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ot Pardons imperative '[' ' The national interest demands that the Congressmen  " . o " • . involved in the South Korean bribery scandal be given unconditional presidential pardons. President Carter should issue the pardons immediately for all crimes real or imagined. Further delay will subject ; the nation to a protracted trauma of accusations, denials, hearings, trials and appeals. ' i If the nation survived, which is doubtful, it would be . ;1o more than a helpless, pitiful giant, unable to effectively i:.,; . serve as God's instrument in the never-ending fight against theforces of evil abroad and the nattering nabobs of . negativism at home. Thomas Jefferson would agree. More than 200 years ago he said: "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a bubonic plague without bribed Congressmen, or bribed Congressmen without a bubonic plague, I should :i not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." m ,, Jefferson, as did the other patriots who brought forth on this continent a new nation, recognized that first things come first. We should listen to him. Congress is faced with an overwhelming list of major problems that need its attention. First on the list, of course, is debate and passage of legislation that will assure American judges at the trials of Soviet dissidents. Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill, who must push this measure through the House of Representatives, has been hamstrung by the vicious coverage given his involvement in the Korean affair by a biased media. Irresponsible stories in the press that he acted with questionable propriety in accepting parties and gifts worth about $8,000 so distracted O'Neill that it is reported he inadvertently erased 18½ minutes of a statement denouncing Russian trial procedures. Other matters that a strident public is demanding receive immediate legislative attention include: 1. A strong law that would make it a federal crime for non-incumbents to solicit or accept campaign contributions from individuals or corporations with gross incomes exceeding $3,200; 2. A bill that would allow dams to be built in areas with no waterways; 3. A measure that would name Hubert Humphrey the 38½th President of the United States and provide the funds to tear down metropolitan Minneapolis and replace it with a library containing his collected speeches. There is other legislation that must be tackled immediately if our nation is to survive in a world threatened by savages and despots who have no respect for manmade or divine law. But our elected representatives will not get the job done if they must bear the burden of being held accountable to laws that apply to the rest of the Our government is the only thing that stands between us and anarchy. Richard Nixon told us that, but we didn't listen until it was too late and he had been driven from office. But now we must listen. If present officeholders are driven from office, Congress will become nothing more than a lair for self-serving predators seeking power and money wherever they can find it, and using that power and money to perpetuate themselves in office. If those Congressmen involved in the Korean affair are crucified for minor indiscretions, they are liable to be replaced with persons who are really dangerous, perverts who are easy to recognize because they have one thing in common: no respect for the traditions and customs that have made Congress what it is today. Some of their ilk are already serving in Congress and, joined with newcomers of the same persuasion, could do irreparable harm. They would ignore the national security while furiously debating such minor irritations as inflation, unemployment, and the energy shortage. We cannot allow this to happen. Write President Carter today and tell him to issue immediate pardons to the embattled Congressmen. Only then, with the matter of Koreagate behind them, can the nation's lawmakers resume the important matters at hand. Failure to resolve the problem now will make a mockery of America's claim that it is the land of the free and the home of the bribed. 00ea-Flap !€od Sign right here, sonny C__apitol00Dome: State asked to pay for By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS Most city and county officials believe that if the state would pay for the services it receives from local governments, it would go far toward solving their financial problems. The payments would be in lieu of the taxes paid by private entities. And many think they might fill the gap left by the sales tax exemption for food which became effective on July I. Some Differences Aired While there was general agreement that the state should pay for such local services as police and fire protection, sanitation, etc., county and city officials differed on a second choice. Counties would like authority to levy the same business and occupation taxes (B&O) in unincorporated areas as cities and towns do within their corporate limits. Cities prefer the concept of revenue base sharing. Officials of the state's large counties are also interested. Levy Lid is Target Virtually all those responding to a questionnaire sent to more than 1,800 county and city produced a pen. Zimmer did so and was alone again. Later, the ballpoint ferret approached home run king Jim Rice, said, "Excuse me..." and was cut short with, "Don't excuse yourself. It's all right." Rice adorned the ball. Bob Bailey added his