Halted Press full Leased Wire
46th Year 14 Pages
1,300 Acres, Down
From 2,200, Called
For by Army's Plan
Building Construction
Said Not Decreased
The Army , said today ' that
Camp White, which is scheduled
for ; reactivation, will cover
about 1.300 acres instead of
i.2,200 acres, as planned earlier.
The reactivation plan calls
"for the expenditure of about
$5 million, an Army spokesman
: told the United Press in Wash
: ington.
; Rumors that there have also
been cutbacks in construction
'planned at the reactivated Ar
imy training site north of Med
;ford were denied by the Army
j spokesman, who revealed that
the only changes in plans were
for the 1,300 acre site rather
; than the larger one.
i Resurveys by the Army En-
- gineers showed that the smaller
.area would be enough, the
spokesman said. He did not dis
close the cost of repurchasing
the land involved.' -
- Contract Dale Undecided
The Army announcement add
ed that the date for the award
: ing of the first contracts has not
been decided.
- Camp White, a World War II
training site for two Army divi
sions,: was declared surplus , in
1948. It is one of seven camps
to be reconstructed and main
tained on a standby basis in
event a large Army is needed.
Original plans as announced
at the time the reactivation was
first proposed called for an ex
penditure of $11,285,000, which
-was reduced last year to $5,144,
000. ' Portland (U.R) Design of
railhead facilities for possible
reactivation of Camp White,
Ore., is expected to be completed
by mid-March, Douglas M. Pel
ton, in charge of the military
construction section, North Pa
cific Division Army Engineers,
reported Tuesday. - - -.-
- Pelton said the Division En
gineers had a directive from the
chief of engineers to complete
the design for railhead facilities
but had received no further in
structions concerning reactiva
tion of the southern Oregon mili-
' tary installation.
Plan Facilities
The plans now being com
pleted by Division Engineers in
clude rehabilitation of roads,
railroads, water, sewer and elec
trical facilities.
. Pelton emphasized that the di
rective from the Chief of Engi
neers was solely for a design of
plans and included no orders for
actual construction.
Army Engineers at Seattle
said they understood plans for
reactivation of Camp White had
been "temporarily deferred." No
further information was availabl
further information was avail
able at Seattle headquarters, the
Engineers said.
Pressure on Russell
As South's Candidate
Washington---(U.PJ Sen Rich
ard B. Russell faced growing
pressure Tuesday to make him
self available as the South's 1952
presidential candidate. -
' The Georgia Democrat was
keeping mum, however, at least
'until after a conference Thurs
day with a delegation represent
ing the Georgia State Democratic
executive committee. The com
mittee voted Monday to ask Rus
sell to be a candidate.
Sen. Walter F. George, D-Ga.,
declare himself "wholeheartedly
in accord" with the committee's
action. . - -
Ban on House
Brings Storm
Washington (U.R) Congress
men and housewives joined the
broadcasting industry Tuesday
in protesting Speaker Sam Ray
burn's ban on radio and televis
ion coverage of House commit
tee sessions. " '
Rep. Paul W. Shafer (R-,
Mich.), called the order "one of
the rawest examples of censor
ship" he'd ever seen. :
Housewives Object '
As it became apparent that the
public will see and hear much
less of Congress in action, house
wives began objecting to the ban
on televised sessions of congres
sional activities,' which they re
gard as welcome breaks from
daily dusting and diaper-changing.
A--:.;- . :
There was no indication, how
ever, that Rayburn will . back
down or that the House itself
will modify the Texas Demo
crat's ruling. - v., .... i
MEDFORD, OREGON,
Mine Secern MA
Stolen by lussia
Paris (U.R) A senior Ameri
can naval otiicer saia .uesaay
that Russia had "stolen" the se
cret of an American mine which
can float in the sea for days un
detected and can not be swept
up by an ordinary mine sweeper.
The statement was made bjran
officer accompanying Adm.
