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Univ. of Orejon Library f.U3s:js, oreoom l; State Forecast Oregon Fair and warm to day and Tuesday except scattered thunderstorms aft ernoon or evening. High both days 90 to 98 and low tonight 55 to 65. LEASED WIRE WORLD NEWS COVERAGE W CENTRAL OREGON'S; ! DAILY NEWSPAPER 33rd Year BEND, DESCHUTES COUNTY,' OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 1 1, 1949 No. 183 w Tra mmaim "Vff? irffjV SES "e?' i ii ii i ! ii' ". t it S , , Thousands watching from nearby hills and the Ochoco highway Saturday afternoon saw this huge cloud of dust enveloping cliffs as a blast, signalling the official start of work on the Ochoco dam rehabilitation contract, was set off. It had been first planned to discharge three and a half carloads of dynamite, to shater the basaltic cliff, but this plan was vetoed by bureau of reclamtion officials. The smaller blast was set off in a nearby hole. When the cliff is shattered by the larger-blast, the rock will be used In rehabilitation of the dam, at ' left of picture. i Sterling Bloc Believed Near Dissolution By 11. H. Shackford (United Prim Staff Correspondent) London, July 11. Some of Eu rope's economists feared today that Britain's sterling bloc is tot tering on the brink of dissolu tion. ' The communique issued by the finance ministers of the United States, Britain and Canada at the end of their three-day conference yesterday appeared to sound the death knell of the sterling bloc as it now operates. The conference of the British commonwealth finance ministers, which will open here Wednesday, may determine to what extent and in what form the bloc will continue. Britain's chancellor of the ex chequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, said good-bye yesterday to U. S. sec retary of the treasury John W. Snyder who, with Canadian fi nance minister Douglas Abbott, had spent three days studying the British financial crisis. No Solution round The three men failed to find a solution to Britain's .troubles, postponed a further search until September in Washington, and agreed that the difficulties were so deep-seated that additional American and Canadian aid will not solve them. . The representatives of the two dollar countries the United d States and Canada obtained from Cripps, however, another promise to review British policy and to try again to move toward elimination of the sterling bloc's restrictive trade and currency practices. "The aim must be." said the communique, "the achievement of a pattern of wor d trade inwh ch the dollar and non-dollar coun tries can operate together within one single multi-lateral system. All parties concerned must be prepared to review their poli cies with' this object In view." Impressions of Central Oregon Visitors In Bend today from Los Ala-, mos, New Mexico, en mute to Washington for a visit, were Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Kalbach and their three children, David, 7, Jean, 5, and Paul, 2. Kalbach, who is associated with the University of California, is one of the scientists who do atomic research at Los Alamos, said to be the country's No. 1 spot for brains and babies. Kalbach said that the New Mexico community has the high est group IQ In the United States, as well as the highest birth-rate. The latter Is true, he said, be wuse atomic research is such a lew field It attracts young work ers, and naturally, many of these (Continued on Page 5) Blast Signals Official Start Company Permitted Rate& Cut in The Dalles Salem, July 11 HB In an un precedented ruling expected to have widespread effect in Oregon, State public utilities commission er George H. Flagg today granted Pacific Power & Light Co. au thority to lower its rates in The Dalles area to compete with the Northwestern Wasco County People's Utility district. The order, granting Pacific Power & Light authority to re duce its rates in one Oregon area without similar reductions else where, is expected by observers here to lead to petitions by other private utilities to lower rates to compete with PUD's. Acknowledging the precedent making nature of the decision, Flagg said: "For the first time in the history of utility regulation in this state the question of com petition between regulated and unregulated utilities has been squarely presented as a matter properly to be considered by this office." Ruled on by Neuner Flagg granted Pacific Power and Light authority to lower its rates in The Dalles vicinity after, obtaining an opinion from Attor ney general George Neuner that the commission was legally au thorized to allow a private utility company to meet PUD competi tion, as long as the proposed rates would not create injustice to oth er areas In which the private com pany operates. It could not, for instance, raise its rates In other Oregon areas to compensate for any loss in The Dalles area. Pointing out that Pacific Pow er and Light has served The Dal les and vicinity continuously since 