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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. X9&P O MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. A 3 Congf Proj ess Passed Savefal tlouost jects Biri Others Left Unsolved By A. ROBERT SMITH Mail Tribune Washington Corrcspondtnt Washington (Special) - The 86th Congress recorded about a dozen accomplishments for the Pacific North west during its two regular and one rump ses sion, b u t it left the tough e s t questions unresolved. Many of these 1 e gisla- Rnt., Kmllh l. x v , m v a were of local importance to only a small group or to one community. Of region wide interest was the congressional approval of funds to start two new fed eral dams-Green Peter proj ect on the south Santium riv er in the Willamette valley, and Lower Monumental dam on the Snake river in the southwest corner of Washing ton state. President Eisenhower had rca nested the funds in his annual budget to start Green Peter dam-the only North west federal power dam he has requested as a new start in his two terms in the White House. Lower Monumental dam was added to the budget by Sam Warren G. Magnu- son (D-Wash.), which was the method used in recent years for getting started three other Northwest federal dams at John Day on the Columbia and Hills Creek and Cougar in the Willamette Valley. Addition at Tht Dalles In the related field of rec lamation, Congress enacted an addition to The Dalles irriga tion project, sponsored by both Oregon senators, Wayne Morse and Hall S. Lusk, and Rep. Al Ulman. Authorized cost was $6 million, but no funds were advanced this year. The big unresolved issues were the proposed Oregon Dunes and Sea Lion Caves National Seashore, Columbia River Regional Power Corpo ration, wilderness area bill, Youth -Conservation Corps and the Snake river power controversy. The Oregon Dunes bill, sponsored by the late Sen. Richard L. Neuberger and Rep. Charles O. Porter, was the subject of field hearings last year and went through various modifications, the latest of which involved nam-; ing it after the senator fol lowing his death last Febru ary. The House Interior Com mittee is expected to go into the question thoroughly next year, for a number of bills authorizing seashores e 1 s e where are also pending. The regional corporation power bill, with the same sponsors, failed to receive any action from the Senate Pub lic Works Committee follow ing its hearings. Sen. Neu berger, its most ardent spon sor, encountered quiet hostil ity from Washington state lawmakers because of a clause tie inserted designed to guar antee Oregon an equitable share of cheap federal power from Columbia River dams. Another related proposal by Neuberger, for splitting the power output from The Dalles dam between the two neigh boring states, got nowhere. Pet of Conservationists The wilderness bill is the pet of the organized conser vationists who want to re serve certain areas through out the West to be off-limits, in effect, to anything but rec- .reation-minded persons. It is ODDOsed by timber, mining and other economic interests, 'It has gone through many modifications but not emerg- ed from the Senate Interior 'Committee. A Youth Conservation Corps bill passed the Senate last year, sponsored by all Northwest Democrats, but it never got to the House floor. Opposed by the Eisenhower administration, it would have created a program for util izing idle youths in forest con servation programs. The Snake River power fight has shifted from Con gress completely for the mo ment to the Federal Power Commission, where testimony has been submitted by the private power companies who want to build High Mountain Sheep dam and the public power group from Washing ton state which seeks a li cense for Nez Perce dam. Sidetracked was a resolution sponsored by Northwest Dem ocrats to delay for five years any dam building in the mid dle Snake below Hells Can yon pending solution of the conflict between migratory fish and high dams. Neuberger and Sen. Frank Church had a resolution ap proved by a Senate subcom mittee to make the Salmon River, a Snake tributary, in to a fish spawning sanctuary by banning dams on that riv er. It got no further. All of these issues are ex pected to be raised again; and. depending on the outcome of the elections, they could be lively matters for the next Congress. The accomplishments of the 86th Congress involving the Northwest or its lawmakers include these: Explosives-a bill to plug the loophole in the present act covering transportation of explosives so that safety mea sures will apply to contract and private carriers, such as the one. which blew up in downtown Roseburg last year. If this new act had been on the books when that disaster occurred, Interstate Com merce Commission lawyers be lieve it could have been used for successful prosecution of the powder company whose truck violated safety rules be fore the Roseburg disaster. Because it was not on the books, they tried to catch the company under the ICC act, and were thrown out of court. Program Extended Rural libraries-Rep. Edith Green's rural library aid pro gram was extended for an other five years to authorize additional federal grants for books and bookmobiles. Klamath wildlife refuge Rep. Ullman's