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4 The News-Review, Roseburg, Ore. Wed., Aug. 1, 1956 Jho Olewslteulew Html n item iiiii utter Mr !, m it mi eiine it int. treiei Mlt Kl el Muck 1. 11)1. CHARLES V. STANTON, Editor and Managar ADDYE WRIGHT, A. it. But. Mgr. GEORGE CASTILLO, Ant. Editor Mambtr of th Associated Press, Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, the Audit Bureau of Circulations Reereieetea' rr WEST-HOLIDAY CO. INC., efficts is New Yirk. Ceiclie, Ollnit See Frieence. Ill ABlclet, Seattle. PirllliS, Oeerer Published Oailv Except Sunday by the News-Review Company, Inc. SUBSCRIPTION KATES-IS Oreee-B MeilPer TCIf, J11.0I; III eiltM. SI SI. three tnonthi, S3 '9. Outside Onies-flr Mut-Per Yeir, JU.M; lii neetei, 17 0J: nrii meetM. 13 50: r Newi -Peine Carrier Ptr Yeir, I11.W lis Mmcel. less Ule eea relr. per areelk, 1US. IT'S UP TO CONGRESS Bv Charles V. Stanton Senate and House sub-committees, which held hear ings on federal timber management policies in the Pacific Northwest several months ago, have recommended that all timber management he consolidated in the U.S. Forest Service. The Bureau of Land Indian Service, which now handle timber sales on lands within their respective jurisdictions, would retain all pres ent functions except timber would surrender to the Forest .Service. This is not a new proposal, except in form. It has been advanced many times. It was recommended by one division of the Hoover Commission. Another recommen dation, which would, in effect, have achieved the same purpose, was the Hoover Commission suggestion that there be created a new department on natural resources. Thus the proposal has been hashed over a number of limes in recent years. But when it comes down to a de cision it is found that good resulting in the issue being In favor of the consolidation it may be pointed out that there exists much duplication of effort, considerable over lapping and varying methods and procedures between agen cies. It also IS Climcuil lor Drospecuve uu.vers 10 uei nun 1hrnG trroiins. each with different rules, regulations, re- nuirements and policies. -Under one management, work could be done with less personnel, expense and waste Competition Is Factor But, in rebuttal, we find competition, fretiuently become That charge has been levelled times in the past. I believe Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management in handling timber sales, building roads, etc., in Douglas County has a stimulating effect that might possibly be lack ing' if we had only one agency. Yet, here In Douglas County, had our timber sales been under one agency, we perhaps would have had better man agement in the removal program, through an improved balance between cutting of face timber, largely bandied by IH.M, and high timber, controlled bv the Forest Service. The committees propose increased emphasis on build ing access roads and obtaining rights of wav to reach and develop federal timber: more small and medium sized tim ber sales: increased salvage of dead and dying timber; im proved timber inventories and new timber species. , To accomplish these results, the committees contend, the Forest Service is the best, equipped agency from the standpoint of personnel, technical facilities and experience. All these are fine recommendations, but they too are old. They arc recommendations timber management agen cies have been making for years. Unless Congress takes a more realistic attitude toward forest management, the Forest Service will he virtually stymied in trying to put these recommendations into effect. Key Held By Congress The committees want more access roads, and at the same time they want smaller timber sales. Rut the Forest Service, forced to go far back in the mountains for timber, has been unable to get access road money from Congress. It has had to build most of its roads through timber sales and buyers who agree in purchase contracts to build nec essary roads, with credit for the cost in the sales price. Thus, because sales nave had to pay the cost of rond build ing, they have had to be big enough to meet the road ex pense, causing the Forest Service to gain the reputation of catering to the big operators. Had Congress appropriated enough access road money to permit the Forest Service to build its needed arterials, a policy for which the service has been pleading for years, it would have been possible to conduct -more small sales. To improve timber inventories, conduct research into practicability of new species, handle more sales, and oth erwise execute the program as recommended, would re quire much larger personnel than currently combined in the three agencies. These agencies even now have much trouble keeping trained personnel under the existing salary schedule. Recommendations have been made time and again for more personnel and better salaries. If those recommendations