Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, January 28, 1957, Page 1, Image 1

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    Journal
THE WEATHER.
CONTINUED FAIR and cold to
night with Increasing cloudinesi
Tuesday. Low tonight, 15; high
Tuesday, 34.
2 SECTIONS
20 Pages
69th Year, No. 21 Salem, Oregon, Monday, January 28, 1957 .,",' ."s" oreiTe Price 5c
Ike Asks $1.3 Billion for Scho'
struction
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Capital JL
Four-Year
State Help
Advocated
Funds Also Sought
To Buy Bonds at
Low Interest
WASHINGTON President
Eisenhower Monday called on
Congress "to act quickly" in pro
viding a four-year, $1,300,000,000
program of federal grants to help
the states build new schools.
In a special message, Eisenhow
er asked that the measure "be
enacted on its own merits, un
complicated by provisions dealing
with the complex problems of in
tegration." By that means he sought to
forestall another such fight as the
one in which last year's school aid
bill bogged down.
Asked 5-Year Plan
At that time the White House
proposed a $1,250, 000,000 five-year
plan. The House went up to $1-
600,000,000 for four years, accept
ed an amendment by Rep. Powell
(D-NYi barring aid to segregated
schools, and then killed the whole
bill. The Senate never acted.
There was every indication, de
spite Eisenhower s plea, that the
fight over racial integration and
perhaps over other issues would
be repeated.
The presidential message also
called for 7o0 million dollars in
federal authorization to buy. local
school construction bonds when
school districts cannot sell them
at reasonable interest rates.
Eisenhower already had shown
the outlines of this year's proposal
in his State of-the Union message
Honors Campaign Pledge
By proposing that the .school
construction program be carried
out in four years instead of five
as recommended last year, Eisen
hower honored an election cam
paign pledge. He had promised to
try to make up for time lost be
cause the measure was not enact
ed in 1956.
One section of the administra
tion proposal carried an addition-
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Mayoi
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Bars Welcome
For Saud, Tito
NEW YORK W Mayor Rob
ert T. Wagner has barred an offi
cial city welcome for King Saud
of Saudi Arabia, who arrives
Tuesday en route to Washington
for conferences with President Ei
senhower. The mayor also has banned any
city welcome if Marshal Tito of
Yugoslavia should ever visit New
York.
Speaking Sunday night at a din
ner of the Brooklyn division of
the Jewish National Fund, Wag
ner said:
"There appears that two visits
by foreign rulers may begin here.
"One of these Is the dictator of
Yugoslavia. We don't want him in
New York, because he's a Commu
nist and because he's anti-religious.
As far as we're concerned
he'll pet no consideration here.
"And the same goes for Saud,
and double, too.
"I can tell you the government
In Washington never consulted me
, about these visits.
' I'm for what our people stand
for. I don't care whether it's dip
lomatic or not."
Sailors Union
Boss Is Dead
JJl'RUNGAME. Calif. (VP)
Harrv Lundeherg. 55. bossof the;
West Coast Sailors Union of the'
racmc. aica ai renmsuia nusp-;ont
la. ipoay eisni uny mr uc
fered a heart attack.
The tough talking. Communist i
hating secretary of the SIT. had
.m riyi.t .i. . ... ..un.c
in fashionable Hillsborough, 'sub-1
urb of San Francisco.
The Norwegian-born union chief
tain roe to prominence in the
West Coast maritime industry
with help from Harry Bridges.
head of the International Long-
shoremen's and Warehousemen's
union.
He later split with Bridges and
accused him of Communist lean
ings. Lundeberg was also president of
the Seafarers International Union,
a federation of 45 autonomous un
ions claiming 100.000 membership.
The seamen's union is part of the
SIC.
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Defense Chief
Urges No Slice
Of Arms Funds
WASHINGTON Ifl Secretary
Wilson told Congress Monday he
cannot foresee any reduction in
th- current level of military
spending, now more than half
the total cost of the government.
Reviewing the military program
before the House Armed Services
Committee, the secretary of de
fense said "we are all struggling
in every way to savemoney" but
that "the situation is such we
can't forecast any big reduc
tions."
Wilson testified he was satisfied
the nation's defenses are ade
quate on the basis of budget
spending estimates of 38 billion
dollars.
And he said he feels the admin
istration's decision to keep U.S.
defenses strong has been tested
and prored sound by the Middle
East and Hungarian crises.
