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Idaho Power Seeking Bonneviiie
AM in Securing Federal Subsidy
T A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Correspondent
x"jshington Idaho Power
Co., $-ith the help of the Eisen
hower administration, has dem
onstrated a re
markable knack for sup
plying ammu
nition to the
public power
minded forces
that have long
fought for a
high Hells
Canyon dam
in the Snake
river wnere company is now
building two smaller projects.
Last spring, when it looked
like the Hells Canyon backers
were finally licked in their long
effort to get Congress to enact
their high dam bill, the admin
istration gave Idaho Power a
big tax write-off which the util
ity had sought. It amounted to a
hefty subsidy for the power com
pany, and would have cost the
government 583,500,000.
As a result of public indigna
tion, the bill suddenly gained
fresh support and passed the
Senate. Idaho Power, bowing to
the pressure of these events,
threw back the tax privileges,
and the bill bogged down once
again, this time in the House
Interior Committee where it
now rests.
Seeks Bonneville Aid
Now it comes to light that
Idaho Power has been trying to
get Bonneville Power Adminis
tration to go along with a draft
contract which would provide
the utility with a substantial
government subsidy for those
private dams which it has long
claimed would be built "without
cost to the taxpayers."
The proposed contract would
implement the useful Idea of"; proposed contract, believing Id-
exchanging power between the
Idaho company system, which
needs more kilowatts in the sum
mer for irrigation pumping in
southern Idaho; and the Bonne
ville system, supplied by federal
dams, which needs more emergy
in the winter when demands
slacken in Idaho. But the kicker,
according to those who have the
lengthy document, is that it
would require Bonneville to give
four kilowatt-hours for every
one KWH supplied by the utility.
Unofficial estimates put the
cost of the subsidy at about S8,
000,000 annually, which over
the 50-year life of the dam would
be worth S400.000.000, not count
ing interest. That is well over
the total cost of the high Hells
Canyon dam, and over twice the
investment Idaho Power is mak
ing in the Snake River at Hells
Canyon.
Issue Essentially Same
The issue here, as seen by
Northwest senators, is essential
ly the same as the one raised
by the tax write-off: how can
the power company ask for a
federal subsidy after fighting the
high dam with the argument
that, even though the smaller
private dams would be less bene
ficial, they would be built "at
no cost to the taxpayer?" The
principal reason advanced by
the Eisenhower administration,
when it supported the utility and
opposed the federal high dam,
was that the private dams would
not cost the government any
money.
The date of the draft contract
is Jan. 29, 1957, which means
that it has been under consider
ation by Bonneville officials
over nine months. Reported
many Bonneville officials are
unhappy with the terms of the
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS
Welch, W. Va. Former President Truman, In saying that 100
per cent Americanism jreached by the American Legion and other
veterans groups must include emphasis on freedom of speech:
"True Americanism is being undermined by some people in
this country who are loudly complaining that they are its first
defenders."
Washington Gov. Joe Foss of South Dakota, in saying he was
confident the United Stales would recover "lost ground" in the
missiles race:
"Thank God it was the Sputnik and Muttnik rather than anoth
er Pearl Harbor that brought the American people out of their
lethargy."
O
Chicago Willi Ley, German-born rocket expert, in saying a
manned U.S. space station would establish space superiority until
another nation developed a similar satellite to create a balance
of power:
"A balance of power is a fine substitute for good will."
New York Aneuria Sevan, foreign policy spokesman for the
Briijkh Labor pirty, in saying he was astounded at the American
reaction to the Sputniks:
"You ought not to be too impressed. Two Sputniks do not a
lechnicsJ. summer make."
Toledo, Ohio Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, in saying the compul
sory Soviet educational system challenges the American system:
"The question is whether we can meet this challenge under our
system of free choice."
New Orleans Gov. Orval Faubus, in comparing treatment
given the bonus marchers to the sending of federal troops lo Little
Rock:
"No patience or tolerance was exercised then and none was
exercised at Little Rock by another Republican administration.
That (Hoover) administration was voted out of office just as this
one will be at the first opportunity."
aho Power should get only what
it gives in any mutual power
exchange. Btu for reasons that
have been unexplained, the con
tract has not been rejected.
Renewed Campaign Planning
Backers of a high Hells Can
yon dam, with this latest subsidy
demand as a new weapon of
attack, are now planning a re
newed campaign when Congress
opens in six weeks in hopes of
getting House approval of the
Hells Canyon authorization bill.
They are counting on public in
dignation over Idaho Power's
persistent efforts to get federal
subsidization after promising to
ido the job entirely at private j
expense.