bill authoriz ing federal acquisition of the Klamath Indian marsh was enacted, and the' Fish and Wildlife Service last week formally created a new wild life refuge there. Boardman land swap - an amendment to the military construction bill sponsored by Morse and Lusk was approved to permit the government to swap its bombing range lands near Boardman for state lands in the Wagontire area of southeast Oregon. This is to pave the way for industrial development of the Boardman lands along the Columbia near the John Day dam, un der a program being actively fostered by Gov. Mark Hat field. . Arlington relocation-Morse and Ullman successfully spon sored a bill authorizing the Army Engineers to acquire property along the reservoir of John Day dam where it floods out present city prop erty of Arlington, and then to sell it back to the town at fair market value. Another bill by the same sponsors in troduced late for action would compensate the town for lost tax income caused by the forthcoming shift in its loca tion due to the new federal dam downstream. Indians-the Celilo Indians were exempted from paying federal income taxes on the money they were granted for For College or High School the loss of their historic fish ing rights at Celilo Falls when the rapids were inun dated by The Dalles dam. Klamath Indians were bene fited by a loan assistance act while they wait payments from sale of their reserva tion timberland. Ullman spon sored both bills. Mors BUi Passed Several others enacted would make a transfer of land to Warm Springs Indians, au thorized laesing of o and C lands for recreation, clarify the chemical labeling bill for fresh fruits and vegetables, and validate emergency con servation payments to Milton Freewater orchardists. Morse's bill raising railroad retirement benefits 10 per cent passed, as did Neuberg er's bill for health insurance coverage for retired career federal workers. Mrs. Green's juvenile de linquency bill got stuck the House Rules Committee, graveyard of federal aid to school construction legislation as well. Both had earlier pass ed the Senate. She and Morse were pro ponents of both of these social welfare proposals. Mrs. Green's bill for aiding educa tion of migratory workers' children also failed to reach the House floor. The minimum wage bill, which Morse co - sponsored with Sen. John F. Kennedy, passed both houses in differ ing forms. But when House and Senate members failed to reach terms acceptable to both sides, the bill for increas ing the minimum wage and broadening its coverage fail ed to be enacted. A downstream power bene fits bill got out of the Rules Committee but never came up for House floor action as urged chiefly by the private power companies. East German Travel Restricted Berlin-OIPD-The Western Al lies have imposed severe travel restrictions against East Germans and considered an economic blockade against all of East Germany in retalia tion for Communist harass ment threatening a new Ber lin crisis. Communist border guards at the East German Lauen burg checkpoint on the Hamburg-Berlin highway imposed slow-down inspections on food-laden trucks bound for Berlin. Then, after delays lasting several, hours, they suddenly lifted their restrictions in a demonstration of power over the lifeline by which Berlin receives its food and other vital supplies. . Diplomatic sources said that the Western Allies are refus ing transit visas to East Ger mans wanting to travel out side the Iron Curtain in retali ation against the Communists' ban . on West German travel into East Berlin. Garbage Dumped in Yard on Austin St. The contents' of two gar bage cans were strewn on the property of Rosy Isabelle Meyer, 519 Austin St., Satur day night in what may be an "act of revenge," according to city ponce. Police said the malicious damage may have been done by juveniles in reprisal for the woman's complaint two weeks ago that juveniles were repeatedly throwing beer bot tles on her property fr.om an adjacent bowling alley park ing lot. The investigatin police of ficer helped the woman clean up the mess. He noted later on his re port that: "Severe steps will have to be taken by this de partment in an attempt to control the drinking by min ors at the Medford bowling lanes parking lot as it ap pears that the management of the estbalishmcnt has made no serious efforts" to do so. Lightning Strikes House in Albany By United Press International Lightning struck a vacant house in Albany and started a number of small forest fires in Western Oregon Monday. Fire Chief Don Hayne of Albany estimated loss at $2,500 to the house. Light ning also shattered a tree on a farm three miles away. The forest blazes were lo cated mostly in Douglas, Lane and' Linn counties.. Albany also had a violent five-minute hailstorm . Mon day. Lyons, Ore. - IIOT - A fire Saturday night at the Cedar Lumber Co. near here forced closure of the firm. Area Children Cared For at Waverly Home Automobile acicdents, di vorce, death in a family, neg lect of children all create de pendent children. Medford residents provide protection and help for these youngsters at the Waverly Baby home, Portland, through the United Medford Crusade, where last year 546 days of care were provided for chil dren from Jackson county. According