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Editorials:
Driver Ed:
Geritol vs. Pepsi
Shelton teenagers, it has been decreed by the powers-
that-be in city hall, will have to gyrate to muffled drums
if they wish to continue dancing in Lincoln gym.
City commissioners, suffering under the pressure of
two complaints from persons living in the vicinity of the
gym, Tuesday ordered the chief of police to investigate the
noises emanating from that venerable structure and tell the
kids to cool it.
This edict from the Geritol Set to the Pepsi Genera-
tion makes about as much sense as an order to a body and
fender man to quit pounding on automobiles. There is no
such thing as quiet teenage music, nor is there such a
thing as a quiet teenager when three guitars and a drum
are throbbing full blast•
The Mason County Multi-Service Center sponsors the
dances to give the kids an organized activity which will
keep them off the streets and out of automobiles. The ef-
fort is apparently paying off; the youngsters showed up in
droves and had a ball.
If the noise level is cut down to that of Wayne King,
the kids won't show up. Music that separates the brains
of adults from their skulls may seem immoral to some
grownups, but it doesn't seem to do any permanent dam-
age to teenagers, and is way ahead of some of the quieter
activities the younger set practices•
• The youngsters could be slopping up beer in the dead
of night on a logging spur; they could be emulating the
birds and bees in the back seat of a car; they could be
stealing hubcaps and gas; they could be driving an auto-
mobile at 100 miles per hour on the county's twisting roads.
We don't think the kids are asking too much when
they request an opportunity to dance to the music they
enjoy. Their parents and grandparents asked for the same
thing and, in most instances, got it. Fading memory re-
calls that jitterbugging was considered obscene by parents
who had danced the Black Bottom.
The ancient Lincoln gym has been around as long or
longer than any of the surrounding houses. Residents who
live next to a gymnasium cannot expect the hush of an R-1
residential zone. That's why houses adjacent to gymna-
siums sell for less than houses in quiet residential zones.
A better solution than calling the cops to squelch the
noise outside would be to turn up Lawrence Welk inside.
"My trouble all started when I was brainwashed by the Hoorver administration."
Capitol dome:
Highway department borrows cash to finance work during long, hot summer
By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS partmcnt borrowed from the
general fund for the first time
• For the. second time within in history.
less than a year the Department
of Highways has had to borrow TABLES REVERSED
\\; from the state, s general fund to (0'J3 45 :itch orn th si-.
keep the motor vehicle fund out ation 34 ,yea ago, wh $0
of" tied" ed ' ' '"' S" .iWtpn was borrowed from the
It borrowed $9 million late last motor vehzcle fund to provMe
month, but repaid it within a.. unemployment relief.
few days. The motor vehicle fund This action led to the consti-
balance had dropped to a paltry tutional amendment which now
$6 r, fillion in July. forbids use of motor vehicle
A similar situation developed fund money f()r anything but
last December, when the de- highway purposes.
Letter box
County/ost prison
when it lost Savage
Editor. The Journal: down the drain were the Mason
• Referring to the front page County Republicans then headed
story in Sept. 7 issue of The by the present Chamber of Com-
Journal about lVEason County merce Committee head. These
losing the women's prison. I politicians, prodded by Gummy
noticed the Chamber of Corn- Johnson of the Governor's Office,
merce Committee head, who was worked day and night the last
also head of the Republican few days of the 1966 campaign
Party for Mason County during with their telephone committees.
the 1966 political campaign, is door bell ringing squads letters
crying that. "the community of to the voters from the Governor,
Shelton has been had by the in an all-out effort to defeat the
politicians." Mason County Representative
The Editorial in the Journal who had introduced and guided
on the same subject said that through the Legislature the bill
Mason County went down the to let the experts select the site
drain the moment that the 1967 for the women's prison.
Legislature took the site selee- Who n the 1967 Legislature
tion Out of the hands of the called to order and found that
experts and gave it to a corn- Mason County had no Represt-
mittee of politicians, ative, the old politics arose a-
This was only the moment gain and took charge of the
that it became obvious to all women's prison site, polities
that we had been had by the which Representative Charles
politicians. The real moment Savage had put down in the 1965
that I knew we had been had Session and no doubt he could
was when they counted the bal- have kept them down in the
lots and announced that Mason 1967 Session had he been there
County no longer had a Repro- which would have allowed the
sentative in the Legislature. exports to select the Shelton
The politicians who helped to site.
put the comraunity of Shelton C. W Streckenbach
Founded 1886 by Grant (3. Angle
.Mglling Addre: Box 430, Shelton, Wash. 98584 Phone 426-4412
Published at Shelton, Mason County, Wuhington, every Thursday.
