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ld,tonals.
The dreary campaigns
The trouble with city election campaigns is that they
are about as humorless as a John Birch Society member at
a love-in.
The incumbent stands on his record, pointing with
pride to the chuckholes filled three weeks prior to the elec-
tion, and his opponent vows to represent all of the people
and fill more chuckholes than the rascal now in power.
All candidates avow that they are Moose, Elks, Eagles
and every other furry or feathered creature that crawls
the earth or soars in the blue. Most of them have also
slept through PTA meetings, suffered a weekend in the
wilds with a Cub Scout pack, put the arm on their friends
for contributions to the Red Cross or UGN.
The whole thing is pretty dreary.
Two recent political advertisements in the Lacey Lead-
er, however, indicate that this may not always have to be
the case. The first is the standard pre-election pitch of
W. W. "Hap" Kemp, who hankered to remain on the city
council of the Thurston County community•
The dry-as-dust sales message revealed that Kemp had
been a volunteer fireman, a member of the Chamber of
Commerce, a fire commissioner, a Cub Master, and an ad-
visor to the South Puget Sound Timing & Racing Associa-
tion.
The second ad, also paid for by Hap Kemp, appeared
the day after the election. It read as follows:
"My Life as a Politician. During the past 30 days, I
have walked the streets of Lacey twice and it seemed like
1,000 miles, once passing out Important Phone Number
Stickers, then again passing out letters giving information
about me.
"During this time, I wore out two pairs of shoes, got
dog bit three times, learned the needs of our streets, and
should apply for the job of street superintendent.
"1 interrupted 10 suppers, 15 naps, tore 1 pair of pants,
got run off 2 times, kissed 3 babes, gave away 13 rain bon-
nets, 23 balloons, 10 packages of gum. Helped 6 husbands
kill the time ,of day, while their wives wanted them to work.
"Got wet four times, catching cold twice, had to see
my doctor for some medicine to keep going. My boss is
sore, no sales, due to no work. My wife is unhappy as I
have no pay check due to no sales. Wait until she misses
the egg money I used to pay for this ad!
"'In spite of all this, I still lost! My special thanks to
the 878 friends who voted for me. I want to thank all
those who didn't vote for me for their oonsideration."
Why in the blue-eyed world didn't Kemp run an ad-
vertisement such as this prior to the election? He'd have
won by a landslide.
Yaur loving
By HERB*'CEN"
The hot new recording at the moment would seem to
be "Letter to a Teenage Son," intoned by one Victor Lund-
berg while "Battle Hymn of the Republic" throbs in the
background. Appropriately, it's on the Liberty label, and
the righty-rock stations are playing the be jabbers out of it.
Dear Old Dad starts the record on the subject of long
hair and beards, and here he's not too bad. "Some great
men have worn long hair and beards--George Washington
and Abraham Lincoln," he notes wisely. After a lot of ifs,
ands and buts, he finally says reluctantly "You have my
blessing." As for pre-judging teen-agers as "drunken dope
addicts" and "glue sniffers," Old Dad reaches a compro-
mise: "If you will judge every human being on his own in-
dividural potential, I will do the same." Whatever that
means.
As the record spins on, we start getting to the nitty
and gritty• Draft-card burners! Aha. Dodging the issue
for a moment, Dear Old Dad says, as lightning flashes
around his head: "If you doubt that our free enterprise
system in the United States is worth protecting.., if you
doubt that each free individual in this great country should
reap rewards commensurate only with his own efforts,
then it's doubtful you belong here." (Hey Dad, what hap-
pened ?) and finally:
"1 would remind you that your mother will love you
no matter what you do because she is a woman"deep
stuff, there---"and I love you too, son. But I also love our
country and the principles for which we stand. If you de-
cide to burn your draft card, then burn your birth certifi.
rate at the same time. From that moment on, I have no
son." (Music up and out:)
I realize there are certain countries in which the State
takes precedence over the family, but I didn't think this
was one of them. However, Father, who sounds suspiciously
like Big Brother, knows best. Now, as to why this inspi-
rational message is couched in the form of a letter: Ap-
parently the son has left home and I, for one. don't blame
him.
