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WHAT THE COLUMBIA AUTHORITY BILL MEANS
Recognizing the scarcely-hidden threat of federal blanket
ing of state and local rights and functions which is contained
in the Columbia river authority bill, the Oregon senate has
directed a memorial to congress opposing the measure. The
senate's stand is wisely taken and should serve as a pattern
for action, if any is needed, when the house of representatives
of our state legislature passes on the memorial.
We have spoken in this column of various features of this
Columbia authority bill, which we consider dangerous as well
as unnecessary, but now are able to present a detailed exposi
tion of the proposal. It is an editorial published in yester
day's Oregonian and it covers the subject rather fully. Tne
Oregonian says:
The memorial voted by the Oregon senate opposing the
Columbia River authority bill suomitted to congresa by
Senator Mitchell of the state of Washington is directed at a
ponderous document of seventy-five pages and of about 18,000
words. Space permits only mention of some of the bill's high
lights. The Columbia watershed over which the authority would
have jurisdiction has a computed area of 220,300 square
miles within the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and
Montana, of marked variations in climate, rainfall, flora,
population. The authority's program of water control and
resources development would, however, also include "those
portions of Oregon and Washington not within the Columbia
watershed, and such additional territory as may be related
to or be materially affected by the development consequent
. to this act." The scope of jurisdiction would be measured by
the distance that electric current can be transmitted from
Columbia valley power projects.
By comparison, the Tennessee valley region is a compact
41,000 square miles of fairly uniform climate and ample
rainfall.
The authority would be a body corporate with three $15,000-a-year
directors appointed by the president. There would be
an advisory council of seven, four appointed by the state
governors and three by the president. There would also be a
national river basin development board, composed of the
secretaries of Interior and agriculture, the chief engineer of
the war department and the board chairmen of TVA, CVA
and of such other regional authorities as may be created
hereafter. This last board would be a sort of supreme body to
direct and supervise the activities of the corporation and pass
on its recommendations.
The corporation would have power of eminent domain but
could not acquire by condemnation municipally owned water
or light utilities unless the municipality were agreeable. It
. would take over control of Bonneville, Grand Coulee and
Hungry Morse projects, and at its option such other govern
ment projects hitherto or yet to be constructed on the Colum-
bia or Its tributaries. It "may" operate Bonneville and Crand
Coulee through the present administrative agencies the
board of army engineers and reclamation service.
The corporation would be empowered to sell surplus water
as well as electric energy; to make Hnd sell fertilizers; to
establish, maintain and operate game farttis, wildlife nre-
ltW1i v tmw never the . mJmmm
Sqn6 to Remember
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C4rtM. IW, miv4 WinWI
Washington
Column
By Peter Ed son
(NEA. Staff Correspondent)
Washington, D. C The most
sensational parts of the simul
taneous U. S. and British air
force announcements on the new
jet plane are the details not yet
revealed. .
To -the Americans the new
plane is the P-80 Shooting Star
and to the R. A. F. It's the Meteor.
By whatever name it is called,
this new plane could not have
more impact on world civilization
If it were an actual heavenly body
the size of the moon and if it ac
tually crash-landed on the earth.
Kor the jet-propelled airplane is
revolutionary in every sense, not
as a military weapon but as an
economic factor, affecting every
day civilian life.
Consider only two of its pos
sibilities: The jet plane burns kerosene
not high-test gasoline. If the jet
engine or gas turbine, as it is
more properly called, should be
developed to the point where It
is a -more efficient engine than
the present gasoline-powered avi
ation engine, think what that
means to not only the manufac
turers of aircraft engines, but
also to the oil refining industry.
The jet plane will not necessarily
ruin their business but It will
make necessary an almost com
plete conversion of their factories
processes and products.
The let plane is an anomaly, a
paradox in that it may cause the
oil refining business to go back to j
lilt: wuaf ogc 111 uiuci iu jivl. ui
with the jet turbine .age that lies
ahead. ' .
