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$14,000,000 Increase
In Spending Requested
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower called today
for an increase of nearly $14,-
000,000 million in federal spend
ing on water and power projects
in Oregon and Washington.
His budget for the fiscal year
starting next July 1 asked for a
total of nearly $103,000,000 for
flood control, navigation and
reclamation projects. About
$1)3,500,000 is being spent this
year.
A separate request of $18,700,-
p0 was submitted for power
ine construction by the Bonne
ville Power administration, an
increase of $4,100,000 over the
amount being spent this year.
Talent Project Included
Larger, second-year appropri
ations were asked for work on
Hills Greek and Cougar dams in
Oregon and Ice Harbor and
Eagle Gorge dams in Washing
ton. Congress approved a start
on these projects last year.
A $2,400,000 fund was sought
for a start on the Talent recla
mation project in Oregon, and
stepped-up work was scheduled
at the Deschutes project in that
state.
The President said that funds
would be sought later for the
Jjiniper division of the Wapini-
tia project in Oregon, if it is
authorized.
Increased amounts were ask
ed, too, for the Foster creek and
Roza projects In Washington.
Partnership Re-Emphasized
At the same time, the Presi
dent re-emphasized his "partner
ship" policy for water develop
m e n t, indicating additional
funds will be endorsed for three
other projects if Congress ap
proves enabling legislation.
His budget included a $10,
000,000 federal contribution to
ward construction of John Day
dam on the Columbia river, for
the Green Peter dam in Oregon,
and the Bruces Eddy dam in
Idaho. They are to be built, he
said, "in cooperation with states,
local governments or private
groups."
A $13,850,000 item that was
included for the Columbia Ba
sin project will allow distribu
tion systems for 47,000 acres of
land to be completed in the next
fiscal year.
Foster Creek Project
On the Foster Creek project,
a $1,500,000 fund will complete
work on the Bridgeport Bar
unit.
Canals and laterals to irrigate
10,730 acres in the Kennewick
division would be financed by
a $1,288,000 allotment, and a
$1,720,000 fund would allow
continued work on the Roza
power plant.
A SI, 035,000 fund was asked
for continued work on the Hay
stack reservoir of the Deschutes
project.
e Here are the budget totals for
navigation and flood control
projects in Oregon for 1956 and
1957 respectively:
Columbia river channel,
$750,000, $1,300,000.
Coos Bay, $236,000, $439,000
Tillamook bay, $200,000, $1-
300,000.
Amazon creek $100,000, $100,
000. Johnson creek, $100,000
$100,000.
Willamette river, $300,000
-S300.000.
' Cougar reservoir, $500,000
$1,500,000.
Hills Creek reservoir, $310,
000. $2,000,000.
McNary dam, $7,500,000, $6,
000.000. The Dalles dam, $52,000,000,
$50,000,000.
The Oregon reclamation proj
ect figures:
Deschutes project, North unit
$275,000, SI, 035.000.
Talent project, nothing, $2,
400,000. Mollet Seen Possible
Premier of France
Paris U.R) Guy Mollett.
leader of the French Socialist
party, emerged today from the
juiQlle of French politics as the
most likely candidate to be
France's next premier in an al
liance with Pierre Mendes-
France.
Most observers were giving
Mollet the nod and said he could
get the premiership if he makes
anv sort of fight for it. The al
ternative appeared to be Men-
des-France as one of the leaders
of their "Republican Front."
Mendes-France called a meet
ing today of the executive com
mittee of his Radical Socialist
party to put its formal stamp of
approval on the alliance with
the Socialists and it promised to
be a stormy one.
Medford
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Vigil Maintained
As Feather River
Continues To Fall
City Remains in
Critical Situation
San Francisco (U.R) Mud
smeared levee workers sloshed
across the spongy top of the re
paired dike at Yuba City today
in belief they had saved the city
from a second inundation by the
Feather river.
Yuba City, however, still re
mained the critical situation in
the Northern California flood
disaster area.