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Page 4 - Shelton.Mason County Journal - Thursday, November
"Now listen, colonel, you said you wanted more Green Berets
and I'm going to send you more Green Berets."
Capitol dome:
Football games help get legislators to meetings
By ROBERT C• CUMMINGS
It still isn't determined
whether there will be a special
session of the Legislature, but it
will look like one is being held
in Seattle the weekend of Novem-
ber 24-26.
Three of the Legislature's lar-
gest interim cgmmittees have
b 2'4"rid Probably will meet'at
least briefly, also, on November
25. They include the Legislative
Council with 31 voting members,
12 "special" members and two
liaison members for a total of
45; the Joint Committee on High-
ways with 23 voting members
and one non-voting member for
a total of 24, and the Legislative
Budget Committee with 16 mem-
bers.
That adds up to 85 legislators
out of a total of 148 in the House
and Senate. and a couple more of
the other interim committees still
have time to call a Seattle meet-.
ing for that date.
'CONVENIENT TIME, PLACE
It is a convenient time and
place to hold an official meeting.
The University of Washington-
Washington State football game
will be played in Seattle Novem-
ber 25. It is a good way to get a
full attendance at a committee
meeting but it isn't always the
best way to get work done.
When all interim committees
held their meetings at Ilwaco for
the opening of the Megler-Astoria
Bridge across the Columbia
River, many legislators com-
plained that little was accom-
plished in the way of the work,
because of the press of social
activities.
All legislators automatically
get free tickets to choice seats at
the game, however, and , by
scheduling o f f i c i a 1 meetings
t[ie"it tlat time, they also get
their per diem and mileage ex-
penses paid. The Joint Commit-
tee on Highways has set its
meeting dates for this quarter to
coincide with the football dates
for years, alternating between
Seattle and Spokane, whenever
the game is played.
This year, however, will mark
the first time for the Legislative
Council to follow this practice. It
always has carefully avoided
meeting on this date in the past,
though occasionally one of its
subcommittees has taken advan-
tage of the situation.
SPECIAL SESSION
Whether there will be a special
session of the Legislature in
Olympia will be known Novem-
ber 21, when Governor Dan
Evans meets with legislative
leaders and the executive com-
mittees of the Legislative Coun-
cil and Legislative Budget Com-
mittee. The fact that the Gover-
nor has called this meeting has
convinced a lot of people that he
will call a special session, but
this isn't necessarily so.
As a matter of fact, things
look better now than they did a
month ago. There is a chance the
deficit in public assistance can
be handled within the $10 million
in the Governor's contingency
fund. A definite answer won't be
available, however, until the Gov-
ernor has later figures, which is
why he set the November 21 date
for the conference with legisla-
tive leaders.
STRAW VOTE ON LOGS
The November 7 elections can
be interpreted as an indication
of hbw the vote will go on Initia-
tive 32 at the 1968 general elec-
tion. Initiative 32 is the initiative
to the Legislature which the law-
nakers passed on to the voters
for a decision. It would restrict
the export of logs sold from
state-owned lands.
Log exports were a prime issue
in most port district elections.
In each instance, port commis-
sioners who had been active in
development of the log export
business for their ports were
reelected; some by substantial
majorities. The issue was con-
fined to Western Washington
ports, but that is where the heavy
vote is concentrated.
CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
If anybody had any doubts that
the Legislature would
thumbs down on a constifntibnal:
convention again when it meets
again in 1969, these doubts were
dispelled by the executive com-
mittee of the Legislative Coun-
cil. The executive committee's
announcment that its members
don't- consider a constitutional
convention feasible virtually as-
sures that a convention call will
go down the tube again; just as
it did when Governor Evans
asked for it in 1965 and 1967.
The executive committee is
composed of key legislators who
are virtually certain to be back
in 1969.
