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THE REND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1950
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The Red Tide
THE BONNEVILLE REPORT
Before us is the 1949 report on the Columbia river power
system as the Bonneville power administration calls the elec
tric power undertaking committed to its care. There's a mim
eographed release telling of the record year that Bonneville
enjoyed and giving many figures of income, kilowatt-hours,
and rreneration totals. We think, however, that there is at
least as much interest in features of the report not mentioned
in the release so our comment is to be on them.
As a printer we want to compliment those who prepared
and produced this report. It is well arranged. There are charts
and tables that graphically present the statements of tbe text;
On many pages there is a tinted under-print of some part of a
power house, a transmission line, a generator or some other
feature of an electric utility plant. These emphasize the fact
that this is a power utility report and, shall we say, add glam
or to it but there are pages on which the under-printing some
what blurs the over-printed text.
Bonneville, we have just read, has recently awarded prizes
for suggested ways to cut costs. We seek no prize but we offer
our suifL'estion that the cost of printing reports could be re
duced if such unnecessary glamorizing were eliminated. Our
compliments are for the excellence of the report as a piece of
printing. As a citizen interested in government economy we
think the report too expensively produced.
One of the most interesting and revealing charts in the re
nort is that showing electric energy deliveries by class of cus-
tomer. In the past three years virtually half of the delivery
has been to the aluminum industry. The revenue from that
industry, however, in each of those years has been well under
one half of the total.
Here, it seems to us, is a condition that should be examined.
All the government argument, the public power argument,
the CVA argument is that more power should be developed in
the northwest to meet the needs of a growing population and
an expanding industry. Aluminum production, we believe,
provides employment opportunity in only a minor degree. In
recent years had other industrial needs been met less alumin
um would have been produced but there would have been more
employment. There would have been no need to hold new in
dustry down to a limit of 500 kilowatts.
Were it not for this favoritism shown aluminum the rev
enue picture would have been different, too, Bonneville au
thorities are concerned over the prospect that rates must be
increased and are inclined to place the blame, or most of it,
on the irrigation subsidy provided by power. The tables of
the report make it clear that were industry otlier than alum
inum given the power the income would be greater thereby
making it easier to meet the needs of irrigation without af
fecting rates.
In our thinking regarding aluminum we have not over
looked the statement in the report that "present estimates for
1958 do not include increased supplies (of power) for the
aluminum industry." The statement is vague in that it does
not appear whether it is only in 1958 that the supply to that
industry is not to be increased or whether there will be an
earlier restriction. Again We say, this aluminum situation
should be examined.
Bonneville does not pay taxes. The report makes the point
that the "rates are paying all costs of power operations
exclusive of taxes." It is then said, "Sufficient additional net
revenues are being realized to make possible a substantial
contribution to the irrigation works of the Columbia Basin
project a contribution by the electric rate payer to the irri
gation farmer in lieu of tax payments to the federal Treas
ury." That statement is a soniewhnt slick avoidance of the tax
issue. It is Coulee power that is contributing to the irrigation
farmer. The project was set up and planned for that purpose
and there is no justification for this suggestion of big-heart-edness.
Notably, no reference is made to the other taxes that
the private, enterprise utility pays and that are avoided by
Bonneville.
This administration report includes an auditors' report. In
the latter we find an informative paragraph on the subject
of costs. It reads :
Properly costs and operating expenses do not Include costs
of administrative and other services tendered hy other depart
ments and agencies of the U. S. Covernment which, under gov.
ernmental accounting procedures, are not allocated to individual
projects. It is not practicable to determine the amount of such
costs applicable to this project.
In the face of that statement by the auditors where is
left the Bonneville assertion that "rates are paying all costs
ot power operation .' hliould it not be corrected to read
that the "rates are paying all costs of power operations not
met by the general federal. I ax payer"?
The fact is, of course, that not only does Bonneville pay no
taxes but it enjoys a freedom from various other costs that
a privately operated utility would pay.
The relase of which we spoke makes no reference to any
of these matters.