Wilson was asked whether the
Middle East troubles and the
President's request for congres
sional authority to use troops
there in case of any Communist
led aggression, foreshadowed any
increase in military manpower or
the defense budget.
Wilson said none is anticipated.
He also referred the question to
Adm. Arthur W. Radford, chair
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
at his side.
Radford said he concurred with
Wilson's reply, and added that the
idea behind the President's pro
posals "is to stabilize conditions
there."
FBI Hunt for
Killer Futile
PORTLAND Jft The FBI
here looked into the possibility
that George Edward Cole, ac
cused of killing a San Francisco
policeman, may have been in
Eastern Oregon over the weekend,
but found nothing definite.
Joseph Santoiana, FBI agent
here, reported that a truck, simi
lar to one stolen in San Jose
shortly after the killing, had been
reported seen in Baker. Because
of the chance Cole had stolen it
d flcd north an alarm was put
Co,e is wantpd fnr shoolin..
Francisco police in a Doc. 30
I tavern holdup.
The day alter the shooting Cole
rcportcd t0 have cashed a
ch(,ck a( Burns 0rc
:
I Cat Trapped 23
Of House; Menus lire Couple
GLENDORA. Calif. A
policeman has been assicned to
the cat-haunted home of Mr. and
Mrs. Vincent Carta.
For 23 days now a cat has been
trapped somewhere in the walls
of the Cartas' new $16,000 tract
home. The cat's meows plus a
flood of curious visitors, callers
and helpful letters have been
taking a toll of the family's
nerves
I The policeman was assigned,
lc-J,.. l Ik. e,,rmnc nas.l
! Sunday to keep the curious pas-
sersbv from bothering the family.
Mrs. Carta is an expectant mother
i and her physician advises quirt,
she hasn't had much of it since
a trapped. Plumbers,
Oil Burns at Willamette
ir
That ordeal which all students must face semester tests
began at 1 Willamette university this week with bonks getting
more wear than they ever had In the last four months. This
worn-out scholar is Bill Wheat, senior In economics from Salem,
who is well-equipped with coffee cup, vitamin pills and more class
notes than he can remember. Finals continue through Saturday
and the second semester begins next week. (Capital Journal Photo
by Jerry Claussen)
No Break
Valley Cold Wave
By MARIAN LOWRY FISCHER
Capital Journal Writer
You can go right on shivering,
donning the woolens, keeping the
furnace on high, and grumbling,
because the intense cold is going
to continue for a few days.
A gradual warming trend is due
(in fact the thermometer was four
degrees higher this morning than
for Sunday), but it will be several
West Europe
Trade Front
Effort Fails
BRUSSELS, Belgium ttfl Dip
lomats of six West European na
tions admitted failure Monday in
their efforts to set up a common
market and a joint atomic pro
gram. But they planned to push
ahead at future sessions.
Chief stumbling blocks were
methods of integrating and financ
ing France's overseas territories
and how to determine the tariff
wall that pool countries will joint
ly set up against products from
other areas.
It had been hoped to have
treaties ready after three-day
meeting here, but now a new tar
set date has been set, Feb. 12.
That precedes by one day the
opening in Paris of a meeting of
the Organization for uropcan
Economic Cooperation (OEEC.)
Foreign ministers of France,
West Germany, Italy, the Nether
lands, Belgium and Luxembourg
will meet here Feb. 4 to tackle
unsolved problems.
Mill Riddled as
Wheel
KLAMATH FALLS The
Klamath Lumber and Box Co.
plant's hand mill was put out of
action Monday by the disintegra
tion of a broad steel wheel eight
feet in diameter.
Days in Walls
i veterinarians and X-ray men have
visited the home in an attempt
to locate and free the cat. All
have failed.
The cat's cries are getting
weaker, bringing up another prob
lem: What to do if the cat dies
somewhere in the framework'1
Mrs.' Carla says she will move if
the cat dies in the walls.
The family retreated for a while
Saturday to the home of friends
for a rest. But pohce said the
fam.Iv hark in the house
family was back in the house
Monday. Police Szt. F. A. King
said the contractor is now consid
ering digging up the plumbing as
the net step in trying to trace
the feline.
Seen in
days before minimums are above
the freezing mark, warns the
weather bureau. About your best
bet to get really warm is to work
yourself into a stew over the
mounting fuel bills, the bursting
water pipes and the loss of your
pet f wers and plants, just to men
tion a lew inconveniences.
