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4 Statesman. Salem, Oregon, Saturday. August 22, 1953
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Itpale Rates on Power
JfTJn public power utilitarians will pounce
on Secretary McKay becguse i a speech in
San Trancisco he promised that the Interior
Department would relax the Interior Depart
zdent's grip on electric resale rates. It should
t$ pointed out, howevei that the virtual
exemption I he proposed j applies to public
bodies which buy power' from the govern
ment. McKay said that jwhile resale rates
should be reasonable and nondiscrimina
tory, he felt the officer and managers of
such agencies were .properly equipped to
fix the resale rates.
We have had some experience with this
in the Northwest. As we recall,! Bonneville
at first inserted very definite conditions in
contracts with municipal systems for the
purpose of keeping rates low. The attempt
was made to prevent municipalities from
making a substantial profit, as some were
doings for financing othe municipal activi
ties. How extensive this was or whether BPA
really did police municipal resale rates we
do not know. 1
. In the case of private? utilities contracts,
McKay said that a clause to safeguard the
interests of their customers would be in
serted, but that the department would rely
on other regulatory bodies in fixing rates,
unless they were not functioning properly.
This has been a , subject of long dispute
between private utilities and Bonneville.
The federal law gfaposes the duty on the
administrator to see that resale rates are
reasonable. The managers of private com
panies have said that they could not well
have rates regulated by two governments. In
actual practice, BPA has accepted state
regulation' and made no attempt to modify
state-approved resale rates. It seems proper
for the Interior Department to see that there
it no gouging on retail rates; but that can be
doneby conference with utility managers
and regulatory officials.
We can expect the "giveaway" chorus to
resume, however, and accuse McKay of
giving away federal power to private utilities
while the public is stood up with excessive
charges. Rarely, however, will the critics
buttress their abuse with facts to prove
their charges. Officials charged with the
duty of regulating rates need to be vigilant
lest the abuse extend to them for failing to
do their duty.
Kinsey Report on Hainan Female
Reference to sex still starts humans to
sniffing for; dirt. The way that, orders are
pouring in for Dr. Kinseys new book on
'Sexual Behavior of the Human Female"
measures the curiosity which announcement
' of its publication excited. The book sells for
$8, so the curious are piingling up a lot
. of money to get1 the dope 'on how females
replied to questions put by the 'Kins ey in
terrogators. - r' ;;-1 : j ' '
Tor all the "snickers and 'quips which the
new book by the author cif a previous re
port on malefibehavior will provoke, the
fact remains that it represents a scientific .
study .of one of the most important human '
responses. It - seeks through ' interviewing
some six thousand females of various ages
and conditions in life to get the facts about
their sex habits.. The author's approach is
fully objective and - the treatment of the
, material likewise. From the printed extracts '
from his book one sees that it relies for its
accuracy on the Law of Great Numbers; only
, in this case the number of persons interview
ed (17,000 for the two books) is fair too
small toprove fully reliable. It does rep
resent an attempt on the largest scale 'yet
- made to obtain statistical f data on human
experiences in matters relating to sex.
It is hard to put one's finger on the .prac-"
tical value of such a work. Part may lie in
opening up the truth so long held under
-tabus. It should be helpful to physicians and
psychiatrists ministering to human beings
who have sex problems; and there are many
such folk. This book upsets some of the
notions about the attitudes and responses of
females & sex relations; jbut perhaps its
most significant conclusion! is that the sex
lives of individuals are distinct, like finger
prints. You' just can't catalog persons by
groups. Which simply means that persons, are
individuals, physically, mentally, emotionally-
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The new book has, of course, the advan
tage in its sales of the buildup for the form
er work on the human male. It will be a
.conversation piece for a tiine, and a refer
ence work for a much longer period. And
human beings will continue behaving like
human, beings. .
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i The Albany Democrat-Herald sees no oc
casion to worry over the "threat" of the
Defense Department to cancel ROTC pro
grams at the State University and State
College unless Oregon furnishes a bond
against any property loss for the equipment
supplied by the government. The Defense
Department is as anxious to have ROTC
carried on as the institutions are; and per
haps more eager than some of the youth
enrolled after the shoving around the ROTC
graduates got this year. !
Dental School Independent
The dentists have won the first round in
their battle to keep the state dental school
free from the administration of the Uni
versity of Oregon. Judge Kimmell ruled that
under the law the management of the school
rests directly with the State Board of Higher
Education, although it is entitled the Dental
School of the University of Oregon. The med
ical school operates with similar indepen
dence, which has been a bone of contention
with the University authorities- at Eugene
who think If it shares the name of the Uni
. versity it should be subordinate to Univer
sity administration.
Bob Frazier in the Eugene Register-Guard
reports that the question was raised as to
eligibility of persons from Portland serving
on the state board of higher education if the
Dental School is given independent status,
because of the ban in the- law against ap
pointing members from cities in which the
institutions are located. A reference to 111
3603 seems to clear up this question,- however.
