Power Probe 'Proves Dud' for
States in Pacific Northwest
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington Neither political
tide emerged looking very pure
from the congressional investiga
tion of the "partnership" power
policy of the Eisenhower admin
istration which was concluded
this past week.
Neither the Democrats on the
House Government Operations
subcommittee who promoted the
probe and wrote their findings
before it was over; nor the Re
publicans on the committee who
collaborated with Interior De
partment officials in trying to
defend the administration and
discredit the investigation; nor
Assistant Secretary of Interior
Fred Aandahl, who was dis
closed to have tried to promote a
power contract involving Geor
gia co-ops after it was ruled
illegal by the attorney general.
From start to finish, the dry
subject of kilowatts was en-
livened as best the participants
could manage it by firing verbal
volleys back and forth in the
committee room. That these fiery
exchanges might not be lost on
the attending newsmen, their
Authors kept nearby mimeograph
machines humming to provide
copies for the press.
Rep. Earl Chudoff (D-Pa.) had
grabbed the early headlines by
announcing that administration
officials would be called on to
answer charges made against
the power policy. The adminis
tration had its first innings when
Aandahl took the witness stand
the first day, as an aide passed
out copies of his speech. He
claimed the power shortage in
the Northwest was due "to the
threat of federal regional monop
oly and absorption of local investments."
When the group took a week
end breather, Rep. Clair Hoff
man (R-Mich.) charged that the
staff attorneys who questioned
the administration officials were
biased in favor of public power,
inasmuch as one formerly
worked for Interior under the
past administration and the
other for a group of Colorado
co-ops.
Witness followed witness,
often after they had conferred
just outside the hearing room in
private with Rep. Charles R.
Jonas (R-N.C), who emerged as
the administration's advocate in
the proceedings.
The last witness, Bonneville
Administration William A. Pearl,
was hardly off the witness stand
before Chairman Chudoff pulled
out his concluding statement,''
mimeographed and ready for dis
tribution. "In the Northwest we have ob
served a policy of do-nothingism
which can be explained only as
being designed to wreck the fed
eral power program in that
area," said the statement that
was written before all the evi
dence was in. "Development has
been deliberately stopped in the
Northwest."
Chudoff had scarcely leaned
back to survey the wreckage
when Jonas leaped in with his
rebuttal, also written out in ad
vance for this final moment.
"Those directing the inquiry
have prejudged the case," he
averred. "It bears all the ear
marks of an inquisition rather
than an. investigation" which he
added was designed to "discredit
the Interior Department."
In its attention to the North
west, the committee came up
with nothing new that was sub
stantial in the way of specific
charges. It simply sought to fit
together a series of events to
show that a pattern of favoritism
to provide power companies to
the disadvantage of public power
preference groups had devel
oped. The principle complaint was
that co-ops and PUDs were being
compelled to agree to new pow
er contracts with Bonneville in
which they no longer were guar
anteed their full power require
ments but were limited to tak
ing on new power loads no
greater than 10,000 KW each
per year.
Dr. Pearl seemed to cut the
ground out from under this com
plaint when he told how two
PUDs, at Wenatchee and Pasco,
had tried to obtain large blocks
of power for prospective alumi
num plants who could not obtain
the power directly from BPA
due to the regional power short
age. As far as the Northwest was
concerned, the power probe
proved to be a dud.
4-H Club News
Plan Dinner
Prospect 4-H clubs plan a pot
luck dinner at Prospect Commu
nity hall at 7:30 p.m. Friday,
October 28. Awards for this year
will be presented.
Members eligible for awards
are Norman Jantzer, Dicky
Bean, Larry Bean, Roma Shafer,
Kathleen Halley, Helen Jant
zer, Janet Bean, Jill Hedgpeth,
Sally McKillop, Ronelda Grif
feth, Eldonna Bean, Mary Ann
Hubbard, Laura Bean, Linda
Patton and Fay Jantzer.
Those attending are to take
table service and a food dish. All
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Plans Set Up for
First Meeting of
New 4-H Group
A new 4-H club is being or
ganized for the Phoenix, Fern
Valley, and Talent area, it was
announced today by County 4-H
agent Glenn Klein.
The first meeting of the new
club will be early in November
in Phoenix for signing up of
projects. The date and exact
place of the meeting will be an
nounced later.
The new club will be made up
of former members of Valley
View, Fern Valley and Wagner
Creek clubs who found the dis
tance to the new consolidated
club at Bellview too far to
travel. Several former leaders
of these clubs will help in the
new one.
