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When it comes to sacred cows, you've got to take the bull by the horns of the dilemma and wrestle him to the floor of the china shop. We found this out the hard way recently while attempting to compile a new list of hard-core American sacred cows. The old list was badly out of date. It included-among other things-motherhood, dogs and apple pie. Motherhood is taking its lumps from abortion reform and the women's h'beration movement, dogs are either on leash or sweating it out in the city pound and apple pie as we knew it went down the drain with the advent of the home freezer. We began our man-on-the-street research with a fellow who made a positive statement with his automobile's bumper. "America, Love It Or Leave It," the red, white and blue bumper proclaimed. We asked him what it meant. "Just what it says," he answered. Unsatisfied, we prodded for further explanation. "Well, Americans should stop complaining and protesting about everything and love their country. It's the greatest country in the world and they should he proud of it. But all they do is complain and raise hell. "The niggers think they're .good as white men when even the Bible proves they aren't. So of a sudden, after years of sitting around on their duffs letting us look after them out of the goodness of our hearts, they start demanding, demanding, demanding. When you don't give them what they want, they start buying guns and causing riots by marching down the street. Who gave them the right to march down the street? If they get anything, they should have to earn it just like the rest of us. [© 0 "Unemployment problem? What unemployment problem?" "That goes for the Indians, too. They steal all our fish instead of going to work and now they demand to be given government property. "The kids nowadays don't give a damn for anything. They have no respect for their parents, they don't appreciate what we've done for them and they don't love their country. They won't fight for America, they're all on dope, they make love like tom cats, they disrupt the schools, break windows and burn down buildings. "The college teachers are a bunch of communists and the guys in charge of the colleges don't have the guts to throw them out. By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS If it proved nothing else, this year's compaign for signatures proved that the initiative process of legislation still isn't necessarily "a rich man's game." If a measure has sufficient public appeal, it still can qualify House Joint Resolution No. 42. You can expect to read and hear much speculation between now and election day as to what this could lead to. Appearance of a "tax-freeze" initiative and "tax reform" measure on the same ballot could confuse a lot of voters. Under for the ballot without either "The welfare chiselers have raised taxes so high you're heavy financing of experienced normal conditions when the lucky if you can keep your home. Lots of old folks are losing professional assistance, voters are confused they are This was proved again this year inclined to vote "no." their homes, while those hippie freaks and bums who won t through the successful signature But in view of recent events, it work are on welfare and getting food stamps. solicitations for Initiative 256 is far from certain that conditions "There's nolawandorder, The cops catch a crook and if (bottles) and 251 (tax-freeze). in this year's election will be i the wishy-washy judge doesn't let him off or give him a light Initiative 256 came in with about normal. 185,000 signatures and Initiative Canal To Be Ditched sentence, the parole board lets him go as soon as he gets to251 with more then 134,000. A lot of dreams will go down prison. ...... Both originally were shrugged the ditch when the State Canal "A taw-abiding citize own the "experts;" .l ..didn,t lql ort comes ties, the hippies are taking dope, going aroend and But the amateurs succeeded The report will conclude that sleeping five to a sleeping bag at rock restivals, and nothing is / where the professionals feared to the long dreamed-of canal to link done about it. But let a good American go ten miles over the speed limit or take one clam too many and he's nabbed right away." "That's quite a list of complaints," our interviewee had finished. we commented when "Those aren't complaints," he said. I'm just telling you the way things are." "It looks as though some changes have to be made in America," we remarked. "Changes?" he retorted. "We don't need any changes-love it or leave it, I say!" tread. It has happened before; most recently in 1966, with the initiative repealing the Sunday blue laws; also in 1960, legalizing joint tenancy agreements, and in 1 9 5 2, with the colored oleo measure. Confudon On the Ballot Certification of Initiative 251 will put it on the same ballot with Gee. Dan Evans' tax revision program, already certified as southern Puget Sound with Grays Harbor isn't feasible. The cost estimate, quoted at $30 million in 1933, had balooned to $400 million when the Army Corps of Engineers made its last cost estimate about 10 years ago. The report will suggest construction of a canal connecting Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay with the Columbia River, but will conclude that the link with Puget Sound isn't needed. The report is being completed despite the fact that Governor Evans vetoed the $44,000 appropriation for the commission out of the budget. Espanded Seacoast Governor Evans thinks there is logic in the Washington Environmental Council's proposal to include fresh waterfront as well as salt waterfrontage in the seacoast management act. But he hasn't decided what he will include in the executive request bill he plans to submit to the Legislature. The Governor is still hoping that the environmental group will abandon its plan to try an initiative to the Legislature, and~i instead try for enactment of legislation in the 1971 session. If the council goes the initiative route, delay until the next election appears inevitable. Not only is