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THE OREGONIAN AND THE TVA
Last week the Oregonian began publication of a series of
articles on the Tennessee valley authority which, as a fore
word explains, "has lormea a pattern ior legislation prupuo
ing a Columbia valley administration." Our purpose had been
to comment on and to discuss the findings set out in these
... . i. i. J?.'.' 1 1 T L Dn4..Hf1nD Iw
articles wnen puDiication was iinisneu. i-asi, oamiuajr -stallment,
however, contained matter that calls for immediate
' examination. The examination is necessary because there is,
in some of that matter, an obvious attempt to remove from the
public mind certain of the fears that exist with respect to the
proposed lVA. ,
We quote the beginnings of Saturday's article :
The Tennessee Valley authority Is not a government.
"" TVA has no police, no army, no courts of its own. It has no
power to regulate. It can give orders to none but those on Its
pay roll. Its one power of compulsion is the right of eminent
. ' domain, a common instrument of public agencies.
,, TVA, therefore, cannot really live up to its reputation In
'' enmp nuarters as a "suner state."
Read those sentence again, please, and note in particular
TA7 A .;Vif aminnnf Hnmnin. " enm-
tne OHc IlltJllwuilllig x r n. o xjiii i v.... ....... ' .
" the sentence concludes, "of public agen
cies." Well, that is a correct statement but it leaves the reader
with the impression that TVA's eminent domain procedures
are like all, or most, otners ana mat is not tne case. n
a neat little arrangement of its own entirely different from
that obtaining in the states in the Columbia valley region. If
this element of the TVA pattern is to be a part of the CVA
the Oregonian should tell its readers so and let them make up
their minds on all the facts.
Here is the eminent demain story.
The right of eminent domain is, as the Oregonian article
- snvs. a common instrument of public agencies. With it such
agencies can take private property for public use. Here in the
northwest and, for that matter, just about everywhere
when there is such a taking the agency must go to court and
there let a jury' fix the value of the property that is being
' taken. The owner, in other words, has the full protection pro-
vided by the jury system and established court procedures.
In the Tennessee valley the instrument is the same but its
method of use is different. The story of the TVA should tell
these facts. They are that when the TVA wants private prop
erty it gets a court to appoint three commissioners to deter
. mine the value "and such commissioners", the law provides,
"sJialLnot be selected from the locality wherein the land
....uirf'.fTnAnI,,miK,nrl' Hot, " Tha TV A low nrnvirloa fnr an.
peals but never is a jury brought into the case nor assured
opportunity given for a decision by those who ordinarily make
decisions of fact for the courts, that is, residents of the com
munity, locality or state. ;
Perhaps this TVA method, presumably to bevduplicated in
the forthcoming CVA bill,' is the better one but we think that
the fact should be demonstrated rather than taken on faith as
does the Oregonian writer. :
That eminent domain arrangement seems to us to be some-
tiling luwuru jUMiuyuiK uiui, x v a. I uiJuuitiuu ui ouira oiaiu .
When a public agency is created that is not amenable to law
on the same terms as other public agencies it certainly begins
, to partake of the nature of a super something.
WASHINGTON COLUMN
By Peter Kdxon
. (NKA WMhlniftun CorrtKnilnt)
Washington (NEA) Fifty-one
republican congressmen, sparked
by Rep. Robert Halle of Maine,
recently sent a letter to President
Truman asking seven pointed
questions about U. S. policy on
China. Tne letter was never an
swered, so Mr. Halle has now
made it public.
Here in condensed form are
the highlights of his seven ques
tions:
Does the U. S. consider It has
met its obligations to China under
the Potsdam ana nana agree.
ments? . . . what does the u. S.
government intend to do to make
Russia meet its obligations to
China? . . . What is present U. S.
policy towards China? ... To
what extent is it based on the
Wallace report of 1944 and the
Wedemeyer report oi una
What changes are contemplated
on present policy towards China?
