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There is nothing quite so pathetic as a bungled
do-it-yourself project.
Two botched cases in point are those of the
California women who were so anxious to make Nelson
Rockefeller President of the United States that they
allegedly attempted to plug Gerald Ford with
handguns.
They should have known better. In this age of
specialization, murder is best left to those hired and
trained for it -- employees of the federal government.
The military and the CIA, although not 100 percent
efficient, get the job done without the turmoil that
attends an independent killer's efforts. They can kill
more fellow humans by mistake than all the psychotic
ladies in California can perforate on purpose.
The C1A, for instance, can feed a fellow LSD without
his knowledge, and when he dies, cover the corpse with
a security blanket.
The Army can infect three workers at the Biological
Warfare Laboratory at Ft. Detrick, Maryland, while
fooling around with the most deadly viruses on earth,
and when they die, list the cause of death as respiratory
disease.
The do-it-yourselfers in California do not enjoy this
advantage. If one of them had managed to connect with
Gerald Ford, the death certificate would not have listed
"self-inflicted gunshot wound" as the cause of his
demise. Only official killers can do that.
Nor could they claim national security as an
overriding excuse as did the CIA and the military in the
case of Operation Phoenix, the largest systematized
kidnapping, torture and assassination program ever
sponsored by the United States government.
The C1A planned the terrorist operation and, with
the help of military intelligence personnel recruited,
trained and paid South Vietnamese to kill their fellow
South Vietnamese.
Operation Phoenix was a bloody success; the
mercenaries succeeded in assassinating 10,000 civil-
ians. The unit which scored the most kills in a given
month was rewarded with a cash prize by the
Americans. When it was inconvenient to bring in a
body for proof of kill, the victim's ears were presented
to the paymaster.
It is obvious that such efficient murder is beyond the
By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS
Many of Governor Dan Evans'
executive request measures
which have rested in committee
room files since their intro-
duction early this year, have
made the priority list for
consideration next January.
They now are on the agenda of
various House committees for
study and discussion during the
interim.
reach of untrained, unpaid, unofficiaLdabblers in the ..... Whether th*w,*each the
$ art. The California amateurs an& witli ,, tlax: floor.final actton
ideas should have the book thrown at them. In a depends trpon,,;how they fare
democracy, attempting to do yourself that which you
and your fellow citizens pay others to do is not only
unpatriotic but unchristian.
And the United States is, above all else, a Christian
nation.
under subcommittee scrutiny
between now and January.
Another question mark is how
they may do in the Senate. The
upper chamber isn't holding
any subcommittee meetings
until after the first weekend of
full committee sessions, sche-
duled for October 17 and 18.
Priority status of the various
measures will be difficult to
gauge until then.
That is why it must hire killers. There are sinister
forces in the world which threaten to take away
Americans' right to live by the Ten Commandments.
Dennis Kelley of Shorecrest is the winner of l0
silver dollars and a box of Snickers offered by the
Journal for the best explanation of President Ford's
greetings to citizens of the northwest during his recent
visit to Seattle.
Land Use Issue Revived
The controversial land use
planning bill, HB 168, which
originally was introduced as an
executive request measure in
1973, has been dusted off and
revived by the House Local
Government Committee. It has
been altered measurably, how-
ever.
The committee, headed by"
Joe Haussler, Omak, held
hearings on the bill throughout
the state during the previous
two years.
Eight separate drafts were
made before agreement was
reached and it was reported
out, "do pass."
Heavy Schedule Ahead
Because it carried a fiscal
impact, it was referred to W@s
and Means Committee, but last
March 21 it was rereferred to
Local Government, where it has
been ever since.
The committee also is
working on legislation to set up
minimum jail standards, which
would lead to establishment of
uniform correctional facilities at
the local level throughout the
state.
A subcommittee headed by
Haussler is developing a pro-
posed constitutional amend-
ment which would streamline
the process by which counties
frame their home rule charters.
Eugene Laughlin, Camas, is
chairman of a subcommittee to
develop legislation on the unifi-
cation of special districts which
Ford said: "Your importance is measured most of
all in your pioneering spirit, In your independence of
thought and action and in your ability to reach beyond
conventional wisdom to the bold frontier of innovation
and discovery..."
Kelley says the President "must be aware that the
State of Washington borrowed $50 million from the
federal government to provide unemployment relief
and that Senator Warren Magnuson is working on a
'pioneering program' so we won't have to pay it back."