Acheson Satisfied
With Achievement
At NATO Meeting
Lisbon U.R) U. S. Secretary
of State Dean Acheson leaves for
Washington Tuesday, convinced
that he got what he wanted from
the most important session yet
of the North Atlantic treaty
council.
But he may have a hard time
convincing Congress his paper
victories have substance.
Enormous Steps Takes
The council took enormous
steps toward translating its plans
into action by removing major
diplomatic roadblocks to a build
up of western defenses and ap
proving specific military plans
for the first tune.
It sanctioned a European
army, cleared the way for the
end of the German occupation,
linked Germany to NATO,
adopted a 1952 military program
for - 50 divisions, 4,000 planes
and construction of more than
$460,000,000 worth of airfields
and communications networks.
Fulfillment Doubted
But many delegates and ob
servers here seriously doubt
whether these plans will ever
be fulfilled.
Too ' much depends upon un
predictable ' factors whether
France ; can steady its . wobbly
economy, whether the ' French
and German parliaments are
really ready to bury the hatchet,
and whether Communist . pres
sure in the Far East will wreck
western planning in Europe.
Mexican Found Dead
At Klamath Falls
Klamath Falls, Ore. flJ.fi)
Miguel Mauricio, itinerant Mexi
can whose age was not known,
was found stabbed to death in a
rented downtown cabin here ear
ly Tuesday and two Indians were
held for investigation.
Those jailed vere Lorenzo
Weeks, 35, and James Godowa,
35, both of Beaity, Ore.
Two Indian women, - Lolana
Crane, 50, Beatty, and Pearl Ray,
who had rented the cabin, were
booked as material witnesses.
The latter was allowed to remain
at liberty to care for a child.
Police found the body of Mau
ricio, stabbed m the chest, on a
mattress in the cabin after Weeks
and Godowa had reported a dead
man there to the owner of. a
group of cabins. -
Generally Fair Skies
Expected in Northwest
By UNITED PRESS
Scattered showers fell over the
Pacific Northwest Tuesday but
the weather man forecast gener
ally fair skies Wednesday.
. Temperatures above 50 de
grees were predicted for regions
west of the Cascades Wendesday
with highs up to 45 east of the
mountains. ,' -
The Oregon highway depart
ment reported chains were not
needed on any of Oregon's
routes.
Broadcasting
of Protests
Rayburn's stand was support
ed by the house of delegates of
the - American - Bar Association.
Meeting in Chicago, the lawyers
adopted a resolution of opposing
television coverage of either con
gressional hearings or court pro
ceedings. -
Hollis M. Seavey of the Mu
tual Broadcasting System, chair
man of the executive committee
of the Radio Correspondents' as
sociation, called a committee
meeting to consider Rayburn's
ruling. -' .
Not Expected in Senate ..
No similar blackout is expect
ed in the Senate, where some
committees now admit TV cam
eras, while others bar them.
- Senate Democratic .leader
Ernest W. McFarland, Ariz., said
he feels a radio-TV ban should
be in effect for all Senate com
mittees, but there is no plan to
seek one. - .......
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY
Lynde D. McCormick, new Amer
ican supreme commander in the
North Atlantic, who U here for
conferences with Gen. Dwight D
Eisenhower.
The officer said of the mine:
"It can float In the water un
detected for days and can not be
swept It was an American inen-
tion the Russians have stolen.
Method of Theft Untold
He did not say how the Rus
sians "stole" the details of the
top-secret mine.
But he added that the Russians
now know how to make the dead
ly American-invented explosive
with which the top-secret mine is
charged.
The mine is of a type that can
float harmlessly in the water and
then automatically "arm" itself
for discharge, the officer said.
Can Be Big Menace
He commented that Russian
mines can become as big a men
ace in event of war as the torpe
does of Russia fleet of more
than 200 submarines. The Rus
sians have planes capable of sow
ing mines in the Atlantic, he
said, in addition to those which
could be sown by any subma
rine which reached those waters.
As McCormick conferred with
Eisenhower, hundreds of Ameri
can, British, French and Italian
warships, jet planes and subma
rines began the biggest peace-
tune maneuvers ever held in the
Mediterranean.
