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President Eiaenhower'i State of the Union message, we imagine, Was unpopular with many members of both ma jor parties, but pleasing- to the general public . ; Eisenhower's middle-of-the-road program has built pub- ' l? vmfiHpnf u indicated iraina in the face of peacetime readjustments.- But poll - ticians on the extremes of right and left obviously Oppose any middle grounds. , While; they doubtless will-cover their feelings temporarily,, because of ike s popularity, they can be expected to work against his moderate program. . '.One. element of hia speech, particularly affecting the : western states., and certain to controversy, was! his emphasis development of natural resources. This policy is under heavy fire from Americans For -Democratic Action, which leads the socialistic faction of the Democrat Party. The ADA can be expected to go down the line in opposition of any partnership proposals. ? It i will continue its demands for federal monopoly of hydro electric development and. nationalization . of ' natural re sources. : :.','"..'.;.- Une ot the several issues in trie ngnr, win De nens Canyon project on the Oregon-Idaho border, where the ADA is demanding a high federal dam rather than three low; dams -which a private utility is prepared to build immediately; ,', ' : .'J '''.'. No Federal Dam Authorised .'. - One feature of this controversy, on which many peo ple doubtless have been misled, is the fact that no federal dam has ever been authorized. ' A federal dam has been proposed, but it has never been sanctioned by Congress. Actually, there is no government proposal before the Fed eral Power Commission which has been-conducting hear ings. Supporters of the high dam project, however, have made it aooear that the government was readv and anx ious to build a high dam. Even if the commission should recommend the high dam to be more desirable than the project proposed by the Idaho Power Company, congres sional authority must be obtained, and money appropriated for construction work. To get authorization and appropri ations doubtless will be very difficult and will take much time. In the meantime the two states will be losing the power that would have been available through private in vestment. Thus the advocates of federal monopoly are actually serving as obstructionists, while striving for a socialistic principle. The President's firm declaration for continuance of the partnership policy makes it very doubtful that the ADA will be able to push through its monopoly program while Eisenhower remains in office. disagreement is the growing opposition of eastern Con gressmen to continuing tmproportionate funds for western atates. Power development in the West is creating strong competition with eastern industry. Eastern congressmen, then, can hardly be expected to show enthusiasm for au thorizations and appropriations for western projects, other than those on which starts already hRve been made. Private Feud To Continue In the thick of the fight for federal power monopoly will be Oregon's two senators, both firmly committed to the ADA position. Senator Neuberge who is ignoring the tradition that freshmen senators are to be seen but not heard, has been talking freely of the public power "mandate" handed down by Oregon voters. Just how the senator can justify his slim margin of victory as a "mandate" is more than we can figure out. The only possible "mandate" we can find in his squeeze victory is to be a stooge for organized labor, as it was the labor v6te which brought about his election. - But Neuberger already hRS pulled out all the stops for public power. He also has joined Senator Morse in the lattcr's personal feud against Secretary . of the Interior McKay. .Neuberger who has consistently followed the ADA line has perhaps some measure of justification for his disa greement with McKay's policies. which are directly on. posed to the socialistic trend. But Morse is at odds with the Secretary because he blames McKay for the fact that he was not permitted to become the big wheel at the Re publican nominating convention. So, as Eisenhower and McKay work on a 'partnership program in future months, we can expect Oregon's two senators to be battling vigorously against that propram. for hoth political and personal reasons. Oregon and the Facific Northwest probably will suffer as a result. ' By SAUL PETT For Hal Boyle NEW YORK - The stores are still full of people re turninjf Christmas gifts for exchange, and you'd be sur prised by what is returned and what isn't. For example, not a single woman has returned a single ?50,000 necklace to Tiffany's, which must prova that wom en are getting easier to satisfy. Oh. now and then snmebodv ex-1 changes a $5,000 ring for one with : sappnires and rubies, instead of diamonds. But nothing really ex pensive, said a spokesman. (When I phoned the spokesman at Cartier'i about the question of exchanges, there was a long si lence, In which, I think, ' he checked my credit rating on an other lino. Finally, he said, "No comment," in lones so rich and deep I hung