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o TEK MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday, March 1. 1958 Salem (U.P.i A possible new legal barrier faced dam projects on the Snake river and Oregon's Deschutes river today. Robert Y. Thornton, Oregon's Democratic attorney general, issued an opinion holding that two private utility companies would be violating Oregon crim inal law in proceeding to con struct dams at Hells Canyon on the Snake and at the Pelton site on the Deschutes without a li cense from the State Hydroelec tric Commission. Idaho Power" Company has a federal OK for construction in Hells Canyon as has Portland General Electric Company on the Deschutes. Some officials saw the possi bility of a long drawn-out legal battle which could go to the U. S. Supreme Court. Penalties Listed. Thornton's opinion was in a letter to State Rep. Robert J. StpwarH TCpatino nemnrrat. The attorney general also sent let- Mamie Joins Ike Following Message Washington (U.P.) With outstretched hand, . President Eisenhower last night placed "my 4amie" just where she will be in the campaign months ahead by his side. The public only got a glimpss of the first lady during the President's television talk. It came when, at Mr. Eisenhow er's bidding she momentarily stood by his gide before the cameras at the Conclusion of the telecast. But earlier, Mrs. Eisenhower was giving the President moral support while sitting just out of camera range during his speech. Her eyes never left his face. And when he finShed and beck oned her to join him, she grasp ed his hand with a tremulous' smile that gave away hej- feel ings. Yesterday, in response to a flood of inquiries for her reac tion to the President's decision, Mrs. Eisenhower relayed to re porters' that she would be at the President's side when he ad dressecfe the nation, just as she always has been. The President saw to it that she was. ters to Robert F. Vaughan, Bak er county district attorney, and to Warren H. Albright, Jeffer son county district attorney, ask ing them to investigate reports that the two companies were actually engaged in building the dams. Penalties for proceeding with construction without a license, Thornton said, were S1000 fine or six months imprisonment, or both. Thornton's letter to Steward said, in part: "Idaho Power, by seeking application for a pre liminary permit from the hydro electric commission of Oregon, has submitted itself to the state's jurisdiction. The company has asked the hydroelectric commis sion to approve this application and issue a license with the ac companying right to appropriate a certain quantity of water from the Snake river. In approving this application the Oregon Hy droelectric Commission must follow Oregon, law and be gov erned by the mandatory limita tions imposed therein, regardless of the rights and privileges granted under the federal pow er act, until otherwise determ ined by the Supreme Court of Oregon." Thornton said that to his knowledge the commission had not waived any of the statutory requirements for a preliminary permit and added, "I advise you that the applicant, the Idaho Power Company, is in violation of the provisions of the Oregon law and subject to criminal pen alties. Thornton told Albright, the Jefferson county district attor ney: "It appears that the Port land General Electric Company is proceeding to construct the Pelton dam without obtaining a license from the hydroelectric commission of Oregon. This ap pears tore a plain violation of the Oregon law." Thornton said he has been studying the legal problems of the two companies since the U. S. Supreme Court upheld a federal license for Pelton dam. Thomas E. Roach, president of Idaho Power, said his firm had been advised "by competent legal counsel" that the company "has done nothing that in any way c o n f 1 i c t s with, any ap plicable or overriding provisions of Oregon law." "Idaho Power is proceeding with, the construction of its Brownlee project under author ity of a federal license issued by the Federal Power Commission . he said. Baker county officials, where jurisdiction of the Idaho Power case would lie in Oregon, fore cast that the company would demur to any charge and take the care "all the way to the Foreign Policy To Move Off 'Center' Washington U.R) President Eisenhower's decision to seek a second term will move foreign policy operations off "dead cen ter" at a crucially important time, officials said today. They also said the President's decision promised stability and continuity' in American foreign policy during the coming months even though it is sure, to be. a campaign issue. Officials frankly acknowl edged that election year attacks and doubt as to whether the President would run frequently have caused indecision in foreign policy recently in the face ofi new Communist challenges. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles had no comment on the President's decision. But Djilles' big smile betrayed his true feel ings. Informants said foreign affairs played a big role in Mr. Eisen hower's decision to run. They said the President wanted to continue pushing vari ous foreign policy programs through Congress, the United Nations and other international agencies. Also, they said, the President was "particularly dijrbed" by Democratic charges that Ameri can foreign policy under his ad ministration has been 'misguided and mishandled. " l United States Supreme Court if necessary." PGE Board Chairman Thomas W. Delzell declined to comment until company attorneys have time to study, the ruling. Japan's First Jet Squadron Formed Tsuiki, Japan (U.R) Japan's first F86 Sabre jet combat squad ron was formed today to the screaming accompaniment of its first eight jet fighters. . Watching proudly as the Sabre jets swept past with the blood red rising run. insignia on their fuselages was Maj. Gen. Minoru Genda, a Japanese ljsro of World War II who was aboard the car rier Akagi for the attack on Pearl Harbor. ' Genda is now commander of the fighter-interceptor training wing which came into being Dec. 1. He hopes to train pilots for 1300 planes by 1960. ' it ' v , it 'llllf.: ' FOLLOWING FLIGHT OF BALL, President Eisenhower has just taken practice swing before playing on Glen Arvin Country Club course at Thomasville, Ga. (International) More Salk Vaccine Allotted to Oregon Portland OJ.R) Another 3645 cc's of Salk vaccine have been allotted to Oregon, Dr. Harold M. Erickson, state health officer, said today. Dr. Erickson said the additional will go into regular commercial channels. The release, the second in five days anonunced for Oregon, ;will come with the Wyeth Company. 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