-Sec 1)-Statesman, Salem,
-Expansion of
Barley, Corn
: Acreage Due
By LILLIE L. MADSEK
Farnr Editor, TheSUtesmaa
While barley prices are not ex
pected to be as good this season as
a year ago, still larger plantings
of barley and corn are planned for
the 1953 diverted acres in Oregon
and the nation. Oat acreage in the
state, is expected to drop about 5
per cent. - "
Economists at Oregon State
College point out in their latest
j "Agricultural Situation and Out
I look" leaflet, that barley and corn
, remain attractive crops on many
, Oregon farms even though national
farm support rates are being low
' ered and large stocks are still on
hand from previous crops.
' Barle ranks close to the head
! of the list suited to much of the-j
land being diverted from wheat,
-1' the economists explain. Under the
J 1954 program, barley plantings in
Oregon almost doubled.
, Buildup Faster
; The buildup in barley stocks has
been much faster in Oregon and
1 the remainder of the Northwest
'- than in other parts of 'the nation.
; Stocks on hand when the new
I harvest starts probably will be
J 'more than six times as large as
a year earlier. On top of this will
'. come an even larger crop than
; harvested in 1954 if yields hold up.
' It is expected that most of the
! barley, along with other grains,
will move to market through live
' stock, i
Even though prices are likely to
" be -moderately lower, corn can
' make " good returns on the better
soils in Western Oregon. '
, - Large stocks of corn now on
. band throughout the nation, plus
prospects for this year's crop,
all point toward large supplies for
! the coming season.' Exports and
tise for feed lagged during the
first quarter of the current mar
' keting season. This left f record
national stocks on hand early this
' year up more than 100 million
V bushels over a year earlier.
Replacing Corn . ,
V " Barley is replacing corn to some
t extent in Oregon feed rations, butj
the 6tate is likely to continue using
t more corn than it produces for
several years at least until wheat
is priced into the market again.
; v Market prices for the-newNoat
crop- probably will be near loan
rates. These range from $41 to $45
a ton in- Oregon Counties. Changes
t for 5at prices above support fates
J binge mainly on weather. .
i Shopping around for prices above
supports may pay grain growers;"
' the state college economists . be
ilieved, but sufficient storage tja
qualify, for loans looks like good
- insurance against a price squeeze.
Nebraska Pen
Guards Blamed
LINCOLN, Neb., (UP Nebras
'i ka Penitentiary officials said
j Thursday that two guards could
.. blame themselves for walking ia-
tea convict's trap and touching off
a 65-hour rebellion.
A holtz said the guards, who were
held as hostages during the mara
, thon riot, "were lax in handling
the men." .
'. .The guards. Warren Miller, 43,
; and tugene awanson m, were re-
leased unharmed when the eight
J rebel convicts surrendered; early
; yesterday.
1
i 142 Loggers
I To Die Unless
Safety Better
SPOKANE un , An estimated
t; 142 loggers will be killed in Wash-
' ington, Oregon, -Idaho and Montana
- ! this year unless safety programs
-are tightened up. the Intermount-
ain Logging Conference was told
Wednesday. .
Frank Peck, safety director for
,Ane J. Neils Lumber Co., UDDy,
Mont., said logging and equipment
mea had enough- brains to work
I out programs to. cut down the pre-
. J: i j !. , -IT
- aicieu casualty wu,
-I "If we don't; we will be faced
; with the alternative of having
some crackpot,' in Washington.
I D. C. telling us how to do it,"
he said. . x
' " Kenneth Neils, also of the Libby
..'firm and chairman of the -safety
discussion in the closing session of
. the conference, urged the group to
; form a . permanent safety depart-
nvnr. - '
: The proposed . department would
provide services of a safety in5pec
; tor for members, collect accident
data, distribute information, repre
I sent members with federal agen-
. cies and make central purchases!
' - ..r.i.. i: i ;
i The board of directors is expect
'-ed to consider the idea."