1910 and was until recently the only utility offering electric serv ice in that area, Flagg said: "The situation relating to elec tric service in The Dalles is now materially changed. The north ern Wasco county peoples utility district has entered the field oc cuded bv Pacific in The Dal les by constructing lines and fa cilities and offering electric serv ice to the citizens of The Dalles. Thus The Dalles, completely equipped with an electrical dis tribution system furnished by Pa cific, is now served by a duplicate distribution system furnished by the PUD, and the two operators are each locked In the other's grasp by virtue of the competi tion thereby created. That the competition is real cannot be de nied." Flagg declared: Duplication "Unsound" "Duplication of service and fa cilities by utilities has long been considered unsound and uneco nomical and to result in disad vantage to the consumer. In The Dalles there are now two utili ties where formerly but one ex isted. There is not enough busi ness adequately to support both. (Continued on Page 7) of Work on Ochoco Dam .'-.ii Blast Inaugurates Ochoco Dam Rehabilitation Project f Prineville, July 11-r-A blast that sent a" eldud of dust bjl lowing up tne iace oi cutis ovenooKiftg trie Uchoco valley Saturday afternoon signalled the official start of the rehabili tion of the 30-year-old Ochoco dam and provided the. high light of a three-way program. Thousands of persons, watch ing from neighboring hills and cars parked along the Ochoco highway, viewed the Bikini-like puff of dust that first mush- Humane Society Unit Organized For This Area The program of . the newly formed Deschutes county unit of the Oregon Humane society got under way Saturday night, when officers for ' the group were .named, and plans were made for publicizing work of the society ano' enlisting public support. Mrs. Alice Orewiler, who was elecved president, will' outline goalu and objectives of the or ganisation at a meeting of the Central Labor council, at 8 p. m. Tuesday in the labor hall on Hill street According to present plans, members of the group will be available as speakers at meet ings of service clubs and fra ternal groups, to explain the pro gram which the local society hopes to put Into action Besides Mrs. Orewiler, officers elected Saturday night include Mrs. Anita Trueman, secretary, and Richard W. Brandis, treas urer. Mis. Max E. Millsap was appointed publicity chairman. The meeting was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Johnson, on Broadway, with more than 30 persons attending. To Draw Up Charter Carl A. Johnson and Alva Good rich were appointed to head a group which will draw ud a char ter, constitution and by-laws for tho society. Nine directors are to be chosen by the society, and membership In the organization will officially begin on August 1. Mrs. Orewiler, Johnson and Mrs. Ward Coble were appointed as a committee to get in touch with city officials and request that moving of the dog pound be delayed. The group protests moving the pound to the city dump area, as planned by the city commission. An animal shel ter could be in operation by next spring, If land can be obtained, members say. A location would be selected which would be near the city, but would afford space to take care of larger animals, as' well as dogs. A motion picture, "A Home for Butch," depicting work of the Oregon Humane society, was shown at the meeting. TRUMAN PLANS BROADCAST Washington, July 11 npiProsi. dent Truman will go before the nation by radio Wednesday night to discuss the economic ituatlon in "plain, understandable Eng lish," the White House annaunced today. broomed, then spread over the hillside. Earlier in the day tribute was paid R. J. Newell, who re cently retired as regional di rector for the bureau of recla mation, following service dat ing back to 1903. Also linked into the program was observance of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of- the department of interior, of which the bureau of reclamation is a unit. Many Dignitaries Attend Arranged under the general su pervision of Joe D. Thomison, Prineville chamber of commerce secretary, the program brought visitors from many parts to the northwest. Guest speaker at the program just prior to the dis continued on Page 5) City Dump Fire Out of Control A fiercely-burning fire which started earlier today in the vi cinity of the city dump had jumped control at 2 p. m. today, destroying a forest service's cat erpillar tractor. It was requiring services of all fire fighting agen cies In the area. A breeze was making the flames race southward, but on thescene fighters said a shift of wind could cause the conflagra tion to threaten Bend. City Fire Chief Leroy Fox hiTs sought manpower from both mills to try to gain control of the blaze. A tall colurr.n of smoke from the fire was visible in the sky. 2 Cars Damaged In Highway Crash Two cars were damaged severe ly in an accident which occurred 5'i miles