All the coastal streams that
had gone over their banks and
driven thousands from their
homes during the week end
were reported falling today. The
crisis passed when the 48-hour
storm came to an end yesterday
afternoon.
For . a time, the storm had
threatened to duplicate the
Christmas week disaster when
floods resulted in 75 deaths and
more than $175,000,000 property
damage. Although the storm had
passed, constant vigilance had to
be maintained at Yuba City.
Critical Hours
The danger there was pin
pointed at Shanghai Bend.,
where the Feather river lapped
at the muddy top of the recon
structed levee. It was here that
the bulwarks broke at Christmas
time, sending nearly 10,000 per
sons fleeing for their lives and
killing at least 33.
At 6 a.m. today, the river
stood at 67.1 feet, a danger
point, but the river was falling
above Yuba City and the waters
were rising at the rate of only
tenth of a foot an hour at
Yuba City.
The levee at Shanghai Bend is
71 feet high, and the city levee
commission did not . believe the
water now would go over the
top.
The greatest danger, however,
was whether the levee would
continue ' to hold. Since the
Christmas break, construction
crews and heavy equipment has
been used in the three-week
struggle to restore the city's de
fenses. This work, however, was
untested, unpacked and spongy.
There always was the chance
that the river could come boiling
in from the bottom.
Heavy Equipment Moved
A crew of Army Engineers
from Camp Beale Air Force
Base, working in shifts of 100
around the clock and augment
ed by city volunteers, continued
to man the levee. Heavy equip
ment had to be removed because
it could not be used in the mud.
Upstream, north of Yuba City,
the river had dropped a tenth
of a foot at Gridley. At Oroville,
16 hours away as the stream
flows, the river had dropped
seven feet.
So far, three deaths were re
ported from the current floods,
Henry R. Beneken Sr., 64, a car
penter, apparently slipped into
Paper Mill creek behind his
home at Forest Hills in Marin
county around midnight and
drowned. Ray Stepp, 50, drown
ed in an irrigation ditch south
of Alturas, and John Maurer,
32, Eureka contractor, was kill
ed Saturday by a falling tree as
he worked to break a log jam in
a creek.
Tub
UP Passenger Train Jumps
Tracks at Biggs Junction
The Dalles (U.R) An east-
bound . Portland-to-Spokane Un
ion Pacific passenger train was
derailed at Biggs Junction east
of here early today. The en
gineer and firemen were hos
pitalized but state police said
none of the estimated 65 passen
gers was injured seriously.
The seven-car train was de
railed about 12:35 a.m. The rear
part of the two-unit diesel and
the front baggage car were on
their sides. The other cars were
derailed but were upright. One
passenger car was tilting
slightly.
Hospitalized here were R. W.
Harvey, 61, Portland, the en
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NOT SO EASY COMING OR GOING This is one of the charts which accompanied
President Eisenhower's budget message to Congress. It shows the budget dollar for
fiscal 1957, where it comes from and where it goes.
More Rain
Weather conditions in south
ern Oregon got back to normal
shortly after noon yesterday, av
erting possible extensive flood
ing by Jackson county streams.
The Rogue river at Grants
Pass crested at 15.98 feet about
2:45 p.m. yesterday, and at
Dodge bridge the crest was about
7.41 feet at 1 p.m. Flood stage
at Grants Pass is 17 feet and at
Dodge bridge 9 feet.
Warm southwest rains com
bined with a high freezing level
Friday and Saturday to bring
conditions similar to those
Another Storm
For Western Oregon
By UNITED PRESS
Another wind and rain storm
headed for soaking wet western
Oregon today on the heels of a
damaging week end blow that
caused slides and high water and
blocked highways.
The Coquille river was rising
six inches an hour this morning
and was less than a foot under
flood stage at Coquille. Several
secondary roads in the area were
closed. Water on Highway 42
between Coquille and Roseburg
was over the road in two places
but traffic was going through.
