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Quoddy Project, Once Pushed by
FDR, Brought Forth Again by Ike
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Prest Correspondent
Washington (U.R) Here we
go again, mused the old timer
thumbing through the files back
to May 30, 1936, when the late
Sen.- Arthur H. Vandenberg
warned the Senate that President
Roosevelt was trying to take the
treasury "moondoggling on the
Quoddy."
. Back there nearly 20 years
ago the Senate was considering
FDR's request for $9,000,000 to
continue work looking toward
harnessing the4 tremendous tides
which boil in and out of Pas
samaquoddy Bay; He wanted a
dam for hydro-electric power.
The Quoddy lies between Maine
and New Brunswick, Canada.
Not far away liqs Campobello
where FDR summered man and
boy over the years and often
pondered the tidal flow. .
t- z "Moondoggling was Vanden
berg's adaption of the more
widely used "boondoggle"': which
was the epithet attached by anti
New Dealers long ago to the less
productive make-work programs
by which the Roosevelt adminis
trations variously sought to take
up the unemployment slack.
Republican Fought Quoddy
"It sounds to me as. though
it were out of the wizard of Oz,"
the Michigan Republican con
tinued in arguing against the
presidential proposition. "A
totally unexplored, unillumin
ated undertaking." .
Remarking that promoters for
years had tried and failed to interest-investors
in plans to har
ness Quoddy, Vandenberg con
tinued; "It remained for a generous,
gullible old man named Uncle
Sam to rush in where others
feared to tread."
J.'Uncle Sam? was the name he
used, but his sharp description
was intended for Mr. Roosevelt.
And although the principal an
tagonists in the Quoddy dispute
- are long since dead, those , who
followed it over the years until
the project was abandoned well
remember the considerable emo
tion and anger it provoked. '
The Quoddy ?, project which
Vandenberg fatally attacked that
day was linked ; with FDR's
equally heroic plan to slice a
ship canal from, the gulf to the
Atlantic through Florida., The
late Sen. Joseph T. Robinson CD
Ark.), Democratic leader of the
Senate, proposed the amendment
which would have provided mil
lions to both projects. Quoddy
already had swallowed up $5,
000,000 and the engineers ginger
ly estimated - the whole cost
would reach $42,000,000.
Committees Balked
Mr. Roosevelt liked big pro
jects and the Quoddy was a big
one. His Public Works Adminis
tration and the Federal Power
Commission both said the pro
ject was no good, and congress-
- ional committees balked at it.
But FDR held out.", .
The Senate killed Quoddy and
the ship canal, 39 to 28. Earlier
the Senate already had recorded
one adverse judgment on
Quoddy. When the - then Sen.
Harry S. Truman moved; to re-
consider that one, he and Quoddy
were' linked again. t. ,.
Now on the basis of a new
commission -report, . Quoddy is
reborn. President. Eisenhower
has asked $1,000,000 .for. a new
study of . the ' practicality of
Washington Budget 1
VVoy Out of Balance -':
Olympia (U.R) Gov. Arthur
B. Langlie handed the -Legislature
a $1,181,435,453 budget to
day to cover the cost of state
'government from July 1, 1955
to June 30, 1957.
It was $40,800,000 out of bal
ance, or the amount the chief
executive said would have to be
raised in new taxes for schools.
COMING SOON
, ouY BURT v
cec?En-Lra:cn5iEn
Time
harnessing Quoddy's tides. Army-
engineers estimate the whole
new study cost at $3,000,000.
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith
(R-Me.) "'whose state jarred the
Republican Party last year, by
electing a Democratic governor,
is concerned lest Congress fail
On The Side
! (Distributed by King
Queries from clients: Q.
weren't you born on Pleasant
ave. in New York City? A. No,
sir. But I first saw the light: of
day very near there. I was born
on East 120th st., a short .way
down the block from Pleasant,
ave. Q. 'Where was the restau
rant where the ? customers en
tered by a slide? A. That was
Coffee Dan's in San Francisco.
Phrenology -'r;v -w,- .t
Phrenology .appears to be do
ing .a comeback. Some business
organizations have phrenologists
on their staffs to . do character
analyses of prospective execu
tives and sale3 talent. Incident
ally, whea. Bernard Baruch was
a lad, a 'phrenologist examined
him - and . told his ? parents he
should go' in for "finance rather
1 than . the:, medical r career they
piannea zor mm. a pnrenoiogist
also told the mother of ; Joe
Louis that her son should "en
gage in an activity in which a
major factor, is the use of the
hands." .As you know, Joe be
came a. champion - boxer and
made several million dollars us
ing his hands. . :
Among the Married '
The belief that the average
American : husband turns . his
paycheck over to his wife is a
fallacy. The husbands who do so
are strictly in the minority.' Only
38 per cent of married men turn
their- paychecks , over to their
spouses. Sixty-two per cent of
America's - husbands keep their
pay, checks, manage the family
finances and. give .their wives
allowances. How about you, sir?