Entered as Second-ass Matter at the Postoffiee, Shelton, Wash.
Member of National ltorial Association
Member of Washington Newspaper Publishers' Association
SUS-tIPTION FtATS: $5•00 per year in Mason County, in ad-
vance -- Outside Mason County $6.00
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Henry G. Gay
SUPENT -- JLm Shrum
OFFICE MANAGER . Lodema Johnson
IWS EDI'tR Alan Ford
o _-
:£DtRtTIS!NG MANAGER Don Adolfson
-- - - z-
The $10 million which was bor-
rowed, incidentally, was never
repaid. For years there was a
bill in each session of the Legis-
lature, calling for repayment, but
the campaign was dropped in
the mid fifties.
If the present general fund
surplus is maintained, the cam-
paign for repayment may be re-
vived; possibly with success this
time.
WEATHER TO BLA/E
The depletion of the motor vehi-
cle fund is the result of the long
warm, dry summer, so favorable
to highway construction.
Contractors have been able to
complete many projects ahead
of schedule, and as the work
was compleded, they had to be
paid.
The motor vehicle fund will
continue to hang on the ragged
edge as long as the favorable
weather prevails. The depart-
ment would like to keep a bal-
ance of $20 to $30 million in the
fund, to provide for such con-
tingencms.
This could help spur agitation
for repayment of the $10 million
borrowed so long ago.
"POLITICAL PRESSURE"
William A. Gebenini, who re-
cently resigned as Director of
Aeronautics, has written Wash-
ington legislators, saying he was
"forced by p01itieal pressure" to
tender his resignation.
Copies of the letter, which
were mimeographed, were sent
to Republican as well as Demo-
cratic law-makers and at least
one reached the Governor's office.
Gebenini had been appointed
director early in the first Albert
D. Rosellini administration. He
had been active in Rosellini's
successful 1956 campaign.
He is a former State Patrol
captain, and it has been an-
nounced that he will be em-
ployed by the patrol in a civilian
capacity.
The Department of Revenue
last week adopted rules for
qualifying for tax write-offs to
industry to help defray the costs
of installing air pollution or wa-
ter pollution control facilities.
The law. enacted by the 1967
Legislature. permits industries
installing such facilities to de-
duct sales and use taxes on the
installation costs from their busi-
ness taxes.
It is estimated the law will
mean a loss to the state of $2.5
million in revenue, which could
be reflected in the size of the
general fund surplus at the end
of the current biennium.
RAPID TRANSIT
Resistance to rapid transit
probably will continue in high-
way circles, but it will be a
quiet resistance.
At the Good Roads convention
in Vancouver, Washington, dis-
cussion of rapid transit by high-
way officials was cautious.
Highways Director Charles G.
Prahl, whose speech in Honolulu
created such a furore, never
Pace 4. Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, September 21, 1967
mentioned rapid transit as such
in Vancouver, and made only
one slight reference to it.
"We welcome the emergence
of other transportation modes to
assist in solving the ..rban
transpoation problemsi but are
convinced there can be no let-up
in construction of freeways in
the populated areas if we are to
meet the transporation demands
of the public," he said. That
was it.
CHAIRMAN SPEAKS OUT
George Zahn, chairman of the
Highways Commission, said he
believed it is his responsibility
"to urge caution and considera-
tion in the development of any
mass transportation system,"
adding :
High school
ho, d.at
purpose
years, much needs to be done if the prograw lvl, tb
plish its dual purpose of highly trained Y°''-['r°tldUl :
a reduction of traffic incidents among you _, e 1
This is the over all conclusion of an i ne'. .
gation conducted by the Auto Club Safety I)ePTV4'l
y pe . n :,,
cation ro am PurPose of the investigatW , 7ei
p gr . -- .... 0o '" . ,
vide a critical, factual analysis of hzgn =-" .
cation in the state, tte -h
High school driver education became _ se i
gram in June, 1963, following passage o1 a. =7r0dd ,
aid law during the 1963 Legislature. Thh e0:,
reimbursement of up to 75 percent of ' :t7
schools conducting approved courses; aut
perintendent of Public Instruction to se ,pt
course standards; enables schools to conduet.il
during or after the school day and durang vaee0
tL
imbursement and costs. .rre tli
in,,000000ig00tor00 00ouod
o00uo00,o00
On the plus side, the program h as ez'v" lw'' ,I'le .;
st four year,, d
stunt, if slow, growth in the pa .... e t.,i!n
• i , I
:dicati°' ':qf ii, ,
Though current resistance is
comparatively quiet, it appears
to be sufficient to block any
move to divert gasoline tax
money to rapid transit for quite
a few years at least.
