v514,000 Acres
Of Valley Land
For Irrigation
Interior Department Re
veals Figures on Develop
ment in Willamette Area
BOISE, Ida., March 20 (UP)
The reclamation bureau today
estimated that 514,000 acres of
land in the Willamette valley
would be irrigated by projects
included in the interior depart
ment plan for development of
land and water resources of the
Columbia river and its tributar
ies.
The same projects are also ex
pected to produce 413,000 kilo
watts of hydroelectric power.
The department of interior's
long-range plan for Columbia
basin development was publish
ed last week.
In addition the report out
lines flood protection plans for
many cities and towns and for
270,000 acres of farm lands in
A the Willamette valley, plus nav
yigation, drainage and pollution
f abatement.
It also lists irrigation service
for 30,000 acres of new land in
the Cowlitz basin in western
Washington.
The increase in irrigated acre
age would be about 10 times the
existing area in the two river
basins.
The potential increase in hy
droelectric capacity would dou
ble the present installation, 198,-
544 kilowatts. The estimated
costs of the projects, at 1940
price levels, would be $273,406
000.
Valley Needs Irrigation
The bureau's program calls
for a broad plan for balanced
development of the water re
sources of the Willamette val
ley. The initial plank developed
by the war department, pro
poses the construction of seven
reservoirs on tributaries of the
Willamette primarily to provide
flood control.
The coordinated plan, an ex
tension of the initial plan, would
greatly increase the active stor
age capacity of three of the res
ervoirs for the special purposes
of hydroelectric power produc
tion. Additional developments.
intended primarily for irriga
tion. are proposed as a result
of studies by the bureau of rec
lamation. Although a diversified agri
culture has developed without
irrigation in the Willamette val
ley, it has been amply demon
strated that greater crop diver
sification can be obtained with
the aid of irrigation, the report
states. Late season shortages
have materially curtailed pro
duction. An average increase in
gross crop returns of about $33
per acre is to be anticipated
under Irrigation.
About 327,000 irrigable acres
in 12 potential projects in the
valley would be supplied from
the seven reservoirs authorized
for construction by the war de
partment for flood control and
other purposes. Seven addition
al reservoirs, primarily for irri
gation, would supply 187,000
acres in eight additional pro
(Cencluded on Page 15, Column 6)
Austin Reports
On Greek Aid
Lake Success, N. Y., March 20
UP) American Delegate Warren
R. Austin today carried a re
J port direct to President Truman
on United Nations reaction to
ward proposed American aid to
Greece and Turkey.
As Austin faced a scries of
conferences with state depart
ment and high administration of
ficials in Washington, the UN
turned from atomic energy to
lesser weapons of death in its
far-reaching program for world
disarmament.
The 12-nation atomic energy
commission, with Soviet dele
i gate Andrei A. Gromyko in the
,ehair, voted unanimously to re
fer the report on atomic control
back to its working committees
in another attempt for agree
ment on basic issues where the
United States and Russia still
stand far apart. Committee
work probably will begin next
Tuesday.
Hardly had the commission
adjourned its first meeting of
this year when Secretary-General
Trygve Lie called the com
mission on conventional arma
ments into session for next Mon
day. This group will deal with
all reduction plans outside the
field of atomic energy and weap
ons of mass destruction.
The Weather
(Released by United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and Vicin
ity: Generally fair this after
noon, tonight and Friday. Some
high cloudiness. Fog again in
the morning, lifting in late morn
ing or afternoon. Conditions fa
vorable for dusting and spraying
this -afternoon and tomorrow.
Low tonight 38. Maximum yes
terday 58. Minimum today 38.
Mean temperature yesterday 49
which was 2 above normal. Total
24-hour precipitation to 11:30
ajn. today 0.00. Total precipita
tion for the month 3.63 which is
1.24 inches above normal. Wil
lamette river height 2.6.
C apita!
58th Year, No. 68
Marshall Asks
To Call Austria
To Conference
Moscow, March 20 (fP Sec
retary Marshall served notice to
the foreign ministers council to
night that he would propose that
Austrian government represen
tatives be summoned to Moscow
for consultation as needed in
drafting the Austrian peace
treaty.
The American stand was made
known after a session in which
France contended she could not
agree to economic reconstitution
of Germany unless other powers
agreed to her demands for guar
antees of German coal.
