MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
THURSDAY. APRIL 4. 1113
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Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. WATKINS
(Regular and Tribune
Syndicate, 1 963
Capitol Mimo
Course of Bills Traced Through State Legislature
In Spile of Anti-Gravity'
Gadget, Fish Adds Weigh!
"Anyone ought to know,"
claimed the man, "that a live
fish is suspended in water,
and therefore a fish in a pail
of water is weightless."
Whether you are a fisher
man or not you have heard
this argument. Possibly you
may be one of those "show
me" folks who will only be
lieve after you have actually
performed the experiment, or
you may be one that, like the
man who argued the point, in
sist that a pail of water con
taining a live fish does not
weigh any more for having
the fish inside.
Unlike the senseless argu
ment of the irresistible force
and the immovable object, the
live fish in the tub is an open
and shut case; the fish weighs
just the same, the weight of
the water is increased bv the
weight of the fish. Fifty
puunds of water in the tub,
add a five-pnund. live fish,
and the total weight is 55
pounds.
Gravity's There
Our eld friend, gravity, is
right there, still on the job.
We are all thankful that it is,
for otherwise we and every
thing else would be in a rath
er bad way. Gravity keeps
our feet on the ground, but to
a fish it is not quite so power
ful. The fish has a counter
acting agent working against
the pull of gravity; it has a
"lifting device" called an air
bladder. This membraneous little
"anti-gravity gadget" is filled
with gas, and is more or less
controlled by the fih itself;
it keeps the body suspended
and guarantees that the spe
cific gravity of the fish equals
that of the water in which it
lives. This specific gravity
business is all lost on the poor
fish, he doesn't know or care
how it works; he's dumb.
And the rest of us don't
care, either. We all take this
gravity pull for granted. W
never think to he just a little
grateful that when we set
down a cup of coffee, it stays
put; we just know it will, and
of course, it always has.
About the only time a fish
runs smackdab into what
gravity can do is when he is
yanked from the water and
falls with a plop on a hard
bridge, or a boat deck. In this
unnatural position the air
bladder is of no use; the fish
flnps and strikes with a spine
tingling abruptness.
And when the poor fish j
leaves its watery home, its j
lidless eyes become as useless
as his air-bladder; he can't
see a thing. Even in the water
he is painfully nearsighted, I
but his eyes do have an ex
tremely wide angle of vision;
he can see in nearly all direc
tions at the same time. This
seeing that he does requires a
great deal of doing, for every
thing in his underwater world
is distorted; everything has a
different and rather confus
ing perspective.
The eyes of a fish must be
' corrected for refraction of the
light, as well as light reflec
tion. In order to place his
mouth over what he wants to
eat, he must take into con
sideration the optical fact that
things under water are not
: where they seem to be. Most
: of the fish's food is in motion, I
i too. This adds to the uncer
tainty of getting what he goes
after; he can't afford to make
more than one grab at it. I
It wouldn t be too difficult
to believe that the fish that
i makes a pass at the fisher
man's lure, and misses, may
j be suffering from astigmatism
' or some other eye disorder.
tven with 20-20 vision, it
would do the fish but little
good, for then he couldn't
miss, and would be hooked.
The poor fish, like so many
of us, can't win for losing.
Bv ZAN STARK
Salem UP! - Is Gov. Mark
Hatfield right when he terms
this a "snail's pace" legisla
ture? Are leg
islative lead
ers right
when they say
this is the
"hardest
working" lcg
i s 1 a t u r e in
memory? The
answer de
p e n d s on
whether you
number or by
If the Senate amends a
House measure, it must then
go back to the House. If the
House does not agree with
the amendments, the measure
then goes to a conference
committee.
Many of the hundreds of
bills introduced thus session
are unimportant Many are
"special interest" proposals
submitted by a legislator at
, the request of the folks back
' home.
The problem facing this
session is that the state has
' serious money troubles. For
the first time in recent years
there is no surplus. Taxes
I must be raised.