were met, either the three agencies or a single agency, handling a consolidated program, could car ry out the suggested program. In fact, the major features of the program would have been in effect long ago had suf ficient, funds been made available. If Congress wants a better degree of forest manage ment it should have no trouble getting it, cither by one agency or three, provided it supplies an adequate budget. Hut without an adquate budget it can expect little im provement, consolidation or no consolidation. It's up to Congress. UJaf NKW YORK 1.11 Politicians toilav are divided on the importance of "whistle stop" tours in an election campaign, i It is important, of course, for a candidate to "gel out! and meet the folks." But just how important is it in an ape when the candidates, via television, can come into three1 out of every four American iii:,:--t I i . i inim-di irmirrs ur uoin panics 1 may be missinc a bet in nut rcj.... , , . , viunn tho old fashioned front 7 ""'P"'" hi. vocal n,.,rl. -mr..ii,.n it i,,. iv,. ,,.!" 'rum his front porch hp lily Miccesslul in the past in elect mi,' presidents particularly digni fied looking Jtopulihc.nl candidates whose Iheines were prosperity The Cleveland Plain Dealer rc- cenlly recalled the famous from-! '"K oraii.r, urmke 00 times -porch victories won by William! 'n J9 "ales. He gut the crowds AIcKinley and Warren G. IlardmR. -McKinlpy not Ihe votes. In 18iK3 McKmloy conducted In 1920 Harding campaigned front porch campaign from his from his frnt porch at Marion. Canton. O., home on Ihe advice of 0 . telling the aaenruck political his mentor, Mark llanna. ipilunms who ehincM that way Hanna (whom Democrats of the; that what the country nerded was day referred to as "Boss" llanna),:"a return to normalcy " Gov. helped organize delegations of dis-i-lamcs M Cos. hn Demorinc tinguished visitors to the disl in-! rival, made a tur wind whutle mushed candidate, wilh the lie-' stop tour. But whn ine o'.i were fiublican Party picking up the tab. counted the verdict wae lur the or many of their fares. , front porcfi and rni.. ! While resting his feet, Mc-I Could front jwtli campaiiV' Management and the U.h management, wnicn ine argument exists on both sides, dronoed without action. that federal bureaus, without "stuffy and autocratic at the Forest Service many that competition between the increased development of 8oL living rooms? i ' somelimes made as many as 20 speeches in 24 hours on the; virtues ol a lull dinner pail His Democratic opponent. Wil- ;llam Jenninm Bryan, the silver- i si I ti : 1S Gov. Smith Again Invites Langley To Grand jury SALEM W Gov. Elmo Smith Tuesday again invited Multnomah County Dist. Atty. William M. I.angiey to appear before the Multnomah County grand jury. The governor's statement was response to a letter in which Langley challenged the manner in which Atty. Gen. Robert Y. Thornton is conducting the grand jury investigation. The governor's statement said in part: "The attorney general has had the fullest and most complete power and authority possible in this investigation. He has had the complete cooperation of the per sonnel and facilities of the Oregon Slate Police. "Attorney General Thornton publicly demanded that he be placed in charge of the investiga tion. Mr. Langley also demanded that Mr. Thornton supersede him. "Mr. Langley has been invited to appear before the grand jury. As of this dale he has not ap peared. "In response to the letter Mr. Langley wrote to me detailing charges against the manner in which the attorney general is con ducting the investigation, I am advising him to place any and all information he has on the matter before the grand jury." Meier & Frank Replaces Allied Stores In Center PORTLAND Uh Meier L Frank Co. of Portland and Salem will replace Allied Stores as the major department store in the proposed 20- million-dollar Lloyd shopping center on Portland's East Side. Announcement of the change was made jointly by Aaron M. Frank, president and general manager of Meier Sc Frank, and Richard Von llaeen, Beverly Hills, Calif., president of the Lloyd Corp. When plans for the development were announced two years ago, Allied Stores was announced as the key business in a 130-store center. A conditional tease indi cated Allied would take space on six levels at a cost of about 14 million dollars for huilding, fix tures and stock. Allied has a store in Eugene. The announcement Saturday said Meier & Frank has leased 3(K).tHK) square feet for floor space covering ahout 7l average Port land city blocks, Von llaeen said remaining old residences in the development area will be cleared soon and dual ground work on the Iwze center started immediately. Frank said the a:!dltic .ial space "is require'!. .. L.