TWO MEDrORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday. June 16. 1953
Northwest Democratic Senators
Muster Strength for Power Funds
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington (Special) Pa
cific Northwest Democratic sen
ators are mustering their full
strength this week in a bid for
additional funds for hydroelec
tric projects in the public works
appropriations bill.
Essentially, their aim is to re
cover from the sharp setback
dealt out last week by the House
Appropriations Committee when
it knocked out requests for plan
ning funds for John Day dam,
construction funds to start Ice
Harbor dam, and when it re
duced funds for many other proj
ects now under construction.
Traditionally, the Senate has
been more generous in approv
ing appropriations for Northwest
river development work and in
the final compromises between
House and Senate, the region has
usually received more than the
House originally approved but
slightly less than the Senate was
willing to grant. Sometimes the
House wins out completely, how
ever, as it has in consistently
blocking Ice Harbor dam even
when funds for it have in the
past been voted by the Senate.
Likewise planning money for
John Day dam last year gained
acceptance in the Senate, after
being rejected by the House, but
In the drawnout compromise
sessions between representatives
of both chambers the funds were
lost.
Democrats this year see more
than simply the customary see
saw battle for money, for the
outcome this session may sharp
ly affect the current power pol
icy fight in which they are en
gaged with Republicans and the
Eisenhower administration. Thev
recognize that the Democratically-controlled
House committee
last week put them in a fairly
deep hole in their quest for
continued financing of Columbia
River projects by means of con
gressional appropriations.
That is, the committee handed
the GOP a prime example to
illustrate Republican arguments
that Congress no longer is will
ing to put up the necessary funds
to develop the amount of elec
tric energy that will be needed
In the Pacific Northwest during
the next few decades. Unless the
Senate restores the money cut
out by the House committee,
Democrats will have consider
able difficulty answering this
GOP contention.
Rep. Sam Coon (R-Ore.), as
soon as it was announced that
federal planning funds for John
Day had been rejected by tffe
committee, issued a statement
in which he claimed that the
only solution lies in "partner
ship" financing of the project
under his bill which would per
mit local utilities to put up part
of the funds for financing the
dam.
In the first two years of the
Eisenhower adminis tration,
when the "partnership" power
policy was laid down by the
Interior Department, Republi
cans controlled Congress. Demo
crats argued then that it was
impossible to get new projects
approved by a GOP Congress in
the face of this new power pol
icy, but they stuck to their pre
ference for federal financing of
future dams on grounds the
Democrats would return to pow
er and resume the power devel
opment program started during
the Roosevelt administration and
continued under Truman.
This year, with a divided gov
ernment composed of Republl
cans controlling the executive
branch and presiding for the
"partnership policy and Dem
ocrats controlling Congress and
opposing that policy, some test
of strength is at hand.
Oregon's three Democrats
Sens. Wayne Morse, Richard L.
Neuberger and Rep. Edith Green
joined in asking the House Ap
propriations Committee to in
crease the administration s re
quest for federal funds for
Northwest projects; but instead
the committee reduced these re
quests. Republican Congressmen
Coon and Harris Ellsworth have,
on the other hand, sought ac
ceptance of their "partnership"
bills for John Day and for Cou
gar and Green Peter dams but
the outlook for their enactment
bv this Congress appears as
doubtful as the prospect of
getting added appropriations.
Indications from this test of
strength are that no new proj
ects will be started under either
policy until the current deadlock
is broken.
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STAY WAY FROM MY DOOR Jack Pepper, manager of
the Las Vegas News Bureau, tries a little wishful thinking
to stem the tide flooding his office in two feet of water. The
unusual flooB followed a freak hail storm and cloudburst
that hit Las Vegas, Nev., causing an estimated million dol
lar damage It was the "sunshine" resort city's worst storm
in more wan 30 years.
Activities Many
In 4-H'ers School
At OSC This Week
Corvallis The 50 4-H club
members from Jackson county
attending annual summer school
at Oregon State college are find
ing a profitable and pleasant
combination of special events
and entertainment along with
their classes.
More than 1,800 4-H'ers from
across the state are taking part.
It opened June 14 and will end
June 24.
One of the highlights each
year is a Sunday service com
pletely planned and carried on
by club members. It is scheduled
Sunday, June 19, at 11:15 a.m.
in-the coliseum.
International Night
International night is slated
that evening, giving club mem
bers an opportunity to learn
about foreign- countries from
foreign students who are on the
OSC campus and from Interna
tional Farm Youth exchanges
A parade of international flags
will be repeated this year.
George Spaur, state forester
and leader in the Keep Oregon
Green association, will be the
afternoon assembly speaker for
Forestry day, Monday, June 20.
The evening program will fea
ture stunts from each living
group.
Oregon State fair, Oregon
Fairs association, and Pacific In
ternational Livestock exposition
will be represented at Fairs day
June 21. Talent night, is sched
uled for the evening assembly.
It features the best, talent among
the club members.
Assembly Program
On Wednesday, June 22, the
Oregon State Elks association
will cooperate on theafternoon
assembly program. The big event
for the evening program is the
annual summer school 4-H club
style revue. The girls, with some
boy escorts, will parade their
sewing and modeling skills.
Award presentations are slated
for the Thursday afternoon as
sembly. The annual radio revue
combined with finalists in the
Share-the-Fun breakfast will pre
cede the Candlelight ceremony
ending the 40th annual summer
school.
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mother, "I'm not going down in
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Juvenile Grange
Central Point Juvenile Grange
No. 73 will meet June 17 at the
Central Point Grange hall. Mrs.
Carley will present the awards
won at State Grange. The His
tory Scrapbook won third and
Joan Dobrot took third in the
sewing. Plans for a picnic or
party should be made at this
meeting. Also, please ask your
parents to turn in their sales
slips.
Eagle Point Council
Sets Budget Session
Eagle Point The Eagle Point
city council will hold for a spe
cial meeting Tuesday, June 21,
for adoption of the 1955-56
budget, according to City Re
corder Minnie G. Hinson.
Art Kents, city councilman,
retired from the council because
of ill health. Louis (Sandy) Clave
was sworn in Saturday, June
11, to take his position.
Infested Strawberry
Plant Spray Advised
Strawberry, plants infested
with insects should be sprayed
with Malathion, Don Berry,
Jackson County Horticulture
agent, said today.
Berry said plants and fruit
are being damaged by the Straw
berry Leaf Roller, an insect
which rolls leaves and turns
them brown, and the spider
mite, which removes color from
leaves. He said berries should
be picked before spraying, and
a period of a week to 10 days
lapse before picking berries af
ter spraying.
The infection of the insects
was brought about by recent
hot weather, Berry said. Plants
also may wilt from insufficient
roots, and can be corrected by
more frequent irrigation, Berry
said.
Eugene (U.R) J. B. Dyer,
Portland, has been named alum
ni secretary at the University of
Oregon.
Waterville, Me W.E) Eight-1 were mainstay of Colby college
year-old Joseph Jabar, already 1 basketball, football and baseball
engaging in athletics at St. Jo-i teams. Four of them Herbert,
seph's parochial school, has no
problem i a choice of college.
It'll be Colby. His five brothers
Norman, John and Paul gradu
ated in the same year, 1953. The
fifth, Tony, graduated last year.
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