up with all the tip-toeing respect of a man slipping out of a cathedral.) Some people especially some elderly people return hearing aids given them by their children for Christmas. . ' "They're usually very Indig nant," said a lady at the hearing aid bureau. "They insist they're not at all deaf but when you talk to them they can't hear a word Ort So.. Jn. I, 195S bv the nronounced economic be the nub ot mucn political upon continued partnership Coupled with the political you re saying. The man at Macy's said you'd be surprised how tew Christinas ties are returned for exchange. ."You get a lot of returns in per fume and lingerie, especially black lingerie. It's our Impression that men lean more to the exotic than suits' their wives' tastes. Many women return the black lingerie for something more practical," . This year Macy's is having lightly fewer returns of Indies clothes because of size difficulties. That probably Is due to the fact that during (he Christmas rush every sales woman selling clothes for women wore the tag, "If she's my sir., she wears a 1" (or what ever the clerk wears). The store also tags everything in such a way that they no longer Time .o Democratic Leaders Say 'Yes, But' To Pleading Of Ike For Bipartisanship WASHINGTON un Leaders of i ment or policy of waiting for the tha new Democratic majorities in Congress have said in etrect "Yes. but" in response to Presi- dent Eisenhower's call for coop-1 eration and bipartisanship.' " Top men among the Republicans, ! newly reduced to minority status, j generally were unstinted in their ! praise 01 the program outlined ny tha chief executive in his State of the Union message, and they talked more confidently about harmony in putting the plans through. Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Tex), the Senate Democratic . leader, pretty well synthesized his party's comments. He said Eisenhower used "a Democratic premise" in saying the general good should be the yard slick on every great issue "We will consider nis program in that spirit," the Democratic leader promised, adding; "The President's various recom mendations will receive reasonable consideration by reasonable men. In some instances, they will be accepted; in others they will be rejected; and in still others, there will be substitutes. But the attitude of the Democratic Party will be in keeping with his call to subordinate partisanship, pride ana prejudice to the nation's welfare." Senate Republican Leader Know- land (R-Calif) who has clashed with the, administration on some foreign policy issues, lauded the President's message and said it contemplates "no appeasement or policy oi waiting lor tne oust to settle." ' The Califorman, who nas urged a break in diplomatic relations I :.L. n j - -....I K'Ak-.l 1 with Russia and a naval blockade of Red China in an effort to force the release of imprisoned Ameri can fliers, issued this statement: "The President's nonage pledges our nation to work for the creation and preservation of a free world of free men. No appeasc- find themselves exchanging other store's goods. In oast post-Christ mas periods, they found that in a I certain perfume and cigaret light-1 er they were getting more returns I than lliey had originally stocKed before Christmas. According to a New York sales manager, not a single man has tried since Christmas to exchange on $8,000, air-conditioned limousine because his wife didu't like the color. It happened once or twice earlier in the year without success. Once a car is sold and registered, it can't be exchanged. At Lewis & Conger, a houseware store, several portable bars were returned. "No, said one man, "1 didn't even use it New Year's Eve. What? Well, how should I know why it smells of bourbon?" Something railed a "Deede" cap was . returned by an, indignant woman. A "Deede" cal), it turns cut. is for women who vlant to hide their own hair when it's up in curlers. The cap fits over the crown of the head and on the front ; it has real bangs or curls. This particular woman who rc ; turned the item was brunette. Why, she demanded to know, had her 'husband bought her a "Deede" with blond bangs? At the Wing & Kin Pet Center, it j was reported that most of what they call "dry" (or inanimate) merchandise returned is returned i for reasons of site. I You'd be surprised." a man said, "how many people will buy party collars or bathrobes or even cock tail coats for their animals without knowing their sii?." That's exactly what the man said. He also said that in returns of. "live" merchandise, puppies and kittens predominate. "When this happens." the man explained, "it's usually because somebody was over-enlhusiastie in planning a surprise. They didn't consult the woman who would have to take care ot the pet. "Fish? Kor some reason, we get no returns of fish at all. But you'd be surprised how many alligators are returned. I guess they come as n shock lo some people." Get Her Out of Drydock ' dust to settle is contemplated by tne message, uur policy is one oi peace with honor based on strength to meet any further Communist ad- ventures or aggressions." ReP- John