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Refusal to Provide Funds for New Dams Reflects Mood Shift
By A. ROBERT SMITH I
'Mail Tribune Correspondent
Washington The refusal
of Congress to appropriate
funds to start any new hydro
electric dams
this year in
the Pacific
Northwest
was a reflec
tion of the
shift in mood
within the
J House of Rep-
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between late
winter and
late summer.
During the early months of
J1UOU
this session, Congress was pre
occupied with enacting legis
lation that would cure the
recession or at least cut into
the mounting unemployment
rolls and put men to work
and public works spending by
the government was the most
popular means, whether it
found expression in building
dams, dredging harbors, or in
creasing federal funds for
highways and housing.
In this period, during
March, President Eisenhower
got on the same bandwagon
and asked Congress to re
vise upward his original budg
et requests for public works
projects. Consequently the
amount of money requested
for John Day dam, for ex
ample, was raised from $2
million to S8 million.
Effects Subside
But by August the grave
concern over the effects of
the recession had noticeably
subsided, and fresh concern
over federal spending beyond
the national debt ceiling
seemed to take its place. The
administration, forced to ask
for authority to increase the
debt ceiling twice, also began
fighting hard against heavier
appropriations for civilian
purposes than the president
had budgeted. Eisenhower
even vetoed one appropria
tion bill because it contained
one item he considered un
necessary. The Public works bill
emerged in the anti-recession
period in the House.
The Senate got hold of the
bill late in this same period
and agreed to everything the
House had added, then threw
in its own new projects, in
cluding Green Peter dam on
the south Santiam river.
Mood Shifts Quickly
But by the time that the
representatives of both bodies
sat down to work out a com
promise version, the mood
shifted quickly. The House
members, more sensitive to
the grass roots situation be
cause they all face reelection
this fall, got their backs up
against the many Senate ad
ditions and refused for weeks
even to talk compromise.
Senators, after six meet
ings, finally retreated in the
last week of the session and
gave up much that had been
added, including Green Peter
dam. This meant that Ore
gon's only new project this
year was the coastal harbor
improvement for Gold Beach.
While these conferences
were " in progress, the White
House was on the' telephone
to Republican conferees urg
ing them to hold the line on
appropriations. The threat of
a veto was even raised in
some quarters.
Jockeying Paid Off
In past years, this jockey
ing has paid off for the
Northwest in terms of four
new dams started over the
opposition of the administra
tion and without the original
approval of the House. Funds
were put in by the Senate for
Ice Harbor, Hills Creek and
Cougar dams in 1955, and for
John Day dam last year, and
then agreed to by the House
in conference.
Although this type of
maneuver failed this year for
dams, the Northwest did re
ceive a much larger appro
priation for a brand new type
of project $45 million for
starting a plutonium reactor
at the Hanford works which
could later be converted for
power generation.
In terms of funds, possible
power output and significance
for the future use of atomic
energy, this new reactor proj
ect ' that won approval far
outweighs those that fell by
the wayside when Congress
suddenly tightened the purse
strings before adjournment.
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Russia Approached
To fase Restrictions
Washington (DPD The
United States has approached
Russia for the second time on
an agreement to either abol
ish or ease travel restrictions
imposed on American citizens
in the Soviet Union.
The United States, in a note
delivered to the Soviet Em
bassy here Tuesday, offered
to wipe out reciprocal limita
tions in this country on travel
by Russians.
The State Department said
Wednesday night the note
chides Russia for failing even
to answer the U.S.'S May
proposal calling for doing
away with the restrictions.
The new U.S. note pointed
out, Russia more than a year
ago said it was willing to dis
cuss the travel problem but
since has kept mum about it.
Both countries now have
closed off about one-third of
their territory to travel by
citizens of the other.
A group of 14 "private" So
viet tourists has just arrived
in the United States, the first
such group to do so. Eighteen
more are expected to arrive
Aug. 30.
Two Waterfront
Fires Extinguished
Portland (DPI) Two fires
in the St. Johns waterfront
area harassed Portland city
firemen for several hours late
Wednesday.
One of the blazes, which
started near the SP&S rail
road track about a mile west
of the St. Johns bridge, flash
ed over the tinder-dry grass
and brush, spreading rapidly
eastward.
Flames destroyed a large
Supply of cbrdwood in the
yard of the Erion Lumber
and. Fuel company, but fire
men were able to save the
firm's main building.
While firemen were still
fighting the first blaze a sec
ond fire broke out on the
launching ways of the old
Oregon shipyard about a mile
west. A fireboat and several
truck and engine companies
were quickly dispatched and
controlled the fire in a short
time.
Severe Storms Hit
Mid-West; Flash
Floods Reported
By United Press International
Widespread severe thunder- .
storms during the night spread
damage across lower Michigan
and touched off flash flooding
in parts of Oklahoma.
The storms ranged from the
Southern Plateau, over the
Rockies into Kansas, Oklaho
ma and Texas and northeast
into' the Great Lakes Region.
One of the worst storms
slammed into Paw Paw, Mich.,
uprooting more than 100 trees
and knocking out most power
and telephone lines.
No one was hurt in the
storm, accompanied by strong
winds and hail, but numer
ous homes were damaged and
countless windows shattered.
Cause Lesser Damage
The line of storms across
Michigan caused lesser dam
age at Detroit, Livonia, Swartz
Creek near Flint, and a rural
area near Lowell.
Flash floods swirled across
the Seminole and Weoka areas
in Oklahoma, forcing evacua
tion of 30 families in the Sem
inole area. No serious injuries
were reported and no one was
reported missing.
Boats were pressed into
service to rescue four skaters
stranded at a skating rink
which was swept away at
Seminole.
Two state highways were
closed at Seminole when
f loodwaters climbed more
than a foot over bridges at
Salt Creek and Litte River.
Trains in the area were de
layed and numerous cars were -stalled
on highways.
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Wednesday night with hail as
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one hour. Other heavy rain-
fall included 2.16 inches at
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Hobbs, N.M.; and 1.01 at
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Unsuccessful Candidate
Named to VacancV
Portland (UPD Richard
Hill, 31, unsuccessful candi
date for the Republican nomi
nation for Congress for the
third district, Wednesday was
named to a GOP state repre
sentative nomination vacancy
in the North City Subdistrict
of Multnomah county.
Hill was named to fill the
vacancy created by resigna
tion of Mrs. Elizabeth Sailor,
who was nominated in the
May primary, according to
Alan Green, chairrriaa of the
Multnomah County GOP Cen
tral committee.
Los Angeles (UPD John
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ex-movie Tarzan Johnny
Weissmuller, was detained in
Juvenile Hall today for a pre
detention hearing on misde
meanor drunk driving, hit-run
charges.
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