TUESDAY. AUGUST 30. I960
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE.
Proposed Cal-Oregon Power
Intertie Provokes Maneuvers
By Senators, Interior Dept.
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Washington -(Special)-The
proposed California-Ore
gon power intertie has pro
voked a series ol maneuvers
the past, two weeks between
West Coast senators who are
cautious about the intertie and
the Interior Department which
is anxious to execute an inter
tie contract with two private
power companies,
i Both sides were seeking po
llltions of advantage in their
running debate over the
merits of selling surplus Co
lumbia river power to custom-
U.S., Russia To
Swap Teams for
Pole Explorations
Washington - (UPD - The
United States and Russia will
twap scientific observer teams
on important South Pole over
land explorations under a new
$4 million Antarctic research
program.
The East -' West exchange
will carry out the peaceful
cooperation in the frozen
polar continent pledged by
the 12-nation Antarctic Treaty
ratified recently by this coun
try. The program for the Ant
arctic exploration season be
ginning in October was an
nounced Sunday night by the
National Science foundation.
It includes extension of scien
tific and cartographic studies
in the Amundsen sea area,
one of the last unexplored
parts of the continent.
'Operation Deepfreeze'
At the same time, the Navy
announced plans for support
ing the scientists with nine
ships, 30 aircraft, and about
3,000 men in "Operation Deep
freeze 1961."
Rear Admiral David M.
Tyree, commander of Opera
tion Deepfreeze, announced
that a site will be prepared
for a nuclear power plant at
McMurdo Sound. He also said
the Byrd station will be re
built. Will Explore Sea
A Navy task force of the
Icebreakers Glacier and Sta
ten Island will explore the
little-known Amundsen Sea,
which is south of South Amer
ica. The force will be led by
Capt. Edwin A. McDonald,
veteran of six Arctic and five
Antarctic expeditions.
Another major feature of
Operation Deepfreeze will be
an overland trail operation.
In December a tractor-train
manned by 10 men will leave
Byrd Station for the South
Pole Station, a distance of
about 800 miles. The group
will mark the trail every fifth
of a mile.
California Man
Arrested, Sentenced
Medford police arrested a
35-year-old Lamont, Calif.,
man Sunday morning and
charged him with vagrancy
after the man admitted start
ing a bonfire in the city in
order to keep himself warm.
Arrested was Richard Fran
cis Hogan. A policeman on
routine patrol about 3:45 a.m.
spotted Hogan sleeping next
to a bonfire along the rail
road tracks near Melrose, st.
When questioned Hogan ad
mitted to setting the fire to
keep himself warm.
The policeman was unable
to extinguish the fire by him
self; and he summoned the fire
department which doused the
flames in short order. No dam
age was done.
Hogan was given a 30-day
suspended sentence in muni
cipal court Monday.
Police Cite Local
Man After Mishap
City police cited a 64-year-old
Medford man Monday for
faihire to leave information
atthe scene of an accident
after the vehicle he was oper
ating struck a city police of
ficer's parked private car and
then drove off without stop
ping. Cited was Albert William
Gandl, 2200 Siskiyou blvd.
Gandt was traced to his place
of employment through the
car's license number and po
lice cited him there.
The accident occurred about
8:10 a.m. near the intersection
of Fourth and Front sis. Dam
age to both vehicles was de
scribed as minor.
'the parked car is registered
to; the city's new and only
policewoman, Officer Hilde
gard S. Prom, 24, Jacksonville.
ers in California. Because of
the unwillingness of the Sen
ate Interior committee to en
dorse it, the Interior Depart
ment has deferred completion
of a proposed contract Arith
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. of
California.
After hearings on the intri
cacies of the contract, the Sen
ate committee last June 21
adopted a resolution request
ing Secretary Fred A. Seaton
to suspend action on the pow
er deal pending completion of
a survey and report being
made by the governors of
Washington, Oregon and Cali
fornia (due later this fall) and
congressional action on "legis
lation that will protect the
interests of the United States
and the power consumers con
cerned (notably consumers off
Oregon and Washington)."
Gives Congress Deadline
Interior officials subse
quently fired back with a let
ter to the committee express
ing the view that there was no
reason for not concluding the
contract with PG&E. The sec
ond power company involved
is California Oregon Power
Co., which would deliver kilo
watts over its lines from the
end of the Bonneville system
in southern Oregon to PG and
E in northern California or at
the state line. Interior offi
cials also In effect gave Con
gress a deadline for considera
tion of the contract.
Five of the six West Coast
senators replied with a Joint
letter challenging Interior's
position and quoting Oregon
Gov. Mark Hatfield at length
about his "deep concern over
an inadvertent extension into
California of the Bonneville
marketing area, or the opera
tion of the preference clause."
"Oregon feels that legisla
tion is necessary to carry out
the expressed desires of all
concerned to give, or obtain
full protection to the Pacific
Northwest," Hatfield had told
the committee through his
public utility commissioner,
Jonel Hill.
- The senators said, in this
Aug. 11 letter to Seaton, that
there would not be sufficient
time remaining in this year's
session to enact protective
safeguarding legislation.
Those who signed it included
four Democrats-Wayne Morse,
Warren G. Magnuson, Henry
M. Jackson and Clair Engle-
and one Republican, Thomas
H. Kuchel of California.
Lusk Wouldn't Sign
Sen, Hall S. Lusk of Oregon
declined to sign that letter.
