Clinton St. Quarterly, Vol. 4 No. 4 | Winter 1984 (Seattle) /// Issue 2 of 24 /// Master# 50 of 73

CLINTON ST. QUARTJKQLY VOL 4. NO. 4 winter 1982 STAFF Co-Editors David Milholland Jim Blashfield Peggy Lindquist Lenny Dee Design and Production Jim Blashfield (< Production Assistants ./ . David Milholland « Sharon Niemcyzk / Proofreaders p f l Walt Curtis ( 0 Stan Sitnick Ad Production /< |a Peggy Lindquist David Clifton Stacey Fletcher Ad Sales David Clifton John Denton Lumiel Dodd Public Interest Marketing Typesetting Jill Wilson Richard Francis Barry Hertz Al Schwartz Leslie Waygren Camerawork Paul Diener Contributing Artists Dana Hoyle Stephen Leflar Mary Robben R.K. Shepherd Contributing Photographers Walt Curtis Paul Diener Eric Edwards David Milholland Michael Moran Thanks Tom Clark Eric Edwards Martha Ezell Jasmine, the Dog Leo MacLeod Doug Milholland Bob Newman Ed Reckford Charlotte Uris International Attache Pippo Lionni Advertisers call 367-0460 EDITORIAL /f Election ’82 shows anything, it’s that the Democratic Party has missed a choice opportunity to improve their position. The Republican mishandling of the economy left them vulnerable to aggressive pointed attacks, yet all the Democrats seem to suggest is the staid old tried and true, public works. Democratic pollster Patrick Caddell points out, "in this election, an anxious, uneasy public may have been looking for a more drastic agenda of change — and not simply from the right — than that which was served up by politics this year. "In Michigan and New York two radical GOP renegades ran close to Democratic gubernatorial opponents expected to win by large margins, and did far better than ‘acceptable’ Republicans in similar races in near­ “Merry Old Santa Claus,” by Thomas Nast. Harper's Weekly, Jan. 1, 1881 by states. In depression-riddled Michigan Richard Headlee rejected Mr. Reagan as an economic compromiser, and did particularly well in the devastated northern industrial cities. New York’s Lewis Lehrman flatly rejected Mr. Reagan and boldly offered an even more radical plan of change — large-scale income tax reductions and a return to the gold standard. Mr. Lehrman swept upstate, where the economy was the only issue. ” Pollster Caddell thinks, "it is unfortunate that there was no ‘drastic change' campaign waged from the Left that could have served as a comparative companion to these two races. ” Clearly there are many Americans who feel the need for drastic changes to get us out of our economic quagmire. Back in the Northwest, Oregon, a state that prides itself on visionary progressive programs, found itself with both gubernatorial candidates falling all over themselves to prove who would more passively fiddle while our economy burns. Not a single original remedy was suggested for our economic ills. And in Washington state, "Scoop” Jackson’s proven talent as a military porkbarreler proved sufficient to bury his opponents, despite the fact that the state’s basic economy is in tatters. If we want the Northwest difference to mean more than the highest unemployment in the West, we’d best stop hoping that the Air Force goes to wooden jets and start facing the upcoming challenges with open and receptive minds. Meanwhile, the nuclear freeze movement, both locally and nationally, is missing a rare opportunity to link up with a large part of America ravaged by Reaganomics. Think tanks, both private and Congressional, are releasing studies on the negative effects defense spending has on our economy. One Congressional study shows CONTENTS Cover Ken Ambrosini Millions of Women Like Me Stella Dean Cummins .. 4 Alive! Lynn D a rro ch ............... 7 Apple Picking Walt C u rtis ................... 8 Two Days on the Road with Jim Weaver David Milholland............ 73 The Killing of Big Isaac Ron Abell aka Jefferson Deschutes ... 76 She and He Melvin Konner............... 20 Responses Ursula K. LeGuin, Elaine Spencer, David Kabat, Johanna Brenner & Janice Haaken, Maureen McGuire and Katherine Dunn Rethinking Nature and Other Matters, An Interview with Jeremy Rifkin Lenny D ee..................... 27 A Boy and His Dog Penny Allen.................... 37 Let’s Play El Salvador! Matt W uerker............... 34 The World According to Napoleon as seen by Abel Gance James Greenburg...... 36 Little Richard, Still the Handsomest Man in Show Biz Rick Mitchell.................. 38 The Clinton St. Quarterly is published by the Clinton St. Theatre, 2522 SE Clinton, Portland, OR 97202. Unless otherwise noted, all contents copyright © 1982 Clinton St. Quarterly. that the Defense Department creates roughly 48,000 jobs for every $1 billion it spends. The same $1 billion spent in other public sectors would create more jobs: 76,000 in sewer construction, 77,000 in nursing and 100,000 in education. We can't have an excessive military budget and a healthy economy — that is as clear as day and night. The nuclear freeze movement, which is concerned about how many days and nights this planet has left, must link up this direct correlation between defense spending and a failing economy, if we are truly going to create a broad-based movement capable of ending this country’s military madness. The successful referendums are an opening wedge, but they must be followed up on. Just think of the excitement that could be generated by a clearly enunciated conversion of nukes for jobs program. If progressives misperceive this opening, there are others on the radical right with a far different agenda, who are ready to pounce on the loose voter. Right now, they’re up for grabs. LD Clinton St. Quarterly 3

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