.O MountaliQ&tares Co. . Asks Stock Issue Permit WASHINGTON (JP) The Mountain States Power Co., A 1 bany, Ore., has applied to the power commission for authority fg) issue 900,000 shares of common stock, par value $7 25 a share, in exchange for 300,000 shares of no par value now outstanding. The plan would be subject ay ap proval by stockholders. The company said the proposal would help facilitate sale of addi tional common stock to enable the concern to carry out a 1951 con struction program. 14 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ort.Thuri., Dec. 21, 1950 Ntwsrtel Employees Get Russian Prison Terms Failure To Bomb Yalu Power Dams Raises Question By ELTON C. FAY A. P. Military Affairs Reporter WASHINGTON (JP) Why don't U, S. bombe-s blast the big hydro-electric power dams on the joint communist border of Man churia and North Korea? The question has been raised, among others, by representative elect Alfred Sieminski (D-NJj, just returned from duty as an army major in Korea. So far as is known, 'here lias been no formal, official answer to the, question. Sieminski said in New Vork sev eral days ago that GIs having fought in the area and been forced into retreat by the Chinese Com munists "are saying that a cartel has a stake in those (power proj ects. . . .let's blow them." Unofficially and informally (wb,ich means they can't be named) some Pentagon officials offer one explanation: Russia m'rfajt seize on destruc tion of ll" communist power plants on the Yalu river boundary as a pretext to take an open hand in the Far East war. On the other hand, she might not, but the grav ity of the risk outweighs the mil itary value of destroying the dams. Just who has the responsibility serious opposition from the enemy could make such strikes. If they wanted to remain as me ticulous as they have been up to now about refraining from cross ing into atanchurian territory, that could be done, fliers say. Bombing runs by the planes could QBERUN (JP Two German employes ot the American News rcel company, Paths news, have Leen sennced to prison by a Soviet zone Communist court, the West Berlin Telegraf reported. Cameraman Siegfried Ru;'ge, 3.1, received a four-year term and chauffeur Heinz Tochtermann, 2C, a three-year term, the news pi. per said. The men were arrested last June 30 in East Germany by German Communist police while driving a Pathe car and equipment from Berlin to Bremen on assignment The Telegraf said the trial was conducted without the d e f e n dants being represented by a law yer. The prosecutor was quoted us saving their American News it el activities were "offenses ugainst Democracy." be directed either up or down stream and bombs dropped with out flying over Manchurian areas. The dams could be blown out on the North Korean ends, releasing impounded water and making the power plants useless. Manchuria, and especially the city of Mukden, produces mun for staying bomb attacks on the dams isn't quite clear. The Penta aon vaguely refers questions to "a higher level" and to Gen. MacAr thur's headquarters at Tokyo There appears to be no tactical, purely military reason why the bombing couldn't be done. Easy Targets From Air ' Unless the Reds displayed un precedented air activity, B-29 bombers which have roamed close to the Yalu river area without ft Secondary military results also might be obtained from destruc tion of the dams. Sudden release of the impounded water could create flood conditions to dam age transportation routes and cities downstream. In Europe, itions lor waging the war against the United States and her allies. Loss of electric power to the Man churian arsenal, as well as to whatever plants the North Kor eans may have back in operation, would reduce the output of those factories. IP some dams were bombed for that specific purpose. iff if r 0 i SAILORS ON LEAVE Jim Dal St. Ong., left, Carmal Ray Smith, center, and Richard Nelson St, Org were home on leave for Christmas from the U.S.S. Los Angeles. Jim and Richard are ions of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Summers of 1919 Mulholland drive, and Smith is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith of Myrtle Creek. These men enlisted in the navy Sept. 6. Jim is striking for boats wain mate, Richard for shipfitter and Smith, radioman. (Picture by Paul Jenkins). World Still Kept Guessing On Activity Of Joe Stalin; Always Right, Aides Assert By DEWITT MACKENZIE AP Foreign Affairs Analyst Prime Minister Stalin's 71st birthday December 21, was noted with elaborate praise by the Soviet press, but the world still Is left speculating about the health and activity of this man who wields far more power than any other individual on earth. One is reminded of an incident back in 1934 when it was rumored Stalin was ill and even dead. Charles P. Nutter, thei AP chief of bureau in Moscow, addressed a letter to Stalin asking for the facts. He got a reply in the Soviet chief's own hand writing "I know from the reports of (he