France Demands Ruhr
French Foreign Minister
George Bidault, in the first ap
parent split between the western
powers at the conference, reit
erated his country's demand that
the industrially potent Ruhr be
separated from Germany.
Should Marshall's colleagues
agree to his plan, the Austrian
government would be the only
regime except the Big Four
powers represented at the Mos
cow conference.
The council scheduled a prog
ress report from deputies draft
ing an Austrian treaty for to
morrow and, after it is heard,
Marshall will make his motion.
Progress Report
The council heard today a
progress report by Russian Dep
uty Andrei I. Vishinsky on the
work on a German treaty.
During Vishinsky's report, he
mentioned the possible participa
tion in the German peace treaty
Of the former enemy coutries,
Romania, Bulgaria and Italy,
Marshall asked him if Hungary
had been omitted deliberately.
Vishinsky replied that there was
more of a question about Hun
gary and Finland since they had
not participated with their arm
ed forces against Germany prior
to the surrender.
(Concluded on Page IS, Column 7)
Hitler Ordered
Paris Destroyed
Baden-Baden, March 20 (U.R)
Adolf Hitler personally ordered
the destruction of Paris in 1944,
a Nazi general contended today,
but the city was spared "because
it would have served no military
purpose.
; Gen. Dietz von Sholtitz, for
mer Nazi commander of the
French capital, said Hitler's or
der arrived at his headquarters
Aug. 18, 1944 one day before
the liberation fight began.'
"It instructed me to burn the
entire city and destroy com
pletely as possible all industry,"
von Sholtitz said, "every bridge
was to have been blown up."
However, he said, I find
that soldiers did not indiscrimi
nately burn cities. Such action
would not have been humanita
rian. It would only have in
creased the already tense feel
ing between the French and the
Germans."
I have been accused of being
sentimental," the 52-ycar-old
ex-cavalryman said. "That is
laughable. Did you ever hear of
any general particularly a Ger
man general who was senti
mental? I was just being decent.
So the French now accuse me
of being a muddle-headed fool!"
Hannegan Leaves Hospital
Boston, March 20 (U.R) Post
master General Robert E. Han
negan was discharged from Mas
sachusetts Memorial hospital to
day after a month's confinement
during which he underwent a
successful operation involving
the removal of a sympathetic
nerve.
City Council Cancels Contract
When Parking Meters Don't Come
Because of failure of the Michaels Art Bronze company to de
liver and install parking meters in Salem in contract time, the
city council Wednesday night directed City Manager J. L. Fran-
zen to cancel the contract.-
Mayor Robert L. Elfstrom ap
pointed Franzen and Alderman
Howard Maple and Albert H.
Gille a special committee to
investigate other meters and re
port back to an adjourned meet
ing of the council next Monday
night.
Alderman David O'Hara alone
voted against the action taken,
on grounds that the city might
be exposing itself to litigation
Possibly his position was justi
fied, for meter standards have
arrived in the city though not
in contract time and the com
pany is defending the delay un
der the strike, not or act of
God" clause in the contract. Be
hind thaf clause is an interest
ing story.
When parking meters were at
tacked in an injunction suit
entered M wcond eliu
matter at Balem, Orecoo
Salem,
Army and Navy
Unity Stressed
By Patterson
Washington, March 20
Senator Bridges (R-NH)
said
today that a "super-deluxe" sec
retary of national defense might
be able to "put congress behind
the eight-ball" on budget recom
mendations. Bridges, chairman of the sen
ate appropriations committee,
voiced this fear as Secretary of
War Patterson urged the senate
armed services committee to ap
prove legislation to combine the
army, navy and air branches
under one cabinet head.
Bridges, who has opposed this
plan, told Patterson he thinks
the bill would give "tremendous
powers" to the proposed defense
secretary. Such an official, he
said, could "shrivel" one of the
services by failing to recommend
sufficient funds.
"His recommendations could
cause one agency to become ex
tinct," Bridges contended.
"Not unless congress wanted
it to," Patterson replied firmly.
Pearl Harbor Effect
Bridges argued that if con
gress attempted to upset the rec
ommendations of such an official
"the cry would go up that we
were interfering with national
defense."
"His recommendation could
put congress behind the eight
ball." the senator declared
"I would regret the embar
rassment, senator," Patterson
said. He said that the "old idea
of voluntary cooperation" be
tween the army and navy "re
ceived its death-blow at Pearl
Harbor."
During the recent war, he said
some unity was obtained
through "scores of army-navy
committees."