Monday morning's minimum in
Salem was at the 13-degree mark
A similar mark, or maybe up to I
15, is due for tonight. The Sun-1
day minimum was 9. the lowest
since in November, 1955, when the
mercury also hit 9. And., remem
ber, it could be much colder and I
has bee- colder here, the all-time j
being the 10 degrees below zero:
in January of 1950.
An icy wind continues to make
conditions more uncomfortable,
the frigid blast from the north
still blowing this way, although not
as high in velocity as the last of
the week. Increasing cloudiness
is forecast for Tuesday, but still
low temperatures.
Five-day forecast calls for con
tinued cold weather with tempera
tures to be way below normal, a
slow rising trend due to set in with
prospectr of some light snow or
rain about Friday or Saturday.
Meanwhile, minimums will con
tinue in a range from 12 to 25.
Sunday's maximum in Salem
went only to 26. six degrees below
freezing. So the blue skies and
bright sunshine are nice to see
but not too warming.
Most of the troubles from the
intense cold here continue with ob
jects that have to do with water.
Several fire districts have report
ed trouble with pumps freezing on
their trucks due to insufficient
heat in the stations.
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Breaks Up
Pieces of steel up to a foot
square were hrrled 200 feet from
the scene. All the windows in the
band mill were shattered and a
large hole was torn in the roof.
Somehow, all 15 of the mi'
employes on hand escaped unhurt.
Damage was estimated at be
tween and $30,000 by Ro
land Cantrall. plant manager. He
said the plant would he shut down
two weeks for repairs.
Sam Brown of the state Indus-
, irjai Accident Commission visited
:te scene shortly after the wheel
broke up and described it as one
of the worst accidents of the kind
he'd seen. He added that it was
"miraculous" that no one was
hurt.
It happened at 7:30 a m., just
as the mill was starting up after
a weekend shutdown.
The wheel, in the band saw
section of the mill, rested two
steel columns and w;aar m rra-
ally kept running co to u'H
and saws.
The wheel had become eseed
bv ice and shattered onto pieces
whea it was started.
Cold Idles
10,000 in
Northwest
Crews Laid Off in
3 States; Relief
Hope Slight
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
More bitter' cold stretched a-
cross the Pacific Northwest early
Monday with temperatures much
lower than Alaska and no relief
in prospect.
The cdld snell. worst in seven
years, is expected to continue most
of the week. Tnc weamer nureau
said there is onl: a slight prospect
of a cloud covering and snow by
Wednesday or Thursday to moder
ate conditions.
More than 10,000 persons, most
of them construction workers, have
been laid off in Washington Ore
gon and Idaho because of the
severe cold.
Kaiser Lays Off 500
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical
Corp. laid off 500 men at its
Mead plant near Spokane, the
Aluminum Co. of America plants
at Vancouver and Wcnatchee and
Reynolds plants at Longview and
Troutdale Ore. were also making
reductions in the wake of power
cuts necessitated by reduced steam
flows and increased power de
mands.
Thr Arfli QIC ennt ttia mnrxiinu
to 19 below at Pasco and 13 below
at Lewiston, Idaho early Monday
in the Northwest's two "banana
bell areas."
By contrast it was 27 above at
Anchorage and 13 above at Fair
banks, Alaska.
oilman had a 15 early Monday,
Ellensburg lfi. Yakima -10 Walla,
Walla -13 Pendleton -14, Burns
-17, bpokane -4. ine tenjperature
ai sponanc eany unauy was -in.
Only -16 at Helena
The temperatures were so cold
the Weather Bureau spoke of a
"warming trend" in Montana,
noting it was "only" -16 at Helena
whereas a -41 was recorded there
last week.
A -22 at Pendleton Sunday set
an all-time recorjl there. Deer
Park, Wash, in Spokan6 County
warmed up from a -28 Sunday
to a -16 Monday.
This is "Ground Hog Week" and
the weatherman said it's possible
that Feb. 2, the traditional day
for checking on shadows to see if
six more weeks of winter are
likely, will he clear and cold.
Hood River Cascade Locks and
Stevenson, wash, schools were
closed Monday because of the
cold. It was 22 below at Parkdale
south of Hood River. Some 500
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First Snow in
8 Yfcars Falls
In Chilly L. A.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Deep cold covered the entire
wastern half of the nation Mon
day, extending down to as far as
usually sunny Southern California
where Los Angeles had its first
substantial snowfall in eight years
and the coldest temperatures in
five.
