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MISUSE OF WORDS
Bv Charles V. Stanton
Senator Richard Neubei-Kcr, writing a ffuest column for
A. Robert Smith, the Nev-rie.vie.w'x Washington corre
spondent, refers to the "Al Sarena timber scandal. He
mentions that readers undoubtedly would expect him to
write about the Hells Canyon controversy and Al Sarena
.,,i.,i what-niinnn Vib splpcts an entirely different topic.
Few men in this country today are more gifted in the
use of words than Senator Neuberger. He is one of the
outstanding writers of the day. Unfortunately, however,
the Senator upon occasion uses his great talent to trick,
mialonrl anri dncnive. His use of the word "scandal," with
relation to Al Sarena, is one such case, in my opinion.
Even the most rabid of the Al Sarena propagandists
will admit there was nothing illegal in the transaction.
The case was strictly within the law as it then existed.
They endeavor to make it appear, however, that the
McDonald interests, owners of the Al Sarena mines, plot
ted a gigantic timber steal. This presentations falls flat
on its face when it is realized that the McDonalds had
spent far more on the property than the value of the tim
ber at the time application was made for patent.
Inconsistent Argument
Neuberger and his fellow propagandists cry loudly that
the McDonalds have been removing timber and have shown
no interest in mining. But the Al Sarena claims must be
developed by "strip" mining. This means that large bodies
of surface ore must be scooped up and put through recovery
processes. Before it is possible to mine the ore all timber
must be removed. So, the company can't develop its
properties until it takes off the limber, but now is roundly
condemned because of timber removal and abused because
it isn't mining.
Another inconsistent argument is that the company
could have mined the property without securing patent and
that its application for patent proves interest only in tim
ber. ' .
But, at the time the application was made, the timber
had virtually no value. In fact, Douglas Coiitity was en
tertaining an offer of $1 per acre for nil the delinquent
timber land on its tax books.
The Al Sarena deposits are of low grade ore spread
over a large area by volcanic extrusion. Only in recent
years have processes for handling such ores been avail
able. A somewhat similar situation is found at Nickel
Mountain, where claims were filed more than 75 years ago
and where numerous attempts to mine the nickel ore re
sulted In financial failure. It was only recently that the
Hanna Company, acting tinder government defense po
licies, sfarted mining the deposit. It required an invest
ment of around $30 million to set up a profitable operation.
Development Hindered
The McDonald Company has been endeavoring for a
number of years to raise the capital necessary to develop
its properties. It takes money a lot of money. Before
money could be borrowed, the McDonalds had to have
clear title to the property so it could give a mortgage.
Thus the lands had to be brought to patent.
The McDonalds still are seeking money, but their
chances of getting the necessary capital are seriously
handicapped by having their claims kicked around as a po
litical football. So, to provide fodder for the policital ma
chine, party propagandists are hindering the development
of an important potential mineral development in Southern
Oregon.
Arguments are raised concerning proof of mineraliza
tion. .
Common sense reasoning should prove those argu
ments phony.
The Al Sarena claims first were located by experienced
hard-rock miners, some of whom undoubtedly had worked
the goldfields of California. Those prospectors were not the
type of men to be fooled by minerals. They knew ore.
Nor were they interested in timber. But, because their ore
was low grade and widely scattered thev couldn't develop
the mines by hand labor. The McDonalds bought and con
solidated the original claims and located others. In addi
tion to proof of mineralization filed by the McDonalds as
a part of their application, reputable mining engineers
have made sworn affidavits that the properties have suf
ficient minerals to justify operation under now-existing
methods.
Out of this situation Senator Neuberger and his fellow
propagandists proclaim "scandal." It is true that scandal
is involved, but not in the sense used by the Senator in his
statement.
Tomorrow if you will bear with me, I'll endeavor to
give my opinion as to where the real "scandal" lies.
That 01' Black Magic Doesn't Work Any More
NEA "
McKay, Morse Hurl Counter
Charges In Campaign Talks
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS J
Sen. Wayne Morse accused ;
Douglas McKay of usint "double-
talk" and McKay said Morse was1
lacking in principle as the cam
paign warmed for Oregon's U. Sfc!
Morse, speaking at a Democrat-!
ic rally at Myrtle. Creek, said;
Thursday that his Republican op
ponent "is now resorting to poli-,
tical expediency to cover up his
sorry record" in the field of conservation.
