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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND. OREGON
MONDAY, MAY 2, 1949
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NORTHWEST AND TVA STATES COMPARED
Our readers will remember that the CVA bill introduced m
the house by Representative Mitchell is 1I.R. 4286. A bill vir
tually identical was later introduced by benaior magnuson
and this is S. 1645. On introducing the measure the Washing
ton senator made a speech somewhat contradictory in spots
and containing at least one striking misstatement wnicn, at
the same time, gave evidence of his lack of understanding of
and faith in his own region.
: The senator had described the Tennessee.valley authority
and the Bonneville project as experiments and then he said.
"Now 15 vears later, we can make an estimate of those experi
ments and we find greater progress and a better balance of
economic benefits have been attained in the lennessee Valley
than have been attained in the Columbia Valley."
Even to gain a hearing it seems hardly fitting for the
Washington senator to belittle the progress and the develop
ment of his own region. It is even less fitting when he fails to
present the.actual facts regarding his region, .
. What are the facts? Well, they have,been assembled by the
Inland Empire waterways association, an organization with
its headfjuarters in Senator Magnuson's own state, in Walla
Walla, and here they are presented as an "Objective analysis
of authoritative . economic statistics Pacific Northwest
TVA States." . . , , ; .
! : "I i .fliOT 7 States
TVA
8
34.4
477
Population Gain 1933-1947
Families Gain 19331947 ....
Retail Sales Gain 1933-1947
Effective Buying Income
Gain 1933-1947
Effective Buying Income
Per Family Gain 1933
, 1947 ;
Gain In Income Tax Reve
nue 1933-1947
Navigable Length River
1948
Cost Per Mile 1948
Savings Per Ton Mile
1947 ..:
Increase Total Installed
Power 1933-1947
! I
t
Oregon, Idaho,
Washington
Pacific Northwest
38
41.7
523
215
. $2,088
8,653 .
(86 Times)
630 Miles
: $237,000 . .
, $0.0080
4,266,000 KW
118.5 -
270
$3,306
22,838 '
(228 Times)
740 Miles
$123,000
$0.0093
1,928,000 KW
131.4
Increase Total Production 31,855,127,000 KWH 15,518,600,000 KWH
. 1933-1947 !?..:'.!.f:.:.:......,.' '''444.5 388
Increase Hydro Energy 12,723,974,000 KWH 14,079,098.000 KWH
230.2
v'.
1933 1947
Average Consumption Per
Domestic User Compar
ed With National Aver
age In 1947 12.3 Greater
Farms Electrified .De
cember 1947 50.8
Average CostKWH All
Classes of Service in
1947 as Compared With '
- National Average 20 Lower
The waterways association has collected, also, the figures
of monthly farm wage rates (without board) for the 48 status
for the year 1948. Starting at the bottom of the list we find,
as to the TVA states, this standing, these wages and these
national low to high ratings :
l'cr Montn Nun. low io ingn itaung
363
t
144.6 Greater
94.5
49.2 Lower
He'd Get Out If It Weren't So Embarrassing
WASHINGTON COLUMN
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2. Mississippi
3. Alabama
6. Tennessee
8. Kentucky
10. North Carolina .
12. Virginia
62
63
71
83
84
91
47
40
43
41
39
37
Examine those figures and then look at these for the three
principal states in the Columbia valley region :
Per Month Nat'l. Low to High Rating
45. Idaho 187 4
46. Oregon 192 3
48. Washington 204 1
What, we wonder, does the senator mean by progress.
PUTTING ON THE R1TZ
Readers of 'this column may remember the menu of the
flossy dinner given by President Truman to a lot of foreign
dignitaries in Washington on Atlantic pact business. It was
set out in good restaurant French and included that one item
that, we arc betting, the French, other than such explorers as
llennepin, Nicollet and Radisson, never knew wild rice
which appeared on the menu as ri. sauvage.
i Well now we find Harry going flossy again. The evidence
is in the announcement of a book, "Democracy at Work", the
official proceedings of last year's democratic convention.
'This announcement presents the contents of the volume and
one of the items is, "JJiography of President Truman and his
Coat-of-Arms."
Ri. sauvagc and a coat-of-anns. Democracy at work! What
do you know?
Bend Man Named
Veterans' Adviser
Secretary of labor Maurice J.
Tobin today announced the ap
pointment of M. Kay Cooper of
Bend as a volunteer veterans' re
employment rights committee
man with the bureau of veterans'
reemployment rights under the
selective service act of 1918.
Cooper hits served as a volun
teer committeeman under the so
Jcclive training and service net ol
1!M0 in this area (or Hie past two
years. Cooper s duties as a volun
teer committeeman will be to as
sist the returning veterans In se
curlii;; a proper reinstatement to
their pre-servlce positions, upon
mpicst to advise employers of
their responsibilities under the
law, and to advise employer, la
bor, veteran, or other interested
groups of the reemployment pro
visions of the selective service
act of 1948.
