THE BERD BULLETIN, BEND. OREGON
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22. 1949
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CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
As he prepares to leave office at the end of the school year,
we wish to pay our respects to Dr. George W. Winslow, chair
man of the board of directors of the Bend school district for
fine, conscientious service given the community in the 12
years that he has been an administrator of public education
here. Dr. Winslow's place as a director goes to Mrs. Joseph N.
Elder as the result of Monday's election. From the new of
ficial, we believe, much is to be expected. Although lacking in
the experience which enhanced Dr. Winslow's ability, she,
too possesses natural qualifications for the difficult position
which she has been called upto to fill. But just now we are
talking especially of the man who has preceded her in office.
; One thing, it seems to us, must be recognized in analyzing
the election returns and that is tnat tne vote oy wnicn uie
change on the board was required suggests no criticism of the
' outgoing uirecvur or ui mo icwiu ui ,
to him. Frankly, we are of the opinion that, had Dr. Winslow
made any effort to continue himself in office, he could have
had still another term to add to those already to his credit.
As a matter of fact, he made no effort. He was not an office
seeker, as the term is generally understood, but was ready to
serve if a majority desired that he do so. The strong vote
polled for him, despite his passive attitude, was evidence of
the regard in which he is held.
Retiring in a few more days from the board, Dr. Winslow
leaves the district in enviable position, both as to its finances
fnn -Auh hnsis. when manv are heavily in debt) and as to its
facilities, which have steadily been maintained to meet the
needs of a rapidly increasing pupil load. In its standards of
education, the district is recognized as outstanding in the
state. '
We would not imply, nor would he, that Dr. Winslow has
brought this about single handed. He has not. am ne nas naci
an important part in it and may iook DacK on ine recora wun
genuine sausiacuon. Again uiiu we main, una to uivic unci;;
he may be too modest to do so.
INSIDE STORY OF UNRRA '
Ever since Marvin Klemme finished his service with the
United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration we
have looked forward to reading the book which he told us ne
was blocking out, an account of his years with UNRRA fol
lowing his service in the Marine corps. Today a copy of the
book reached the desk. It is entitled simply, "The Inside Story
of UNRRA" and has to do very largely with the displaced per
son problem which confronted UNRRA in Europe and which
UNRRA, for good and sufficient reasons, failed to solve.
Klemme's story is told with such simple matter-of-factness
that frequently the reader may not realize that a pretty shock
ing report is passing before his eyes. There is a lot of inter
national rivalr and distrust in the account and a great deal
of mismanagement by the international organization and al
ways the United States of America picking up the checks.
Klemme denies vigorously that, displaced 'persons in Ger
many were largely brought to that country by the nazis as
"slave labor". In the main they came seeking work and to get
away from the Russians, he maintains. And, in the main, they
didn't want to go back.
His book deals at some length with the exodus of European
. Jews to Palestine. This is one of the more interesting divisions
of "The Inside Story" and the analysis of the movement
makes it of especial value to the student of contemporary his
tory. ....
Chapters on the black market, almost an institution in
Europe instead of the somewhat casual development that we
knew in war time in this country, employment problems in a
country gradually being brought back to a status of self
sufficiency, round out the account. Through it all there comes
realization of why UNRRA was somewhat less than success
ful. More, because the relief and rehabilitation administration
was, in miniature, a preview of what the nations may achieve
together as the years go on, there grows in reading it an
apprehension that the day of effective international endeavor
is a long, long way off.
As we conclude, it comes to us that we have referred to the
author of "The Inside Story" as one whose name should be
familiar to the majority of our readers. We hope that it is. He
was regional gra.ier for Oregon under the Taylor grazing
act in the mid-thirties and lived in Burns until shortly before
the second world war. We consider him an Oregoiiian and
this, of course, makes his book just that much better.
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WASHINGTON COLUMN
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Washington For the lirst time
since the war, the United States
has more petroleum and petrol
cum products than it needs. The
surplus has created industry de
mands lor drastic action.
During the war the United
States had to develop foreign oil
production any place it could be
found. Now, higher tariff and im
port quota restrictions against
foreign oil and bans against the
purchase of foreign oil products
by the U. S. armed services and
the Economic Co-operation Ad
ministration for Marshall Plan
countries have been proposed.
Opposing any such curbs are
two main arguments, in me event
of another war, the United States
would again need all the world
petroleum resources avauaDie.
Using foreign oil now, to the
greatest extent possible, will ex
tend the life of the ample but not
inexhaustible U. S. proved re
serves of nearly 24,000,000,000
barrels. This Is enough for only
12 years at present 2,000,000.000-
barrel-a-year production, u new
reserves and synthetic production
are not counted.
