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EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Washington, D. C, April 20, 1945. This afternoon the proponents
of S 553 the Murray M.V.A. bill, completed their appearances before
the sub-committee of the senate commerce committee. Next week
those opposed to the measure will be heard. Under the plan of pro
cedure directed by the senate the sub committee will report to the
full committee, the latter will report to the senate and Immediately
the bill will go to the committee on irrigation for a 60-day period
during which it will hear witnesses for and against the bill as it
bears on irrigation in the Missouri valley region. Finally the com
mittee on agriculture will take the bill for 60 days.
Although these Initial hearings were for the proponents of the
Murray bill neither the Montana senator nor his associates can
lata mnr-h If inv. satisfaction out of the happenings of the week.
Witness after witness, appearing as a proponent, either criticized the
bill as inadequate and unsound or Insisted that its enactment would
be a step backward. Chief among the "proponents" opposing on the
former grounds were Spcretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes and
rvnr!r.nijitivps of the Bureau of Reclamation. Major General Eu
gene L. Reybold, chief of engineers, asserted the latter. As to those
who did favor the bill the sub-committee Itself, headed by Senator
John II. Overton, of Louisiana, made clear us opposition, mus, De
twpen the "rjroDonents." who actually were opponents, and the
committee members, who by polite questioning developed the weak
nesses In the case of the true proponents, tne neanngs reacnea tne
end of this first stage with little of a favorable nature on the record.
In the next stage, opening on Monday, the opponents ought to have an
easy time.
Those who were title supporters of S. 555 urged that the condi
tions causing the destructive floods from which residents of the
lower Missouri and the Mississippi suffer should be ended. They
argued that a Missouri valley authority was needed to do the job.
Few, if any, of these witnesses were familiar with the provisions of
the flood control act of 1944 and the rivers and harbors act of 1945
containing, in the coordinated Pick and Sloan plans, a complete
program for flood control, reclamation and incidental power. To
them the committee pointed out that the program had been pre
pared, had received congressional authorization and wanted only the
end of the war and the making of appropriations to be carried for
ward in full detail.
Another argument, presented frankly as a matter of self-interest
rather than of region development, was that an M.V.A. program
would mean the employment of large numbers of electrical workers.
; Here again the committee pointed to the plan already approved and
drew from the witness, an A. F. of L. electrical union officer, the
reluctant admission that he knew of no possible power project de
velopments beyond those proposed that could be undertaken to create
any larger employment volume.
' Farmers Union representatives urged power development as a
means of providing the public with a larger supply of electricity at
lower rates.
Secretary Ickes was one of the morp severe critics of S. 555, which
would vest the managing power of the authority In a board of three
responsible to the president. At the same time he indorsed the au
thority Idea presenting a proposed bill prepared In his department
under which all authority control would be in the hands of single ad
ministrators reporting to the secretary of the Interior. Ickes wanted
the whole country divided Into regions under the management of the
interior department. The suggestion made trouhle for the Reclama
tion Bureau commissioner when asked whether it would mean
that the Interior department authority woul'd then extond over the
whole nation.
The asserted success of the T.V.A. was cited by various witnesses
as argument for the M.V.A. Secretary Ickes pointed, however, to the
fact that T.V.A. had by ho means resulted in coordination and har
mony in administration and, also, to the vast differences between
the two regions. Commissioner Bashore, elaborating on the latter
point, called attention to the different water law of the two regions
and to the many western differences from the T.V.A. growing out of
the western public land situation.
General Reybold, the last witness, made the flat statement that the
pnactment of S. 555 would be a step backward In flood control.
The Missouri valley as a region Is a long way from the Columbia
river valley. Much the same argument is bring made however in
favor of the Mitchell bill (S. 460) for a Columbia valley authority
as Is being made in favor of S. 555, the M.V.A. The developments in
these M.V.A. healings are, accordingly, of Interest In the region
covered by S. 4G0 With only slight changes the same sub-committee
that is hearing the Murray bill will hear the Mitchell bill, Senator
Cordon will take Senator Burton's place and Senator Magnuson will
serve instead of ,pnc of the Democratic members.
