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Medford United Pr.s Full Leased Win Tribune United Press Full Leased Wir Second Section MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1956 8 Pages Senator Morse Tells Effects. for Oregon From Legislative Action of 84th Congress Editor's not: This 1 another in a srir of articles, written by mmhrrs of Oregon's congressional delegation, nit their vtews of the 84th Congress. They ara writing as guest columnists for Robert A. Smith, the Mail Trib une's Washington correspondent. By WAYNE MOHSE Sfmior Senator from Oregon Eugene From the point of view of what the 84th Congress meant to Oregon. Decreasing farm income and rising costs are among our most pressing problems, not only for farmers and ranchers, but their commu nities as well. The first farm bill passed by Congress, but vetoed by the President was a good bill. The two-price wheat amendment which I sponsored was put in the bill by the Senate. It was one of the provisions which the President said made it a bad bill, although it would have boosted wheat growers' in come without burden to the consumer, helped move surpluses abroad at competitive prices and provided feed wheat for poultry and livestock producers at lower prices. It was first proposed by Charles McNary as a basic prin. ciple of the McNary-Haugen bill, Amendment Adopted My amendment to eliminate the requirement for state pay ments for feed and seed to dis aster areas was adopted and was in the vetoed bill. A pro vision, sought by cattlemen, to Eive incentives for marketing underweight cows and calves to reduce production, was narrow ly defeated. In each instance, mostly Republicans voted against farm-family income improve ments and mostly Democrats voted for them. Last year, upon the recom mendations of Oregon cherry growers, I succeeded in adding to the Reciprocal Trade bill the right to a hearing on damage to our cherry producers caused by imports. That Senate provision was dropped in conference the only major section to be elim inated because of Administra tion opposition. The Democratic 84th Congress reversed the no-new-start policy of the Administration and of the 83rd Republican Congress. Dick Neuberger and I made this" issue one of our major efforts for Oregon. As a result, Oregon will receive badly needed flood con trol, power and navigation from new projects such as John Day Dam, Cougar Dam, Green Peter Dam, Hills Creek Dam, Holley Dam, the deepening of the mouth of the Columbia, flood control aid to several Columbia river drainage districts and harbor projects at Coos Bay, Tillamook Brookings and Warrenton. The Senate took the lead to provide the first construction funds and substantial increases in planning funds on these projects. All of the projects for dams are wholly federal and do not involve a partnership give-away. Other Authorisations This year authorizations were enacted for Yaquina Bay, Crook ed River Irrigation and the Wapinitia Irrigation projects. Unfortunately, the President's veto of the Rivers and Harbors Act will make it necessary for us to carry on the fight for Yaquina Bay authorization in the next session of Congress. I am confident we will wirv, par- Wafer Pollution Funds Allocated Salem (U.R) The federal gov ernment has allocated two-thirds of a million dollars to Oregon for water pollution control, Gov. Elmo Smith reported today. In a letter to the governor. the secretary of health, educa tion and welfare said $647,125 had been set aside for state water pollution control construc tion grants and an additional $21,785 for assisting the state water pollutions control program. Gov. Smith said the alloca tion should step up Oregon's program for cleaning up streams by providing aid to cities, coun ties or sanitary districts which are either planning new sewage treatment works or expansion of present systems. Memphis, Tenn. (U.R) Lynn Foster found a $1 bill in an abandoned bird's nest. Foster said the" "paper money helped hold the nest together. ticularly with a new administra tion. Our great loss, irreparable if not reversed by the courts so that it can be rectified in the next Congress, was the defeat of the high Hells Canyon Dam. Only two Republican senators withstood White House pressure to vote against the bill and 43 fell into line to oppose maximum development of the greatest re maining multipurpose damsite in the country and in favor of permanent waste of the full power, flood control, navigation, irrigation and recreation poten tial of the deepest gorge in America. Especially in view of the narrow brush with flood disaster that we had this spring, this Administration act in behalf of the private , utilities and against the public interest was callous partisanship. Progress for both sound con servation and lumbering were achieved in this Congress. A large scale access road program which Neuberger and I fought for was enacted as part of the federal aid highway program. It means more timber on a sound and competitive basis and better cutting practices. Greater at tention was given to recreation and wildlife in our national for ests and more personnel to help in the marketing of federal tim ber, all of which I advocated. The executive agencies held back on these programs and Congress gave the needed nudges and funds. Help to Low-Paid Workers Congress did provide some help to raise purchasing power and relieve distress of low-paid workers. Over Administration protests, it boosted the minimum wage to $1 an hour. This is im portant to our high wage rate state to discourage competition from low-wage states. Also over Administration road blocks two new sound principles were written into the Social Se curity law payment for disabil ity and a lowered retirement age for women. Senator Neu berger blazed the. trail on the age reduction for women and both of us worked closely with these key amendments over In the face of White House Republi can leadership objections. This Congress left unfinished work as every Congress does. But none distressed me more than the inability to enact fed eral aid to education. The Ad ministration must accept respon sibility for failure to push for federal aid as it did push for the defeat of Hells Canyon just a few days later. And the Repub licans in Congress must bear the responsibility for the totally inconsistent position taken which insured defeat of the Democratic backed program. Much Good Legislation This is part of the story of the 84th Democratic Congress. Con sidering its slight Democratic majority and the all but vanished liberals in the Republican ranks in Congress, the last two years have produced much good leg islation and seen some bad bills blocked. What the 85th Congress will do will depend primarily on the November election. Will the vot ers sanction the Administration's policy of special privilege for a few, at the expense of the many, or will they vote to increase the Democratic majority in Congress so that a better job in passing general welfare legislation can be done in the 85th Congress? Will they vote to continue a White House Administration by big business or will they vote to elect a Democratic President who will place the business of governing first? The campaign will draw the issues, and I am willing to place my confidence in the voters. Three Board Members Named to YMCA Group Three new board members were elected at a recent meeting of the board of directors of the Medford YMCA. They are Mrs. Scott Wicker sham, Robert Taylor and John Dellenback. Dr. G. A. Dierdorff is president of the YMCA here. Motor Vehicle Names Head of Management Read and Us Classified Ads Salem (U.R) James E. Keys, former Salem accountant and recently comptroller for the Vir gin Islands Corporation, was named head of the management division of the Department of Motor Vehicles yesterday. Keys, 52, returned to Salem a few months ago after spend ing a year in the Virgin Islands post. From 1853 to 1955 he serv ed as executive director of the National Society of Public Ac countants in Washington, D.C. Nicosia, Cyprus (U.R) The Greek Cypriot underground or ganization EOKA has called for a military truce with Britain in strife torn Cyprus. LABOR LOST Milford, Conn.1 U.B Police believe the thief who took two parking meters from In front of a downtown tavern was disap pointed. The meters contained no money. STOP SIGN GOES Whitman, Mass. 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