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Martha Mitchell, the long-haired member of the
evangelism team of Spiro & Martha, has once again gone
straight to the heart of one of America's ills.
The intellectual bedmate of Attorney General John
Mitchell this week blamed professors and educators for
"destroying our country."
"They are totally responsible for the sins of our
children," she told a UPI reporter. "The academic society is
responsible for all of our troubles in this country. These are
the people that are destroying our country."
Martha's denunciation followed by about ten minutes the
published report that her husband had called educators
"stupid bastards who are ruining our educational
institutions." John was apparently tilting in for Spiro, who
was somewhere in Outer America chewing out assorted
legislators, newsmen and other unpatriotic types.
The M itchells' broadside so delighted us that we
immediately rushed to challenge an old antagonist, Vrotessor
F. Beardsley Shamble of the Un!versity of Washington
faculty .....
adolescence, then sent them back to their homes where they,
in time, became the decision-makers.
"It was a perfect way to run a college and a perfect way
to run a country. An aristocracy of five percent decided what
was important and a majority composed of the
barely-educated and the illiterate provided the muscle to
make it work.
"Then came the deluge. I'll skip the labor movement,
FDR, and the rest of it, and stick to the educational
revolution. Following World War II, college enrollment began
to grow at a tremendous rate, with the students coming from
all levels of our society. The steel puddler's son was now on
an educational level with the steel magnate's heir.
"It took twenty-five years, but we are now reaping the
results of that noble democratic experiment, and it's raising
hell with the system.
"Martha is right. The educational institutions are
destroying our country as it formerly existed. And they will
continue to do so as long as more and more of its youngsters
are given more and more education.
"See here, Beardsley," we said, cornering him in his ivory
tower where he was making .zerox copies of a pornographic
prayer book from the thirteenth century, "what do you have
to say about John Mitchell's claim that you are a stupid
bastard?"
"The gentleman is slightly mistaken," answered the
professor. "Even my worst enemies concede that I am not
stupid."
We pressed on. "What about Martha's charge that you
and your colleagues are destroying our country?" we asked.
"That's sad, but true," he admitted. "You must realize,
of course, that this whole mess is a result of including the
masses in the educational process. I find myself more and
more frequently yearning for the days when we educated
only about five percent of the nation's young people.
"Parents who could afford it sent us their offspring and
we trained them to fill the shoes of their forebears. It was so
much easier then, so much more relaxing, to fill a
professorship. The students were mostly male and they spent
five days of the week drowsing through classes and the
weekends drinking, whoring and dancing around football
bonfires.
"Those with a scholarly bent buried themselves in
obscure manuscripts from which they never resurfaced
"The students of today are questioning everything,
including the assumed right of five percent of the population
to subvert representative democracy through bribery of
elected officials. The oil depletion allowance, for instance,
may seem perfectly reasonable to the oilman's son who is
about to take over poppa's office, but it is deemed criminal
by a growing number of his classmates.
"A considerable number of the present college generation
are also developing a social conscience that transcends the
annual contribution to the UGN and the Red Cross. They
actually care about people who cannot conceivably do
anything for them. Here, again, Martha is right. Our society
as we know it cannot survive this fatal blow.
"A living, breathing democracy guided by Christian
precepts simply will not work. Our present system is far
superior and it was working smoothly until this new
generation began to demand that the society live up to its
stated principles and government be held responsible for its
actions. They have taken the window dressing and made it
the stock-in-trade.
"The turmoil over the war in Vietnam is a prime example
of this. The young men who are of an age to do the dying are
seriously questioning the government's wisdom in entering
and prolonging the conflict. We have fought some senseless
wars in the past, but in those the cannon fodder marched
except to read polysyllabic treatises broadening mankind's into battle with
knowledge of the dancing mice of Tasmania or other
fascinating subjects. Which reminds me of a scholarly friend's
delightful anecdote about Dr. Johnson's retort to the
fishwives at Billingsgate... "
We interrupted. "Hold on, Beardsley," we demanded,
"Let's get back to Martha's charge."
"Of course, of course," ,he responded, continuing his
discourse on the good of college life. ' e.were a
few drudges who were working their way through school, but
they were so busy slinging hash they had no time for
disrupting the leisurely education of their social and
economic superiors.
"Students in the professions were kept busy with their
torts, testes, tetraspastons, tholi, and an occasional tart. The
few female students absorbed enough French to read bad
novels and enough history to realize they weren't going to
alter the course of it by eloping with the delivery boy.
