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THE BEND BULLETIN
Mid CENTRAL OEEGON PRESS
An Independent Newspaper
- " Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher
Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor
Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations
'Entered aa Second CUu Metier. Jenuarr (, 1017 at the Port Offlca at Bend, Ore,
' ' coo under Act of March 8, 18W.
The Bend Bulletin, Friday, April 8, 1955
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A day of hearings on the U. S. Senate bill proposing
authorization of a high Federal dam at Hells canyon,
preceded and followed by a day each of pre-hearing and
post-hearing re-hashes, leaves one with a number of im
pressions. Some of them are :
1. Unfortunately, the future development of hydro
electric' power in the Pacific Northwest is inextricably
Qed in with politics. Because so much politics is involved
it is quite possible perhaps probable that develop
ment of new sources of hydro power will come much
slower than the need.
" 2. Sen. Wayne L. Morse made the opening statement
for proponents of the Federal project. Some of his state
ments were cheered, one (when he said "this project won't
cost the taxpayers anything") was jeered. The cheers
w'ere not surprising, for Morse is an extremely effective
speaker. The jeers were surprising.
3. There was disagreement between the three mem
bers of the Senate present on the advisability of cross
examining witnesses. Both Senators Dworshak of Idaho
2nd Morse indicated they did not feel cross-examination
Should be undertaken. They were over-ruled by Senator
JJeuberger, acting as chairman, who then proceeded to do
Some cross-examining.
1 4. Testimony of proponents of the bill followed the
. same line almost altogether, that more Federally-generated
power was necessary for the continued development and
growth of the Pacific Northwest.
5. Opponents, too, were similar in their testimony.
They felt the Idaho Power Company proposals woula deve
lop the same amount of power, more quickly, with no drain,
on the Federal treasury.
6. Proponents, led by Morse, were free to admit that
the high Hells Canyon dam has become a political cause.
In order to have some understanding of the whole
situation, one must remember that:
The bill under discussion in Portland and other Paci
fic Northwest cities carries no appropriations. Under nor
mal circumstances, if it is passed, it' would take from seven
to twelve years for the Federal government to complete
the project.
If the Federal government is going to have enough
money to. start another dam in the Pacific Northwest, il
Ollcrht. tn HMO that mnnov -for- iicennlorl TkIii'1 i-niintisi
...... ... . , . , , , , , ,, . Jtiiro was taken just after italv
bihties at other sites which already have been authorized, ivul ),,, Knmi,,(i 15 million in
but lor which no appropriations have been made. In the addiiitmal economic assistance
meantime a service could be dono to Northwest power
users by letting the Idaho company go ahead with its
plans, and getting the power on the line.
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Time Element Held Vital
In Snake Canyon Dam Plan
(Presented here la the final
part of the statement submitted
by Kobert W. Sawyer, Bend, for
mer president of the National Re
clamation Association, to the
U.S. Senate committee on Inter
ior and Insular affairs at a hear
ing in Portland on a bill to auth
orize a hlKh dam at Hells Canyon
on the Snake river. First part of
the Bend man's statement ap
peared ill The Bulletin Thursday.
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NEA Service. Inc.
Edson in Washington
Not Place to Mention Loan?
By I'KTKK KDSON many capilak to prove what he
NEA Washington C'nrn-spondent nclually wns convinced of before
WASHINGTON tNKAl Dili-starting off from the States.
inu Italian Prime Minister Ma
rio Scelba's visit to Washing
ton, he was photographed kissing
Ihe hand of Clare Boolhe Liilc,
U. S. Ambassador to Italy.
Referring to this picture when
lie introduced Ihe Prime Minister
for u talk to Washington news-
jnn'ii, National Press Club Presi
jdent l.tician Warren observed:
I "I think il was unkind of Ihe
papers lo mention that this pic-
Ducklings on the Wing
A news item informs us that 00,000 duck eggs have
been presented to South Korean farmers by the people
of the Netherlands.
They were flown by KLM plane to Bangkok, and from
there by chartered plane to Seoul.
On their arrival in Seoul, about 80 per cent of the
eggs were hatched, and the lively ducklings were ready
for distribution.
Obviously this is a considerable improvement over
the old methods of nature.