The mercury dipped to 35 above
in Los Angeles early Monday and
to 25 and lower in outlying areas i
the lowest since Jan. 2, 1952. I
A mantle of white snow
mounlains and foothills and frost
in the lowlands glistened over
much of Southern California.
Children in many areas were able
lo make snowmen and stage snow
ball fights.
Continued cold was forecast
with the chance of more snow.
In the desert city of I'almdalc,
hundreds of motorists were stalled
because their cars couldn't move
nn icy streets without chains.
Schools there were closed.
The fast-mmlng weekr-nd storm
brought m'ar-hli7zard conditions in
. mountains. Drifts blacked
highways and thousands of skiers
were stranded. On the Ridge
Route. 2000 motorists were
stalled.
Citrus ranchers itoked up orch
ard' heaters to save v a 1 u a b I e i
crops,
DO YOU
KNOW
Why Nazi sahoteuri landed
by submarine on the East
roast nf the I'nitrd States and
how they were tracked down.
Road
Storv
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Hells Canyon Dam Fight
Opens in Oregon House
Holmes Pens
Statement on
Johnson Balk
Real Estate Chief Says
He Refuses to Quit
'On Principle'
Gov. Robert D. Holmes promised
to issue a statement later Monday
concerning his request for the res
ignation of Real Estate Commis
sioner Ragnor Johnson.
Johnson reported over the week
end that he had been requested to
resign from the post. He has re
fused, saying his insistence in re
maining in office until the expira
tion of his term in 1958 "was a
matter of principle and nothing
more."
The real estate commissioner de
clared today that he had no inten
tion of carrying on the controversy
with the governor in the news
papers. "However, I did not ask for this
job and accepted it at consider
able personal sacrifice to myself
and family," he said.
"I had hoped to continue a four-
year program of education that I
instituted shortly after I took over
the office," the real estate com
missioner explained.
Under our educational program
we have lifted the standards of
ethics in the real estate profession
and have instituted an educational
program resulting in the granting
of nine scholarships on real estate
to youngsters going to college,"
he said. -
The real estate commissioner
said he had asked for an interview
with the governor on Jan. 10 but
had received no response. He said
he holds no animosity toward the
the governor.
'Gag Rule' Set
For Debate on
Mid-East Plan
WASHINGTON UP Some
members of the House Rules Com
mittee voiced opposition Monday
to banning the offering of amend
ments during House debate on
President Eisenhower's Middle
East policy resolution.
The rules group met to clear the
way for an expected start of
House debate Tuesday. Mean
while. Secretary of State Dulles
underwent renewed Senate qucs
tinning on the administration
plan.
Though some committee mem
hers argued the resolution should
bo open for amendment during
the debate, it was a foregone con
elusion the rules group would re
luctantly impose the "gag rule."
Leaders of both parties have en-
d o r s e d the no-amendment pro
cedure.
On the Senate side, Dulles made
j his fifth appearance this one atlthc resignation of Dr. .lames B.
a closed session before the For
eign Relat ions and Armed Serv
ices committees. Some commit
tee Democrats are pressing for a
full review of Dulles' past foreign
policy actions.
Sen. Fulbright fD Ark) told re
porters he would move Monday
for a formal investigation of ad
ministration Middle East policy.
Top Courl
Sentence
WASHINGTON UP) The
Supreme Court today agreed to
decide whether too stiff a prison
sentence was imposed on New
York underworld leader Frank
Costello for income tax evasion.
Costello, serving a five-year sen
tence for understating his income
from 1047 through lf49, claims he
was sentenced under the wrong
federal law. He has asked the
court to rule that he should have
been punished under a different
statute which puts a one-year lim
it or jail terms.
The hijih court, which previously
upheld Costello's 1 953 conviction.
will st'hfd'ile araitinrns on the
new Ic&al point later this year and
thn hand down a decision.
In other major actions today,
thf rourt:
1. Ordrrrd a new trial for New
York union leader Ben Gold, who
was convicted in 1JVS4 of lying
twhfta ha swore to a National La-
SMOOTH SAILING DUE
48 Solons Sponsor
-Astoria 'Bridge Bill
A bill to provide planning funds I
and money for right of way for a
new bridge to span the Columbia
at Astoria should have little
trouble passing the Oregon legisla
turemore than half of the mem
bers of each house are listed as
sponsors of the measure.
