wash basket 70 to impart an oscillatory motion to articles and liquid in wash basket 70 as illustrated in fig2 agitator 116 is exemplarily oriented to rotate about a vertical axis it will be appreciated however that various embodiments of the present invention may be used with horizontal axis washing machines as well wash basket 70 and agitator 116 may be driven by motor 120 through a transmission and clutch system 122 clutch system 122 facilitates driving engagement of wash basket 70 and agitator 116 for rotatable movement within washtub 64 the clutch system 122 facilitates relative rotation of wash basket 70 and agitator 116 for selected portions of wash cycles motor 120 transmission and clutch system 122 may form a multiple speed drive that is capable of spinning wash basket 70 at multiple speeds to accomplish different objectives at different points in the wash cycle operation of machine 50 may be controlled by a controller 138 which is operatively coupled to the user interface input located on washing machine backsplash 56 shown in fig1 for user manipulation to select washing machine cycles and features in response to user manipulation of the user interface input controller 138 operates the various components of machine 50 to execute selected machine cycles and features for example clothes are loaded into wash basket 70 and washing operation is initiated through operator manipulation of control input selectors 60 shown in fig1 tub 64 is filled with water and mixed with detergent to form a wash fluid then wash basket 70 is agitated with agitator 116 for cleansing of clothes in wash basket 70 after a predetermined period of wash action tub 64 is drained and wash basket 70 is spun to extract wash fluid from the clothes clothes are.