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. From first Statesman. March It, 1151
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. CHARLES A.' SPRAGUE, Editor and Publisher
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Private Utilities and Dams v
The effect of the entry of the federal govern
ment into the business of building mammoth
power-generating dams has been to end as a
general rule the effort of private companies to
iuti cojc Mien, (cuciauuj A.awxuu aaw tuw
Portland General Electric and Pacific Power
and Light proposed to build a power dam on
the Deschutes which was blocked by protests
of the fish interests. In general though the
private companies have stepped aside to let the
government build the dams.
The reason is that the federal government can
offer them electricity at a lower rate than they
could produce it for themselves (government
gets its money at a lower rate, its property is
tax-free).
What has happened however is that a chronic
shortage has prevailed over the northwest which
has been of greater duration than elsewhere in
areas served by private companies. The great
hydro-electric projects take so much tune that
years elapse before the blue print becomes real
ity and kilowatts are dancing out of running
water. Private companies building smaller units
either hydro or steam can put them up faster.
Really private companies across the country
have done a better job of supplying electric
energy than has the BPA-dominated area of the
great here but so has that in other sections such
ax California and Texas. The northwest does
. need additional steam-generating plants to take
car of peak loads. The government has shown
no interest in this for the area though TV A is
kmMina enV itlamta in its rsffinn Priif ato vm
T ti 1 1 iin -f ..Mi y . r Q m
- parties avoid this construction because the high- .
or unit cost wouia pernaps lorce mem to in
crease rates.
Some private companies on the fringes of
BPA territory are building or offering to build
new, hydro plants. California-Oregon Power
company is completing its Toektee plant on the
upper Umpqua. Idaho Power plans a new dam
on the Snake in southern Idaho. Washington
Hater Power wants to build a dam on Clark
Fork river in northern Idaho. They hive faith
ia the future, both economically and politically.
PGE and PP&L both seem to have a reasonably,
safe future so it would seem tney could go ahead
with building dams, if they can keep out of the
way of fish, or steam plants to. augment hydro
supplies. If worst came to worst and the people
voted for public ownership, they would be com
Densated On any takeover: Pueet Sound Power
It Light, which is now in process of being broken
up and parcelled among cities and PUD's seems
ta be realizing full values on its sales. These
major Oregon distributors might very well man
ifest a little more confidence and do some build
ing on their own.
leans are treated in tho United States
us wonder."
it makes
Pratt replied as follows:
"It is not tho purpose of this report to present a
burdensome record of soothsaying phrases in order
to assuage your thinking, M. Cardeauy Rather, we
would be pleased it you would read tho papers wo
have sent on to you (or any other free American
newspaper which you might happen upon) and
make up your own mind as to the trend of Southern
intention relative to tho members of the 'Southern
minority.' Strong indications at this time point to
the last dying gasps of tho KKK. Tho hooded order
will go, M. Cardeau, as surely as certain pro-fascist,
strong-armed organizations (i.e. The Cross of Fire)
died in your beloved France before tho past major
unpleasantness.
Pratt's answer is a good one. Its theme has
been echoed in many a southern newspaper
since the Myrtle Beach incident. South Carolina
authorities acted swiftly in the case at issue. It
is far past time when there can be any tolerance
of the KKK, its platform or its ugly tactics.
High in tho Colorado Rockies a Metro-Gold-wyh-Mayer
company is enacting a screen ver
sion of Bernard DeVoto's "Across tho Wide Mis
souri" This colorful yet authentic story of the
fur trade and fur traders thus will bo put on
celluloid where it will reach a far greater aud
ience than the book, illustrated though that
book was with prints of original paintings of
Indians and traders and scenes of the west when
trappers and traders penetrated its fastnesses.
Clark Gable who is carrying the lead will be far
more of a drawing card than the contentious
author who delights in jousting in print on mat
ters literary and historical.
A tent city has been erected in the mountains
north of Durango but the habitants suffer none
of the pangs of the old trappers. They get the
best of food and service, have all the modern
conveniences, and shouldn't even get lonesome.
A hundred Sioux Indians are in the party, but
they are well tamed. A reporter for the New
York Times says that while Gable and most of
the whites wear no make-up, just let beards
grow and noses peel, the Indians are stripped of
their ordinary levis, fitted with wigs and braids
and dressed like their ancestors of the 1830's.
They are so delighted they take pictures of
themselves in their new get-up and say "Look!
