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WHERE'S THE SURPLUS?
By CHARLES V. STANTON
Restrictions hiive been placed on the use of electricity
because water in the Columbia river is 'too low to gen
erate enough hydroelectric energy.
Can this be the same Columbia river our federal gov
ernment proposes in its "ladder of rivers" plan to move
to California?
Where now is the "surplus" water that our Washing
ton planners would divert through multi-billion-dollar ca
nals to California hydroelectric and irrigations projects?
Bonneville's power shortage has forced cutbacks in
the Columbia's light metals industry, tossing a limited
number of people out of work temporarily. Restrictions
have been placed on the lighting of athletic fields. Brown
outs are threatened ir. the area dependent upon Columbia
river power. Utilities are using steam-powered genera
tors to augment the dwindling supply of hydroelectric
power. Unless the Northwest receives a substantial rain
in the very near future, the power shortage may become
critical.
Yet, we are told, the federal government still is de
veloping plans for its "ladder of rivers" and the diver
sion of Oregon water to California.
Umpqua River Involved
Personally, we have always doubted any serious in
tention to include the Columbia in this announced scneme.
It has been our theory that the "ladder of rivers pro
gram is strictly a power threat, designed to force The
California Oregon Power company into the Northwest
power pool. Bv building dams in the upper Umpqua and
P.ogue rivers, and in the upper Klamath, diverting those
waters southward through canals and tunnels, the fed
eral government threatened to steal water supplies from
Copco's generating sites at Toketee, Prospect and Keno.
Copco has entered into a cooperative agreement with
Bonneville. Since the agreement was signed we have
heard littlr discussion from Washington on the "ladder of
rivers" idea.
But, whether serious or not, the proposal to take sur
plus water from the Northwest to arid California shows
its absurdity in the light of present conditions, for where
is the surplus?
A Coy Trick Invented By Democratic Presidents "7 '
I . HUNTING SEASON BEEFS
Covernor McKay and the State Game commission
have been absorbing much criticism because of the sud
den closure of special deer season. Hunters also are
fearful that the regular season will be postponed.
We believe most thinking people will agree that
closure of the special hunters' choice seasons, set in five
areas m advance of the regular season, had to be post
poned because of the fire danger. Critics are loudly pro
testing that insufficient notice was given. But wouldn't
the governor and commission have been in a far more dif
ficult spot had they issued an ultimatum earlier only to
have a welcome rain fall before the date of the sched
uled opening?
Game commission officers and forest protection
agency officials have been conferring all this week with
the governor. It is obvious that the regular deer season
must be postponed unless the fire hazard is relieved be
fore opening date.
The Game commission is reluctant to extend the deer
soason beyond the scheduled closing date. Its program
calls for a six-day interval between the end or the deer
season and the opening of the elk season. It has been
found by experience that the overlapping of these two
seasons results in much wanton slaughter while adding
many handicaps to law enforcement work. The plan of
keeping an interval between the two seasons has worked
out very satisfactorily. The commission would prefer to
continue the practice.
- Hunt?rs, however, are demanding extra days equiva
lent to any canceled part of special or regular seasons.
Thus- the Game commission is damned if it does and
damned if it doesn't.
Rescue Of Wounded In Korean Bottle
Earns Medal For AP Correspondent
U.S. KIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Korea
(AP) The field commander of United Nations forces in
Korea Monday pinned the silver star on AP war correspon
dent John Ranc'olph for heroic action. Randolph carried
wounded to safety April 23 during a wild, four-hour battle.
Gen. James A. Van Fleet bestowed the award on the
23-year-olcl newsman In front of 100 correspondents. He told
them :
"The press is part of the United Nations army in Korea.
We are honored at having you as members of this command.
1 know that this gallant incident was one of manv in which
correspondents have distininiislicd thr-msnhn., Tb i;r
wry long.