The law bans selection, of any member
"from the residents of any city in- which
the principal office of any of the institutions
of higher learning hereinbefore mentioned
is situated."
The Dental School is not among those
"hereinbefore mentioned,"; so Portlanders
still seem "eligible for appointment to the
board. Presently serving from that city are
Henry F. Cabell, Edgar W, Smith and Mrs.
E. B. MacNaughton.
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French Believed Likely to Kill Whole Idea
! Of European Re-armament, Barring 'Miracle'
BY - STEWART ALSOP
FARIS It is time to face a
couple of unpleasant facts. The
defense of IndoChina : is the
heart of Amer-,
jean policy in
?Asia. Yet the
i French have
.nof stomach for
the Indo-Chi-nese
war, and
it - is entirely
likely that a
g p vernment
-d e di cated to
the liquidation
of the war by
i a lmoit any ;.Sttart Afcjg
'means will
'soon come to power here.
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r army,-within the framework of
whichi Germany can be rearm
led, is the heart of American
'policy in Europe. Yet the
'French? have no stomach for the
European army, and it is en
.'tirely likely that, the French
- Parliament ! will finally kill the
whole idea before many months
'have passed. 1
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If neither of these things
happen, it will be something
close to a miracle. If either or
both do happen, a Franco-American
crisis of the most dan
gerous sort, capable evin of
wrecking the NATO alliance, is
: almost certain to ensue. I
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The French attitude in; both
respects is not surprising. In .
Indo-Chin the French are be
ing asked to continue :! an , im
mensely costly, interminable
war from! which they cannot
hope to gain. In Europei the
French are being asked to sacri-
v lice their? national sovereignty
- in order to permit the rearma- -ment
of their traditional enemy,
while the balk of their own for
ces are engaged half a world
away. In these circumstances, it
I is rather strange that any opu
' mism at all still exists in Amcr
. lean official circles about the fu
; tare, of Franco-American rela
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i optimists, as far as the Europe
an army is concerned, runs
about as follows: The British
are ready to go much further
than is generally supposed to
promise active collaboration
with the French in the Europe
an army. This will calm French
v fears that the project will lead
to German domination of the
continent. '
) West German Chancellor Kon
rad Adenauer has privately indi
cated to the French, that he will
be willing to settle the tortured -Saar
issue, on a basis acceptable
to the French, after the Ger
man elections. This should clear
away another roadblock.
Meanwhile, all the other par
ticipating nations will soon rat
ify the, pact This will greatly
increase the pressure on the
French, who, after all, concei
ved the European army idea in
the first place. By this time it
will also be clear to the French
that the only alternative t -a
European army is a German na
tional army. Thus the French
will ratify the pact in the end.
This reasoning is obviously
based on a whole series of hope
ful assumptions coming true. As
of today, moreover, the votes to
rectify the pact simply do not
exist in th French parliament.
Outside a small circle of Amer
ican officials, therefore, it is al
most Universally believed here
that the European army project
is as dead as mutton.
Yet, strangely, American of
ficials in Europe have actually
been forbidden to think serious
ly about alternatives, on the odd
theory that to do so- will encour
age the French to believe that
the United States, has tacitly
abandoned the whole idea. .Yet
it is perfectly obvious that the
' American policy-makers cannot
indefinitely keep their heads
-uncomfortably in the sand. -
exactly this. Yet is a noticeable
fact here that many French po
litical leader! are becoming half
reconciled to the idea of inde
pendent German rearmament.
When this: reporter proposed
this alternative to a number of
French officials, they did not,
as expected, take off like angry
partridges. Instead, without ex
ception they replied guardedly
that a .rearmed Germany in
NATO might be better in the
end. What has happened is that,
as the years have passed, the
notion of a limited rearmament
of Western Germany has seem
ed less terrible, while the notion
of a Franco-German marriage
involving a heavy sacrifice of
French sovereignty has seemed
more so. J
Yet the fact remains that.
even less than in the case of the
VISIT AT NORTH HOWELL
NORTH HOWELL Mr. and
European army the votes simply Uix- Charles' Judy and daughter,
do not exist , in the French par- Virginia, of Berkeley, Calif.,
liamenffBr the admission of a called on former neighbors in
rearmed Germany into NATO, this community Tuesday. The
Both in a legal and a practical J nays operate a naraware store
sense, the French have a veto ia Berkeley.
power on German rearmament 1
in any form, . 1 About 40 to 60 per cent of
v the cost of producing milk is ex-
Everyone,! including the pended in feed for the cows.
French, agrees tnat mere can
be no real defense of Western
Europe without a German mili
tary contribution. The looming
danger is thus that the French
will exercise their veto power to
prevent any! serious defense at
all of Western Europe includ
ing France. If they do so, it is
not hard to' imagine the reac
tion in the United States.