Four Marion county legislators,
Reps. Robert Elfstrom, Eddie
Ahrens and Guy Jonas and Sena
tor Sidney Schlesinger. are among
the sponsors of the bill which was
introduced in the Oregon house
Monday.
Prime mover in the introduction
of the measure is Rep. William
Holmstrom (D-Clatsop). Listed as
sponsors of the measure are 32
members of the house and 16
members of the senate.
The bill provides that the state
highway commission enter into ne
gotiation with Washington author
ities for construction of the long
dreamed span.
It also provides $200,000 be ap
propriated for planning and $250,-
Lahor Orders Ouster
Of Balky
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. Iff! The
AFL-CIO Executive Council Mon
day ordered Its 140 unions to re
move from office any union offi
cial refusing testimony at a pub
lic inquiry into union aliairs.
The council adopted the policy
with one negative vote, cast by
Dave Beck, president of the
AFL-CIO affiliate.
Beck could not be reached im
mediately for comment.
But James R. Hoffa. Detroit,
a Teamster Union vice president,
had said in advance the l'i mil
linn member teamster group
would ignore any such AFL-CIO
policy. Hoffa said the Teamsters
felt any union official had a right
to invoke the ruth Amendment
to the constitution and avoid pos
sible self incrimination.
The Executive Council met in
closed session. i
Hoffa said the Teamsters
would conduct no expulsion trials
or pi.y any attention to any such
AFL-CIO policy. He said the
Teamsters arc "an autonomous
union" and would let no "outside
group" require ouster proceedings
against Teamsters officials invok
ing the Fifth Amendment.
Asked if the Teamsters might
pull out of the AFL-CIO, Toff said
"We're going to stay in and fight
it out you can t get anywhere
fighting from the outside."
Conant Quits
Post in Bonn
WASHINGTON in President
Ki.senhower Monday accepted
with "deepest personal regret"
Conant as ambassador to West
Germany in Bonn.
An exchange of letters made
public by the White House dis
closed that Conant, former presi
dent of Harvard University, told
Secretary of Slate Dulles in Sep
tember he wished to return to pri
vate life "for personal reasons"
by mid-February.
lo Review
of Coslello
bor Relations Board affidavit that
he was not a Communist. The
court ruled 6 to 3 that Gold's trial
was invalid because FBI agents,
checking up on a related case, in
advertently questioned three mem
bers of aold s jury during the
trial.
2. Denied a hearing to John
Allen and Louis F. Smith, inmates
of a California state prison at
Folsom. They face death for the
1949 murder of a fellow prisoner.
They claim that two other prison
ers have confessed the crime but
the evidence was suppressed hy
the slate.
3. .Struck down a ruling by the
Idaho Supreme Court which
barred a local retail clerk union
from picketing a store in I'ocatel
lo. Idaho The court cited previous
rulings that state courts have no
jurisdiction ove- disputes which
are subject to tne National Labor
Relations Board.
000 for right of way on the Oregon
side of the river.
No provision is made In the bill
introduced today for actual con
struction funds for the bridge.
It is estimated that it would take
a year or 18 months before the de
tailed plans would be ready.
Rep. Holmstrom said the bridge
would be between Astoria and
Megler, Wash., and would com
plete the strip of pavement on
U. b. Highway 101 from the Mex
ican border to the Straits of Juan
de Fuca. At present, a ferry trans
ports persons and vehicles across
the river.
Feasibility studies on the pro
posed bridge were completed in
1955 by the Tudor Engineering Co.,
San Francisco, and placed the cost
of the span at $25,430,000. Because
of increased costs, the bridge is
now estimated to cost $30,500,000,
he said.
Legislation similar to that Intro
duced here will be placed before
the Washington legislature, Rep.
Holmstrom said.
Witnesses
He said the Teamsters would
answer "any legitimate sub
poena from congressional
investigators but any officers of
the union invoking the Flit
Amendment on advice of counsel
could do so without union penal
tics.
House Passes
Memo Backing
Aid to Schools
A memorial to Congress support
ing federal aid to schools touched
off the first prolonged debate in
the House Monday before it was
approved by a vote of 46 to 13.
Four Democrats joined nine Re
publicans in opposing the memo
rial sponsored by Reps. Keith D.
Skellon and George Eymann, Lane
county Democrats. The four were
Heps. George Annala, Hood River,
Al Flegel, Roseburg, R. E. Goard,
Pendleton, and Emil A. Stunz, Ny
ssa.