How many-working wives turn
their paychecks: over to their
husbands? That's what. I would
like 'to know. Our Horses &
Women - experts have been or
dered to check on ' it. In some
states a husband, by law, can
demand that his wife turn her
earnings over to him as the legal
head of the household.
Briefly
. . When the dog in the family
is a Pekingese or a toy poodle',
it is usually a sign the husband
. THIS IS '
LIFE INSURANCE
CHECK-UP MONTH
'..,pon you
Yes, mis is the month when Prudential Agents all over die -.West
are helping policy owners revtow their life insurance
v protection to be sure, they are getting man'murr benefits.
Have you looked at your policies recently? Is your correct
name shown?. Is the beneficiary the same one you'd name
today? Does your insurance fit in with the new Social Security
program? If your family is larger now, has your coverage
been rearranged for adequate'protection?
i Ybor Prudential Agent is always glad to give you advice
: and help : oa your insurance program. But he is dedicating '
'this month to giving you extra service; to make sure your
insurance coverage is die best you can have.
Giv him m call today.
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Teeseere It. tvkart
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Monday. January 24, 19S3
By Jimmy Hatlo
to give the engineers the other
$2,000,000 when they need it.
And it doesn't take much fig
uring to estimate that if Quoddy
would have cost $42,000,000 20
years ago, it would cost any
where from $80,000,000 to $100,-
4)00,000 now,
by e. v. Duriing
Features Syndicate, Inc.).
is more than slightly dominated
by the wife. . . . It was Mark
Twain who said, "First God
made man. Then he made wom
an. Then he felt sorry for man
and made tobacco." ,
Sidelights
In all her life she has never
been kissed by any man but her
father and her first and second
husbands. So says a New Eng
ender. I could not determine
from the lady's letter whether
she was expressing pride or re
gret. .... Tallulah Bankhead is
named after a waterfall in Ala
bama. It is 'claimed she is the
only woman in the U.S.A. named
Talulah. .. . References to the
lion as "king of beasts" or the
"monarch of the jungle" should
be discontinued. A lion is not as
smart as a tiger or as brave as
a leopard.
Passing By ?
Max Hirsch, ye olde horse
manne, for over 50 years a con
ditioner of top flight thorough
breds and still going very strong.
Max now trains for the Klebergs
of King Ranch fame of Texas
That King Ranch is really quite
a remarkable establishment,
even for Texas. '"Besides all the
cattle and race horses on the
place, there v are also sau pro
ducing oil wells!
Hat Check Girl
Am asked what became of
Renee Carroll, celebrated red
haired hat check girl. Believe
she is now a hat check conces
sionaire and doing unusually
well financially. Renee, whose
real name is Rebecca Shapiro,
started her Broadway career as
a dance hostess at the Roseland
ballroom. Then she became hat
check girl at Texas Guinan's
night club. From there she went
to Sardi's, at which place; she
achieved most of her fame and
quite a fortune. .
- Fruits such as apples, oranges
and bananas contain a sugar that
is identical in food and energy
values with, the granulated
sugar used in every home.
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Seventh Clue in
MOD Mystery Man
Contest Added
The seventh clue has been
added to the March of Dimes
Mystery Man contest when iden
tity .was not guessed again last
night. t:-f':V::-
The new clue is: The saint in
clue number three is the. sailor
saint. Other, clues, are (1) Some
officials conceal , evidence. " (2)
Other officials disclose facts and
reason (3) "My. first name is the
same as one . of the saints. : (4)
There are two other men in Ore
gon holding positions identical
to mine. (5) I might, be consid
ered a southern gentlg man.' -(6)
My last name is closely related
to a Swiss fantasy.
The Mystery Man's identifica
tion follows: r He' was ; born in
California in 1904 and ' became
a Beaver in 1941. He came to
the Rogue valley in 1946. He is
a father. . : -:. v ;
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prizes for identification of the
Mystery Man are a t $5 , meal
ticket at the Chicken Pie Inn and
a basketball and football set
from Wainscott's Pharmacy.' r-
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