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4 Snlcm, Oregon, Saturday, November 21, 1931
PROGRESS OF FORESTRY
The American Forestry association of Washington,
D.C., has just published a 90-pago report on the "Prog
ress of Forestry, 1945 to 1950." The Burvey was con
ducted by a 12-man committee with the cooperation of
many public and private organizations. It reveals an
excitinjr drama of forestry conservation and the strong
and weak points in the whole forestry conservation move
ment which was inaugurated nearly half a century ago.
Notable accomplishments highlighted in the report for
the five-year period include: an additional 56 million acres
put under organized forest fire protection; reduction by
16,000 the number of forest fires yearly; over one million
acres planted to tree seedlings; a 12 per cent gain in
management practices on private forest lands; and ex
pansion in research and education. By 1950, government,
state and private expenditures for forestry amounted to
approximately $150,000,000, more than double 1944 cx
pendtiures, the report shows.
On the reverse side of the forest picture, the survey
Indicated a heavier loss to forest resources from insects
and disease than from fire, with recent damage estimated
to amount to $133,000,000 annually three times the fire
loss. This, however, is being reduced by airplane spraying
or dusting.
During the five-year period there was an eight per
cent increase in incendiary fires, and the fact that inten
tionally set fires and those caused by careless brush, field
and trash burning now account for half of all the forest
fires in the nation.
Despite the advancements in forest land management
practices, highlighted by the developments on industrially
owned lands, the survey points out that half of the private
forest lands, much of it in small ownerships is still not
satisfactorily handled.
There has been a trend toward statutory control of
forest production in private lands. Of six slates which
enacted controls since 1945, only Washington combines
the power to define and enforce cutting practices with
the state board of forestry. Of the 16 states passing tim
ber control laws, only 12 gave promise of effective admin
istration, four of them not attempting to enforce them.
Increased use of the forests as recreational area use
has attracted millions of people to the national and state
forests. In 1949 the visitors totalled 170 million. Hunt
ing and fishing increased but both game and fish de
creased, naturally.
New technical advance both in timber cutliiig and in
fire fighting equipment have also speeded up both oper
ations. Nursery work has become tremendously mechan
ized also, and seedling production sown to hundreds of
millions of iirei.
Under the Clark-McNary act authorizing cooperative
fire protection, funds have increased to $20 million; for
nursery work to $2.5 million; for education work to $500
thousand; 8,000 more fighters were trained at 34 colleges
in 1950. There were about 10,000 foresters employed in
1949 and private forest employment has doubled.
A large portion of the success of forest conservation
can be credited to the vision of the late Charles L. JIc
Nary, Oregon senator, who for 25 years devoted a large
part of his energy to forest conservation and was the
author of much of the legislation enacted that made it
possible.
REGION LOSING TO THE SOUTH?
The Pacific Northwest has been given another breath
ing spell before a possible power curtailment might be
necessary. The region's power boss, J. H. Gumz, has set
December 15 as the date to take another reading to see
if a power cutback is necessary then.
This almost month-lo-month danger of power shortage
is one that was anticipated years ago. Those acquainted
with the power outlook for the Pacific Northwest pre
dicted the squeeze would come this winter becauso there
wouldn't bo enough dams producing power to meet the
demand.
This emphasis on the nip-and-tuck power situation
brings up another aspect of the problem. In an article in
the latest Oregon Business Review, Bernard tioldlianimer
of the Bonneville Power Administration considers the
possibilities of expanding the power in the region to meet
increasing industrial requirements.
"The Pacific Northwest lacks the low-cost coal which
attracted the iron and steel industry to Pittsburgh, the
oil supplies which built a large industry in California, and
the natural gas which is the basis of an 'industrial revolu
tion now in progress in the southwest," wrote C.oldham
mor. "But wo do have a large potential low-cost hydro
electric power which can attract electrochemical and elec
trometallurgical industries."