. . . Does the administration in
tend to support elements in China
which are resisting subjugation
of that country by communists?
If the Chinese government
brings the matter of communist
aggression before the United Na
tions as a threat to the peace, will
the U. S. government support its
action?
These are all good, tough, lead
ing Questions. There is no use
suspecting the motives of the 51
republican congressmen wno ash
ed them. They are genuinely con
cerned about the Chinese situa
tion.
Having begun this comment Jet us look further into the Ore
gonian's Saturday article. Again we quote:
One issue that always arises in the discussion of TVA's
policies is that of its practice of building dams and other
major projects by "force account"; that is, TVA hires directly
all engineers, technicians and workmen, rather than letting
the jobs by contract. In the 1U33 emergency, when TVA
wanted to get started quickly on Norris dam, the force ac
count method (was) adopted to avoid necessity of detailed
plans and specifications. These were developed as the job
progressed. TVA liked the system so well it has never
changed.
The Associated General Contractors of America does. not
like the force account practice. The contractors contend it is
unfair government competition with private industry.
Now it may be that the Oregonian writer intends to return
to this subject of the force account practices of the TVA. In
this article would have been a good place, however paying
no attention to the Associated General Contractors to pre
sent something more of a justification than that "TVA liked
the (force account) system." The doing of public work by con
tract is the general rule. If the army engineers have a job to
do, the bureau of reclamation, the public works administra
tion thoy call for bids and let the contract to the lowest bid
der. There are federal laws and the statutes of states every
where requiring the letting of jobs by contract. It is the ac
cepted practice universally except in the Tennessee valley.
Oddly enough we find the Oregonian editor, in an earlier
portion of the article from which the last quotation was taken,
saying "TVA gets its work done by contract." There then fol
lows an account of the types of contract by which TVA dues
get certain work done.
If the reader will get the facts and study thorn he will see
the light. TVA, as those opening sentences of that Saturday
article stated, is not a government. It has no police, no army.
Nevertheless, it has availed itself of great power. Consider j
all those contract arrangements and remember that these i
were negotiated contracts! Here TVA took control by contract
and the power of the purse. By arranging contracts on favor
able terms and by distributing millions thereby TVA took'
definite control. " .
Oddly enough, too, we find the Oregonian writer himself :
explaining why TVA has adopted the lone account practice. '
hook again at those opening sentences 'iind read Hint sentence!
intended to disarm the critic of the super state, "It (TVA)
can give orders to none but those on its pay roll." Realize,
then, that the force account system gives TVA a pay roll of
employes to whom it can give orders. At times TVA has had'
over 40,000 on its pay roil. No wonder TVA likes the force
account system.
We hope that the Oregonian editor who has" written this
scries of articles will find time to discuss tile questions raised
herein. ' ,
There Is of course a domestic
American political angle to this
business. All republicans from
Governor Dewey on down have
used the Chinese issue to beat the
democrats over the head and to
cause them as much political em
barrassment as possible. That's
all right, too. It's politics and fair
game.
But in this process an amazing
amount of misunderstanding has
been built up about U. S. responsi
bilities to China. Also, an amazing
amount of misunderstanding in
China has been built up about
U; S. responsibilities to China. -
It has been generally assumed
by people hipped on this Chinese
question that the United States
has guaranteed for all time the In
dependence and integrity of
China.
The United States has fostered
the independence of China ever
since the founding of the "open
door" policy in the 1840's. But it
did this as much to protect the
rights of Yankee traders and;
American missionaries in the for
eign concessions of China as it did
for the good of the Chinese them
selves. Is there anyone In the U. S.
ready to advocate sending mil
lion and a half or ten and a half
million men to make Russia live
up to its Potsdam and Yalta
agreements with respect to
China? This would involve mak
ing Russia return sovereignty of
Manchuria to the Chinese nation
alist government. It would involve
making Russia live up to its 1945
treaty promising to respect sov
ereignty and territorial Integrity
of the Chinese government. How
do you do that? '
e e
Any impartial and Independent
commission going into China to
day would probably have to finrj
the country so torn by civil war
that lis report would undermine
what little strength the national
ist government has left.
