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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1947)
4 Capita! Jonrnal, Salem, Capital SALEM, ESTABLISHED 1888 GEORGE PUTNAM, t An Independent newspaper published i 444 Chemeketa St Phones Business 8573. Society Editor 3573. FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED PRESS i The Associated Press Is exclusively ' all news dispatches credited to It and also news published therein. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: BY CARRIER: WEEKLY, $.20; Monthly, S.75; One Year, S9.00. ' BY MAIL IN OREGON: Monthly, .60; 6 Months, $3.00; One Year, KM. United States Outside Oregon: Monthly, S.60; 6 Months, S3.60; Year. I7.Z0 Slightly Inconsistent Amonir leaders of the public for which Dr. Paul J. Raver, Bonneville power administrator, has been the chief oracle in the past, dissension is developing v which can and obviously will result in a critical shortage of electric generating facilities unless there is a decided change in the attitude of some of the political proponents of public "power toward private utilities which are sorely neeuea to help meet the demand. In the outcome of the feud between public and private interests involved in the production and distribution of power lines the answer to the northwest's in dustrial future. Yet in the face of Dr. Raver's recent warnings of an im pending shortage of electric energy for industrial purposes which, he says, threatens the entire economic structure of the area, political exploiters of the public ownership group persist in their efforts to discourage the investment of private capi tal in the production and marketing of this vital asset. f In an address to the Oregon Farmers' Union convention in Albany this week Dr. Raver declared that early completion 'of all federal, private, municipal or PUD hydro-electric gen erating projects in the Pacific northwest will be necessary to 'meet the accumulating demands for cheap power. Said the Bonneville administrator : "We can have no industrial progress without expanding our energy base. A state energy base breeds a static economy and without additonal power facilities the northwest can progress no farther because we now are utilizing all energy from existing production facilities." , . Complicating the situation, Dr. Raver asserted that one of the chief obstacles to full regional power development is the hostility of eastern utilities toward the expenditure of further federal money to finance new and additional hydro facilities out here. They are making this opposition through the congressional representatives of the industrial east, an opposition which is making the issue into a "political as well as an economic crisis." In the face of such an emergency the best that local lcad 'ers in the PUD movement have to offer is a program for discouraging by political means the investment of private capital to do the job that congress refuses to do. Witness their activity before the Oregon legislature where, even to day, they are fighting to kill Senate Bill No. 99 by seeking to induce the house of representatives to sustain the gover 'nor's veto of the bill which clears the way for an eventual $10 million investment by the Idaho Power company in a iydro-electric project on the Snake river. Yesterday they appeared before the house utilities com mittee in opposition to one bill to provide a method for dis solving the PUD which might fail to function satisfactorily, and to protest a proposal to require all PUDs to obtain cer tificates of public convenience and necessity before com mencing operations. . The only valid objection to the dissolution bill offered by its critics, that such a measure would make it impossible for .any PUD to sell its bonds, was smoothed out by the commit tee through insertion of an amendment making the dissolu tion contingent upon approval by the bond holders and other creditors. The amendment, rather than killing the market for a PUD's bonds, would make them even more attractive to investors by giving them the right to veto any attempt to cuttle the power district. . Certainly the proposed requirement that the PUD must . obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity a guarantee by the state of Oregon that the project is sound and needed would hardly detract from the attractiveness of the bonds as an investment. ; Of all the changes proposed in the PUD laws of the state at this session of the legislature, the one which would most seriously reflect upon PUD securities as an investment is the proposal offered by the public ownership lobby itself ; a measure which would provide for the sale of PUD bonds to be secured only by the earnings of the district, whereas, they .are now general obligations backed by all the physical assets of the district. Charles V. Galloway His passing undoubtedly speeded by his conscientious con cern for the faithful performance of his duties, the state of Oregon has lost an esteemed citizen and a diligent