The maneuvers are known of
ficially as "Operation Grand
Slam."
Passenger Trains
On Siskiyou Run
Make Final Trip
- Conductor M. C. Hamilton
called "Board!" for the last time
today as the Southern Pacific's
train No. 327 pulled out of the
station here for the last run to
Dunsmuir.
More than 30 persons board
ed the train for the final trip,
double the usual daily patron
age, and more were expected to
make the trip from Ashland.
The journey marks the end
of a historic service that began
in 1887, serving Southern Ore
gon for 65 years.
Beginning Wednesday the SP
will carry its southbound pas
sengers by bus to Dunsmuir
where they will board the Shas
ta Daylight streamliner or oth
er trains using the Cascade
route. Mails are already being
hauled by truck.
rne passengers this morning
included a number of school
children who were traveling to
Ashland on the historic last run.
The last run of northbound
No. 328 will arrivehere at 7:50
p. m. today and will end its
trip at Grants Pass.
After today the only passen
ger train service in the valley
will be the daily service be
tween Ashland and Portland.
Douglas Petitions
Being Circulated
Portland (U.R) Petitions, to
place the name of Supreme
Court Justice William O. Doug
las on the Oregon primary bal
lot as a candidate for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination
are in circulation. Attorney Reu
ben G. Lenske said Tuesday.
Petitions to put the names of
President Truman. Sen. Estes
Kefauver of Tennessee and Gov.
Adlai Stevenson of Illinois on
the Democratic primary ballot
also are in circulation.
B-29 Explodes in Air
200 Miles From (h.sn
Honolulu 0JJ0 A B-29 Su-
perfort of the 54th Stategic
Weather and Reconnaissance
squadron on Guam exploded in
the air 200 miles northwest 6f
Guam Tuesday with 10 men
aboard, according to the Navy
here. -
Portland Aircraft Wing
Will Be Sent f o Japan
Portland iUB The 403rd
troop carrier aircraft wing at
Portland will be transferred, to
Japan soon for duty with the
Far East Air Force. ..
An Air Fore spokesman said
about 1.500 men will be involved
in the transfer. It's new mission
will bt to carry combat carlo.
Tribune
26, 1952
No. 294
t
Reds Accused of
ino Truce
Until May Day
Spring Offensive
Seen era Possible
Panmunjom UX The Unit
ed Nations command said Tues
day night that Communist truce
negotiators may be stalling to
delay a cease-fire until May
day or to rover preparations tor
a spring offensive.
May dsy is a traditional Com
munist holiday.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgwsy's
headquarters broadcast the
charge from Tokyo In a "Voice
of the UN Command program
as Red negotiators here reject
ed an Allied compromise offer
designed to break the deadlock
over policing a truce.
Chinese Col. Pu Shan categor
ically refused to drop Russia
from the proposed neutral truce
supervision commission despite
the UN offer to match the ges
ture by withdrawing Norway.
The UN headquarters broad
cast from Tokyo said the Reds
had warned at a recent negoti
ating session that "as far as
they are concerned, an early
truce was out of the question.
They 'estimated that the de
lay might take 'another 70
days'." the broadcast said. "If
this figure has any significance
at all. it is that a delay of that
length brings the talks right
up to May day for the Reds.
Only Tim To Reveal Answers
"Is this a veiled threat to the
free world that unless the UN
command accedes to the Reds.
a new Communist offensive will
begin this spring?
"Or is it an indication that the
Reds will make the signing of
an armistice coincide with their
auspicious holiday?
"Only time and the outcome
of the talks at Panmunjom will
reveal the answers.
Threat of Transit
Strike in Portland
Portland 0J.R) Portland was
faced Tuesday with the threat of
a transit strike April 1.
Some 1.250 members of Street-
carmen's Local 757 AFL, voted
Monday by an 8-1 margin to
strike if no satisfactory agree
ment with the company has been
reached by that date. .
