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Editorials: The long, her summer begins
i . iii, i
Here we go again I,', ii i! ' /li
If there is anything funnier in. this state than death i i i i i' "
and taxes, it has to be politics. ' !. :
For 112 days and 112 nights during the session just
ended: rnembers of Washington's fortieth legislature kick, /( i l/
Republicans have admitted is needed in this state,
• When the smoke in the caucus rooms had cleared and
the aorted statesmen had returned to their homes, not
one proposal for tax reform had been translated into law, i
primaxily because of opposition by the Democrats, ledby i i •
Senator Martin Durkan, to the program introduced by
Governor: Dan Evans, a Republican. /i
By the time the marathon hassle was concluded, the
citizens of the state were as sick of the whole issue as
Noah' was of the deluge, which was a fairly short session I
of 40 days and 40 nigh tsl
%
Now, as if we hadn't had enough for this year, the i|
whole' mess is about to be regurgitated in different set-
a
ting, but with the same two characters in the leading roles.
On July 7 the 32nd annual Institute of Government will
convene at the University of Washington with the topic
"Tax Reform to Meet the Challenge of Growth."
Sandwiched in between morning and afternoon ses-
sions of slide presentations, reports and panel discussions,
will be a luncheon address by Governor Evans, and the in-
stitute will conclude with comments on the day's discus-
sion by guess who ? -- Senator Martin Durkan.
We doubt that either of these great leaders is going
to say anything that hasn't been said one hundred and
The Fie
By CHESTER GUEST
• Seattle really got a kick out
of the notorious Judge Simnons
case of 1961.
Remember? Judge William H.
Simmons was then Seattle Mu-
nicipal .Court judge, 33 years
old, and considered a real politic-
al comer. But then he was con-
victed of second degree assault
for trying to "force his atten-
tions" on a Seattle housewife
who had come to see him. about
a •speeding ticket.
The Supreme Court later re-
versed the conviction, but dis-
barred Simmons for "defiant,
derogatory, inflammatory words,
wholly unbecoming the dignity
uf any responsible member of
the legal profession."
This was because, during his
That's a
cause I've
lack of
lawyers I've
the State
on pretending
have character,
to have at
his : d e #
Ie has bec0w
the Normon
Neighbors an .. 1
have signed a .,)
ing to his ref0rg
Reporters n!
"Napoleonic P'°. |
mer years .is ;0[
six
signed a pe )y]
Simmons' rein '?.,t
preme court
its rights. It .s
- " or bow to ::#
If hang you they could. In the end'.roWe;)
Even a wxmld-be poet got into way. Sornetlw ,
twelve times before. (he act. convinced th/)
Virtue, primarily women's t'mes becaUS. s e
and someflra
Was lightly regarded by Sim-
Letter box: mons.
Who's as sad now without any stubborn. , .
ob--00em t b solved ) bench And whetzJl'l'
"" E As-a grease-monkey lacking a Court g:;golftSeL
its can -][.
. 00ill Simmons is still sad, may- 00hich 00.iil;00
Editor, The Journal: community and taken a vital Ire sadder now than he was when comment: eE
Again, ..... parents and citizens .... interest in Shelton civic activi, the poet hacked him. up. Because "CanOns of
the next school board mceting is ties; they also have taken a vital last week the State Supreme 0
Tuesd/y, June U>,, 8 p.rn•, atr the interest in our children at school. Court refused to reinstate him, supercede. !e t
Evergreen Srhool. This one What is a SCHOOL without rutting that be has tailed to firmly belier "-eY,i.