moniker over eggs benedict, then indicated others of his ilk, helpfully. It became crowded between the seams. Suddenly, a wildfire rumor - Bernie Carbo and Dennis Eckersley were out in the lobby by the elevators. Embolden, d, the name collector headed out at a sprint. "Could I trouble you?" he asked Carbo, jabbing with the handwritten sphere. Just then an elevator arrived. "Sorry, gotta go," said Carbo. "That's okay, I'll ride along," the seeker said, and did prevailing. The captives escaped 15 floors later with writer's cramp. And so forth - 18 autographs worth. A good weekend's pestering. A friend of long standing, one with worthwhile opinions, a large degree of savvy and a practical view of life, listened to the 39-year-old for a while that last day then rained on his tirade by blaspheming: "I don't see any purpose served in getting somebody's autograph. There's nothing gained, no point. It can't do anything for you, it's just a name somebody wrote someplace. Meaningless." The old adolescent was ready for that because he had been searching his own motives in like terms. "If you can't see the point there is none," he said. "If you see the point, that is the point. Empathy is its own reward. Autographs are a grand intangible." EPILOGUE - Because of the fickle destinies of professional sport, the baseball became obsolete four days later. Bernie Carbo was sold to Cleveland. mmm Mack McGinnis' Comedy'00Comment llMMllllMllllllllll Woody Anen's quip: "I don't mind dying. ! just don't want to be around when it happens." (Irv Kupcinet in Chicago Sun-Times) By STEVE ERICKSON Twenty-nine years later things were different, but the more things change the more they stay the same. As a boy he collared the Seattle Rainiers; now, as an adult (sort of), he collected Boston Red Sex scripture. Here was a man of 39 seeking the signatures of athletes a generation younger. Was that juvenile? Was it time for this adult to put away his childish things? Are autographs worth the humbling chase? He envisioned himself towering over Little League legions, proffering his pen and baseball to a Carl Yastrzemski who snickered, glowered and refused. Why, a guy could get embarrassed. But feeling foolish would inhibit enthusiasm, so he determined to brazen it through. After all, there's a difference - albeit a fine line - between being childish and childlike. Forewarned and forearmed, he advanced, temerity his disguise. The challenge was formidable, because to ballplayers who spent boyhoods 'oiling 'mitts and envisioning themselves on bubble gum cards, signing autographs soon pales in esteem. The domed stadium where the first-place Red Sex spent three days whacking the last-place Mariners proved barren. Prospective signers shunned their public, although utility infielder Frank Duffy eventually obliged the questing railbird. It had been easier in 1949, in San Francisco's Seal Stadium. Thirteen autographs in 28 minutes and it seemed only yesterday. He finally struck paydirt this time at the Hilton Hotel coffee shop, interrupting players' meals, tattooing his horsehide for posterity.Cornered, they signed. Nuisance value. Initial success came when a waitress even older than he furtively pointed out a diner in a comer, worrying a club sandwich, reading a book. "A catcher," she whispered, and it was. Carlton Fisk. "Er, Carlton," he called, waving the blank baseball, "suppose you could sign... ?" "on my way out." After that it was easier. Yaz dropped by for lunch, was ambushed while scrutinizing a menu he had no doubt memorized a dozen seasons hence, and resignedly signed sans snicker. Dwight Evans, who would hammer homers in the next three games, enlisted then drawled, "Hey, Rooster, you, too," handing the artifact over to shortstop Rick Burleson, who had been trying to ignore the whole situation. Rooster wrote. Relief pitcher Bill Campbell strolled in. Pounce! Afterward, Campbell turned to an amused Burleson. "I can't help it," he said, "it embarrasses me." The Bosox had work to do and they abandoned the Hilton in favor of the Kingdome, where they dispatched Seattle with the tidiness of a Trac-Two guillotine, 13- I. At the coffee shop the following 7:45 ann., Bosox Manager Don Zimmer had just ordered fresh-squeezed orange juice when, to his fascination and alarm, a disembodied hand snaked around the comer of his booth, bearing a baseball. "Would you mind signing this?" said a voice, and a human form "There is a section of economics that is at present nonexistent and that I propose to call by an unlovely name: the economics of refuse. We produce in ever-increasing volume the things we want, goods, but also in ever-increasing volume the things that are nuisances, bads. The graph of our progress is incomplete if we only draw in the northeastern part of the quadrant the positive increase of goods per capita, while we neglect to draw in the southern quarters the negative increase of bads per capita. '" Bertrand de Jouvenal I I  I IIIIII II I I I 00Tl,e 00oo0000JourrLal Mailing Address: Box 430, Shelton, Wa. 98584 Phone 426-4412 Published at 227 West Cota Street, Shelton, Mason County, Washington 98584, weekly, Second-class postage paid at Shelton, Washington, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $7.00 per year in Mason County $9.00 per year in State of Washington $12.00 per year out of State EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ...................... Henry G. Gay Paqe4. Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, July 20, 1978 4 It's not true the administration has no foreign policy. Jimmy Carter has a policy. Andy Young has a policy. Zbigniew Brzezinski has a policy. Cy Vance has a policy. Miss Lillian has a policy... ' {Wendell Trogdon in The Indianapolis News) A hypochondriac is a guy who takes different pills than yours. (Ashley Cooper in Charleston, S.C. News and Courier) elected officials by a legislative Ad Hoc Committee on Local Government and Urban Affairs blamed the 106 levy lid law of 1977 for many of their budget problems. In this they have plenty of company. School and other local taxing districts have fried similar complaints with their legislators. City and county officials both called for either repeal or amendments to the present law, with city officials leaning more heavily toward a change. Insurance Costs Cited The skyrocketing cost of liability insurance increases local governments' financial woes. Some are now taking the precarious risk of going without coverage. Many cite as a possible remedy a limit on the amount of damages that may be awarded in a single lawsuit. Others would eliminate potential liability from certain types of conduct or facilities, while another proposal called for enabling legislation which would authorize local governments to enter into joint pooling arrangements. State Shares Blame Rules and regulations imposed on local governments by the state are also held responsible for budget problems. A majority of both city and county officials contend present bid limits imposed by the state are escalating the cost Of public works projects. The 38-member ad hoc committee is composed of legislators, and county and city officials. Final proposals will be received at an August meeting in Seattle so standing committees can start holding hearings and have legislation prepared before the 1979 legislative session convenes. Not Silent Any More Cocktail lounge owners whose liquor licenses are jeopardized by inability to maintain a ratio of 40 percent .food sales to 60 percent liquor (Rule 35) have accused Dixy Lee Ray of "being on the issue. But her silence been based on the fact had asked her. somebody has, some may not like the answer, She has made it she backs the Liquor Board all the way. It position that any change law enacted by years ago is an issue Legislature to settle. Appointment is the While the Liquor Board is an autonolr the Governor's significant because she a second appointment three-member January 1. Meanwhile, the dries, who have been defensive in recent unsuccessful o various liberalizations liquor laws, have taken offensive again. The Washington Alcoholic Problems, the Washington Association, has asked board to tighten Rule requiring a 50-50 ratio. The board has until to act on the request. Overhaul The Interagency for Recreation (IAC), established by initiative 1964, may be in overhaul when the Legislature meets. The IAC distributes and state funds fog recreational projects launching ramps, game propagation, bridle trails, well as state and local It presently is five citizen members of seven state agencies: Natural Parks and Recreation Fisheries, Trans Commerce and Development, and EcologY, h.j. Still waiting for Santa Claus By DAVE AVERILL Fairy tales used to befor kids. About the time you got to be five years old, you up and realized that Santa Claus looked a lot like man. The Easter Bunny quit laying chocolate eggs o porch, and even the Tooth Fairy turned out to disappointment. Parents used to worry, in those innocent days, W learning the truth would shatter the children'S emotions. There was always some rowdy kid who lived 0 next block, ready to break up all those illusions. parents," he would say darkly, "have been lying to Later the same kid would be delivering lectures facts of life, long before anybody's parents got are0 mentioning the subject. There's a kid like that in neighborhood. As it turned out, everybody managed to st through life without Santa Claus or the Easter Bu# the Tooth Fairy. You have to take the world the way find it. But those youthful disappointments left a mark. One bit of evidence comes in the form of a promotion in which some housewife with glazed unleashed in a supermarket for a free shopping spree. You have seen it happening on TV. The through the store, cramming canned hams and sirloin ! into her shopping cart while the announcer It may be hard to understand why such a attractive to watch, but people must like it or stations wouldn't keep showing it. All of us are we can't have everything we want, maybe at least have a shopping cart full of free sirloin steaks. In our unkind world, every paradise has its serpent. Last week it developed that even the paradise, the free no-strings-attached shopping always what it seems. Maybe you read about it. This lady in buying things in a shopping center. A couple of came up, gave her a letter and announced that she won one of those TV-style chances to shop without Help yourself, they said. So the lady marched into her favorite retail started grabbing everything in sight, just like the television. The story had an unhappy ending. The young turned out to be practical jokers. The lady had to all the loot. Probably, after her eyes lost that look, she wept just a little. She should have expected the worst. Like the us, she knew Santa Claus wasn't real; but like the us, she probably had held out just a glimmer of hope the rowdy kid on the next block was mistaken.