The one thin everbody agrees
on in regards next year's
A majority of driver education >n
"I must decry the attitude of elections is that the political doing an adequate job in the classroor ltl
a few proponents of rapid trans- division 'in the State Senate will car. Most have the desire and d
it who seem never to miss an be 25 - 24. for this life-saving job. However, roOra
opportunity to criticize, cajole, The difference of opinion re- improvement still exists. ,.v
scold or berate highways in an volves around who ';";"L.: ='C10011".,: ,11:
effort to promote their own Pe 251h 0te fQr school administ-atdrhv'e:ee t• 01
mode of transportation." = Democrats or education as a full lllgu: .........
Zahn took cognizance of rapid Strangely, many on' tmth sides, ore, ithey not only provide equal atUS t°::;0tl
t00a00,t ,o Oove ore 00u00oroo00
land, Chicago and San Francisco, ocarts think, the Republicans but encourage student participation. In .-- re
but quoted R. R. Stokes, manager will have it. Some Republicans stance, one or more phases of the courSe are
of the Bay Area Rapid Transit, think the Democrats will control graduation, ads to many drawbaCkS-[;r; j° I:
as saying "highways will re- again.
main the number one means of Barring a political upheaval, Its newness le
moving people and goods." it looks like the Democrats will teacherseXpansi°nfalls°f fardrivershorteducati°n'of the demand•The suP Pdleg# ], t-ree:
versities have not developed adequate te::ier'rier')ilveu 0
programs in this field• Most teachers re coarsely
eorSes, o
still be in the saddle.
The Republicans, who now
hold 20 seats, are virtually
certain to pick up three more
through redistricting, and have
a big edge in their chances of
getHng another for a net gain
of four.
"'Put, Mister!"
Black market thrives in Poland
By DEAN TARRACH
• "Pest - Parlez Vous Fran-
eais?" (No Response!)
"Sprechen Sic Deutsch?" (No
Response !)
"You speak English? .... Yes."
"You want to change American
dollars for 70 Zhloti?" (24 Zhloti
for one American dollar is the
official rate in Poland!)
"No !"
"How about 80 for one?"
"No."
"90 for 1?"
"No !"
"NO." "My last offer is 100
for one dollar."
'No, thank you, I have all
the Zhloti I need."
• "Where are you going?"
"Russia !"
"I give you four times the of-
ficial rate for rubles."
"No. thank you."
Thus terminated my con-
versation with one of literally
hundreds of money black market
dealers in Poland. It is forbidden
by law to do this, yet the enter-
prising black market thrives on
foreign currency.
I asked our guide about WHY
this condition exists. It was ex-
plained that the foreign curren-
cies are much in demand for
their buying power. The black
market gets dollars illegally
from tourists, and then sells them
to the Polish sailors who go
abroad.
The sailors buy needed com-
modifies and return to sell them
through the underground at tre-
mendous profits. Sometimes they
wish to buy at foreign currency
stores which sell cigarettes--A-
merican brands--for $2.40 per
carton or Canadian Club whiskey
at $2.60 per quart. Foreign cur-
rency is all you can spend to
get these tremendous values.
Or a third reason is that they
are saving dollars to buy their
way to freedom in the Western
world. The secret police circa-
late and try to steal money, too.
If the agent you are illegally
changing money with turns out
to be the spy, you are placed
under arrest.
Needless to say, we were ap-
proached countless times--but
none of us traded dollars--
even though the rates were tempt-
ing. But the LAWS WEREN'T.
Poland has 20% private farms,
50% collective farms, and 30%
state farms at this time. They
are gradually giving way from
private (state) to collective farms.
A private farm can only be 220
acres in size. They can hire
workers, but they must pay the
workers wages and insurance.
The population of Poland is
32,000,000, of which 2,000,000 are
in the cgrrLmunist party. Poland
is not the great affluent society -
but rather very poor, if not the
poorest of the satellite nations.