Slow Fall Predicted
River Forecaster Elmer Fisher
predicted a slow fall in tributary
streams through tomorrow with
the Willamette below Harris
burg and the lower Columbia
expected to rise. The Willamette
was a little more than two feet
under flood stage at Corvallis
at 8:30 a.m. today.
A 500-foot slide broke loose
in Portland late last night on
NW Barnes rd. near Burnside
st. Homes were shaken and
power service was disrupted.
Telephone poles were knocked
down. Several other slides were
reported in Portland during the
week end.
During a three-day period
gineer, and W. B. Ford, Port
land, the fireman. Harvey, a
veteran of 37 years on the rail
road, said' it felt like, the train
hit something. "Harvey suffered
a back injury and Ford suffered
lacerations. Both also suffered
from shock.
A special bus was sent from
Portland to take passengers to
their destinations. Although
some passengers were shaken
up, none was reported hospital
ized. One unidentified soldier
said he slept through the whole
thing.
Trains were being rerouted
down the Washington side of the
Columbia river.
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Forecast As
amage Listed
which caused disastrous floods
Christmas week.
Weather bureau officials said
the outlook, is for more showers
today, with another less severe
storms front moving into the
area about noon Tuesday. Rain
is expected to increase in north
ern California early Tuesday and
move into southern Oregon about
noon.
Westerly winds yesterday
pushed a lingering storm front
northeastward and brought cool
er temperatures relieving threat
ening conditions. The freezing
Brookings had 6.19 inches of
rain and Astoria 3.92 inches.
Rainfall in the 24 hours ending
at 4:30 a.m. today included 1.1
at Eugene, 1.09 at Salem, 1.04
at North Bend and .55 at Port
land. Highway 99 Blocked
Traffic on Highway 99 south
of Wolf Creek was blocked yes
terday by a slide.
A flash flood in the Prineville
area of central Oregon early
Sunday caused some persons to
evacuate their homes as Dry
Creek flooded. Crews were
watching a dike in Lane county
which guards 300 residents of
Willamette City.
Polls Open Until
8 for Elections
Polls will be open until 8 p.m.
today for two elections in Jack
son county.
Elections are being held in two
areas southeast of Medford on
annexation. Polling place for a
three and a half block area in
Siskiyou Heights extension is at
the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Bark
er, 601 Keene dr. Polling place
for annexation of more than
1,100 acres southeast of Medford
is at the home of Mrs. Blanche
Powell, 1920 Barnett rd.
Polls in both areas opened at
1 p.m. today and will' close at 8
p.m. Registered voters who have
lived in the area 30 days are el
igible to vote.
The other election is in Phoe
nix school district 4, where resi
dents will vote on removing the
district from the rural school dis
trict to form a first class district.
Voters registered 30 days prior
to today who have lived in the
district six months are eligible to
vote in the . grade school gym
nasium. Polls opened at 2 p.m.
and will close at 8 p.m.
Corvallis (U.R) A green
veneer mill that will employ
about 40 men will be built this
spring between Corvallis and
Philomath. .
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UDGET
Rivers
level lowered from 11,000 feet
yesterday to 4,100 feet early to
day, bringing snow in the
mountains .,... '-..'
Rivers in the area have been
receding since early afternoon
yesterday.
Bob Church, meteorologist at
the local weather bureau, said
low lands along the Rogue river
are covered when the river
reaches 7 feet at Dodge bridge,
but no serious damage is caused
at that level.
State police reported few lo
cal high water conditions yest
erday. Highway 238 was flood
ed in the Ruch area, but traffic
was moving slowly through six
to eight inches of water. Kirt
land rd. near Tolo also was
flooded.
Water lapped at the edge of
Highway 99 in the Savage Rap
ids dam area, but the highway
was not covered. Highway de
partment crews were standing
by.
Some Families Move
Civil defense volunteers work
ed around the clock Saturday
and Sunday keeping watch along
rising streams and assisting
some families to move furniture
from lower areas.