Discussing a conservation
speech made Wednesday by Mc
Kay. Morse smu: ' Mr. McKay
says he is for postponing, if pos
sible, the construction of I'elton
Dain," a proposed J'ortland Gen
eral Kleclric Co. hydroelectric
project on the Deschutes River in
Central Oregon. But, the senator
added, McKay, when he was sec
retary of the Interior Department,
made nn effort to siitmrirt an
' a mend ment proposed by M orse
; and Sen. Neuberger (D-Ore) to
halt the project.
On plans for removing federal
control from .Klamath Indian
lands. Morse said: "It is fine for
now, that he favors federal pur
chase of the Klamath Reserva
tion. But I would like to know
why he didn't do something about
it when he had the power as sec
retary of the interior."
Morse was making talks in
Josephine County Friday.
McKay, speaking before an Os
wego gathering, said that Morse'
desertion of the Republican Party
in 1952 was a matter of putting
personal pique and disappoint
ment above principle."
He quoted from a number of
newspaper accounts of Morse
statements as proof of his contention.
McKay also reported Thursday
that changes in regulations gov
erning the sale of Forest Serivce
limber which McKay had urged,
had been approved by the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
The changes permit loggers, to
post bonds in lieu of cash deposits i
oe i ore cutting. He said tnat small
mill oprators and loggers would
benefit.
In other political developments:
Jack Bain, Democratic National
Convention delegate, said he
would insist that the Oregon del
egation work for the nomination of
Sen. Kstes Kefauver of Tennessee
for vice president.
He said that Kefauver, though
defeated by Adlai Stevenson in;
the Oregon primary, had re- j
reived enough write-in votes to j
pledge the delegation to him for!
the vice presidental nomination.
State Sen. Carl Francis, Repub
lican candidate for attorney gen
eral, said that the Democratic in
cumbent, Robert Y. Thornton,
should not be returned to office
i because "Oregon courts have con
I stanlly repudiated his opinions."
! Francis said he had held off criti
cizing Thornton until after (he at
torney general had completed his
grand Jury probe of vice and cor
ruption in Portland.
Rep. Sam Coon, Republican,
seeking re - election in Eastern
Oregon, told a meeting of Young
Republicans at Pendleton that the
Kisenhower administration has
made this county a land of almost
unlimited opportunity for young
people.
Coon's Democratic opponent, Al
Ullman, told a gathering in Bak
er that "Hells Canyon is not
dead." He said a supreme court
decision "freeing the taxpayers
from any further liability" for pri
vate power development on the
Snake River "puts the develop
ment picture right back where it
belongs."
Congress Deserves Credit
And Blame For Its Actions,
Says Representative Coon
In The Day's News
(Continued From Page One)
ocrat majority. For example his
legislation on civil rights, federal
aid to education, postal rates in
crease and immigration law re
vision failed to Dass.
BAKER Congress deserves i Tn a rihs bill was bottled
both credit and blame this yeariup jn a Senate committee after
for what it did and did not do for
By SAM COON
Republican congressman.
Eastern Oregon
going on in the platform commit
tee. . -
This is the political platform
maker's prayer:
"Anything, Lord, to get the votes
NOW. I.et the future take care
of itself."
Personally, I think it would be
good for our two-party system of
the people of Oregon and the nation.
First, let me consider its posi
tive achievements. These included i than population
. V-J-rnt kink. ...... nnnclrnMinn i f Vnittli ilfXainCt tllP
was Dreseuit-'u. u
passage in the House. Ami ine no ",.nm.n. if it cam4 t0 . kn
to education measure was defeated , . . pull the Somh
bill, the soil bank plan, increased
social security benefits, housing
legislation, health research, flood
insurance, and increased railroad
retirement benefits.
A balanced budget was attained
by the Eisenhower administration
for the second straight year, even
though generous appropriations
were made for power, reclamation,
flood eontrol, and national forests
and parks.
Much of the legislation passed
by Congress was included in Pres
ident Eisenhower's program. The
Democrats dared not oppose this
program too strenuously. It w a s
too sound and popular with the
people. In fact, the opposition ac
tually boasted of its support of
Ike.
But the fact remains that the
President fared far better when
the Republicans controlled the 3d
Congress than he did under a Dem
ocrat majority in the 84th.
n the last two years Ike ob
tained favorable action on only 46
in the House when the uemocriw Remiblican in anv eler.
refused to go along with Ike s P'"j,ion inslead of taking it for grant-
ccu ...... f(j a5 nas noen tne case for
. ,.! generations that the South is
bill in the., tj .1 t0 ic Democrats and
fnrm it
many others. It's obvious that
many states do not need federal
help. If they are able to meet their
own needs, why should the Feder
al government spend tax money
on them?