Opponents contended the memo
rial gave further support to en
roachment of federal power in the
stales. Rep. Fred Meek (R.J,
Cortland, said past experience has
provrn that Oregon gets back
about 14 cents for every dollar it
senns ui wasmntlon.
Kymann challenged Meek's as -
sertion saying Oregon would re.
ceive back far more tinder either
ol two federal school aid bills
pending in Congress than the state
would contribute.
Kymann said the proposed legis
lation wouldn't tell the stales how
they should distribute or adminis
ter the federal aid.
Heps. Wayne ft. (liesv R.I.
.Monroe, and rayeltc
iR.K Orants Pass.
I. Bristol
contended
school districts should exhaust all
means to solve their local prob
lem before asking federal help.
Bristol said .losephone county is
one area that "is willing lo pay
through the nose to get the joh
done without federal assisatnee.
Skelton said the memorial was
designed to accept either proposals
in Congress known as the Kelly
and Smith bills on a nonpartisan
basis.
Water Office
Freezes, Too
II was cold at the office of Hie
municipal water department on
South Commercial Monday morn
ing, h'mployes were wearing their
topcoats and beating their arms to
keep the blood circulating.
No. the water pipes were not
frozen; it was just a case where
the automatic furnace controls
failed to function over the week
end.
Two reports had reached the of
fice early in the day which might
indicate that the frnt is penetrat
ing to such a depth that the resi
dential connections with the mains
are freezing. In both instances the
water pipe was frozen near the
sidewalk.
No Opposition
lo John Day
Project
By JAMES D. OLSON
Capital Journal Writer
Proponents and opponents of a
high ilells Canyon dam on the
Snake rivor engaged 'Monday in
the first round ol a light in the
Oregon legislature ocr passage of
a memorial urging Congress lo
construct the high dam.
Another resolution calling for
immediate construction of the
John Day dam on the main stem
of the .Columbia river jnot with
unanimous approval of all attend
ing a hearing Monday before the
State and federal affairs commit
tee of the house.
Rep. Don Willner (D-Multno-
mah), who led the proponents of
Hells Canyon dam, contended that
the three dams proposed by the
Idaho Power company would re
sult in power costs three times
higher than power from the high
dam at Hells Canyon.
'Not Partisan Matter'
"This is not a partisan matter."
he said, "but we aro fighting for
the future of our state and believe
this depends, to a largo extent,
upon cheap hydro-electric power."
K. r. Perry, attorney tor Idaho
Power company, told the commit-
tee that Brownlec dam. the larx
est of the three dams licensed by
the federal fower commission.
would be completed in 1858.
Nearly 1,000 men are working
around the clock on the project,
he said, men who would be thrown
out of work if the purpose of the
memorial was carried out.
"The power from Brownlee proj
ect, amounting to 300.000 kilowatts,
will be available in the early win
ter of 1958," Perry said, "while it
will take seven years for any pow
er production from Hells Canyon
dam if Congress ever approves
a.
While the greater part of the
power developed by the Idaho
ccmpany will go to serve its own
territory. Perry said surplus pow
er would go into the Northwest
power pool. He added that it will
replace power that would be re
quired by the company from other
areas, and thus release power, to
the Willamette valley.
Perry said the federal Dower
commission found that the depend
able capacity of the two proposals
was substantially identical with
the dependable capacity of the
cu.ipany's plants rated at 767.000
kilownlts as compared to the high
dam's 7115,000 kilowatts.
Flood Control Cited
From the point of view of flood
control. Perry asserted, the com
pany s project furnishes immedi
ately, and free of cost to the pub
lic, one million acre feet capacity,
which the commission lound would
he sufficient to control the entire
'MS flood at that point on the
Snnke river.
He said the army enaineers. as
well as the Federal Power com-
mission, have approved the com.
p. iy s plans lor Hrownlee dam,
!"0'"1"' ",c commission found that
I immediate completion of' Brown-
lei. would be consistent with the
army's Hood control plans.
Opposite View
An opposite viewpoint was of
fered by Hoy Bessey, civil engi
neer engaged by the proponents of
the high dam. who held that the
high dam at Hells Canyon would
nr.t alone provide more power to
i the Northwest, but would result in
a Mmile reservoir contain
ing .1,800.000 acres ol storage for
flood conlrol.
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