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Natural
May Hinge on Outcome of
GOP Administration Battle
. "
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Statesman Correspondent
WASHINGTON-
A battle on
here in the nation's capital to decide the level of natural gas rates
for Salem consumers after a pipeline has been laid to the Pacific
Northwest
The fight is out in the open
Interstate Commerce! Committee is
which would have the effect of
killing federU regulation over the
sale price of gas sold by indepen
dent producers to pipeline com
panies. But the' fight on the second
front is behind the scenes within
the Eisenhower administration,
where a wide split has developed
between those who favor continu
ed federal regulation and those
who want it killed. "Their princi
pal object is to win I over Presi
dent Eisenhower who hasn't made
up his own mind as yet
Agency Takes Stand;
Only one administrative agency
has come out in the open with its
stand on the issue, the Federal
Power Commission, whose chair
man, Jerome Kuykendall of Olym
pia, Wash., was the opening wit
ness before the House committee
and came out strongly in favor
of ending federal ; regulation of
gas rates. I
Eisenhower's right hand man at
the White House, j Sherman Ad
ams, former governor of New
Hampshire, reportedly heads up
the faction which favors continu
ed regulation of gas rates as a
protective device for consumers.
New England, and other north
ern states generally strongly
support rate control.
Heading up the anti-control ele-.
ment in the administration is
Robert B. Anderson of Texas, for
mer navy secretary and now dep
uty secretary of defense under
Secretary Charles E. Wilson. Also
a leader in this faction is Under
secretary of State Herbert Hoo
ver, Jr., of California, an oil com
pany engineer in private life.
Would Boost Price I
It is generally agreed that re
moving federal control will in
crease the price of gas to house
holders and industries, although
gas producers claim 'the increase
will be such a small percentage
of the total gas bill each month
as to be of little importance.
. Under jt Supreme Court ruling
of last year, the Federal Power
Commission must regulate gas
prices but the five-man FPC has
wide dicretion in exercising this
responsibility. Thus there has
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two fronts is now well underway
on Capitol Hill, where the House
holding hearings on legislation
1 :
Lafayette Lock
Measure Readied
WASHINGTON l Rep. Nor-
blad (R-Ore) said Wednesday he
may introduce a bill that would
transfer Lafayette locks on the
Yamhill River to a newly formed
Yamhill County Park Commission.
Norblad has asked the Army
Engineers fqr their opinion on the
matter. They had charge of the
locks, which! once were an import
ant factor In river travel. They
discontinued! maintenance .some
time ago in
an economy move.
Norblad said that in addition to
park value,! the -property has a
storage reservoir on which farmers
draw for irrigation water.
been i a backstage contest over
changing the personnel of the
FPC, whose commissioners serve
for five years terms and are ap
pointed by the- president
Selected by Adams
Kuykendall testified that four
of the commissioners oppose con
trols, leaving only 'one in favor
of them. This four-to-one ratio is
expected to! be changed this sum
mer when Commissioner Nelson
Lee' Smith of New Hampshire re
tires, for hie will be replaced as
already announced by the White
House by a Connecticut attorney
reportedly selected by Sherman
Adams.
I' Last year the . anti - regulation
faction won out in the appoint
ment of a Missouri Republican
who opposes gas controls for. Dale
E. Doty, a California Democrat
Who favored regulation.
Last week Wisconsin Gov. Koh
ler . and Sen. Wiley headed a
group of officials and citizens
from that'sUte who strongly want
their, gas rates protected by fed
eral controls, and who called on
Eisenhower to tell him why. :
! As in many other controversial
issues in congress, the president's
prestige may decide the outcome
when he makes up his own mind
how he stands onl control of na
tural gas rates. . "
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Score Point
SEATTLE (UP) - Bight major
oil companies being sued for
$300,000 by a former Seattle ser
vice station operator scored a
minor victory in U. S. District
Court here Wednesday.
Judge John C. Bowen ruled
answers to questions put to the
oil companies in a similar case
in California could not be admitted
as evidence.