I'm an Indian." .
DeVoto will be a crank on . historical accur
acy, and tho book will require no deletions as
would be true of some of the episodes in But
hrie's novel, 'The Big Sky" which dealt with
the same period. "Across tho Wide Missouri"
surely will bo a film worth waiting for.
ZJyrtle Beach Gives Answer ,v
An interesting sidelight to the tragedy of
Myrtle Beach, S.C., where injury and death
grew out of a Klan-inspired night of terror in
the negro quarter, comes from Larry Boulier,
formerly of Salem and now a resident of the
South Carolina city.
Boulier writes that James Lee Pratt, fiery
editor of the Myrtle Beach News who battles
tho Klan at every turn, received this note from
france:
. I don't want to appear disrespectful. Rather, I
nd my friends are sincerely confused with this
American trouble, as wo are caught between two
great nations which are smouldering for trouble
and as usual wo expect to be the brunt of it alL Wo
are pulling for America because of what it stands,
but when we read stories of how your own Amer-
, Artifice still plays a part in warfare, tho
same as it did when Troy opened its gates and
dragged in the Trojan horse tho departing (?)
Greeks had left on the Trojan plain. The trick
played in the invasion of North Korea was smart
and fully successful. Six destroyers sailed
bravely up the channel leading to Inchon. The
purpose was to draw fire from enemy batteries
and they responded. They responded so well
that big ships offshore and planes got then
range and silenced them so tho marines could
land on Wolmi island without facing enemy
artillery. A very simple stratagem to be sure
but teams still work the old "dead-man" play
in football. It is what works that counts.
; Grade DeMoss has brought international fame
to Corvallis for her skill at golf. She lost in the
semi-finals of the national women's amateur
tournament at Atlanta but she has made a great
record in the season's golfing.
S3BcSSl
U. S. Situation in World Remains Intolerable
As Long as West Europe Minus Defenses
Customs Men
Sniff at Mac's
Dirty Clothes
By Henry McLemore '
LONDON, England, Sept 18
With - the prospect of going
through U. S. customs shortly,
today we un
wrapped and
unpacked ev
erything we
have bought
since we .start
ed this trip in
May.
Customs men
everywhere
like you to put
all your pur
chases in one
suitcase or
trunk so that
they can check
against your
The war in Korea must be official alright Al Jolson has
arrived on the scene to entertain the GFs in world war days
tradition ... (wonder if Al is substituting for the daily beer
ration). Probably now will come the regular
"entertainment" fare for the battling forces
traveling musical shows, 20-year-old
movies (usually played on an outdoor screen
in a warm, sticky rain), makeshift battalion
bands and very amateur nights. Anyway,
unless the war is long or Hollywood is un
timely swift, Korean GFs may not have to
see that greatest of all war-time wonders
the war movie.
V
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Korea i should
By Stewart Abop
WASHINGTON, Sept 18
The news from Korea is good.
Brit the news from New York is
bad. On-the-spot
reports
from Korea will
soon appear in
this space, but
It is believed in
that the
successful land
lngs in the
north may bring
victory sooner
than it had
seemed possible
to hope. Yet
good news from
not be allowed to obscure the
central fact.
This is that the strategic sit
uation of the United States and
Its allies is nothing short of in
tolerable. Moreover, it will re
main intolerable just .so long as
there is no real defense of West
ern. Europe and this is the
' problem with which the Foreign
Ministers of the Atlantic pact
K)wers have been grappling in
ew York, with what appears to
- be marked lack of success. -There
is one way to under
stand just how intolerable our
situation is, while the defense of ,
Western Europe remains a paper '
defense. This is to ask the best
informed of the strategic planners
for their best estimates of the
course of a general war breaking
out in the near future. There is,
perhaps, nothing particularly
surprising about their answers.
But just as a reminder of where
wo really stand, it may be worth
repeating these answers in cap
sule form.
First, of course, just about
everything the United States has,
except the strategic -air force, the
inadequate continental air com
mand, and odds and ends of di v
isions, is now committed in Kor
ea. Thus it is "difficult- to See
how a stand could bo made any
where in Europe, even behind tho
Pyrennees.