- operations in the Portlaiu. v,.u..! .ii?a to keep pace with the company's growth in the oxpa;. Portland metro politan area." win today? The growth of mas communications would seem to make it simpler than ever for a candidate to sit at home, sip lem onade and roll up a tidal nave of Danots. He could, under the eye of the TV cameras, add such folksy touches such as strolling out to the barbecue grill in his yard and showing the nation's housewives his skill. The front porch technique offers one big advantage to the Demo crats. It would save them the ex pense of renting a campaign train. The most famous porch in the nation is the controversial one on Ihe White House, built on order of ex-President Truman himself after a hitter controversy. It would be an odd political irony if President Kisenhower. switch ing to the tradition of McKintey and Harding, should use that porch as a platform for a success ful second term. Actually, the porch is on the rear of the White House, but who'd care about that? And Away We Go -Peter WASHINGTON (NEA) Dem ocratic presidential candidate Ad lai Stevenson was criticized in the 1952 campaign for too many wise cracks. He has curbed his sense of humor somewhat this year. But he still can't resist the temptation to throw in a fast line here and there. Some of his gaglines of 1956 are: "The steady worsening of our world position from Iceland to .la-1 pan is not concealed by all the ; frantic trips of our misguided mis- j sile, the secretary of state. ! "Secretary Dulles apparently; has nothing to offer (Latin Amcr-j ica) except, perhaps, a visit. "Although the' President's admir ation for him is boundless, it is rumored, 1 hear, that for some! reason he is going to dump his be-! i loved vice president who has been : 'captain of the team at least i the offensive foam. "It takes more than golf scores ; to inspire peoples with a common! will to struggle for a belter, safer : I world.' 1 I WHATEVER the end result of: Harold E. Stassen's "Stop Nixon statement, it is recognized that it took political nerve to make it. ! Though presidential press secre tary .Jim Hagcrty said later that : Slassen had been told he could i not make his statement as a mem- her of the President s official fam ily, he made it in his conference room in the Executive Office build ing a stone's throw from the White House and he made it on government time. There was sharp questioning on whether Stassen felt he was a renegade, whether he felt he had compromised his position as presi dential assistant for disarmament, and whether he felt he was still on the team. Slassen gave no in dication that he would resign or would be asked to resign. THERE IS a possibility that five ex-Cabinet members might be serving in the U.S. Senate next year. Today there are only two: Engineer Says Private Dams Can Be Built More Cheaply WASHINGTON I An engin eering consultant backing a pro posal by Pacific Northwest Pow er Lo. (FINf) lo build two new dams on the Snake River said here that he could construct such projects cheaper for private con- ccrns than for the government, i John K. Kiely. vice president of Bechtel Corp., San Francisco en gineering firm, gave this opinion I during hearings at a Federal j Power Commission ( Kl'O hearing on PNP's request to build Moun I tain Sheep and Pleasant Valley dams on Ihe Snake below Hells Canyon on the Idaho-Oregon brod- er. The point was raised by Joe Sharlitt. attorney for the National I Hells Canyon Assn. which is op ' posing issuance of construction permits to PNP on the same i grounds that it opposes construc tion of Hells Canvon area dams i by Idaho Power Co. it holds the federal government should build the projects. j Sharlitt noted that the Recla i malion Bureau had proposed a ! dam at Mountain Sheep of ap proximately ihe same siie as the 225-foot high dam PNP proposes. ;but estimated the cost at almost i double the 50 million dollars PNP 'says its dam would cost, j Asked to explain the difference, i since his concern had been hired by PNP to plan Mountain Sheep Dam. Kiely said the federal dam would require much more excava I tion and cement work.. He estimated construction of the I EMPLOYMENT SOARS SALEM .f Employment in : the four-county Portland-Vancou- ver area soared to 256,500 persons ! in June, the Oregon I'nemploy i ment Compensation Commission ; reported Tuesday. That was a gain of 6.700 over the May fisure. and was 12.000 : more than in June. 1955. The averace weekly wage was ;$M.H. or H 77 more than a year learlier. ... UTS CJL 5on ex-Secy, of Agriculture Clinton P A.iderson (D-NM) and ex-Secy, of the Air Force Stuart Symington (D-Mo). The three other ex-Cabineteers seeking election to the Senate this November arc: Ex-Secy, of Agriculture Charles F. Brannan (D) running in Colo rado. Ex-Secy, of Agriculture Claude Wickard (D) running against Sen. Homer Capehart (R-Ind). Ex-Secy, of Interior Douglas Mc Kay (R running against Sen. Wayne Morse (R-l-D-OreJ. PRIZE for the political under statement of the 1956 campaign thus far