the Legislature almost certain to pass the issue on to the voters in that event, it also can be expected to submit its own version as an alternative on the same ballot. Where The Buffalo Roam Staging of a rock and roll rally near Eatonville in defiance of a court order has stirred speculation whether the next Legislature will enact some laws at the state level. Only controls enacted so far are county and city ordinances. There wasn't any pressure for this kind of legislation in the last session and the Eatonville incident could be forgotten by next January except for one possibility. The Buffalo Party, original sponsor of the rally, intends to hold a convention on primary day and nominate various candidates for office. Scoop Jackson Stopped When the Boeing Company was awarded the contract for building the airborn warning and control system, Governon Evans finally "scooped" U.S. Sen. Henry M. (SCoOp) Jackson o'n a relL~ase ~out of WashingtOn, D.C. But apparently it was an accideat. The word received by Governor Evans was timed for release at 2 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. As most releases out of the national capital are usually marked according to Eastern time, Evans assumed the White House intended the Boeing news for 2 p.m. Eastern Time, which would be 11 a.m. here. He consequently released the news at the latter time. By the time the later release time was called to his attention, it was too late to do anything about it. ~~~~~~~m~~~~~~~n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~m~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~h~ Someone is going to make a million dollars when he designs a program listing the players in Washington state politics. At the moment, it is difficult for the layman to tell the players from the spectators-or the increasing number of stray dogs on the field. Incumbent Democratic team members of the Great American Pastime are the latest to he left stranded in left field. Delegates to their state convention in Spokane last weekend adopted a platform most of the officeholders say they cannot live with. At the same time, the delegates delivered a sharp blow to the midsection of their most popular vote-getter, Senator Henry M. Jackson, the overkill champion of the Western hemisphere, by adopting a peace plank urging "removal of all U.S. troops-combat, support and advisory-from Vietnam and elsewhere in Indochina... " The weekend's events so unnerved State Democratic Chairman Neale Chancy he is reported to be re-reading "The Life and Times of Boss Tweed" to find out where he went wrong. The delegates also endorsed H JR 42, Governor Dan Evans' tax reform proposal which will be on the ballot in November. The state's Republicam, meanwhile, are considering taking a lumds-off attitude on their leader's tax reform measure, when they construct their platform. Stu Bledsoe, head elephant handler, has indicated the Republicans will neither support or oppose the issue as a party. The GOP platform plank will probably read: "HJR 42 is on the ballot. We urge all citizens to go to the polls." Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Getcha prosram here! Mailing Address: Box 430, Shelton, Wash. 98584 Phone 426-4412 Published at Shelton, Mason County, Washkngton, every Thursday. Enternd as Second-Class Matter at the Post Office, Shllton, Wash. " EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ...................... Henry G. Gay from the University of Wsshinllton Daily "Anothor lamibilttv, Khorana (tho molecular btologi*t who ac. coml hod the tint ar etal jnthosis of a conced.s, is "the genetic planning of indivtdualt--tailodng people to .fit patterns, turning out ath t or in Ilectual,.'" --Tin~, June 15, 1970 It was a gray morning and a slight drizzle was falling as Osborne Cretin antered the building bom _g the Federal Bureau of Off-Swing and Semml Resultants. He stood sheepishly in the lobby, unsure of where to go in the maze of offices and laboratories before him. Men and women in white coats scurried back and forth, carrying a plethora of test tubes, vials, cultures and specimens. They ignored him. "Income, come in," a voice came suddenly from an office behind him. Cretin entered and saw a rather attractive woman seated behind a large desk. Her name, Cretin noted, was Miss Creant. • "Good morning, what can we do for you?" she said, using the first person plural even though she was the only person in the room. "Well, I came to order a baby, Cretin said. "Will that be to go, or do you want it delivered?" Miss Creant asked. "Delivered?" "Yes, sir, our stork system is very efficient." "Stork?" "Yes, we've found them to be most useful." "Oh." There was a pregnant pause. "To go or delivered, sir?" Miss Creant asked again. "Well, I dop't know. You see, I got this letter in the mail and..." "Oh, this is not a voluntary baby, then?" "Huh?" "You seem a bit nervous, sir. Is this your first baby?" "Yes," Cretin said, blushing. "Well, there's no need to be mervous, sir. This is a very efficient and sterile procedure. Let me see the letter you received." Cretin reached into his pocket and produced the letter addressed to himself and his wife. He glanced at it briefly before handing it over. "Greetings," the letter began, "You are hereby ordered to report to the Bureau of Off-Spring and Sexual Resultants, there to undergo the Parental Investiture Process pursuant to Section 14 of the Amended Fertilization and Population Act." The letter went on in a similar vein, all of it completely unintelli- gible to poor Cretin. Across the bottom was printed a scroll contain- ing the legend: "Sic Crearemus Mundum." "I see," said Miss Creant after she had read the letter. "Where is your wife, sir? She was supposed to come, too." "Yes, I know. She said she had a headache and just wasn't in the mood." "Oh. Are you an athlete, sir?" Miss Creant asked, looking skeptic- ally at Cretin's dissipated body. "No ma'am," he replied. "Oh, then you're an intellectual." "No, I'm a vacuum cleaner." "A vacuum cleaner, sir?" "Yes, I clean vacuums." "Uh-huh." "Part