Power costs in these industries range from 10 to 50 per
cent of the total plant cost. That is why these industries
seek locations where low-cost power is available and why
they are concentrated at such locations, tioldhammor
cited their earliest growth, from 1895 to 1924, in the Buffalo-Niagara
Falls area of New York stato. Today this
area supports about 1,000,000 people, most of whom de
pend directly or indirectly upon these lnrgo power-consuming
industries. In tho 1930s the clectroprocess indus
tries expanded in the Tennessee valley. Since 1910 these
industries have looked to the Columbia river for their ex
pansion. But the Wall Street Journal noted recently that the
Texas-Arkansas-Louisiana area will be tho new rival to
the Pacific Northwest because that section of the South
has two large aluminum plants in operation and five more
under construction. Where the Northwest is now produc
ing; 45 per cent of the nation's aluminum output, this re
gion's percentage will fall to 33 after 1953 because of
the development in the south.
Power development in the Pacific Northwest must con
tinue at a more rapid rate. There is no need to fear los
ing out generally in business expansion to the South with
r. m cheaper power than can be produced in these parts if
the program of building dams is pushed in congress by
the region.
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House Committee on Tax
Case Probes Its Own Chairman
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THE FIRESIDE PULPIT
There's Nothing Cheap or
Skimpy About God's Giving
BY REV. GEORGE H. SWIFT
Rector, St. Paul's Episcopal Church
We have Just celebrated a day cm highways are constructed
of Thanksgiving. with extra width to provide
If we gave it much thought, greater safety in driving, but we
wd have had more to be thank- still have the yellow-line driv
ful for than we realize. There is ers.
nothing cheap or skimpy about Gas tank gauges we have on
God's giving. automobiles purposely register
When He provided a multitude "empty" when there, is still a
with refreshment, there was gallon or two to go on. Taking
bread enough for all and to advantage of this, a great many
spare. God scatters His blessings motorists run out of gas on the
with a lavish hand. Hunger and highway,
privation are not the products of
a bountiful God, but of human Some nervous illnesses arc di
mismanagemcnt. rectly due to using up the mar-
gins of life, "burning the can-
God always provides margins die at both ends," until there is
of safety, but grasping humanity little energy left to carry on the
takes undue advantage, often to necessary functions of living,
their own ultimate inconveni- Christ said in the Sermon on
ence. the Mount, "Give and it shall be
God stocks the rivers and lakes given unto you, good measure,
with fish, and the forests with pressed down, and running ov
game, but eager sportsmen de- er."
plete them until the reserves are If we are not selfish, we shall
well nigh exhausted. have enough and to spare. It is
He has provided the world man's selfishness, recklessness
with abundant natural resour- and desire to get all that depletes
ces and comforts, but reckless the reserves of God's lavish
extravagance endangers these abundance beyond the margins
margins of future security. Mod- of safety.
Reward Great In Heaven
Mitchcl Air Force Base, N.Y., Nov. 24. W The Daily
Bulletin here carries this note:
"Will tho person who came to chapel on Friday evening,
Nov. 1G, to meditate and pray and who got so deep In medi
tation that he took off with the chaplain's trench coat,
please return the same?
"The reward will be great In heaven."
POOR MAN'S PHILOSOPHER
Random Note Book Jottings
By Your Old Pavement Plato
BOYLE
worked on a daily newspaper.
. . . Sign of better times in Ko
rea: Gen. Matt Ridgway, who
used to wear two hand grenades
during battlefront tours, now
just carries one.
To members of the worry-of-the-month
club: Get ready now
to wrinkle your brows over our
December selection: What to do
about old vests?
We feel that this should be
perhaps our most popular wor-ry-of-the-month
during 1951,
Many men complain their closets
are bulging with old vests they
no longer wear. They refuse to
throw them away, however, and
wives say they can't use them to
make skirls.
What will be done with all
the nation's old vests?
Are all American school chil
dren today reading the same
gagwritcr? I asked four kids
recently what was their favorite
subject In school.
All four gave the same an
swer: "Recess!"
By HAL
New York Ml Note book jot
tings by a pavement Plato:
One of the sadder aspects of
the weird times we live in is
the unexpected impact they have
on the minds of your young.
