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mLETIN
33rd Year
Lucas States
Truman Plan
Not in Danger
Demo Leader Belittles
Report That Dixiecrats
Plan to Scuttle Program
Washington, March 19 (IP) Sen
ate democratic leader Scott W.
Lucas today belittled reports that
a southern democratic-republican
coalition was about to scuttle
President Truman's entire legis
lative Droeram. ,
! Lucas told newsmen that he
doesn't think the coalition, which
gave the administration a bad
beating on the anti-filibuster is
sue, will take up the cudgels
against otner party bills.
Nothing Serious
Hp said them wero no "sei-Innc
a feeling of antipahy" between
'-5 nc a nit i ,1 1 nf tha aHmlnictmtinA'n
northern and southern democrats
ahorHve three-week hattlo tn
write strong anti-filibuster curbs
1 into senate rules. ,
J Sen. Wayne Morse, R., Ore.,
itsaid, meanwhile, that talk of a
I GOP-southern coalition could do
i "great damage" to his party. He
"Isaid the republican party needed
; "saving from itself."
Developments Noted '
: Communists Steven Nelson,
, Yugoslav-born communist organ
; izer of western Pennsylvania, will
be the first witness when the
i? house un-American activ 1 1 i e s
i'committee begins its investigation
hot the American-Slav congress on
April 18.
' Love Maj. Gen. John E. Dahl
.quist, army personnel chief, told
:ja house armed services ' subcom
"mittee that the af my prefers its
i low-ranking enlisted men to be
jisingle. In peacetime, he said, the
G.I. has no business with wives
Jand kiddies. He asked the sub
committee not to upset the apple
ylcart by providing for family hous
ing allowances for low ranks in
the army pay bill it is consider
ing. ?i Fertilizer Rep. Thomas G.
; ;?Abernethy, D., Miss., , chairman
'of a house agriculture subcom-
Sdttee on fertilizer, proposed that
-le army give U, S. farmers some
'nitrogen from its ordnance plants
tto help ease a fertilizer shortage
:''.
Farewell Dinner
Honors Reiters
: i '
A group that filled the Pine tav
ern dining room to capacity last
night met for a dinner honoring
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Reiter, resi
. dents of Bend for nearly 20 years
who are leaving Tuesday to estab
lish their home In Coos. Bay,
- where Reiter is city manager. A
- highlight of the farewell dinner
was the presentation of a gift to
Mr. and- Mrs. Reiter, with A. J.
iGlassow making the presentation.
"You have been real folks, you
iave been a part of Bend and you
"played a big role in making Bend
What it is," Glassow declared In
making the presentation of a sil
ver bowl to the couple. Responses
were made by the couple.
, Goodrich Presides
.1 Presiding at the dinner was
Alva C. Goodrich, who was intro
duced by Mrs. E. R. Ryan, in
charge of arrangements. Speakers
Included Walter G. Peak, Kenneth
: Crulckshank, Loyde Blakley, Rev.
G. R. V. Bolster and Jack Hal-
brook. Two former mayors, A. T.
Niebergall and Hans Slagsvold,
were present.
t Reiter, who assumed his posi
tion as Coos Bay city manager
(IBrlier in the year, returned here
,vJlls week to make arrangements
, Co move household goods to the
coast city. Mr. and Mrs. Reiter
: have sold their home to Mr. and
Mrs. Loyde S. Blakley.
S Reiter was Bend city manager
' Irnm 1930 to the latter part ot
t J 918.
j,
Coal Strike Hits
Consumers Hard
! Pittsburgh. March 19 UP The
, "week-old holiday of John L. Lew
is' coal miners hit an'hrarlte con
sumers in eastern Pennsylvania
today where home heating sup
plies dwindled in a Into winter
.- cold snap.
J Bureau of health officials and
. the American Red Cross in
. Wllkes-Barre directed that the re
maining supply of hard coal be
told only to purchasers with doc
tors' certificates.
I Except for one small steel pro
ducer, western Pennsylvania mills
continued full production sehed
'tiles, drawing from' "ample" soft
toal stockpiles on hand when the
463.000 miners quit Monday for
hcir two-week memorial layoff.
fCFFING MACHINE STOLEN
H. C. Sutton, 1367 Elgin, re
ported to police today that a large
Sized buffing machine was stoien
irom his garage last nignt. ine
roWc
enlne, including tne moior.