time." "I see, then you're an undesirable." "Ma'am?" "It's a new Supreme Court raliag that we must also produce un- desirables because they have a right to be represented in the popula- tion, too," said Miss Creant, suddenly getting very cold. "I do wish they'd mind their own business. Congress clearly intended to exclude undesirables from the population program." "I'm sorry," an embarrassed Cretin said. "Well, what model would you like. In our undesirable line we have three basic colors: white, albino' and pink-toned. Oh, no--pardon me--we don't have any albino models available. They were called back." "Called back?" "Yes, we found a defect in the vascular system." "Oh. Well, I'll take a pink-toned model." ,,Sorry, we're out of pink-tones." .'White then." "O.K. If you'll go down the hall to our Undesirable Display Hall-- White, you can pick up your baby." ,'Can't I have him delivered?" "No sir. We can't touch the undesirable babies. It's a custom imported from India." Cretin did as he was told and picked up his late-medel baby. He chose one featuring optional manual dexterity. Then, with the baby in his arms, he walked back out into the drizzling morning. On his way home he stopped and bought a cigar. He was a father. --Ray Hallinan ~~~~H~HH~Hl~~iHm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~m~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 4 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 16, 1970 Editor, The Journal: I believe the county commissioners have the power to pass a resolution to stop these hippies from defying the laws. They could use helicopters to spray the county or state roads with a solution of pesticide mixed with dyes which would mark all Editor, The Journal: The anonymous voice at the other end of the line cracked with antagonism, "You'd better knock-off the anti-American trash you write in the paper.., there are still some partiotic people in this country and we won't have you crumbs downing America." Well, I was caught off-guard. It isn't every day you get abusive phone calls-especially from someone whose voice combines the best qualities of Spior Agnew, John Wayne and Billy Graham. Needless to say, I was impressed. Maybe there's something of the' masochist in me. I really wanted to hear this "gentleman" out and to engage him, as they say, in constructive dialogue. So I took the diplomatic tact with the limp rejoinder, "I'm sorry, sir, if my letters offend you, but... " ''Don't give me that (obscenity) stuff," he cut in. "If you're so damned smart, why doesn't President Nixon ask for your advice." "I sort of wondered that myself," I said, hoping that a little humor might soften him. "Anyway, President Nixon isn't exactly known for accepting, much less tolerating, the advice of those who disagree with him. You'll recall what happened to James Allen (former U.S. Commissioner of Education) and Leon Panetta when they publicly disagreed with the President . . . in the best democratic tradition, Nixon fired them." "That could be," he conceded, taking a more conciliatory stance toward me, "but Kate Smith's 'God Bless• America'-you know, what she sang at the 'Honor America Day', uh, thing-choke you up even a little?" Editor, The Journal: Recently my husband and I made a trip down the coastal highway from Long Beach Washington to Arcata, California, east to Redding and then to Klamath Falls, Ore., Eugene and back to Shelton. Every area has a different problem than any other, yet each shares the same concern for rising prices, taxes, unemployment and the Vietnam war. A good way to get the feel of the community is to buy the local paper. At Ocean City Wash. the concern is for preserving the estuaries which are the shores and swampy areas on the ocean and mouth of rivers emptying into the ocean. All fish, shell fish and sea life depend on the small organisms growing in these estuaries for their life. Fills by commercial builders and housing developers will change the ecology of the beach areas by destroying feed producing land for wild life on land and sea. Along the Oregon coast are many dairies but no farming of the land. All of the dairy feed must be shipped in, for the fields haven't been cropped for years and are covered with thistle, tule grass, buttercup and skunk ca bbage. Some pastures are irrigated but there is little grass. All kinds of farm machinery lies abandoned in the fields where it was left years ago. Most homes are well kept and each has its quota of nice cars, campers, travel trailers and Hondas. Very few have gardens anymore. There is much logging in northwest California, mostly redwood. There are stacks of ' weathered lumber at the mill sites and many old, grey logs in the ponds and stacked in yards, indicating there is no shortage of lumber but probably there is no market of the lumber is being held for higher prices. A winding, crooked highway from Arcata, Calif. to Redding all straight up with a logging truck on every bend is a hazardous way to travel but once committed there is no turning back. Along the way mountains are being leveled and valleys filled for a new highway. We spent the night at a Forestry Camp at Willow Creek on this road and listened to logging trucks rumbling through all night, carrying their logs to the coast. The Klam-ity Kourier is a weekly newspaper serving Klamath, Trinity Valley, the law, when a blocking off a road. The solution odor to it such skunk. L. L. Parsons "Oh, it right -in days afterward, ask that God bless we are ravaging nation with savagery affront.. • there is a deity, sickened b) nation-"the violence in the Martin Luther the Vietnamese urging of some leaders. This Christ philosophy to me.. • and I patriotic about The caller sigh into the quickly turned sorry for you, questions being. MY testily asserted. "I'm afraid point," I "Some of our name of God embarked upon which I dent national could in the of political the interests don't always our difference in "OK," he doesn't change America; as far love it or leave "I think blindest and I began. 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