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THE BEND BULLETIN, BEND, OREGON
THURSDAY, APRIL 20. 1950
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CORDON AND THE RECLAMATION AMENDMENT
With the congressional record at hand for April 10 and
successive days through April 14 we have the story of the
reclamation amendments proposed to be added to II. R. 5472,
the omnibus rivers and harbors and flood control bill. They
proposed, it will be remembered, the authorization of 13
Columbia basin reclamation projects. There was language,
also, that would create a so-called Columbia basin account and
that would permit, by specific wording, the use of the inter
est component oi power rates to help meet the cost of reclama
tion beyond the ability of the water user to repay.
At the end of the five days of debate the amendments were
beaten down. The motion for their rejection was made by
Senator Chavez, of New Mexico, chairman of the committee
on public works. It was Chavez, also, who moved the rejection
of other amendments proposed, one by Senator Taylor and the
other by Senator Cordon, in the hope of securing authoriza
tion of the 13 projects without, in particular, the basin ac
count plan. -.
Before offering his own amendment Senator Cordon had
taken the lead in opposing the original amendment that came
before the senate from the committee on interior and insular
affairs on -the motion of its chairman, O'Mahoney, of Wyom
ing. Cordon's opposition was based on his view of the basin
account plan that was expressed in language of most doubtful
meaning and, if effective, would mean costs running into bill
ions of dollars. It was a remarkable exhibition of forensic
ability. To what degree it, rather than the opposition of Sen
ator Chavez, led to the defeat of the amendment one may not
know. At any rate, however, this most dubious proposal went
out with the rest of the amendment.
The vote on the amendment, by the way, found Wayne
Morse, as so often has been the case, on the side opposite to
Senator Cordon. Morse took no part in the debate.
. Following the defeat of the O'Mahoney amendment Sena
tor Magnuson, the senior senator from Washington, began to
criticize Senator Cordon. In a news story in the Oregon Jour
nal Magnuson emphasized the proposition that the rejection
of the amendment denies numerous northwest reclamation
projects millions of dollars in federal aid. In a telegram to the
Pendleton East Oregonian he singles out Cordon for particu
lar abuse and he names many projects that, as he says, have
lost financial assistance by reason of the defeat of the amend
ment. It is to be noted that Magnuson makes no reference to his
fellow democrat, Chavez, whose position Cordon was support
ing nor his many other democratic party associates who join
ed Chavez. It is to be noted, also, that Magnuson offers noth
ing by way of an answer to the Cordon argument against the
basin account plan.. After all, it was doubts of that plan that
caused Senator Cordon to oppose the amendment. The ques
tion now to be asked is, "Wherein was he wrong?" We should
like to have Magnuson discuss that issue. We should like to
have Senator Morse explain his support of it. .
The fact is, of course, that the defeat of the amendment
does not mean the projects named by Magnuson will not be
built. They will be built when they are needed. They should
not be built before they are needed through the use of a
doubtful, tricky and even dishonest basin account plan device.
SHARING THE EVENTS
A few years ago Bend's Fourth of July celebration rodeo
was held in Redmond and it is pleasing now to note the co
operation between the two communities which makes possible
the announcement that this feature will again be presented
at the Redmond fair grounds. The courtesy of the fair board
in providing the use of its facilities is most appreciated.
Certainly the rodeo will be a better one and can be more
generally attended and enjoyed because of its presentation
where adequate plant is available. For this reason alone the
decision of the water pageant board is to be commended. But
the idea, of holding one of the two chief events in the Indepen
dence day program in the neighbor city of Redmond the
water pageant continuing as the feature here is especially
excellent in that it makes the celebration much more an
area affair than would otherwise be the case. It will be well
if the sharing of events in this manner is continued in future
years.