W. McCormack of Massachusetts, House Democratic leader, called the message "gen- "uu , .l """ . It contains nothing new or start ling," McCormack said. "On do mestic matters most of it might well be -termed New Dealish. Bi partisanship in a two-way street. We Democrats have clearly shown our cooperation, but the real lead ership to carry that out must come from tne President. ' House Republican Leader Joseph w. Martin jr. saia: "President Eisenhower submit ted to the Congress and the coun try a splendid legislative program for the coming year. Naturally, some parts are controversial, but I firmly believe the Congress will give substantial approval to most of the legislation sought : . . It is a program that will build for pros perity, and at the same lime mean peace." Marion County Pledget Centennial Survey Share SALEM i Marlon County be-' came the first counlv this week io pledge its share of the 430,000 that the Oregon Centennial Commission is asking to make a world's fair survey. Thirty-one county businessmen quickly pledged the county's $1,000 share at a breakfast Thursday mornine '""'"'"A' The $30,000 will be used to make a survey to determine whether Oregon should have a fair in 1959 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of statehood. Multnomah County is asked ta raise $20,000 Ipr the survey. WASHINGTON- (NEA) Clar ence B. Randall, chairman of the board of Inland Steel has been having a tough time trying to put over President Eisenhower's lorcign trade program. But at last he seems to be making progress. Since bringing out the report of the Randall Commission of 17 Congressmen and business leaders last January, Mr. Randall has been working half-time as a White House consultant. He has review ed the program to see if there were bugs in it. And he has lis tened and talked to anyone inter ested in this subject of tariffs and foreign trade, seizing every oppor tunity to urge adoption of the pro gram by Congress in 1955. ONE OF HIS prize speeches on this subject was made before the big and powerful National Manu facturers Assn., in New York. This group, as conservative as any business organization in the coun try, is split right down the mid dle on whether the reciprocal trade agreements program should be extended. Companies with a big export business are for it. Companies who have to compete with imports from abroad are dead against it. NAM is so divided on this subject that it refuses to lake any policy stand of its own on the question. In spite of this, Mr. Randall bearded the lions in their Waldorf Astoria banquet room den, and tried to tell them the (acts of for eign economic life, according to modern gospel. AS HE WAS COMINO down in the elevator next morning, a cou ple whom he didn't know recog nized him and smiled. The man spoke to Mr. Randall and said: "Come here, brother and shake hands. Gad, how I loathed every word you said last night. But you converted my wife. The simple statement revealed one of the most striking develop i HEA Smicii Inc. In The Day's News (Continued from Page One) about as good a Word as any to describe what is going on in Wash ington today. . It doesn't make much sense, to be sure. But, alter all, what is go ing on in Washington today doesn'f make much sense. For example: Here is a serious, patriotic man, educated in the military tradition that one must do ALWAYS what is necessary for the highest wel fare of- one's country. According to that tradition, one must DIE willingly, if necessary, to advance the welfare of one t country. This man wasn't at all eager to be President. He knew the grave responsibilities that rest upon the shoulders of the President of the ! United States. He was tired. He had just finished fighting a long I and terrible war in every hour of i which HEAVY responsibility had i rested' uoon his shoulders. -..' Among other responsibilities, he had carried the heartbreaking one of sending men to their death, if need be, to preserve their coun try's welfare. But he finally con sented to take the job, if the people wanted him, It turned out that the people did want him, and I think everyone will agree that he has done his best. As these words were written, he was standing there in Washing ton before the senators and the representatives and the members of the supreme court and thanks to the miracle of modern commu nications BEFORE. ALL THE PEOPLE and still doing his best. I'm quite su'e that n his mind there was no thought save that of doing for his country and our country whatever- is best for ments in this perrenial, national debate. The women's organiza tions seem to be ail for expand ing foreign trade. It's the men who are divided. The major farm groups Grange and Farm Bureau are for it. Farmers' Union, made up of smaller farmers, is opposed. THE NATIONAL LABOR union organizations are for it Ameri can Federation of Labor and CIO. David J. McDonald, head of the Steclworkers union, who has bat tled Mr. Randall on many a labor contract, was a public member of the Randall Commission and voted right along with the chairman on practically every issue. But many 