The other night a farmer woke
up to hear his small son crying
bitterly in tho dark. He arose
and went Into the boy's room to
find out what was wrong.
"I forgot the Lord's prayer,
daddy," sobbed his son.
"But you said It just before
you went to bed," said the fath
er. "I know," replied the child.
"But I dreamed I was talking to
a scientist, and he told me all
the air was escaping from the
earth, and everybody In the
world would soon be dead. And
I tried to say the Lord's prayer,
and I couldn't remember it."
The father soothed his fears
and said, "of course, you remem
ber it, son. Let's say it togeth
er." And they chanted, "Our Fath
er, who art in heaven ."
Soon the small boy was sound
asleep again. But the father
By DREW
Washington The same
house committee that has been
proving tax scandals lately,
tried to disprove one the other
day. However, the public and
press were barred as the com
mittee began a ticklish inves
tigation of its own chairman .
Congressman Cecil King, Cali
fornia democrat,
The purpose was to spike ru
mors that King had intervened
in a tax investigation of four
Long Beach, Calif., business as
sociates Thomas A. Gregory,
John D. Wilhoit, Clifton S.
Jones and Charles J. Jones. Un
der sharp, often heated ques
tioning, the witnesses agreed
that they knew of no pressure
from King to block the tax
cases. However, at least one
witness charged that King had
used his congressional influence
on Gregory's side in a $30,000,
000 lawsuit.
Believing that Congressman
King's conduct should be as
open to public scruitiny as the
tax collectors he is investigat
ing, this column has obtained a
play-by-play account of the
closed-door hearing.
Sharpest clash was between
Adrian de Wind, King's chief
counsel, and Philip H. Angell,
former president of the Cali
fornia state bar association. An
gell testified that he had report
ed his suspicions about the
Long Beach tax cases to the re
publican members of the com
mittee. "I hoped there would be a
full and impartial investigation
. . ." he explained. "I hoped
there would bo absolutely inde
pendent investigators and coun
sel because of Mr. King's close
association with Mr. Gregory
and his activities in the Long
Beach case. I was sure with
his feeling as to anything con
nected with Mr. Gregory, he
would be very partial to Mr.
Gregory's side of the picture."
Angell identified himself as
an attorney for the Federal
Home Loan Bank of San Fran
cisco, which has charged Greg
ory with mismanagement of the
Long Beach Federal Savings
and Loan association. Among
other things, Gregory is charg
ed with making "utterly fan
tastic" loans to Wilhoit and the
Jones brothers, which has re
sulted in both the tax investiga
tion and the $30,000,000 law
suit. CAUDLE WAS SUSPICIOUS
Though the tax probe was
started in 1946, it was stimu
lated again last March by
Theron Lamar Caudle, then as
sistant attorney general in
charge of prosecuting tax cases.
Though Caudle was fired by
President Truman last week,
the fact is that, on March 3, he
asked the internal revenue bu
reau to Investigate "allegations
of Influence" in the Long Beach
tax cases, including charges'
that Congressman King of Cali
fornia had exerted political
pressure In behalf of Gregory.
Under withering cross - ex
amination, Angell admitted that
he had helped write a memo
sent to the justice department
which aroused Caudle's suspi
cion. It was forwarded to the
justice department by Sen. Les
ter Hunt, Wyoming democrat.
"There is a paragraph in the
memorandum which says that
almost continuously from the
time that this dispute arose,
Congressman Cecil King and,
within the last year, Congress
man Holfield, have exerted po
Itiical pressure to compel the
department of justice, the Home
Loan Bank board and the Fed
eral Home Loan Bank board of
San Francisco, to settle pending
litigation wherein Long Beach
seeks in excess of $30,000,000
damages from the United
States." observed committee
counsel De Wind.
"That is correct," nodded An
gell. "Did you intend to create any
implication that the tax-liability
matter might be associated
with Congressman King's or
Congressman Hoi field's pres
sure?" demanded De Wind.