Air force generals and aviation
engineers admit frankly they
don't know where the gas turbine
principal will lead. They believe
ithe airplane itself is here to stay,
but whether the gasoline-powered
Internal combustion engine air
plane Is headed for obsolescence
is something they cannot tell you.
They wish they knew. If they
knew, they could plan for It bet
ter. Further development of the
"swoosh" plane, as it has been
nicknamed, may come exceedingly
fast. If the principal is deveiopea
as rapidly as some enthusiasts
predict, the end of the war may
see every air force, nearly every
airplane now in combat, fit for
nothing more than the scrap heap.
The first experimental models
of the jet plane made in this coun
trythe P-59's produced by Bell
Aircraft with General Electric
turbines are now relegated to
the status of mere trainers. Only
a year and a half old, these P-59's
are now entirely outclassed by
the new P-80.
What this P-80 will do In speed,
climb, range and .economy of
operation, the Army Air Forces is
now revealing only in general
terms, but they are all superla
tives. Fortunes may be made and
some fortunes may De iosi uu
the futher development of the jet
plane. Bell, G. E. General Motors,
Allison, Lockheed, North Ameri
can are in. Patent lights and
royalties for commercial applica
tions may make an interesting
struggle. ,
Buy National War Bonds Now!
America! Chief
Maj. William H. Arnold, above,
of St. Louis, Mo., heads the
famed Americal Division, which
recently seized Capul Island in
the Philippines. Isle controls
seaway between southern tip or
Luzon and northern end ot
Samar Island in the Philippines,
Australia is now nrodurino
enough iron to meet all local com.
mercial needs.
Cily Drug Co. City Drug Co. City Drug Co,
serves ana iisn culture stations; to exorcise me same powers
as the Interior secretary, director of grazlilg, . agriculture
secretary and chief forester over grazing and forest practices;
to establish, maintain and operate recreational facilities; to
develop mining techniques and sell minerals found or pur
chased; to construct and operate flood control projects, in
cluding but not limited to dams, locks, reservoirs, flshways,
canals, roads, docks, sewage disposal, water purification,
sanitation works, powerhouses, steam generating plants,
transmission, lines, rural electric lines; to assist and give
credit to groups constructing water and electric distribution
facilities; to experiment with and demonstrate farming proc
esses, and sell plants', grasses, trees.
The corporation may, by the terms of the act, also accept
custody of, maintain, repair, alter use and operate such real
and personal property of the United States which may be
entrusted to it by the United States, whether or not for the
general purposes of the act. The last seems broad enough to
embrace no longer needed military camps, army and navy
hospitals, defense plunt corporation holdings, ships of the
maritime commission, and what else have you, Uncle Sam?
It follows the usual bureaucratic pattern of giving over-
lapping Jurisdiction to a newly-created body. About a dozen
already created federal departments, bureaus and agencies
would share their powers with the Columbia Valley authority.
Instead of yielding them and quitting the picture in the par
ticulars Involved.
The reasons for
too apparent
the Oregon Semite's opposition nre all
Others Say ...
BlIDGKT MKASt'KKS
(Corvallis Gazette-Times)
owned on the matter of taxes.
There Is another budget bill pend
ing to meot.somc of the restric
tions of the present law under
which there Is no m-oviKinn fnr
There Is a bill pending In the maintaining the local government
state legislature to require muni
cipal utilities to prepare and pub
lish a budget the same as any
other local government does. It Is
about time that public utilities.
municipally owned, should be
treated as if they were privately public need.
on a cash basis until tax inonev is
received. Sinking funds may be
established, but money can not he
spent from them without either
budgeting for the expenditure, or
tne expense being purchased by a
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CONSUMER'S GAS
XXIX
ILLNESS
The heat in Majorca was in
tense. The rains came. The down
pour lasted for days. The rain
came down in sheets and the sky,
usually so blue, was gray and
heavy with leaden clouds.