'local unions tor cer amics, textile and other industries which must compete with imports, will line up with their bosses against the program when Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees begin hearings on legislation to carry out the Randall Commission program. The chances for passage of a three-year extension of the trade program with supplementary leg islation look a lot better ihan they did a year ago. In the last Con gress, a one-year extension was the most that could be secured. Assurances have been given that there will be no "end-run" by Secretary of Commerce Sin clair Weeks, carrying the ball, behind high-tariff business interfer ence. Nevertheless, the battle over passage will be bitter. Just how bitter it will be is perhaps best indicated by the experience of Mr. Randall's own Inland Steel Co. One of Its customers recently can celled a $20,000 order because of the prominent part the chairman has plaved in this work. That shows how high the stakes are. and how the game is being played (or tha prize in this most controversial issue. President Lays Legislative Program Before Congress WASHINGTON I President Eisenhower laid bis legislative pro gram before the new Democratic controlled Congress this week with a plea for harmony and a solemn warning that this is a year of trial in the world's wavering course to ward durable peace or atomic holocaust. - Delivering in person his annual State of the Union message, the president spoke of the "massive military machines and ambition" of the Soviet bloc and said fre nations must maintain "counter vailing military power." 1 But he assayed the world peace prospect as more hopeful than -a year ago and declared the outlook for prosperity of the American people is good. . ' - internationally, he said, "there has been progress justifying hope both for continuing peace and for the Ultimate rule of freedom and justice" while here at home "busi ness activity now surges with new strength." Domestically, Eisenhower said the country is enjoying "economic growth" and asked a rise in the minimum wage as part of a- pro gram embracing also new tariff cutting powers, federal health aids, revision of labor laws, statehood for Hawaii, and a lowered voting age. He said too that he will have a special -nessage Feb. . 15 outlining positive, affirmation action tn better school facilities. . - Except for the proposed hike from 75 to 90 cents an hour in inn statutory minimum wage, the pro gram in Thursday s message was largely a renewed call for meas ures the President asked, but did not receive, from the old Republican-run Congress which came in to power with him two years ago His message asking it now ' of Congress, where the reins are in opposition hands, was sprinkled liberally with pleas- for partisan Sec. Benson Offers Three Milk Stabilizing Methods By OVID A. MARTIN WASHINGTON Ul Secretary of Agriculture Benson has outlined in a report to Congress three general me'.hods which he said the government might use to stabilize producer prices ol milk and dairy products. Although he outlined in detail each proposal, the secretary made no recommendations as to which he believed should be employed. The report was submitted to the lawmakers at the request of the outgoing Congress which expressed dissatisfaction with the present dairy price support program, marked by downturns in producer prices and vast government pur chases of dairy surpluses. The three general methods set forth in Benson's 113-page report arc: '-' (1) Use of controls to prevent production of price-depressing surpluses. . ,(2) Purchase by the govern ment or some other agency of a portion of the supply which would be withheld from the market for the purpose of bolstering prices. (3) Use of government subsidies to assure dairymen desired re turns. The government now employs our couilry in '.hii serious period of our history. But- He can't do it all. This m a democrioy. He isn't a despot. He can t rule by decree and by ukase. He must work with the elected representatives of the people. And Down there before him A very large number o( these elected representatives of the peo ple are thinking FIRST of what is GOOD FOR THEM, of what will be most likely to keep them in power or get them back into power. All this at a time when EVERY BODY ought to be thinking first, last and all the time of what is best for our country. It's a strange spectacle, isn't it? I reckon that all in all HIXDN NPWUIOVEEV is as good a word as any that can be found to de scribe it. Warming' Climate To Attract Many To Northwest PORTLAND W - The jfradually warming climate in the Pacific Northwest makes it certain that thousands of new residents will oc drawn to this area every year, the director of area research of the Stanford ins.i.u.e cla m-:. Charles L. Hamman, .iad of the institute branch, told trie Oregon Guild of Building Craftsmen that the present climatological cycle means this area will be the 'lani of the future" as temperatures get higher and rainfall decreases. He said undeveloped resources made it inevitable that the area would increase in population, but