"It was a pleasant life, and a relaxing one. We earned our
money shepherding the progeny of the decision-makers
through those difficult years from adolescence to delayed
nothing but the usual soldiers' petty
complaints and the survivors blessed the government when it
shipped home a medal immediately following the body.
Spanish-American War veterans actually thought they fought
for God and country. Vietnam veterans and their
contemporaries are not so sure."
Beardsley paused, and we asked a quesiton. "Have they
got the answer?" we asked. "Is it going to work?"
"I don't know," he answered, d0n't, aink so,bu |'m
not going to stick around to find out. I'm tired of the hassle;
I preferred the football rally and the sweetheart of Sigma
Chi. I'm retiring."
"But what about Martha?" we asked. "Can't you give her
some word of hope?"
"Martha's trouble is that she married one of the five
percent and then discovered she was born thirty years too
late," he sighed. "She's going to have to accept the fact, as I
have, that F. Scott Fitzgerald is not alive and well on the
quadrangle. My advice to her is to buy a new dress to wear
in the tumbril. While she's waiting, incidentally, she might try
to clean up her husband's language."
• • •
By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS
When Gov. Dan Evans said the
day after the primaries that
Republican chances of retaining
control of the House are good but
the Senate "still is up in the air,"
he obviously hadn't had a chance
to get a good look at the returns.
If the primary results are to
be used as guildlines, the Senate
race is "up in the air," but hardly
the way the Governor meant. It
appears to be so high in the air as
to be out of reach of the
Republicans.
Control of the House, on the
other hand, is ''up in the air" in
the way Governor Evans probably
meant. It looks like the margin
could be 51-48, and it could go
either way.
It resembles the kind of odds
the bookmakers give when they
are in doubt: 6 to 5 and take your
choice.
Demos Look Strong
The primary vote favors more
Democrats than Republicans in
the doubtful races for Seante as
well as House seats. Two Senate
seats now held by Republicans are
in jeopardy, while only one
Democratic seat appears in
danger.
The Republicans need a net
gain of three for a majority, but if
the general election results follow
the primary, the Democrats will
increase their margin. The
Democrats also lead for more
seats in the House, but they need
more to take over the lower
chamber. The Republicans now
hold a 56-43 majority, so the
Democrats need a net gain of
seven.
The primary figures indicate
the Democrats have the advantage
in nine doubtful races, while the
Republicans hold the edge in five.
If this trend were followed in the
general election, the Republicans
still would control, 52-49.
There are enough
"cliff-hangers," however, to
indicate a 51-48 margin, and it's a
tossup which side of the aisle will
have those three crucial votes.
Often Misleading
Primary returns, of course,
never are conclusive and they
often can be misleading.
Numerous unknown factors are
involved.
When one political party has a
conte~t and the other an
unopposed candidate in the
primaries, there isn't any way to
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determine the number of
"cross-over" votes.
Also unknown is how big a
part individual personalties played
in primary contests, and how
many who voted for a losing
candidate will switch to the other
primary in the finals. Both of the
above factors are known to have
existed in several of the primary
races.
Still another imponderable is
the number of people who voted
one way on September 15 will
change their minds when they go
the polls seven weeks later.
The greatest imponderable of
all, however, is how the thousands
will vote who didn't go to the
polls for the primaries but will be
casting their ballots in the general
election.
Best of Polls
If polls are to be relied upon,
however, either for predicting
results or for mapping political
strategy, the primary election
offers the best "poll" available for
that particular date.
It represents by far the
broadest sampling of public
sentiment. It can't be "rigged,"
and the questions aren't
"loaded."
Like any poll, however, it
shows only how a given number
of people feel about candidates
and issues on that particular day.
And, like any other poll, its value
depends entirely upon the ability
to analyze it thoroughly and
objectively.
Political strategists who read
it through rose-colored glasses do
so at their peril.
Just Another Endorsement
Democratic criticism of Gov.
Dan Evans' endorsement of his
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appointees to the State Supreme
Court who were opposed for
election can be described
accurately as much ado about
nothing.
Governor Evans already had
endorsed these men when he
appointed them to the bench in
the first place. To pretend to be
neutral would have bordered on
hypocrisy, and it wouldn't have
fooled anybody.
