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Washington (U.R) Backers
of a proposed government dam
in Hells Canyon said Saturday
they hope Congress will reserve
a preliminary decision to license
construction of an Idaho Power
Company dam in the canyon.
But the company president
said his firm is "ready and anx-
La Grande. Ore. U.R)
The Oregon Stat Council of
Carpenters, in the second day
of their convention here. Sat
urday, struck out against pri
vate construction of the pro
posed Hells Canyon Dam pro
i ject.
Delegates approved a resolu
tion "thanking and commend
ing our general officers for
their interest and assistance in
this fight against private util
ities, who are attempting to
take this great damsite away
from all the people and use it
for the selfish gain of a few'
-Another resolution urged
the stare's congressional dele
gation to support bills favor
ing federal construction of the
project.
ious" to start work on its dam
to relieve power shortages. He
criticized "delaying tactics" by
"public power advocates."
The decision was handed down
by William J. Costello, an exam
iner for the Federal Power Com
mission. He recommended con
struction of Brownlee Dam, but
ruled against immediate con
struction of two other dams the
company sought licenses for
Oxbow and Low Hells Canyon.
He said construction of Brown
lee would mean that the high
government dam could not be
built
Mrs. Evelyn N. Cooper, m at
torney who represented public
power groups opposing Idaho
Power's application for - three
dams said Costello's decision will
be appealed to the commission
itself. ' "
An appeal would mean that a
final FPC decision could not be
reached for several months and
perhaps for as long as a year.
Without an appeal it could be
made in less than two months.
Mrs. Cooper said that ' state
ments in Costello's decision actu
ally favored the high dam over
the company plan. In effect the
decision, "has thrown down the
gauntlet to Congress," she said.
Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D
Ore.), a high dam advocate, said
that if the ruling "is not re
versed by a congressional decis
ion we are seeing the beginning
of the end of the Bonneville
power program in the Pacific
Northwest."
High Dam Gains
Rep. Grade Pf ost (D-Ida.) said
the decision "makes it manda
tory that Congress dispose of
the matter by authorizing con
struction of the high dam." Sen.
Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said Cos
tello's decision was based on an
assumption "beyond his power
to make," but said it would aid
in getting the government dam
approved.
Idaho Power president T. E.
Roach said his company was "un
derstandably pleased" at the de
cision and would go ahead with
Brownlee Dam "as soon as final
clearance is received."
"It is of course our earnest
hope," he said, "that the final
order of the commission will be
forthcoming as soon as physical
ly possible and that no further
obstacles or delaying tactics will
be interposed by the advocates
of public power which will be
detrimental to our customers."
Roach also said that power use
is growing so rapidly in Idaho
and the Northwest that Oxbow
application "without prejudice"
and a new application could be
filed immediately.
Sees Limited Market
Costello said a market could
be "reasonably predicted" only
for the one dam. His decision
also said that he did not make a
recommendation on the federal
dam because the chances of its
being authorized are "remote."
Backers of the dam contested
the statement but made no pub
lic estimates of the chances of
the authorization bill in this Con
gress. Hearings on it were com
pleted Friday by a Senate In
terior Subcommittee and com
mittee action is expected in a
week or two. However, ' no
House hearings have been sched
uled. Costello said in his decision
that it would be "completely use
less for the FPC to make a recom
mendation to Congress on the
proposed federal dam.
Congress already has a "great
store of data" on the proposal
and "little new or additional in
formation" could be supplied, he
said. In any event, he said, the
effect of such a recommendation
would be to "freeze" develop
ment on that section of the river
for an "indeterminate" time.
Washington GOP Sees Magnuson
As Too Strong for Gov. Langlie;
Morse-Patterson Fight Shaping
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington (Special) One
half of the Republican plan to
recapture the Senate seats of
Democrats Wayne Morse and
Warren G. Magnuson in next
year's election has just about
reached a state of collapse. .
This was the ; plan, widely
heralded in the Pacific North
west press some months ago, to
pit Oregon Gov. Paul Patterson
against Morse and Washington
Gov. Arthur B. Langlie against
Magnuson.
. The Langlie half of the gov
ernor vs. senator scheme has
been all but scrapped by Wash-
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reluctantly are coming to the
conclusion that Senator Magnu
son is invincible. They know for
a fact that Magnuson has never
been defeated in over 20 years
of running for public office and
that his popularity appears
as high as ever in the Evergreen
state, based on a recent Elmo
Roper poll taken by the GOP.
This has been the outlook here
this past week coming out of
the governors' conference which
Langlie attended, but Patterson
missed due to the legislature
being in session.
Langlie is now being pressed
by party bigwigs to run for a
fourth term at Olympia, which
most observers believe could be
his for the running, despite the
governor's announced personal
preference to step down when
his current term expires the
end of next year Up to recently,
all the talk has been for Langlie
to tackle Magnuson.
