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Heppner Gazette Times, June 18, 1942 3 ; AT THE - KELLY Washington, D. C, June 18: Of special interest to Oregon the past 10 days is the hearings held by a joint congressional committee on the proposed Columbia Power Authority, introduced by Senator Bone of Washington. The measure was pre pared by power lawyers of the in terior department. Greatest inter est was shown by senators and rep resentatives from Washington state, who said that the Bonneville act (this bill is intended to amend or replace that act) was a mandate for the people of the northwest to be come owner-minded and go into the power business. To accomplish this the Bone bill authorizes the adminstrator to ac quire private utilities. The witnesses admitted, however, that the private utilities and Grand Coulee and Bon neville, government plants, are now interconnected and it is believed they will do a good job. The mea sure provides that the private com panies be bought with revenue bonds; further that the secretary of the treasury can buy these bonds with any borrowed money. Thus re ceipts from the sale of war bonds can be diverted to invest in these revenue bonds. The proposed ac quisit'en of private companies, it was testified, "is the heart and soul of the act." To date only proponents of the measure have testified. "Managers of private utilities will have their op portunity later, if they wish to avail themselves of it. Despite the "man date," as testified, and that Wash ington state is aflame for public ow nership, no reference has yet been made to the defeat of PUDs in the Oregon primaries last month. Federal power commission, only authorized power expert in the government, is now wanted to allo cate what part of Grand Coulee should be charged to power. Pro ponents of the bill insist that the secretary of the interior be given this authority. There is a long standing feud between the interior and FPC. The hearings will prob ably consume another week. Rep. Walter Pierce is the only Oregon congressman who appears as a wit ness and he was in support. A life-saver for the wheat grower, hop man, wool man and potato pro ducer is promised by war produc tion board. The board froze all bur lap in the country. Such a protest was raised by Oregon farmers that it has modified its policy and is au thorizing commodity credit corpora tion to buy the frozen burlap. The wheat men, staggered with a crop that is hard to warehouse, wants burlap sack, the hop men need bur lap, the wool men have asked for burlap, and the potato grower pre fers burlap to the paper mesh bags. As rapidly as arrangements can be made the burlap will be sold to fanners. The collection of old rubber, now on a national scope, will determine the amount of discarded rubber in the country. It does not mean, how ever, that when this rubber is re worked into tires any will be avail able for civilians. President Roose velt, finding his administrative of ficers had nothing but foggy ideas on the amount of waste rubber, decid ed to make a direct appeal to the people. Based on the rubber drive, a policy will be determined for gas oline. The ration books have been printed and are ready for distri bution, but the president is not certain that rationing gas is a wise thing to do. There is a shortage, of course, in some sections, but it is not due to a shortage of gas but of means of distribution. Because of its geographical position, the north west has been marked for gas ra tioning, an order later vetoed, yet a few hundred miles away there is an unlimited supply. It is situations such as these that are causing tur moil from the Atlantic to the Pa cific. Secretary of the Treasury Mor genthau is fighting against it, but each day the way and means com mittee is feeling stronger toward a general sales tax. This tax has been defeated whenever the people of Oregon had a chance to vote on it, although California, Idaho and Washington have such a tax. The president views a sales tax askance but the betting at this time is a 50-50 chance that the ways and means committee will embody it in the tax bill now being written. One reason why a sales tax is being urged is that the great bulk of the money is in the hands of those in the lower income brackets so low that they pay no taxes and a sales tax of a few cents on the dollar would bring into the treasury a substantial am ount which cannot be obtained in any other way. Insofar as Oregon is concerned, WPA, which has been working on projects since 1933, is almost out of the picture. Money available for that state the coming fiscal year has been cut to the bone and there will be only a skeleton organization left. WPA was almost entirely elimin- IRRIGON NEWS Mary Ellen Grice to Wed Robert Brace By MRS. J. A. SHOUN Mrs. Rose Grice of Pendleton an nounces the engagement of her daughter, Mary Ellen to Robert Earl Brace, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brace of Irrigon. The wedding date has been set for June 28 at 2 p.m. at the home of the bride with mem bers of both families present. Mr. Brace works at the Umatilla ord nance depot and lives at home in Irrigon. Mr. and Mrs. John Sweringen have moved to Irrigon from Seattle. He is employed at the Umatilla ord nance depot as an electrician. They are at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Sweringen. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bediwell and little daughter went to Pendleton Wednesday. Cecil Goodman and wife and bro ther Alfred went to visit their mo ated on the ground that it was set up to make work for the idle, but now with employment at a higher point than ever the need for WPA has passed. An attempt was made to turn such work as is left over to the states. ther in Grants Pass. Roger Godwin is spending the summer with his grandmother, Mrs. C. T. Farrell. Emery Bediwell went to Hermis ton Sunday. Walter Grider is on the sick list. Mrs. Wisdom left Monay after spending the week end in Irrigon with the Russell McCoy's. Marshall Marquam spent the week end with his family. Grandma Graybeal is ill at her home. Her daughter, Mrs. Charles McFall, is caring for her. Jack McFall is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McFall. The annual school meeting was held at the school house Monday beginning at 2 p.m. Russell McCoy was reelected di rector and Harvey Warner was re elected clerk. The budget was ap proved. , W. H. Johnston with the Her man Duus family has gone to Spo kane to make a short visit with his children. He works at the Umatilla ordnance depot. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Grimm made a trip to Boardman on Sunday to visit the Preuters. The Preuters have ten acres of tomatoes and sev eral acres of lettuce, reports Mrs. Grimm. Doris Gollyhorn's grandmother died in Salem Monday. She is going to the funeral. Ella May Grimm is taking Mrs. Gollyhorn's place at the Lorenzen cafeteria while she is gone. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Shoun of KKelso, Wash., arrived in Irrigon Monday evening after spending a short time with his mother, Mrs. J. A. Shoun. They went to Walla Walla to visit her people, the Shrie vers, and James Shoun. He is threw days off from the aluminum plant in Longview. Mrs. H. W. Grimm entertains the grange ladies on Thursday after noon. The 4-H club will have a pro gram at the school gymnasium on Thurday evening at 8 o'clock. Mrs. H. J. Warner had another lawn dinner Sunday honoring her son, Rev. 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