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...beats jogging," insists Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa, the tam-o'-shantered semanticist and college president turned junior Senator from California. That is why Hayakawa, 73, takes regular tap lessons, frequently practicing his steps before a mirror to make certain his buck-and-wings are smooth. Back home or in Washington, the Senator works out to the strains of such golden oldies as Sentimental Journey and A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody. Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly he is not. But, then, what do Fred and Gene know about marking up Senate bills or pursuing points of order...
...Hayakawa, California Senator (who earlier had maintained that the poor do not require gasoline because they are not working), at Pepperdine: "Who are these people waiting in the long lines at the gas stations? Well, virtually all of them are people who need gas to get to work, and they need to work in order to pay their taxes so that the poor will be supported...
...Brown: "May will be the worst; in June things will improve." Brown could not resist one extra dig at Carter: "Many people actually thought that the President was punishing California because of me. I don't believe that." Then he turned over the microphone to Republican Senator S.I. Hayakawa, who promptly made the Marie Antoinette remark of the year: "Let gas go to $1.50, even $2 per gal. A lot of poor don't need gas because they are not working." Hearing that, Brown gingerly edged away from the microphone and headed for home...
...California Republican S.I. Hayakawa, who reported assets of between $250,000 and $1.5 million...
...recognize the result of the election no matter what it might be. This will probably be their last card. It will be a do-or-die offensive, with appeals to Britain and the U.S.-especially the U.S.*#151;and visits or promotions by conservative American Senators like S.I. Hayakawa and Jesse Helms...