In the prc-plane days, mother ducks, such as those on
Bend's Mirror Pond, were forced to rest their wings for
a time, lo hatch their eggs in titles.
But now planes can hatch 'em on the wing.
The Human Factor
From the days of World War II when airborne radar
made great contributions to military operations, ther
nas oeen lain as lo wliat il might do tor the commercial
airlines.
Now that radar is available and suitable for nirlini;
use, one of America's biggest airlines has announced that
radar is to be used on its entire fleet.
It. is a $-1,000,000 project.
The installation will include weather-mapping C-bantl
radar, developed specifically for commercial airline use.
This will enable pilots to fly through areas now detoiued
with considerable loss of time. Smoother flights tuiri im
proved schedule performance are anticipated.
C-band radar also reveals surface features, such as
mountains and lakes, but its primary value lies in keep
ing pilots informed of changing weather
as 150 miles ahead.
Possibly it will be news to many that in the decade
since the end of the war, radar was not developed to the
point where it could be effectively used in commercial
planes.
l'ublicalion of Ihe Yalta papers
served to lake Ihe heat off Ato
mic Knergy Commission ('hair-
man Lewis h. Strauss and the
highly controversial Dixon-Yates
contract in Ihe Tennessee1 Valley
Authority area.
At AKO headquarters .in Wash
ington, they now refer to il as Ihe
"I )ison-YalUi" contract.
Office of IVfonsc Mobilization
will now consider granting accel
erated tax amortization on new
defense plants or additions to ex
isting plants, regardless of cost,
if they meet the new standards of
dispersal to reduce target areas
lor atomic bomb damage. The
former requirement was thai o.tly
projects costing over $1 million
would gel tax writeoffs if thev
nui dispersal criteria.
Since this program of promot
ing factory dispersal was first in
troduced in July, lHf2, a total of
projects worth nearly $!l bil
lion have been reviewed Of these
Ml! pnijecls worth nearly 51 bil
lion were given an average, tax
amortization of (ll per cent. A few
essential industry expansion proj
ects got full 10(1 per cent benefit.
Five projects worth $11) million
were denied amortization and ob.
worth $7'.'!l million, w e r e
granted exemptions because re
locating Iheir facilities outside t ir
get areas would cause econo
mic hardships. Mines, pipelines,
railroads and power plants are in
Ihis last el:iss.
These figures give a picture of
I the extent to which American in
jdustry has been relocating as a
civil delense measure.
William Wealhorsby, top - notch
lT. S. Public Affairs officer in
Cairo. Ie.pt. took the trouble lo
cheek up on criticisms of the
voire of America puigrauis
conditions as far beamed to his part of the world.
as revealed in "Millions, Hhu-.d-
iers and Baloney." by Eugene V.
i Castle. On page 9 of this sensa
tional new hook, it was charg .'d
that the "Amid'' brothers, who
Will you please try to use your
influence and correct this distor
tion of facts?
"Yours sincerely,
"Mostafa Amin & Ali
Amin."
Spotlighting the Upper Colorado
River war over the Echo Park
dam, David Brinegar, execu
tive secretary of the Central Ari
zona Project Assn., calls atten
tion to the fact thai Arizona water
users are not opposing the prij-
ect. as stated recently in this col
umn.
, "We fonsider California the vil
lain in this piece," writes Mr.
Brinegar, "and we- believe Cali
fornia is endeavoring to frustrate
the construction of all major works
on Ihe river which would allow
development for other states. . . .
However, because of the loose use
by California of the term 'Lower
Basin,' people are led aslray."
While the Russians claim to
have moved mountains with their
atomic explosion tests, American
scientists can now claim to Ii.ive
removed whiskers with atomic
Miergy.
This happened during shake
down tests of the atomic sultma-
rine Nautilus. A Congressman in
specting Ihe ship plugged in his
electric razor and shaved during
Ihe trial run. The power of cour.ie
came from Ihe atomic boiler that
drives the sub.
Soil District
Plans Meeting
A meeting called by ' supervisor
of the Fort Rock-Silver Lwke Soil
Conservation district will be held
Tuesday evening at Silver -Lake,
Duane C. Crane, work unit con
servationist in the area has announced.