The union wants a wage hike
of 15 cents an hour, improved
health and welfare benefits, bet
ter working conditions, and in
sertion of a cost-of-living esca
lator clause.
Hollywood Robber
Seized in Gotham
New York (UJD FBI agents
arrested a Hollywood bank rob
ber as he stepped off a trans
continental plane here Tuesday
and recovered more than $19,-
000 loot from the brief case he
was carrying.
John Richard Bayless. 37,
wanted for the SI 9.600 robbery
Monday of the Hollywood branch
of the Bank of America, reached
to his waistband for a J8 re
volver as G-men closed in on
him at the plane's ramp.
DOW JONES AVERAGES
New York (UJK Dow Jones
closing stock averages:
Thirty industrials, 239.30 off
1.28: 20 railroads. 83.84 off 0.48:
15 Utilities. 48.58 off 0.09: 83
stocks. 96.86 off 0.44. Sales Tues
day approximated 1.080.000
shares comoared with 1.200.000
shares traded Monday.
BUtLETKIS
San Francisco (UJ9 AFL
bus drivers and station work
era employed by Pacific Grey
hound Lines in seven western
states have voted to strike at
midnight Saturday If no sores
saent is reached on new con
tract. States which weald bo af
fected are Oregon, California,
Nevada, Arisoaa, New Mexico
and parts of Utah and Texas.
Portland U Desmry
tact alary of Stale David
Oltara said Tanadar that Har
old E. Staason had tolenrapked
him for Hunt fersas nndor
which ho could enter the Mar
IS Oregon GOP neatid rial
preferential primary election.
Liberal. Kaas. U An
16-reer-eld high school girl
the international nen-
tocoed Tneadev and
for the U.S. Its first vic
tory over tsjo-weeaon of 01 y.
) r
- If
PONT EXPRESS They have to dodge a ditferent kind of
Redskin but Pfc Edward J. Chandler artride Francis, an Army
mule, do the same chore as the riders of tin plains in the early days
of the west. Come shell or high
get the mail through to U-S. troops at the front in Korea.
(U.S. Army Photo)
Real Need Felt for
Book on Eisenhower's
Political Opinions
New York "There was a real
need. I felt, or a book that would
assemble, for the record, the po
litical opinions of Gen. Eisen
hower." Kevin McCann. presi
dent of Defiance College, said
this week. "So I roiled up my
sleeves and pitched in."
Mr. McCann's articles, entitled
"Eisenhower's Political Creed."
will start Thursday, February
28. in The Mail Tribune.
Written for the most part in
the general's own words, "Eisen
hower's Political Creed" was
culled from private conversa
tions and personal correspond
ence, together with occasional
public statements msde by Gen.
Eisenhower since the close of
World Wer H.
Author Equipped for Job
As chief civilian assistant to
the general in Washington, at
Columbia University and at
SHAPE headquarters in Paris.
McCann was specially equipped
for the job of collecting the off-the-record,
and for-the-record,
statements of Gen. Eisenhower's
"politics! creed." ;
Mr. McCann first" met "the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza
tion commander in 1945, shortly
after Gen. Eisenhower returned
from Europe as Army chief of
staff. From Washington, he fol
lowed the general to New York
when Eisenhower was named
president of Columbia Univer
sity, and again went wjth him
to Paris upon the establishment
National Guards in Korea
Object to 'Cry
With U. S. 40th Division. Ko
rea (U.R) Soldiers of the 40th
California Natior 1 Guard divis
ion complained angrily Tuesday
that they were becoming known
as a "cry-baby division" because
their .mothers and wines were
protesting their assignment to
Korea.
Mad As Hornets
"If those damn women. would
keep their mouths shut, every
thing would be all right" M-Sgt
Marcus Sinkins of Badlands,
Calif., said.
Sgt Willard E. Clark. San Ber
nardino, Calif., an infantry squsd
leader, added, "were mad as
hornets. I wrote home and every
man in the squad wrote home.
and we told 'em so.