To this observer there seems only one Important difference be
tween the M.V.A. and the C.V.A. situation. As to the Missouri the
coordinated Pick and Sloan plans have been approved and annronrln
Hons authorized On the Columbia the studies out of which a plan
will be developed are not yet finished. They are under way, however
and the general instructions contained In the new flood control and
rivers and harbors laws insure coordination. As to public power the
Columbia Is far ahead of the Missouri. Bonneville and Grand Coulee
"J? nraing,andrlth a diminishing demand as war work tap. "re
off. The McNary dam at the Umatilla rapids, with Its associated
power development has been authorized. So, too, have power projects
on the Snake In any comparison the Columbia actuality is to be set
against the Missouri potentiality. '
..n.n?h.n earinSs " s- 4(i0 will begin Is not yet known. It seems
un ikely however, that they will I arranged within the next f "v
months In he meantime the full record of the hearings on S 5V,
of v.hich only a hasty and limited outline of one phase is mese. d
here will be studied with interest In the Columbia valley,
wh eh Includes as the bill provides, not only the actiu. Co urn H
valley but all the rest of Oregon and Washington. Columbia
It. W. S.
cheated. The carpets were red and
green, to be sure, but their roses
had been worn almost beyond rec
ognition, and, although ornate,
the wicker suite in the parlor was
too hard to suggest easeful liv
ing. The tin tub fell short of my
expectations I had expected a
kind of Roman bath and the sign
CAUTION above the faucets be
lied stories of extravagance. The
Our rooms were on the corner
of the second floor. The one my
parents shared was toward the
village. Ours looked out over the
back yard, now muddy and rutted.
It had five windows one on the
back; one, painted over like those
in tne serving room, lacing the
hall; and three on the siae. Of
these, two were so high that you
had to stand on tiptoe to see put,
dumb waiter, which I had pictur- jand the third was a porthole.
ed as a kind of agile automaton
proved to be no more than a
crude framework (topped by an
enormous knot), which moved
with creaks and tremors.
Still there was the furnace, a
great black monster, sending out
long tentacles Into the darkness
of the cellar. There was hot wa
ter in season. There were two
telephones, one for local calls, the
other for long distance. Ano tnere
was the electric bell. You had
only to press a button in any of
the upper rooms and a gilt arrow
moved unsteadily In a glass-covered
case in the office. The mech
anism was out of adjustment, and
no one downstairs could be sure
what room was calling, but the
buzz was impressive.
Otherwise the place was undis
tinguished. The kitchen was in
the basement of the old house. Its
concrete floor and gray sheathing
gave it a moist, tasteless look. It
held a huge, square stove with a
rusted top, bearing a copper tank,
grown green like boats below the
waterline; a table covered with
oilcloth that looked as though it
had been scaled; a row for pots
and a rack for knives and cleav
ers; a high milk closet, screened
with mosquito netting; a large
pump with a long, perpendicular
handle, which filled the tank in
the attic; and a sink, also rusted,
with a shelf above It where a row
of lamps stood.
We drew lots for the walls, but
we divided the closet less peace
fully. It was a very small closet,
well cut into by the chimney.
There were 12 hooks in It, and a
nail.
"I shall have the nail," Sue said.
"I'm the oldest." ,
That started us off.
"How old you are doesn't have
anything to do with it," Julia in
sisted. I backed her up noisily.
"Girls, girls," my mother call
ed. "No quarreling! You'll just
have to manage somehow. It's
only for a little while, anyway."
Poor ' Mama! She really be
lieved it.
(To Be Continued)
Illness, retired from active duty
at the university in !).' after 42
years as head of the department
Ho is survived by no known rela
tives. Churchmen Back
From Presbytery
Rev. R. 1 r. Prentice, minister of
the First Presbyterian church, re.
Tiinberworkers union, at which j turned yesterday evening from
time Mayor J. A. Eastes will pre-i lll' spring mo ling of Willamette
side. presbytery held three (lavs this
W. C. Birdsall of Bend receives ' w,H'k ' Nelson. Attending the
a letter from Master Fish Warden I sessions with him were elders R.
Clanton that he plans to visit the! c- Caryl and Genrpe W. Ager
Tumalo fish hatchery. representing the Bend congrcga-
J. S. McCartney of Tumalo :
spends the dav in Bend. At the niienlng session It. I!
