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EIGHT MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Monday, Juna 18. 1958 Hells Canyon Dam Issue Pomises To Be One Of Most Interesting Sideshows in Congress By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribu Correspodent Washington The Hells Can yon dam drama is fast approach ing a dramatic political climax, with every thing but cow boys and In dians in sight to make this one of the more in teresting side shows of the final weeks of this Congress. l trz. 1- . ine way i a. Bobi. smiui turns out will undoubtedly have sharp po litical repercussions in Washing ton, Oregon and Idaho, if not in the West as a whole this criti cal election year. Pacific Northwest Democrats in both Houses and Senate are mobilizing their strength their party has to push through to a decisive vote the legislation that would authorize federal con struction of a high dam in Hells Canyon of the Snake River. Their main source of strength lies in the whiphand of the Democratic leaders. Sen. Lyn don Johnson and Speaker Sam Raybum, who have agreed to make the bill a party issue against the GOP. Morse, Maemuson Anxious Those most anxious to put the bill across are Sen. Wayne Morse, who will be running for reelection against Douglas Mc Kay, the ex-secretary of Inter ior who officially opposed the high dam; and Sen. Warren G Magnuson, who will be running for reelection in Washington state against Gov. Arthur B Langlie, another critic of Hells Canyon dam. Mobilizing the opposition to the bill is the Eisenhower ad ministration, which would pre fer to have Idaho Power Co. go through with its plans for build ing smaller dams in that stretch of the Snake. The administra tion is applying all the pressure it can to Republicans and doubt ful Democrats to get them to top the Hells Canyon drive. Although the GOP lacks party votes to control either chamber, it is relying on some southern Democrats to join the opposition on this bill. The other big ad vantage the administration has is control of the White House. where a veto by the president could kill the bill without doubt. whether the simple majority vote is there to pass the bill through both houses is in doubt, but there is no question that a two-thirds vote needed to over ride a veto is not in sight. President on Spot But the White House hopes not to have to become the final focal point on this major re source development issue. One western Republican senator who is a member of the Senate In terior Committee, where the bill is pending, disclosed that he was told by an administration of ficial: "You've got to stop the Hells Canyon bill in Congress to pre vent the president from being put on the spot." This senator said he replied with noticeable indignation: "Why should we have to take him off the spot? Isn't he the leader of our party?" There is no question but what western members of Congress are on the spot on Hells Canyon, not because of it as a specific project which they might like or dislike in itself. But because for years it has been the rule for westerners as a bloc to stick together in common support of federal projects for water de velopment. Unless they did this, they found eastern lawmakers could more easily kill them off in their antipathy for what many regarded as western boon- Four Bodies Removed From Air Crash Site Kelso, Wash. U.R) A ground party arrived back here early yesterday with the bodies of four persons, the victims of a light plane crash more than a month ago., Cowlitz county sheriff's offi cers identified the bodies as those of four Californians who had been missing since their plane disappeared May 11 on a flight from Renton, Wash., to Eugene, Ore. Aboard the craft were A. D. Posten, 35, pilot of the plane. his wife Dorothy, 35, both of Redondo Beach, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Leep, both about 35, of La Mirada, Calif. Officers said that the plane wreckage was discovered about 6:30 p.m. Saturday evening by "Allen Burgin and William Stokes, two losgers who had gone to the remote area in search of salvagable timber. The crash scene was described as being in "very rough and rugged country, about 15 miles southwest of here. Rape-Killer of Young Girl Sought Vernal, Utah U.R) Police sought today the rape-killer of a teen-aged drug store clerk whose body was found Sunday in the Ashley canal, three miles south of Vernal. Norma Rodcbeck, 17, was last seen June 13 when she left the drugstore for home. Her beaten and sexually-mutilated body was found in the canal by her em ployer, Blaine Anderson, and Ray Cundick. Sheriff L. M. Snyder said a coroner's examination revealed the girl's body had been slashed in several places. There were bruises all over the body and black and blue marks about the throat. The girl was definitely the victim of a sexual attack, Sny der said. He added that her clothes had been violently torn from her body doggies. Two Ht Vital