THE HONORABLEEVELLE J.YOUNGER - "WE′RE SO PROGRESSIVE,IT HURTS!"

Sep 29, 2026

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Night-event announcements and club listings frame political commentary on scandal, governance, and policy. The text argues that acts inflating routine “scandals” can weaken or topple governments, then illustrates with historical cases such as 18th–19th century affairs, the French Revolution triggers, and the Dreyfus/Stavisky scandals. It also presents discussion of Watergate-era controversies and the role of public opinion, wage and price controls, and Phase IV designed to moderate inflation while limiting supply-side harm.

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THE HONORABLEEVELLE J.YOUNGER

"WE′RE SO PROGRESSIVE,IT HURTS!"

WARANDSCANDALS

Personalities Involved

FRIDAY FLASHES-JULY 20TH

Machiavellian Machinations

FLASHES-JULY 23RD

Gradual Rise

FRIDAY,AUGUST 3RD,12 NOON Tickets $4.75 at door. FRIDAY EVENIMG,AUGUST 3RD GOLD BALLRO0M,SHERATOM-PALACE HOTEL # THE HONORABLEEVELLE J.YOUNGER Attorney General,State of California # "WE′RE SO PROGRESSIVE,IT HURTS!" The State Supreme Court outlaws capital punishment,and we furn murderers andrapists loose in the streets.Oil and gas shortages threaten to immobilize us,and weallow extreme environmentalists to puł a halt to off-shore oil driling and the constructionof new power plants.We're so progressive,we might just end up back in cavesl A SPECIAL EVENING EVENTHIS EXCELLENCYKAKUEI TANAKA Prime Minister of Japan NO HOST COCKTAILS,6:30 P.M DINNER 7:00 P.M.TICKETS,S15 PER PERSON Tickets on sale at Club Office,681 Market Street,San Francisco 94105.Only prepaidfickets wil be faken to door.LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE ON ASSIGNED TABLEBASIS ONLYI RIDAY,AUGUST 10TH:HIS EXCELLENCY RAUL S.MANGLAPUS,FORMER SECRETARY OF FOREGN AFFAIRS,REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES JUSTICE ALLISON M.ROUSE Quarterly Chairman ## GRAND BALLRO0M,ST.FRANCIS HOTEL WARANDSCANDALS It is exeitement generated about some-thing which happens quite routinely,butwhich,at a given moment,can be inflatedto weaken or overthrow a government. In 1830,Macaulay wrote:'We know nospectacle so ridiculous as the British pub-lie in one of its periodic fits of morality.Harriett Wilson,the leading madam ofLondon,had Wellington and Palmerstonas her clients,blackmailed both of themand later exposed them in her memoirs.Palmerston didn't stop with Harriett Wil-son.He had an affair with the wife of theRussian ambassador,and it is not knownwhether she infuenced British policy orhe subverted Russian policy. But scandals can have serious effects. The necklace affair,which cast doubt onthe virtue of Marie Antoinette,was one ofthe causes of the French Revolution. The Dreyfus and Stavisky scandalsgreatly weakened France and broughtabout political changes which may nothave been for the better. ## Personalities Involved Seandals do not really revolve aroundthe crime.They are not concerned withthe 'what,but with the ‘who.'If electionirregularities were systematically reported and prosecuted,virtually all electionswould have to be declared invalid,andmost,if not all,of the elected officials andrepresentatives—in all countries—wouldhave to be fired. Is the right to know aright ofjournalists (Centinaed an pege 232) | OFFICERs OF THE CLUB
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FAQs

Why does the text say scandals can destabilize a government?

It claims that what happens routinely can be inflated at a given moment to weaken or overthrow a government, even though scandal may seem tied to individuals more than crimes themselves.

What historical examples does the document use to explain the impact of scandals?

It cites cases like Harriett Wilson’s exposures, the necklace affair linked to doubts about Marie Antoinette, and the Dreyfus and Stavisky scandals as drivers of political change.

How is Phase IV described in relation to inflation and shortages?

Phase IV is presented as a system to moderate the rate of inflation while minimizing adverse effects on supply, including efforts to limit cost pass-through without inhibiting capacity expansion and supply increases.

Sep 29, 2026

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