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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Apr 14, 2005 08:35am |
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| Category | Opinion |
| Media | Newspaper - Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| News Date | Thursday, April 14, 2005 02:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | We celebrate this week the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sen. Warren Magnuson -- Maggie to his constituents -- who was one of the 20th century's most productive and effective legislators.
He and Sen. Henry "Scoop" Jackson, who served together in the Senate over 28 years, were the strongest senatorial tag team representing any of the 50 states. Maggie and Scoop led on big national issues but also delivered the goods for the homefolks.
Old friends honored Magnuson last Saturday night at a University of Washington reception and dinner benefiting the Warren G. Magnuson Endowed Library Fund at the UW.
Rep. Norm Dicks, a former Magnuson administrative assistant, served as master of ceremonies. Sens. Dan Inouye of Hawaii and Ted Stevens of Alaska, old Magnuson colleagues, were principal speakers. Both, renowned for bringing federal projects and money to their states, paid tribute to Magnuson as "the master" of that game. Others speaking or attending included Gov. Christine Gregoire, Sen. Maria Cantwell, Rep. Jim McDermott, former governors Dan Evans and John Spellman, UW President Mark Emmert and a host of Magnuson "bumblebees" -- former aides who have made their own marks in our public life. His widow, Jermaine Magnuson, closed the evening by acknowledging the tribute.
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In this short-attention-span, dumbed-down era, it's doubtful that even a small percentage of this state's high school students know about Warren Magnuson and what he represented.
Magnuson was a tough, big-hearted guy who loved his country and the people of Washington. He knew how to use power for the right things. He took his work more seriously than he took himself. He was a rough-edged people's Democrat who would have scoffed at today's political correctitude. I always thought of him as the embodiment in his time of the best qualities of our city and state. |
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