Maj. Gen. Joseph Hicks,
county civil defense director,
said workers in Rogue River
helped move belongings of a
few "worried" residents near
the river, and Shady Cove vol
unteers pulled stalled cars from
low areas and removed a numb
er of irrigation pumps from the
river.
Medford station of the weather
reported 2.32 inches of rain from
the storm.
Of the total, 1.07 inches fell
Saturday and .74 Sunday. Only
.09 was recorded from midnight
up to 10 a.m. today.
A total of 19.27 inches of rain
has fallen since the agricultural
year began Sept. 1, 1955. This
contrasts to the 8.89 total of the
dry year which began Sept. 1,
1954. Normal precipitation for
an entire agricultural year is
18.15 inches.
Lumber Mill Worker
Scalded fo Death
Toledo, Ore. (U.R) Aulta
E. Coxen, 59, employee of the
C. D. Johnson Lumber mill here
died early today as result of a
scalding suffered at the mill Sat
urday. Two co-workers Robert Smith,
33, Toledo, and Walter R. Bal
zano, 30, Newport, were injur
ed slightly in the accident.
Plant Manager Milton B. Lu
ton said the three men were
working on a steam pipe after
closing off the steam with a
valve in the boiler room. They
failed to put a note on the valve,
however, Luton said, and other
workmen unknowingly turned
on the steam.
JOS
TfilEFJT
Oft $2,400,000
H '57
President Eisenhower's budget
lic today, contains nearly $3,000,000 for projects in Jackson
county.
The largest item is $2,400,000 for a start of construction on the
Talent project.
The other item is $585,000 for continuation of work on the re
habalitation of the water distribution systems of the Medford and
Rogue River Valley Irrigation districts, which has been started.
The Talent project, when completed, will have cost an estimat
ed 522,000,000. -
Project Includes
Number of Items !
It includes a big new reservoir
for some 50,000 acre-feet of wa
ter in the Howard Prairie dis
trict north of the Green Springs
highway east of Ashland; a sys
tem of canals and tunnels to
bring the water to the Rogue
valley; a power house which will
generate about 16,000 kilowatts
of electric energy; reconstructing
the present Emigrant dam to in
crease the capacity of the reser
voir from about 8,000 acre-feet
at present to nearly 48,000 acre
feet, or an increase of six times,
creating a big addition to the size
of the lake, and extension and
improvement of the waterworks
of the Talent Irrigation district.
Also benefiting from the pro
ject will be the Medford and
Rogue Valley districts, which
will pick up surplus and "used"
water from the increased supply
of the Talent district. Some 8,000
acres of productive agricultural
land will be brought under irri
gation for the first time, and
about 27,000 acres in the three
irrigation districts will receive
supplemental irrigation water.
Project Authorized
The 1954 Congress authorized
the project. Last year, $154,000
was appropriated for planning
purposes, although it was not
called for in the administration
budget as presented. Efforts by
the members of the state s Con
gressional delegation and by
Gov.. Paul Patterson, who made
several trips to Washington, are
credited with obtaining the
amount in 1955. The planning
work is by now virtually com
pleted. Two things remain to be done
before construction can start.
Congress must approve the ap
propriation contained in the 1957
budget, which is regarded pretty
much as a foregone conclusion,
and landowners of the Talent dis
trict must vote to approve the re
payment contract with the fed
eral bureau of reclamation. An
election for this purpose will be
held in the near future.
If these actions are completed,
funds will become available at
the start of the fiscal year, July
1, and contracts can then be let.
Meanwhile, Washington re
ports indicate there is some like
lihood that sufficient funds can
be obtained in a supplemental
appropriation for the fiscal year
1956 to permit construction to
begin this spring or early sum
mer. Presumably the amount ap
propriated in this manner would
reduce the 1957 appropriation by
the same amount.
It is hoped the Talent job can
be completed in three or four
years after actual construction
starts.
No further action is necessary
in the case of the rehabilitation
work on the other two irrigation
districts, for construction already
has been authorized and started.