VaJleaaaaaH T if faa.iaaai V I, m a aal'a 0 II li I IT
Communists Now
Ready for Attack
On Hainan Island
Note: United Pres correspondent Bob
rt C. Miller has arrived in the rar
Eut to cover Ui expected coiiimuimt
... tauten of natiunulUt-beld limn tin mid
Formosa utlumu. Miliar betran reporting
wars with the U.S. marimt on Uuitdal
curia, and has covered many major con
flicts aince then. He wan wounded in
action near Verdun in 1W44 while mak
in the dash throuh France with tne
U.S. rd army. His recent assignments
Included the Palestine war and com
munai fitchting between Hindus and Mutt
lenis in India. In his first dispatch from
Hainan island be reports that wind and
fuir will force a decision on the late of
Hainan within the neat 10 days.
Out on the Farm
. By Ila S. Grant
Feb. 20 The wheels began to
turn this week end on Upper
Mosquito. The chugging of the
home made tractor sounded business-like,
and the ground yielded
readily ,to the plow, as furrow
after furrow of black, moist earth
was laid back by the sharp blade.
All around, the signs of spring
arc apparent. The grass is losing
its winter brown and turning
yellow-green. Rye, sowed as a
cover crop, is starting to grow
in a neighbor's field. The green
haze is noticeable already, al
though the tender spears are still
too small for casual identifica
tion. I know what it is because
1 know what was planted there.
Even Gypsy seemed responsive
to the chance In the weather. She
was curious about the goings-on
near her pasture, and consented
to being caught. She was sur
prisingly tractable lor the first
work-out of the season, and she
was rewarded with a handful of
sugar lumps. -
MEETING FRIDAY
Redmond, Feb, 20 A meeting
for all subordinate grange agri
cultural committee chairmen in
central Oregon will be held Fri
day, Feb. 21 at 1:30 at the Red
mond grange hall. Three promi
nent grange members will be
present to give factual informa
tion on the Brannan plan, the
national price supports and the
national grange proposals. The
notice of this meeting comes
from Robert W. Schmidt of Al
bany, chairman of the state
grange agricultural committee.
Filibuster Looms on Fair
Employment Practices Bill
Washington, Feb. 20 HP' FF.PC
supporters today sought a way
to prevent n threatened all-night
house filibuster Wednesday
against their controversial civil
rights measure.
Southern democrats are expect-1
ed to throw up every parliament
tary roadblock they can to stall i
action on the administration's i
bill.
DELAY ENCOl NTEHE1)
Rcdmonj, Feb. 20 The com
bined city council and airport
commission meelinp, which was
scheduled for Monday night has
been postponed until sometime
later in the week. The Informa
tion from the architect was not
received In time for the Civil
Aeronautics administration office
to draw up the necessary papers
for the federal grant. A repre
sentative from the CAA will
come to Redmond for the meeting-
Scorched Earth
Held Possible
From New Bomb
Chicago, Feb. 20 HI'' An atomic
scientist envisages scorched earth
warfare on a staggering scale
with wind borne radioactivity
from carefully placed hydrogen
bomb blasts.
Harrison S. Brown of the Uni
versity of Chicago said that if
the hydrogen bomb works, radio
activity from it could kill every
living thing In an area 1,500 miles
wide and 3,000 miles deep.
"If the hydrogen bomb works,"
Brown said, "it is easy to visual
ize a scries of hydrogen bomb
explosions carried out along a
north-south line at about the
longitude of Prague, Czechoslo
vakia, "The radioactivity produced by
the explosions would be carried
eastward by the winds, dest rov
ing all life within a strip 1.500
miles wide extending from Lenin
grad to Odessa and 3,000 miles
deep, extending from Prague- to
the Ural monutains." , .
After the radioactivity passed
over the Urals, Brown said, It
would begin losing Intensity. By
the time it crossed the Pacific
to the west coast of North Amer
ica, he said, it would be harmless.
The United States could be at
tacked in a similar manner,
Brown said.
A person with tuberculosis
should pat about one-third more
food than a normal person of the
same physique.
session.
