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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... Founded 1886 by Grant C. Angle Mailing Address: Box 430, Shelton, Wash. 98584 Phone 428-4412 Published at Shelton, Mason County, Washington, every Thursday. Igntered as Second-Class Matter at the Postoffice, Shelton, Wash. Member of National Editorial Association Member of Washington Newspaper Publishers' Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES:  $5.00 per year in Mason County,. in a d- vance ....... Outside Mason County $6.00 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER -- Henry G. Gay PLANT SUPERINTENDENT -- Jim Shrum OFFICE MANAGER .... Lodema Johnson NEWS EDITOR -- Alan Ford OFFICE ASSISTANT -- Mary Kent SOCIETY FDITOR  MarJ Jacobsen ADVERTISING MANAGER _L Don Adolfson 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' at the same,;. ' organizin,rSe" -, out the u';ier" R: picking OP '  highwayS' _  flJ The tWro# voiced  )irt|# rector o ,-peli , Highways (',f BachofnCr c01; I State pa ectllfl; Kasper, td lrl ness an i0 # ter.preven Key Ct ,#,l)[ three ne members )f0¢i ity and@# :r launchin ., i "our are a year. groupS. to work it just a ki//er. Last year, in State, more than 800 people accidents. Most of these mishaps by driver errors. Sometimes small err0 can lead to colossal tragedy. Don't do anything you'll regret drive alert