■ From “America’s Freshwater Fish,” Boy’s Life, April 1971, as noticed by James Johnson: “Not long after hatching, muskies start devouring other fish, and they never quit eating as long as they live. . . . Muskies grow to lengths of more than six feet. The longer it lives the bigger a muskie grows and—so it seems—the more ill-tempered it becomes. Despite prodigious appetites, a big muskie is cunning and suspicious. Though most members of the pike family do the greater part of their fighting below surface, muskies break from the water. But not all the time, for they also dive to the bottom and sulk.”
■ Ah, spring. And the joys of seeking re-election as the incumbent President. While the Democratic candidates are tripping all over themselves and, like strip-poker players, successively revealing all or almost all about their fund-raising activities, the Republicans are taking advantage of the fact that the new campaign financing law doesn’t go into effect until April 7. Maurice Stans, chief Republican fund-raiser, is out trying to get a thick lining of wherewithal into the campaign war chest for President Nixon who, unlike many Democrats, has not promised to reveal the names of contributors before he is required to. The Democrats, on the other hand, searching for ways to distinguish themselves from each other have been revealing the names of their contributors many of whom, it turns out, have been contributing to several candidates, unable, no doubt, to distinguish among them.
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