Hghed about 115 pounds.
Rising Waters of South Twin
Lake Threatening Buildings
Three Cabins to Be Moved; Resort Lodge
Believed to Be Above High Water Mark
Level of South Twin lake, in a circular basin near Wickiup
reservoir, is rapidly rising, and, as a result, buildings in the
resort area are to be moved to higher ground, it was learned
here today following a study of the situation in which bureau
of reclamation and forest service officials took part. .
On Monday, according to plans announced today, work of
moving three of the Robideaux cabins to a bench just back of
their present location will be started. It is believed that the
resort lodge will remain above the high water mark and will
Mid-State CC
To Discuss CVA
Prineville. March 9 Otto N.
Hoppes. Prineville business man
who is president of the Central
Oregon chamber of commerce, in
announcing that the group, com-
posea or amiiated community
chambers at Madras, Culver,
Prineville, Redmond, Bend and
Sisters, will hold its March month
ly dinner meeting at Culver next
Tuesday night, said that a dis
cussion of a Columbia valley au-
tnorny would be a feature of tne
Culver program. Hoppes express
ed the hope that the text of the
bill, which the Truman adminis
tration proposes to present to the
81st congress for some kind of a
Columbia valley authority, may be
released before the Culver meet
ing. He said the membership of
his group has already voiced a
general opposition to any meas
ure for a Columbia valley author
ity, if it be devised on the same
basis as the Tennessee valley au
thority. "But," said Hoppes, "we would
like to have the real bill before
us, in order that we might have
something to get our teeth into."
Hoppes, who stated that the
Culver chamber members will be
Hosts at the Tuesday evening
meeting, said that plans for gain
ing bettered passenger service on
the rail line penetrating Central
Oregon and the matter of carry
ing out an intensive program to.
remove adverse freight rail and
truck rate differentials applying
to the district will be again
brought before the fnembershlp
at the Culver session. He declar
ed that the recently announced
schedule of Spokane to San Fran
cisco bus service by the Pacific
Greyhound and Pacific Trailways
lines might give stimulus to plans
for securing the desired passen
ger train service between the two
points. The plan for a passenger
service from Spokane to San
Francisco ' was resented at a re
cent meeting of the regional
chamber at Redmond by Floyd
West, manager of the Bend cham
ber, who said that the plea of In
terests of this area would be push
ed with the Great Northern and
Western Pacific rail lines through
substantial shippers of the area.
Tourney Games
To Be Broadcast
Two state high school basket
ball tournament games will be
broadcast over radio station
KBND tonight, direct from Mc
Arthur court in Eugene. .
The first broadcast, to start at
7:30 p. m., will be that between
the Bend Lava Bears and Hills
boro. with the two teams battling
for third place in the slate play
offs. At 8:45, Roosevelt of Portland
will meet Marshfield for the
state crown. The broadcasts will
be sponsored by Gregg's Banner
bread.
During the progress of the
state tourney games in Eugene,
results of the national tourneys
In Kansas City and New York,
will be announced.
Council Fire Highlights Camp Fire
Mayor
t n Sjtnn nresented
at the
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grand council fire last ntgnt in tne nign scnioi gymnasium.
one of
many who received awards. At right is Mrs. Joe tlder, Camp Fire executive secretary, who
called the girls lorward to receive their honors.
Tnot have to be moved. Includ
ed in the three cabins to be
shifted to higher ground is the
one known as the Hoover cab
in, used several times in the
past decade by Herbert Hoov
er, former president of the
United Mates, on fishing trips
into the upper Deschutes country,
This building holds a fireplace,
and considerable trouble is expect
ed to be encountered in moving
the cabin out of the range of the
water. -
Seepage Cause
The tevel of South Twin lake, a
body of water with no visible out
let, is believed due to seepage
from nearby Wickiup reservoir,
or from a blocking of subter
ranean outlet channels by the
high water in Wickiup. Also, it is
pointed out, a combination of
causes may be responsible. When
plans for the construction of the
reservoir were first made, such a
flooding of South Twin lake was
anticipated.