PEARSON
"Oh. not at all," Angell dis
claimed. "Do you wish to repudiate
here and now any possible in
sinuation against Congressman
King arising from this memo
randum?" barked De Wind.
"As to tax matters?" asked
Angell cautiously.
"As to tax matters," agreed
King's chief counsel.
"Oh, very definitely," admit
ted Angell. "I don't know that
Congressman King even knew
that the taxes weren't paid."
SHOE ON OTHER FOOT
De Wind's own line of ques
tioning, however, at times
seemed to defend the Long
Beach tax cases.
"Did it occur to you as a
lawyer that if taxes are in dis
pute and litigation may be in
volved, it often takes years to
get it settled, particularly if the
amounts are large?" demanded
De Wind. Oddly enough, this
is the same reasoning De Wind
has received from alibiing tax
officials for holding up cases
when the shoe is on the other
foot.
"I understand these taxes are
. . . 1942 to 1946. That is a
long time," reported Angell.
"Yes, but didn't you also
know that the investigation of
this thing had started in late
1946 or early 1947?" hammered
De Wind.
"That is why I thought by
1950 they ought to be to the end
of it," shot back the San Fran
cisco lawyer.
"Have you had any experi
ence in tax matters involving
major tax litigation?" snapped
De Wind.
"No," shrugged Angell.
'So that you really had no
way of telling whether four
years would be a long time or a
short time for the development
of major tax disputes," pressed
De Wind.
"No," Angell again agreed.
"So this was just an off-the-cuff
action; a long time had
passed, and that was cause for
sufficient concern to get some
members of congress interested
in this matter. That is what it
comes down to," snorted the
man who usually takes the op
posite side in getting to the bot
tom of tax delays.
KING AN INTERESTED
PARTY
De Wind fired questions at
machine-gun clip, until he be
came heated. At one point, De
Wind blurted angrily: "I think
people derive inferences from
talking to you that you appar
ently do not intend, but they
derive them quite frequently."
"I don't know what basis you
have to make that statement
on, Mr. De Wind, but for the
purposes of the record, I wish
to state that I resent the state
ment." bristled Angell.
"All right, sir," barked De
Wind.
The chief counsel also de
manded why Angell had gone to
the republican members with
his story.
"Why didn't you take It up
with the chairman of the com
mittee?" snorted De Wind.
"I do not know Mr. King,
number one. Number two, I
feel that Mr. King has a per
sonal feeling against me," re
plied Angell.
He told how he had been
called to the justice department
in Washington once, and found
King sitting in on a private
meeting of attorneys over the
Long Beach case.
"When I got there," Angell
recalled, "I found that Mr. King
was there, as was Mr. Linden,
his secretary . , . and I started
my objections to holding a
meeting of counsel to discuss
settlement, with a congressman
present who was interested in
forcing or compelling settle
ment of that litigation."
The hearing wound up with
De Wind apologizing for being
so heated.
Henry
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$500 Flustered This Cop
Dayton, O., Nov. 24 VP) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
thought Its protocol problems were over when Prine Mislia
Al Abdul Aziz AI Saud of Arabia headed for New York
Thanksgiving day. The prince, who is Saudi Arabian defense
minister, had toured the base.
But yesterday it was revealed one of his secretaries pressed
a roll of bills totaling $500 into a base policeman's hand just
before the party took off.
Stammered the policeman:
"It's impossible, I can't accept anything like this."
Replied the secretary:
"You can't refuse. The prince insists you take it for all
the police."
The officer, who during the prince's visit, helped direct one
of the tightest security rings ever set up since the end of
World War II, was advised to turn the money over to Brig.
Gen. Joseph Morris, base commander.
No one is saying for the moment, at least what's event
ually going to happen to it.
OPEN FORUM
Architects Defend Profession
To the Editor: Recently we
have noted several articles and
editorials in the Capital Journal
concerning the architectural
character of buildings in this
area most recently the appar
ent design confusion at the state
school for the blind.
These articles in most cases
express the point of view of the
layman, and probably the older
element of the city. Some of the
points brought up were well
taken. We would take strong ex
ception to others.
