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Kennedy Committed To Only Feu Specific Western Resources Program
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Approach To Be
Similar To FDR,
Truman Regimes
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune Washington
Correspondent
Washington - (Special) -President-eject
John F. Ken
nedy heads for the White
House com-
I mitted to only
a few specific
programs for
handling the
d e v elopment
and conserve
i tion of west
ern resources.
Gen crally.
iuall h i s approach
a Horn smiii will be siml-
llar to that of the Truman
and Roosevelt administrations,
according to his fragmentary
campaign comments on issues
In this field.
Ho was specific in saying he
would "end the Republican
'no new starts' policy," but he
didn't say in his campaign
what proposed federal dams
he would advocate for early
construction, except Rampart
dam on the Yukon in Alaska.
He is known to favor the
national seashore park con
cept because he sponsored leg
islation to add Cape Cod to
the park system on this basis,
a bill similar to the Neuber
gcr proposal for the Oregon
National Seashore. But he did
not discuss this In his presi
dential campaign.
Kennedy's one major re
sources speech was made at
Billings, Montana. In that
speech he said:
Power Policy Principles
"We will restore to the na
tion a power policy based on
the following principles
"Maximum development of
the nation's water power re
sources, consistent with the
use of the streams for multi
purpose development; vigo
rous development of atomic
power; prevention of mono
poly of power produced
through public Investment by
compliance with the prefer
ence law In selling power to
consumer -owned public and
cooperative electric systems,
and transmitting such power
to load centers where these
consumer agencies can obtain
It without being forced to rely
on the private utility mono
poly system.
"We will end the Republi
can no now starts policy. We
will create vast new pools of
power by interconnecting re'
gional power systems."
This last general statement
might mean he favors hook
ing up the entire country, re-
glon-by-reglon, with high vol
tage transmission lines radiat
ing from major sources of
generating capacity, such as
hydroelectric dams or atomic
power and other fuel-fired
power stations. Or it could in
clude the proposal for Inter
connecting California with
the Pacific Northwest for ex
changes of power. Kennedy
didn't get specific.
Kennedy said he would "re-
invigorate the Rural eJectnll-
cation program with adequate
funds and let It work without
political Interference to bring
low cost electricity and tele
phones to every American
farm family.
To Appoint Able People
He promised to appoint
"able people to the regula
tory and other agencies who
will put public interest ahead
of private profit."
"This program," he con
cluded, "will strengthen our
nation's power capacity, will
furnish more power at lower
costs, and will provide a com
petitive yardstick to restrain
high monopoly power rates."
Because of his preoccupation
with broader national and
international issues, Kennedy
did not elaborate on his re
source views during his cam
paign. He did appoint a na
tural resources advisory coun
cil to present recommenda
tions to him in the event, ho
should be elected. Headed by
leading western members of
Congress, Including Sen. War
ren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.),
Its members include C. Gi-
rard Davidson of Portland,
who was an assistant secre
tary of the Interior, in the
Truman Administration.
During the presidential
campaign this advisory group
published a statement which
gave the following views as
those of the Democratic can
didate on specific resource
areas:
National Forests "The Ad
ministration has requested
less than BO per cent of the
amount needed to make use
ful this most Important na
tional asset. We must reverse
this failure."
Soil Conservation " . . .
only about one-fourth of the
total needed soil and conser
vation work has been com
pleted . . . Technical assist
ance, cost-sharing and conser
vation credit must be geared
to help farmers speed up
their programs."
Small watersheds "The
mall watersheds program
merits vast expansion. There
are some 8,000 communities
with watershed problems that
need project action, borne
1300 communities have al
ready requested help. Only
two out of five of these are
receiving planning help. Four
out of five arc still awaiting
to begin watershed opera
tions. This is a serious lag
that must be overcome."
Parks Overtaxed
Parks and shorelines "Our
national parks are overtaxed
by visitors. There is a grow
ing demand for public access
to shores as commercial de
velopments eat away mile aft-
tcr mile of ocean, lake, gulf,
and even river fronts. The
nation should set aside shore
line recreational areas and de
velop them for public use, as
well as encourage the stales
and local communities to es
tablish public shores. Mission
66 in the national parks
should be speeded up to
schedule, and our park sys
tem made adequate to meet
the needs of our citizens.