However, many of the men
agreed it was "our understand
ing'" that the 40th division would
not be sent overseas when it was
called into federal service.
Sgt Edward Payne. 19. San
Bernardino, said he got his par
ents consent to join the guard
at 17 only because he had been
led to believe the unit would not
be sent outside the VS.
Sgt Carroll E. Stone. 19, also
of San Bernardino, said he work
ed on a national guard recruiting
team and "they told me to tell
them that they probably wouldn't
be sent outside the states and
that if they joined they'd avoid
the draft Most of the men had
that understandina
But mostly, the men did not
question or dispute the legality of
the Korean assignment, uuaras-
men from the Los Angeles area
Copeo Employee Hurt
In Motorcycle Crash
James Will urns Jr an em
ployee of California Oregon Pow
er company at Toketee Falls,
was taken to Community bopi-
tal at about 8 40 am. tooay after
the motorcycle he was riding
was involved in a one vehicle
accident south of Central Point
according to state police. Offl-
rs said the accident apparent
ty occurred when Williams at
tempted to pass another vehicle.
The extent of wuiuinr Injur
ies was undetermined, out at
tending physicians said he may
have suffered a fraclurxd skulL
He was taken to the hospital by
Perl ambulance,
snowdrift Chandler and Francis
of SHAPE headquarters. Mc
Cann left Paris in August, 1951,
to become president of Defiance
College, in Ohio, but still keeps
in close touch with -the general
through personal visits and cor
respondence.
Worked for Newspapers
A 47-year-old Illinoisan, Mc
Cann received his bachelors and
masters degrees from the Uni
versity of St Mary's and worked
on his doctorate at Columbia. To
gether with an active back
ground of industrial engineering
work, he has at various times
been a typesetter, promotion man
and reporter for Chicago dailies.
He entered the publishing field
in 1930 with a chain of weekly
newspapers in northern Illinois,
which he operated for 50 years.
In 1942, he enlisted in the
Army as a private and was com
missioned at the Camp Davis
OCS a year later. After service
in this country and New Guinea,
he was assigned to Washington
in April. 1945, as assistant. to
the late Robert P. Patterson, then
undersecretary and later secre
tary of W8r. Two years before
his discharge from the Army as
a lieutenant colonel in 1948, Mc
Cann became closely associated
with Dwight Eisenhower.
Now, from this long associa
tion, comes the timely "Eisen
hower's Political Creed." The ar
ticles will be published in book
form by Doubleday following
serialization in this paper.
- Baby' Title
said they took it for granted that.
if necessary, the division would
be sent overseas.
- Members of the 224th Infantry
regiment wrote a letter of pro
test to the San Bernardino Sun-
Telegram saying they viewed
their relatives' campaign "with
regret and distaste." The soldiers
called it "emotional, unpatriotic,
futile and unwise.
Red Cross Asks Aid
For Burned-Out Family
The Red Cross today appealed
for assistance for the family of
Herman C. Hammer, whose
home at 123 Elk street was de
stroyed by fire Sunday morning.
All the possessions of the fam
ily, which includes Hammer's
wife and two. children, we
destroyed.
They are now living at 164
Elk street in a hnu fnmlthwt
temporarily rent-free by a neigh-
Dor, but they need furniture.
bedding, a crib and blankets,
clothes chests, utensils and other
items which were lost in the
fire. Hammer, a logger, has been
unempioyea ail winter. He was
employed by Gulf Red Cedar
company last fall.
Gifts of the needed items may
be taken directly to him, or ar
rangements to have them picked
up may be made by a call to
the Red Cross office, telephone
2-4405.
Building Dedication
Set by Army Tomorrow
i new transient weuare build
ing. operated by the Salvation
Army, will be dedicated Wednes
day, February 27, at 2 p.mv it
was announced today by Capt
Thomas Mack. Medford rorna of
ficer. The dedication wervice for
the building, which is located on
Biddle road near Highway 99,
will be conducted by Maj. Harry
u. t-arsen, aaivauon Army divi
sional commander.