€ " Id ' " '
sh)uJd be in the auditorium "rEACHERS? I am personally [)rove his character has changed to me- bat w
again, becuase YOU will I)e there convinced that this exodus of per-
AC;AIN. sonnet is caused by something apto oe:
The Shelton Public SchooI .ys- other than a low salary seheduie. -uyers prefer the large economy size Jug00i"
tern mus! have a deCl) I)rohlem, One more thing; will our school i i
which musl be solved. Approxi- system have a large number of ,.
mzltely 40 teachers and adminis- leachers next year who are nat ..dl
raiors have )'esignod hy l.hi qualified in terms of college? )
dale re.w(' are still l)oking. Is this what we want. 'i
We are h)sing fine teachers; See you AGAIN this coming
these teachers are also respected Tuesday. e
cilizens who have live(t in our Helen D. Palmer Ry ROBEWr C. CUMMINGS four brands each of gin and years. Some are internes era- those paid employes under juris- licized issue throughout the na- by the stal
New listings of items to• De" eblended domestic whiskies, two ployed, through Ford Foundation. diction of, the State Personnel tion, which, ' virtually evervbod. Y 7110
• . ach of scotch and vodka and grants who go on to better jobs, Board Possibility of establish understands It could be that ?n.a
r " m -o ey ..a,.,, on state Hquor store one ' • " - '' "' ' "' '
Ire* protection" saves n snetves- ..... as o! August seems" brand of rum but many have been. promoted mg job. classifications., along as" "'fez as this's.state iss concerned,, Rogers, F:'I 'i[.
. . , " Ur) until some six years ao anti stay put. There m occasion- with merit system protection in opposition to this t of le zsla cers jean ,
to indicate a graauai cnange in "- " ; o - " ' all a ...... : • . s ype g'..- .. ThOnps.
=*'" o,,,s'""--,,o,'-';* v,^* ,r...:_..^_, a,,,tso. - mere . were. . few, it any listings Y. change, wnen commauee some areas, also will be •studied. lion i gz adually' dis.oh. 'ing., Pal. ,, v.
l,;ditor, The ,Journal: the wonderful volunteer firemen drinking public of splints m .half-gallon bottles, chazrmanships change, however, ors J. D. w-(
la response to the |otter writ- that are close to the ready equip ..... " ...... though numerous wines have al- Nell Byer former New York OPEN HOUSING BOARD ltAS BIG VOICE M.' Larson, i))Y'g..!i
laeK atlrlng pronioluon flays ' '' ' • + " : ' • ' " ' • ,' ' ' ' ; ' ' ' .... '":' !: '- d,'.
ier I)y Aven()chet:') te ,t4nt/notjto4pring fire seaSOn, . ......... /ways been available m gallon newsrn Who Was employed as ,-,tfi=.:l,_=. ':'_:_: .... v_J .c ............ R. McKa''}e .i
me popmar sam stem oi foot- . ,,,, ,._. ,.c_,__. . .... a .___a. exe,fl',a ).'e,..-,* . r.;-., t , cu k e. eOcounet;'3), uy wnen tne stare, starts ms-
of M y in z-irr.(t 1) fdi;ffrllng'h'Z"but'bar':r6dnfl, 24 hours a day. , , a ,s ow mere are so uranus ....................... I: S" S ...... ' " ...... " '" • Engineers Ou
- . • leggers was the 'mickey' or .... : .......... pon'ors of Referendum' 35 'm ob- tmbutmg the porlmn of the new
fir dislricL I realize it is;tro q"sa.:,t¢rmer 'olunteer fireman in half gallon bottles and 13 to tommlttee on mgnways when .. • ;""' " " coma, Gle l
half pint sizes, with pints or " • • taming the 50 011 vahd mgnatures 1/e-cent increase , in , gasoline 'T
late to (Io any 4ood for the fire i 'ave answered brush fire calls " be added in August will increase Representative Leonard Sawyer " Robert E• 1
needed to quality for the No- taxes to cities andcounties, the
tenths running second. Because the total to 31. was chairman, was terminated vember, 1968, general election Board will probably have a firm
trial, Simmons called the mayor obligation to
a "nincompoop," attacked the end chance. ,, if
prosecuting attorney, and ac- But I doa't.