Better English
' By a C WILLIAMS
'Aside from' abandoning the
whole idea of defending West
ern Europe, the only alternative
is, of course, .limited reanna
ment of Germany under NATO. '
The European army project was ,
originally conceived by the
French as a device to prevent
The neo-isolationists will have
a field day, and the supporters
of the notion of a "peripheral
defense" will win at least a tac
it victory. While French and
American politicians scream po
, liucaQy profitable long distance
imprecations at each other, the '
whole NATQ concept' will be
we on its way down the drain.
.'. "I find myself," "Premier Jo
seph Laniel remarks to visitors,
"on the edge of a knife.1 Not
only Mr. Laniel, but the whole
Western - Alliance, is in the
same precarious position .
(cavvrif at lass. .
Haw Tar fc HtraJ Trlhmaa, lacj
L What is wrong with this
sentence? "John would of come,
only be was too busy."
2. What is the correct pro
nunciation of "agile"?
3. Which one of these words
is misspelled? Confluence, con
queror, eoneurence, coincident
al. I
A. What does the word "tran
sient" mean?
, 3. What is a word beginning
with bu that means "rustic"?
j ' ANSWERS
L Say, "John would have
come, but he was too busy 2.
Pronounce aj-Q, a as in at (not
as is age), i as in ill (not as in
isle). X-Concurrence. 4. Brief;
fleeting. "Mirth is transient,
cheerfulness permanent." ft. Bucolic.
85 Taking Post
Summer School
Courses at OCE
Stateotaa News Scrric
MONMOUTH Eightjrfive stu
dents are enrolled in the post ses
sion at the Oregon College of
Education.
Of these, 35 are enrolled in a
workshop in intermediate and
upper grade teaching methods, 17
in primary teaching methods, and
19 in Oregon history and Oregon
school law.
Fall term at Oregon College
of Education opens on Sept 17th
with the annual Freshman
Days" program. Returning stu
dents will register on Monday,
Sept. 21. , - - ' -
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Stit Haws Scrrte
SILVERTON Neal Strom of
Omaha, Neb has been named
manager of the Silverton branch
of Service. Lumber Company.
Strom is a former resident of
Eastern Oregon, bat for the past
two years has been employed in
Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. Strom: and
their two. children, Douglas, IV
and Dkry, 9, have moved to 200
North James St.
i j When! the weather waxes warm things happen to people
mostly to policemen. The other day state police were keep
ing a weary eye open for six missing persons five of them
husbands. One woman asked the cops to nab her husband
butt to be sure to call her as soon as the arrest was made. Her
pet dog was with him and she wanted to
take care of the hound (the four-footed
one) . . . Another woman said her spouse
had left on vacation but had neglected to
take her along . . .
Several important facts overlooked by
the newest Kinsey report . . . Married men
don't really live longer than single men it
only seems longer ... The average male
wears oat the tips of his shoes faster than the
heels, probably because he does the pursuing
in conrtshin. The a vera re wimiil on the
tier hand, wears eat her heels faster, probably from putting
en the brakes . . . The average woman wears oat more stock
lags sad shoes per year than the average man can afford to
pay for ... Forty per cent of American husbands seldom get
the last word in arguments with their wives, another 40 per
cent never get close to the last word and the remaining 20 per
cent were in no shape to talk to the interviewer . . . Sixty
per cent of the women, between the ages of 20 and SO aren't
worth a darn when it comes to putting a worm on a fish hook :
; . . the average woman talks on the telephone longer than the .
average man, spends more time shopping and uses the bath
room longer in the morning although nobody has figured eat
why ...
Latest Satevepost has a good rundown on the merits of
fluoridation and another wonder substance to prevent tooth
decay. This last to hit the market this fall . . . State Fair of
ficials this year plan to tighten up on the number and meth
ods of handing out free passes to the press, etc ... So many
TV programs are repeating programs seen last fall they
ought to call it Re-TV . . . Latest rerun oldie was the
Groucho Marx program which showed the Martine-Lallys
of Salem, now on a cruise around the world, winning near
ly $2,300 . . . Next time Don Harger appears on a TV sports
show and casually mentions the fish are biting each other
at Stiles, we hope he'll tell his audience where the heck
Stiles is located. The Stiles remark sent anglers frantically
scrambling forroad maps, atlases and telephones. Few, if
any, maps show a Stiles. State police, librarians and the
Statesman got lots of calls from panting fishermen, all seek- ,
ing Stiles ...
When Reynolds Ohmart retired from state employment
the other day his fellow-worker and historical friend Oliver
Huston knocked off a ditty in honor of the occasion ...
