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I tell you, Clarence, the country's going to hell.
What's wrong, Ace; you been reading the papers again?
Yeah, and I've about had it. I been figuring even though
I'm a Democrat I'll have to vote for Nixon because the only
candidates in my party are a bunch of creeps - a bunch of
pinko, birdwatching, eggheaded, traitorous radicals - when
along comes an all-American candidate, Henry Jackson. This
is great, I say; here's a man everyone but the weirdos can
support.
That's right. Henry Jackson is a populist supported by
the biggest industries in the country.
Right. He's for the common man. And the industrialists
are for him because they know that as a lad he was up before
dawn to deliver papers and he never missed a porch.
Industrialists love industriousness.
He's an industrious common man.
Right, again. And he's also an environmentalist. But not
one of those birdwatching, fag environmentalists. He's an
environmental realists. He realizes that the way you sustain the
delicate ecological balance is by raising the gross national
product and building more nuclear power plants.
And you don't worry about population control. His idea
is that there is plenty of room in the country for more
people. All you have to do is spread them around.
That makes sense. Look at all the unpopulated area there
is on the Rocky Mountains above the 6,000-foot level. And
in the Mojave Desert. And on the Olympic Peninsula.
Correct. He uses common sense rather than
emotionalism. For instance, he's an advocate of peace, but he
realizes the only way you can attain peace is to plan for war.
When every nation in the world is armed to the teeth with
horrible weapons, then peace will be assured if the good guys
have a preponderance of the horrible weapons.
That's what he meant when he said, "Political power
grows out of the barrel of a gun."
I don't think Henry Jackson was the one who said that.
Well, somebody did. Maybe it was President Nixon.
No, 1 don't think so. I think it was one of the bad guys
who said that.
Okay, so it was one of the bad guys. Even bad guys can
come up with a good idea once in a while. Anyway, Henry
Jackson knows that when the good guys have overwhelming
military superiority, good things happen. Can you imagine
what we might have done in Southeast Asia with all our
power if we were bad guys. Instead of bringing democracy to
a grateful nation, we might have decimated Vietnam, killing
its citizens and destroying its villages and countryside.
Instead, we used our awesome military power and kindly
"There's $56,000 in corporate profits
that isn't going to trickle down,
no matter what Nixon's
image-makers say."
Editor, The Journal: kill? I guess
What is this country coming his hc
to? would have
Because Attica is an old had showed that
prison I am willing to concede hostages had be¢~
there probably was room for the time state
some improvements, sheriffs deputies
In my opinion once a man is Guardsmen
sentenced to prison he should lose the rebellion.
all his so called rights, this isn't to Yes sir!,
say they have to be treated some real
inhumanly or as the experts, or so is that brilliant
called brains call it dehumanized. Kunstler a]
But to save arguing lets say a philosopher 13(
convict has the right to descent, add that this
which he does have in these such as: Dr.
modern absurd times. Does this you would
mean he has the right to Pinnock, and
DEMAND!? No! of them all Don
A convict, or anyone else for People such
that matter, should not have the the real thorn.
right to demand. Everyone of us side. TheY sJ
has rights and when people start pedestals and
demanding they are stepping on nothing
other peoples toes or in other either.
words violating others' rights, hap p e ns
Buffalo attorney Herman incident all
Schwartz said, "there was a up with the
danger of informal reprisals." I "It
would like to know why there The
shouldn't be any reprisals• is nothing
The convicts got what they do-gooders, fo!
wanted. They received They don't
outstanding TV coverage, getting rid
tremendous press coverage, had putting
28 demands granted, and had awhere he
delightful time killing 9 "PIGS." American Bar
For the benefit of all you about is how
extremely intelligent can make.
psychologists, psychiatrists, The sad
judges, sociologists, and affair is that
attorneys, a pig is a guard, are involved,
Yet William E. Hellerstein offind out who1
New York felt it was necessary to get what is c(
"get the court into it now to head that is the
off possible reprisals against the press and
subdued rebels." called
D r. V e r n o n F o x a and make and
criminologist at Florida State of the Attica
University called Attica "an The
appalling massacre." He said the probably_~Y
state was legitimizing murder."