goes to Gov. Averell Har nman (D-NY). Speaking at the SlOO-a-plate dinner honoring Sen. Waller George (D-Ga), Harriman began wilh, "I can't help but be serious this evening. Rut Harriman did raise one laugh when he referred to Robert .1. Donovan s book, "Eisenhower: The Inside Story," as "Inside Ei 1 senbower." THERE WERE MORE lavish bouquets tossed around at the testi monial for Sen. George than are even customary at most political society back scratchings. Sen. Lyndon Johnson (D-Tex), (he toastmaster, called Gov. Frank Clement (D-Tenn), the party's con vention keynoter, "the greatest orator since William Jennings Bry an." Sen. Wayne Morse, of Oregon, was presented as "a statesman in the tradition of George JS'orris and Bob LaFollette," bolh of whom were Republican progressives. And Sen. Joe O'Mahoney (D-Wyo) was characterized as "Whatever is good for Genral Motors, it isn't Joe O'Mahoney." Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D-Minn) said, "We vote Democratic so we can live like Republicans and may I add that's the only way you can live like a Republican." Senator George indicated that he should be U.S. president. powerhouse would cost $169 for each kilowatt generated capacity installed in the federal dam against $72.50 for the PNP dam. Justice' Hugo Black of the Su preme Court is expected to hear arguments next week on a Nation al Hells Canyon Assn. motion that the court stop fdaho Power Co. from proceeding with work on its three Hells Canyon area dams. Power Shortage Will Increase In Northwest WASHINGTON Lfl An increas ing power shortage in the Pacific Northwest was forecast Tuesday at a Federal Power Commission hearing. Arthur J. Porter, power man aser for the Portland General Electric Co., said the deficiency will occur even if Pacific North west Power Co. is licensed to build two new power dams on the Snake River at the Idaho-Oregon border. Porter said that even with the proposed Mountain Sheep and j Pleasant Valley dams, which would be built on the Snake just , below Hells Canyon, there is ex 1 pected to be a power shortage of 120.000 kilowatts by l0. and l, 235,000 by 1965. Without the two .dams the de ficiency would amount to more than one million kilowatts by I960 'and more than two million by 1965, he said. Pacific Northwest Power Co. was formed by Portland General Electric Co.. Washington Water power Co., Montana Power Co., and Pacific Power & Light Co. The Pacific Northwest applica tion is opposed by the National Hells Canyon Assn. which claims federal dams on the Snake River would produce greater benefits. Yield Type Tax Method Advocated For Timber On Thursday, July 12, a front page article in The News-Review announced a tax base cut for util ity companies by the State Tax Commission. This was accompan ied with an increase in the tax rates for real and personal prop erty owners, especially private owners of timber. The Tax Com mission explained the action as part of a program to bring utility taxes into line with other prop erty. Another such action is con templated again next year. Admit tedly the valuation of private tim ber in Douglas County is very low, but will this be a wise move in the long run? The implications of this so-called shift in tax burdens is vitally important to the future of Doug las County and all its citizens. It seems quite obvious that the pres ent action was initiated or lobbied by powerful utility interests to in crease the profits of these opera tions. One should not be too hope ful for a future decrease in utility rates. Many of us believe the basic future industry in Douglas County to be lumber, timber, wood fiber, pulp and paper. Most of Douglas County is timber-growing land. A certain amount of farming a n d ranching always will be done in valleys and on suitable hill lands, but the hilly country is suited best for timber growing, for the most part. Of this timber land, more than two-thirds is owned by the state or federal government, one- third by private industry or indi viduals. To complete the basic pic ture, we find much agitation and concern over the tendency of pn vate owners to "cut out and get out," while public owners operate on a sustained yield program. But we must consider the plight of the owner of private timber. He pays taxes, the government ! does not. His land and timber are taxed each vcar. The onlv way to ' escape that tax load is to cut the nmDer ann desert ine iana. j If our private timber owners are ito go on a sustained yield pro ! gram, like the public owned lands, I they must cut timber at a rale which will extend over a neriod i of years so that new growth will replace the volume of that cut ;each year. This would mean a sta jble economv for our region. Yet 'private timber tends to be taxed on is present cutting value, whelh ier it is to be cut or not. The pub lic lands pay their owners when the timber is cut. The contention of this