Letter box:
Ban the trucks i
b:estepad; gTtomthvi:s{$d{il
b; tcaC hmT!oTr!!
up horsepower and still main- and cities by some d rf
taining quietness in their pro- The interim period_ can^. ..:w
dUcts, for development ot o[c, "S21
This is also true in the case of of power such as elecr "\\; ][ re
s ' ear
buses such a those of the Blu- or fuel cell. 'd ,"
mutt and Sailaway Lines, even Further legislation w°at:iiff.)(
though their diesel engines are quire, on conviction Olc:SW'7',
notoriously noisier than the gaso- noisy or smoky tru .l i,
line equivalents. These, incident- driver and owner to. o i t'i "
ally are made by the same cam- days in iail, or one h°r;.l'
pames as the passenger cars, gas chamber breathing ,
so that the same benefits of re- malodorous exhaust , d e:
search are presumably available Constitution forbids crue!^'i'l'
to all. usual punishment) carw " ] :n
• " poi
This commendable advance- erode. ]L
"amen world fo]
ment is largely cancelled by too The last prow . -d i hUrr
many truckers and, in this area, place of a dollar free eotiin
particularly, by loggers who re- with making the pum,, ]that
move all silencing equipment ir¢l Ui
from their trucks or else substi- the crime.
tute oversize forms of the ampli- In conclusion, let the ]ea
of their f0,$
tiers so dear to the lower element ponder the fate Beck aa if
of the motorcycle goon squads, leaders, Messrs. anfit
If these observations sound as a consequence of ,e
.dI01e
like complaints, they are inten- behavior. Foll,-a
ded to be, and as such, should R.N. l c
elicit my proposals for relief.
The Red American
fraudulent .
'take I " I
our hoW % Ik
friendshiPS 'ttl es
fo .
Editor, The Journal:
In a recent edition Realtor's
Headlines i ran across the follow-
ing letter from an American
housewife which cautions the
people of other nations not to
misunderstand or misinterpret
the real American--the one be-
hind, not in, the headlines.
It is worthy of quotation in the
interest of placing in perspective
the true Americans whom we all
meet in their daily work:
"We are the Americans you
don't know.
"We have no Washington lob-
by, no image maker, no cause,
and no gripe.
"W;e happen to love our coun-
try, probably the one thing we
all have in common. Otherwise,
we're busy earning a living,
studying, running our homes,
taking care of our children--keep-
ing society together for one more
day. You won't find us protesting
or picketing, but you will find
our children in Peace Corps and
poverty programs, in military
service around the world, and in
universities everywhere getting to
know and understand and love
all of you.
"W,e are taxpayers, not Bobby
Bakers. We are people under
God, . not. quibblers ,,over in-
We are workers and doers, not
dreamers of
wealth. We don't
marijuana, or take
"W,e cherish our
munities, and
point that we are often
ly and socially naive ..'
over the $600 gover.n el
ance for children Ut
sufficiently interested or
rated to fight it; weSe
playing with little Ly,,,
and corny, but we see ,-
the office of President
lutely awesome--so we
the corn. _
"We are not HollyWO. i
cans dabbling in jet°Sr
lities, though we reaa "i .f!
their gossip• We arv0ple: !
extremely normal Ill' bleS
like you---but materia iltZfi
more than aTY 0: r ;t 1
Our prosper'ty "'t- e i
wa of our spiritual Y' .
so Ymueh, and we vantt° t
and sometimes you o ^,,rter
or you don't want it on 0ti¢ i
"Don't forget: your
are talking to our poliuy
all f them are not
state°men they shoaltt
that doesn't change {h;t 1
a et's remember m.St
nd l " tin: at eU"
we start snoo , 'I
....... i,ve
.... shelton
Proved with blisters
Editor,The Journal:
I wish to publicly thank all
the people who helped to make
the A.F.S .Work Day a success.
We raised over $170.
lVy hat is off to those who
hired these teenagers. To those
who needed wood piled, or
ditches dug, or leaves raked, or
babies sat; we're glad you
thought of us and o::
those stUO _..=1 .