Rep. Herman P. F.berhnrlcr,
I'.. another 1-KIV strategist
doubted if action can be complet
ed in one day. I le may seuk a i
recess 'Wednesday under an j
agreement to vote the following
nay. ,
House action is expected fol
lowing reading of (leorgo Wash
ington's "Farewell Address" In
Tile most controversial of Presl- observation of the first president's
dent Truman's civil rights pro-1 birthday on "calendar" Wednes
posals, It would outlaw racial and 1 day."
religious discrimination in cm-i Chairman John Leslnski. P.,
ployment. !Mleh.. of the house labor com-
Rep. Andrew J. Biemiller. D mittec, which approved KEPC, Is
Wis., an FEI'C leader, s.nd the slated to be recognized next by
floor fight may he "ihe longest Speaker Sam Uahuin under the
and bitterest In the hi.Mm'y of Ihe : "c-ilcndar" procedure,
house. We may be in session all- Southern democrats hive
night and then Mime." 'agreed to hul l olf on their fill-
Veteran house attendants say blister until after v ashington's
there hasn't been an all ni;:lit li.it i ,-iddiess Is read, an annual cere-
le since the day of Six-alter : nionv In t')e lower chamber.
Nicholas Longuoith in the liUTs. !
The fight will elimax ;i six yen
struggle for house consideration !
of FEPC.
Supporters of the hill nie try-1
Infi to make arrangements in!
have enough of their members I
on hand at all times to control
the vote. Plans are being made
to relieve old-timers who can't
stand the strain of an aU-nitjht1 utes,
I'ml'T house rules', the speak
er can hall a filibuster i't nnyl
time by ruling against dilatory
tactics. Hut liaybuin. a Texan,
has no tiflectiun for FF.Pl".
One delaying lactic popular'
Willi tne soulliei nets is to le
quest roll calls to determine
whether n uuoium Is nrcsenl.
Each roll call takes about 25 mill-
VI Will 6
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dish! Here's the "power" nf
corn. Tastes ytturrfully wW.'
Crisp, sweet, fresh! Your bar
pain in KiMHiness Kellonif'8
Corn Flukes.
MOTHER KNOWS -6ESTI
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ifiiiiiers
SaveTime and Money
Farei ars often feu than 1st
clan rail plui Pullman. And you
lave hours In some cases, days1
of travel lime.
Northbound Mainlintrt
leave at 2:35 P.M.
PORTLAND . . . ! hrt.
SEATTLI 2', hr.
Southbound Mainlintrt
leave at 3:00 P. M.
SAN FRANCISCO 4'i hrt.
LOS ANGELES . . 7V, hn.
Fast, fuxurJoui fdahtt
lo "all the tail"
UNITED AIR LINES
Bnd Redmond Airport.
Coll ttodmond 260
OK. SEI AN
AUTHORIZED TRAVIl AOINT
STARTS JAIL TERM
David B. Kidd; 17, of Camp
Douglas, Wis., Saturday began
serving a 60-day sentence in the
Deschutes county jail on a charge
of larceny, it was reported today
by Forrest Sholes, deputy sheriff.
The youth is accused of steal
ing a shotgun from a Redmond
resident. Justice of the peace Ben
Galligan imposed the sentence.
By Robert C. Miller
(United, Preea S.aff Correapondent)
Hoihow, Hainan Island, Feb.
20 Hfi Fate of the strategic
Chinese nationalist island strong
hold of Hainan will be decided
within the next 10 days. The out
come depends upon the wind.
The communist invasion fleet
from the mainland is expected to
sail across the 18-mile-wide Hai
nan strait covered by fog and us
ing the seasonal north wind to fill
the sails of their junks.
The northerly winds, which
haVe been blowing for the past
week, would enable them to cross
in less than three hours. The fa
vorable winds and fog are ex
pected to last until March 1.
Nationalists Beady
- It is believed that an invasion
will.be impossible once the winds
change, for then the junks would
lose the cover of fog, and would
be forced to beat their way in
long tacks against an unfavora
ble wind. This would Increase
crossing time by many hours and
make the loaded junks easy prey
to sea and air attack.
The nationalists are braced for
the attack. Troops are alerted,
coastal defenses fully manned,
dawn to dusk air searchers are
out, and navy patrols are on
guard in the strait.
A report circulated here that
five junks attempted to make an
initial landing' Thursday night
but were intercepted. One was
captured. The nationalists claim
ed that the other four were sunk,
but there were no reports of
wreckage or bodies washed,
ashore. ,
Sixty communist soldiers cap
tured in the one junk gave up
without a fight because they were
helplessly seasick. The captives
were paraded through the streets
of this coastal town Saturday as
part ot the Chinese new year
celebration.
Guards marching with the cap
tives carried large banners say
ing "We don't like Russians." The
captives, including one officer,
shuffled along in apparent uncon
cern over their possible fate. They
seejned mighty glad to be on firm
ground anywhere, even national
ist territory.