and capable official in the death of Charles V. Galloway, a mem ber of the state tax commission throughout the fluctuating form of its composition since it was organized in 1919. Poor health of long standing, coupled with his refusal to be negli gent in the performance of his services in the present tax crisis through which the people and their legislators are passing, undermined his health but failed to induce him to retire into relaxation that would have prolonged his life and usefulness by many years. As a student of taxation and tax problems in all their vari ations, Galloway was a recognized authority, although his work with the tax commission dealt specifically with prop erty taxes, and his counsel was widely sought and highly regarded. Politics or selfish-interest never dissuaded him from a stand once taken, and he was outspoken in his opin ions even when they were at variance with those of his supe riors. He would not be a "yes" man for anyone. As a con sultant he was respectfully regarded and generally heeded by the members of legislative tax committees for nearly 30 years. Galloway, a native son of pioneer parents, was intensely iiunmii, a ncignoony sort oi man witn a Hair for witty and engaging conversation and intelligent discussion. The diffi culty which the state board of a qualified successor to fill the vacancy on the tax commis sion will be simple as compared to the task his thousands of inenns win nave in filling the Nloveltie Hinder, Not Help Lansing, Mich., Feb. 21 VP) An $11,000,000 expense bill hit snag before it was passed by the Michigan state senate last night as Rpublican Senator Ed gar F. Down refused to vote money "for expenses of escaped prisoners." Another republican, Senator Otto Bishop, hastened to explain Oregon, Friday, Feb. 21, 1947 .Journal OREGON Editor and Publisher every afternoon except Sunday at Office 8037 and 3571. News Room entitled to the use for publication of or otherwise credited in this paper power movement in Oregon, control will have in soleorinc void in their hearts. the $778.25 item, smallest on the bill. "That's not to help escaped prisoners," he assured Down. "That's to recapture them." Had Enough Medina. N. Y.. Feb. 21 P A J. Richards, 83-year-old com mercial photographer who has walked ud thrpn fliffhl nr tnir to his studio for 60 years, finally got tired and closed his busi ness temporarily. He hopes to rennpn in the spring if he can find ground floor quarters. 1 1 Innocence Abroad ! B Beck jps dor By Don The lady editor of the Emer ald, University of Oregon news paper, apparently gave such a bad few minutes to Randolph Churchill, son of England's late prime minister when he visited the University town, he retired to Portland licking his wounds and gave out an interview in re gard there-to. What the univer sity needs now are some basket ball teams and football teams that can match the lady editor's prowess and send some of the visiting firemen home in the same mood. Ah, the female of the species. Writes J. Button, 135 Duncan avenue, "I note they have a bill in the legislature urging better educated barbers so they may know more about the subjects they are talking about with their customers. Why don't we have a similar bill applying to legislators?" Well, it probably wouldn't be unconstitutional. Our Complicated Statehouse If we think imposing appear ance is the big item, go over and wander through the ornate but awkward construction of the new state house in Salem. It's nice to look at, but how it must hamper effort and energy and slow down the transaction of or dinary business. If confusion and ambiguity characterize the le gislation, consider the impracti cal, unsystematic halls in which legislators work. Maybe that's what slowing up the legislature instead of the absence of a law such as Mr. Button suggests. Answering the City Slickers. (OSC Barometer) "But the clincher which im presses the Barometer most Is As I See It by ELMORE PHILPOTT Portland, Oregon You see little of a country when you travel by plane and not much when you travel by train. Not much of the cities, that is and the cities are the dominant features of life in these United States. When you travel by car, you plainly see how an entirely new type of life is emerging. More and more "cities" are stretching out along the concrete highways. The joke that one hears in Cali fornia that the city limits of Los Angeles are just below San Francisco isn't just a weak wit ticism. The citified style of life does stretch for hundreds of miles between the great cities of the United States. Something new under the sun is being built. You could draw a pattern of the life of this queer creature man (or homo the sap) around whatever the communications were in any stage of history. There are many people still alive who remember the days of river travel when the canoe and the steamboat dominated the economic scene. I write these lines near the last fork in the course of one of the world's great rivers the CO' lumbia. Here