We feel that the scope of any
newspaper is to interpret and
convey to its readers the best
information available on any
subject, and not to merely ex
press personal opinions. Unfor
tunately, many people regard
less of training and background,
consider themselves experts on
architectural design. Rarely
will you find a man who will ad
mit that he knows little about
such. . We wonder why this is
the case concerning architec
tural subjects, and not at all true
in medicine, and some of the
other professions.
Since articles of this nature
affect our profession and our re-
eori-Mil
lationships with the community,
we feel that it would be of def
inite value to us to have the pa
pers solicit the opinions and ad
vice of the professionals in thl
field of building or matters per
taining to architectural design.
There are at present six regis
tered architects practicing in
this community. Any one ol
them would be happy to be con
suited when some question cori
cerning his work or work In 1
field is to be discussed.
This office is representative
of the younger men in the profes
sion, and our opinions will re
flect the education and training
in architecture which is being
offered today by the state ol
Oregon. It might be of interest
to the Capital Journal and to its
circulation to learn the nature
of this education and training,
and to find out our reasons for
doing some of the things you
may question. Please feel free
to call on us any time for oui
opinions on matters such as tht
present blind school discussion.
JOHN G. GROOM, architect
DONALD S. BLAIR, asociate
Public School Building, Salem.
Suggests Home Museum Monument
To the Editor: May there be efficient backfire against juvo
suggested a revival of the Agas- nile delinquency?
siz Association of the late
1880's? This, in the form of a
Home Museum movement.
Under the old A. A. children
were encouraged to collect
rocks, seashells, seeds and
cones, pressed wild flowers.
These, not only for their own
"home museum" but for ex
change. Trading with children
at distant points was highly
educational.
Is not such nature study one
J. F. WOODARD,
Sacramento, Calif.
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Monologue overheard In
Greenwich Village: "The trouble
with me is I'm too light for
heavy work, and too heavy for
light work. That's my trouble
I don't fit In."
Manhattan snapshot: An old
lady, out walking her dog, paus
ed at a First avenue doorway in
which dirty-whiskered bum
lay curled, his eyes closed, ma
jostlcnlly at peace.
"You're a bad boy, that's what
you are a bad boy," she said,
shaking her head.
The elderly derelict sat up and
muttered belligerently:
"Whass that you said? I heard
you."
"I said you're a bad boy," re
plied the old lady sternly, pull
ing back her dog.
"Thass right, thass right,"
agreed the bum, lying back con
tentedly. "You got ttxth
sense, lady."
Sidelights on the famous:
Novelist John Hersey, who won
first renown ai a reporter, never
Korean Vet Spends Holiday in Jail
., Los Angeles, Nov. 24 W Michael Thomas O'Rourke re
turned from the war in Korea just in time for Thanksgiv
ing, but wound up in jail instead on an ancient traffic ticket.
After returning from the nine months in combat, O'Rourke,
22, recalled the reckless driving citation, Issued August 30,
1950. He'd been called Into service Immediately afterward
and had forgotten about it.
So last Wednesday he went down to traffic court and sur
rendered. Traffic Judge A. J. Bernhardt asked, "guilty or not guilty?"
"Guilty," replied O'Rourke.
"Seven Days," said the judge.
O'Rourke went to jail. The parole board heard about the
case and in a special meeting yesterday released him and
placed him on parole.
When the judge heard the last was a war veteran, he ex
claimed, "my goodnes gracious! I didn't know he was a Kor
ean veteran."
Declared O'Rourke, ''I guess I'm the only one of the boys
who got home in time for Thanksgiving and spent it in jail."
One Surprised Pooch
Cleveland, Nov. 24 W) A white mongrel dog named Skip
per was credited today with discovering an electrical haz
ard. But he was not around to claim his praise.
Out for a stroll with S. E. Stanka yesterday. Skipper
topped at a metal pole. He Immediately yowled in anguish
and was thrown 10 feet against a store front.
Linemen from the Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.
found a live wire with worn Insulation running against the
pole.
Skipper laat was aeen streaking tor the outsklrU of town.
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