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It was Wednesday. We were working the weekly scissors detail out of newspapers, magazines and junk mail. The following stories are true. Not even the names have been changed to protect the guilty. In Illinois, state legislators are allowed to take their pay as much as two years in advance. Senator Donald Swinarsku served only a few days in office before a felony conviction for which he is now in prison. He collected $40,000 in advance salary before going to the slammer. Worried that the United States is not keeping pace in the race to destroy the world? Rest easy. During the Second World War the U.S. dropped just over 2 million tons of TNT on Germany and Japan - 2 megatons• By mid-1974 the United States maintained a strategic nuclear weapon force capable of delivering 4807 megatons - the equivalent of over 2400 World War lls. Ever onward, ever upward. Here's a little fiscal responsibility note about Senator tlenry Jackson, who says he is the champion of the little guy. He is planning to introduce a resolution asking the Senate to urge the Interior Department to aid in the purchase of the home of the late Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon. "It is a retreat from the press of development where one of our most able colleagues sought comfort and time to reflect," Jackson said. We suggest if the 26-acre ranch is bought with public money it be used as a retreat for the unemployed and poverty-stricken to seek comfort and time to reflect - time to reflect on how elected officials compile their list of priorities during a period of recession and inflation. What's the price these days for an undisciplined teenager? A Newark, N.J. mother settled on three chickens. Explaining, "He's too tough for me and he doesn't respect me," she traded her 14-year-old son to a Delaware couple for three cluckers. t The Washington State Human Rights Commission apparently doesn't believe in using one word where four will do the job. It lists as discriminatory, when used in employment want ads, the following words, "cute, glamorous, pretty, clean-cut, handsome, attractive," and suggests they be replaced by "good public relations appearance." The word "single" is also a no-no. Substitutes suggested by the commission are, "able to travel, long hours, overtime, willing to relocate." "Married," according to the commission, is discriminatory and should be replaced by "'stable or responsible." Common law marriages and other unofficial living arrangements are not covered in the commission's rules, but we imagine it would prefer "'independent, impervious to pressure." Doctors and logger also joified,the movement to mutilate the language. When Richard NiXon entered the hospitaL, his doctors spoke of their "surgical intervention." Trees are no longer "logged;" they are "harvested." And that smoke you see in the hills is no longer rising from a "slash burn." It emanates from a "prescribed burning" kindled by harvesters. We see the day approaching when the Journal will print a story about a Simpson harvester, temporarily incapacitated by the unexpected earthward movement of a torest product, who is rushed by emergency surface transportation to Mason General Center for the Alleviation of Suffering, for surgical intervention on his misaligned body-supporting limbs. lit * * * Gerald Ford is another public servant who, along with llenry Jackson, knows the value of a buck. That is why he supplies a handy little free service for more than 500 loyal White House staff members. When he hands out autographed pictures of himself to those staff members, they can get them framed at no cost at a shop in the basement of the Old Executive Office Building. In 1974, two part-time carpenters constructed 7,500 White House frames at a cost of $92,000. Ah, well, as Barry Goldwater said: "Profligacy in the pursuit of conservatism is no vice." Bishop Maurice Wood of Norwich, England, decided the clergymen in his diocese were using too much gasoline driving cars on their rounds of rural villages, so he put them all on motorbikes. The leather-clad clericals are called - God be merciful - "Heaven's Angels." Hardly a day passes that doesn't see the formation of a group by persons with a common interest. The bereaved have the Gold Star Mothers; the bereft have Parents Without Partners. The obese congregate as Take Off Pounds and the obdurant cough up as Friends of Nixon. As a public service, we bring you the news that someone in Olympia is interested in forming a group composed of persons who have undergone intestinal bypass surgery. How about naming it Gastral Uniformity Togetherness Society - GUTS for short? Among the latest products licensed by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration for official sale to lucky citizens of the United States during celebration of its two-hundredth year, is a plickett - a one-note instrument with all four strings sounding the same note. The line forms to the right. Mailing Address: Box 430, ~ton, Wa. 98584 Phone 426-4412 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, in advance -- Outside Mason County $7.50 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER .................. : ...Henry G. Gay Page 4 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November 20, 1975 By ROBERT C• CUMMINGS After receiving an extensive public hearing by the full House Social and Health Services Committee, a bill to outlaw aerosol products has been returned to the shelf. The measure, HB 1055, would prohibit the manufacture or sale in this state of