Those who submitted explanations but did not win
the prize get another chance thitweek.
The following statement is from the inaugural
speech of Dr. William O. Rieke, recently installed as
president of Pacific Lutheran University.
"In integrating education with edification, a
uniquely synergistic effect is obtained which optimally
enables students to live joyfully and serve completely
-- meaning as total individuals not fragmented by
disjunctions between Intellect and spirit."
Ten silver dollars and a box of Snickers will go to the
lady or gentleman -- in the balcony or elsewhere --
who provides a translation of those words comprehen-
sible to a college freshman sitting at the feet of Dr.
Rieke.
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By DAVE AVERILL
The gloomiest thing to come out of Washington,
D.C., after that assassination attempt was the great
new burst of self'rightequsness"
No sir, we're not going to let those fear peddlers
keep the American people from enjoying their
God-given right to fondle their President. The
President will continue to get out among us, even if he
does have to increase his Secret Service staff and put on
a bullet-proof vest.
Our feeling is that the presidential press agents
have done a nice job of showing how confused
everybody gets about the job of being President.
Look, the guy isn't our king.
He isn't elected to play the celebrity. That's a job
for Elvis Presley.
We had a sample of President-as-visitor in Seattle
only a day before the pistol incident in California.
It was nice for the newspapers, for the Republican
loyalists and for the compulsive joiners who had tickets
to something called a White House Conference.
But from the viewpoint of a return on the taxpayer's
salary dollar, the day was a total botch.
It cost us all several million dollars in wages and
expenses, and it didn't do a thing toward the
monumental job of running our federal government.
We'd like to see fewer heroics and more work.
We'd like to see Gerald Ford taking on the chores
there in his office instead of skipping around the
country like Miss America.
Apparently he enjoys all that glad-handing. No
doubt it's a job to see the shining faces of the
celebrity-chasers.
He might do well to remember how much Lyndon
Johnson enjoyed the same thing.
provide drainage improve-
ments, and Ron Hanna,
Tacoma, heads a subcommittee
working on bills related to
planning and delivery of human
services at the local level.
Energy Receiving Attention
The Governor's bills for
dealing with future energy
crises are receiving attention of
at least two House Committees.
The State Government Com-
mittee, headed by Helen '
Sommers, Seattle, has a sub-
committee working on the
structure of an energy office.
A Transportation and Utili-
ties subcommittee headed by
Geraldine McCormick, Spo-
kane, will consider legislation
for creation of an Energy
Facility Siting Commission.
Hugh Kalich, Chehalis, is
chairman of a subcommittee
which will develop legislation to
provide the chief executive with
emergency powers in the event
of an energy crisis.
Legislation to keep the el-
derly out of nursing homes
whenever possible is the goal of
a Social and Health Services
subcommittee headed by Rep-
resentative Eleanor F0rtson,
Camano Island.
Two bills are being
developed for this purpose, One
calls for in-home services, to
provide services to the elderly
in their homes. The other would
permit the elderly to go to a
day care center during the day,
and return home to eat and
sleep.
Legislation to reorganize the
State Board of Prison Terms
and Paroles, which has been a
target of much legislative criti-
cism in recent years, is being
considered by a subcommittee
headed by Ron Hanna, Tacoma.
By JOHN GAAR have become law and are only a slightll
The creator of the comic regarded as the epitomy of ganglion. His r
strip 'Pogo had one of his common sense. Where they ments are those
characters wryly comment on erred, it was on the side of conceives a box
the electoral process: "after all
the lemonade, the rousing
rallies, the parties, the free hot
dogs and the whole foofaraw,
we ruin the whole thing by
electing someone."
Considering next year's
batch of hopefuls is a wistful
reminder of how apt that obser-
vation was. Essentially, it isn't
their lack of willingness but
their failure to perceive the
presidency as something other
than the biggest prize we, as a
nation, have to offer.
In the place of campaigns to
educate and enlighten ~ which
may well be synonymous with
telling us things we wish to
ignore or refuse to believe --
politicans have relied upon
popularity contests where
smiles and gestures, American-
ism and a hard-hitting brand of
mediocrity are the principal
characteristics. Such pene-
trating and factual knowledge
of the candidates' background
rarely is supplied by the press,
television, or radio.
Instead, one must review
the weekly or monthly journals
devoted to opinion and politics.
Or actually take some part in
the campaign itself. Even this is
no guarantee as evidenced by
Theodore White's colossal
failure to perceive the realities
of the 1972 Nixon campaign.