Staka Two Colorado lawmakers. Sen. Eugene D. Millikin and Rep. J. Edgar Chenoweth, are key Republicans who at the mo ment have a vital stake in whether or not the western bloc is to stick together or fly apart along partisan lines. Because of fears for the fate of a reclama tion project in their state, they have indicated they will vote for the Hells Canyon bill. Be cause they each sit on the com mittees handling the bill, their votes may make the difference between sending it to the floor of House and Senate or killing it off. A good many Democratic backers of the Hells Canyon bill feel they have been double-crossed by inter-mountain state Re publicans whom they helped earlier this year to get the $760 000,000 federal Upper Colorado storage-power project enacted into law They thought they could count on these same Re publicans to help them with Hells Canyon when it came up later with half as big a price tag. Sen. Arthur V. Watkins (R- Utah), leader of the Upper Colo rado bill fight, claims he made no deals with anyone to support Hells Canyon in return for sup port of his bill. Hells Canyon advocates' don't claim he made a deal, but they thought he would abide bv the old rule of the West in Congress. Power Question Private utilities are fighting the Hells Canyon bill with all their might, having made quite an issue in recent years of the private vs. public power ques tion involved in development of the Snake River. If the Hells Canyon bill were enacted, it would jeopardize ,, the Idaho Power scheme, just as comple tion of Idaho Power's three dams would prevent the high dam from ever being built. The Upper Colorado bill went through by wide margins, but it had the administration's vigorous support. Its adoption was an administration victory. The final votes on Hells Canyon are expected to be close, but adoption of this bill would be a major upset for the administra tion although the president can always have the last word. Either way it turns out, it will provide campaign fodder the partisan battlers in many a western political contest this fall, especially in the senate races of the Pacific Northwest. Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent Aline Mosby Hollywood U.R Judy Holiday eased herself clumsily down on her movie set today in m-vr i 1 and confessed VST ' . WZZffV . : the u 1 1 imate mate in non glamour: A waistline pad ded to 38 inch es for an en tire picture. Usually a n expectant mo ther is coyly portrayed in the movies by a woman in a smock or heavy coat standing behind a table. But for probably the first time in Hol lywood films, an actress now will play every scene in a full length movie, "Full of Life," as a very pregnant woman. "I'm wearing pads because this picture is all about my stom ach," said Judy in that slightly sing-song voice that has made her the queen of light comedy. "I'm enjoying it tremendously." Always Annoyed "I've always been annoyed by these movies in which pregnant women look just darling and so comfortable. This Is a very real story. Why movies never showed pregnant women before, I don't know." To make Judy look 38 inch es around the middle the ward robe department outfitted her with a white gauze undergar ment suitably padded. She has two outfits one for Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Superior, Wis. U.R) Former Ambassador to India Chester Bowles, on the Republican claim the U.S. has an effective foreign policy: "It is a fraud designed to lull the American people into a false complacency at a time when they can least afford such a luxury." Philadelphia Dr. Burril Crohn, first man to diagnose ileitis, the disease for which President Eisenhower underwent surgery, on whether another attack can be expected: "You should not be expecting any recurrences." Ruston, La. Murder suspect Jerry Mathews, to the slain man and a would-be victim before the shooting: "You didn't think I meant it when I said I was going to kill both of you.". Washington Sen. Esles Kefauver, on why his criticism of Adlai Stevenson, during the Florida primaries, became bitter: "I got mad and lost my head after Millard Caldwell said a lot of nasty things about me and Stevenson didn't do anything about it." :. New York David J. McDonald, president of the United Steel workers, on why joint contract talks between the union and the Big Three steel companies have been recessed; "We have called in negotiating teams to meet with 11 major companies because we have got nowhere in our talks with the Big inree. TheyH Do It Every Time -... - By Jimmy Hatlo J:..'(T hJVeoBHen rffc imsu' Tnrrr roast' Vctdamri rn (HE MEMBERS OP THE HORSECMESTEI? COUNTRY CLUB KICKED ALL OVER THE PUCE 4 BOOT THE SIMPLICITY OF THE MENU SCORNED BEEF HASH! T POT ROAST.' Y SCRAMBLED ' EVERY DAY THIS WEEK.' PHOOEy.'WU4Tj EGGS.'VOuT?E BAUf THEy SERVE V4M I RdyiNS THE C144IRM4N F4NCIER FOOD ATA U DUES IN THIS J OF THE HOUSE bower y soup rn club for? yj COMMITTEE-DO 1 ' is VERy eooo today V K- . s&a I OR MIGHT I SUGGEST Wj3aBE- W ,J?l I So THE CLUB WENT tiggggg? 