Cooper will continue to serve
veterans of world war II who arc
seeking their rcemplo y mcnl
rights under the act o( 1910.
By Peter Edson
Washington (NEA) If vou
are Interested in what's the mat
ter wth the railroads of this coun
try, one answer may be found bv
studying the makeup of the 11-
raan interstate commerce commission.
It Is Generally admitted that
four or five of the commissioners
do all the work. One of the com
missioners is blind. Two are 74
years old and one, just reappoint
ed for a new six-year term, is 71.
Only one commissioner is under
60 Hugh W. Cross of Illinois,
wno admits he Knows practically
nothing about railroads.
Of the 11 commissioners, onlv
five had any railroad or public
utilities experience before thov
were appointed to ICC. Two came
up tnrough the ranks as ICC ca
reer men. One had railway labor
background and one was recom
menued by the ICC practioneis
the association of lawyers who
plead cases before the commis
sion. Three knew nothing about
the railroads when first named
to ICC.
What has happened here is
that the ICC, like so many other
government agencies, has be
come bogged down in its own red
tape. It Is more or less neglected.
The railroad trade press follows
its Intricate rulings with profes
sional self-interest. But no other
government agency and neither
the While House nor the con
gress has the slightest Idea of
what goes on there, or why.
By way of re-lntroductlon, this
Is the way the commissioners
line up. The first five do most of
the work:
Chairman Charles D. Mnliaffic,
65, Kansas republican. He is a
Rhodes scholar anil Princeton
professor of Jurisprudence. He
served as attorney for the old
U. S. H. R. commission, then went
lo ICC's bureau of finance, from
which he was named commission
er bv Hoover.
J. linden Alltlredge. 62, Alaba
ma democrat. lie made il study
of freight rates tor TVA which
won his appointment to ICC,
William E. l.ee, 67. Idaho re
publican. He was an attorney for
Northern Pacific before being
elected to the Idaho supreme
court.
Richard F, Mitchell, 60, Iowa,
democrat, former Iowa supreme;
court chief Justice and democrat
tic national committeeman. He
was referee in a 1947 adlustment
board case, which he handled so
well that he was recommended-
for ICC appointment by Its prac-tloners.
J. Monroe Johnson, 71, South'
Carolina democrat. He was col
onel of an engineer regiment in'
the Spanish-American war and in
the Rainbow division of world.
war I. He succeeded the late Jog;
Eastman as Office of Defense
Transportation director, and tha&
work has taken up most of his;.
time. r
Clyde B. Altchison, 74, Oregon
republican. He drafted Oregon's
railroad law and was general
counsel for the old R. R. evalua
tion commission. Known as "Fa-,
ther Time" he is supposed to be
quite a singer and leads the ICC'
male chorus.
Carroll Miller, also 74, Virginia"
born Pennsylvania democrat, was
a gas company official and con
sulting engineer.
Walter M. W. Sptawn, 66, Tex
as democrat. Ho has been a uni
versity professor, dean and presi
dent. He also served on the Texas
railroad commission. He is now
blind.
John L. Rogers, 60, Tennessee
republican. He was a railroad
shopman, then an ICC locomotive
Inspector. He studied law on the
WASHINGTON AT 12TH
IN DOWNTOWN PORTLAND
ruvaTpu.c
side and became director of ICC's
bureau of motor carriers.
William P. Patterson, 69, North
Dakota-independent. He took a
correspondence course In air
brakes and became an ICC safety
inspector. He rose to become di
rector of ICC's safety division. '
Hugh W. Cross, 53, Illinois re
publican farmer, lawyer and poli
tician, Just appointed to succeed
the late Commissioner George M.
Barnard, Indiana republican, for
a term ending Dec. 31, 1950.
Rocket Satellite Possible
At Present Time, Declared
By Paul F. Ellis
(United l'rea Science Writer)
New York, May 2 iu'i A rocket
scientist said today that it is now
possible to build and send a man
made moon into space where it
would travel around the earth
at a distance of 470 miles.
Furthermore, according to
Willy Ley in a report to the
American Rocket society, science
has the knowledge to produce a
"moon messenger," that is, a
rocket that will reach the moon
235.000 miles from earth.
Ley, one of the earliest rocket
scientists and who came here
from Germany in 1935, said that
in the recent V-2 rocket experi
ments in New Mexico man al
ready had penetrated space with
a missile.
In that test, a WAC Corporal
rocket was attached to the V-2
missile and was released when
the V-2 spent Its fuel. The WAC
continued on to 250 miles altitude
"which to all intents and pur
poses Is the outermost limit of
the atmosphere," Ley said.