beyond the Deschutes county line, near the Timbers, the Klamath area, yesterday after noon. Officers said one car was a new convertible belonging to Russell Dahl. of ShevlLn, and the other was owned by a man iden titled only as Vedan, who lived near the scene of the accident. Officers said Dahl was follow ing Vcdan. and was attempting to pass when an approaching car forced him back. Dahl's vehicle crashed into the rear of Vedan's car. The convertible was brought to Bend. King George Acts to Curb Dock Strike nndnn lulu 11 (ll'l tfinp George proclaimed a state of mergency today, giving the gov ernment, sweeping powers over the strike-bound docks of London. The emengeney powers, permit ting the government to take over the docks regardless of union agreements, were expected to be come effective at midnight and continue for at least a week. The cabinet asked the king to approve the powers Immediately after more than 10,000 dockers de cided at a mass meeting to con tinue their unofficial walkout In sympathy with striking Canadian seamen. The cabinet, in emergency ses sion at 10 Downing street, acted promptly on receiving word of the strikers' vote. It had warned the dockers on Friday, that it would seek emergency powers to deal with the strike if they refused to go back to work today. Plans already prepared by the cabinet were approved and sent to Buckingham palace. King George VI, . who hurried home from a week end at Windsor cas tle, called a privy council meeting. The council met for 20 mihutes. It was understood that the king signed the emergency powers proclamation. Agreements Suspended Under a state of emergency, the government could take over all activities at the struck docks. Trade union agreements would be suspended and summary trials of any persons could be held at any hour of the dav or night. Cabinet members and union leaders have denounced the strike as- communist.led.- They .charged .that the communists were trying to sabotage Britain's economic re covery. The slrikers have been out for two weeks in sympathy with Ca nadian seamen who walked off the ships, Beaver Brae and Argo mont. -The dockers refused to un. load the two ships and port em ployers would not permit the dockers to work other snips until the two Canadian vessels were un loaded. ihind School Escapees Taken Three escapees from the Che halls, Wash., training school for boys ended up in the Deschutes county jail yesterday after four days of freedom in which they are reported to have stolen five cars in Washington and one car in Oregon. The youths are identified as Jack H. Decker, 16, Seattle; Don ovan Willis Arudts, 16, Kelso, and Douglas M. Mayrield, 17, also of Kelso. The three boys escaped from the training school this paat Thursday. They were arrested by the state police yesterday near the Fly lake guard station. Ac cording to the report from the police, a car which the youths stole from The Dalles was found wrecked near Sisters. In a state ment to police the boys said that they stole five cars in Washing ton since their escape from the training school Thursday. Funeral Set for Josephine Loehr Josephine Loehr, G9, wife ot Joseph Loehr. of 821 Columbia, died yesterday at her home, af ter an Illness of several months. Recitation of the rosary will be. Tuesday at 7:30 P.m. at the Nis wonger and Winslow funeral home, and funeral services will be Wednesday at 9 a.m.. from St. Francjs Catholic church. Mrs. Loehr was a nntivc of Wisconsin, and she and her fam ily came to Bend 33 years ago from Idaho. She was a member of the Catholic church. Besides her husband, she leaves three daughters, Mrs. Barbara Lawson, Gcyservllle. Calif., Mrs. Marie Noakcs and Mrs. Dorothy Turner, both Bend; a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Stella Loehr, Bend, and five grandchildren. Also sur viving are two sisters, Mrs. Rose Carrow. Detroit, Mich., and Mrs. Mary Parbek, in Wisconsin, and three brothers, Joe, James and Andrew Pavlick, also of Wiscon sin. Burial will be in Pilot Butte cemetery. pemioiDimg urogram Taft Opposes Atlantic Pact Provisions 3y John I.. Steele (Untied f'rtiM Stuff Currton1nt) Washington, July 11 ill'i Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O., today an nounced "with great regret" that he will vote against the North Atlantic defense treaty because he believes "it- will promote war in the world rather than peace." In a blistering senate speech, Taft attacked the 12-nation pact on grounds it imposes a "continu ous obligation for 20 years" on the United States to give military aid to pact signatories. He also said there is a possibility that, in event of war," Russia might use captured American arms for "ag gressive purposes" against the United States. But as for the treaty, he said, it "will do ,far more to bring about a third world war than it will ever maintain the peace of the world. Taft's outright opposition prob ably will cost the treaty some votes. But administration leaders still were confident it will be rati fied by a comfortable margin. 