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The Governor Did Not Veto- 



^oiiuters^ Hidden^ Vict on' Big 



By Ri'IKE LAl'TON 



Our Olympia Correspondent 



OLYMPIA — The Legislature passed nine of ten 

 ills dealing with water pollution and water uses 

 uring the regular session. But one little amendment 

 an entirely unrelated measure may have gone a 

 jng way toward undoing them all. 



"Something constructive happened, then it un- 

 appened," says Senator V/ilbur Hallauer, the Oro- 

 ille Democrat who headed the interim Committee on 

 Vater Resources. 

 Although fhe "backdoor" as- 



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issed pollution laws, the agencies, too, chiefly the Ta.x law. 



Commissioa and the Liquor 

 Board. 



"I think a large part of the 

 pulp industry — not including 

 Weyerhaeuser — made a deal 

 and then welshed on it," says 

 Hallauer. 



The amendment that angers 

 Hallauer and Senator Wes 

 Uhlman, Seattle Democrat, ap- 

 parently means that a judge 

 can interpret the intent of the 

 Legislature vv'hea it passed a 



Also ai.irmcd is U\V Law 

 School Professor Coriuliwi 

 Peck, who says it gives ju(l;4is- 

 "an ill-defined and uncrrt.iiu 

 power to substitute tlicir judg- 

 ment for that of administr.itive 

 agencies with resptct to ix)li- 

 cies embodied in Icgisl.itioii, 

 much of which is the suhjict 

 of expert knowledge .uid ex- 

 perience." 



Thus, they bcIie\L-, a judge 

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The Pacific Northwest's Independent Magazine of News, Comment and Opinion 



ol. 74, No. 12 



Seattle, Washington, March 24, 1967 



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