letter is that private own ers should also pay a yield type of tax when the timber is cut. On the other hand, by increasing tax es the state and county encourage1 our private timber owners to cut as quickly as possible, because tax-i es will eat into any future profits the timber might yield. A yield tax would influence private owners to cut limber more slowly. A state law exists which allows a land owner to place cut-o ver lands on a tax basis whereby one pavs the major part of his taxes i when the timber is cut. This is a good policy but it is inadequate be-; cause it does not apply to old growth stands. What is needed is a law designed to cover all timber' and where taxes are paid only when the timber is cut. A Sever ance tax is the technical term. Thus the maior obstacle to pri vate sustained yield forestry, fu ture yearly taxation, would be eliminated. The alternative is an increasing drought of private timher because, as the supplv grows shorter, tax es are raised on what is left. The endless circle h completed only with a total absence of private timber. In Douglas County the federal j government eventually will direct the economy of the area through an allowable cut determined by someone in Washington. In con junction with this the only people able to buy the government tim ber will be large corporations con trolled by outside interests, with large amounts of money or cap ital available to purchase the lim ber. Local interests will pass out of the picture. The time to act is now. We still have a good supply of private tim ber in this county. "The power to tax is the power to destroy." Let's not destroy private forestry in Douglas County. Johrt A. Davenport 815 N. E. Alameda Ave. Roseburg. Ore. Long-Time Republican Hits Nixon's Opponents It is with considerable annoy ance and resentment that I, and many more of the older members of the Republican Party, note the . ! persistent effort. of a certain ele ; ment with the party ranks to riis j credit Vice President Richard Nix :on and replace him by someone of ' their own choosing. Is it not about time that the party organizations' , repudiate the frantic efforts of this j rather discredited so-called liberal wing? Certainly there is no reason, for their political maneuvering ex-, cept their animosities toward Mr. i Nixon, due to his unrelfnting ef-: j forts to bring to justice the sub i versive elements in puhlic and pri ; vate life. They resent the success .he had in these efforts. There are a great many mem bers of the committee, including myself, who encouraged Mr. Nix on to run for Congress from the 12th District of California and who j worked for his election in 1946 and 194S. Some of us have since re ; tired from business and profession I al life and now live in Southwest ern Oregon. We do not intend to I let him be smeared out of public office without a fight. ! I honestly believe there is no surer way to bring about the de feat of the Republican Party than to dump Mr. Nixon. I have voted the Republican ticket for 50 years, bvit if this is permitted to take place 1 will not vote it all. I , have heard the same thoughts ex 'pressed by many others. Certain-. IN THE DAY'S NEWS By FRANK (Continued From Page One) trovers)', kicked up by Stassen shows a DEEP CLEAVAGE among Republican leaders. Certainly there is a deep cleav age in 4he Republican party. Ev eryone with a grain of perception knows that. There is an equally deep cleavage in the Democratic party. Both are held together by only one force the desire to WIN. Personally, I think it will be bet ter for our country when our two major parties divide sharply on issues that people generally either believe in strongly or are bitterly opposed to. It will then oe possinie 10 write party platforms that will be some thing more than pious platitudes put out to catch votes. Farm economics note: The U. S. department of agri culture forecasts this year's calf crop at 43,272,000 head, the larg est calf crop on record and one per cent more than last year's crop of 43,001,000 calves. This is the SEVENTH succes sive year in which the calf crop has exceeded the calf crop of the previous year. that recalls Pharaoh's dream of the seven lean cattle that swal lowed up the seven fat . cattle ly the voters of California, w h o gave Dick Nixon the greatest vole ever polled for United States Sen ator in 1950 and the nomination of both parties, are not going to take very kindly to the idea. It could easily lose California to the Democrats next November. The Republican Party leaders had better stop and heed the re sults of the unsolicited write-ins of the late primaries, of which Ore gon was a sample, and take warn ing thereof. Mr. Nixon is by far the most able vice-president, and the best presidential timber, since I eddy Roosevelt. Otto H. Staron Rt. 3. Box 1275, Roseburg, Ore. 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