Second, the planners accept tho
view of Winston Churchill of the
position of the British Isles, if
tho continent is over-run. Even
in the bad days of 1940, Churchill
said recently, he had "good
hopes" that England would win
through, even alone. "But now,"
he continued, "I cannot feel the
same sense of concrete assur
' ance." While the continent is de
fenseless, the plannerslbelieve, it
must be assumed -that Britain
might be neutralized, even with
out an invasion.
Third, there Is virtually noth
ing available for the defense of
the Middle East. Thus, "we would
do very well to secure a major
base in North Africa."
Fourth, southeast Asia, already
so threatened, would go the way
of China. And with the mainland
of Asia gone, the defense of the
American bases in Japan, Okin
awa, and the Philippines is rated
"very difficult and probably im
possible." It is time to, face up to what
this means. It means a United
States, for the first ttne in its
history, fighting almost alone,
retaining as effective allies only
such British Commonwealth
countries as Canada, New Zeal
and, and,. Australia, plus what
ever allies could be found among
the Latin American countries. -'.
m m
This is the assumption which
must be made, at least for plan
ning purposes. There is, of course, -another
side to the picture. As of
today, according to the best
guesses of the best guessers in
. the Pentagon, the Soviet Union
could eliminate at most 15 per
cent of the American war poten
tial by atomic bombardment. On
the other hand, the Soviet Union
could be "turned back to the
Middle Ages" reduced to an-
luaur agrarian civilization. '
Moreover, the United States
would have many secret allies in
the vast areas occupied by tha
Red army. It is not Impossible
that under such circumstances
the whole structure of Soviet
power might quite suddenly col
lapse. But it is also not imposs
ible, the planners warn, that
"such a war might last for thirty
years. I I,"'WMMIW
e- e e - - .
Tho key to everything is tha GRIM AND BEAR IT
defense of Western Europe. Only V
wnen mere is real military power
in Western Europe will the grow
ing stockpile of Soviet atom
bombs be balanced by equality in
conventional military strength in
the West Until the vacuum In
Western Europe is filled, every
one, in this country as well as in
Europe, must learn to live on his
nerves. Therefore another ques
tion needs answering. How long
must this period last? Given an
absolutely all-out effort, both
here and In Europe, how soon
could the vacuum be filled?
The planners answer this ques
tion by saying that thirty divis
ions, with the necessary air sup
port, could be created in Western
Europe within 18 months. This
would provide a very useful
deterrent" After this hard core
had been created, expansion
could be very rapid: to. sixty
divisions in thirty months. This
would provide a real and solid
defense of the Continent.
In the above answer, the plan
ners put all possible emphasis on
what could be done, rather on
what win.be done. But in view
of tho somber realities of our
strategic situation, as outlined
above, it is surely obvious that
whatever can be done must be
done. It is against this back
ground that the results of the
meetings in New York, which
Secretary of State Dean Acheson
. has correctly described as. the
most important since tho war
ended, must be judged,
Copyrtsht, 195.
Xew York Herald Tribune. Inc.
If you think citizens don't just dis
appear from the surface of society in this day and age talk
with the local draft board. It is seeking 21 men, whom, it
seems, have completely lost themselves to friends, relaricet
and the selective service. The draft officials don't think
these men have deliberately dodged the call to arms, because
nearly all of them were missing long before Korea and some
would even be exempt from service. .
Mother of one lad sought by the draft said her son was
called to the door one night and she has "never seen him since."
Other young men have quit the family hearth because of family
trouble, alimony anguish or wandering feet One man worked
in a logging camp near Gates. Finally got the word through
his boss' wife. He told draft board he never read the papers
and just didn't have time to answer summons for a physical.
A man goes into a local eatery the other day and orders
a big steak, asks waitress for some Worcestershire sauce . . .
waitress sez: "I'm sorry, sir, we don't handle Chinese foodf
. . . Statesman valley correspondent reported a club had a
"guess speaker." Puzzle is did or didn't she know what
she meant ... in face of their recent publicly-aired squdbbU
.over foul balls on the Senator club Mgr. Emigh and Sports
writer Al Lightner worked Woodburn-Hood River football
pame together last week ... what's more they rode to the
game and back together. . . Note to those who don't like to
go far to jail after getting pickled there's a cucumber
vine grouting at the foot of city hall steps.
. ,
Jim McGilchrist, state Capitol guide, says at least several
thousand more visitors this year than last at the CapitoL Gripes
from visitors, he notes, are over lack of guide-maps to Salem
and vicinity, scarcity of overnight camping in our state parks
and small percentage of Salem industries which permit Visitors.