Members of the Salvation
Army's local advisory board
will attend the board's annual
dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wed
nesday, according to Walter Lev-
erttte, chairman. The dinner
meeting will be held in the base
ment banquet room of the Med
ford hetel and Major Larsen will
be the speaker.
oDgiiiiiGQiriiiig Study
Heulasin flm;
Ew Secretary
mi
Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman has given his approv
al to an engineering study and report on the "Substitute Plan" for
extensive irrigation and power development in the Rogue River,
basin. .
At the same time, be has reemphasized his opposition to the
original "Plan A," but given approval for long-range studies of the
basin's needs. .
Monroe Sweetland, Democratic national committeeman from
Oregon, told The Mail Tribune by telephone Monday afternoon,
that he had been informed from Washington, D. C, that letters',
from Chapman are en route which would:
Hew Basin Project
Includes 3 Basic
Construction Plans
The "amended" or "substitute"
plan for the immediate develop
ment of irrigation and power fa
cilities in the Rogue basin, which
received the green light from
Secretary of the Interior Oscar
Chapman this week, includes
three basic projects. Their cost
has been estimated at more than
$104 million.
As outlined in the original res
olution adopted by the Rogue
River Valley Irrigation associa
tion, these are as follows:
Three Phases
1. A 55,000 acre-foot reservoir
at Howard prairie, with a tunnel
and canal from Howard prairie
to the present Emigrant dam; a
10,000 kilowatt power plant; the
enlargement of Emigrant reser
voir from a capacity of 8,000 to
46,000 acre-feet to provide sup
plemental water to all of the ir
rigation districts in the Bear
creek drainage, plus such new
lands under the present irriga
tion districts for which water
might be made available. (Cost
estimated in February, 1951, at
$5,370,400.)
2. A 25,000 kilowatt stream
flow power dam . at Cascade
gorge, revenues from which, to
gether with income from water!
users, to be used to provide funds
for the impounding of water of
the tributaries of the Illinois riv
er for the purpose of irrigating
some 17,000 acres -of new lands
in the Illinois valley, plus supple
mental water for 5,000 acres al
ready under partial irrigation.
(Cost estimated in FebruaryT
1951; at $5,130,000.) f
3. Rehabilitation of the main
water supply canals of the exist
ing irrigation districts in order to
conserve water now available,
and to reduce the present opera
tion and maintenance costs paid
by water users. :
In the same resolution in
which . the above suggestions
were set forth, the RRVIA
agreed to withdraw its support of
the original and . controversial
Plan A "or any plan having to
do with the creation of dams
upon the main canal of Rogue
river," unless such dams have
the approval of all organizations
having an interest
The resolution also proposed
that the governor of Oregon be
requested, "upon acceptance of
the amended plan as proposed,
to appoint a Rogue River Basin
Resources Committee made up of
representatives -of agriculture,
fish and wildlife and recreational
organizations, mining, lumber
ing, business and the general
public for the purpose of fully
developing the resources of the
basin.
11 Sailors Injured
By Communis! fiuns
Washington U.R) Eleven
sailors were wounded when the
U. S. destroyer Shelton was hit
by Communist shore battery fire
off the northeast coast of Korea
last Friday, the Navy disclosed
Tuesday.
The Navy said three of the
wounded men are in serious con
dition. '
One shell tore a three-by-four-
foot hole in the destroyer's hull
at the water line. That and other
damage forced the Shelton to go
back to Japan for repairs. -
'Accident or Suicide'
Verdict in Gun Death
The death Saturday of Her
man G. Meyers, 64, Brownsboro,
was found today to be "either
accidental or suicide," District
Attorney Paul Haviland said
this morning. . ;
The announcement was made
after a consultation with Dr.
Homer Harris of the state crime
detection laboratory at the Uni
versity of Oregon . medical
school in Portland. -
Dr. Harris was called as a
precautionary measure, Havil
and said, at the request of Dr.