L. J. Barber of Alfalfa, comes Prenl Ice was elected moderator of
Bend's Yesterdays
TWENTYIIVK VKAItS AGO
(April 26, 1920)
L. L. Fox announces his can
didacy for county treasurer on the
republican ticket.
The public is invited to a de
bate between speakers for the
Four Ls and the International
At the head of the kitchen
stairs was the serving room, once
half of the whole first floor. On
the back, two windows looked out
over the yard; on the side, two
high ones over the Landing; and
on the front the two that had
faced the village were now paint
ed gray, like the walls. Between
them were shelves stacked with
heavy, white dishes plates, cups,
nappies, butter chips tiered up
like silver dollars ....
A swinging door opened Into
the dining room not too easy
because of the uneven meeting of
the floors. Here in each corner
was a table set for six and in the
center a larger one, which we
came to know as the Transient
Table. All of them were swathed
In cheesecloth, and above each
hung a spiral of flypaper. ?
Across the hall was the office.
running the depth of the entire
building, old part and new. It
was finished in brown sheathing.
One row of armchairs, lcafher
seated, lined the front; another
formed a semi-circle around the
stove, which stood in the middle
of the room. The desk was in the
back corner. On it were a cigar
case, a clipper, a contraption for
cutting plug tobacco, a circular
Inkwell with a wire helix, a paper
weight of polished copper, and a
register with a mottled leather
cover. Opposite the desk were a
safe, a row of tin wash basins, a
roller towel, and a chocolatecol
lored water tank with a red rose
above Its spigot.
On the second floor were the
parlor, the bathroom, the linen
closet, and four bedrooms. The
parlor was directly at the head of
the stairs, facing the village. It
was our greatest disappointment.
Though my mother had never
passed on any stories, we had
heard them, just the same. There
had been parties in that parlor,
wild parties, parties that had last
ed until 12 o'clock. There had '
been wine and cigars. People had
I ,m.v, u cutis, ici naps even gam-i
u'.-u uirir. ii nau .urnea out I
to he only a small, dingy room, 1
with stiff, varnished furniture, j
primly placed. 1
. I
The bedrooms in the house I
were furnished alike throughout. !
Each had a bed, a commode, a
straight chair, and a bureau with
a swinging mirror - all highly var
nished. The floors were covered i
with straw matting, and the walls j
were papered with brown "oat-
meal." The rooms were fairly
large, but they differed in con- 1
tour, for those on the back of the i
Washington
Column
By Peter Edson
(NEA Staff Correauondent)
Washington, D. C With the
whole world wondering what kind
of president Harry Truman will
make, this is the estimate of the
man's measure as given by peo
ple who have worked with him
closely.
They admit frankly that Tru
man will have to be a great presi
dent to be considered even -good,
but that is more of a reflection
on the time than on the man.
Comparisons always being odi
ous, it is perhaps impossible to
try to stack up Truman beside
Roosevelt. They are two entirely
different types of men. There are
millions of men like Truman.
There was only one Roosevelt.
But Roosevelt had his weaknesses
and Truman has his strong points
which Roosevelt did not have.
Truman's admirers say these
characteristics might even give
their man the capacity as well as
the opportunity to be a better
chief executive than Roosovelt for
the job ahead.
The political election campaign
alarm of "Think of Truman in the
White House!", which was a nat
ural enough reflex reaction when
the' shock of Roosevelt's death
was first felt, ls therefore said to
be entirely a false alarm by the
people who know Truman's Wash
ington record and should there
fore be in a position to judge his
capabilities.
This Is admittedly a prejudiced
appraisal. But at the time when
all eyes are on the man from
Missouri, wanting him to succeed,
realizing he must succeed, anx
ious to give him every encourage
ment in assuming the world's
greatest responsibility, this is the
only fair appraisal to give Tru
man the chance that he deserves:
There is no question of Tru
man's honesty or sincerity. He
works hard. That, plus a large,
share of good luck, have put him
where he is today.
In carrying out the work of the
Truman committee he did not hes
itate to move in against sacred
cows business or political. On
his carpet were called U. S. Steel,
Curtiss-Wright and Alcoa, Basic
Magnesium. He flayed the army
on Canol and the navy on its in
itial landing craft bungles.
On post-war domestic issues it
can be claimed that Truman is
far better grounded than Roose
velt was because Truman had the
time to study tltese issues while
Roosevelt was preoccupied with
the war and international affairs.