"We cannot get effective unity
by reliance on the committee
system alone," he said, explain
ing they cannot agree on de
cision, avoid duplications, or at
tain necessary unity in planning
and operations.
Defense Single Field
Patterson said the heart of
the proposed merger bill "is the
creation of a single establish
ment" under a secretary of na
tional defense who "is to be an
executive but not an administra
tor."
"The field of national defense
is a single field," he continued
"It involves the employment of
military forces ground, sea
and air as members of a team.'
Patterson said "former boun
daries between sea operations
and land operations" have been
erased by science and invention
and the development of air pow
er.
Lewis Protests
Choice of Boyd
Washington, March 20 (JP)
John L. Lewis declared today
the administration made a pure
ly political appointment in
naming a 42-year-old Australian-
born professor as director of the
bureau of mines.
He added that the coal miners
"resent it from the bottoms of
their hearts."
The United Mine Workers
chief told senators that the ap
pointee, James Boyd, is unqual
ified and does not understand
the coal miners' problems.
Lewis told a public lands sub
committee studying Boyd's qual
ifications for confirmation:
"We feel his appointment is
purely political, and we resent
the fact that the department of
the interior plucked him out of
obscurity without asking the
men who are going to die in the
mines if they are satisfied."
started by the Salem Retail
Trade bureau, represented by
Dr. Henry Morris, Chris J. Kow-
ltz, now city attorney, was at
torney for Morris. Kowitz told
the council Wednesday night
that one of his points of attack
on the contract was the "strike,
riot or act of God" clause, Ko
witz said the then city attorney.
Lawrence N. Brown, told him he
was attacking the wrong con
tract, declaring the contract that
a resolution of the old city coun
cil directed the mayor and the
recorder to sign did not contain
the clause. Nevertheless, Kowitz
said, the contract signed by for
mer Mayor I. M. Doughtcn and
City Recorder Alfred Mundt aft
er the litigation was finished did
contain the clause.
(Concluded on Page , Column 4)
"Tilt ft
Oregon, Thursday, March
c arrv . ' IT JL . I Mi, ,
Washington School Oaks Felled Trees under which old East school pupils have played since
1886, when the school was new, have been felled to make room for a ball court.
U.S. Aid to Greece Not to
Cause War with Russia
Washington, March 20 (P) Undersecretary of State Acheson
expressed conviction today that American help in Greece and
Turkey to block the spread of communism will not "lead to war."
That question was raised by Rep. Mansfield (D., Mont.) as the
house foreign affairs committee questioned Acheson on Prcsi-
ReadsTalmadge
Out of Party
Atlanta, Ga., March 20 VP)
Gov. Melvin E. Thompson de
clared today that Herman Tal
madge and his political associ
ates no longer had the right to
speak for the democratic party,
and branded the Talmadge-spon-sored
"white supremacy" legis
lation as an invitation to fraud
and stolen elections.
Appearing before a joint ses
sion of the Georgia legislature,
just 24 hours after the state su
preme court had rejected Tal
madge's claim to the governor
ship. Thompson said:
Those who sought to seize
the state of Georgia for their
selfish ends, and who under
took to prostitute the domocratic
platform to extend their own
reign, now have no right to
speak for the democratic party.
"Their program is not the peo
ple's program. It is not the
democratic program, it is not
my program. No selfish group
can exploit Georgia, and no self
ish group will ever control Geor
gia so long as elections are
free."
Thompson, who must pass on
151 bills apparently signed il
legally by Talmage, indicated
he might veto Talmadge's num
ber one measure, the so-called
"white primary" bill.
He declared, however, he fa
vored destoration of the demo
cratic white primary, and asked
enactment of legislation which
would set rigid education re
quirements for voting and pro
vide separate voting booths for
white persons ana negroes.
Killed in Crash
Near Valley Junction
Wallas, Ore., March 20 Les
ter William Rosberg, 21, New
berg route 2, was killed a quar
ter of a mile east of Valley Junc
tion about 8:30 o'clock last night
when his automobile sideswiped
an Oregon Pulp and Paper com
pany truck driven by John Stan
ley Cone, of Salem. The acci
dent occurred about 300 yards
from the one Monday which took
the life of Mrs. Russell Eggerts,
of Falls City.