WASHINGTON COLUMN
Other Editors Say
By Peter Edson
(NEA VVaabington Correepondent)
Washington (NEA) General
services administrator Jess Lar
son has been having a sweet time
with tho railroads lately, trying
to save the . government some
dimes and quarters. Yes dimes
and quarters. It just goes to show
that not all government affairs
are conducted in terms ol mil
lions and billions, and the red
tape involved In this legal dick
ering should really slay you.
Not all the, railroads are In
volved. The case began with hall
a dozen of the eastern roads
Pennsy, N.Y.C., Lehigh Valley,
C. & O., N. & W., Reading. They
filed a petition with interstate
commerce commission, asking for
authority to put a service charge
of from 10 to 25 cents on redeem
ing unused passenger tickets.
Such a charge would make a
certain amount of sense. When
a passenger makes a reservation
or buys a ticket, the railroad is
supposed to set up space lor him.
If the passenger doesn't show up,
the reserved coach seat, chair or
Pullman berth goes empty, un
less a cash fare customer gets
aboard en route.
Of course the original ticket
purchaser may have good reason
for not using the space. He is
entitled to get his money back,
however, even If he just misses
and train and rides later. Nobody
has any thought of not redeeming
such tickets. But the Job of re
funding the ticket price Involves
a certain amount of bookkeep
ing, postage and -bank charges.
For this extra clerical work, the
railroads want pay.
It Is no small item. New York
Central says that for 1949 it re
funded on 435,891 tickets. The
amount of money refunded
amounted- to $7,364,156, or about
six per cent of its total passenger
business.
GSA administrator Larson took
a look at this ICC application and
decided it would hit the govern
ment hard. Mr. Larson is a kind
of housekeeper lor Uncle Sam,
and part ol nis job now is to
save money.
since the military services buy
more transportation than any
other government agency, House-
Keeper Larson assigned to depart
ment of defense the Job of fight
ing the railroads' petition before
the UX. The department accept
ed the assignment and began toi
prepare its case.
When the railroads heard about
this, some of their lawyers'went
to department of defense and of
fered to waive the refunding
service charge on all tickets turn
ed in for military personnel. De-
pa; iment ol defense grabbed at
the offer. It then went to Admin
istrator Larson and begged to be
let off on the assignment of fight;
lug the railroads' petition before
ICC.
GSA lawyers said okay, but
they then let the railroads know
that the government, was going
to pursue the case. Veterans' ad
ministration, it was pointed out,
was a big user of railroad trans
portation. VA buys about 4,500,
000 railroad tickets a year. Some
are for officials but many are for
veterans ordered to hospitals for
further treatment.
"Okay," said the railroad law
yers in effect, "we'll exempt the
veterans' administration along
with the armed services." In these
negotiations the railroads have
been represented chiefly by coun
sel E. F. Stone or New York Cen
tral and E. Kaier of Pennsy.
GSA representatives have been
principally associate general
counsel J. E. Moody, W. Turbun
Lennon and John J. Kirby. They
wouldn't give in. They had a sur
vey made of eight other agencies.
It was found that the cost of re
fund service charges to them
would be $15,000 a year. And for
$15,000 a year, ' the government
thought it would fight.
The railroads then came up
with a third proposition. They
would exempt all government ag
encies from refund service charg
es for a year from the time the
ICC approved their petition. That
would give the government a
chance to study its refund situa
tion further.
Well, the government agreed
to this deal, and that's where the
matter stands today. What the
Jess Larson fight to save dimes
and quarters has amounted to for
sure is a permanent exemption
from such charges for the mili
tary services, anyway.
COMMUNICATIONS
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MORSE THE MAVERICK
To the Editor:
A meeting was recently held In
New York by a bunch oi republi
cans who believe that the party
should be revised after the pat
tern of the new deal Americans
for democratic action. Those
present at this clam-bake were
the usual party bolters and quasi
liberals, including Wayne Morse
and Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., who
said of the British election, "The
conservatives got nowhere until
they stopped acting like American-
republicans." Morse said "I
have been known as a Maverick
for some time. Now I am going to
brag about it. What the republi
can party needs is a lot more Mav
ericks." John Ellis, a navy veteran said
to Morse "I agree with you but I
am afraid I will be excommuni
cated for having such heretical
views. How about you?" To
which Morse replied, "they can't
excommunicate me, you see I
never Joined. I'm a Maverick."