Randolph's aclion, in disregard
of his own safely while wilh a
cut-off American battalion, was
first brought to public attention
by the battalion commander. Ran
dolph had passed over it lightly
in his dispatch,
Wednesday he was given, along
with the modal, a citation auto
graphed by Tresidi'iK Truman
concluding:
"The courageous and aggressive
action taken by Mr. Randolph re
flects great credit upon himself
and the United States army."
"This is a vory great honor,"
Randolph told Van Fleet.
"It is altogether 10 much for
anvthintr I did. It was a real m i.
vilege to be with the infantry in(
that action Uie greatest privilege
in my life."
Dilsuasfon Urga Ignored
Randolph, whose stories about
Grady die cow that fell into a
Yukon, Okla.. silo drew attention
throughout the United States in
est award given bv Uie armv for
gallantry, cited Randolph for help
ing cany wounded infanrymen to
safety m the battle of he Imjin.
Randolph and Barnard Ullmann,
of Agency France Piesse. joined
the first battalion. Seventh infan
try regiment on the second night
of a heavy Chinese Red offensive
on the western front.
The battalion commander. I.t.
Col Fred C. Weynud. llealilsburg,
Calif., tried in vain to talk !!an
dolph out of s'oin i with ihr hat.
alion on an attack aimed at tak
ing pressure on a trapped Belgian
battalion.
Several Llvtl Saved
The American battalion, while
lelping the Belgians escape, was
almost surrounded and cut off for
four hours.
Several times during the bitter
fight i4) hill, Randolph and Ull
mann carried wounded down to an
ambulance jeep. Later as the hat-
Fulton Lewis Jr.
bullet went through the jeep hood.
Aided by two infantrymen, Ran
dolph lifted the dying man into
the jeep. He carried him and two
other soldiers back to a medical
aid station. The sergeant died
from loss of blood.
The first real word on what
Randolph did came three weeks
later from Colonel Weyand in a
letter to the Associated Press:
"Several men in his battalion
undoubtedly owe their lives to his
efforts to get them immediate
medical attention . . ."
Force Must Be
Met With Force,
President Says
By D. HAROLD OLIVER
WASHINGTON (IP) Presi
dent Truman said Thursday the
oniy way 10 deal with the present
world emergency is to meet force
with force. He added that he dis
likes this necessity very much.
The President told a news con
ference the United States will con
tinue to seek agreements with
Russia, but will continue to build
up its armed strength to see that
these agreements are enforced.
Ho said the United Nations was
organized to settle difference with
out the use Of force. But, he added,
Korea is just one example of how
the Communists have made this
impossible.
He said there is a stronger pos
sibility of peace now than ever
before If the nited States sticks
to its knitting and goes ahead with
its defense program.
The President also:
1 Says he has the word of
Chairman William M. Boyle Jr.
of the Democratic national com
mittee, that he took no fees in
connection with RFC loans and he
believes him. He added that com
mittee officials should do all they
can to introduce prospective bor
rowers to government agencies as
long as they receive no fees for it.
Predicts Damo Win In 19H ,
2 Predicted a Democratic vic
tory in the 1952 elections. He said
the Republicans have no issues
and have resorted to misrepre
senatation and smears. He ex
pressed agreement with Demo
cratic prognosticator James A.
Farley that no administration can
be thrown out when the country
is prosperous.
J Wrote Vice President Bark
ley, renewing his plea for $10,000,-
000,000 in additional taxes and
urging increases in the pending
senate bill on individual and cor
poration incomes. He said the sen
ate bill now being debated would
produce only $5,200,000,000 a year
in the face of a prospective deficit
oout twice that much. The sen
ate finance committee has esti
mated the bill would bring in
$5,506,000,000 more a year.
Said he is standing by his
nominations of two federal judges
for Illinois despite the action of
the senate judiciary committee in
bottling them up.
ihe President said he has no
Intention of submitting new nomi
nations, because he is satisfied
with the ones he made.