But with GOP optimism about
defeating Magnuson falling off
sharply, it is being argued that
the party cannot afford to have
its champion, Langlie, take on
Magnuson and be defeated. Bel
ter hold . the governorship and
wait until a more favorable year
to attempt to break the Demo
cratic hold on the - state's two
Senate seats. ..
While all this is still in the
backroom political , talk ' stage,
it is; thought by "observers here
that such a, development in
Washington state will have the
effect of increasing pressue on
Governor Patterson to go against
Wayne Morse. . " .
The Republican drive to win
either, or both of these two seats
that will be at stake next year
carries momentum , beyond the
usual importance attached to a
contest over, any Senate seat,
for as it now stands all four of
the Oregon-Washington seats are
occupied by Democrats, a con
dition that has served to dimin
ish quite considerably the in
fluence in legislative affairs of
Republican interests in the Pa
cific Northwest.
Moreover, the "partnership"
power policy being promoted
by Secretary of Interior Douglas
McKay for his home region is
jeopardized by the united op
position of Morse, Magnuson,
Sens. Richard L. Neuberger and
Henry M. Jackson, who have suf
ficient strength if they exert it
fully to block any ."partnership"
legislation from passage,through
the Senate as long as Democrats
control the upper house.
These are . factors . that give
weight to pressure being brought
to bear upon Patterson, who as
a senator would give the GOP
critically, needed political power
in the Senate.
Observers here, both Republi
can and Democratic, are having
all kinds of trouble deciding
whether Patterson or Morse is
currently the stronger - but
there is general agreement that
pressure for the governor to
challenge the senator is mount
ing, particularly as GOP visions
of defeating Magnuson in Wash
ington state have begun to fade
away.
Vale, Ore. (U.R) The Malheur
County budget board Friday es
timated it would cost $498,220
to run the county for the fiscal
year 1955-56.' The figure, a $50,
000 , decrease from last year's,
amounts to a $500 increase in
the tax base.
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General Agreement
To Arbitrate Near
In Railroad Strike
Atlanta U.R) The chief
union negotiator in the 55-day-old
Louisville and Nashville
railroad strike reported Satur
day that a "general agreement'
has been reached to arbitrate the
dispute. But he said details still
have to be worked out.
Reports Denied
G. E. Leightly, chief negotia
tor for the 25,000 striking non
operating employees, said re
ports "that the strike is almost
over are not true as of this mo
ment." He held out hope, how
ever, of an agreement later in
the day.
Federal Mediation Board of
ficials indicated that a formal
agreement would be reached
"within hours."
There was no immediate indi
cation whether all issues in the
55-day-old dispute would be set
tled, or whether the operating
and non-operating unions in
volved would agree to ' return
to work and arbritrate their dif
ferences later.
But there was little prospect
of settling another labor dispute
disrupting the South that of
some 40,000 communication wor
kers against Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph Co.
The CIO Communications
Workers of America urged Pres
ident Eisenhower to name an
arbitrator to bring an end to the
strike that "is causing untold
economic hardship to ' many
southern communities."
The communications workers
offered to submit all the issues
involved to ant arbitrator but
Southern Bell said it was a "cal
culated attempt to gain from an
arbitrator what the union has
not been able to justify through
collective bargaining."
Malaria is common in 12 states
of the United States. '
Sunday. Mar "31
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Korean Surrenders After
10 Years Hiding in Caves
Agana, Guam U.R) A
Korean born laborer, who re
mained at large on Peleliu island
for over 10 years, told reporters
Friday that a Japanese-indocrin-ated
fear of American "brutality
kept him from surrendering.
The holdout, Pyonggi Tak
chon, 38, was caught pilfering
food by a native family on the
famous World War II battle
ground on April 28..
Hid In Cave
Takchon said the Japanese
told him the Yanks would cut
off his ears, hands and feet, so
after the American invasion of
the island he took refuge in a
cave.
He said he lived on coconuts,
crabs, wild yams and pilfered
food, which he cooked in pots
and pans in the cave hideout. He
said he had a "long knife" for
protection.
Tachon said he stayed on the
opposite side of Peleliu from
where the native lived. He said
he sewed rags together for cloth
ing and had 360 yet on his arriv
al here. He said he did not want
to leave Guam but gave no rea
son. - i : '
Couldn't Identify Yanks
- The holdout was unable to dis
tinguish Americans from Guam
ians or Filipinos. When asked
to identify the- Yanks at the
Press conference, he grinned and
looked puzzled. But his . eyes
popped when he was told the
Japanese were beaten in Korea
Study of Klamath .
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Klamath Falls, Ore. OJ.R)
A scientific study of Upper
Klamath lake algae was a step
nearer Saturday following tenta
tive approval of $1,000 in the
city budget contingent on sup
port from the county.
The study would be carried in
conjunction with Oregon State
college. Total outlay would be
$15,000. ' ,
during World War II.
' Takchon said he came to An-
guar island in 1942 from Teisea
City, South Korea, where he had
farmed. He was conscripted into
a Japanese navy labor battalion,
and sent to work on Peleliu air
strips and fled to the hills when
the Americans attacked.
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