This year's appropriation is for
continuation of the work, which
will take about three years to
complete, and when finished will
have cost about Sl,700,000.
Sweetland To Seek
State Secretary Job
Portland U.R) Monroe
Sweetland, state senator from
Clackamas county and publisher
of the Milwaukie, Ore., Review,
yesterday announced he was fil
ing for the Democratic nomina
tion for Secretary of State in the
May 18 Oregon primary.
Sweetland, Democratic nation
al committeeman since 1948, said
he would not run again for that
post because "I do not believe
that major party officials should
be candidates for other major of
fices." "In 1956 Oregon can take
long steps forward," Sweetland
said. "With increasing popula
tion, with unbalanced industry,
and with state government too
long dominated by a few selfish
economic interests, our great
state must make a new begin
ning," he said.
Sweetland said a state govern
ment "responsive to the people's
needs" required a liberal and
Democratic legislature and a
state board of control that would
"at least be bi-partisan."
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BU0IET
for fiscal year 1957, made pub
Ultra-Modern
Weapons Listed
In Defense Budget
Washington (U.R) Presi
dent Eisenhower submitted to
Congress today a huge military
program accenting pusn-outton
weapons. .
He called for record outlays
on air-atomic power, and nearly
a $1,000,000,000 boost in mili
tary spending.
He proposed military spend
ing of $35,500,000,000 for the
year starting next July 1, to keep
more than 2,800,000 men armed
for "a long period of uncertain
peace." The defense bill, revers
ing three years of cuts, will be
$972,000,000 greater than this
year's and $14,000,000 above
last year's.
Military Spending
Military spending was the top
item in a $40,000,000,000 pack
age of "major national security
programs," designed to deter
aggression and strengthen al
liances. The other items were
$2,500,000,000 for foreign mili
tary aid, $1,900,000,000 for the
Atomic Energy Commission and
$373,000,000 for stock-piling and
expansion of defense production
facilities. ... -
In his defense budget, Mr.
Eisenhower put the emphasis
squarely on nuclear weapons
and ultra-modern means of de
livering them. He gave short
shrift to traditional warfare and
slashed funds for conventional
weapons.
Guided missile production
will be "the highest in our his
tory," the President said. The
armed forces, exploiting new
scientific break-throughs, will
buy $1,300,000 worth of those
weapons in fiscal 1957, a 39 per
cent increase over this year.
They probably will spend at
least another $200,000,000 for
research on newer missiles, bud
get figures indicated.
The budget called for an air
armada of 43,266 planes by mid-
1957. That will be a net increase
of 755 in the year. But striking
power will be increased much
more by replacement of many
additional planes with later
types. The President said pro
duction will be pushed on the
giant B-52 intercontinental jet
bomber and the supersonic F101,
F104 and F8U jet fighters, Air
craft production will run about
$6,300,000,000, a shade under
this year's.
The atomic-age military plan
called for a fleet of new war
ships, every one of them either
nuclear-powered or capable of
delivering nuclear weapons.
The lion's share of next year's
spending will be done by the Air
Force, which at last will reach
its long-sought goal of 137 wings.
Ft, Lewis Soldiers
Held for Assault
Albany U.R) Two soldiers
from Ft. Lewis, Wash., were ar
rested in a stolen car here today
and held for Marion county au
thorities on a charge of assault
and battery.
Police said Billy Mercer of
Gresham reported he had been
hit on the head with a hammer
and robbed of his billfold con
taining $15 early today by two
soldiers he had picked up in his
car near Oregon City. He said
the soldiers dumped him out
near Salem and drove off in his
car.
Mercer was picked up by a
bread truck driver and taken to
Salem where they phoned the
police.
WEATHER
FORECAST: Showers this eve
- ning. Snow level 3,500 feet.
Partly cloudy tonight. Patchy
valley log early Tuesday. In
creasing cloudiness during the
day with rain by evening.
Low tonight 35-38. High Tues
day 50.
Temp.