The question before the voters
of the republican party in the pri
mary election is, should Oregon
be represented in the U. S. senate
by a man who in a republican
state registers as a republican but
who for five years has voted 79
for measures opposed by the
party, measures which are defi
nitely taking us down the road to
socialism and ultimate disaster. A
man elected by either party is
honor bound to follow the policies
of the national committee of his
party.
.... Morse claims his right Is to vote
his- own convictions. His voting
companions in the senate, on ma
jor measures or confirmations
are Taylor, running mate of Hen
ry Wallace, Marcantonio, Ameri
can labor party, Claud Pepper,
Humphrey Mngnuson, Murray
and party bolters Aiken and
Lodge.
The measures which this group
votes for or against are those
favored or opposed by the A. D.
A.'s-socialist-labor represented by
the Truman administration.
(Continued on Page 6)
Water and Kerosene Mixture
Proves Inexpensive Car Fuel
Stockholm, Sweden (IB An in
creasing number of Swedish
trucks and passenger cars drive
on kerosene and water, and their
owners are all happy.
i They get more mileage for less
fuel cost and a motor that doesn't
"knock."
: Carl Ahlstedt of Lin Koplingi
southern Sweden, has invented
a carburetor, called tripol. It can
be fixed on any gasoline combus
tion engine, to run smoothly, fed
with 80 per cent kerosene and 20
per cent water.
Gasoline is still necessary to
start and warm the motor, how
ever, otherwise, the cylinders
would corrode. That is done easi
ly with a button on the instru
ment board.
No Knock In Motor
( A car with a tripol carburetor
consumes 30-40 per cent less ker
osene than it uses gasoline with
a common gas carbusetor, Ahl
stedt claims after a year of ex
periments and tests.
The motor doesn't knock, even
If the number of revolutions per
minute is as low as 200, he said.
. Ahlstedt has tested his carbu
retor by driving a truck 75,000
miles without even five minutes
of motor service. The motor was
clean Inside, almost shiny, he
claimed.
The principle of using water
to increase the effect of a com
bustion engine has already en
tered aviation. During the war
certain types of fighter plane mo
tors got an "injection" of water.
It gave a sudden Increase of the
motor's strength.
But Ahlstedt still doesn't know
why the water makes the motor
Stronger. He dismisses the theory
that the water is split up in its
elements, hydrogen and oxygen,
because it takes exactly as much
energy to split water as is pro
duced when the two elements join
again.
He thinks steam makes the
combustion in the motor smooth
er and more complete and in
creases the octane value ol the
fuel.
"I'm no theorist," he said. "My
carburetor is the result of practi
cal tests."
Major deposits of phosphates
are believed to exist in the gulf
floor west of Florida.
Do FALSE TEETH
Rock, Slide or Slip?
FASTEETH, an improved powder to be
sprinkled on upper or lower plates, holds
fttlse teeth more firmly in place. Do not
slide, slip or rock. No gummy, gooey, pasty
taste or feeling. FASTEETH is alkaline (non
acid). Docs not sour. Checks "nlaie odor"
(denture breath). Get FASTEETH at any
drug store. . Adv.
Out on fhe Farm
By Ila 8. Giant
April 20 The birds were giv
ing a concert on Calico farm this
morning, They flitted from tree
to tree and swooped down to
bathe in puddles near the ditch.
As I left the yard a red-winged
blackbird, first I've seen this sea
son; alighted on a fence post. His
glossy black coat, with red trim
ming, shone like ebony.
Mountain blue birds are arriv
ing in large numbers, and their
bright plumage looks gay as
the first crocuses.
We let the irrigation water run
In the front yard this week, and
the grass responded quickly,
brightening in color almost over
night. .