John Box and Frank Uberti,
both of Tillamook, passengers in
the Rosberg machine, were se
riously injured and taken to the
hospital at McMinnville. Wit
nesses said that the Rosberg ma
chine suddenly plunged into the
side of the truck. Cone, who
was not injured, was not held
by investigating officers. Ros
berg's body is at the Henkle &
Bolman mortuary here pending
funeral arrangements.
Predicts Decline
In Lumber Prices
Longview, Wash., March 20
(U.R) J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr.,
timber company executive, to
day predicted a decline in lum
ber prices some time this year.
'I don't know how much the
break wille. but once it starts,
there's no telling how far it will
go," Weyerhaeuser said. He said
Northwest business outlook in
general was very good and that
the future of the lumber indus
try, to a great extent, depended
on what the government decides
to do with large tracts of pub
lic timber.
Joeraa
20, 1947
ent Truman's broad program to
send money, material and mili
tary missions to the two Medi
terranean countries.
Acheson hesitated for a mo
ment and then solemnly de
clared:
I was going to say no possi
bility that it would lead to war.'
He paused again, then added:
"I don't think it could lead
to war. By strengthening the
forces of democracy and free
dom, you do a great deal to elim
inate the friction between great
powers.
On the other hand, he said
collapse of Greece and Turkey
might get off a chain reaction
among other countries both to
the east and to the west strug
gling under similar pressure."
He was asked bluntly by Rep
resentative Smith (R-Wis.)
whether congress should assume
the United Stales will pursue the
same poiicy in other countries.
"I don't think it is ever cor
rect to assume anything," Ache
son replied. "There are other
areas in which we may not be
able to give help. There are
countries in which we may give
aid in a different way."
He insisted that help for
Greece and Turkey to resist
communist aggression cannot
wait for United Nations action.
The senate foreign relations
committee set the opening of its
Greek-Turkey hearings for next
Monday. Senator Vandenberg
(R-Mich.), chairman, announced
that Acheson will be the first
witness.
Floods Menace
British Towns
London, March 20 HP) Thou
sands of soldiers, civilians, po
nee and uerman war prisoners
fought a losing battle today to
hold back overflowing rivers
that already had spread destruc
tion and misery through scores
of towns and villages. Aid was
on the way to stricken com
munities.
Two army amphibians sped to
ward the mining village of Bent-
ley near Doncaster in northern
England, where a telegraphed
SOS said last night 1.000 person."
had been trapped without food
for more than 24 hours.
'Position desperate," E. Whit
ley, chairman of the Bcntlcy
urban district council, wired
Evelyn Walken, member of
parliament for the area. Whitley
said small boats could not gel
through churning waters, of the
Don river surrounding the town
and added: "Power-driven boats
essential for food distribution
and evacuation of people." Wal
ken arranged for army help.
The amphibians were not ex
pected to reach the town until
late today. Meanwhile, Doncas
ter police planned another at
tempt to take food in by row
boat. In the Thames valley, two vil
lages were to be evacuated, and
police delivered coal in rowboats
to marooned invalids.
Garsson, Freeman
Indicted for Perjury
Washington, March 20 UP) A
special grand jury for the Dis
trict of Columbia returned two
indictments today charging
Henry M. Garsson and Joseph F.
Freeman with perjury.
Garsson formerly was presi
dent of the Batavia Metal Prod
uces, Inc., and vice president of
Erie Basin Metal Products, Inc
Freeman was a Washington rep
resentative' of the Garsson mu
nitions organization.
Price Five Cent
re. .ia
Fight Grows on
House Bill 447
Portland, Ore., March 20 (U.R)
Mounting opposition appeared
in prospect today for house bill
447, which would suspend all
stale educational aid to veterans.
Edward T. Taggart, chief of
the state department of veterans'
affairs education division, said
he had mailed mimeographed
letters with current benefit
checks urging beneficiaries to
write to state senators and
"present your needs and views
in this matter.
The bill passed the house
and is now awaiting considera
tion by the senate military af
fairs committee. Designed as an
economy measure, it would sus
pend for two years operation of
a 1945 law granting educational
benefits of $35 a month for 36
calendar months to veterans
who served at least 90 days in
the armed forces and who are
not receiving benefits under the
federal GI bill of rights.
Taggart said passage of the
bill would work a hardship on
veterans who could not qualify
for a full four years of educa
tion under the GI bill. He ad
ded it would also be a blow to
medical students planning to go
to school for six years by taking
advantage of federal and state
education provisions consecu
tively.
