Anxiety of Southern Democrats
Factor in Hells Canyon Fight
. Kohl. Smith
the civil nzh'
found a - liiiri
Br A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
Wa.ihir.e'on A rr.ajnr factor
in t'n niiTrr.rr. f( the- rirarratir
Hells Canyon dam fizht in 'h
Smat' lat
W.PPK th
a n x i f I v n f
jsnmr sou'hprn
Democra'-s to
trade their
vntp? nn the
bill with any
on who
would pledae
to 'and with
them against
hi!!. Southerners
taker in Sen Her
man Welker ' K Ida a Hfiii Can
yon opponent, af'er beins turned
d'iwn fiat by ?en. Wayne Mor
(D-Ore who as chief ?pon.'or
nf ih hiah dam bill. And in the.
end, jeven southern Democrats
(plus Frear of Delaware) joined
Republicans in killing the Hells
Canyon bill more than enough
to seal its death warrant.
Kev Post
Welkcr has a key pot from
which to make such trades, for
he is a member of the Senate
Judiciary committee to which all
civil rich's Iccis'ation is refer
red. The committee chairman is
Sen. .James O. Eastland 'D-Miss',
a leading opponent of civil rights
hi!!?.
Dunns the stretch drive
on Hells Canyon when the
Democratic leadership in the
Senate was using full pressure
to line tip all Democrats for the
bill, Eastland reportedly went to
Sen. Lyndon Johnson (D-Tox ),
the Democratic floor leader, and
said in substance:
"I'd like to go along with you
on Hells Canyon but I can't go
back on Welker. because he has
promised to stick with me on
civil rights. "
Major Effort
Eastland's major effort i in
trying to keep civil rights bills
bottled up in his committee, an
effort in which Welker can be
o ereat assistance to him.
When Sen. Richard B. Russell
(D-Ga.) was approached by re
presentatives of rural electric co
ops in Georgia and urged to sup
port Hells Canyon, reportedly
his reply was that he would be
pleased to do so if Morse would
go along with him in prevent
ing Senate action on civil rights
legislation. Morse turned him
down cold.
Both incidents occured during
the week-long debate in the
House at the opposite end of the
Capitol on the administration
backed civil rights bill, which
uithern lawmakers were doing
their best to block. Even though
t appeared certain the ciil
ishts bill w .- u 1 d never :et
hrough the Senate, where the
filibuster is the major weapon of
the minority, it was the hottest
issue in the minds of most mem
bers of Congress from south of
the Mason-Dixon line.
(Southern Drawl
Several weeks prior to this,
C. Girard Davidson, Democratic
national committeeman from
Oregon, came to town and made
the rounds of southern senators,
talking to them in behalf of the
high dam project. In his unmis
takable southern draw! which he
Required honestly in hi? native
Louisiana. Davidson never fail-
Concoction Served
in Ceremony Kills
llf Hospitalizes 34
Bogota, Colombia U.R: The
governor of Magdalena depart
ment told Colombia government
official? Friday that II persons
died and 5 4 were hospitalized
from drinking a deadly liquid
served during a religious cere
mony in the small town of Pailas
10 days ago.
However, eye witnesses said
at least 50 persons died and 250
others were made seriously ill by
the strange concoction which vil
lagers drank from a large tank
through rubber lnws.
Authorities arrested several
members of the committee which
or.-snized the annual celebration
held in honor of Our Lady of
Carmel. Among those arrested
was committee Chairman Fernel
Mendoza
Described as Beer
Witnesses said a sign described
the tank's contents as "beer."
and invited the celebrants to
help themselves. Organizers of
the celebration also urged the
villagers to drink, the witnesses
said.
Cesar Vega, one of the eyewit
nesses who was a visitor in Fail
as. described the effects of the
brew a? ' terrible. "' He said s"ir.e
of the victims became blind
shortly after ririr.kin; tile mix
ture. The victims included sever
al boys about 12 to 14 years old.
Vega said.
He said r3nlcky "lllagers
threatened to lynch members of
the organizing committee. Vic
tims were rushed to the only hos
pital in the nearby village of Ta
maiameque. which was jammed
far beyond its rapacity, he said.
Authorities seized a quantity
of the 'cocktail" at the home of
Mendoza and shipped it to Bo
gota for chemical anal sis.
tii to point out the political ? gn
if.rap'e to Wayne Morse and 'he
par'y in Or"g' r.f tr ou-.c.me
nn Hi'.s Canvfn -- a factor
w h i r i rr.-;r be reflected in
whr'rrr Or rr 'C r't ' rf'n'ro! t"e
next ('''Harris and r'ur.rrifep
chairmanship? hrid by so many
O'l'li'TrT-
' I i !:ke o help Wavne on
this .r-e 'a.-i tn candid r"--rfir.-e
of or.e s'fu'.:irrn sena'or.
rv. ci'i-.'. r: it; my s'ate there is
only ore l-.-;.e th.v :s civil
rights. If Wayne would be will
ing to recognize that, then may
be we could reach an under
standing But I know him well
enuu
;h to kr.o-.v that I couldn't
even approach him. If I tried,
first thing he would probably do
is walk onto the Sera'e floor and
tell the world that I d tried to
marie a deal wr.h him."
Sufficr. it to say. Morse and
h:s Democratic colleague? from
the South never reached an un
rierstanriing. Clearly, soiree southerners
-Acre open to backstage deals on
the Hells Canyon bill and
V.'rlker moved in to capitalize on
the situation by picking up votes
ngainst Hells Canyon in return
for commitments against the
administration '. civil rights bill
which Morse was unwilling to
give.
Fish Facilities Near
Completion at Pelton j
Madras U.R Portland Gen
eral Electric company officials
said Saturday that fish facilities
at the Pelton dam site on the
Deschutes river would be com
pleted by Aug. 1. A fish barrier
will be completed five days la
ter, they said.
Work on the dam itself hinges
nn completion of the diversion
'tunnel which will carry waters
(of the Deschutes around the site
while work is in progress. Engin
eer? said the concrete lining for
i tunnel has been completed and;
i the transition gate structure at.
:the upstream entrance has been
finished.
Meanwhile, the PGE project
field office has heen moved from
Sunday, July 29. 1951
Police Arrest Three
tog Worker Earnings
Soar to Record High
Salem (U.Rt Weekly earning?
of more than 60.000 logging and p pi
sawmill workers reached a new : Q jllOPllltinCj
ii.jtii "i. oiwt.ii in dune, me
state unemployment compensa
tion commission said Friday.
However, the hiring of several
thousand temporary cannery em
ployees at lower rates held aver
age pay of Oregon's 130.000
production workers at SS2.04
the same a? May and only SI. 08
above June. 1955.
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE
circuit court on a charge of lar
ceny from store buildings Wed
nesday. Stolen goods which were
recovered from the three in
cluded clocks, an electric razor,
drapes, and clothing.
downtown Madras to a recently
completed building at the site.
Resident Engineer Larry Kelsh,
John D. Dotterer, Ebasco service
construction superintendent, and
th eir staffs have occupied the
new office building.
Ashland An Ashland house
wife and two young girls were
arrested here Thursday and have
admitted stealing goods from sev
eral Ashland and Medford stores
in past months, according to Ash
land police.
Arrested were Violet Lee
Searcy. 30, 1167 North Main St.,
and two companions. 15 and 17
years of age. The three were
taken into custody as they walk
ed out of an Ashland store with
stolen articles in their possession.
The youngest girl will appear
before juvenile authorities. The
other two will be arraigned in
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