cused a judge of "judicial tyran- t;0-
the Supreme t
ny." as being thaie "
It was a tough time for Sire- would rather ;Jl
mons, but for everybody else it a system d.,ell
was fun and games. Housewives tempered w'iol
gossiped about it, politicians sion and forg
made mountains of hay of it, In short, 've .
and a group of folk singers corn- Court should
challoe'
posed a song which began: a second ,ot,t;
Judge Si,00ons, Judge Simmons NobodY,
Why can't you be good? tell anybodYf itBh
The jury would hang you
distri('! in that area now, .hut :, iff. the dry summer that endan-
miylx al a future date the rest- gered homes. The State Forestry
dents will have a chance to vote could not get equipment to the
again.
We live in Mason County Fire
District No. 4• Our added tax
due to having a fire district is
$5.]g a year. Oiw homeowners
insurance is now $98.00 a year
and without a fire (listri('.! it
would be $110 a year.
So we arc saving over twice
what it cosls us in added lax
and wc have a feeling of l)r,)lec-
tiOtl, as w8 Iav(, had ()cclsion
to depend on the fire trucl$ and
fire for several hours, because
they had all their equipment tied
up at another large fire in the
far end of the district.
We feel the tax is doing many
times its good and also are thank-
ful to the willing volunteers that
make a fire district possible.
We hope that every resident that
has the priviliege to choose to
have a fire district does so.
Bill Marcy
The Journal welcomes letters to the editor. We ask only
that they be signed and devoid of obscenities and libelous
statements. With a little ingenuity and a sprinkling of
euphemisms you can say anything you want in a letter to
the Journal, so break out the ballpoints and uncover the
portables out there in Readerland.
they were hard to conceal, quarts
and fifths weren't too popular.
The "mickey" went out with
repeal, and isn't even stocked on
liquor store shelves any more.
Quarts also gradually disappear-
ed, to be replaced by fifths.
During war-time rationing,
pints suddenly became popular
again; because you get two of
these on one punch of your ra-
tion card, which provided a few
more ounces than would come
in a fifth.
APPETITES GROWING ?
This trend ended with ration-
ing, however, and the fifth re-
turned to its former top place•
Now it is slowly giving way to
the half-gallon container. Of the
29 new listings of spirits for
August, 13 are half-gallon items,
most of them popular brands of-
fered in tenth and fifth-size bot-
tles p!-eviously. They include
State liquor board officials are
unwilling to speculate whether
this trend indicates a growing
appetite, a matter of convenience,
or a desire to save money by
purchasing the "large economy
size." As most of the offerings
are in the lower, or so-called
"popular-priced" brands, ii could
be the latter.
C, AREERS
WITHOUT PROTE(YrlON
Though they lack the l)rotc-
tion of civil service that is pro-
vided for other state employes,
most of the staff members of the
various legislative interim com-
mittees stay on, regardless of
changes in the political make-
up of the various committees.
Some of these career employes,
like Don Sampson, executive sec-
retary of !he Legislative Council,
have been here as long as 16
the first of this month.
It is expected that John Rich-
ardson, former secretary of the
Columbia Basin Commission who
was public 'information officer
for the Senate Democratic cau-
cus in the 40th Legislature, will
be appointed to replace Byer.
Senator Al Henry, White Salmon
Democrat, is the new chairman
of the joint committee.
STUDY ORDERED
Meanwhile, two other interim
committees, the Legislati e Bud-
get Committee and the egisla-
live Council, have been directed
by a legislative resolution to
make. a joint study of the various
state positions which are exempt
from civil service.
Employes in elective and ju-
dicial agencies, as well as legis-
lative, will be included in the
study, which also will cover a
comparison of salary levels with
ballot came as a surprise to
many because the histroy of
referenda shows few failures in
signature drives. Of the 34 filed
since adoption of the constitution-
al amendment permitting referral
of legislative acts i:o the voters,
only nine failed to qualify for
the ballot.