10 Per Cent Cut Made Taft's blast came a few hours after the senate appropriations committee voted $3,778,000,000 in Marshall plan spending for fiscal 1950 a 10 per cent cut in Presi dent Truman's request. Taft referred to ECA spending in warning that the nation must not over-extend itself in foreign assistance programs. Taft. chairman of the senate republican policy committee, indi cated he wquld have no objections to the treaty if he felt it did not carry the obligation to supply military equipment. President Truman Is expected to send 'to congress later this week a related arms-aid program calling for an initial outlay of $1,450,000,000. Taft said the treaty and arms program- apparently commit the U. S. to send "American ground troops to defend the pact signa tories. , . , Debate Healed The, senate appropriations com mittee voted the ECA funds after a brief, but heated debate during which it overrode its chairman Sen. Kenneth McKellar, D., Tenn. McKellar had urged a bigger cut. The $3,778,000,000 voted by the committee compared with the $4,-. 198.000,000 requested by Mr. Tru man. The house had voted $3,568, 470,000 for 1014 monfhs of fiscal 1950. The sum voted by the senate committee is for the entire 1950 fiscal year. It includes $150,000,- 000 to be furnished to western European nations as long-term export-import loans for which no congressional appropriation is necessary at this time. The committee action is subject to approval by the full senate, which Is in the midst of an econ omy drive. If -approved by the sen ate, It must go to conference with the house. The committee also voted $1,- 000,000,000 to wind up operations of the economic cooperation ad ministration for the last three months of fiscal 1949, which end ed June 30. This was $74,000,000 below the budget request. Deschutes River Trip Exciting Two river runners, Ed Thurs ton, operator of the Hoodoo bowl resort, and Jim Mourner, Bend, returned from the mid-Desrhutes country yesterday evening follow ing an exciting 35-mile trip through the rugged gorge. A McKenzle-type boat was used in running the turbulent stream, ne gotiated, so far as known, only once before. Tnurston, a licensed McKenzle river guide, also made the previous run. The boat was placed In the Deschutes In the Cove area Satur day, and that night the men camped at the mouth of the Me tollus. The next day Thurston guided the sturdy boat through white water to the Warm Springs reservation. Hosmer made the trip as expe dition photographer, and carried a battey of three cameras. He traveled much of the distance on shore, to take pictures of the boat as Thurston guided it through tough" places. Thurston, well known for his exploits on the McKenzle, plans to serve as guide and pilot on runs through the Deschutes gorge, over the 35-mlle course. Anti-Inflation Proposals Are Dropped; Means of Checking Unemployment Now Sought By Mehriman Smith (United Press White House Reporter) Washington, July 1 1 (UP) President Truman today junked his anti-inflation program of higher taxes in favor of deficit spending by the government and a stepped-up attack on un-. employment and declining production. . Making a complete about-face in six months, he shifted his , sights from postwar inflation to threat of depression. He did not see any indication that depression is imminent, but de scribed this as a "period of ; " transition and declining na tional economy." He said right action can assure continued prosperity. In a mid-year economic re port to congress, the president made these basic recommend ations: No Tax Boost 1. "No major increase in taxes should be undertaken at this time. In January he had askea for a $4,000,000,000 general tax Increase, which congress ignorea. 2. He rejected congressional moves to slash excise taxes. The only exception was that he favor ed repeal of the three per cent lax on freight. He proposed granting business tne ngnt to greater al lowances for oast losses in com puting corporate taxes. He urged those changes to stimulate busi ness. He also favored restoring gift and estate taxes to the higher levels that prevailed before 1948. 3. He coldlv turned his back on mounting congressional demands to cut Eovernment spending and nrevent a federal aeiicu mar some senators estimate may run to $5,000,000,000 this year. He said this isn't the time to try to bal ance the budgets reduotion of spending' would Increase the. dan ger of depression,.- ..,..- J Asks Price Cuts 4. He called on business to make -further price reductions, but not by cutting wages. 5. He renewed his demand for a minimum wage of 75 cents an hour, instead of the present 40 cents. . 6. He asked that unemployment compensation payments be in creased. 7. He proposed federal exoondi ture of $9,000,000,000 on public works over a three-year period. 