A narrow ridge separates Wick
iup water from that in'the South
Twin lake basin. Belief is held
that this ridge is an old glacier
moraine. If such is the case, field
men point out, it is made up of
coarse debris through which wa
ter can seep. At present, the level
of the Wickiup reservoir is sev
eral feet above that of South Twin
lake.
It is also pointed out that South
Twin lake may have both subter
ranean inlets and outlets, and that
the rising Wickiup storage may
be blocking the outlet channels.
Lake in Spotlight
' South Twin lake was In the
spotlight several years ago when
it was "poisoned" by the state
game commission, to eliminate ob
noxious species of fish. All fish
life in the lake was exterminated
and the lake was then restocked,
after a "rest" period. It has been
heavily fished In recent years.
Nearly four feet of snow covers
the South Twin lake country at
present, and it is expected that
runoff will be another factor tend
ing to raise the level of the lake.
Indian Tribes
To Get $112,000
The confederated Indian tribes
of the Warm Springs reservation
will soon be paid $112,000 by the
government, in conformity with a
law passed by the last congress,
according to information from
Washington, D.C.. The sum is
computed as the amount due the
Indians as Income from 61,000
acres of timber land within the
boundaries of the reservation, but
held by the government as a part
of the Mt. Hood national forest.
An informal hearing' was held.
In Washington, D.C., this week
between agriculture department
officials, J. W. Elliott, superinten
dent of the Warm Springs reser
vation, and T. Leland Brown, The
Dalles attorney who is tribal rep
resentative, to work out details of
the payment.
TOUKNEY SCORES
Friday
Marshfield 60, Bend 51.
Roosevelt 54, Ilillsboro 43.
Saturday
Salem 64, Medrord 35.
(For fifth place) -function
City 80, Tillamook 38.
(For fourth place)
3 4 h,.3'
4 . A- Wvm, 4-A-
blrthdav awards to Deschutes county Camn Fire I
BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 19,
Soviet Paper
Declares Pact
'Peace Threat'
Government Publication
Blasts Treaty as Being
'Aggressive Conspiracy'
Moscow, March 19 mi The in
ternational commentator of the.
soviet government newspaper Iz-
vestia said today that the Atlantic
pact is an "aggressive conspiracy
against peace." ; ;
This conspiracy, the commenta
tor said, "is most flagrantly ex
pressed In the north Atlantic
pact."
The Izvestla reactlon'was simi
lar to a Tass dispatch from Wash-:
ington which was printed on the
back pages of all Moscow news
papers. !
Pact Evaluated
"The general evaluation of the
Atlantic pact as the principle in
strument of the aggressive policy
of the ruling circles of the United
States and Britain has already
been given in the well known dec-,
laration of the ministry of foreign
affairs made public on Jan. 29,"
the Tass dispatch said.
' "Publication of the text fully
confirms this evaluation. The au
thors of this pact, by means of
false phrases concerning their
peaceable striving and faithful
ness to the United Nations char
ter, attempt to cover up the clear
ly aggressive character of the
north Atlantic pact which at the
same time directly undermines
the United Nations.
. Text Testifies
"The text testifies that the pact
bears a military and political
character, provides for unification
of the armed forces of the partici
pants for Joint military action and
the creation for this purpose of an
appropriate military organ.
"Especially noteworthy is the
fact that the pact provides for
military undertakings covering
several states which are way out
side the limit of agreements of a
regional character, which empha
sizes its : inconsistency . .with , the
United Nations charter.
Spring Opening
Details Viewed
Hopeful that vernal weather
will move into Central Oregon
this coming week, busy commit
tees today were working on final
details of Bend's 1949 spring open
ing, to be held Friday, March 25.
Highlights of the program will be
a parade', a band concert and un
veiling of windows.
All windows are to be unveiled
at 5:30, for the start of Judging,
to be handled by the Bend Sorop
timist club. An automobile show
will again be held in connection
with the 1949 spring opening,
with more cars to be on display
than any time since pre war days.
