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Editorials:
Birthday guest 00a00rod
Thursday is the birthday of a g- " , d ,
sandaled Jew who bugged the establishment nearly two
thousand years ago.
He had the Pharisees exceedingly uptight with his
insistence that the loving nature of God should take
precedence over the legalistic aspects of religion and had
some harsh thinp to say about their practice of making large
gifts to the temple fund instead of to their needy parents.
By the age of thirty- three he had made this sect so
uncomfortable they had a hand in putting him on the cross,
to silence his criticism of their fancy dress and fastidious
habits. ,
America s Christian churches will be full of persons
celebrating the birthday of this dissident Thursday morning.
It is interesting to speculate on what would happen if the
honoree showed up to expound his philosophy during the
services.
Some of the comments might run as follows:
Is that the Smith boy who went away to college in
California? Just look at m! I feel sorry for his poor parents;
they, must, feel just awful.'
You d think he d have the decency to use a deodorant
before coming into a Christian church!'
Did you hear what he said about loving your enemies?
He should be arrested for treason!"
"This guy's got to be kidding. If you treat others as you
would like to be treated, they'll clobber you every trine."
He must be one of those bums on welfare with that,
comment about the lilies of the field and the birds of the air."
"Why doesn't he write a letter to the editor and let it go
at that?"
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It s bad enough when these rehgtous nuts hand out
leaflets on the street; now they're invading the churches."
"Maybe we should listen to him.'
"Listen to him! Can you imagine what the world would
be like if everyone listened to him?"
". pas o ou d ask him • so wc ca g t on
"I wish t rw i to leave n e
with the Christmas service."
Happy birthday, Jesus.
The numbers game
By BRUCE WILSON
in the Omak Chronicle
Time magazine
Dec. 12, 1969
So there you are. i have been warning you about this for
years. Nobody pays any attention. Now we find even the
federal judicial system endorsing the concept that names are
out and numbers in.
' Few people seem to understand the troubles we are
heading for.
Pity the TV sportscaster: "Let's set the Packer defense
for you. At left end, 9944867292. Left tackle, 3948576002.
Left guard, 004799201133." By the time he's done, it will be
the middle of the second quarter.
Will parents be permitted to name their son after Daddy,
resulting in 5542309166, Sr., and 5542309166, Jr,? Or must
he be called 5542309166-2?
What about poets trying to write an ode to the charming
Miss 4020559711? How many words can you think of that
rhyme with eleven?
Also consider the plight of the poor fellow applying for
an Italian passport, where Roman numberals probably are
still used. "This will identify Mr. MMMCCXIIIVIIVIVIIII."
No country will admit a foreigner sounding like that.
The mania for identifying human beings by..numbers,
promoted with equal cunning by industry and government,
will lead to no good.
I am all for economy in government. But I would rather
have a clerk spend a while looking for the right "John Smith"
card out of 50,000 than for a computer to locate
3948888432 in a tenth of a second. I think John Smith
would feel better about it too. At least he would still be John
Smith.
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Cut-off dates could shorten legislative session
By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS
Cut-off dates for the special
legislative session as suggested by
the Senate Republicaft- aucus
would go a long way toward
keeping the session short, but
they would be more meaningful if
the suggestion had come from the
Senate majority.
The Senate Republicans have
suggested limiting introduction of
bills to the first seven days,
consideration of bills to the first
14, with the third week restricted
to ironing out differences
between the two houses.
None of the others caucuses In
either house has come up with
such a prolJpsal, but there are
indications that House
Republicans, who hold a majority
m the lower chamber, migllt go
along.
Speaker Don Eldrldge says he
would prefer a five-day cut-off,
but seven days would be okay
with him.
It would take a joint resolution
passed by both houses to establish
any cut-off dates. The
Democrates control the upper
chamber, so support of the Senate
majority would be needed.
Still No Limit
Establishment of a deadline for
introducing bills would hold
down the volume somewhat, but
it wouldn't limit it completely. It
would result in reams of
"title-only" bills being dropped
into the hopper on the fired day.