Highest yesterday 55
Lowest this morning 40
Prec.
.42
To 4:30 a.m. today .
Bigger Spending
Said Necessary
To Protect Peace
No Tax Cuts in
Foreseeable Future
Washington -(U.R) President
Eisenhower proudly presented
to Congress today a balanced
black ink budget calling fm.
$65,900,000,000 of federal spend
ing-
For the first time since 1951.
Treasury deficits were turned
into small projected surpluses.
Despite this, the administration
held out more firmly than ever
against tax cuts in the foresee
able future.
The President said bieepr
spending in fiscal 1957, ud
$1,600,000,000, is necessarv to
protect uncertain world peace
with "the greatest military pow
er in our peacetime nistory" and
io promote wider sharing of "our
unprecedented prosperity" at
home.
Items of major interest: $35.-
500,000,000 for the militarv
$3,600,000,000 for farm relief
$4,300,000,000 for foreign aid:
$4,900,000,000 for veterans- nH
lesser amounts to start new pro
grams or ieaeral aid for school
construction and to help depress
ed areas of the country.
iiscal 1957 is the govern
ment's bookkeeping year which
begins this July. The proposed
spending of $65,900,000,000 com
pares with $64,300,000,000 this
year.
Most of the increase was ear
marked for the titanic weapons
of tomorrow supersonic air
craft, new atomic weapons, guid
ed missiles.
Taxes on-, boomtime profits
and wages were estimated to
rise even more than spending,
from $64,500,000,000 this war.
to $66,300,000,000 in fiscal 1957.
That meant an indicated budg
et surplus, excess of receipts
over spending, of $400,000,000
for 1957. And Mr. Eisenhower
said revised figures show there
will be a surplus of $200,000,000
when fiscal 1956 ends this June
30.
Should Reriuro n,U4. . ... .....
The President in a 40,000
word budget message to Con
gress said these indicated sur
pluses were too "slim" to permit
tax relief. He said they should
be used to reduce the debt.
Secretary of Treasury George
M. Humphrey, the administra
tion's top man on tax matters.
made this more emphatic. He
told newsmen there should be
a surplus of $2,500,000,000 be
fore tax relief will be in order.
He tried hard to deflate a belief
cherished by many that the sur
plus will grow mightily by late
spring ana permit a tax cut
after all in this election year.
The secretary denied thp rpv-
enue figures had been under
estimated so a bigger figure
could be unveiled later. No ad
ditional surplus is "buried in
this budget," he said.
The projected surpluses, small
as they are, would be the first
since fiscal 1951. President Tru
man then budgeted for a $3,000,
000,000 deficit and wound up
with a $5,000,000,000 surplus.
New taxes were imposed be
cause of the Korean war and
they brought in more than had
been expected. Not since 1948
has a president actually sub
mitted a balanced budget to
Congress.
Mr. Eisenhower and Hum
phrey said the achievement of
a balanced budget is very im
portant for everyone. They said
it cements the foundations for
continued prosperity, discour
ages inflation, protects the sta
bility of wages and living costs.
Inflation is encouraged when the
government consistently spends
more than it takes in.
The budget represented the
administration's desires. Con
gress still has a lot of say about
it. However, there is general
agreement in Congress on the
need for continued heavy spend
ing for defense, veterans, farm
relief and other big items. So
material change in the spending
budget is not likely.
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Oregon School Funds
Figured Under Program
Washington U.R) Oregon
would receive $2,332,000 from
the federal government under
tentative first year figures for
the proposed five-year $1,200,
000,000 school construction pro
gram, the Office of Education
said today. Oregon would pro
vide $1,678,000 in state funds.
DOW-JONES AVERAGES
New York U.R) Dow-Jones
final stock averages: 30 indus
trials 476.24, off 5.56; 20 rail
roads 158.37, off 2.31; 15 utili
ties 63.75, off 0.26, and 65 stocks
168.67, off 1.91. Sales today were
about 2,260,000 shares compared
with 2,120,000 Friday.