all fluorocarbon propelled products after January 1, 1977. But a majority of the committee members decided the Legislature shouldn't take any action until the National Aeronautics and Space Administration completes tests to determine whether fluorocarbons destroy the ozone at stratospheric levels, as contended by some University of California scientists. At the hearing, their testimony was disputed by numerous other scientists. The NASA tests, now underway, are to be completed, and a report published, some time in 1978. Committee Washes Its Hands As far as the House Transportation and Utilities Committee is concerned, solution of public transportion and highway construction funding problems is something for the Senate to work out. The full committee met here to hold a work session on the problem, but was told by its chairman that it was a waste of time until its counterpart, the Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee works out its differences with the Governor. Three bills of a four-bill transportation funding package were vetoed by Governor Dan Evans earlier this year because one measure, creating a Department of Transportation, didn't suit him. The House has passed a Department of Transportation bill acceptable to Evans on three separate occasions, but the vetoed measure passed this year was the first to be approved by the Senate. The Senate committee currently is working on variations of a "veto-proof" measure combining transportation and highway funding in a single bill which passed the Senate last September. Propaganda Ban Favored Legislation which would outlaw inclusion of propaganda in the material printed on initiative and referendum petitions has won favor of the Senate Constitution and Elections Committee headed by C. W. "Red" Beck (D-Port Orchard). Also approved was a bill requiring port districts to hold # ##¢ primary elections when there are more than two candidates for a single position. The measure, SB 2986, originally included similar provisions for election of public utility district commissioners, but this requirement was deleted before the bill was reported out. Election Dates Controversial It is doubtful if any action will be taken in the January session on SubHB 37, which would limit the holding of special elections to certain specified dates. The measure is generally favored by counties, but strong objections have been raised by school district directors. An election measure pertaining to recall of public officials appears to have substantial support. The bill, HB Editor, The Journal: This is a letter to the citizens of Mason County. On December 1 there will be another important meeting of your county commissioners! They will present the preliminary budget for next year. How many will be in the room other than elected officials? How many will come to the following meetings? This is a letter I have often thought of writing, but have decided that words not thoughts are needed [ For three plus years I have missed but few Mondays attending at least part of the commission meeting. These by law are open meetings, but what good are laws when so few of the public attend? Unless a private citizen has an item of personal interest coming before the board at a set time, few are seen here. Granted, like most, my reasons for attending a county commission meeting the first time in my life were personal. I was taken there by Mrs. Barbara Foote, whom I was to replace as the person to see that the interests of our development were protected - and when items concerning these interests came before the board we were heard. We found that besides ourselves the only people who attended even semi-regularly were Dr. Deegan, as long as his health permitted, news reporters and representatives of the League of Women Voters. We soon found ourselves interested in many items put before the board. We also 38, would require county prosecutors to substantiate the charges contained in a recall petition before giving their approval. At present, the prosecutor merely is required to determine whether the charges cited in a petition are sufficient to warrant recall. New Approach To Charters The House Local Government Committee headed by Joe Haussler (D-Omak), which has divided itself into subcommittees to work on local governmental problems, has a subcommittee working on a new method of framing county charters. Under discussion is a proposed constitutional amendmentwhich would allow establishment of a temporary commission within a county to prepare as many as five alternative new county charters. The various proposed charters would then be placed on the ballot. Voters first would vote whether they 'wished anew charter; then both those voting affirmatively and negatively would indicate their choice among the alternatives• Still another Local Government subcommittee is developing legislation which would consolidate the five overlapping special districts dealing with diking, drainage, flood control, etc. It is planned to expand the authority of each so that each will have all of the powers which are vested in the other districts. th, " found that our commissioners always seemed glad to hear our thoughts as well as those of any interested citizen. How many of the citizens who stay away from such meetings in droves are the same ones who complain that our government - local, state and national - is not responsive to the thoughts of the ordinary citizen? How many of these ordinary average citizens, who cannot take time to attend public hearings, are among the large percentage of United States citizens who