There would be titles covering
virtually every subject, so that the
subject matter could be written
into the measures more leisurely
at a later date. This practice is
followed in every regular session,
which normally has a 40-day
cut-off. -
The legislators would have
plenty to work with if they didn't
file any bills for introduction
after the session convened. There
already were more than 200 bills
in the bill-drafting room lut
week, and that figure probalT/Y
will be doubled by the Irlme
pre-filing opens prior to the
session.
Money Unlimited, Too
While the Senate majority
didn't propose cut-off dates in its
caucus action, it did vote to
appropriate just enough money to
carry the session for 21 days.
The House majority has sent an
estimate for a 30-day session to
the Office of Program Planning
and "Fiscal Management, but
probably will go along with the
Senate's 21-day appropriation bill
when it gets it.
This, however, is a meaningless
gesture. When the money runs
out, if the legislators are still here
there is nothing to prevent them
from appropriating more.
When the regular session ended
last March, the legislators
appropriated only enough money
for 30 days for the special session
which followed. At the end of
that period, however, they
appropriated more and stayed for
another 30; a total of 60 days in
special, and 120 including the
regular session•
Court Speed Sought
One of the environmental bills
to be pushed in the special session
is designed to speed the cleanup
of air and water by reducing
delays in enforcement caused by
lengthy court litigation.
It would require that any court
challelage of an order to end
pollution of either air or water be
brought to trial within 90 days.
Appeals would have to be
perfected within six months, and
would go directly to the Supreme
Court, bypassing the
newly-established Court of
Appeals. This measure will be in
addition to executive request bills
being sought by Gay. Dan Evans.
Prime sponsor will be Sen. Martin
J. Durkan, D., lssaquah.
Sales Tax Bogging
A bill authorizing cities and
counties to levy a ½ per cent sales
tax, which appeared off to a
flying start,is running into all
kinds of trouble, with the special
session still more than three
weeks away•
Latest arrier is discovery of a
new law enacted by the 1969
session which would withhold the
$10 million in state money
appropriated for cries for fiscal
1970-71, if authority to levy a
salestax is enacted.
'llie proviso was enacted after
the bill to implement the
Governor's tax package was
amended to extend sales tax
authority to local governments.
The sales tax authority later was
vetoed out of the bill, but the
provision to withhold state
financial assistance still is on the
books.
Unless this provision is
repealed, it could spell the end of
the present county-city coalition
supporting the sales tax bill.
Hard-nosed legislators, already
looking for money for other uses,
may be reluctant to change the
law as it now stands.
Don't Bet on Gambling
Atty. Gen. Slade Gorton's
anti-gambling bill has a better
chance than it had last session,
but don't bet on its passage; even
if you have special dispensation
from the attorney general.
Considerable opposition is
developing in numerous areas
outside metropolitan Seattle
where professional gambling isn't
an apparent problem•
Many communities which quit
licensing pinball machines,
punchboards etc. after Gorton
issued his official opinion have
since reversed their previous
stands and are issuing licenses
again
A group of House Democrats
will try to amend the Gorton bill
to make it a local option
"tolerance" bill if it reaches the
floor. If it should get through the
House (where it . died in
committee last time), it will face a
more serious problem in the
Senate; partisan politics.
Senate Democrats, who are in
the majority, view Gorton as a
potential Republican candidate
for Governor. They are unlikely
to enact a law which might
further him ambitions. It will be
very easy for them to "lose" the
bill in some committee.
More Partisanship?
There isn't any evidence of
partisan.ship in the High-Way
Commission's action in passing
over new Seattle Mayor Was
Uhlman when it filled a vacancy
on the Urban Arterial Board,
which controls urban arterial
funds for cities and counties•
The position had been held by
Uhlman's predecessor, former
Mayor Floyd Miller, and before
that, by Miller's predecessor, for
Mayor Dorm Braman.
Letter box:
Rife with paradox ,
Ed'tVetTh:rJ°Urt;lssrs. Nixon, ?n:;tv. auth°red by Senate
Agnew, Mitchell ad nauseamhave Vor the South Vietnamese
co)nvinc" ed or cowered Vietnam people - excluding those few
critics is a moot point. It is clear made rich and powerful by sir
enough that the Administration's misguided nolicies - the real
heavy-handed approach to dissent question is one of survi.!
has at least temporarily muted whether under a communist
criticism from many quarters regime, a dictatorial (albeit
where opposition to our Vietnam Pro-Western) Thieu-Ky regime, or
policy is lodged. , a coalition government.