to Homer D. An gell, president of the Waverly Baby home, a high percentage oi the children received at Waverly are suffering from malnutrition and general neg lect and that it generally takes from 30 day to three months to put the children back on the road to good physical health. Most of the children are also suffering from emotional disturbances created by constant quarrel ling among the parents and general mistreatment. Serious Problem Angell stated that the neg lect of children is a serious problem in Oregon. Most fam ilies have adequate finanical resources to provide well for their children but spend their money on entertainment and fail to feed and care for the children properly. In many cases, Angell said, the homes of the children are permanently unfit for the oc cupancy of the child and Ore gon courts are constantly tak ing custoc'y of children from the parents and awarding cus tody to the child care agencies who can arrange for adoptive placement of these children. Gifts through the United Medford Crusade help make all this care possible at the Waverly Baby home for the underpriviledged children in Jackson county. Roman Catholic Church Raises Management Excellence Mark Tommy Sands, Bride Postpone Honeymoon Las Vegas. Ncv.-WPU-'lom- my Sands and his bride Nan cy, the daughter of singer Frank Sinatra, have put off their honeymoon until Sands completes his tour in the Air Force Reserve. Sands, 23, and Nancy, 20, were wed in a double ring cer emony Sunday at the Sands hotel where they met 10 months ago. PLAYWRIGHT DIES New York-IUPD-Edwln May er, 63, playwright and screen writer, died Sunday. By HENRY J. BECHTOLD UPI Financial Editor P New York - IUPD - The Ro man Catholic church, which was cited for mnnagignent excellence in 1956 by the American In stitute of M a nagemenl, has shown even further i m provement along these lines in the first two Hmrjr Buhtold years of the reign of Pope John XXIII. This is the conclusion reached by the institute in its latest study of the church. It is a revision and updating of the institute's January 1956 audit which comprised the first known study of the management of the church ever to be published. A.I.M. founder and chair man Jackson Martindell said the institute has updated Its original audit because of the death of Pope Pius XII and the elevation of Pope John XXIII; the substantial num ber of administrative changes tne new Pope has made: and the interest in the Catholic church created by the nom ination of a Catholic as a 1960 presidential candidate. Rating Increased The institute has increased its rating of the Catholic church's management from 8.800 in 1956 to 9.010 this year, against a maximum of 10.000 points. The rating puts the church on a par with the manage ments of sue h corporate giants as American Tele phone, Du Pont, General Mo tors, Alcoa, Eastman Kodak and Standard Oil (New Jer sey). The institute noted that the principal changes and increas es in the church's rating -o-pearing in the categories of trustee analysis and adminis trative evaluation, are the re sult of the new Pope's firm belief in the principles of del egation and decentralization. There is less of an Italian clique behind today's decis ions in the church, according to the audit. All down the line, it pointed out, there has been a noticeable improve ment in placing the right man in the right position of au thority. The institute said it was too soon to appraise the obvious tendency of the church to seek out increased operating efficiency under the new Pope. The institute said it also must De realized tnat each day the Catholic church must provide the means, without fail, of running nearly one million separate institutions - such as churches, schools and hospitals-located in most of the areas of the globe deal ing in innumerable currencies. "Its problems rival that of any financial institution in the world, and it continues to do a most creditable job f it, the institute stated. Supper Club in Portland Damaged Portland - tllPil - Damage) has been estimated at $31,000 from a four-alarm fire at the Ho-Ti Supper club in down town Portland Sunday morn ing. Twenty-one pieces of equip ment and 75 firemen fought the blaze. Most of the damage occur red to the roof of the , club although the Interior was damaged by water and smoke. Schrunk Suggests Stadium Donation Portland - IIM - Mayor Ter ry D. Schrunk has urged the Multnomah Athletic Club to avoid a hasty sale of Mult nomah Stadium and suggested they "explore the possibili ties" of giving the huge arena to the city of Portland. In a letter to club president Harold M. Phillips, Schrunk said the club should keep the stadium available until the city can provide facilities for athletic events or take over the stadium. The mayor's letter suggest ed the club "explore the pos sibility of transfering the title of the civic stadium to the city of Portland without cost, as a public contribution for the betterment of our community." Western Pine Group To Hold Conference Portland - flJPD - The West ern Pine association holds its semiannual meeting here Wednesday through Friday. J. D. Bronson, Boise -Cascade Lumber Co., Yakima, will preside. Some 250 lum bermen are expected to attend. 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