This nationalist government
has proved itself so corrupt, so
weak and so inefficient that it is
now almost beyond support. It
has lost more battles through its
own Ineptness than it has for
lack of American aid.
The United States used its best
efforts to bring peace to the war
ring factions when it was invited
to do so by both nationalists and
communists. When, by bad faith
on both sides, those peace efforts
broke down, the United States
could only withdraw from the
situation.,
As for presenting this case to
the United Nations, the national
ists themselves have backed down
on making charges of communist
aggression. The question of U. S.
support for charges that don't ex
ist therefore hardly enters into
the picture.
Washington Scene
By Harmon W. Nichols
(United Pre. Staff Correspondent) '
Washington, March 21 (IP)
Okay, mama. Wrap a herring
around your neck and we'll go
out and kick a couple of gongs
around!
Sounds a little silly. But actu
ally, when the little woman puts
on a dog collar of artificial pearls,
she is wearing herring.
And right now, according to the
herring and pearl department of
the government, the herring
(clupea harengus of the order
isospondyli) is having a bigger
boom than met ol sole at tne zl
club, the shrimp at Leon and Ed
die's and the sardine between twin
slices of rye at the White Tower.
Actually, the phony pearls are
made from the scales of juvenile
herring.
Think that's new? My research
proves it is not.
Pearl essence, or pearl paste,
has been made for centuries by
many ways in many lands. The
silvery scales of the little fish
which hardly ever grows more
than a foot long are the source
of the luster. When applied to
glass or plastic beads, you can
hardly tell them from the real
thing. ..
Digging into the files, you find
some interesting things.
Before the turn of the century,
cagey man had learned that the
sardine herring was excellent for
other things than eating purposes.
The fishermen up in New England-saw
the light.
And across the sea, Norway's
herring fleets supplies scales to
the chemists of Germany. They
finished the job by processing a
pear) paste for customers in other
lands.
Popularity o,f the pearl necklaceso-calledhas
come back in
to its own in recent years. The
last dozen, to be exact.
You can't spot the phony at 10
paces. And if your lady happens
to be wearing a choker which cost
you $8.69, let her strut her stuff
at a White House reception.
Chances are she'll get by. ,
These new-fangled pearls
made of the herring (which also
is good ao eat) look as good to the
untrained eyes as a strings that
cost $1,000. A string of cultured
pearls that came from Japan. Or
a $10,000 collar of matched pearls
imported from another land. -
Business now is hoppin'.
When you consider the necklace
business, you've also got to think
about the postwar rage for ea
ring and costume jewelry. The
jive trade alone must keep at
least a fleet of herring vessels
busy!
New England and Norway are
the big winners in the phony
pearl sweepstakes. Both have
factories for "pearl essence"
which doesn't smell as bad as it
sounds. In fact, it doesn't smell
at all.
A pound jar of essence today
costs five times what it did in
1937, in case you are interested.
(The stuff in the jar is used to
make "pearls".) i
The scales are collected from
the bottoms of fishing boats, sift
ing through the slatted floors as
the fish are handled.
But don't get the idea tlS'so
paste pearls aren't made the right
way. Each bead is hand-dipped
in the pearl lacquer. Then there
is the finishing and sizing. And
the matching. A lot of labor in
volved. Some of the phony pearls come
as high as $100 a string.
Pretty high. But run down to
Tiffany's and price a necklace of
real ones!
Christiansen Elected President of Central
Oregon Elementary School Principal Group
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Prineville, March 21 May.
nard L. Christiansen, principal of
the Pine Grove school in Hood
River county, was elected presi
dent of the Central Oregon Re
gional Elementary School Princi
pals association at the annual con
ference held at the Ochoco grade
school here Saturday, succeeding
Virgil L. Moss of Bend. Lloyd
E. Lewis, principal of the Crooked
River grade school of Prineville,
was elected vice president, suc
ceeding Christiansen.