There has been some
speculation whether the
Governor's so-called
"interference" in a nonpartisan
race contributed to the defeat of
one of his appointees, Judge
Morell Sharp, by Superior Court
Judge Charles T. Wright.
It is highly unlikely.
Judge Sharp, who was
appointed earlier this year when
Judge Frank C. Weaver retired,
hadn't been on the bench long
enough to become wellknown
statewide. Judge Wright had an
advantage of name familiarity.
The fact that King County has a
Judge Eugene Wright on the
Superior Court bench was helpful.
More important, however, was
the fact that Judge Charles
Wright, during his 21 years service
on the Thurston-Mason Superior
Court, ruled on scores of cases
involving the state which had
made news statewide.
Virtually all cases involving
constitutional questions of state
law originate in the Thurston
Mason court in Olympia before
they go to the Supreme Court for
final disposition.
Any judge who sits on this
bench is certain to make
statewide news from time to time.
"It's a cinch that nobody here is on pep pills."
aroun , no muslq
Editor, The Journal:
I extend an invitation to the
two young people interested in
the democratic process, Art Pagel
and Sue Lemagie, to attend the
next session of the Port of Allyn
Commission. You will find this
Editor, The Journal:
The January 1970 issue of
FI-PO NEWS (Fire and Police
Research Association of Los
Angeles) reveals a most revolting
situation which exists in Southern
California. Presumably it is taking
place in other urban areas of our
country as well.
An article in the publication
describes a gala event which took
place in the home of moving
picture and TV star, Dean Martin.
,Over 300, ~uests gath~ed for the
occasion; the entrance fee was a
donation of $1,000 per couple. In
this way over $200,000 was
raised. For what purpose?
Charity, medical research,
deprived children, suffering
humanity? Certainly not.
The purpose of the gathering
was to assist in funding "the costs
of the American Civil Liberties
Union Police Practice Complaint
Centers" These centers have been
created with their personnel
acting in the role of "watchdog"
over our police. A selected list of
ACLU attorneys are constantly
available to carry on legal battles
against the officers of the law in
cases of alleged "police brutality"
or "police harrassment."
The article concludes with
this incredible statement; "The
cop on the beat must be ever
mindful of the well-organized and
highly financed endeavors of those
like the ACLU who are standing
by, ready to challenge his every
action as he attempts to perform
his duties of enforcing the law.
Yes, that cop on the beat is also
fully aware that while there are
centers set up to solicit anti-police
information he will not find any
counterpart centers handing him
commendations or supporting
him in his actions."
The travesty of the whole
business is that these ACLU
attorneys are looked upon with
favor by many judges in our land.
Of course, the news media are
only too happy to get testimony
from these attorneys so they can
give them extended coverage in
newspapers, radio, and television.
The police rarely have
opportunity to present their side.
With this horrible fact in mind
one wonders why any young man
would be interested in becoming a
lawman, a peace officer, in this
country. Our hats are off to those
courageous ones who, knowing
these hazards join to "PROTECT
AND SERVE" us all.
To return to the gala at the
Martin home: another amazing
fact was the list of those in
attendance. Heading the list at
this ACLU fund-raising party was
U.S. Senator Alan Cranston
( D -California). Another
prominent figure was Councilman
Thomas Gradley, defeated
candidate in the recent Los
Angeles majoralty election.
Not only were prominent
politicians present on this
occasion but also actors and
actresses whose names are
household words due to their TV
shows. Among them were Polly
Bergen, Milton Berle, Joey
Bishop, Tony Curtis, Kirk
outfit doesn't fool around playing
musical chairs.
The Port Commission called
for a hearing on the annual
budget Sept. 16 in Belfair. The
meeting opened promptly at 8
p.m. with the commissioners, Bill
Douglas, Burt Lancaster, some of
the Sinatra tribe, Andy Williams
and others.
All paid $1,000 each toward a
fund established for the express
purpose of intimidating the police
in their efforts to maintain law
and order; to hire crafty,
unscrupulous lawyers to defend
the lawless element whenever
these characters fall into the
clutches of the law. To think that
these personalities are the idols of
our American,-¥outh - and of
many of the adults as well.
As a matter of fact, the whole
moving picture business is shot
through and through with those
who want to see our American
way of life changed completely to
conform to their communistic
ideology and gutter-like type of
morality. These are the ones who
go just as far as they dare in
depicting sin, vice, corruption and
immorality - not to condemn it
- but for entertainment, and for
appeal only and exclusively to the
prurient interests and lusts of a
spiritually and morally decadent
public.