is a city as mod ernized (in the sense of gadget supplied) as any on earth. Yet high in the Rockies, where this great river rises, we stayed last summer with the daughter of the skipper of the first steam ship to navigate the upper riv er. She had printed records of hair-raising voyages that would make super movie thrillers. And just a mile or two from where we talked was the stone mark ing the pass where the first white man crossed the moun tains by portage, on foot, be tween rivers navigable only by car.oe. My points is that just at the style and tempo of life was dom inated in the old days by canoe travel later by river boats, and finally by rails so, too, an en tirely new pattern of life is supper Upjohn that the Oregon students and their emerald writers seek, in vain, to discredit our collective enrollment here. It appears that the Oregon students feel that by calling their Beaver brothers plow-jockey, farmers, 'hay-seeds' and what not, they can induce a sense of defeatism or shame within the hearts of the wearers of the Orange and Black." At any rate the farmer boys seem to know how to give the soft reply which turneth away wrath. Proposed school district con solidations are coming along so frequently it begins to look as if in the course of time the well known little red school house will be a thing of the past and there'll be nothing but big white ones, or something, sooner or later. The day of getting elected to office by being born in a log cabin or educated in a little red schoolhouse seems to be about over. ndian Service to Open Bids in Salem The U. S. Indian service will open bids in Salem March 11 on approximately 29,000,000 board feet of timber owned by Indians near Siletz and in the Anlauf and Elkhead districts of Douglas county. The timber is appraised at $102,000. The longest non-stop passen ger railroad run in the United States is a 324.5 mile trip be tween Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. emerging because of the con crete highways. This continent was built up on the theory that, farms should be square. The typical pioneer built his square house in keep ing with his square farm often of square stones square in the middle of the front of it. The rural unit of government was the "county" based on the theory that the standard of liv ing within each block would be reasonably uniform. - Then came Henry Ford with the gas buggies and later still these strips of pavement that span a continent. Along these strips are stretch ed what are, in fact, elongated cities. For the people who live among main highways have a bond far more cohesive than what holds older-fashioned cit ies together. These new facts tend to upset the old. For the desires and needs of the people who live along the highways are not the same as those who live in the countryside behind. The legislators hereabouts are not spending much time contem plating the changing picture. We paused long enough in the state capital of Washington to note the demands of a strong war veterans' delegation for a bonus. As a passing visitor, I had no way of knowing the truth or falsity of the veterans' claims that there is already considera ble unemployment, in spots. The history of this city should be a tonic for anybody sure of that atomic war with Russia. It is not so many years ago since Britain and the U.S. were talk ing more blatantly of war with! each other than anybody has yet done re Russia. ' Yet now, looking back, the talk seems silly, By DeWit MacKenzle (AP Foreign Affairs Analyst) Mother England finally has fixed a date (June, 1948) by which she intends to have with drawn from India after turn ing over to a responsible native government the affairs of state and you and I are witnessing another epochal event of world history. Prime Minister Attlee's new socialist government has in a manner of speaking removed the greatest gem of the imperial crown and handed it back to India's four hundred millions who have been under British domination for two centuries. Naturally the king-emperor's ministers hope that the huge dependency will choose to re main within the British com monwealth of nations. But that's for India herself to say. She is being offered complete lnde pendence. Having said this one hastens to note that the transaction hasn't yet been completed. It remains for the warring Hindus and Moslems of British India to bury the hatchet 'and estab lish that "responsible" govern ment. It also remains for the same 600 reigning princes and lesser potentates to conclude agreements to facilitate Eng land's withdrawal. Set-up Nearly Perfect From the standpoint of Indian opportunity the set-up would seem to be as nearly perfect as things come in this life. How ever, as Prime Minister Attlee pointed out yesterday in the house of commons, the situation is "fraught with danger" because of the uncertainty between the all-India congress party which is mainly Hindu and the Mos lem league. Thus far they have been unable to submerge their quarrel