The Truman committee's third
annual report, issued in 1944, is
now pointed to as one of the first
analyses on the problems of re
conversion. While his dominating interest
with the senate war investiga
tions were production, supply and
the maintenance of a sound na
tional economy on the home front,
Truman was also a member of
the senate committee on military
affairs. That gave him the oppor
tunity to follow closely the plan
ning and strategy. So he does not
go to the White House a novice
on military matters and besides,
the war is going to be won no
matter who is President. i
Bend City Parks
Caretaker Named
Frank Warren, a native of Ger
many who came to this country
49 years ago and studied botany'
and horticulture because of his
health, today assumed the duties
of custodian of Bend's city parks.
Warren is a recent arrivel in Bend
from Salt Lake City, Utah. He
spent the day in visiting the parks
with City Manager C. G. Reiter. !
Warren said that he launched
upon a career as a mechanical
engineer, but was advised by his
physician to take work in the
out-of-doors. Accordingly he
studied for two years under Prof.
Laurie, botanist at Columbus, '
Ohio, operated greenhouses and
devoted his life to a study of horti-1
culture and floriculture. I
to Bend to transm-t business
E. J. Catlow of the Owl pliartn
tvi.iameiie presnyie. y compris
ing approximately 33 Presbyterian
acy returns to Bend after going to, churches in the valley and in
Portland on business.
Tel bo t 1-iannigan and Mrs.
Gladys Clark obtain a marriage
license.
Central Oregon.
Dr. F. G. Schmidt
Dead in Eugene
Eugene, Ore., April 2(i t Jt ...
Funeral services will be con
ducted Friday here for Dr. FrUxl
rlch G. ft. Schmidt, professor
emeritus of Germanic languages ka. frogs from Angentina to IT. S.
and literature at the University or sugarcane areas, hahy chicks to
Oregon. I the West Indies, and wasps from
Dr. Schmidt, who died Tuesday 1 Cuba to Mexico to kill the Mex
at his Eugene home nitvr u long! icai) black Ily.
KMOKK Al SKs ALARM
Smoke billowing from a furl
hopper In the basement of the
O'Ponnell building on Wall street,
this morning caused calling out of
the (Ire department. Firemen ad
justed the furnace, and reported
no damage resulted.
' ' '
Airplane cargoes have now in
cluded a shipment ol bees to Alas-
Oregon Lid,
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Friday, April 27th
Solos and Ensembles 2:30 P. M.
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Bands, Choirs, Orchestras 7:30 P. M.
at High School Gymnasium
Admission to All Events
Adults 60c Students 30c
Space Courtesy Bend Garage Co.
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fhone 271 Central Oregon's home Furnishers Easy Terms
before ho could overtake her at on Franklin avenue, crashed into
Hartford street. I the front end of Mrs. Dacey's car.
The' overtime parkinp tickets Mrs. Dacey is Deschutes county
were put on cars registered to clerk.
Paul Mills, 900 Wall street; Milo
Renschlehi, Prineville, and Bruce
Markell, 1104 Columbia 'avenue.
Autolst Facing
Speeding Charge
j One woman was arrested for
j speeding, and cars registered to
j three other persons were tagged
for overt.'me parking yesterday,
j police reports revealed today.
I Etta Louise Slack, 1243 Hart
ford street, was arrested by Of
ficer Walter ureissincer on
CAES IN COLLISION .
Slight damage was done to
both automobiles late yesterday
when the vehicles driven bv Mrs.
a Helen M. Dappu. 79i R,-nnrt-oi,
charge of violating the basic rule. ! anrl Ruksi-h PicWnM oo n.,i.,h.!
:He said that she drove an auto- street, collided at the interseclion
! mobile in excess of 40 miles an ; of Ffanklin avenue and Bond
! hour from Bond street and Frank-1 street. Police reported that Mrs
! lin avenue, along Riverside, Tuma-: Dacey was driving south on Bond
' lo and Galveston avenue and, street, when the car piloted by
turned on West Thirteenth street I Pickett, who was traveling east
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From 9 to 11:55 Every Friday Night
Night Owls Orchestra
CARROLL ACRES HALL
Wonderful Maple Floor
City Bus Service Until Midnight
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