The biggest factor weighing
against the Hells Canyon back
ers and in favor of the company
is the physical fact of Brownlee
dam's progressive rise from the
riverbed of the Snake at a cost
of millions to the company. It is
scheduled to generate its initial
energy in another year. If Con
gress should enact the high dam
bill, the government would be
liable for reimbursing the com
pany its expense to that date a
cost which would be tacked onto
the full cost of building high
Hells Canyon.
The more probable outcome,
economy-mindedness' being as
strong at it is in Washington
these days, is that the administra
tion will dissipate this latest is
sue by rejecting the subsidy de
mand, now that public attention
is focused on it. i
Tuesday, November 12, 1957
The Hollywood Scene
By VERNON SCOTT
United Press Writer
Editor' note; Vernon Scott Is on
vacation. Today's columnist is Robert
Cummin?s the man with the pret
tiest girls in television on his show.
By ROBERT CUMMINGS
Written for United Press
Hollywood (IP! Now that I
have this chance to do a great
column, I'll answer a question
that has been asked me by many
people many times.
Is beauty of face and figure
enough for a young girl to suc
ceed in show business today?
No, it is not. A pretty girl must
have not only appeal in the eter
nally pertinent definition of sex
appeal, but today she must have
a reasonably high IQ. Without it,
her chances for attention and
opportunity in theatrical attain
ments are considerably lessened.
Train Baby Star
In previous years,' when the
movie studios resigned alone in
supplying fare for the entertain
ment appetites, it was custom
to develop, train and nurture
the baby star with patience and
repetition. Considerable time
and lots of money were spent to
preen the movie queen.
If she didn't walk through a
door just rig'it and- it was neces
sary to film the action in 20, 30,
sometimes 50 takes, it was ac-
Beck Jr. Jury
Selection Starts
. Seattle (IP) Jury selection
begins today for the trial of
Dave Beck Jr. on charges he
sold two Cadillacs belonging to
the Teamsters Union and kept
the $4,650 sale price.
The son of retiring Teamsters
President Dave Beck was in
dicted July 12 by a King county
grand jury on two counts of
grand larceny. His father, out
going president of the Team
sters, also was inducted on one
count of grand larceny, charged
with keeping for himself $1,900
from the sale of a 1952 Cadillac
belonging to the Western Con
ference of Teamsters.
The trial of Beck Sr. is sched
uled to begin Dec. 12.
The first count against Beck
Jr. accuses him of having in his
possession Oct. 8, 1954, $1,850
obtained from the sale of a 1951
Cadillac which was the property
of the Joint Council of Team
sters, No. 28.
In the other count, the young
er Beck is accused of having on
Sept. 2, 1955, $2,800 from the
sale of a 1953 Cadillac to a Seat
tle fireman.
Both counts state that the
money from the sales never
reached the union's treasuries.
1 cepted as a matter of course by
all except possibly the produc
er the man with the money in
the front office living in hope
and dying in despair.
In this era of electronic speed,
television production just does
not provide the time to shoot
over and over because a player
can't be alert and has to be
coached again and again to do a
scene right. This doesn't mean
that a performer doesn't dare
"blow a take" once in a while.
Actors Nead Know-How
But, the same "bit" or "ac
tion" may be shot from several
angles which is time-consuming,
and that's exactly why produc
tion can't hold still for consistent
errors in performances. Young
players today have to develop
knowhow quickly and easily for
the sake of speed and a budget
far below motion picture appro
priation. Since time immemorial, a
pretty girl has been a treat to
the eye, but acceptance of the
"beautiful' but dumb" is no
more. .
You won't find the simpering
beauty with the vacant, blue
eyed baby stare and the pouty,
bee-stung lips. She went out
with rolled stockings and the
marathon dance.
No, Betty Boop, doesn't work
here anymore.
Funds Overdrawn
By Legislators
Salem (IP) The special
session of the Oregon Legisla
ture has overdrawn its appro
priation according to Sen Al
fred Corbett, Portland Democrat
and co-chairman of the Joint
Ways and Means Committee.
Sen. Corbett told the Senate
Monday that the secretary of
state's office had given him a
statement showing that the cost
of a 17 day session (today is the
16th day) would be $91,504.
As a result of this informa
tion, Corbett said, the chief
clerk of the Ways and Means
Committee and another clerk
had been relieved of their duties
as a means of saving money.
An appropriation of $75,000
to cover costs of the special ses
sion has been passed It is prob
able that a supplementary ap
propriation will have to be made
to cover the additional costs.
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE
BOARD CHAIRMAN DIES
New York (IP) Erie Victor
Daveler, 71, chairman of the
board of Mesabi Iron Co. and
a vice-president and director of
the American Zinc lead smelt-
ting Co., died Monday at his
home.
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