Mr. Truman and Senator Doug
las (D-lll) have split over the
nomination of the two judges.
Mum On Own Plans
The President laughed off a
question regarding a statement by
tdward J. Flynn, New York" Dem
ocratic national committeeman,
that Mr. Truman could beat all
comers if he runs next year. The
President said he was happy 1 0
have Flynn's opinion because he
Is a very able politican, but de
clined further comment.
Are you going to run for
President in 1952?" a newsman
asked.
The President said he had no
comment and reporters would be
Informed of his decision in plenty
of time. That means, he explained,
sometime before the Democratic
convention meets next July.
ENDING
BASKET
As a hobby, have you ever tried
a collection of epiphyllum with
their lovely blossoms, red, white
and pink, growing pendant fashion
on the long strap-like leaves? I
love to think about the one I had
and who knows? maybe I'll
try that window garden idea again,
only on a smaller scale. Should
do fine In Oregon so long as not
subjected to freezing.
EJ made a framework on legs
irtto which he fitted a six-foot long
galvanized tray, about two feet
wide, four inches deep which we
filled with peatmoss. The tray was
made a little deeper at one end
to slant for drainage so no mois
ture would be stagnant. Since we
heated the glassed-in porch from
the living room, and burned nat
ural gas, there had always been
moisture to contend with until
we had the window garden. Never
again did I have to wipe rivulets
of water off the windows. The moss
absorbed extra moisture, and since
the "garden" was on the west
end of a north porch, all kinds of
flowers, bulbs and plants thrived
In it. '
An azalea was a ""thing of
beauty" for ever so long, and when
It finished blossoming I lifted the
pot and removed it to the lath
house, replacing it with something
else. Many things were planted
right in the moss without a pot:
bulbs, ferns, epiphyllum, san
severia, jade plant, and I don't
know what else. More epiphyllum
were in hanging baskets over
head. At first the little tube, soldered
under the lower end of the metal
tray, was allowed to drain into
a big fern setting on bricks under
neath the window garden. But
later a hole was drilled in the
porch and the tube extended to
drain back of a shrub. We were
away one summer for three weeks,
and what a thrill it was to see the
way everything had almost run
wild in exuberance! Just before
we left we had poured a bucket
of water into the peat moss, know
ing excess would drain off.
Epiphyllum, as you probably
know, are so named because epi
means "on" and phyllum means
"leaf" in Greek. A jungle plant,
really, not a cactus. They like
moisture and thrive in shade, too.
African violets did well, potted,
set in the moss. Anything 1 ever
tried in there did well!
talion retreated after dark. Ran.
1049, became a war correspondent I dolph stopped his jeep and, under
last December. fire, helped pick up a mortallv
The silver star, the third high- wounded sergeant. A machinemn
POLIO ON DECLINE
WASHINGTON .V Polio
was on the decline last week. The
public health service said that new
cases numuereci i.isi comparai
to l.Ol reportedo the week before.
The cumulative total since last
March'! seasonal low is 17.533, just
38 cases less than for Uie is me
period last year.
In The Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
(Continued from Page 1)
problems told congress Tuesday
. . . The council, headed by Secre
tary of the Treasury Snyder, sub
mitted its report through President
Truman."
That's a lot of money. On the
standard assumption that every
billion dollars spent costs each in
dividual about $7, it means that
since the end of the war you have
punglcd up roughly $200 out of your
own pocket to help the foreigners.
(Add $200 more for each of your
dependents.)
Well, IF IT WORKS, IT'S
WORTH IT.
Let's not expect the foreigners
to love us just because we've dug
deep down into our jeans to give
them gifts. H you want to lose
friends, the sure-fire way to do it
is to start giving away money.
While you're giving it, the re
cipients will flatter you all over
the place. But when you QUIT
GIVING IT they'll be mad enough
to carve your liver out and throw
it to tha dogs.