The gloom and murk that set
tled over the island enveloped
also the occupants of the old Car
thusian monastery- between the
rocks and the sea. Frederic caught
a cold and ho could not shake it
off. His illness, while not serious,
had sapped his strength. ,
George was alarmed when she
saw him hunched over the key
board, unable to sit straight.
" George, why do you stare at
me like that?"
"Was I staring?"
" Am I so like a ghost I
frighten you?"
"The rain, Frederic. The rain
and the wind."
The winds blew and currents of
nlr swept through the vaulted
chamber. The candles flickered.
George sent for the chief doctor
of the island. But it was three
days before lie was able to make
the trip to Valdemosa.
He came and he examined Fred
eric. He shook his head. "I don't
know," he said. "I don't know."
A second doctor came. He said
the same thing. Over the period
of a week, three doctors came to
the monastery. Thev all examined
Frederic and they all shook their
heads.
Then in a day or two he was
buck at the piano. The cold was
gone but he was left with a slight
cough.
.
The grayness, the gloom, the
constant rain all helped to dis
sipate somewhat the unreality of
Majorca smiling.
Frederic worked constantly.
" Do you know, Professor, I
was thinking only the other
day -!"
lie looked
"George!"
Her clothes were wet, her hair
drenched.
"Where have you been?"
"Walking."
"--In this rain?"
"Why not?"
" You might have told me."
She murmured something.
" -What!"
"Nothing, Frederic."
" I said, George, you might
have told me."
"You have your work."
"--But you always tell me."
She was wringing her hair.
"Yes. I used to think it was lm-
puriaiu. mil nouung I sav is
porlant to you, Frederic.""
hvcrythtng you say is Impor
tant. How can you talk like that?"
"No, Frederic. We live in worlds
apart. Whenever I trv to bring
you Into mine - What's the use?"
" That's being very mean,
Georre. We have our own world
together. Isn't that what we've al
days said?"
She pushed her hair back from
her faro. "For days you've been
dinning that Polonaise jumble
Into my cars! T could scream
wnen i near II! There s no place
in mv world for that, Frederic!
None! I in you hear me you
damned Idiot!"
Frederic squirmed. His face was
up from the piano.
im-
white. "I I'm sorry, George." His
hands twitched. He tried to steady
them. "I am not well, George; I
am not well."
He tried to rise from the piano.
" George, don't turn your back
on me. I need you, George vpry
much more than anybody in the
world. Look at me. You can see,
George, I am not well. I must
work I must I have to "
"That damned Jumble?"
" No, oh no, George. That's
wrong. I know it's wrong. For
give me George. Tomorrow you
will see-rl will be gay graceful
and out of my head there will
come waltzes beautiful melodies,
George for you. Yes, I promise
the light and gay tunes that you
love so much.
" But today my head,
George
"Are vou sure, Frederic, it isn't
Paris you're aching for?"
"Paris?"
"Yes. And Professor Eisner?"
"--No, George."
"And your beloved causes?"
"You accuse me you accuse
me falsely "
"I wonder?"
" You do, George. You are
very mean. You have no right"
"What shall it be, Frederic the
old way of life" '
" George, I am not well."
"The old way of life, Frederic
or the nesv way, as you and I had
planned it?" i
"I am not a well man,
George."
"Whin ts vour choice?"
Take me away from here,
r.nni-irotho rain the dark the
da mi '
"You choose Paris?"
" George, you won't listen.
Away from here, that's all. Do
that, George. Anywhere Nohant.
Yes, we could go there. Yes, No
hant. You will take me, won't
you, George?"
"You and I?"
"Always. Yes, G c o r g e, I
swear a Iways "
"No intruders?" i-
Hc stared at her. He repeatec
her words. "No intruders."
"And you will hold your head
up, Frederic firm "
" Yes," he said, his head droop
ing. "With the same unalterable
contempt for what the world
thinks of you or of me or of us
both?"
"Yes."
"There will be no backing down
Frederic? You agree to that?"
"1 agree." His eyes wandere,
over the floor.
"Frederic."
I lis eyes were trying to find hci
"Hand me. please, that P"'
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