Projects in the new club for
which leaders are already avail
able for the coming year are
cooking, sewing, sheep, pig' and
beef projects, and tractor main
tenance. Other projects which
can be taken are entomology,
forestry, poultry, rabbits, home
making, child care, dairy, elec
tricity, canning and freezing.
Anyone interested in becom
ing a 4-H club member or leader
is welcome, Klein said. Boys
and girls who will reach their
ninth birthday by Jan. 1, 1956,
are eligible to participate in the
4-H program this year, and can
exhibit at the annual Jackson
.County 4-H Fair which will be
held next August.
The 4-H 'program takes in a
variety of interests and it is not
necessary to live on a farm, as
many projects can be carried on
in the house or backyard, Klein
stated.
Further information may be
obtained from the county agent's
office at the courthouse.
Grange
Gold Hill Grange
Gold Hill Grange held its
regular meeting Oct. 20 with
30 members present.
Nora Waite was substituting
for our worthy secretary who is
convalescing from surgery.
After the business meeting,
the lecturer put on a program
with readings and tableaux of
the U.N. and of the gay nineties.
The most important business
at hand is the Anniversary din
ner to be given Sunday, Oct.
30. This will be a ham dinner
with all the trimmings. Serving
will start at 12:30 p.m.
The next regular serving com
mittee at the Grange will be
the Hoists and Bob Cooks.
Tillamook. Burn Snag
Sale Set for Nov. 78
Salem (U.R) Sale of some
18,000,000 board feet of snags
in the Tillamook burn will be
conducted by oral bid Nov. 18,
State Forester Dwight L. Phipps
said here.
The snags are Douglas fir and
Western red cedar and are lo
cated on 1680 acres of land in
the Wilson river area. Foresters
advised that an access road en
ters the area. The minimum price
which will be considered is
$281,250.
NewPackardsToGo
On Display Nov. 3
The new 1956 Packard models,
featuring electric "push-button"
motoring with a powerful V-8
engine, will go on display at the
Cooksey Motor company, 134
South Riverside ave., Nov. 3, J.
Orbin Cooksey, owner, has an
nounced. The newly styled Packards,
available in hardtop, converti
ble and sedan models, .have ah
all-aluminum encasement which
eliminates 95 pounds of "dead
weight." The vehicle's Ultra
matic is one of the lightest and
most versatile automatic trans
missions in the automobile field,
Cooksey said.
The new Packards are pow
ered by 310-horsepower and 290
horsepower V-8 engines, which
have a 10 to one compression
ratio. 'The engines develop 405
foot pounds of torque at 2,800
rpm, Cooksey said. Torque pro
vides power for normal driving
ranges where high performance
is an important contribution to
safety, Cooksey said.
Grants Pass Man
Raises Potato Crop
Grants Pass Commercial
growing of potatoes was conduct
ed near here this season for the
first time in many years. Melvin
A. King raised 10 acres of netted
gems on former hop-growing
lands on Lower River rd.
King said his crop will total
between 200 and 220 tons, and
will scales about 50 per cent U.S.
Extra No. 1, or good potatoes of
six ounces or better. About half
of these will be "bakers," 12
ounces or more.
Southern Oregon has never
been a major commercial potato
raising area, although several
acres were raised during the war
for use at Camp White. Klamath
Falls is a major potato center.
Sunday. October 23, 195S
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEH
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POLICE COURT
Kenneth Allen Babb. no Oregon
operator's license, $10; indaequate
muffler. S5.
Josephine Elizabeth McGowan, vio
lation of basic rule, $10.
Carl Ralph Spencer, violation of
basic rule, $10.
Loretta Virginia Lehman, violation
of basic rule, $10.
Joan E. Amidon, violation of basic
rule, $10.
Robert Lexas Taylor, violation of
basic rule, $10.
Kenneth Lyle Tucker, excessive
noise (muffler) $10.
Elva Lola Neff, violation of basic
rule, $10.
DISTRICT COURT
Robert S. Chase, no operator'! li
cense. $6.
Roger Roberts, overheight load. $19.
(bail forfeiture)
John Paul Hartsook. failure to stop
at a stop sign, $10. (bail forfeiture)
John Robert Cochran, no tail light,
$10. (bail forfeiture)
' Alvin Alan Alexander, truck speed
ing. $lS. (bail forfeiture)
Robert William Vamey. failure to
legalize a load. $15.
Maurice Leo Hildenbrand. truck
speeding, $10.
Virgil Lavelle Henry, failure to
operate on the right side of the high
way, $6. ,
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