The parade will be a new fea
ture of the spring opening day,
and will be an all Central Oregon
affair, with Redmond and Prine
ville high school bands to take
part. The Redmond and Prineville
musicians will be entertained nt a
dinner before the start of the en
tertainment. Norman Partridge is
chairman of the parade' commit
tee. Robert Wetle heads the commit
tee In charge of plans for the for
mal spring opening. Co-chairmen
are Robert Thomas, auto show;
Kenneth G. Crulckshank, finance,
and Walter H. Schaub, Jr., pub
licity. The spring opening Is being ar
ranged by the merchants' com
mittee, headed by Ray LeBlanc,
chairman.
Birthday Week
9
ilrls and Blue Birds,
Pictured above Is Patricia Miller,
' 111
or m
Bears Score
Pictured above is Ted McKee, 25, rangy Bend center, going up to
score against Tillamook in state tournament play Thursday night
in McArthur court at Eugene, as three Tillamook players come in
to stop him. At far right is referee Ernie Pilouso. Bend easily took
Tillamook 51-42, but lost to Marshfield 60-51 last night. Tonight the
Bears play Hillsboro for third place honors in the state.
Fair Employment Measure
Passes House by 53-4 Voe
Bill Would Prevent Employers From Refusing
To Hire Workers Because of Race, Religion
A Salem, March 19 (U.E) The Oregon house of representa
tives today overwhelmiiigly passed andi sent to the governor
legislation making1 it unlawful to.diacriminate in employment
because of race or religion.
The vote was 53 to 4.
The bill, which had passed the senate a month ago by a 27
to S vote, was orally opposed by only one member, Rep. John
P. Hounsell, R., The Dalles, an orchardist.
The fair employment practices law would prevent any per
son who hires six or more
workers from refusing to em
ploy a person because of his
race or religion. The act would
be administered by the state
bureau of labor.
, Fine Noted
The bill provides for mnxi
mum fines of $500.
Rep. Rudie Wllhelm, R., Port
land, said it "will be the duty of
the ways and means committee to
see that the labor bureau has
funds to administer the act.
Rep. Phil Brady, D., Portland,
an American Federation of Labor
official, said anyone who opposed
the bill was merely taking a
"pious platitude" attitude.
Hounsell, who said he employs
several Indians and negroes each
year in his fruit orchards, said It
was "poor bill but a good theory."
llnunHcll Objects
Hounsell objected because he
believed the bill gives no protec
tion to employers.
In voting against the bill he was
joined by Reps. Gondii, Sell and
Scamon. Reps. Bennett, Geary nnd
McNutt were absent.
The house also passed and sent
to the senate a resolution calling
for a constitutional amendment lo
permit the sale of $10,500,000 In
bonds for stale syslem of higher
education buildings.
Of the total, $3,000,000 would be
used for new buildings, and $7,
500,000 would pay off existing
bonds outstanding thus reducing
the amount paid for Interest.
The house also passed legisla
tion appropriating $7,000 lo pay
Oregon share of expenses in ad
ministration of a fishing compact
among Oregon. Washington nnd
California. The bill goes to the
senate.
Djstrict Census
Heads Appointed
Carl G. Gilson, Portland, and
Robert VV. Gibson. LnGrnnde.
have been named regional super
visors for two of Oregon's four
districts for the 1919 business
census by the Washington, D. C
bureau of census, It was an
nounced by Monroe Sweetland,
democratic national committee
man for Oregon. Gllson will head
the Portland office and Gibson
will supervise the northeast Ore
gon district.
The Bend supervisor has not
been appointed as yet and noml-
iners from this area for the Job
will not be submitted until offi
cial notice from Sweetland is re
ceived, Cecil Moore, county dem
ocratic chairman, reported today.
jThe Eugene office head also has
to be named.
1949
in Tourney
Radar Network
Bill Up to Truman
Washington, March 19 1H
' ,
bill to authorize the air force toiers from Portland will be present
construct an $85,000,000 radar
network for the protection of the
North American continent today
awaits President Truman's signa
ture. The bill passed both houses of
congress after the defense depart
ment called It "urgent" legisla
tion. Top air force generals testi
fied in its favor In secret com
mit tee sessions.
The senate completed congres
sional action on the bill yester
day without a word of opposition
to il.