Yet the most tragic aspect of
all of this is that so many
otherwise good, solid, law-abiding
Christian American citizens aid
and abet this kind of life by
supporting the movies and
allowing trashy TV programs to
have a place in their homes. In
these shows these anti-American
characters are featured and
nothing is ever done or said about
the matter. No voices are raised in
protests; no demands are made of
pastors that sermons be preached
against these social and moral
evils.
These people do not cast their
votes against the politicians who
are tearing down our morals and
standards nor do they vote to
reject members of the judiciary
who have an outspokenly
permissive attitude toward
lawlessness, lawbreakers, and the
defilers of our land. Some will
vote the party line whoever runs.
A generation ago, one citizen said
he was a Republican and if the
devil ran on that ticket, he would
vote for him ; this was repeated by
a Democrat, who naturally put his
party first. It figures!
We believe there is a great
silent majority of good, solid
Americans who believe aright,
from a moral point of view. If
oniy we could" unite and make our
concerted efforts count for the
utmost, perhaps we might still
turn back the forces of evil. The
hour is late; time is running out in
which such a reversal can be
accomplished. But there comes to
mind the terrifying thought that
unless this right-about-face takes
place very soon, laws may be
enacted which will deprive us
completely of our religious
freedoms.
We shall wake up some
morning and not be able to enjoy
the liberty which cost so much in
blood sweat and tears of the
patriots who came before us. God
grant it may never happen but let
us awake out of our fatal sleep!
E. M. Olson
DeMiero and Ed Berberet, holding
a whispered consultation on the
budget for 30 minutes. (Both live
in port district 2.)
Finally the commissioners
spoke up and audibly passed the
budget. This action was taken
with great speed and firmness
before any of the audience of
dedicated port buffs could open
their mouths. This must have
been legal. The port attorney, B.
F. Heuston, who sat at the
commissioner's elbow, did not
protest this procedure.
The commissioners thereupon
levied a tax on the good people of
the Belfair and Allyn area of
$I 1,271.93 for 1971.
Since 1960 the commission
has levied taxes of approximately
$75,000. sin~
commissxon has
public
of the port's
the pier on the
Hood Canal,
For the
district 3 of the
been witho
commissioner.
buffs have
for redress 1
national, an~
authorities.
bulls along,
saving our mon
So, Art
to one of our
and see a
body in action.
Leo LivingstOn
Editor, The Journal:
1 feel very sorry for Steven
Loring that he is having a harder
and harder time coping with this
world. Reading his letter reminds
me of a spoiled little boy who
isn't getting his way. Granted,
there are two sides to every story.
I don't feel all adults think all
youth is wrong. 1 hope all youth
doesn't think all adults are wrong,
either. As an old woman of 30, I
can still remember the problems
and disappointments of youth. 1
can also remember some
wonderful experiences.
Doesn't he realize that most
40-year-old men have also had to
fight in wars in
The man
expensive car
was under
all these
30 years old
face them.
A lot of
establishment
So far,
shown to us.
establishment
out on drugs
off to Canada.
A lot of'US
are you talking
t9
easy way ou:£ _.~h
Barbara p ursv,'"
Editor, The Journal:
I am sorry that Shelton
students will not have the
opportunity anymore to have
their school pictures taken by a
photographer who is genuinely
interested in every person
individually.
I'd add that no photographer
the school district has contracted
will have the patience and energy
to take that extra added effort of
straightening a lopsided collar or
putting baC
of stray
exuberance
which so
otherwise
These
touches"
known
picture was
his services
for reasons
m e. Milten~tl#
Patsy
ewpol ":
Imagine, for a moment, that you are a
You discover a new way to do
work. Your product goes on the market. It
And then it develops that your
dangerous features that nobody hadt
children are poisoned by eating meat tlaa
with the stuff. Two of them are crippled
The third may recover.
The Department of Agriculture,
incidents of the kind are likely to happen
a bulletin that takes your product off the
Okay, what do you do now?
If you are Morton International, InC.
Nor-Am Agricultural Products, Inc., you
an injunction that says the Department c
too hastily.
The New Yorker magazine tells ab
current issue. The article's title:
It's a reminder that the people
concern about their environment these
as hysterical as they sometimes sound.
If there is money to be made bY
breathe or the water we drink, or the
always appears ready to provide the
And at our current stage of
apparently lacks the power to give us the
From the