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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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•
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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
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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.
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So everybody wants higher
incomes but nobody wants lower Jt
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p" .
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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,
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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 |