Better English
1. What Is wrong with this
sentence? "After resting a bit,
she ascended up tho hilL"
2. What Is the correct pronun
ciation ot "drollery"?
3. Which one of these words is
misspelled? Militant, mineralize,
milage, millennium.
4. What does the word "vi
brant" mean?
5. What is a word beginning
with la that means "week"?
ANSWERS
1. After resting awhile, she
ascended! (omit up) the hilL" 2.
Pronounce the o as in rolls, not
as in doIL 8. Mileage. 4. Vi
brating; pulsing. 'The city was
vibrant with life and energy.
8. Languid.
the contents
declaration, and
hasten you along.
That's what you are told to
do, but for the life of me I don't
see what , difference it makes
how you pack for customs. Be
fore they're done, and put that
chalk mark on your bags, they
root through everything with
the thoroughness of a , truffle
hound.
It is usually my luck to get
hold of an examiner who, I am
sure, once worked in a laundry
as a dirty clothes sorter. Noth
ing clean interests him at alL He
always ignores the few spotless
garments I have placed on top
to impress the travellers being
inspected ' alongside me, and
makes a bee-line for the sub
strata of dirty socks, shirts,
shorts and handkerchiefs.
These he spreads all over the
counter, making it difficult for
me to keep my aplomb before
the plane passengers I wore my
self out trying to impress on the
trip over the night before. I sup
pose that I just have the manner
and bearing of a man who
.smuggles diamonds and narcot
ics in dirty socks and soiled,
wrinkled undershirts,- because
they sure shake them out once
they lay eyes on me.
Actually, the pounds and
pounds of uncut stones and
opium I have brought into this
country I have always concealed
in the rim of my bifocal monocle,
or in the pouch of the kangaroo
that I always keep on a leash
by my side when going through
customs.'
The very nicest men I have
ever encountered are those at
Idlewild Airport New York. The
fact that I will soon be In their
hands, and hope that all of them
will read this before I make my
appearance, has nothing to do
with my making this statement
Well, not much, anyway.
Next to the tall, handsome,
efficient, kind and courteous
Idlewild customs officials, my
favorites are those rollicking
elves who operate at the airport
in Bangkok.
The Siamese may have chang
ed by now, but when I was
there a couple of years ago they
gave the impression of not car
ing what you brought in as long
as you let them look at it and
handle it I got the impression '
that I could have brought in a
loaded and cocked .50 calibre
; machine gun if I had suggested
to the inspectors that they fire'
a burst or two on it for fun.
r
A friend , met us In Bangkok
and suggested we have a cup ot
coffee while the customs officers
were examining our luggage..
But he said to be sure to watch
the procedure because it would
be real amusing.
ot oa. x cuic uu cue uiuua
examining the belongings of tho
first rocket ship couldn't have
been more, curious. They took
everything out of every bag.
They held up Jean's dresses in
front of them and whirled
around so all of them could get
a look at American styles. They
snapped and unmapped . com
pacts, mimicked pictures with
my camera, poked a piece of
paper in my typewriter and
pecked out what I suppose was
the Siamese equivalent of "Now
is the time for all. good men,
etc," and one of them tried on
several of my neckties for size.
And they examined Jeans lacy
underthings as if Miss Gussie
Moran were, inside of them.
Then with a courtesy matched
only by those sweet, dear men
'of Idlewild, they repacked ev
erything and bade us a happy
stay in their country. '
Speaking of customs, it has
always been mine to stop this
column about this time. So X
will, and go out and buy myself
a bowler hat, the 100th anniver
sary of which is being celebrated
with much ado in England.
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Accountants9
Office Opens
A branch of the Jacobson,
Jentzsch, Rector and Jones firm
of certified public accountants, St
Paul, Minn,' has been opened in
Salem by E. William Rector,' who
arrived recently from St PauL
The office is in the Farm Bureau
building on Marion street
Rector said the firm has offices
in St Paul, Seattle and Walla
Walla and has had previous busi
ness in this area. - He aimed for
Salem after a visit here a year
ago at an , Iris ; growers confer
ence. , ' " V
Mr. and Mrs. Rector and their
three boys, aged 10, 7 and 3, havo
just moved to 3815 LUligard In,
a home purchased from Burton
Selberg.
The National Geographic So
ciety says that If all the ice oa
Greenland were to melt at one
the oceans would overflow.
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