Youth Conservation Corps
I support the Senato bill
to enlist a vast army of
American youth a Youth
Conservation Corps in the
service of developing our re
sources. Under this measure
100,000 young men, between
the ages of 18 and 25, could
be brought into a national
conservation corps. It would
be the job of this corps to
work to preserve our forests,
stock our lakes and rivers,
clear our streams and protect
America's abundance of na
tural resources."
Pollution "We must step
up the fight against water
pollution. We must stimulate
construction of needed sewage
treatment plants."
Recreation "The federal
government, along with state
and local governments and
private interests, has a re
sponsibility to meet the
mounting recreational needs
of the people of America, in
cluding millions of hunters
and fishermen."
Wilderness system "Estab
lishing a system of wilderness
areas in the United States
need not await a Commission
report."
Reservoir management -"We
need to be pursuing land
acquisition policies In connec
tion with new reservoirs
which will make the most of
the recreational values, In
cluding production of fish In
the lakes and wildlife on
their perimeter. Research Into
fish management in the new
reservoirs Is needed to maxi
mize benefits from them.",
Fish and wildlife "Wild
life refuges and ranges must
be protected to serve the pur
poses to which they are dedi
cated without interference by
commercial exploitation.
Duck stamp funds should not
be diverted from the purposes
of the act, or the refuges mis
used which have been ac
quired with earmarked
funds.
On water pollution, earlier
Kennedy had this to say when
President Eisenhower vetoed
a bill expanding the federal
water pollution aid program:
"The problem of water pol
lution is not a local problem.
Our great rivers flow past
hundreds of cities and towns
carrying with them the refuse
and filth of all they touch.
The need for clean, healthy
water goes beyond political
boundaries it is a national
need and our nation's wel
fare and health are gravely
affected by the stubborn in
sistence . of the Republicans
that pollution is a uniquely
local problem.
Shortly before the Demo
cratic nominating convention,
Kennedy said he would favor
creation in the office of the
President of a Council of Re
sources and Conservation Ad
visors to engage in over-all
resource planning and policy
and recommend national pro
grams to the president.
Annexation Request
Deferred by Group
The Medford city planning
commission last night deferred
for one month a request from
an area east of Foothills rd, to
annex to the city.
The request to annex in
volves some 35 lots and is part
of a proposed 471-acre, 1,700-
lot subdivision that is tenta
tively planned for this area.
It was felt that the request
warrants further study before
being acted upon.
A water commission report
regarding its policy of water
service to the entire subdivis
ion was presented to the plan
ners last, night.
The policy is, according to
the report, to charge the prop
erty owners the cost of lateral
water mains. However, the
water department will pay for
trunk mains, pumping stations
and other related facilities in
an amount not to exceed "the
current Investment per cus
tomer for such facilities."
The Week In California
Voters Pass Greatest Water
Project in State's History
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By United Press International
One of the greatest water
development projects in the
history of mankind has been
approved by California vot
ers. They voted nearly three
million strong-about half of
them from Los Angeles coun
ty - to shoulder responsibility
for a new state debt amount
ing to about $300 for every
man, woman and child to
build the project.
At issue was Proposition
One, a measure permitting the
state to issue $1.75 billion in
bonds backed by the full cred
it of the state. The bonds were
approved at the polls by a
margin of about 150,000 votes.
The money would pay for
construction of the Feather
River Project, an ambitious
engineering plan that calls
for the world's highest earth
fill dam near Oroville and a
500-mile long man-made river
to carry northern water to the
dry areas of the state.
Will Permit Start .
Preparatory work on the
project has been going on for
years, and now the availabll-,
lty of bond funds will permit
start of a full construction
schedule.
Gov. Edmund G. Brown
proposed the bond issue as a
way to solve California's wa
ter problems despite a north
south squabble over water
rights. Its success, he said,
would be the high point In
his term of office.
Southern California voted
for the water bond Issue about
2 to 1. In northern California,
the vote was nearly that
heavy against it, even though
counties to be benefitted di
rectly by the project voted
heavily for it.
Butte county, for instance,
voted 15 to 1 in favor of the
bond issue. Oroville dam,
more than 700 feet high and
higher than any other earth
fill dam by 200 feet, would
be located there.
Kern county, whose desert
like land would benefit great
ly from the water project,
voted nearly 4 to 1 in favor
of 'it.