There is a further factor in the
possibility that the present sur
pluses are temporary, uemana
for petroleum products is con
stantly increasing. On that basis,
there can't be too much oil.
When the war was over, some
oil experts thought there would
be a sharp decline from tne May,
1945. peak U. S. demand of 5,600,-
000 barrels a day. For a few
months after V-J Day there was
a drop. In October the demand
was only 4,suu,uou narreis a aay.
Then it started climbing to a new
peak of 6.600.000 barrels a day
last December.
The reasons are now clear.
Auto registrations are up 10 per
cent, trucks and buses 30 per cent,
farm tractors 100 per cent. Use
of oil for space heating is increas
ing and 90 per cent of all new lo
comotives are powered by Diesel
engines.
Predictions have been made
that U. S. oil consumption will
rise to 6,700,000 barrels a day by
1950 and 7,000,000 by 1951. Total
U. S. productive capacity would
be close to 8,000,000 barrels a day
if every well were pumped to
capacity and no thought were
given to sound conservation
practices. But now you see where
the oil surplus comes from. The
reduced demand so far in 1949
makes it seem greater.
There was a mild winter in the
big heating oil consumption area
cast of Omaha. There was some
business recession and unemploy
ment. And there were a few shut
downs from strikes in maritime
and other important industries.7
They combined to cut petroleum
products demand to a level of be
tween 6200,000 and 6,300,000 bar
rels a day. This is less than a five
per cent drop, but it makes a big
difference.
For a time, some 300,000 barrels
a day went into reserves storage.
This is not a bad thing in itself.
But available capacity of 600,000,
000 barrels a 100-day supply is
now just about filled. So I). S. pro
duction has had to be cut back.
This the producers don't like at
all, naturally.
One thing that would automat
ically cut back production would
be a drop in price. With supply
now greater than demand, that
would be a natural thing to ex
pect. A lot of people have been
counting on it. But crude oil
prices have held iirm since De
cember, ia47.
U. S. oil company profits went
to record highs in 1948, which was
a short oil year. Some companies
made as much as 40 per cent on
investment, with average for the
industry about 25 per cent. The
industry claims most of these pro
fits went to develop new produc
tion, and tnat the average stock
holder got little benefit in divi
dends. Profits for the first quar
ter of 1949 are down about 25 to
33 per cent from levels for the
first quarter of 1948.
In this situation, all the heat in
the oil industry is now being put
on curtailing U. S. imports of for
eign oil and U. S. purchases of
foreign on lor government accounts.
Behind the Scenery
RATE BOOST REJECTED
Seattle, June 22 IP The Wash
ington state public service com
mission has rejected a proposed
eight per cent increase in tele
phone rates.
The rate hike, requested bv the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
company would have produced
approximately $3,800,000 annual
ly.
ine commission turned down
the company's proposal at a hear
ing here yesterday. Owen Clarke,
commission chairman, said the
denial was not to be construed to
mean a final ruling.
He ordered the hearing to con
tinue.
LUCKY FOR KIDS
Galesburg, 111., June 22 tP
The kids around Lee Murdock's
home said It was the best hot
weather accident they had ever
seen. -
A big truck driven by Fred
Smels of Davenport, la., ran out
of control, across Murdock's yard
and smashed into his front porch.
Smels was not injured.
By the tune a rescue truck ar
rived to try to salvage some of
Smels' cargo, which almost buried
Murdock's porch, it was too late.
The kids were there flrsh
Smels' truck was loaded with
ice cream.
Bulletin Classifieds Bring Results
Others Say
NOT CONSISTENT
(Roscburg News-Kevlew)
O. Glrard Davidson, assistant
secretary of the Interior, is wide
ly quoted in the press as oppos
ing the I'olton hydro-electric dam
on the Deschutes river. Mr. Dav
idson also is quoted as viewing
with disfavor the power dam pro
posed by the city o( Tacoma lor
the Cowlitz river, the project re
jected by the Washington legis
lature. Mr. Davidson, it seems,
holds the opinion that dams on
the Deschutes and on the Cow
litz would be very, very damag
ing to migratory fish runs and
would most critically Interfere
with Interior department plans
to rebuild the migratory salmon
industry in the lower Columbia
river.
Mr. Davidson's fears, we be
lieve, are well founded. F.ither or
bolh of the dams undoubtedly
would be very hurtful to the
Columbia fishery.
But we have examined Mr.