The last one was Referendum
31, which was against a 1959 law
authorizing corporations and joint
stock associations to practice en-
gineering. This was an issue
which failed to capture the pub-
lic imagination. Few underst(x)d
it, or cared. The same was true
of an earlier failure, Referen-
dum 29, which was directed in
1957 against a portion of the
state insurance code.
Referendum 35, however, was
directed against the open hous-
ing legislation enacted by the
40th Legislature, a widely pub-
Questionnaire answers show public confused divided about Viet Nam
(Ed. Note: The following is a re-
, port, from (ongresswoman Julht
il, utler Hansen on the results of
: survey cont,xrning tit(" Viet
Nam situation tle eolldlleted
mnong her constituems in the
af, venth district.)
• A little over' a month ago I
mailed ray questionnaire to you.
Returns are still coming in, but:
Icause Vietnam is so uppermost
in everyone's mind a[ the present
time, I want to give you a sum-
m, ary of current replies on this
vital question.
On my first question, "What
do you think is the most im-
portant issue facing this country
right now?", I received 545 re-
plies which said, "Vietnam" or
"the war." This is more than
half of the total number (9481 of
the replies received so far.
:On my second question, which
listed proposed ways of resolv-
ing the war, I received the most
votes (529 to 198) in favor of
"making an all-out effort to
achieve a decisive victory." The
majority rejected three other pro-
posals, listed as:
(1) "We should maintain our
present military and political
policies and hope they will be
successful." (333 voted down this
proposal and 193 voted /for it)
(2) "We should take steps to
gradually de-escalate the war...
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and trust that this will facilitate
negotiations." (412 against, to 145
for)
(3) "We should withdraw all
U. S. troops from Vietnam."
(404 against to 147 for this pro-
posal)
The final question on Vietnam
asked for suggestions about poli-
cies to pursue there. Thirty-four
persons stated, "We should either
fight to win this war or we
should get out." Thirty-three
thought the United Nations should
settle the conflict and 35 said the
military should be allowed if
run the war. About 20 persons
said we should drop the atomic
bomb on North Vietnam, but an-
other 20 felt we should immediate-
ly halt all bombing of the North.
Many offered specific strategies
such as "Blockade coasts to cut
off supplies to the North," Em-
phasize land reform and pacifi-
cation in South Vietnam," Fol-
low U Thant's proposals."
However, a large number indi-
cated that they believed the war
is very complex and they were
stunlped as to how it should be
conducted. For example, one wo-
man wrote:
"If I seem, unsure about my
answers, It Is because these is-
Ies are so important and mon-
umental at this time that I feel
ill.equipped to make these de-
etslom."
A man wrote, "I'm not smart
enough to know what to do when
I don't even know why the gov-
ernment is there in the first
place."
Some other answers to the
question ("Wat policy do you
Page 4. Shelton-Mason County Jou,rnal - Thursday, June 8, 1967
think the U. S. should pursue in
Vietnam?") were :
"Win!!!' '
"If possible, win•"
"Do everything l)ossible !o
achieve honorable and a lasting
l)eace."
"I do not think we can win a
decisive vietory in Vietnam, or
secure an honorable i)eace. The
longer we stay there, the less
honorable our evenlual withdraw-
al will he."
"Try, try, try io get out."
"End it! Bk)ekade harbors, do
anything necessary, including
risking invo]vemen( with China."
"If we continue our present
course, China will become in-
volved and this would be disas-
trous . . ."
"Get tough with the Commies
• . . They only understand when
they are hurt badly enough."
"Show humility, and a willing-
ness to consider-- or ai least
attempt to understand- the oth-
er's side. When you offer a per-
son something he cannot possi-
bly accept, and then criticize
his nonacceplacc you lose
ground . . ."
"Serve an ullimatuna to our
allies if either help us or take
the consequences . . ."
