-~
lace to tur
and motor vehicle excise taxes are especially in areas in which I was for a p nut into
determined on the basis of unfamiliar, people took time to first dent ii.~'
population, which currently issit down with me and tell me Killer" ambler,
v/bY .. i01'~t
estimated by the State Planning about which houses were wonder ~1~'~
and Community Affairs Agency. vacancies, to tell me about them volunteered for su
and where and from whom 1 But all in all; ";~.~
agencyIn manYwill haveCaSeS'to thereviseStateits could get additional information. And to quote o~
estimates downward. Even From the county line at "Seeyouintenye~'°'