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On Political Front
An eastern seaboard writer
| in 1928 pnxluced a political
science texl entitled; "¡’olitical
Behavior.”
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Chapter hi sidings in the .342
NAVE >0% on Salem Price* page volume by Frank It. Kent
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lend to expies , popular politi-
EI.MER TRIPP
I m,l|M,i"i"y
*"? d“y.i THey
included uch admonitions as
i the importance of party regu-
'
I larity, acceptance of the "ma
chine” and playing bull with
the gang.
In one chapter he urges can
didates
to;
to:
"Give
Them
Hokum ’ In another he ex-
plains: ‘What Happened to the
Candidate Who ’ Would
Ik-
Courage«,us and Candid.”
Chapter 15 devotes 10 pages
to advice summed up in a
heading that
reads: “When
Water Reaches the
Upper
Decks, Follow the Rats.”
Wl.h nearly a half-century
of experience to draw on to
day, Kent likely would be the
first to amend many of his
statements und conclusions.
He might even opt for outnght
repeal of much of the material
if he were to consider revis
ing that edition.
In light of Watergate, he
might eliminat«*
the section
that suggests: “Live Up to the
Law and Be Licked." On the
other hand he'd probably only
slightly edit the portion sug
gesting: "Never Deal with a
Hot Poker
on the Front
Porch "
By far the most provocative
1 chapter and the one that would
create the greatest stir in po
litical circles today, is one
stating flatly: "Don’t Worry
About the Women.”
It took Kent 12 repetitious
pages to discount the notion
anything existed that could be
even remotely
described as
“the woman vote.”
Early in the chapter he de
clared: ", . . there is no such
.hing as sex solidarity in
politics." Machine politicians
of his day — only eight years
after women first participated
as voters in the HardingCox
presidential campaign — re
ferred to the woman vote as a
“multiplication
table." And
Kent provided ample ammuni
tion to prove women merely
multiplied the votes of the men
on which they were dependent
In explaining himself, the
author made a great deal of
sense: ”, . . the greatest of all i
reasons Is that notwithstand
ing the large number of women
who today mak«* their own liv
ings, the pregnant fact remains
that the institutions of matri
mony and motherhood con
demn the great bulk of women
to an economic dependence im
possible to escape and which
has been the female lot since
Gene and Hilma
there were females."
Claiming the situation to be
the “. . . inevitable accompani
Mehama, Oregon
ment to the part they play in
the
propagation
of
their
species,” he sums up by writ-
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ing that even if the majority
could escape economic bond
age, they didn’t want to.
Frank, baby, they have come
u long way!
With 11 women currently
seated in the 90-member Ore
gon Legislature and the Wo-
men’s Political Caucus claim
ing u .500 batting average for
successful pa ,sage of measures
during the most recent bien
nial legislative session, the au
thor appears to have a few
words to eat.
Women have been serving in
the Oregon State Legislature
since 1015. And though none
yet has been elected to major
state office, three have served
in congress and pundits see
1070 as the year women will
extend their political penetra
tion even further.
There's talk of a women
secretary of state, the possi
bility of a woman presiding
over th«« state senate and an
other sharing co-chairmanship
of joint ways and means com
mittee — a
position
from
which she might even ascend
to speaker of the house.
On the national front. Pres.
Gerald Ford is said to have ’ well.
rankled his wife and militant | On a single over-riding issue
feminists by falling to appoint however, his analysis appears
a woman to the supreme court. valid. Maybe the gals got his
But those forces still harbor message long ago and have
the hope he will pick a woman taken his advice.
The key
words in his exposition were
to run as vice president.
Participation by women in economic independence from
politics surprires no one in men
That independence become ;
light of
the Equal Rights
Amendment and genera] fem more apparent upon examin-
inist activity pu hing and ing equality inherent to legis-
pulling at issues throughout lation favored by the women’s
the Hocial and economic spec caucus.
If men are upset by this
trums.
In 1928, author Kent describ state of affairs, perhaps they
can take solace from the fact
ed two-thirds of the women
serving on national
party female independence is tied to
committees
as
“thoroughly a factor as Important as econ
muddy-minded.” A
veteran omics.
observer of the scene in Sa
lem earlier this month des
SANTIAM HIGH SCHOOL
cribed the 11 women serving
1'175 1976 Home
in the Oregon Legislature on a
Basketball Schedule
person- to-person
basis
as Friday, Jan. 2
. Willamina
equal to and probably higher •Friday, Jan. 9
.
Kennedy
in ability than their male Sat., Jan. 10 . .
Concordia
counterparts.
•Fri., Jan. 16 Salem Academy
. Scio
The Women's Political Cau •Tuesday, Jan. 20
Colton
cus points to the fact 13.7% •Friday, Jan. .30
of all
Oregon officeholders •Tuesday, Feb. 3 . Jefferson
•Tuesday, Jeb. 10 . Regis
are women this year and that I ’Friday, Feb. 20
Amity
its ultimate goal is to capture
AWAY GAMES
at least half the seats in both •Tuesday, Jan. 6
Jefferson
house and senate.
•Tuesday, Jan. 13
.
Regis I
. Amity
Frank Kent didn’t believe a Friday, Jan. 23
. Kennedy
proliferation of women in •Friday, Feb. 6
politics would raise the level •Fri., Feb. 13 Salem Academy
, ‘Tuesday, Feb. 17
. . Scio
or the efficiency of that par i *Tu<-sday, Feb. 24 .
Colton
ticular art.
•Tri-River Conference Games
But Frank’s prognostications Varsity'Games' at "8:00 p. m.
in general haven't
held up ■ J. V. Games at 6:00 p. m.
3—Th« Mill City Enterprise, Thursday, Dee. 25, 1975
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