Last week Lusk introduced a
bill which he said Hatfield
had requested that he intro
duce. He said it would "ob
viate" the possible extension
of the Bonneville marketing
area to California to the preju
dice of the acknowledged
prior rights of Northwest con
sumers. The next day Seaton sent a
report to Congress expressing
his support for the Lusk bill
and advising that Interior of
ficials assisted in its prepara
tion. Seaton spoke of the ur
jency of action in this session
The L u s k-Hatfield-Interior
bill does not modify any ex
isting law such as the Bonne
ville act which governs the
question of who shall have
preference and priority for
Columbia river power. It sim
ply would direct the secretary
of the Interior to insert into
his proposed power contract
a provision stating that he
must discontinue any power
deliveries in California when
ever, in his judgment, the
power is needed to honor con
tracts with customers in the
Pacific Northwest.
Request Rejected
Chairman James E. Murray
(D.-Mont.) rejected Seaton's
request for urgent action on
the new bill. In a letter to
Seaton, Sen. Murray chided
him for sending up this pro
posal on the eve of the ad
journment of Congress.
"As a former senator fami
liar with legislative proce
dures, you doubtless on reflec
tion appreciate the impractica
bility of securing considera
tion of newly-proposed legis
lation at this late date in the
session. Responsibility for this
inexplicable delay and the in
ability to have the legislation
considered at this session must
rest on the Department of In
terior," Sen. Murray con
tended. Whether Sealon will exe
cute the contract, as he has the
power to do, after Congress
adjourns remains to be seen.
Russia Reportedly Calls Chinese Red Leaders to Communist Policy Meet
London - (UPD - Unconfirm
ed reports from behind the
Iron Curtain Monday said
Russia has summoned Red
China's leaders to a top-level
Communist meeting in Mos
cow this fall to thrash out in
creasing policy differences.
Diplomatic reports said the
meeting was expected to co
incide with the November ob
servance of the 43rd anniver
sary of the Russian revolu
tion. There was no immediate
indication whether China's
Red chiefs have accepted the
summons.
Communist diplomats have
hinted that Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev's surprise
acceptance of an invitation to
visit Red North Korea early
in October was intended to
vi -
VACCINE APPROVED The oral live virus
polio vaccine developed by Dr. Albert B.
Sabin, shown in his laboratory at the Uni
versity of Cincinnati, was declared suit
able for use in the U. S. last week. U. S.
Surcgon General Leroy Burney, in making
the announcement, indicated that the gov
ernment felt the vaccine would help elimin
ate all polio outbreaks throughout the
country. (UPI Telephoto)
provide an occasion for a pre
liminary get-together with
China's top Reds.
The Russians were said to
be seeking to rally support for
Khrushchev's brand of Com-munism.-which
has been meet
ing increasing opposition from
the Reds in China.
Chinese Red boss Mao Tse
Tung and his followers have
been challenging Khrush
chev's "peaceful coexistence"
line, arguing in effect that
war with the West-even nu
clear war - might well be
necessary.
China's Reds also have been
critical of Khrushchev's policy
of economic aid to newly
independent nations, whether
or not they are clearly inclin
ed to Communism. They argue
that Russia's aid efforts should
BLAST PRESS GAG
New York-(UPD-A joint cam
paign for the Western hemi
sphere to restore freedom of
expression in Cuba was an
nounced Monday by the Inter
American Press association
and the Inter American Asso
ciation of Broadcasters. In a
statement, the IAPA and the
IAAB denounced the "use of
intimidation, physical v i o
lence, confiscation" and other
measures adopted by the Cas
tro government to coerce the
press, radio and television in
Cuba.
be concentrated in Communist
countries - especially Red
China.
Reimann Lashes Critics
Khrushchev tried to patch
together a compromise settle
ment of his differences with
Grange News
Phoenix Grange
A short business meeting
was held at Phoenix Grange
Aug. 23 with Master Lloyd
Lacy presiding.
A memorial service was
conducted for two members
who recently died. They were
A. H. Dudley and George
Drake. Participants in the
service were Mrs. Sol Cox,
Mrs. Raymond Cyr, Mrs. Mel
vin Hixon, Fred Meadows and
Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Quack
enbush. The lecturer's program con
sisted of dance numbers by
members from the Collen
Hope Dance studio. There
were also several saxophone
numbers by Miss Julie Faught
and Miss Carla Borough ac
companied at the piano by
Mrs. M. D. Borough. Mrs
Charles Johnson was acting
lecturer.
John Whiteside, a new
member, was given the first
and second degree obligations
by the master.
On the serving committee
were Mr. and Mrs. Cyr and
the DeGroot family.
Red China at a Communist
convention in Bucharest in
June, but the temporary truce
was broken almost as soon as
the meeting was over.
Max Reimann, boss of West
Germany's outlawed Commu
nist party, denounced critics
of peaceful coexistence last
week in terms usually reserv
ed for Russia's deadliest ene
mies. Although Red China was
not mentioned by name in the
published version of Rei
mann's speech, his attack
clearly was aimed at the
Peiping regime.
Oregon License Tags
May Be Reflectorized
Salem (UPD - Oregon drivers
will have reflectorized 1963
license plates on their cars if
the 1961 legislature adopts the
recommendation of its interim
committee on highways.
Support for the reflector
ized license plates was one of
the measures endorsed by the
committee at its session here
Saturday.
ENROLLMENT INCREASE
Portland - (UPD - If the cur
rent trend continues for the
next three weeks, Portland
State college will have a fall
term enrollment of approxi
mately 4,275, Dr. Howard Im
pecoven, registrar, said Mon
day. Last fall's enrollment at
PSC was 4,008.
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HYPNOTISTS TO MEET
Portland - (UPD - The Amer
ican Institute of Hypnotists
opens a four-day meeting at
Uit Multnomah hotel Friday.
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