From London:
"Worried Britons speculated to
day on King George's illness as
they waited for more details on the
lung disease affecting the 55-year-old
monarch . . . Doctors for the
tired sovereign disclosed last night
that 'structural changes have de
veloped' in one of his lungs, indi
cating a serious ailment . . .
Starting at dawn, London news
stands did a land-office business
as commuters snatched papers
carrying headlines like 'Serious
News' and 'King's Lung Af
fected.' "
I find it grieves me personafty
to read those words. King George,
called unexpectedly to thf throne
when his spectacular brother ab
dicated to marry an American
grass widow, has been a sincere,
kindly, hard working individual.
When he speaks, ONE BELIEVES
HIM.
It's wonderful to have someone
like that around and it's pleasant
to know that the British people
have deep affection for him.
Here's an interesting example o(
what thoughtlessness does:
'Portland Some $75,000 has
been spent in the last 12 years to
repair rifle-damaged power trans
mission line equipment in the
Northwest.
"The Bonneville administration
reported Tuesday that last year
alone it cost $15,000 to repair a
transmission line and 553 insula
tors on which marksmen had
scored direct hits."
I'm quite certain that no single
shooter of all the rifle-packing lot
that did all that damage had any
really malicious intent when he
drew bead on the insulators and
let fly. They're glass, and they do
make a lovely and satisfying crash
when a bullet smacks them dead
center.
But it's well to remember that
if you pull a trigger thoughtlessly
and somebody gets killed as a
result he's just as dead as if you
had done it on purpose.
Union Organizers Draw
20 Years For Assault
MIAMI, Fla. (IP) Two union
organizers, convicted of assault
with intent to murder a Negro by
taKlng him for a gang-style ride,
face 20 years in prison.
A criminal court jury convicted
Dave Kaminski, Alias Dave have
39, and Sol Isaac, 37, organizers
for the Laundry Workers Interna
tional union (AFL).
Judge Ben C. Willard imposed
the maximum sentence and de
fence attorney Ben Cohen said he
would appeal. Willard set appeal
bond at $20,000 for each prisoner.
Kaminski and" Isaac were
charged with taking Holton J.
New bold. 25, to a canal bank south
west of Miami last Feb. W. shoot
ing him five times, beating him
with a rock, and leaving him for
dead.
Newbold testified that Kaminski
and Isaac took the "ride" because
he knew too much about tactics
used in trying to organize Mi
ami laundry and dry cleaning
workers.
Tha two organizers came to
Miami from Detroit. O
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and large from corruption we built
a great country devoted to per
sonal freedom. What it boils down
to is this. If the ABA isn't stam
peded by the wails of the Com
munists and left-wingers caught
in a crack with them, it will
help kick the Communists back"
to Moscow whether they are legal
brethren or Soviet agents. Nobody
esle is going to do it for them.
Hear Fulton Lewis Daily
On KRNR, 4:00 P.M.
And 9:15 P.M.
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WASHINGTON Austin Canf ield; a Washington, D.Q.
attorney, head3 an American Bar association special com
mittee on Communism. He has rejected handling the prob
lem of Red lawyers in any way but booting them out of the
ABA and having them disbarred from legal practice
rne aba- meeting in New York
now has an opportunity to act on
Canfield's proposal. The house of
delegates of the ABA has examined
the ouster suggestion since last
February, and over 40 percent of
local bar associations belonging to
the ABA have agreed that being
a Communist js reason enough
for getting booted out of the ABA,
The ABA itself cannot disbar a
Red attorney from practicing law.
An indorsement from the ABA,
however, will go a long way in
encouraging bar associations at
community level to file disbar
ment charges against the creeps
who haven't the decency to be
respectful in court. There is no
reason for further ABA delay.
In 1934 the Communists pub
lished a pamphlet entitled "Un
der Arrest." It's a dilly. They
distributed it among the com
rades in case any of them ever
got pinched. Plenty of them have
and they've all acted as though
they'd read the pamphlet.