The meeting, to be held in the
school house at Silver Lake, will
start at 8 p.m., and will be open
lo all interested. Especially invit
ed lo attend are those persons in
terested in water problems in the
Silver Lake and Fort Rock area
and in the possible drainage of
Paulina marsh.
George Watt, SCS engineer from
Bend, and II. L. Lcilhead, SCS
soil and range conservationist
from Lakeview, will present find
ings of surveys conducted in the
past year regarding the water
problems and management of the
Fort Rock-Silver Lake area.
Bend's Yesterdays
I'll'TY YKAKS A(iO
From The Itulletln, April S. I!KI5
The Rend Water Light & Power
Co. has placed an order for un
electric light plant that will il
luminale 1.200 incandescent bulbs,
each of Hi canillepovver. Power
for the operation of the plant will
be supplied temporarily by the
Pilot Hutte mill.
Uiidlaw is to have a new stage
service from Shaniko, via Madras.
I hive limes n week. Prineville will
he by-passed.
The roundhouse for the big auto
mobile scheduled to begin running
between Cross Keys and Bend on
April 15 has been completed. 11
has accomnuxlalions for two cars.
Hereafter. standard railroad
time, telephoned in from The
Dalles, will he announced by the
whistle of Ihe Pilot Butte mill,
which blows six limes a duy. The
phone company finds it less
trouble to kii-p the mill informed
about the correct time than to an
swer so many questions about the
time.
Minor Business
Of Commission
Minor business a"t the Bend com
mission meeting Wednesday included:
- 1., Set May 4 for public hearing
on condemnation f an abandoned
shack in block two of Lytle
Acres, considered a fire and safe
ty hazard' by Fire Chief Vern
Carlon.
2. Approved for second reading
i ordinance authorizing a Ban
croft bond issue of $23,000 to pay
for street improvements complet-
d lost year.
3. Reappraised a city owned lot
at 6th and Revere at S-B0.
4. Approved for first reading an
ordinance prohibiting construction
of new outhouse facilities and the
use of existing facilities after
three years.
The largest pelican rookei-y in
the west is on an island in Pyra
mid Lake, .33 miles north of Reno.
Technical testimony, it has
been announced, U not wanted at
this time. I shall not, therefore,
undertake to discuss the costs of
the Federal Hells Canyon project
as compared with the Idaho Pow
er Company's undertaking. I
would have it noted, however,
that the Idaho company has pre
sented a firm commitment to
have its projects completed at a
cost under $140,000,000. while the
Federal costs not including Scri
ver Creek facilities are in excess
of $330,000,000. Moreover, they are
cost figures of a half decade ago
and from a Bureau which at that
time was notoriously guilty ol un
derestimating construction costs
Would Be Expensive
So that I may not be charged
with a failure to tell the whole
story I include here the fact that
the Federal project would produce
at the site some 15,000 more kilo
watts than would the Idaho Pow
er plants. The much greater cost
of Hells Canyon, however, would
make those kilowatts expensive,
indeed.
In a matter of project costs I
note with protest the failure of
the Bureau of Reclamation to in
clude the cost ol interest during
construction. Such interest is in
cluded by choice in the cost ol
works done by the Corps of En
gineers and necessarily by pri
vate enterprise. The practice of j
the Bureau in this regard avoids
full disclosure of a project cost.
means the presentation of untrue
cost figures and is a deception
practiced on the taxpayers.
Will this Committee secure an
estimate of what that interest
cost would be?
While no land would be irri
gated by water from a Hells Can
yon Dam it is contemplated, un
der S. 1333, that revenues from
the project would provide finan
cial assistance to Federal recla
mation projects "in accordance
with the provisions of the Fed
eral reclamation laws". Those
laws, as now interpreted, would
permit the use of the interest
component of the power rates as
a part of that financial assis
tance. This use has, been thor
oughly discredited by the Bureau
of the Budget, by various Con
gressional committees and, where
understood, by the general public.
The use places an improper and
unfair burden on the taxpayer. I
protest the approval of any meas
ure which contemplates the use of
interest component. Such use
a hidden subsidy and a fraud on
the taxpayer. It should not be
condoned by this or any other
committee.