The Saturday mornincr session
was opened with an invocation by
Rev. Marvin H. Skidmore, pastor
of the Prineville First Baptist
church.
Outstanding at the morning
program was the singing of
groups of girl and boy students
of the Crooked Kiver grade school,
who were presented by their
teacher, Mrs. Eleanor Stump.
Daggett Speaks
Chief speaker of the morning
program was J. F. Daggett, divi
sion general manager of the Alex-
ander-xawkey Lumber Co., here,
who in an elaboration of his
theme,. "American Business, Its
Past, Present and Future," warn
ed the teachers that current gov
ernment trends lead away from
the safeguards of the republican
form of government.
"I believe," said Daggett in his
address, "that nowhere in Mr.
Washington's or Mr. Lincoln's ad
dresses will you find reference to
democracy, and our oath of alle
giance to the flag does not men
tion it."
People Shortsighted
In closing his address, Daggett
declared: "I believe that we. busi
ness people have been Woefully
shortsighted in failing to realize
the important role our educators
play in our communities.' We
should have seen to it long ago
that our teachers be acquainted
with some of the complexities of
our business structures and the
problems we must meet each day.
No other proup of people in our
land, save our ministers of the
gospel, have such an opportunity
to influence the course of our re
public. The schools are the wells
from which 'we must draw the
citizens of our future our busi
ness men, professional people,' ar
tisans and artists, wo other group
of people has the opportunity to
instill in the minds of our future
governors the principles of per
sonal liberty which are the foun
dation stone of our country.
While we were busy building our
empire, you educators were trudg-.
ing to the little red school house,
underpaid and you- still are
YOUR BEST DOLLAR
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BECAUSE IT'S
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SAVES MONEY, TOOI
TO
Portland... 75 min.
Seattle... VJi hrs.
Frisco 4'3 hrs.
Los Angeles. 8$ hrs.
and fo "all fh East"
Cell Redmond 260 or en
authorized trevel agent.
poorly housed, perhaps with a lo
cal farm family, and generally
forgotten. That was a mistake.
It still is.
Election Noted
'"It is a sad commentary that,
in our recent election to provide
adequate school facilities, the very
people who voted down such a
necessary Improvement, voted last
November for a spending program
that beggars all description and
that further greases the skids to
statism and loss of -individual lib
erty. These shortsighted people
are willing to allow our schools
to be overcrowded arid under-financed
while they pick their own
pockets with farm subsidies, guar
anteed wages, aid age pensions
and the like. Sixty cents of every
tax dollar must coroe from the
individual.
"It seems that our schools are
fertile grounds for communist in
filtration,' particularly in our in
stitutions of higher learning. The
incident at the University of
Washington a short time ago, and
the more recent occurrence at
Corvallis, should serve as a re
minder that our educators must
guard every moment if we are to
preserve our way of life. Now
that the fellow travelers in our
country have frankly stated that
they would aid soviet Russia in
the event of war with us, there
should be little argument as to
the treatment of the advocates
of communism.
Treatment Listed
"I feel that there are three
things that we must keep before
us:
"First We must work for a
spiritual regeneration among our
people, especially our young peo
ple. The principles of right and
wrong, as exemplified by our re
ligious teachings, are priceless.
"Second We must try to under
stand the difference between reg
ulation and control. Business
needs to be regulated, teachers
need to be regulated, labor needs
to be regulated. There must be
rules of the game in which gov
ernment should be only the refe
ree, control means absolute pow.
er. Our young people should be
taught the difference,
"And, third That individual lib.
erty cannot be maintained in the
social state. It never has and it
never will be."
