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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 Mailing Address: Box 430, Shelton, Wash. 98584 Phone 426-4412 Me~ber of National Editorial Association Member of Washh~gton Newspaper Publishers' Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $5.00 per year in Mason County, in advance -- Outside Mwon County $5.00 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER .......... : ........... Henry G. Gay 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 Page 4 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, September 24, 1970 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