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Meteorite Crater
Found by Pilot
' Darwin, Australia lP) An un
mapped meteorite crater has been
discovered in an uninhabited
stretch on the edge of Arnhem
Land.
The cratei, about 100 feet in
diameter, was found by Capt.
Harry Moss, a pilot flying air
ambulances for the government.
Moss said the blueness of the
water suggested great depth, and
described the crater as circular
with perpendicular sides.
Irish, Chinese, Andora,
Tamerislfolia,
Ornamental
Evergreens
Arborvltae l'yramiduls, Globe,
Lobl, Berekman's.
Junipers
rti, Chinese, Ando
Tamerislfolia.
Shade Trees
Maple, Mountain Ash,
HOney Locust
ALL NORTHERN GROWN
HARDY STOCK
Shelley Nursery
164 E. Greenwood
PUBLICITY MATKIU.M,
(Roscburg News-Review )
There" are certain individuals In
this country we. could cheerfully
choke. If we could net our hands
on them we would gladly pay the
penalty for mayhem.
They are the advertising and
publicity agents who lure our
good friends Into well-meaning
attempts to chisel free advertising
space In the news columns, plac
ing us In the embarrassing posi
tion of being a himlhoilcd old
goat who knows nothing nhuul
the distinction between news and
advertising and refuses as a mat
ter of personal prejudice a news
Item other editors simply are
clamoring to print.
Good friends in the business
Held frequently visit the editorial
office with a piece of publicity
material. They often bear a per
sonal letter from their advertis
ing or publicity agent reading
something like this:
Your local newspaper editor
will be delighted to receive the
enclosed news Hem. Fill In the
blanks as Indicated and take it
personally to his office. You
will find he will welcome jour
visit.
Sure, the editor welcomes the
visit, lie's always glad to talk
to people. Hut he Is in a rather
embarrassing spot when he reads
the "news'" Hem he Is supposed
to be so "delighted" to receive.
It may he an item such as
Joe Whizdlnger. cnlei pi islni;
Itosehurg merchant, icports he
now has on display the new
model of the Marvel Mix Mailed
Milk Maker, that sensational
appliance which makes u house
a home.
The new Marvel Mix Malted
Milk Maker tutus two revolu
tions lr minute faster than
last year's model while whip,
ping into mioulli, ueuniy bev
erage that delightful, refresh
ing, stimulating, healthful drink
produced cnlv bv the Marvel
Mix Malted Milk" Maker.
Joe Whizdingcr, who has the.
exclusive ngeticv In Ilosehurg
for tho Marvel Mix Malted Milk
Maker, says the new model is
chrome trimmed, styled by the
masters, a work of art.
"No home is complete wllh
out the Marvel Mix Mulled Milk
Maker," says Joe Whizdingcr,
"wlm Invites everyone to his
fine Ilosehurg store."
e e
Joe Whlzdinger can't under
stand why the old goat of an edi
tor won't print the news Hem.
Weill'! the Marvel Mix Malted
Milk Maker company's advertis
ing agent say editors were "de
lighted" lo get news Items of this
type? Certainly the Marvel Mix
Mailed Milk Maker company
wouldn't hire an agent who didn't
know what he was talking about.
Isn't the fact that the Marvel
Mix Mailed Milk Maker has a
new model a matter of news and
Interest to everyone who might,
or should, purchase a Marvel
Mix Malted Milk Maker? So,
there's only one answer. The edi
tor has a personal grudge against
Joe Whizdingcr, who has no ah
ternalive but to cancel out his:
advertising. He'll he everlasting
ly dang-burncd if he's going to
advertise in newspaper that
knows no more about news than
thai!
So Joe Whizdingcr. who we
think is Hie sail of the earth,
and a very tine merchant, leaves
the editor's office with the idea
that we're a stubborn old fool,
having a dislike lor him person
ally, and pic.lwdiccd in Iaor of
his competition.
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