The radar network, to be built
in-cooperation with Canada, will
stretch from Alaska across the
Arctic wastes of Canada to Newfoundland.
Fight Over Cigaret Taxes
Smouldering in Legislature
By Kldon Barrel!
(United 1'ri-iw HUH Cnnvt nlfnt
Salem, March 19 dl'i-A three
cornered fight over cigaret taxes
was smouldering In the Oregon
legislature today.
These were the developments:
1. The house military affairs
,.n.'. ,.... J.v:mn, ijv
nn.' hnmiBna
Sen I)niin W.ilWer and some nf
his fellow wavs and means com
-... . . -
mittee members want to lew a!
two -cent-a pack cigaret tax to pay
for new slate buildings.
3. Cigaret dealers themselves
have asked for a two cent a pack
tax on their products, but only if
a fair trades price law goes along
with the deal.
Monday the house will have an
opportunity to decide what it
wants to do about veterans bonus
es. The house tux committee last
night voted to send the veterans'
bonus bill to the floor without rec
ommendation to determine what
the sentiment of the house Is to
ward the proposal.
If the bonus bill Is defeated,
ways and means Is expected to
start pushing Walker's plan.
Walker wants the $3,500,000 a
year the tax would yield lo be ear
marked exclusively for buildings.
Senate Leaders Expe
Urgent Plea for
Of Atlantic Pact
In Demanding Senate Approval, President
Acting on Advice of Diplomatic Aides Who
Believe Tension Will Mount Without Pact
Washington, March 19 (U.E) Senate foreign affairs leaders
today looked for an urgent plea from President Truman for
early ratification of the north Atlantic security pact.
Chairman lorn (Jonnally, U., Tex., of the senate foreign re
lations committee said he believes i Truman will send the
treaty to the senate immediately after it is signed by partici
pating nations on April 4. Connally alerted his committee to
be ready for speedy action on the issue. -
In demanding early senate approval, it was reported, Tru-
; ; man will be acting on the ad
Ochoco Dam Bids
To Be Received
Bids for. reconstruction of the
Ochoco dam, on Ochoco creek six
miles east of Prineville, will be
opened at the Berid office of the
United States bureau of reclama-.
tlon on May 3, at 10 a.m., 'bureau
engineers announced here today.
The work Is to be undertaken
as an emergency project, and will
include a complete renovation of
the big earth-fill dam and repair
of the outlet and spillway.
The Invitation for bids rpeclfy
that the work shall be started
within 30 days after date of re
ceipt of notice . to proceed, and
shall be completed within. 500
days from the date of the receipt
of the notice.
It is expected that a major part
of the work will be undertaken
late this summer, when the reser
voir level is low. The project will
Include installation of a high pres
sure gate and cast metal connec
tion piece, total weight of which
will be 21,400 pounds., The con
tract will call for the moving of a
huge volume of earth.'vmd, among
other Items, 30,000 cubic yards of
riprap.
In addition to funds now avail
able, the president has requested
an Item of $1,150,000 for the
Ochoco dam work, to permit com
pletion of the reconstruction.
AA Organization
Slates Bend Meet
The national organization of Al
coholics Anonymous will hold Its
first Bend public meeting next
Saturday at d p.m. in the assem
bly room of the Deschutes county
courthouse, it was announced to
day. Twelve organization lead-
i ""'?
Students of sociology and oth
er persons Interested in the prob
lems which the organization con
siders are urged to attend.
W.O.Cuthbertson
To Arrive in Bend
W. O. Cuthhertson is expected
to reach Bend shortly before
April 1, the date on which he ex-
pects to take over his duties as
city manager here, according to
information from Mayor T. D.
Sexton. Cuthhertson and his fam
ily plan to start west from Abi
lene, Kans., on March 24.
A house has been obtained for
Mr. and Mrs. Cuthhertson near
the Reid school. This is the Har
rison residence.
with $2,500,000 a year allocated to
the hoard of higher education, and
$1,000,000 a year for state Institu
tions under the board of control.
The Independence republican
wants the building program to be
continuing and the tax to lie per
manent, lie don't want a fail
trades law tacked to the proposi
tion. in' i Im iniiliv thn ninnrnt ii.Mih.ra
I are bui nlny. If nnv clenr et tax
I does not carrv a fair trades law.