Davidson's reported statements
very thoroughly for some refer
ence to proposed dams on the
Rogue river. So far we have
found Mr. Davidson strangely si
lent about the Rogue river proj
ects. Certainly t?) It must have
been an oversight.
That dams proposed for the
Cowlitz and Deschutes arc pri
vate power projects and the dams
projected for the Rogue are plan
ned by the bureau of reclama
tion, an agenry of the Interior
department, surely (?) couldn't
influence Mr. Davidson In any
way. Or could il?
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WHAT CENTRAL OREGON MAKES
MAKES CENTRAL OREGON
By Phil F. Brogan
The new Warm Springs cutoff,
west from Madras to Beaver creek
and a junction with the present
Wapinitia route, will not be a
"fast" route ior geologists. There
are just too many things of inter
est to inspect.
First stop west of Madras will
be the Vanora grade, where
moulds of trees are preserved in
volcanic mud, and leaves of an
ancient forest are impressed in
stone. Then, for persons inter
ested in the intriguing story of
the Deschutes gorge, there wUl be
a long stop at the bridge over
the Deschutes. From this point
can be seen the colorful John Day
formation, spectacular intra-can-yon
lavas and massive columnar
basalt, piled like giant fence
posts against the skyline.
There will be other stops above
the Indian agency, where glacial
debris is piled into terraces, and
bedded formations reach up to
rimrock lavas. Mill creek canyon.
over which a steel span is under
construction, will be another
point of interest, for there Is evi
dence here that molten rock once
coursed through a gorge where
blue water now Hows eastward
to the Deschutes.
West of Mill creek gorge, per
sons interested in the story be
hind the scenery will make slow
progress. On the western skyline
are two giant mountains, Hood
and Jefferson, once mighty fire
peaks. To the east are the tilted
Mutton mountains and far in the
distance is the Shaniko plateau,
sharply dipping to the west
In the Mill and Beaver creek
areas, the earth-minded tourists
will gaze with awe on evidence
of the extensive glaciatlon that
occurred when the Cascades of
Oregon were sheathed in ice.
Giant boulders, carried and worn
by glaciers, are exposed by the
waysiae, and "U" shaped can
yons, carved by rivers of ice,
reach up into the fir-covered
highlands.
Short trips from the paved
highway will take earth students
to other points of Interest hot
springs, for instance, and "thun
der egg beds.
Most motorists will drive the.
46.2 miles from Madras to the
Waninitii junction, west of BP'tr
springs, in an hour or so. Geolo
gists wul figure on at least a day.
REJECT COMPROMISE
Berlin, June 22 lUi West Ber
lin railway strikers today again
rejected a compromise wage
offer designed to end their 31-day
work stoppage and pave the way
for resumption of rail traffic be
tween Berlin and western Ger
many.-
Although western occupation
authorities urged acceptance, the
executive board of the strikers,
non communist independent un
ion unanlmoustv rpiprtprl the
Soviet-backed compromise.
Out On the Farm
At birth the black bear cub is
no larger than a guinea pig,
weighing only about eight ounces.
It may weigh as much as 500
pounds when grown.
By Ila S. Grant
June 22 Yesterday after the
thunder shower, instead of turn
ing down our own lane, on the
way nome irom town, we drove to
the top of the hill where we could
view the plantation from Upper
iviusquiio.
The potatoes have started to
grow, we noted with satisfaction,
and although the plants aren't yet
as big, the rows are nearly as
symmetrical as those of our
meticulous neighbor to the south
west. His are so even that his
fields look like giant bolts of
brown percale, printed with
green polka dots placed neatly in
straight rows that form a pat
tern crosswise,- lengthwise and
diagonally.
The juniper trees on Upper
Mosquito, still wet with the rain
that fell in late afternoon, looked
like stage props, in the yellowish
light- I never realized before
that they are so many different
colors. Some were deep forest
green, some had a bluish cast
and others ranged - from sage
green to deep grey-green and dark
olive. . v - ,
Just before sunset, the sun was
like a huge fireball, and in the
last minutes of the year's longest
day, the sky was a symphony of
pink and lavender-grey.
At dusk, the Chief was about
through setting a' dozen new
ditches in the pasture, and I was
beginning to think I had pulled
a ton of wild, mustard out of the
soft, moist earth. We piled the
weeds on the little rockpiles that
dot the field, to be burned when
they dry out.
The three cats and Jiggs, the
dog, followed us around the field
like shadows. Last summer only
tne late lweeay, the calico cat,
frolicked around in quest of field
mice. A friend who read the col
umn yesterday asked what hap
pened to the other two of her
nine lives. It was the "seven
ages of man" I was thinking of,
i guess.
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