'TURNED 6EET) f iS 1 ALL OUT AND HIRED Vgf$l&5& UASU! UaySB ALSqH ACLASSY FOREIGN W&-!? CHEF-SO WW4T? V J4MBONR4TE? J POT V rrtL HE THe JS. SO YOU GUESSED WOTJJIy DR4MS led fjgj : Lebanon AreaScanned For Missing Airplane Lebanon U.PJ Planes took to the air again today in the te dious job of searching heavily forested mountains for a private plane missing since Thursday with its two passengers. Planes and ground parties spent a fruitless day yesterday, running down possible leads and searching the densely wooded area. The search today centered on the west slope of the Cascade range of mountains near the South Santiam highway east of here. Missing aboard the craft are Dr. Ralph Johnston, about 35, a Lebanon dentist, and Hardwick 1 Hanson, 32, a Seventh-Day Ad ventist evangelist of Salem. The pair has been missing since they took off from here Thursday, en route to Minne apolis. Minn., where their wives . were visiting relatives. NO LAP DOG Johannesburg. South Africa (U.R) Farmer Edwin Jacobs said today he had had no trouble with marauders or burglars since he installed a lion as a "watchdog" 19 months ago. The 4P0-pound lion roars throughout the night, scaring off prowlers. It was brought from a Pretoria zoo as a six-week-old cub. Notice Due to changes now in progress at our sawmill we will no longer be in position to take orders for green-cut slabwood. o o o Orders for this years DRY SLABWOOD may be placed and delivered any time now. Get yours early, avoid the rush. TimberP Company Phone 2-8086 the eight-month period and the other to wear in the scenes be- fore she goes to the hospital to have the baby. Most actresses would pale at the thought of hiding their fig ures in such a role. But Judy yawns she has no worries about disguising her trim figure on the screen. Chance to Relax "I can relax and I don't have to hold my tutnmy in," she said. "I don t have to wear all those cinches and girdles. And I don't have to diet! These maternity clothes cover everything." Judy has a real-life exper ience to draw from as she has a child of three. She and her husband reportedly are separ ated but she refuses to discuss her marital situation. She also remembers the actual pregnant appearance of Lucille Ball on televisions "I Love Lucy" for the months before Miss Ball had her real-life baby. That show, she thinks, may have broken the ice for the acceptability of "Full of Life." The movie also marks Judy's swansong to Hollywood for two years. She's returning to New York to begin rehearsals in Sep tember for her first appearance on Broadway' in seven years and her first musical, "The Bells Are Ringing." Hawaii came under jurisdic tion of the United States offi cially in 1898. ( Oregon Publishers j Elect Oregonian Chief as President Bend (U.R) Members of Ore gon Newspaper Publisher Asso ciation elected M. J. Frey, pub lisher of The Oregonian, as their new president Saturday at the group's convention here. C. L. McKinley of The Times, Junction City, was elected vice president and Philip N. Bladine, News Register, McMinnville, treasurer. Carl C. Webb was re tained as secretary-treasurer. Al ton F. Baker of the Eugene Register Guard was named as the ONPA representative-at-large for the board of trustees for the Eric Allen Memorial Fund. Directors Elected . The six directors are Albert Hawkins, Valley News, Beaver ton, district 1: Ed Coman, the Independent, Woodburn, district 2; Art Lowe, The Gazette-Times, Corvallis, district 3; John E. Voorheis, Grants Pass Courier, district 4; Mary. E. Brown, the Spokesman, Redmond, district 5; and Don Lynch, Argus Observer, Ontario, district 6. - A feature of the convention's banquet Friday night was the presentation of the Amos Voor heis plaque, an award given for outstanding achievement in jour nalism. The plaque was awarded to Phil F. Brogan, and presented Jon Peerce Receives Ovation in Russia . Moscow (U.R) A Russian audience gave Metropolitan Opera star Jan Peerce a 10-min-ute ovation when he completed singing the lead role of Alfred in Verdi's "Traviata," here Sunday night. It was the first time' an Amer ican singer has performed with a Russian cast on a Moscow stage since the Russian revolu tion. The Brooklyn-born Peerce took six curtain calls to shouts of "Peerce, bravo, bravo!" by, Robert W. Sawyer, former editor and publisher of the Bend Bulletin. The 1957 convention of tha ONPA will be June 14 and 15 at Gearhart. Read and Use Classified Ads Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport Standard asphalt research helps bring taxpayers 3 miles of paving for the cost of 2 r f5 E i'l' JVNr&v "JTM-a M mitshmimumm irf - Kk ft, J 3 ,J inuu'UJi I ii )i You are more comfortable, get there fatter, when yon drive on tafe, modern roads of eturdy and resilient asphalt CROWDED HIGHWAYS waste motorists' time and lives. 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