The bill that I was most happy
to see finally passed was the Fcd
pral hiphwav construction act. I
supported this legislation when it ; wheels.
was first presentea ny iKe to me
83d Congress. It means that Ore
gon' will receive about $104 million
during the next three years to aid
must go along with Ai THING
they do.
Shucks! What's the use of get
ting long-faced and serious about
political conventions, which are
basically big circuses staged for
the benefit of the voters. Let's
turn tn the lighter side such as
the quarters occupied by the Big
Ilarrv Truman has a commodi.
is suite at the Sheraton - Black.
stone hotel, ine Biacusione
in work on its primary, secondary jeavmg 0ff the modern chain-hotel
nart nf the name is hoary with
political tradition, but the decor
of Harry's suite is sparklinsly
and urban highways, and its in
terstate system.
Oregon also was fortunate this
vear to receive cenerous appro-1 nw The living room, naturally.
priations for public works, recla- j js amply furnished with telephones,
mation, power, and flood control ; for the' telephone is an integral
projects. I testified for many of par( 0f modern conventions. In
these appropriations. i addition, there is a private phone
I am also pleased to report that in the master bedroom for such
almost 1 dollar out of every 16 in : conversations as are not for the
the public works bill for the entire ; ear of the thundering herd.
United States will be spent on ' Senator Kefauver he of the
.: i.. : o I r; ' .AAn.liin fin nnrl the hnmelv hnnH.
per cent of 431 specific requests i partly in adjoining ones. shake - has an elegant suite just
for legislation, compared to 69 per- " .J . , , ahove the one occupied by Mr.
in icsaiu iu mj stiiiiu mm pn Truman
er, I would like to clear up some in.man. 1
misconceptions. Some of the peo-i .
ole who seem to want all Federal i Just underneath the Truman
JJaf&,jf,
New York W) Odd thiiiRs a columnist might never
know if he didn't open his nmil:
TJint warm weather addicts who complain this hits been
too cool a summer might lie happier if thev lived on the
sun. The temperature there ranges from 10,000 degrees on
the surf nee to 3G,000,000 dopri'oa in the center
I hat it lakes the sun about 27
days to rotate on its axis
That the popular impression tu
berculosis has been whipped just
isn i so. in me united .Mates one
long for a woman to feel hurt.)
That tornadoes took 1.706 lues
in America between ltM5 and 9M.
mat it the ticking of a clock
t-.Mm uiea every ' minutes 01 : in your bedroom keeps you from
sleeping, you can silence it bv
this disease in 1955
That nine ounces of beef a day
will provide all the protein you
need, and goody, goody! there
are 917 million cattle in the world.
That singer Frances Langford,
who had been a lyric soprano,
earned fame and fortune with her
voice after a tonsilectomy changed
her into a contralto.
covering it with a class hnu-l
That the Leningrad radio has
announced many schools in the
Soviet I nion won't hold their usu
al history examinations this year
Wonder why?
That songbird Teresa Brewer,
whose records sell in the millions,
doesn't own a piano and never
That most oeoole have nn .Hps ! sins 1 nute home.
how busy their bodies really are. That mighty Mickey Mantle has
Kvery second even when you're; wy to go if' he wants to
sleeping three million of yourich up with Ty Cobb, who hit
red blood cells die, three million!300 or n0 for 22 straight sea
new ones re born. sons and was still a star at AO.
That some nerve impulses trav- That Hollywood has lot iU
el up to 300 miles an hour. (Well.; monopoly of privai swimming
we always knew it doesn't take pools. Americans all over the
Gov. Lee Sues
To Prevent Use
Of Foreign Aid
WASHINGTON Gov. J.
Bracken Lee of Utah asked (he
Supreme Court Thursday to de
clare tne U.S. foreign aid pro
gram unconstitutional.
Me also asked the high court to
enjoin Secretary of the Treasury
j Humphrey from using federal
tunas lor tne program,
"Congress under the Constitu
tion has not power to collect and
expend taxes for such purposes,"
the governor said.
Lee, a Republican, has been cri
tical of President Kisenhower and
wants to pull the United States out
of the United Nations.
He has refused to pay some of
his 1955 income lax the portion
he figured would go for foreign
aid. He argued it is unconstitu
tional for the government to give
taxpayers' money to foreign coun
tries, as he contended in his
i brief filed with the court Thurs
' day.