A. Erin MerkeL county health
officer. County authorities said
the wound in Mr. Meyers' head
was so extensive they believed
crime detection experts should
be consulted. The Brownsboro
man .was found near his home
with rifle wounds in the bead
about 5 p. m. Saturday. "
Dr. Harris said the wounds
were caused by one rifle bullet
fired from cloM.rania.
Reaffirms Disavowal
Of Original "Plan A"
1. Reaffirm his earlier dis
avowel of "Plan A," which or
iginally was set forth by the
Bureau of Reclamation for the '
Rogue valley area;
2. Emphasize the need to pro
ceed immediately with the com
pletion of the alternate plan, as
proposed by the Rogue River
Valley Irrigation association;
and,
3. Request Col. Ray Bessey,
chairman of the Columbia Basin
Interagency committee, to pro
ceed with arrangements for a
continuing additional study of
the long-range needs of the area.
Cost Over SlOVi Million
Secretary Chapman, it is un
derstood here, also has requested
the Bureau of Reclamation to
begin immediate work on en
gineering the specific items con
tained in the new proposal. The
plan would cost in excess of
$10V million.
The letters are addressed,
Sweetland said, to Gov. Doug
las McKay, to Victor Boehl,
Grants Pass, president of the
Irrigation association, and to
Oregon's congressional represen
tatives. ...... ...
Announcement of the secre
tary of the interior's "green
light" for the alternate plan
means that a major hurdle - in
the fight for new irrigation and
power in the area has been
cleared, following a long, drawn
out battle which originated well
before the 1948 hearing at which
Plan A was formally proposed'
by the Reclamation Bureau.
Drew Opposition
Plan A, which never gained
the support of higher authorities
in the department of the interior,
involved the construction of a
high dam across the Rogue river
at Lewis creek. It drew violent
opposition from fish, wildlife
and other recreational interests
throughout the nation.
Finally, the irrigation inter
ests of the valley came up with
the substitute plan in April,
1951, finally approving it,
slightly changed, in September.
It gained the guarded support of
the interests which had opposed
Plan A. Only opposition to the
new proposal came from a small
group of dry-land farmers, most
ly in the Sams Valley area, which
would not benefit from the new
plan. I
Medford sources who have
been close to the struggle to gain
the approval of the development
program say that engineering on
the new projects could be com
pleted in as littie as three
months. After that the project, as
set forth in the engineering plans,
will again be submitted to Sec
retary Chapman. When he ap
proves, it will be ready for in
troduction to the Congress, prob
ably at the opening of the 83rd
-session in January of next year.
Agree on Water
Irrigation districts of the area
have arrived at complete agree
ment and understanding on the
distribution of new irrigation
waters, it was reported here yes
terday. ,'
Further background on Sec
retary Chapman's attitude' to
ward the original Plan A, and
the later substitute, is contained
in a letter which he wrote Feb
ruary 15 to Sen. Guy Cordon. He
said, in part: " J
"Departmental endorsement of
the original plan was withheld
because of the many conflicting
views as to its merit, the vigor
ous opposition of organizations
interested in the preservation of
recreational areas and sports
fishing streams, and the lack of
information as to the effect the
development of that plan would
have on fisheries, mineral re
sources and recreation.
Impressed by Support
"The Department was Irrt-
pressed by the support given to
the Irrigation Association's sub
stitute plan for immediate de
velopment of the -iasin, and the
Bureau of Reclamation has been
requested to proceed with de
tailed investigations of the spe
cific items in the proposed sub
stitute plan. If it is found that
the substitute plan is consistent
with the comprehensive and bal
anced development of the re
sources of the Basin, and if the
plan is found feasible, it could
properly be carried forward as
soon as possible, before ail the
studies and investigations neces
sary to the completion of the
comprehensive plan ..." S
Weather
FORECAST: Partly etondy to
night and Wednesday with a
few fcattered showers. Ex
pected low tonight SS, Uifm
! tomorrow, 42. ......
Temp.
la Best yesterday ....sz
Lowest this morning .
JT
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