"More than a century ago in a spirit of unrest, the Ohmart
strain, by wagon train; came rolling to the West The Red
skins crawled late their holes or hid behind the trees, when
Reynold's grandpap cocked his gat and hallooed in the breeze.
And now when Reynolds has retired, hell realize his dreams
and follow in his grandpap's steps, and hit the fishing streams
..."... Reynold's great grandmother, Aunt Tabitha
Brown, operated a small board! ag school for the 49ers kids.
The school later became Tualatin Academy and then Pacific
University. Oliver's grandfather, Dr. William Geiger Jr haul
ed logs for that first school building ...
1 Is the state hard up for yellow paint? The busy down
town intersection of N. Liberty (state highway) and
Chemeketa Sts., doesn't have pedestrian cross-walks paint
ed in. As a result pedestrians have to zig-zag in front of and
behind cars to get across the street. A block east, at the less
busy corner of Chemeketa and N. High, the city has painted
in walks . . . Eye experts say that lots of kids are discovering,
they have vision defects after . seeing 3-D movies. One
Salem doctor prescribed going to the movies as good exercise
for a youngster who recently had had an eye. operation . . .
(Continued from page one.)
in the Columbia basin." ' This
compact is distinguished . as
much for what it does not try
to do as for what it attempts.
The Commission itself is com
posed of one representative
from each signatory state, and
from three to five representa
tives of the federal government
A unique feature is (that the
federal government has equa.
voice with all the states; and aJ
three-fourths vote is required
for affimative action save on
election of officers. As the ac
companying digest explainsthe
object is to obtain a high degree
of unity between both states
and the federal government
The powers of the Commis
sion are limited to: First form
ulating over-all plans for devel
oping the water and land re
sources of the basin.
Second, reviewing ; proposed
construction and operational
plans to see if they conform to
the approved over-all plans.
Third, reviewing actual opera
tions to see if the plans are be
ing carried out properly.
The commission is prohibited
from drawing construction plans
and from engaging in construc
tion work; and it has no author
ity to regulate or operate works.
This commission, then, is pri
marily a planning body, some
thing which the Columbia Basin
has sorely needed and which I
have advocated for years. It
would provide in the program
stage for a partnership with the
federal government Actual
construction and operation of
approved works would be left
to other agencies such as those
the Congress or state legisla
tures might designate.
The advantage over the CVA
lies in not setting up a - new
corporate government intermed
iate between the states and the
central government It respects
local sentiment (which is now
a requirement on flood con
trol projects) and yet does not
Involve the states in costly un
dertakings.
It will not be easy to get the
Northwest states to agree even
on such a simple proposal, for
reasons already noted. Yet,
somehow a court of final author
ity and responsibility must be
set up. We cannot go on forever
with such contention that the
result is a stalemate. Oregon
has a committee to study how to
manage its own water resources.
The same thing is needed for
the Columbia Basin. If the states
do not move in this direction
then Congress will have to act
relaying on the extra-legal Col
umbia Interagency Commission
for counsel.
The objective is orderly de
velopment and wise utilization
with due regard for all the ri
val interests, : geograph
I c , economic, recrea
tional. I have never felt that an
interstate compact was a proper
vehicle for construction and
operation of public works; but
it could serve as a planning
and reviewing body i along the
lines set forth in the Missouri
Basin Compact
Time Flies
FROM STATESMAN FILES
10 Years Ago
August 22, 1143
Clifford Mudd of Salem was
named member of advisory com
mittee at the annual state con
vention of Elks in Portland.
Lt General Lesley J. McNair,
commanding general of the Un
ited States ground forces, arriv
ed to view gigantic maneuvers
in Central Oregon, i
Since the opening of the Sa
lem community canning project
on July 28, 29,000 cans of vege
tables, meat and fruit have been
processed, with 600 families rep
resented. 25 Years Ago
August 22, 1128
Galusha Cole, .hale and ener
getic, two years past the century
- mark, sang old-time songs over
the radio and was the guest of
honor of the Indiana society at
Pasadena., !
Mr. and Mrs. James McGilch
rist and two daughter, Isobel
and Roberta, arrived from Ta
coma to be guests at the Win.
McGilchrist home. The Wash
ington family plans to make its '
home in Salem. j
Beatrice Walton, private sec-J
retary to Gov. Isaac Patterson,!
and Miss Nell Thieispn, steno
grapher in the offices of the ad
jutant general, are; at Crater ,
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August 22, 1113
Quo Vadis, the Biblical his
toric photo-drama, is being
shown at the Grand Opera
house with all seats advertised
at IS and 23 cents, r '
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Miss Martha Bowerman, sis
ter of ex-governor Jay Bower
man, left for Pasadena, CaliL, as
exchange primary teacher, from
the Portland schools, t
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Astoria purchased 40 acres of
waterfront and will spend $800,.
000 on docks, in preparation for
the opening of the Panama
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