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o O 0 SIXTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. November 5. 1937 Federal Right To Buy Klamath Timber Said Already on Books A. Knbt Smith Br A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Correspondent Washington There is a fed eral law already on the books which the timber of the Klam ath Indian res ervation could be purchased by the govern ment for inclu sion in the na tional forest reserve. And one of its chief sponsors was anil lustrious Oregon sena- ator, Charles McNary, who con tributed much to the early na tional conservation movement. Neverthless, the prospect, as. seen here in the nation's capital, of the federal government lay ing out over $100,000,000 for the pine forests of the Klamath reservation appears to all knowl edgeable observers here as re mote in the extreme. Interior Secretary Fred A. Sea ton personally favors the idea and is extremely interested in finding a way of preventing the valuable forests from being clear cut by private interests, in case the Klamath termination act runs its course toward such a disastrous end. Oregon's con gressional delegation is united in favoring federal purchase as a solution, which gives the idea bipartisan support. Counter To Trend But the idea runs counter to the whole philosophical trend in Washington these days. The ad ministration is straining to find new ways of relieving the fed eral government of such respon sibilities, and resisting even more strongly the pressures in favor of acquiring added respon sibilities. I he McNary act, passed in 1924, followed an earlier 1911 act, called the Weeks law, by which the national forest system was expanded in the eastern states through purchase of priv ate timber. The budget for these purchases during the New Deal era sometimes hit 520,000,000 or 530,000,000 a year. It was a big program. Today the budget for such acquisitions is below 5100,000 a year because, as one official ex plained it, "it is the policy of the administration not to acquire public lands." The McNary act wasn't limit ed to the eastern states, for the forest land in the Marys Peak area near Corvallis was added to Siuslaw national forest under this same act. Confident of Legality But it would be an unusually extensive purchase to handle under this act if it were applied to the Klamath situation. Never theless officials are confident it would be perfectly legal, provid ing Congress appropriated the purchase of funds. Outside this law, Congress has never in the memory of veteran forestry officials here ever auth orized a big purchase of private ly owned timber for the national forest reserve. Several years ago there was a case in point which illustrates congressional reluc tance to add to national hold ings. That was the Aztec Land and Cattle Co. case in Arizona, where 98,000 acres of checker boarded railroad land grants were at issue. A bill to have the government Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Chapel Hill, N.C. A. F. Jenzano, manager of the University of North Carolina Planetarium, in suggesting that if Russia has launched a rocket to reach the moon by Nov. 7 it might have been to take advantage of a lunar eclipse scheduled for Asia that day: "The moon's surface would be visible but dark, and this would offer the most ideal condition for a nuclear explosion or hydro gen flare designed for viewing from earth." San Francisco Airlinet Pilot W. K. Owen, in describing what may haR$ been the first look 'at Sputnik II in North America by riis plane crew: "IS) speed and straight line of flight ruled out the possibility ofCmeor." . (ew York Dr. L. Royal Christensen, New York University Bellevue Hospital Medical Center research expert, in defending (fjp9 use of an animal in the Soviet satellite: "Probably many more animals are used in testing products to Bi&Ke sure they are safe and potent than for ,anything else. Cincinnati. Ohio Dr. George Barbour, dean of the Arts and Sciences college at the University of Cincinnati, in discounting i the practicability of developing a "huge" uranium find in Ohio and surrounding states reported by a retired engineer: "It is like getting gold from sea water, and no man in his right senses would try it." Washington Sen. John L. McClellan of the Senate Rackets committee, after hearing a group of small businessmen from Flint, Mich., testify that their labor troubles with the Teamsters union stopped after they made payments to an aide of labor con sultant Nathan F. Shefferman: "It seems to me we are developing here a pattern of what amounts to Dpay-off to union officials." buy the land at no more than 57,409,263 passed the Senate in 1955 but stalled in the more frugal House. The forestland, in termingled with national forest land, was eventually sold to Southwest Lumber Mills, largest operator in that area, and the timber is now being cut. Reasons for Skepticism In a word, there is good reason for the expressed skepticism of Sen. Richard L. Neuberger that his bill providing for federal purchase stands slight chance of passage. If it should pass, it would be the first of its kind ever to do so. For this reason some officials are wondering whether there is any chance of the state, with its treasury surplus, adopting Neu berger's proposal for Oregon it self taking over the Klamath timber to protect it for sustained yields. They are saying privately that it looks like, unless the state acts, the only way to assure pro tection of the pine forests would be to repeal the Klamath term ination act, which would bring the tribe around full cycle in its difficult quest for both freedom and economic security. REACHES HIGH COURT Raleigh, N. C. (IP) The case of seven Negroes, each fined $25 and court costs for trespassing at a racially - segregated ice cream parlor in Durham, N.C, has reached the state Supreme Court. The Negroes, one a Meth odist minister, were arrested June 23 when they refused to leave a section of the Royal Ice Cream Co. reserved for whites. DESIGNER'S MOTHER DIES Joigny, France IIP) Fran coise Balmain, 63, mother of Paris fashion designer Pierre Balmain, was killed in an auto accident here today. Damages of $12,500 Sought From Fall Lowell Cannon, 823 Siskiyou blvd., Ashland, has filed suit in circuit court asking 512,500 damages against Harold J. Straus and Edward G. Taylor, operators of Tally Ho restaur ant. According to the complaint Cannon has been "deprived of the society, comfort, and com panionship" of his wife, Jane, since she slipped and fell Nov, 19, 1955, on a floor at the Tally Ho restaurant. Jane Cannon is reported to have suffered fractures and bruises from the fall and was hospitalized in a critical condi tion according to the complaint Cannon is represented by the law firm of Roberts, Branchfield and Kellington in Medford. Walla Walla Convicts Foiled in Escape Try Walla Walla (IPI Six prison ers were placed in maximum se curity at the state penitentiary here Saturday following an at tempted break-out through a tunnel. - Warden Bob Rhay said the men were caught digging be tween wing eight of the prison and the outside wall. The escape route was in the same vicinity where 10 inmates escaped two years ago. The tunnel had been, dug about 10 feet but the men still were several yards away from freedom. 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