Despite sharp criticism for his
actions, Lee last Saturday over
rode strong party opposition to
win a chance for an unprecedent
ed third term.
country bought 26.500 backyard
pools last year at a cost of 78
million dollars.
That Robert Q. Lewis, the be
spectacled television humorist,
has received proposals from 324
leap year lovelorn ladies. Some
j 22 per cent of the girls confided
! they wore horn-rimmed glasses,
I too.
j That (while we're on the subject
i of love a poll of 3.000 ladies
showed 65 per cent believed men
! who smoke pipes are more attrac
tive than those who don't, t But
one girl bless her honest heart
wrote: "Any man is attractive no
i matter what he is doing.")
j That actor Walter Slerak gives
this definition of blood money:
"When you have to hire your
ibroiher-in-law."
Eastern Railroads
Ask Permission
To Raise Fares
WASHINGTON The New,
York Central, the Pennsylvania ;
and other eastern railroads asked
the Interstate Commerce Com-1
mision Friday for authority to;
increase first class passenger)
fares 45 per cent. j
The roads also seek permission ,
to boost coach fares 5 per cent. I
In confirming thelong expected I
action, the Central' and Pennsyl-!
vania said in a joint statement:
"We have found it imperative to
take bold action to put our fare
structure on a realistic basis.
'By this we mean bringing it
to a level at which the type of
service offered by our railroads
will reflect the costs o( such serv
ice." The statement was issued by
Alfred E. Perlman and James M.
Symes, respectively, presidents of
the Central and the Pennsylvan
ia. Other roads joining in the appli
cation are the Chesapeake and
Ohio, Lehigh Valley, Norfolk and
Seashore Lines, Pittsburgh and
Lake Erie and the Rading Co.
In Chicago, spokesmen for the
western lines said the carriers op
erating west of Chicago "have giv
en no consideration" to possible
fare boosts.
The statement said that since
World War II railroads "have
poured millions of dollars into the
development of their passenger
business. . .in an aggressive at
tempt to increase their share of
the transportation of the Ameri
can public."
But, despite such action, costs
of passenger service have in
creased "much faster than have
cent in his firt two years. This is
solid proof that the President's dy
namic program for peace and pros
perity will do much better .with
Republicans in Congress.
Many of Ike's foremost requests
were killed this year by the Dem-
-, ii h...'...i.iapc I'ni'imnr Jlarriman hn
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Mt. Baldy To Become
Shrine For Bald Eagles
CLAREMONT, Calif. Mt.
Baldy, a 10,000-foot peak that gets
its name from Us barren crown,
is to become a shrine for the bar-1
ren-crowned members of the So- j
ciety of Bald Eagles. j
The society, composed of bald-;
Sf-i"- ' iaierna admitted
uiui'i ui Jaiu3, una amiuum ai
a pilgrimage lo be made to the
mountain Sunday to place a '
plaque in one 01 the lodges.
Art Ehremann of Milwaukee,
Wis., in his official capacity as
Supreme Exalted Skinhead, says
he will represent the national or.
ganization.
! am against Federal power. This is
not true.
1 try to take a moderate, sensi
ble position. I believe that meet
ing our future power needs as soon
lical tradition. The sitting room
of the Harriman entourage is the
original smoke - filled room where
; Warren G. Harding, then a com
paratively little - known senator,
as possible without shortages or r P'ca l n,eP.uo"ca" can
brownouts is the main objective. "": for President in 1924.
Tonal mihli H nrivalo iilMUJ Among the furnishings of the
should be able to cooperate with i
Harriman suite is a $3o.000 collec
tion of antiques. That is quite a
little capital, and I suppose that
in setting the price interest on the
investment must be included in the
rate. But that shouldn't bother Mr.
Harriman much, as he is amply
well heeled.
One wonders why ultra - liberal,
Venezuelan Government
Reports 18 Arrested
CARACAS, Venezuela Ifl The
Venezuelan government says it
has arrested 18 persons in con
nection with a plot to kill Presi
dent Marcos Perez Jimenez here
last July 3 while he reviewed a
parade.
The announcement accused for
mer President Roinulo Betancourt
of masterminding the plot from
exile in Puerto Rico. It charged
the Costa Rican government aid
ed the plotters and planned to fun
nel arms into Venezuela by way
of Colombia.
the Federal government to serve
our power needs.