that the climate change wll accel erate this. Hamman said conservative est!. I mates place the population growth i at 130,000 persons a year for the Northwest. He estimated live mil lion now are in the region and that there will be 7.800,000 by 10ii. "The fact that the area will reach the forecast levels seems beyond question. It is only a nutt-V of whether they will be achieved in the years designated or sumewnat earlier," he said. MORE BANKRUPTCIES PORTI.ANP i.fi There were more bankruptcies in Oregon last year than at any time since 1929. The total was 1.615 compared with 1 1.593 in the year 1929. ' Records at the federal district I court showed tha total for 195 was 1 1,285. ship to be kept secondary to the national interest. ; At one point he told the legisla tors. , , . "We shall have much to do to gether; I am sure we .shall get it done that we shall do it in har mony and good will." . The President addressed a joint session of the Senate and the House in the House chamber. Accompanying him to the crp itol and looking on from a gallery were Mrs. Eisenhower and their daughter-in-law, Mrs.. John Eisen hdwer. Among those in the gallpry with them were Mrs. Richard M. Nixon, wife of the vice president. and Mrs. John Foster Dulles, wife of the secretary of state. In the President's immediate audience. In addition to the legis lators, were members of the dip lomatic corps and hish govern ment officials. Soviet Ambassador Georgi Zaroubin was among them. Eisenhower kept before him as he spoke a large-type text, encased in a folding notebook. - The President donned shell rimmed glasses to read his ad dress, looking up often to drive home his Doints. He was interrupted frequently by applause. One such break came when he mentioned United Nations effort to obtain the release of 11 American fliers imprisoned as "spies" by Communist China. The mention was 'in a passing way in connection with a statement that "we must continue to supimrt and strengthen the United Na tions.", , - ... "At this very moment," he said, "by . vote of the United Nations General Assembly, its secretary general is in Communist China on a mission of deepest concern to all Americans: Seeking the release of our never-to-be-forgotten American aviators and all other United Na tions prisoners wrongfully detained by the Communist regime." - the second method that of pur chase of surplus supplies. Benson said the three general methods which he outlined were 1 directed solely toward the prob lems of dairy production and mar keting. " - I "If desired," he said, "a broad-, er program might be developed to j help fit dairy production into the j framework of a more efficient ag- riculture. i "Such a program might include I special assistance from the govern ment to ijnproye the efficiency of certain dairy farmers and to aid others in shifting to different lines of farm production or to oppor tunities outside agriculture." - Before Benspn's report was re leased Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis) said unless something is done to boost farm income, the Republi cans may face disaster in the 1956 alaetioni. BREAKS OUT IN SUTHERLIN ASSEMBLY OF GOD!! JOE YATES Arkansas Evangelist OLD FASHIONED PREACH INC SPECIAL. MUSIC SERVICES EXCEPT 745 EVERYBODY WELCOME . . . the W'el'$ favorite netci roundup I 0RS Radio Newsroom ...Sunday Desk fjff UV'f Tiv -5. i, ii," ait v 'I KRNR f I . if i lie British Columbia May Construct Big Storage Dam CASTLEGAR, B.C. i Tha British Columbia' government now is considering a new proposal for t thirty million dollar storage dam on the Arrow Lake system under which B.C. would build the dam ' and receive an extra $600,000 cash return in addition to the 13,000 kilowatts and $135,000 in taxes and rentals , previously agreed upon, Lands Minister. Robert Sommers reports. Since the Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. appears unable to finance the dam at less than 7.5 per cent and the government could do it for 4.1 per cent, he said, the new proposal is for the provincial government to undertake construc tion and receive extra returns from Kaiser. The company seeks water stor age to increase production of pow er at American hydro stations dur ing low flow periods on the Colum bia. Under the new proposal B.C. would receive not less than two million dollars a year in power and cash for 50 years, Sommers said. '. The province would own the dam -but the Kaiser interests would pay taxes on it at prevailing rates. Sommers said that disposition of natural resources, including water power, falls wholly and solely und er the jurisdiction of the province and the B.C. government will fight for its rights in the Kaiser deal. He said many seem to be op nosed to the construction of the dam because it will benefit the U.S. as well as B.C. - - ... Such an attitude could lead to retaliatory measures by the U.S. and bring B.C. economy to a stand still since the U.S. is B.C.'s best customer. life Sunday services 11 A.M. The Berkeley Baptist Divinity School Gospel Team Miss Jitsuko Tanoka ; . 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