8. He would permit the old-age insurance payroll tax to rise to 1V4 per cent each on employer and employe next January, as now scheduled. The present rate is one per cent on each. He did not renew his earlier plea for new payroll taxes to finance a health Insurance program. Other planks in his latet econ omic platform included "an im proved program oi tarm income suppports" as advocated by Secre tary of agriculture Charles t. Brannan; renewal of the recipro cal trade agreements law; in creased benefits and expanded coverage under social security laws, and legislation to provide technical assistance for under-developed areas of the world in ac cordance with his "point four" plan. One Cut Favored In addition to a full retreat on his higher income tax plan, Mr. Truman asked for repeal of the three per cent tax on transporta tion of goods. He opposed any other changes in the tax laws which would cut overall federal revenues, and renewed his re quest for higher estate and gift levies. (Continued on Page 5) Electric Cooperative Calls For Redmond Warehouse Bids Bids ore being invited for the construction of an office and warehouse building at Redmond for the Central Electric coopera tive, John Norlin, coop manag er, has announced. Bids origin ally were- called in March, but were- rejected because thev were in excess of estimates. Revised plans call for a building that will hold 6000 square fort of office space on one floor. Bids for con struction will be opened at 8 p.m. on July 28, in the Redmond office of the coop. Plans and specifications can be obtained from Architects Boys Jossy and Paul F. Bogen, Bend. Plans call for a masonry con structed building with brick cav ity walls. It will have a concrete slab floor and flat, built-up roof. About half the building will lie given over to office space. In this area there will be a general office and four private offices. The other half will be a ware house, which will be of Joist con traction. A platform will be con structed at the rear of the build-1 Swim Classes Inaugurated At Bend Pool Bend's new swimming pool was , a happy bedlam today as approxU matcly 200 youngsters, laughing with delight and squealing witli ; small fears, eagerly but awkward ly flopped arms and legs in at tempts to follow Instructions ; given in the first day's learn-to-swim sessions, sponsored by , American Red -Cross and the mu nicipal recreation department. The weather was perfect There , was no wind, the sky was cloud-. less, the air warm. Youngsters came afoot, by bike, in jalopy and limousine, and learned confusedly, in tlie pool's checking system the ' knack of putting all your clothes in one basket without adding your (Continued on Page 6) Ford Workers Milwaukee, July 11 IIP) The United Auto Workers went ahead with preparations for a possible Ford strike today as the steel workers took the Initiative in the CIO's fourth-round wage drive. President Walter P. Reuiher said the UAW will demand a showdown with the Ford Motor company "In the next couple of weeks." But an actual strike was not expected. Most leaders at the UAW's na tional convention here seemed to believe that this time the national industrial wage pattern will be set by Philip Murray's steelworkers, who have not had a walkout since 1946. The UAW, which had to wage three costly strikes to set the 1947 and 1948 patterns, plans to sit this one out if it can. On the other hand, Reuther said the union will not hesitate to walk out if It must. To Increase Dues To show that he meant busi ness, Reuther called on the con vention to okay Increased dues and higher assessment limits to raise a $10,000,000 strike fund, The 2,000 delegates vote on these hot issues today. 1 Reuther recommfended that dues be boosted from $1.50 to $2.00. He also was expected to ask that tho Iternational bo-rd be al- lowed to make assessments as high as $5 in case of a long walk out. Tile delegates, representing nearly 1,000 union locals from all over the country, debated several controversial resolutions and pro- posen constitutional cnanges to day. One of the hotter proposals was a Reuther-baeked plan to give tne international union ine right to review local union trials. ing. It will be built at truck height, to facilitate loading and unloading. A gas warm air heat ing plant will be Installed. , On McKenzle Koail The new structure, to replace temporary quarters, will be on the McKenzle highway, In the southeast part of Redmond. Plans for the new building were made by directors of the cooperative primarily as a result of the rapid growth of the cooperative In the past few years. At the annual meeting of the cooperative in Redmond last No vember, officials reported aporox imately 1,000 members. Three hundred new members have been added since then. Further expan sion of the system is planned for the present year. The report submitted to mem berr at the November meeting revealed a healthy growth and sound financial condition, offici als of the mtdstnte REA report. The system covers three counties, Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook. ,: jr. .V ill;