"The whole world is telling us
to get out. Well, why don't we?"
"To heck with foreign opinion ....
do what is best for our country."
"We better change our policies
-- even our allies are getting
tired of our interfering in the
internal affairs of other coun-
tries . . ."
"Give Hanoi on e hour to get
to the conference table; if they
are not at the table, drop the 1:o avoid a costly missile race."
atomic bomb! The good Lord I also received interesting an-
gave us the Atomic Bomb for a swers on Question 111, which
purpose- let's use it!" asked if federal programs had to
"1 think we should all be cut back because of increas-
pray . . " ing defense costs, which pro-
"Go in with more bombing of grams should be cut. For in-
North Vietnam, regardless of the stance, most peol)le assume that
civilian population . . " today we cannot neglect space
"I really can't answer this research due to its direct ira-
question. I am a widow 82 years pact on the future security on
old. plus and I hate wars. I am mankind. Yet 500 persons voted
terribly sorry for those who have to cut back space research and
to lose their lives or be crippled technology, and 262 disapproved
for something we all are re- of cutting funds for this endeavor.
sponsible for," Specific statistics about those
of you who answered the ques-
"Let our younger minds work
tionnaire are :
out this problem,"
"Untie the hands of our gener- So far, 741 men and 243 women.
als and give them the right to About 570 were over 50 years
use everything that we have to of age; 355 between 30 and 50
eliminai.e the enemy and secure years old, and 44 were under
peace on our own terms . . ." age 30. About 160 listed profes-
sional occupations; 450 listed non-
"Frankly, I am frightened . . . professional occupations; 17S
I do not think that a military were retired; 98 were house-
victory in Asia will bring peace
to the world." wives, and 24 were students.
"This is such a complex and So that we may hear the voice
difficult problem, and if there of our young people-- for theirs
were a simple solution.. , the . is the America of tomorrow-- I
war would have ended king ago. am sending out 500 questionnaires
My impression is that the United to each of the five colleges in
States will eventually have to our district. I am also sending
end the war. but there probably questionnaires to a segment of
isn't a good way to do it . . ." organized labor. Their answers--
when added to our present re-
The intriguing thing about an- turns-- will give us an ever
swers in the Vietrmm category broadening view of public opin-
is their relationship to other ques- ion.
tions I asked. For instance, while In the meantime, my deepest
the majority wished to try for an appreciation for your expressions
all-out victory in Vietnam, the of opinion. It is essential to rep-
majority accepted the proposal, resentative government that there
"We should not at this time es- always Im a eontin,fing dialogue
tabliSh any defensive misile sys- between (he represented and the
terns, but should seek :)grecnt reprr.s,,ni,,..
voice on hQw the money is spent.
Allocation of $53 million for
road construction in designated
"urban areas" of cities and
counties from. 5/8 cents of the
tax increase will be considered
by the board at its next meet-
ing, July 5, 6 and 7.
At: the same time, the board
will develop guidlines for long-
range road construction plans.
These will be used to coordinate
needs and assign priorities. This
is to avoid recurrences of situa-
tions which developed in the past
when local governmental units
didn't always take into consider-
ation road l)atterns of surround-
ing areas.
LOCAL REPRESENTATION
However, the board which will
develop these guidlines is com-
posed, with one exception, en-
tirely of city and county govern-
ment representatives, such as
mayors, county commissioners,
and city and county engineers.
The exception is Richard E. Fur-
re]l, assistant state director of
highways, who has been desig-
nated by law as chairman of
the board.
Also designated by law, as
board members, are the chair-
man and administration engineer
of the County Road Administra-
tion Board. These currently are
Pierce County Commissioner
Harry H. Sprinker and Ernest
Geissler, former Lewis County
engineer.
Other members, all appointed
is esd'00i
today to c it
against litter" ef'
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accidents. Most of these mishaps
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can lead to colossal tragedy.
Don't do anything you'll regret
drive alert