Itouiliiaries Traced
The western abutment of the
Hells Canyon dam would be in
Oregon, in Wallowa county. The
Western abutments of the Brown
lee and the Oxbow dams would
he in Oregon, in Baker county.
Buill by the Idaho Power Com
pany an apportioned value of
those dams would be charged
with county and school district
tax ntes and thus contribute to
the financial wellheing of the two
counties. No payments of either
sort would be made to these in
terests from a Federal Hells Can
yon dam.
I have shown that the Federal
Hells Canyon undertaking would
for too many years deprive the
Northwest region of badly needed
electric power, it would impose
on Ihe taxpayers of the nation an
obvious burden ol hundreds of
millions of dollars and an undis
closed further burden of tens of
millions more, all avoidable if
Idaho Power builds its projects.
On June 18, 1952, the day
which that House sub-committee
of a Democratic Congress voted
unanimously to postpone indef
initely the Hells Canyon bill of
H.R. 5743 the gross public debt
of the United States was $259,-
578.835,362. On M4rch 29, last
week Tuesday, the day for which,
as this is written, the latest fig
ures were available, the gross
debt was $274,164,836,549. S. 1333
proposes the addition of costs that
will run toward another billion.
It would be an unnecessary cost
and should not be undertaken.
The national interest demands
the reduction of debt rather than
the addition of such an amount
Names Added
To Jury Roster
Jury roster for the spring term
of local circuit court was swelled
this week by the addition of 14
names to the list of 27 previously
drawn for service. Selection for
jury duty is by lot.
Named to the venire were Mrs.
Beulah M. Hilgers, Richard Ches
ter, O. L. Bowman, B. C. Fund
ingsland, Albert Demaris, James
L. Cothrell, Clarence E. Bush,
James Dereberry, Ray L. Jack
son, and Bernice Shumate,
Bend; Lillian Dudding, Sisters;
and Clara L. Norton and Toma G.
Sharp, Redmond.
as would be involved in the de
velopment of the federal Hells
Canyon project v proposed by
S. 1333.
I think it proper to add that
I have no financial interest in the
Idaho Power Company nor any
other northwest electric utility.
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Obviously tho human factor i.s still important in tlio
safe operation of planes.
Quotable Quotes
If I catch anyone doing that (srllitipr articled based
on information not previously available to newsmen) he
i won't be in this organization very lone;. Secretary of
Defense Charles Wilson.
The religious life of the President is so ti anspai'tiit-
:- iy sincere as to be yetf-validating. Kev. L. K. L'l.-cn
Freighter Pranks arrived Tucs-
I publish a newspaix-r in Cairo, had day from Shaniko with the first
iinld tho author that the Voice of ; load of nines fnr the Hnnri u-;itnr
Many of the bad air crashes of the early years of air- America was no Rood, and thai j system.
lino operations have la-en the result, of 'pianos plowing i"-ra" "verved mCa.ro.
, ,, -, r, , ,rail in the mui nin when no-1 HKI1IN VACATION
into the Sides of towermu peaks. h.iy H;1S ,,.,, j MIAMI (UP)-Viee President
Laymen may wonder why radar did not prevent the! Since UV.-.thcrshy kite that the . Richard Nixon wild his wife and
recent crash of a military air transport into a Ilawaiiai,i"'"!'''"" '''"N'- '' i"'teen s andiwo children bean today "what I
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the "Amid" brothers, and cut back I lion.
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lv.il- Mr. W -athersbv :
"Wr wt'ie surprised tli.il Mr
1'iieiie (".site in his recently pub
lished book claimed lie had inter-1 lust too had
viewed us about Ihe I'SIA in Cai- more odsn "
in. lie cut only misspelled our I It ,ll lie the first vacation for
names but also misspelled our, the Ntvms since their month-lonR
ideas. The fact is lb.it this C'eilo- Caribbean trip.
iniin met us fur a b'-v minnt' s
.iiefi'if a liinehisin ;ie'i by Mr.
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Ihe was riidit. He said he had
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The Nivitis stepped off a plane
frem W ishinnton. P.C., Thursday
nii;ht and the vice president and
his pretty wife Pat a.ved. "It's
we cant gel here
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