"Under Arrest" explains just
how the comrades are to behave
when taken before a magistrate
or judge. They are instructed to
shout, lie and denounce the courts.
the police and the U.S.A. irrespec
tive ot me cnarge against them.
A lot of people have been intim
idated by the antics especially
since the comrades always man
aged to stir up a dozen or so
bleeding hearts to come to their
defense.
When a lawyer is disbarred he's
bound to start hurting in the re
gion of the pocketbook. But in the
case of the Communist lawyers,
we can save our tears. The So
viet Union and the Communist
party, U.S.A., will find other work
for them to da. The Communists
here, in fact, have a $6,000,000
kitty they can tap to keep the
Russian-loving lawyers from starv
ing to death.
If the ABA moves to clean up
Us own nest, other attorneys and
courts won't be the only ones to
benefit. Things will be a lot
quieter around Congress as well.
The Communist lawyers have had
a field day in appearing before
committees of Congress. They
have an opportunity to lay down
a barrage of propaganda and al
ways take advantage of it. Some
of the tactics are insulting, not
only to members of Congress, but
to the American people as well.
But Congress is helpless to do
much but sit and take it. We
still allow ' traitors and Stalin's
stooges the right to be repre
sented by attorneys although this
is denied comrades 'hauled into
Moscow courts.
The ABA may get squeamish
about booting out the Communists,
since members meeting in New
York are going to have to sit
through a long list of windbags
who bleed every time they get
hit with another spy ring or fed
eral employee on Ihe party pay
roll. ABA members are getting
an earful about civil rights. They
must have wanted to hear it,
though, since some of their own
members invited the speakers
who are opposed to doing any
thing about Reds except admire
them.
Cody Fowler, president of the
ABA,' sounded the keynote when
he said it was up to the nation's
lawyers to serve as watchdogs
over- traditional American liber
ties. For my money to start pro
place like the courts to start pro
tecting those liberties. That is
where justice begins and because
we have protected our courts by
Curious Cop Finds Own
Child Accident Victim
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CAMDEN, N. J. -UP) Pa
trolman William J. McDade, walk
ing his beat, stopped to talk to two
policemen in a parked patrol car.
Suddenly the police radio reported
an accident "child struck by
auto."
McDade, perhaps curious, went
along.
The Injured chold was Mc'Dade s
si:: year old dauhter, Sharon.
suffered a cut chin and bruised
foot.
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office reported.
Air Power Alone
Could Not Stop
Reds - Fechteler
WASHINGTON UP) A d m.
William Fechteler, the navy's
chief, says air power alone could
not slap a Russian advance into
western Europe any more than it
had stopped Communist ground
force advances in the Korean war.
In an address to the Women's
National Press club, Fechteler
said the U. S. cannot "create or
maintain effective defensive fron
tiers abroad by keeping our weap
ons and our troops within the con
tinental limits of the United
States."
He asserted:
"Air attack alone will not stop
the advance of the Russian army
against Western Europe. In Korea
there has been no appreciable en
emy opposition to our use of the
air and though we have had a zone
of approximately 150 miles over
which our air effort was free to
operate, there still has been no ef
fective retardation of the enemy
advance by means of air alone,
including naval aviation . . ,
"In aU sincerity and with great
emphasis, I suggest to you that
the next war. if it comes, will be
fought by persons who will be, and
will remain, at or near the scene of
action and that the conventional
type of warfare with which we
are all familiar has not become
olaaolete. u
"I do not mean to leave the Im
pression that 1 am not fully con
scious of the value of the airplane
- as a weapon, it is ot great impor
tance. We must have strength in
. the air. The plans which we are
i now pursuing are not negligent of
the air. They envision its use in
! many roles strategic bombing
j of the enemy's hinterland, close
tactical support of troops, interdic
j tion of supply routes, and anti
I submarine warfare.'
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