Would Store Surplus
The dam would ston water
surplus in northern Califor
nia. The aqueduct would car
ry the water south through
the San Joaquin valley farm
lands, over the Tehachapi
mountains through the larg
est pumps ever built, and into
southern California to near
the Mexican border. Branch
aqueducts would quench the
thirst of other dry areas.
Aside from the election,
there were these develop
ments: FINCH: The second murder
trial of Dr. R. Bernard Finch
and red-haired Carole Tregoff
was dismissed when the jury
was hopelessly deadlocked
after 71 hours of marathon de
liberation. Superior Judge
Leroy Dawson declared a mis-trinl-the
way the first trial
ended March 21. Jurors agreed
unanimously that Finch, 43-
year-old graying surgeon, was
guilty of murder but could
not agree on whether It was
first or second degree. They
were split 9-3 for conviction
on first degree. On Carole,
former model and Finch's re
ceptionist, the panel of 11
women and 1 man was 9-3
for conviction. The jury was
called back for polling by
Dawson after deliberating 71
hours and 5 minutes on the
testimony of 99 witnesses at
the 16-week retrial. t was the
longest trial in southern Cali
fornia criminal history. Daw
son set Jan. 3 for. setting a
new trial date.
BOMB: A bomb addressed
to Vice President Richard M.
Nixon In Washington was dis
covered the San Diego main
post office when workers no
ticed the small package that
had written on it: "Pull string
to ope n." Postmaster Earl
Roberts said the string led
to a triggering device on an
artillery simulator which
could have exploded with fa
tal results. He said the device
was used by the military In
training exercises and could
disfigure a person as far as
25 feet away. The brown
paper - covered cylindrical
package was about 6 inches
long and 2 inches around, he
said. It was discovered during
a routine check of packages
mailed at the main office.
CAPTURE: Stanley Wil
liam Fitzgerald, 39-year-old
singing killer, was captured
with four teen-age compan
ions less than a . week after
they escaped from a Nevada
City jail. The five were taken
into custody at a roadblock
seven miles east of Marys
vllle without resistance, the
Federal Bureau- of Investiga
tion announced. The capture
was made in part through the
efforts of a housewife, Mrs.
Gladys Claridge, who was
tied up and robbed by the
five men an hour earlier in
her house about 45 miles east
of Marysville.
Dr. Haines Presents Paper at Meeting
Ashland-Dr. Francis Haines Antley, instructor of social
Jr., Southern Oregon college . science. A decision concern-
professor of social science,
presented a paper on "Thom
as of Woodstock and the re
volt of 1388" at the autumn
meeting of the Oregon Histor
ians which convened at Ore
gon College of Education last
week end.
The paper, which concerns
the revolt Thomas of Wood
stock led against his uncle,
Richard II, is part of a book
on Woodstock which Dr.
Haines is writing under a re
search grant from SOC. Ac
cording to Dr. Haines, Thom
as of Woodstock's part in the
revolt had never been clearly
defined before in historical
writings.
Other SOC faculty members
attending were Dr. Arthur
Taylor, chairman of the so
cial science division, who in
vited the group to meet in
Ashland in July, and Eugene
ing the July meeting will ba
made at the spring confer
ence to be held at Portland
university in April.
Host for the Nov. 5 meet
ing was Dr. Francis Haines
Sr. of the OCE faculty.
LONG LEASE
The U.S. has a 99-year lease
on Newfoundland air bases.
Court Records
DISTRICT COURT
Ralph F. Hanson, no horn, $10.
Roger K. llobbs, failure to stop,
.5. x
Charles T, McCasland, failure to
signal, $13.
Gerald W. Note, violation of ba
sic rule, $15,
Leonard D. William, no opera
tor's license, SV
Roy E. Gibson, violation of ba
sic rule, SIS.
Stanley H. Holt, no motor ve
hicle license. .
Ronald J. Martin, overload, $24.
CIRCUIT COURT
Charles Edward McGrath vs.
Anna J. McGrnth, divorce decree,
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Roy Jefferson Bates. GrookinRs,
Ore., and Charlotte Marlene Har
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Yreka - Keith foelvin
Groves, 41, Gazelle, turned
himself in at the Siskiyou
county jail to begin serving
a jail term of 55 days, after
his conviction in Yreka justice
court on charges of driving
with ft suspended license,
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