While it is difficult to accur-
ately gauge most of the
candidates until we've seen
them firsthand, this columnist
can rely on somepersonal
knowledge so some summaries
can be made, some water can
be muddied, and some mem-
ories can be stirred.
Somewhat briefly, let's
consider the following:
1. Senator Lloyd Bentsen of
Texas. Oil and Texas are so
closely allied in almost every-
one's mind that this man will
have a difficult time convincing
anyone this is not so. His
difficulty is our good fortune.
2. Eugene McCarthy. After
an unusually undistinguished
career in Congress ~ chiefly
marked by the high regard he
held of himself, he will try to
rally the habitues of the liberal
ghettos and coffee houses to
watch him flog the dead horse
of Viet Nam in public. Eight
years ago he had an idea. He
also had an excellent phrase ---
he called our foreign policy
"the dead hand of John Foster
Duiles moving in Washington."
Now he is a man trapped in
amber ---an irrelevant memory.
3. Senator Henry Jackson of
Washington. About as
attractive and stimulating as an
old cigar butt. Acts as though
he is rummaging around franti-
cally in the attic of his mind,
circa 1960, for an idea. A man
whom time has passed by.
Hopefully.
4. Fred Harris. Still trying to
capitalize on nostalgia as
represented by the Populist
Party. But the Populists were
men and women who, as Va-
timidity, not in their audacity, is inherently
Fred Harris' idea of being a labeled
Populist seems to be appointing package is more
a 300-pound Indian to be Chief the contents.
of Protocol. We have learned to 8. Ronald
expect ignorance in the White Wallace,
House but flagrant immaturity from a used
would be an eminently embarr- years of
assing blunder. California, where
Representative Morris Udall a record bud
of Arizona. Probably the clear- break the
est thinker and the least discipline most
damaged by past votes and feel toward
utterances. But there aren'ti n c u m b e n
that many liberals and, when appeal, like
there are, they fail to organize who value
effectively. May lack a corn- plishment,
manding presence, mitment, faith
6. Governor George Wallace This is
of Alabama. A sort of giant Californians
one-man posse comitatus. The pay taxes until
wretchedness of his adminis- way, you
tration in his own state has had would be
little effect on his popularity politicans who
with all those who believe your money
"they" are running America; they spent
people who equate school teaching you
prayers with Americanism; good health
segregation with individual lib- of your finger
erty. A dangerous irritant who became ill.
can uncannily puncture the One year
pomposities of most all national paragon of
political figures, paid zero dollars
He might very well define income tax
the political parties as did a real other
Populist, Mary Elizabeth Cly- year." Not
ens Lease, who stated that the nians had a
epitaph of both the parties (for playing
should be, "Died of Old Age, state-owned
Gene-al Debility and Chronic residence, had
Falsehood." Wallace senses tertainment
the delight Americans have in $2500 per year,
watching politicians take prat- ranch near
falls and if he could ever devise $1,750,000.
a program he might be Then there
unstoppable. In choosing to run of his
a campaign based on emotion, wherehe was
he will find it very hard to value of the
expand his base let alone they could
sustaining the emotional base some similar
he has. These were
Such men usually have California when
character flaws, are devoid of two children, li
constructive ideas, and prosper received less
by concentrating on the short year. Obviously,
run. The recent discovery of his hard times are
willingness to pay himself from '~ ' 9. Others.
campaign contribtrtions for per- .* Govern,
mission to use his likeness on is supposed to
his campaign souvenirs is column.
typical of short-term personal About the
greed conquering his avowed can say ts
intentions of saving the "Daily
country. Kennet,
7. President Gerald Ford. "Some of the
His economic policies and pro- 1:
nouncements vis-a-vis inflation, like wormy
recession, energy, unemploy- Whatever
ment, etc. make it seem as Senator
thoughthe man has no brain i Senator
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Mack McGinn
Then there was the hospital patient
minor surgery. "What this country needs,"
scar."
(Red O'Donnell
chael Lindsay wrote, would,Some talents are simply not transferable: when
"knock your old blue devilsdistinguished conductor of the Ch'm, ago SymphonY,
out." They were men and lessons, his teacher once snapped, Your trouble
women who looked ahead --- sense of rhythm!-
way ahead -- and were (Sydney Harris
unafraid to take that next step.
They had proposals. Virtually The trouble with child psychology is
every one of their proposals Ores Izzard
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TO "yoUR FATHER"