foreign press that I long ago aban doned this sintul worm ana moved into the other world. As one can . not doubt such foreign press dis patches unless he wants to be ex pelled from the list of civilized people, I request you to believe them and don't disturb me in the calm of the other worhl." This question of whether Stalin till has a firm grip of Bolshevism is mighty Important not only to Soviet Russia and her satellites but to the world at larce. Me is (or has been) the absolute dictator of the Russian regime and of the world revolution for the spread of communism. It was he who laid the groundwork for the revolution. Five-Year Plan Upset Long before the last war, Stalin was given credit by European ob servers for expecting another glo bal conflict. He was said to be SLABW00D In 12-16 and 24 In. lengths OLD GROWTH FIR DOUBLE LOADS WESTERN BATTERY SEPARATOR hene 651 figuring that this would give the world revolution its real opportun ity to spread. Accordingly Stalin Inaugurated his series of five-year- plans to make Russia strong militarily and industrially. He signed with Hitler the non-aggression pact which enabled the fuehrer to launch his war of aggression. The plan went awry in that lljtler sud denly attacked Russia, but ulti mately it worked out to the advati' age of the Red revolution, which quickly brought all eastern Europe into the Moscow sphere of con trol. Well, now, absolute power such as Stalin has possessed creates a delicate situation. His sudden re moval by illness or death might create chaos in the Soviet bloc, and conceivably could precipitate a third world war. The point of course is that while Stalin has maintained unquestioned control of the Soviet regime, there , are a dozen or more ambitious men who might be expected to reach for his job when it was va- j cated. I That's too many for unity. Na- turally one assumes that Stalin already has Ucsignated his sue i cessor, but that designation might j not stick, once his powerful i n fluence had been removed. Purges Block Ambitien ; Why is it that Stalin has been able to remain in unquestioned power all these years? 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Owners of a hall where the Brook lyn rally was to be staged canceled the reservation. The small, sepa rate rallies contrast with two years ago when the public convention was held in Madison Square garden. The rallies, however, were ex pected to be just a backdrop for the real business of the convention "closed door" sessions at which the Communist high command will exchange views on the future of the shrunken party. Communist leaders are frankly worried by a drop-off in dues pay ments, declining mcmbershm and the difficulty in maintaining the party organ, the daily worker. Three years ago the party claimed a membership of 100,000. FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover re cently put the total at 55,000. Last spring, an official party report on membership gave no overall figure but did admit a 17 percent Hup in 1950 registration over that of ",949. Eleven members of the party's top echelon face five years in prison, convicted of conspiracy to teach and advocate the violent overthrow of the government. Ten probably will be present at the convention. They are free in bail pending appeal of their con viction. But Eugene Dennis, gen eral secretary of the p,"ty and one , of those convicted, already is in jail for contempt of congress. i A pre-convention bulletin issued by the party some time ago charged the United States with "aggression" against Korea and China. It portrayed the Soviet union as the real force for peace in the world today. Forester Charges Theft In Yule Tree Cutting ALBUQUERQUE (IP) The U. S. Forest service's official frown on cutting Christmas trees on its land was almost a glower today. Why? Because between 200 and 1100 trees are missing from the Sandia district of the Gibola na tional forest near here. Bob Stewart, ranger i . charge, was quite peeved about it as he made the estimate. "A lot of Albuquerque residents start out showing the spirit o f Christmas by stealing a tree," he said. One answer to these questions is that the early purges which were carried out under the Stalin re gime made it quite patent that am bition was a dangerous attribute. However, 1 don't believe that is the real answer. The reason Stalin's Dictatorship has been unchallenged is because he possesses powerful leadership and because he has kept coming up with the right schemes to im plement the Red world revolution. His followers claim that he is "al ways right" in his judgment, and that therefore his leadership hasn't been challenged. That probably is the explanation of his power, lie has delivered the goods diabolical gootls from the standpoint of the democracies. ! B3EX B9 127 N. Jackson St. Phone 45 C&E3Z& VSSSS3 wgggm CO"" m UJUUOk. fiS3E39 CALKINS FINANCE CO. PHONI 66 JOT (3rd Floor) Pocifit Bid,. M-137 State Lit. 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