WORKINGS OF AN IDLE MIND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300620002-5
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 23, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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Over the Coffee*
Workings of
.An Idle Mind '}s
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llwIINLib things were hap.
pening in Iowa last week.'
Two state politicians cou-.
rageously flew in the face of
the infidel vote, Iowa City stu-
dents in search of a more
democratic society nearly
lynched a CIA nq ,,,.and Deg
Moines pa ,who long have
!.prided themselves on the qualm
: ity of Des Moines schools,
?learned that their children
scored very low on statewide,
tests designed to measure basic
academic skills.
But perhaps t h e most
Curious happening of all in-
volved William . Kendrick,'
chief clerk of the Iowa House
of Representatives.
A state representative made'
a motion to raise Kendrick's
pay from $40 to $60 a day while
the Legislature is in session,
at which point Kendrick said:
"I, sincerely appreciate the
motion . and I may be
worth $60; but I don't want
it?
So the motion was with-
drawn.
Now that's a pretty low trick
for Kendrick to pull on the
rest of us. Think of how It
na!ces us look.
- A dedicated worker will ask
his boss for a raise and his
boss will say, "What do you
mean you want a raise? Why
can't you be like that fellow
Kendrick over in the State- '
house? They have to threaten
him with dismissal before'.
he'll take.a'raise."
And the worker says, "But!
deserve a raise."
And the employer says,
`Sure you do; so does Ken-
rick. That doesn't make any
ifference to him. He's a gem.
f all employes were like him
here wouldn't, be any need
or the National Association; of
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now eo
he adult version of that kid
n school who always got good
William Kendrick
"lie's a Gem",
odes and never got dirty,
he one your mother was
always telling you about.
I don't care if he is a great'
clerk of the House; they
should cut his pay.
* * *
Des Moines has turned into
a Michael Caine film festival.
No less. than three movies'
starring Caine are in town:
"Alfie," "Gambit" and "Fu-
neral In Berlin." W h a t' s
more, they're all pretty good
films.
T * * *
HE IRONIC thing about,
the Statehouse contre-
ersy over the religious ques-,
ion on employment application
tanks is that this sort of thing'
is so uncharacteristic of Iowa,
politics.
Our state government,;
lackingas it, does a civil
service system, Is famous for
iring practices that do not
incriminate on the basis of
ace, creed, national origin or
billty. I . t
A h ?.
FRIEND writes to re
mind me of a clas3,:-
quotation from Shakespear
that I inadvertently neglected
in my list last week.
. the sounds of musi
; ".The Merchant of Venice
Act. V, Scene 1.
EADING carefully the ex-
planations of Des Moines
chool' officials concerning the
w test scores of Des Moines`
tudents, one becomes con-,
inced that we do not, as was;
rst feared, have a crummy.
chool system.
We have dumb kids.
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ITE NATIONAL Society of
Film Critics-made up of
)e leading critics of the na-
on-has chosen "Blow-Up,"
io first English-language film
f Italian director Michelan
elo Antonioni, as the best film
1966. It has not yet played
fes s Moines but one can hope;
Michael Caine was chosen
est actor for "Alfie," and
ylvio was named best actress'
r "The Shameless Old'
Lady," which had a brief, un
uccessful run at the Varsity
__ -----,. -Donald Kau
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