As for Hells Canyon, the Demo
crats tried to pass this bill main
ly lor political reasons, as was
by Democrat national
Chairman Paul Butler in a letter
to partv leaders in Congress. Even
it lha Kill L....I n.,.! flnnt..ti..
nn ih la... mioht nni h.v. h... ultra-New Deal. ultra-Fair Deal
started for manv vears 1 Harriman would permit himself to
ways nZt VP"L-kS!!!
er Commission should decide who I J"'ai 'X irLi..i. i,. r ,in
occupy rooms with such a reaction-
should build the dam on the basis
deadlock. Harriman's hopes of win-
of sound engineering data. The dc- ""'A 7w KST
kS'"W.1S m,? l"? ?r."f;?S lie in a deadlock. Politicians are
costly Federal expenditures lJ
penally in regard to the tradition
that history tends to repeat itself.
Maybe Averell (Able Ave, he is
someiimes called by hts support
ers) has a sneaking hope that the
history that was made in this
smoke-imed room nacK in iyn win
Hells Canyon was another ex
ample of the Democrats' desperate
efforts to create' diversionary is
sues while ignoring the one most
important to the American people.
That is. has the Republican ad
ministration done a good overall i rPpcat itself this year.
joo in me last iour years:
An unprecedented prosperity,
peace, and steady progress indi
cate that it has.-The Democrats
were predicting a depression in
1953. They still refuse to look
around them and see what has
happened in four years.
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average U.S. Farmer signing up
for the new Soil Bank Acreage Re
serve program this year will get
approximately $t50. He will get
this from government payments of
around su.ou an acre lor not har
vesting any of the six basic crops
I on an average of 22 acres of land,
i These are the figures from to
i tals received by Department of
I Agriculture through July 20, with
another week left in which farm
ers can sign up. The last week's
figures are not expected to change
averages much, although the totals
will go up.
Present estimates are that the
final totals will show some 400.000
farmers putting about 10 million
acres in the reserve and receiving
over 200 million dollars in pay
ment. FROM AN ECONOMIC point of
view there is a large element of
crop insurance in these payments,
particularly to wheat farmers.
Many of them are getting the
minimum amounts $4 and S6 an
acre for land they could not plant
! or for land on which they planted
crops tnat OKI noi come up due to
weather or disaster.
In the case of corn, many acre
age reserve payments mav be out -
right gifts to farmers. This would
i he the case where farmers had
planted less than their acreage al-
lotment.
When Congress raised basic corn
j acreage, it became possible for
j farmers to collect under the acre
age program for the increased al
lotment they had not planted.
' Approximate average acreage re
serve payments as of July 20 re
ports to Washington run as follows:
of potential crop surpluses in this
year's acreage reserve program.
Present estimates are that fewer
than nine per cent of the 5.4 mil
lion U.S. farmers will sign up. Less
than three per cent of America's
360 million farm acres is expected
in the program.
This is not being taken as any
indication that the whole soil bank
plan is a disappointment or a fail
ure. It is just that the acreage re
serve part of the plan, which was
intended largely as an emergency
relief program to boost farm in
come in an election year, has only
limited application.
The more effective long-range
part of the soil bank plan, which
is the conservation reserve, will be
applied in succeeding years.
DEPARTMENT of Agriculture
regulations on the conservation re
serve plan are now practically
completed and ready for issuance.
Beginning about Aug. 9 or 10, coun
ty committeemen will start local
meetings. They'll sign farmers up.
This early start is necessitated
by the fact that winter wheat plant
ing begins in mid-August. Cover
crops have to be planted on acre
age taken out of production.
The government will pay up to 80
fier cent of the costs of putting
and into grass, trees, ponds and
the like to maintain soil fertility.
In succeeding years the govern
ment will pay a rental, averaging
around $10 an acre, to keep this
land in conservation reserve.
The soil bank goal for the next
three years is put between 45 and
50 million acres of land into the
acreage reserve and conservation
reserve. The cost to the taxpayers
will be about 1.2 billion dollars a
year.
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Peanuts
Rice
Cotton
Tobacco
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3.165 117 9
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59.S07 276 12
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i THERE IS VERY LITTLE crop
I adjustment or effective reduction
FILBERT CROP LIGHT
PORTLAND if The Federal
Crop Reporting Service said Fri
day that because of the severe
winter the filbert crop in Oregon
is expected to total 3.000 tons,
compared with the 10-year aver
age of 6.990 tons and the 1955
total of 7.400 tons.
The walnut crop waa forecast
at 2.000 tons, compared with the
10-vear average of 7.480 tons and
the 1955 total of S,40O tons.
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