In tbe wake of the President s United States policy, so
vacuous Vietnam policy address destructive to our natron
(Nov., 3) anl Vice-president economy and domestic cohesion,
Agnew s intemperate assaults on is unmitigated disaster for tile
the rights of dissent have come very people we claim we are
public opinion samplings showing "saving." Far from saving
heavy majority support for the Vietnam, we are destroying tt
President's pedestrian withdrawal with the willful assistance of an
pace. intransigent regime in saigo
These same samplings reveal a which has for too long dictate0
public stance rife with paradox policy options to us and Which
and ambivalence. A majority, shows no inclination for making
while supp,orting the the territorial and politica
Administration s arcane policy, compromises with the opposition
believes that policy will fail its which must be made if efforts to
major objective - the assurance end the conflict are to succeed.
of self-determination for the What should have been clear
South Vietnamese people. By a at the outset - that the U. S.
that aonthwideumargine Americans believe cannot play the major diplomatic
ba p u • withdrawal of our role because substantive issues
corn mts the combined force revolve about Vietnamese
of the indigenous South political and social disagreena6ats
Vietnamese (Viet-Cong)and the - must be brought horn e' to
North Vietnamese will impose a Saigon. We must let the SalOn
communist government on the leaders know that we know the
South Vietnamese people, only vath to neace is earnest
In effect a majority of negotiations'between the
Americans now support a olic r ouu
• P " Y p incipal combatants - the S
they believe will prove futile - a and North Vietnamese DeOPlll
policy of failure on the Additionally we must forcefuY
installment plan. make the crucial point that we
Having heard Nixon's shoddy not going to continue supporti
and chauvanlstzc appeal for a ov r olittl
• . ' ' g e nment that deniesp "' t
national pattence and su art, re re arran
PP p sentation to imp n
most Americans then decided that elements of its own - n latiO
vOrU gd
we should, continue aiding a and thereby insures contin u
South Vietnamese regime which conflict. -e
has drained so many of our We have encountered tn
resources for a policy so
limits of our power in Vietna
conspicuous with futility, and some of us have learned t.ha
this nation cannot determine
self-determination for A n
Apparently it is not enough
that we have equipped the
!,500,000 man South Vietnamese
Armed Forces, sent over
2,000,000 American servicemen
to South Vietnam in a 5 year
period, spent $100 billion to prop
up a despotic Thieu-Ky regime
which defends the civil rights of
its people about as ardently as the
North Vietnamese, and suffered
200,000 wounded and 40,000
deaths.
Through it all, a valiant North
Vietnamese and Viet-Cong force,
which has never exceeded
300,000, men, has prevented the
infinitely larger'"U: S'., 1 South
Vietnamese and allied forces from
firmly consolidating our position
in Vietnam.
Our sacrifice would be small
if, as Nixon implies, our destiny is
somehow dependent on the
governmental composition in
Saigon. But the absurdity of such
Nixonian - nonsense makes the
sacrifice a tragedy for us and the
Vietnamese we profess to save.
South Vietnamese civilian
casualties alone, resulting from U.
S. action, now exceed 300,000
accroding to a Senate committee
nations. The U. S. Senate in s
resolution prohibiting the
expenditure of funds for IJ. S.
combat forces in LaoS and
Thailand has tacitly
acknowledged the limits of out s
power and vital security inter
and in doing so implies that 0m
Vietnam policy is a failure.
, Majority public opinion i "
this nation - ambivalent a;
confused - cannot make a sucC
of an administration Vietaa
policy laden with error. M!no
opinion agaiti that .'a'P
cannot make filolic%ai It
The failure of that policy
only reasonably be attributed
the mistakes of its formulator
the undeniable fortitude of tt
enemy and the basic tls
inherent in the policy.
David Jubb
The things that will
America are prosperity at
price, peace at any price,
first instead of duty first,
of soft living and
get-rich-quick feeling of living.. _a
- Arthur W. Radt0W
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