Housing Plea
By LaGuardia
Washington, March 20 (IP)
Fiorcllo H. La Guardia today
told congress "chaos will set in1
unless we start building homes
at once.
He urged prompt passage of
housing legislation "or we'll lose
another building year."
La Guardia told the senate
banking committee he repre
sents the national fair rent com
mittce and is "unaulhoricd
spokesman of unorganized Am
ericans." Turning to rent control, which
is also before the committee, La
Guardia pleaded:
"I beg of you to reassure mil
lions of American families at the
earliest possible moment so they
will be protected from being dis
possessed." The former New York mayor
declared private capital is una
ble to build for low income
groups and added:
'It's not a judicial saying that.
It's not Joe Stalin. It's the con
servative senior senator from
Ohio saying that."
Huston New Coroner
Albany, March 20 (!) The
Linn county court yesterday
named Water G. Huston, Leba
non, as county coroner, succeed
ing E. C. Fisher, Albany, who
died recently.
Loss of Federal Funds for
Welfare in State Threatened
The stiilc of Oregon must provide Multnomah county with
$230,000 before April 1, providing officials of that county can
show that this amount cannot be raised in the county, or the
state will lose $10 81)0.000 inf-
federal public funds for the pub
lic welfare program as well as
any money that has been alio
catcd to the state for public wel
fare during the month of Ap
rfl. In other words, the stale must
bail Multnomah county out of
its financial dilemma or the en
tire state welfare program will
be thrown into a tailspin.
This situation was revealed at
a meeting of the subcommittee
of the ways and means commit
tee at a meeting Wednesday af-
tcrnnon when the welfare prob-
lem was under discussion
In addition to the members of
the committee those present
Acre Miss Loa Howard, state
Counties-Cities
Road Fund Grabs
Win in House
Passes Bi" for
u... PmnAi-fti
Taxation
By Paul W. Harvc.v, Jr.
Bills increasing the counties'
and cities' share of highway rev
enues from 20.7 to 32.5 percent
were passed by the house today
and sent to the senate, while the
senate approved, 18 to 11, and
sent to the house a bill changing
Oregon from a common-law to
a community property state.
The counties bill, approved,
51 to 7, would increase the coun
ties' share from 15.7 to 20 per
cent. The cities bill, passed 45
to 14, would boost the cities'
share from 5 to 12.5 percent.
Sponsors of both measures ar
gued that the counties and cities
need the money for street and
road improvements from in
creased gasoline tax and truck
license revenues. Opponents
contended the money is needed
to build throughways, which the
legislature has authorized the
highway commission to con
struct and to meet government
subsidies.
Property Bill Debated
Passage of the community
property bill came after almost
four hours of debate, which be
gan yesterday afternoon. The
purpose of the bill is to reduce
federal income taxes of more
wealthy taxpayers, and probably
will save them $14,000,000 a
year in taxes. This would be ac
complished by permitting hus
band and wife to split their in
come and thus get into lower
tax brackets. There now are
nine community property states,
including the states bordering
on Oregon.
School Bus Inspection
The house sent to the senate
a bill providing that school buses
be inspected by the state public
utilities commissioner, and au
thorizing the board of control
to build a $2,500,000 state office
building in Portland, with the
money to be borrowed from the
school fund.
The senate sent to the house
a bill to permit water districts
to operate street and road light
ing systems.
Drafting Rent
Control Bill
Washington, March 20 VP) A
senate banking subcommittee
will try to get together tomor
row on a bill to fix the future
of rent controls, with members
in a mood to finish the job "in
short order."
Senator Cain (R-Wash). who
passed this word along to
porters, said two main points
of contention remain:
1. Whether the bill should
hand over controls to a federal
agency or leave enforcement to
the courts.
2. Whether there should be
a eencral increase in rent ceil
ings or provisions for boosts in
individual cases.
Cain is a member of the group
which is considering a measure
to extend the controls beyond
their June 30 expiration date.
The subcommittee wrote one
bill providing for a 10 per cent
hike in ceilings. The full bank
inE committee rejected It, In
dicating that it was not dis
noscd to approve any across-
the-board increase.
Cain said there seemed to be
general agreement to take con
trols off new housing in the
belief it would encourage con
struction.
Why not do it right now?'
he asked. "All I want is action.
Conway Manager
Motor Association
Portland, March 20 (I') Ray
Conway, ex-state liquor adminis
trator, became secretary and
general manager of the Oregon
State Motor association last
night, a position he held prior to
1943.