Third Step Next
The experiment showed, ac
cording to Ley, that only a third
step or another rocket to go off
when the second spends its fuel
is now needed to place an artifi
cial satellite in an orbit at 470
miles above sea level. It would
travel' around the world at 4.6
miles per second, making the cir
cuit In one hour and 45 minutes,
he said. -
The satellite would continue its
circling indefinitely, and Ley
said the problem would be "get
ting it down." under his plan
the satellite would carry 200
pounds of instruments which
would make observations and re
lay them to ground crews. The
moon, he estimated, would
weigh 237,000 pounds, or 119 short
tons, at take-off, but would lose
much of the weight as Its fuel
was spent on the Way up.
Fueled by Hydrogen
The rocket to the moon, he said.
has been assured by the develop
ment of burning hydrogen in a
rocket motor. Such, motor power
can permit the focket to travel at
15,000 miles an hour fast enough
to counteract the pull of the
earth's gravity. He said it has
been shown that atomic energy is
not necessary for space rockets.
I he moon messenger, he said.
would be unmanned and wouia
leave a mark on the face of the
moon, not by explosion or flash
light powder, but the scattering
of a white powder like ground
glass which would make a perma
nent mark.
With all the new developments,
Ley said that science does not
"need any new basic inventions
or discoveries cither for estab
lishing an orbital rocket or a
moon messenger."
It is a problem of engineering
development, patient work and
cash to finance the program, he
said. .
VET KILLS WIFE, SELF
niu n Mav 2 (IP) A
wine,. -"v , , ' r .
21-year-old world war II veteran
killed nimseii unu m "iimiiihi
wife with a homemade bomb and
fnnr other Persons.
WUUItvu-v. - '
Sheriff Paul S. Pancher reported
today. . .
Russell Martin,. 21,. literally was
H... tn nlanas" uhen hp pxnlnrtpri
the bomb between himself and his
estranged wife, Gladys, 17, on a
friends front porcn yesieraay,
Pancher said.
The couple's six-month old baby
and three other persons In the
house sustained minor injuries in
the blast that ripped out the front
of the building
SALMON SEASON OPENS
Astoria, May 2 U Columbia
river fishermen despite a price
dispute with packers took to
their boats by the hundreds Sun
day to open the 1949 salmon sea
son. The CIO fishermen's union was
still negotiating with packers for
a 27-cent price on salmon. The
fishermen, however, have agreed
to accept the packers' offer of 20
cents a pound pending outcome of
the negotiations.
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tourist income in 1948 was $92,000,000 . . . more
than $57 for every man, woman and child in
Oregon! We all have the opportunity to do our
share to help build our tourist business. And we
will all share the increased income to our state.
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THIS IS
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Photography
Fishing Season? Mother's
Day? Graduation? 'Father's
Day? Spring and Summer?
Vacation? Take your choice.
Every one is a definite must
for taking pictures. What
gives you more pleasure than
remembering all of the pleas
ant things that have happened
in the past? And what better
way to remember than with
pictures? . .;.
But why settle for the com
monplace, . uninteresting pic
ture? Why not observe a few
very simple rules which will
give you something just a lit
tle .better than you've been
getting in the yellow finish
ing envelope?
Make your pictures tell a
story. There are times when
you can catch the family un
awares In completely unposed
situations. These occasions re
sult in honest-to -goodness
story-telling snapshots.
Don't fail to include the in
formal close-ups of members
of your family. You'll want
them to appear In a natural
unstudied attitude, and the
best means to this end is to
give him or. her something to
. do, hold or look at. Typical
examples are a book for Dad,
a doll for the baby, Sister at
the piano, Mother at her fav
orite tulip bed,- and Junior
with the pup or kitten.
Look for the .unusual view
point or angle. Shoot from
above or below. Try one from
behind, anything to make dif
ferent and see if an odd angle
doesn't improve your pictures.
Train your eye to locate the
different viewpoint. Even if
distortion results, you may be
pleased with the interesting
picture.
Another contribution to good
pictures is the third-dimension
effect. Sound "professional?"
Not at all. This can be achiev
ed by the simple expedient of
including shadows in the fore'
ground or the tried and true
lraming of your subject by
overhanging branches or
through an arch or doorway.
Depth is the interest giving
factor that makes for a better
picture. i
Unusual lighting is a too oft
slighted method of improve
ment. We've been told since
the beginning of our camera
careers that we must have
the sun at our back so that
our subject will be well light
ed. It's true that this is a sim
ple well-intended rule for be
ginners, but side-lighted pic
tures in which the illumination
comes from the side" of the
subject or scene and back
lighted pictures In which the
light comes from behind the
subject are not difficult to
handle if the lens is shielded
from the light coming toward
it. Long shafts of sunlight
coming through the shadows
of tlie parks and wooded areas
surrounding us will give the
element of depth . . . third di
mension ... so desirable in
pictures.
Mark this all down in your
memory notebook. These
methods are tried and true.
Make the Camera Dept. at
Symong- Bros, your one-stop
headquarters for film, photo
finishing, and all the other
camera supplies that will make
it easier for you too to achieve
greater success in one of the
most fascinating of hobbies,
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