I applaud time and r:4i:
donated their
They proved by =¢erSi:
backs and bliste, eO'"'°
teenagers are willing 1
believe ' --"
a cause they clyd; ;t.,l
.F. ' i|
The Flapdoodler:
The super-ferry Hyak has everything, including guys in admiral's hats
By STEVE ERICKSON boards. A faded schedule is propped against a telephone One more thing the Hyak had that I never sac tt
The Vernita ferry was 50 miles east of Yakima. But
it's gone now. The Harstine Island ferry is 15 miles north-
east of Shelton. It's still there, but not for long.
The Bremerton ferrynamely, Superferry Hyak de-
parts hourly from downtown Seattle, awesome evidence
that the day of supersonic travel has arrived.
Whether on land, sea or air, the day of leisurely con-
veyance has vanished. The day of hurry is here. The day
of hurry up and wait.
At Vernita, a toll bridge spans the Columbia River
now. But in the old days, making the ford was a science-
fiction clash of the old world with the next.
Because as you dropped from rolling highlands down
to the Columbia, you overlooked the Hanford Atomic
Works, with its bright vapor lights, weird humming, and
signs that warned, "Entering restricted area. No cam-
eras."
When you wound down the hill to the river you didn't
even see the ferry at first. It was a flat barge with a four-
car capacity. It crossed a narrow, fast stretch of river
that hissed ominously as it slipped by. The ferry, pow-
ered by a small engine, was held from washing down-
stream by a shore-to.shore suspended cable.
It was scary, but fun, to cross at Vernita. And it was
free.
The Harstine Island ferry is out of the boondocks, too.
It's "berth" looks like a launching ramp for 14-foot out-
16, 1967
pole, and if the light is good, you learn that the ferry will
be along in 45 minutes.
It's an uncovered flatboat, eight-car capacity, with a
noisy diesel engine and a small dinghy hanging off the back
in case the ferry sinks.
Upon first seeing both ferries you'd be derelict in your
urbanity if you failed to exclaim, "Real folksy," or, better
yet, "How quaint!"
The Hyak is quite another matter. It has two decks
for cars, two more for people, and a coffee shop upstairs.
There are enough chairs to seat Mao's army, enough booths
for a thousand bridge games, and enough picture-window
glass to gi rdle the Astrodome.
It slices through Puget Sound without a shudder, plow-
ing flotsam and jetsam under with the same ease and dis-
damn it would use in scuttling the Vernita ferry, if it should
be brave enough to get in the Hyak's way.
It's a nice boat. It's got everything; fog horn, mop-
drenched floors, guys in admiral hats motioning where to
park, kapok life jackets, passengers in mini-skirts, and a
huge bronze plaque telling us the Hyak was launched in
June, 1967.
It's also got a lot of large signs saying "No drinking
allowed."
I saw one guy who hadn't read the signs. He stag.
gored from stern to portside, poop deck to bow, with a
mysterious brown-sacked bulge in his hip pocket. Sea
legs? Not him, not recently.
nita or Harstine Island: That fugitive art forr
Graffiti, as you know, is wall-writing. ,
way, "Fools' names and fools' faces. • • etc." .....
• 1223' :,
The Hyak's lavatory was a graffitori, if I pl
was no surprise The first thin that alwaYS ' ll l}'
ne k t freshl ainted w s. fences a ,i
w des ops, y p all . i
tory surfaces is graffiti. ut gi¢' i!
Such epithets as, "Promise her anythLng"st to * ,
LSD," and "God isn't dead. He just doesn '
involved."
I'm no graffitarian. I enjoy graffiti, but In' de
my aloof, I have always refrained from pty $1,
upstairs, and about the "No drinking" signs: ;':;gl
sitting rooms and the spotless floors and Win d . €¢11
circling me. About all that solid comfort.. /nka, "
incredible number of knots the good ship HY
ing. All that speed.
Then I recalled crossing
tain I would either freeze or drown, and a
the ferry wasn't there yet, and it was
an old local winemaker, and we talked
half-hour.
Mine was the only ball-point pen on
cil, lipstick and knife-point scrawls. It
but it seemed to apply.
"Death," I wrote, "is nature's way of
slow down,"