cannot be bothered to register to vote - or if they do won't take the few minutes to step into the polling Editor, The Journal: Recently I had the misfortune of contracting pneumonia. I was admitted to Mason General Hospital by my doctor. I was confined for two weeks. I have nothing but praise and admiration for the nurses of all three shifts and for the complete staff of the hospital for the wonderful and attentive treatment that I received, not only myself, but all of the other patients as well• If anyone believes that a nurse's job is an easy one, then you should spend some time in a hospital. You will soon change your mind. place to vote as they believe! Are these the ones heard complaining about "the things wrong with the laws and elected officials?" Let me state now that one meeting or three years' worth may not make an expert of most; however, we will know a lot more about what makes our government tick! Who knows, you may even decide you are ready to help - at least a little. Won't you please find at least a few hours soon showing your officials, be it school district, city, county or state, that you are a concerned citizen? Mrs. Norman (IVlargie) Schell Lilliwaup The over-all picture that I saw of the staff at Mason General was one of alertness, cheerfulness and understanding of every patient. Hospitals are there to save your life and nurse you back to health. It gives one a good feeling to know that we have one of the best close by us. If you ever have to be admitted to Mason General, just go along with their show. They know what they are doing. Thanks again, Mason General, for your 365 days and nights of nursing and care for the public. In my book you are the greatest. Raymond A. Dodd, St. Route 5, Shelton By GUNNAR MYRDAL Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal, last year was awarded the Nobel Prize [o! Economics, is the author of "'An America, Dilemma" and other books This intervie ha;, with John Vaizey is excerpted from Listener Magazine published by the Brit Broadcasting Corp. in London• lit The ecomomic situation is j ;' getting worse throughout the i t' world. You were one of the group of economists who found the cure i it. to the problems of depression. What is going to happen about ft. 1 inflation? dei Til I think a number of things should W 8, studied carefully. One is that our wh01! system of organization is biased. We are eq organized as income-earners aO! profit-takers, while we are very ba¢ll organized in every country as consumerS, or' our common interest. Q1 So everybody wants higher incomes but nobody wants lower Jt rwes S p" . $, Yes, that's right. This is one explanati = But there are other explanations. I thi mi_' taxation systems are very bad in all countri t - bad in Sweden, still worse in Britain. general idea is that high taxation hind ll risk-taking - it is just the goddarnn e ; opposite. It is for risk-taking, for investrne J t Deflation is a very simple thing question is to put more money into , l tti hands of the government or the people, tll] , e you did not have anything better to do, could just have airplanes spreading poU , ,t notes over the country and it would hell Inflation is tremendously more difficult stop. You differ, obviously, from many other economists in your description of inflation and the way that you wouM bring it to an end. This reflects a lifelong difference between you and most American economists about the nature of economics. What would you describe as the main difference between yourself and the other people who have won Nobel Prizes in economics? Well, there is a tendency establishment economics to trust economics too much. The market, I think, getting too imperfect to rely upon as instrument for gaining stability. Of coU: my main difference is this: I think tl there is a circular causation between so¢ factors, including economic factors, but al all the others - health, education, relations, social stratification. If one changing, others are going to change, then back again. I call myself an institutiO.raA[ ' economist who wants to take all these oti* L t,"f, L things into account. I used to say, and I think this is very important, that there are in reality economic prdblems, no psycholo# r problems, no anthropological problem, s. there are just problems; and all the / problems are complex. :~,~r.l~. Your enemies would say that your economics is not scientific." it is a rationalization of your politics, an attempt to give a scientific basis to a socialist commitm, ent. " No, l don t agree at all. I have, sinC T l: been very careful to state my youth, premises and on that basis to argue whY t1 |:11 are " • lilies" relevant m that commumty. Po cs .',ii to me, rational. If you have explained value premises you can draw conclttSw, i from them and the facts which you established from the viewpoint of : values premises, and they are rational./ 1 =1 old name for our science was not econO i it was political economy - and by poli l' economy they meant exactly this. difference between me and the clasS only that they believed in an objective "?Jlll philosophy, which I do notbelieve in. 1 to state my value premises and to try torSI them in reality. I'm a political econo#St' | other words. You would argue that the ,f so-called scientific economists, the people who build these hugeed algebraic models in the Unite States, in fact have value premises which they do not declare. , , Exactly• For Lord s sake, you cart t, on facts except from a valuation poi |l l vtew, and, very definitely, estabhS economics is founded upon influences e |