Mr_ KUS~'~'
"There was no reason to kill Corrections
anybody. Another 24 hours of Gov.
talking wouldn't have done any backed Mr.
harm and might have saved thet h e r e
lives of 28 inmates and nine cc
guards." What is
Why didn't someone tell the to?
convicts there was no reason to
political persuasion to stabilize the country, win the hearts By ROBERTC. CUMMINGS against running again, that is attempt to pass anti-gambling Demoqrats.lwh~ werg~ol~lrimarily ~ Senat0r~ George Aiken says he's
'" • ' " ..... ' 'nt
,th tic ' "S eeut [tioia' bn' Go,/.. Dan precisely what he would be doing, legislation has backfired. All the ill'crested, in shelving R llin£ to ~ >p~rtpd, : ).ng.c, an, :afford be. He s u .
that is:so popular its esid n is t ffbpposed fore--on. "E £firs Pl 'fis p bvides little ladies who love to play keep him out next $17.09 in his 1968 campaign But less firmly
That shows what good guys can do if they the upper fruitful fodder for political No Heir Apparent are ,blaming Gorton $or gubernatorial campaign. Senators James Buckley (Cons, NY) and John
hand. We brought peace out of chaos for a nation that had writers on dull days, but it can be T h e r e is n't any other" their troubles, spent $1.1 million and $1 6 miliion, respectively
classified as rather pointless. To potential candidate on the Secy. of State Lud Kramer No Pushover campaigns. Everyone - Mr Nixon, Congress,
been dominated by foreign powers for years, reporters in Olympia who cover horiz on up on whom the faded out of the picture after If there is any confusion as to agrees that we're reaching the point where only
1 wish you hadn t brought up that election, Clarence. the state capitol day in, day out, Republicans can depend to stave finishing a poor fourth in the race what Evans will do, it exists only
the answer appears obvious,off a Democratic invasion of the for mayor of Seattle. among his fellow Republicans. It of millionaires can succeed in politics. In the
That's what's been bugging me. I read in the paper this It generally is believed that Governor's office. King County Executive John is apparent that he hasn't revealed of the major 15 candidates were
morning that Henry Jackson is threatening to withdraw his
support of United States military and economic aid to South
Vietnam unless the October 3 election is postponed and what
he calls a "real election" is held.
That doesn't make sense. The election is as real as
everything else we have done over there, and he's supported
all of it. And it's almost the same as the last race he made for
United States Senator in this state. He was so popular all the
Democrats and most of the Republicans donated to his
campaign and he got 85 per cent of the vote to
what's-his-name's fifteen.
That's right. You'd think he would be happy that the
President of South Vietnam is so popular no one will run
against him. I just can't figure it out. But I know if he turns
tail in Vietnam and joins Dr. Sprock and Joan Bias and those
other peaceniks, I'll have to vote for President Nixon.
I just had a horrible thought, Ace - you don't suppose
his turnaround has anything to do with the fact that
Jackson's running for president, do you? Maybe he was so
pleased with that 85 per cent vote he wants to do a repeat on
the national level and is wooing the peaceniks.
No, he wouldn't do a thing like that. He's not really a
politician like those other jerks. He's more like Harry
Truman. He just votes his convictions and lets the chips fall
where they may. That's why I was going to vote for him. We
didn't have all these problems when Harry Truman was
president - no race problems, no trouble with the kids, no
poverty. Everything was different until things changed.
You know what, Ace. I don't think you have to change
your mind about Henry Jackson.
Why's that, Clarence?
I think he was probably misquoted by the press.
Charlie Wilson, wherever you are, somebody is stealing
your stuff.
Charlie, you will remember, was President Eisenhower's
Secretary of Defense when he uttered his classic: "What's
good for General Motors is good for the country."
He took so much heat following the remark that no one has
since spoken as bluntly on the same subject.
Until this week, that is, when two (count 'era) two
prominent Americans echoed Charlie's sentiments.
Vice President Spiro Agnew told a meeting of the
nation's governors: "Rising corporate profits are good for the,
average and are needed more than ever by the poor."
Gustave L. Levy of Goldman, Sachs and Co., commenting
on the president's economic moves, said: "We approve of
everything he did. It's good for the (stock) market, but it's
also good for the country, which I think is also important."
Move over, Charlie.
Governor Evans doesn't want to
run again, but the feeling is
unanimous among newsmen that
he hasn't any choice. Evans
conceded privately nearly two
years ago that he never would let
the office go to the Democrats by
default, and if he should decide
Evans obviously had hoped to
build up Atty. Gen. Slade Gorton
to follow in his footsteps, but
Gorton barely made it for
Attorney General in 1968, and
since then he appears to have lost
ground. Instead of building him
up as a "crime fighter," his
By STEVE ERICKSON
It's tough being a U. S. Marine sometimes. When, for
example, a high school thwarts the old boast "The Marihes
have landed and the situation is well in hand" by refusing
permission to land.
The Marine Corps, proud conqueror of lwo Jima and
Tiajuana, tradition-steeped institution that made men of
John Wayne and Gomer Pyle, is now having trouble getting
to where the raw material is.
The fearless force that lives on its nerve, travels on its
guts and drinks on its back has been driven back by civilian
defenders of Eugene, Oregon, high schools.
The schools have refused to permit Marine recruiters to
either contact students or obtain lists of graduates, and the
querrelous corpsmen - who often state that "When a Marine
complains, he's happy" - are complaining, and they're not
happy.
The leathernecks are livid.