Directors named at the annual
meeting included Carl Wash
burne, Eugene.
welfare administrator; Jack
Luihn, chairman of the state wel
fare commission and Alan
Brown, chairman of the Mult
nomah county welfare commis
sion. Withdrawal Threatened
Mr. Brown told the committee
that his county could not meet
the entire welfare obligation in
April by the amount of $230,
000 and Miss Howard produced
a telegram which she had just
received from Azile A. Aaron,
public assistance representative
of the social security board in
San Francisco, in which notice
was served that federal assist
ance for welfare programs In
Oregon may he withdrawn.
(Concluded on Page 11, Column 4)
House Debates
Underway on
Sales Tax Bill
Proponents Believe They
Have Votes to Adopt
Majority Report
By James D. Olson
Consideration of the reports on
the sales tax bil. was made a
special order of business for
p.m. today in the house. Pro
ponents believe that they have
sufficient votes not only to adopt
the majority report on the sale.-!
tax, but also to suspend the rules
and pass the bill at the afternoon
session. A long debate, however.
is anticipated.
Six members of the committee
signed the majority report rec
ommending passage of the 3
retail sales tax. These members
were Reps. R. C. Gile, Ralph
Moore, Earl Hill, R. C. Frisbie,
Stanhope S. Pier and Frank Van
Dyke.
Opposing Sales Tax
The minority report against
the passage of he bill was signed
by three members of the com
mittee. Lyle Thomas, H. H.
Chindgren and Colon Eberhard.
Rep. E. W. Kimberling did not
sign either report and stated that
he was not certain whether he
would vote for or against the
bill. Mr. Kimberling said that
he declined to join the minority
in deference to Governor Snell's
recommendation for the sales tax
as the only possible source of
necessary state, county and city
revenue.
Rep. Burt Snyder also refused
to sign the minority report and
said that he would simply not
concur in the majority report.
He was not present at the morn
ing meeting of the tax committee
today.
Pinball Tax
H. B. 272, taxing amusement
devices was reported out by the
house taxation committee after
Nate Cohen, attorney of the tax
division of the state tax commis
sion had told members of the
committee that, contrary to gen
eral belief, taxation of slot ma
chines and various other coin op
erated machines docs not legal
ize them.
"Many operators arc of the be
lief that the slate tax commis
sion stamp, indicating payment
of state tax," said Mr. Cohen.
"However, this thought is erro
neous. The tax commission col
lects tax on the Income of gam
blers, but such collection of tax
does not legalize the gambling."
Tax Hotel Radios
At the suggestion of Mr. Co
hen the committee amended the
bill to tax radios in hotels and
motels on the basis of $10 for the
first radio and $1 for each addi
tional. The house tax committee pass
ed out S. B. 305 authorizing the
tax commission to levy taxes on
lands acquired by the federal
government for reclamation,
housing, flood control, naviga
tion and power projects; rights
of ways for public roads, ceme
teries, veterans hospitals and
new lands acquired by O & C
land grant areas.
Texaco Alone Fails
To Hike Gas Prices
Salem's service stations, with
the exception of those of the
Texaco company, are today
pumping Ethyl gasoline that
sells for 25.8 cents and standard
grade priced at 23.8 per gallon,
folloufng the lead of the Stand
ard stations, who yesterday up
ped their prices eighth-cents of
a cent.
Signal Oil company received
word to increase its price the
eight-tenths cent early Wednes
day afternoon. Associated, Gen
eral Petroleum. Richfield, Shell
and Union received their orders
to add the eight-tenths cent this
morning. Texaco, while it has
not yet received the new price, is
exnecting it soon.
In Portland, too. all but the
Texas company this morning
adopted the price increase made
yesterday by the Standard Oil
company. The Texas representa
tive there was quoted by Asso
ciated Press as saying that he
expects that firm to take similar
action.
Plan to Scale
Mount McKinley
Edmonton, Alta.. March 20 P)
"Operation White Tower," a
scientific expedition, was pre
paring today to scale Alaska's
20,300-foot Mount McKinley,
highest peak on the North Amer
ican continent.
Bradford Washburn, director
of the New England museum of
natural history, will head the
expedition, which will study
cosmic rays at the 18,000-foot
level. Mrs. Washburn will ac
company the party.
If a break in the weather
permits. Mr. Washburn; Robert
Lance, 21, youngest member of
the group and several others
also plan an attempt to scale
Mount McKinley's peak.