sufficiently to cooperate in the provisional government which the viceroy, Field Marshal Lord Wavell, has for months been trying to get into action. Not only that, but the politico- religious differences have be come so bitter that there has been widespread bloodshed, cost ing thousands of lives and great property damage. We shouldn't overlook the possibility that In dia hasn't yet seen the end of this sanguinary strife. The provisional government in New Delhi is the one pro jected for British India. England doesn't propose to force the princes to come under rule of any government in British In dia when Britain withdraws. The native states will revert to independence and can choose their own course, although it is hoped that' they will agree to join in some sort of federation with British India. As a matter of fact the leading princes al ready have promised coopera tion. Problem Tremendous However, the problem of working out a federal govern ment for all India is a mighty one, since the princes are a proud and independent lot. In this connection your columnist is particularly interested in the appointment of Admiral Lord Mountbatten as viceroy to suc ceed Lord Wavell. It strikes me Prime Minister Attlee has made a shrewd choice in picking Mountbatten for the job of viceroy. Lord Louis, with his royal blood and fine record of service in the war, may be able to swing the princes into line where another might fail. Anyway, this is Mountbatten's big hour and obviously there are hopes that he also is the man of the hour. , EXPERT WATCH, tlKIMIll i vAiir eld watch wi?n raciory guaranteed crafts manship ... a modest charges. m 33 COURT STREET W'i on. of th. h lnvttd to mwnberthip In rhts world-wide group. Prof.isionol Mortuary Skill Honsl Pricing CourlMut Swvic. la AIL Clough-Barrick Co. Est 1878 rhon (139 Salem. Ore. t. Sea" , . I . i : V v - s f V""' X ' ' ' .-.N (Si wokh repair e-.-,t V it' ,l;;, ,, ... Ml. J Compulsory Military Training Opposed by State Farmers Union Albany, Feb. 21 Adoption of resolutions and committee re ports, among them one condemning compulsory military training and several dealing with imports and reciprocal international trade agreements, occupied the attention of the Oregon Farmers Union convention, which neared the close of its 1947 convention her Thursday. Discussions pro and con pre ceded each report and resolution concerning the problem of im ports and exports, with conten tions that imports threaten to disrupt the agricultural economy of the nation opposing the stand that they are necessary to en able foreign nations to maintain their own respective economies through exchange of their own surpluses for American prod ucts. Outcome was passage of one resolution calling for elimina tion of the "favored nations" clause and urging endowment of the secretary of agriculture with authority to pass upon each farm commodity listed for international bargaining pur poses. Great protest at Thursday's meeting a g a i n st importations came from nut growers, particu larly filbert producers, who suggested that Mediterranean countries, chief exporters of fil berts, might better keep their nuts at home to feed their own people instead of exchanging them for wheat. Other resolutions endorsed the Columbia Valley authority pro posal, favored the framing of a program outlined by the state executive committee for submis sion to the convention in lieu of the present method of rely ing upon spontaneous and mis cellaneous resolutions and pro posal from locals, backed the se lection of David Lilienthal as chairman of the atomic commis sion, asked suspension of 25 per cent of all allotments of sugar to liquor and other beverage manufacturers and a correspond ing increase in household ra tioning and approved a group or cooperative health program. Ronald Jones, Brooks, was re elected president. Gus Schlick- er, Marion county, was named vice president; and Ammon Grice, Polk county; William Jensen, Linn county, and Eldon Emmerson, Wasco county, di rectors. HEADQUARTERS "Salem Model Airplane Club". 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He says that installa tion of poles for various uses can be greatly expedited by use of this type of anchor and where a crew can install only a few of the dead men in a day they can put in around 75 of these anchor posts, that the anchor post, which is of steel is rust resistant, may remain in the ground for many years and has a I Keep Trucks Serviced 1 ThisWW Way Bring your trucks to for inspection. We'll give each truck a thorough going over. We'll catch little troubles before they become big ones . . . Neglect means expensive adjustments and repairs even breakdowns. Our system of regularly scheduled inspection and service is the "stitch in time that saves nine." Equally good for all makes of trucks. And it's International Service using factory engineered International parts. Phone today and tell us when your trucks will be in. 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