The most reliable estimates
place at 180.000 the number of
communist troops massed in in
vasion readiness on Luichow pen
insula, across from Hainan.
Bombed Daily
Thousands of small craft and
junks, most powered by sail but
some motorized, have been dis
persed under camouflage along
the coastal bays and inlets. Al
though camouflaged, they are
subject to daily nationalist bomb
ing attacks by Martin B-26's.
The communist invasion objec
tive is to link up with the com
munist guerrillas who hold the
mountainous interior of the 6,000
foot high island. The guerrillas
held a 20-mile strip of the island's
coastline last October, but they
now have been driven inland by
strong nationalist attacks.
Some 40 nationalist wounded
were brought to Hoihow last
week as a result of a recent clash
with guerrillas. Many were treat
ed at the American-staffed Pres
byterian hospital directed by Da
vid Thomas, of Kansas City, Mo.
Thomas and his staff have said
they are determined to remain in
Hoihow even if the city and island
are captured by the communists.
Comparison Made '
Military observers say the po
sition of Hainan is similar to that
of England following Dunkerque.
A high nationalist officer ad
mitted that Hainan could have
been captured last fall by less
than 3,000 communist troops. The
island then was filled with re
treating nationalist troops, de
moralized, disunited and feared as
much as the communists by the
Hainanites.
But today the situation is vast
ly imprbved under the national
ist military commander. Gen.
Hsuh Yeuh. former eovernor of
Kwangtung province. The troups
nave been unilied and order re
stored. Troops manning tbe, beach de
fenses are armed with excellent
and well-kept equipment. Their
morale seems to be high and they
appear rested, fat and happy.
The backbone of Hainan's de-
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fense Is the air force, which is
less susceptible to communist in
filtration than the other arms.
Its planes take to the air unopl
poseu to imuui uie iuva&ion pen
insula. Several gunboats have been
added to the Hainan anti-invasion
fleet but the morale of the navy
still is questionable.
The natives of Hainan are calm
and everything is on a basis of
"business as usual." However,
Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault's
Civil Air Transport line Is keep,
ing a number of planes available
to fly out its staffers if neces
isary. COLLECTION SUIT FILED
A suit to collect a $2,000 prom,
issory note has been filed in Des
chutes county circuit court by
Margaret and Dalton Hershey
against Ernest and Lucille Darst,
the record shows.
FRFCKI.FS AND HIS FRIENDS
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Photography
Did you see all of the people
out with cameras last week?
A little sunshine always brings
out the camera fans. The break
in the weather is a bona fide
harbinger of spring. It's al
most upon us and there's no
prettier time of year to get
good pictures. And of course
there's nothing like color pic
tures to do a satisfying job of
recording all the beauties
around us.
And speaking of taking good
color pictures, you should
come in and see the newest
addition to the line of cam
eras especially suited to color
work. Nestle a new Kodak
Pony 828 Camera in your
hands . . . and it feels like the
jewel it is. Just the right
shape, just the right size and
weight for comfortable, rock
steady grip. Make a few ex
posures, and enjoy the velvet
smoothness of the shutter re
lease. Put your first color
slides on the screen, as large
as you wish . . . study their
crisp definition and clean col
or quality , . . and you'll won
der how anyane can build so
much value into a miniature
camera for only $29.95.
Here are some of the inter
esting and helpful features. On
the lens and shutter scales,
red dot markings identify the
basic settings for Kodachrome
Film with an average non
moving subject in bright sun.
A "universal" setting for Ko
dak Plus-X film is also index
ed .. . 150, f11 and 10 feet
. . . which gives correct ex
posure in bright sun, with a
field depth of about 6 to 31
feet. Diaphragm and shutter
scales are visible from above
and have click stops. Field
depth scale sets automatically
for all lens openings as lens
is focused. The lens tube locks
in both recessed and extended
positions . . . and the shutter
won't trip until you've extend
ed the lens and locked it in
correct operating position. The
tripod socket is centered in the
bottom of the camera, for
good balance. And the back
has an unusually handy hinge
latch, of new design, with a
safety cat eh to forestall ac
cidental opening.
It's a honey of a low-cost min
iature camera, tops for color.
And the amazingly low price
at only $29.95, Come in and
see it.
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