George Moore, former Seattle
station operator, seeks $300,000
damages and an injunction pro
hibiting the oil firms from operat
ing retail service stations. He al
leges none, of the firms would sell
him gasoline because, he cut
prices.
George W. Jansen attorney- tor
the TEXAS Co., said the answers
in the California case contained
confidential information about the
oil companies' business and that
neither .the answers nor the ques
tions had been used in the Cali
fornia case so far.
Bowen held that when such
answers are forced under the law
they are not admissible as evi
dence. " .
Defendants are Standard Oil
Co., of California, General Petro
leum Corp., Union , Oil Co., Rich
field Oil Corp., The Texas Co.
Tidewater i Associated Oil o.i
Shell Oil Inc., and its successor,
Shell Oil Co.
REPORTER HONORED
OREGON, CITY (UP) Fred
Kuhl, reporter on the Oregon Citv
Enterprise-Courier, Thursday was
named Optimist of the year by the
Oregon City Optimist Club for
activity in promoting club projects
and youth activities. j
uiiiomp
In Court Fight
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California Woman Blocks Road Project WithSliotgun, Sign
SACRAMENTO. Calif. (UP)
Mrsi Floyd Gallo, fingering her
12-gauge cbotgun, declared Thurs-J
Plane Lands
Minus 'Prop'
- SAN FRANCISCO fUP) A
United Airlines DC-4 carrying 4'
passengers and three crew mem
bers landed safely here Wednesday
after losing a propeller "and a
few connected parts" on a flight
from Seattle. !
A UAL spokesman said the acci
dent occurred near the coastline
near Crescent City, Calif. There
was .no report on where the parts
landed, but the pilot believed they
fell into the Pacific, Ocean.
The airline said the plane had
no difficulty flying on three en
gines. R. L. Revenaugh to
Publish Sandy Paper
SANDY (UP)-Ricnard L. Rev
enaugh, former editor of the Ore
gon City Enterprise Courier,' will
take over publication of the weekly
Sandy Post Friday,1 it was an
nounced Thursday. . j
The weekly was! owned and
managed by Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Purcell since September of. 1947.
Revenaugh - worked! on the Post
as managing editor from 1949 to
1951 and was with the 'weekly Mil
waukie Review for a year before
tmoving to the Enterprise-Courier
for three years before he resigned
to buy .the Post ?
Of Vermont's 14 counties, there
are 10 in which -more than half
the land is forested.
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Capitol 3-9191
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Iday that $20,000 is not enough for
I her home. , :. i
Next to her was a bold, 5-foot
essruen to ,
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WASHINGTON (UP) About 50
House and Senate members 'will
fly to Nevada Friday to witness
one of the spring series of atomic
tests, scheduled for Saturday.
The group will leave here by
military plane, arriving: at Indian
Springs, Nev. Members had no
advance word as to what type
of test to expect.
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sign reading. ' "Division of High
ways Unfair. God Help Us."
"I told one of those State High
way men not to take a shovelful
of dirt from my place before this
is settled in court, she snapped.
"If they try to, I'll be waiting
with my shotgun.
The California Division of High
ways wants the' Gallo property for
a freeway along Stockton Boule
vard, j
"We're not asking for anything
we haven't got coming," she said.
"We only want just compensation
for our property. They offered us
only $20,000 for oar" four and one
half acres and our house. It's
worth a lot more.
Mrs. Gallo lias hired State Sen.
Earl Desmond! as her attorney to
fight her case in the courts. Mean
while, she will defend her attrac
tive adobe and tile borne and its
big yard herself. j i j
Jerome F. Lipp, right of way
agent in charge, said most prop
erty owners in the area had ac
cepted the state's offer without
pretest 4 ! -;' "
"We plan to keep negotiating
and nope to work it out amicably
without further litigationy he
said, j "We think our offer on the
Gallo property is fair.. It true
they have a fine house, but it is
considered an over-improvement
in that area." ' ' i
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