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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-
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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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