-
thev iirobiiblv will stir ui a refer-
endum against any tobacco tax. Kineor K. II. haldock on the im
They did that two vrars ago and 1 1 ovement of Central Oregon
bent a two.cenl n-onrk tax nt the ! highways. U ard said that the del-
polls. The people of Oregon have ! egnllon learned the extent of sur
voled down cigaret taxes four I ve.vs of Central Oregon highways
times In a row.
Fate of the bonus bill he deter-1
milled on a test motion. If the ter.1 '
shows the bonus hill will he killed
by the bouse, the measure will he
sent back to the tax committee,
which Is then expected to report
out a cigaret tax as Walker pro
poses. The bonus measure would re
quire about $50,000,000 to pay vet
erans. They would not get 'their
cash, however, until the tobacco
tax raised sufficient funds.
They would be paid on the basis
of $10 for each month of domestic
duty, and $15 for each month ol
foreign or sea duty.
No.J38
cting
Ratification
by Truman
vice of his diplomatic aides
who believe that tension be
tween Russia and the western
world will mount until the
pact formally is put into ef
fect. Treaty Binds
The treaty, formulated
within the framework of the
United Nations, binds together in
20-year mutual defense agree
ment eight western democracies
the United States, Great Britain,
France, Canada, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Norway and Luxem
bourg. Four more powers Italy,
Denmark, Iceland and Portugal-w
are expected to join In the pact be-.a
fore it is signed.
Radio Moscow s first official re- ,
action to the pact was that it V.
means "war on the Soviet Union."
The terms of the precedent-set
ting treaty were made public yes
terday. They would pledge the
United States and the seven other
free nations to take immediate ac
tion to fight an armed attack .;
against any one of them.
Nations to Decide
The treaty leaves It up to each
Individual nation to decide if it
wanted to use military force
against the aggressor.
But Secretary of state Dean G.
Acheson mads it plain that, as he
views thejreatyjthe .Uaited SXaJjes..
probably would," be committed to
go to war if there is any "calcu- :
lated" attack against, any signa
tory. In a half-hour address over the
Columbia and Mutual radio net
works, Acheson told the nation
and the world:
Force Effective
"If we should be confronted
again with a calculated armed at
tack such as we have seen twice In
the 20th century, I should not sup
pose that we would decide any ac
tion other than use of armed force
would be effective ..."
But he emphasized that the '
United States "is not planning to
make war against anyone."
"The nations joining in the pact
know that war does not pay," he
said. "Others may not be as deep
ly convinced of this as we' are.
The treaty should help convince
them also."
Congressional leaders generally
hailed the pact as a necessary
warning to Russia and her satel
lites that they had better think
twice before making any aggres
sive move against western Eu
rope. But some senators were con
cerned about the proposed arms
program.
CC Authorizes
Aitken Plaque
The board of directors or the
Bend chamber of commerce at
their meeting yesterday author
ized the fish and game committee
to place a plaque at the Wizard
Falls fish hatchery commemorat
ing the efforts of the late George
Aitken of Sisters in the develop
ment of the hatchery program.
The committee plans to make a
field trip to the hatchery for the
ceremony some time prior to May
1, Floyd West, chamber manager,
reported today.
A report was also submitted
to the board by Douglas Ward,
i chairman of the highway commit-
I n'- on ,n" "'Suits of the confer-
i?nrc local delegates
local delegates attended
"esay witn Mate nignway en-
-I-., a...
which state engineers have made
and can now prepare a plan lo
submit to the commission which
will outline the needs of this area.
Representing the fish and game
committee at the meeting were:
C. J. Morgan, chairman: Don Peo
ples, John Wetle and Ralph Craw,
ford.
Other persons present for the
meeting were: Frank H. Ijggan,
president of the Bend chamber:
Ralph Adims. Llovd Blakcly.
Richard W. Biandis. Alva Good
rich, Gordon Randall, Robert
Johnson, E. B. Hamm, Robert Fo
lev, Otto Lamb, Al Erlkscn nnd
Fl'ovd West.