Lunch Served
Following a speech of welcome
by R. H. McAtee, principal of the
Ochoco grade school, where a
lunch was served at the school's
cafeteria, President Moss present
ed the following county school
superintendents, each of whom
introduced the delegations from
his or. her county: Ralph Jones,
Hood River county; T. F. Brum
baugh, Wasco; Wiley W. Knight
en, Sherman; Lorena S. Palmer,
Gilliam; Wayne Foster, Jefferson;
Dee McLlnn, Wheeler; Cecil M.
Sly, Crook, and Velma Bucking
ham, Deschutes.
The program of Saturday was
devoted chiefly to a discussion
of technical matters pertaining to
administration of elementary
schools.
PRINEVILLE MAN ARRESTED
Prineville, March 31 Earl
Shaw, Prineville chief of police,
reported yesterday that Dean Les
lie Ostrander, 35, was a "repeater
who believes in a proper celebra
tion of anniversaries." Ostronder
was arrested here on March 16 of
last year, Shaw recalled, on a
charge of vagrancy. This year, on
the first anniversary of the 1948
episode, Ostrander was again ap
prehended and held on charges in
volving bad checks and parole vio
lation. Portland police came here
and returned him to that city.
PTA TO MEET
The regular monthly meeting
of the Kenwood PTA will be held
tomorrow evening at 8 p.m. In the
school cafeteria, with all members
urged to attend. This meeting
will center around final plans for
the Kenwood PTA carnival this
Friday and Saturday nights, 7 to
m
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THIS IS
Photography
Although we are not yet
through with the overcast
cloudy, and rainy days, we can
. expect more and more sun
shine to be our lot from now
on. And sunshine means just
one thing to a camera fan,
color pictures.
If your camera is of the
"fixed-focus . . . fixed aper
ture" type, or what is more
commonly referred to as a box
camera, then, your color fjim
is Kodacolor Film. Many of the
most attractive color pictures
are close-ups of individuals.
When properly made, these pic.
tures afford bold, colorful com
positions that compliment both
the photographer and his sub
ject Careful posing and light
ing are essential, because the
good and bad points in a close
up are equally apparent
For close-ups taken with
Kodacolor Film in bright sun
light, avoid side lighting or
back lighting unless the shad
ow areas are illuminated by
a reflecting surface or a flash
bulb. Note the angle of the
sun, and pose the subject to
obtain best modeling and shad
ow effects. When you are ready
to shoot, ask your subject to
look away from the sun for
a few minutes to rest his eyes.
He cannot help squinting if he
must face the sun for a long
time. And you will be pleased
with the attractive color prints,
' Now, if yours .is the minia
ture camera type, 35mm or
Bantam, you will want to use
Kodachrome Film which is one
of the firest if not the finest
color film known to the field
of amateur and professional
photography.
No light other than sunlight
will ever produce the sparkling
color definition in your trans
parencies. And if the breezes
coming off the Eastern slope
of our own Cascades is too cool
for you, then shoot your sub
ject indoors near the window
so as to benefit from the in
valuable sunlight The subject
should be about three or four
feet from a large window
which receives direct light
from the open sky. The cam
era should view the subject
from a position close to the
window. If the subject is not
'in direct sunlight, the usual
lens aperture for motion pic
ture cameras is f2.5; if the
sun is shining on the subject,
f5.6 or f8. If yours' is a still
camera, these same apertures
apply at 125 second.
No. finer combination exists
for color pictures than Koda
chrome Film and sunlight and
since we can expect a lit lie
more in the, way of sunlight
from now on.'the Camera Dept.
at Symons can furnish you
with your needs in Kodachrome
Film.
Here's a tip to those of you
who appreciate a good bargain,
Since the Kodak Reflex II has
been introduced, we are now
able to make available the Ko
dak Reflex I at a reduced price.
The-new model sells for $151.91.
and you can take away this
earlier model, never off our
shelves, for Just $99.00, com
plete with carrying case. It
can't last long.
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