In Poland, if you desire a
car, you must save for it. When
you have saved the down pay-
merit, you put your name on the
list and wait for two years or
more. You must "also PROVE a
need for a car. The money you
save had better not exceed the
money you could possibly save
during the years on your salary.
Car prices start at 90,000 Zh-
loti and go to 120,000 Zhloti (Be-
tween $20,000 and $30,000.) A
worker would have to work be-
tween five and ten years to pay
for a car - IF HE DID NOT
SPEND ONE RED ALUMINUM
ZHLOTI. You can buy on time
with 20% down and the balance
in twenty years.
The same rate applies to flats
(apartments). Very low income
groups can have their flats free
of charge--a flat comprising 7
square meters per person--not
to exceed three persons (21
square meters) costs the health-
y sum of 200,000 zldoti ($50,000).
To give you a mathematical
problem--one meter equals rough-
ly 39 inches.
!-
The official tourist agency of
Poland is ORBIS. In Hungary
it was Ibuz. In Czechoslavakia
it was CEDOK, and in RUSSIA-
INTOURIST. It is the function
of these tourist agencies to feed,
house, and help inform the tour-
ists from all over the world that
come to their country.
There are private businesses
in Poland (Not so in Russia.)
They are small and are located
in a small section of Warsaw.
They appear to be well off, as
they had cars, etc. So, free en-
terprise does pay off here, too.
They seem to take r0ore trips
than the average Polish citizen,
also.
The water in Poland s fit to
drink by the naqves, but not so
for the tourist. So we faced our
old friend--"bottled soda water"
referred to affectionately in Eur-
ope as Aqua Minerale. It tastes
roughly like a warm, old Alka
Seltzer.
The artists, composers, writers
and politicians are the hihest
paid people in all the Curtain
countries, including Russia.
Poland is basically a Catholic
land. They have (or so we
were told), two hours of religion
in school per week. Speaking
of schools: In Poland the teach-
er.'s salaries are very poor. Our
guide was a teacher who
moonlights in the summer by
being a guide for ORBIS.-
The waiters in the restaurants
are slow, and could care less
about waiting on tables. It seems
that under socialism, they re-
ceive the same salary whether
they wait on one table or ten.
So dinner can last up to two
and one half hours.
The nightclub musicians play
three songs and rest for twenty
minutes. They, too, receive their
pay, o why be speedy? These
are just two examples of com-
munism in practice. The old NO
INCENTIVE system--is it really
the ideal government?
cation training through abbreviated college
during summer school, evening extensiOn ::!
one-week programs• "og teC'/ I%
(One college annually offers sum r i dr
established a 1%,
grams, and another has lli.!Y "
cation.) s- etce to i
Some school districts have
er driver education a sC:ool s
driver education has not been given eq ual st i|
subjects.
The fact that driver educatiOn
instruction on non-school days
certified teachers to participate,
hinderance to development of a
The law also limits the amount
and calls for a "lab" fee.
have interpreted this comb
ing the program at no cost to
eral fund. Therefore, some
high they prevent many who nee
from enrolling.
The size of the State Office has
an adequate job of supervision and
man has been charged with this
has had to supervise a state-wide prO[
Since June, 1963, the number of
education has shown a slow, but
wise, t e number of students enrolled
ly. A total of 183 high schools (of a
pated in the program, with 17,455
1963-64 school year. The following ye
vided the course for 21,417.
school year is expected to reach 29i
high schools participating.
Only 20 to 25 percent of all eligib]
pleted an approved course of 30 1]1
in-the.car, 12 hours observing. The ieY
driving age: d to $':1:
dents" includes all those of
The average number of hottrt 0!: ' row__o
tion decreases during the second Y
ilarly, the second year saw a decline t 0f 01r'I' e I:
time devoted to the program. ,urb $ ,
Du,'imz 1963-64 the average r m w ¢i00 I!
!
for the three phases 'of the prog::obse,.; to ' 'f
classroom, 7 in the ear and 15 droPP req :r i
the second year, these a verage i,ira - #l
and 13 "ust one hour above r :fed!
, l ' ,.qu .,de
ments in each category. -t of m'::rOW i
In 1963-64, more than 63 perCW_') ¢#V" }
instruction all three uhases inclUae--^or' o
( ^ ,ext y"]'hoar'
ing regular school hours -" .oo,.
of the program was offered dttrmg sv,.