Ordinarily, a host of Marines with red stripes on their
blue trousers just waltz onto a campus or into a high school
and pluck adventuresome young men for their cause by
explaining that they don't use the swamp walk for discipline
at Parris Island any more.
The kids, wowed by the snazzy uniforms, impressed by
the deathless lyrics of the "Marine Hymn," and weaned on
television reruns of "Battle Cry," "The Sands of Iwo Jima"
and "Guadalcanal Diary," enlist post haste.
It's not unlike joining the Foreign Legion -glorious,
glamorous and decidedly gung-ho.
But these Eugene schools are different, says Brig. Gen.
Leonard E. Fribourg, Marine director of reserves.
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EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ...................... Henry G Gay
Spellman, who enjoyed a fleeting
moment of glory when he
defeated former Gov. Albert D.
Rosellini for the office, has failed
to make any waves since. There is
a suspicion in some quarters that
Spellman's King County victory
was due partially to support from
his intentions to even his closest
associates, but the Democrats are
convinced they know the answer.
They figure Evans is the man
they will have to beat. They also
are aware it won't be easy, despite
the third-term jinx, or issue.
Nobody is selling him short.
Gen. Fribourg notes a "'general hostility to the military
service" in Eugene, and tells of Marine recruiters being forced
to "hide out in broom closets" on those campuses where
they are allowed.
"We're still making our quotas," he says, "but it's
tough."
Actually, the Eugene schools may be missing out on
considerable hilarity by withholding the student lists - it's
fascinating to watch the Marines work with them.
There seems to be some boy-girl confusion. In Aberdeen
a few seasons back, a girl named Daneal received weekly
Marine Corps communiques all through her senior year, and
the following year a girl named Buddie practically got
drafted. Perhaps, despite their famed romantic prowess, some
Marines don't know the difference.
At any rate, Gen. Fribourg is angry as a boil about the
excuse Eugene schools have given for keeping his troops off
the premises.
"They say: 'We are impartial,' " relates Fribourg. " 'We
don't let the Students for a Democratic Society on the
grounds either.' "
Thts, the general says, insulting." Tactfully,
tolerantly he adds that "The SDS is out to destroy this
country - we are trying to service our country."
So now we know who's been filling our veins with
adrenalin every time a building gets bombed - the Marines.
Funny thing is, the Marines think the SDS is wrecking
America, and the SDS blames it on the Marines.
The two came head to head over this very issue once, in
1969 on the Portland State University campus. That time,
Marine recruiters sent a couple beefy veterans into a hallway
to negotiate with 20 SDS vigilantes, and recruiting never
missed a syllable.
But now, even though Gen. Fribourg maintains that "The
Marines are leaner, tougher, better than ever," Eugene
schools don't want their students talking to one.
The reason could lie in the general's description of life
after enlistment - "We promose them long hours, hard work
and tough training."
Not what you'd call a sexy program. Who can blame the
preppers for preferring halls of ivy to the Halls of
Montezuma?
nonmillionaires were defeated.
The National Committee for an Effective
price per vote in the 1952 Presidential campaigns
41c in 1968; and 60c in 1968. In 1968, for
Hubert Humphrey spent approximately $6
approximately $12 million. Political
nonpresidential election year, was up to
67 per cent over 1966. These figures are
filed by candidates under the provisions of the
1925, legislation which Lyndon Johnson
law." Although it requires candidates to
expenditures made with their consent, most
"personal expenses," omitting committee
they didn't know about it. The 1925 law
campaigns or party presidential nominations.
possible for national political committees to
by parceling out lump sums to state committees,
by the law. The Act does present no
wheeler-dealers; no candidate has ever been
regulations. Because reports are so
political campaigns of 1968 really cost about
million recorded in official files. The
$400 million.
Almost every year since 1961,
most blatant deficiencies of the 1925 Act.
which would have set a 7c-per-voter limit
suspended equal time regulations for
lowered the broadcast -time rates during a
President vetoed it, saying it was not
merely limit one form of spending could
even more in other areas."
This year the Senate has under
stricter and more inclusive. Originally it
a maximum of 5c times the number
expenses, and an identical sum for nonbr
Ruls Committee amended this section to
total figure (lOc times the number of
modified, the restriction loses its force.
Mansfield, Cannon, and Pastore, hope
Most of the other provisions remain
on spending for television and radio
federal candidates, the bill requires
primaries and party nominations as
general elections. The regulations
operating within the states and the
which operate nationally. Candidates
unaware of spending done in their
thorough and more frequent reports at all
Finally, it grants tax credits and
contributors.
Most opposition so far appears to be
feel that suspension of equal time laws may
opponent in live debates in' 1972.
do this. Nixon has shown no fervent
find it awkward to veto this second
decided to veto it, Senate tacticians may
money bill in the fall.
Russell Hemenway, N tional DirectOr
chance of its passage diminishes daily as
primaries." But if they can get the bill to
are confident that they have enough
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