Exhaustive hearings are be
ings held on methods of in
creasing taxes. The Ways and
Means Committee la critical of
every budget.
Legislators not only are
faced with a difficult job,
they are dealing with an un
popular one - raising taxes.
An improperly drawn tax
program could cost some of
these legislators their jobs at
the next election.
The Democrats hold a bare
;tl-29 majority in the House.
The Republicans dominate
j the executive offices.
The results of this session
I could strengthen the Demo
crats' hold. They could just
as easily give Republicans
control of the House.
The governor and legisla
tive leaders are equally aware
of the possible change in the
balance of power.
This is at the root of the
widely-differing views of the
legislature now in session.
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Russian Rocket
Heading for Moon
Moscow-iUPD-Russia's Lunik
4 moon rocket continued on
course today, heading for its
target with all instruments
reported functioning accord
ing to plan.
The lVj-lon unmanned So
viet rocket was launched
Tuesday to speed to the "vi
cinity" of its target by late
Friday or early Saturday.
The official news agency
Tass 3aid Wednesday Lunik
4 covered 134,215 miles dur
ing its first 24 hours.
Alexander Khabakov, a ge
ologist, said that "a soft land
ing on the moon of a contain
er with instruments and aux
iliary apparatus seems to be
technically possible."
But Soviet officials did not
reveal whether the rocket's
mission was to hit the moon,
orbit around it, or possibly
return to earth.
A '"'m mm
sum
measure by
content.
And to understand who is
right, you have to know the ;
nrnrMq invnlvpH in pptrinp a
bill through the legislature to
the governor's desk.
The Senate has received
more than 420 bills, in addi
tion to more than a scoreof
memorials and resolutions. '
The House has about 820
bills and more than two score
memorials and resolutions - j
in addition to more than 100
budget bills.
The budget bills automati
cally go to the Ways and
Means Committee which is :
made up of both rcprescnta-
tives and senators. After re
view by a subcommittee, such
bills go before the full com-1
mitlee, then, if approved, go
to the house.
Non-revenue bills follow a
different course.
Let's follow a mythical
House bill through the legis
lature.
A representative presents
his proposed bill to the Legis
lative Council Committee
which drafts it into legal
form.
The representative then "in
troduces" the measure, and it
goes to the state printer.
The bill is given a "first
reading" a few days later.
The next day it is given a
"second reading" and sent to
a committee. There are 20
House committees.
This is where the real work
begins. A measure may breeze
through a committee after one
hearing. It may require many
hearings.
The committee can recom
mend "do pass." and send the
bill back to the House for
action.
The committee may "defer"
or "table" a bill. This is the
polite way of killing a bill,
for technically it is still under
consideration.
A do not pass recom
mendation will send it to the
floor in hopes the bill will
be killed.
Quite often several legisla
tors will introduce similar
bills. In these cases, a commit
tee may take the best parts
from each proposal and com
bine them into one amended
bill.
If the measure clears the
House, it is sent to the Senate
where the whole process is
repeated.
A House-approved bill may
be killed in a Senate commit
tee, or on the Senate floor. It
also may he amended.
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Cleveland Paper
Strike Near End
Cleveland, Ohio -HOT- Pub
lishers of the Cleveland Press
and the Plain Dealer reached
tentative agreement early to
day making possible the set
tlement of the 126-day-old
newspaper strike by this
week end.
The only thing preventing
the papers from resuming
publication is contract ratifi
cation by the machinists and
the striking printers.
The machinists will meet
Friday morning to vote on
the offer, according to James
Iafelice, business agent for
the machinists local.
He said the bargaining com
mittee would recommend rati
fication. The printers, members of
International Typographical
Union Local 53. ' are sched
uled to vote tonight on a 26
month contract affecting 620
printers at the two struck
daily newspapers.
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club's 4-H window. Judy and
John Frink gave a demonstra
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ear.
New officers elected for the
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Mr Frink, the club's lead
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