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who H ARY¢ OF MEN ? CIA Oo / II 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. Mailing Address: Box 430, Shelton, Wa. 98584 Phone 426-44 12 Published at 227 West Cota Street, Shelton, Mason County, Washington 98584, weekly. Second-class postage paid at Shelton, Washington. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $6.00 per year in Mason County, ~n advance - Outside Mason County $7.50 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ...................... Henry G. Gay ime 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 ]lmllllmllllllmlllllllmlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUlllllll 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 6ool: `yE TO "yoUR FATHER"