MONDAY, MAItCII 31. l!).r2
lU'AiAU) AND NKWS. KM MATH KAI.'.S. OKKCON
Washington Lays Back On
Fight For Dam Funds, To
Put Pressure On Senate
II y 1 HANK VAIII.i:
WA8IIINUION ill - WtiHhlliirlrm
Bluto eonitresniii'n will hold their
lira mill miiko no fflint lo huve
(lie llntiftn overrldo recoiiiinendii
llnns of u Aiiirnprliilloiin Com
mittee lor ciirtnllmenl of the Army
KhKlncern' OreKn-Wii"hliiHlon-Idu-ho
diim cnnli'Uctlnii uroKinm.
A clink of Individual members
Indlcntrd OKI I'liiulil Unit II would
bo lulllo (o in'i'k lo ollset the coin
niltter'n ll7.(iV7.0()l) slush III tin!
nil.3J,00U proponed proKruin.
"Wo ninv tnko the floor lor
few rcniiirkn Jiim to keen tlin re-
cord mrnlKlit," severnl inenihen
commented, "Hut I douiil unit my
serious ellort will bo Hindu lure.
Water Supply
Said Normal
HOOn RIVKIt Wl Wiilcr or
IrrlKiitlon In Wnnco nnd Hood River
Counties will bn kulllrlriit to inert
iisunl need. W. i'. front of I ho
Holl Coiuervutlim Servlrc reported.
At the first ol the minimi series
ol outlook meeting Hnlnrdnv, It
wan pointed out tint nl the (1,000
loot level on Mount Hood, snow Is
nbout. 11.6 feet deep. Thut Would
product) nbout flvo feet of wiiter.
Wiihco County Wiiter Muster
Hotter Wllhelm milil snow cover nl
llrooks Mcudow wun 3D 1 Inches
deep Willi wnler content of 17.2
inches. Thnt In nbout two Inches
of wuler more tlmn hint venr, but
mors thnn four lumen Ickn tlmn In
IBM.
Whllo Hlver below Tviih Vnllev
In expected to dltchiirue lHfi.OOO
ncre-lret III the livlgutlun period
AprllHeplemliei. Ill) per cent of
the 10-yriir nvernge but nunln less
than In HIM.
'Hiere mnv Imve lo he home re
pulutlonH Imposed '.n Auuusl, but
the tironpecl In 'li'il umiii! needs
cun be met nlrelv bv Bnder, Kork,
(Jnte, Klllcenmlle nnrl Mill Creeks.
Legislative
Meet Slated
A public henrlng on reapportion
nienl of the OreKon LcitiMiiturc
rrcuriilm problem luring Ihe
stnte Is lo be held next Buiiird.iy
muht nl the Courihou.-.o.
Men. I'lul Ilitchrock In chnlrmnn
of nn Interim commlltee sludyinit
the vnnoux plum or reapportion
ing the positions in the' Bennte mid
liouho ol KcprehcnliuJvejt, and that
committee lit to aiibmlt a report
to Ihe l.enl.sliiliiro next year.
Other members of the commit
tee nre Hen. ftlchnrd I.. Neuberiixr,
Portland: Itep. David C. Bnum,
I, a Clraude: Hep. II. 11. ChlndijiTii,
Molnlla: Hep. Ivan C. I.nlrd, till
kum: plus several advisory mem-
bent who nre not nf the l.etillUue
ah inieresied persons mid
Rrniipn nre Invited 10 nttend the Sat
urday henrimr nnd bring out lileni
reunrdliiK reiippnrllonnicnt. The
meelliiK is scheduled to ulurt ut
8 p.m.
We'll nlm nt the Bennte,"
Bliullnr ntriiti'k'y worked out i.nl
Isfiiclorlly Inst yenr when the
llouin elliulniiled funds .not only
lor Ico lliirbor nnd The Unlles, on
which the committee turned
thumbs down uuuln this year, but
UMio lor Allien! Falls.
Alter only passive reslsliinrn In
llln llollno, the Helmut reslored
funds for nil three. In coiili-ren:e
comillllleo the House held fail
only In Its opposition lo Ico llnr-
Uor.
It wns considered likely that the
Kennto iiKaln will re, .lore nlonry
for The Dulles which not Its lii-i
construcllon lunds last year nl
tlinuHli It'n doubtlul It will be io
the extent of the full 37 j million
linked by 'resident Truman.
Members ulso hoped that up
proprlalloiiH for Chief Joneph U:nn
would bo upped Iroui Ihe 11 mil
lion recoiiimruded by the Howu
coininlllee to nt least the 17 ' , mil
lion orlHlnully nsked by tho Al my
KiiKlueers.
'ihey were less optimistic nbuiil
Ico Harbor.
Hep. Tollefsnn (H-Wush.), tnld
he considered the Iiiiikuiikc of the
House committee's report on the
Lower Bnuke Klver project "to be
about ns Hut rejection an any
I've seen."
Hut Hep. Jackson 'D.-Wash i.
snld he thoUKht the chunces ol
reliisliitlnK the live million solium
for Ice Harbor "lire pretty Mood
unless the heavy percentnue of n;i
proprlullons koIiik to Ihe Tactile
Northwest works uKalnul us.''
Jackson contended the cut el
Tlie Dalles wns "clearly unwar
ranted nnd cosily to Ihe Kovcrn
ment In view of the fuel the pro.net
lu already under way."
Tollefson snld he would renew his
ellort to Include hinds for plnnutiiK
of the proposed Kaulc (jorxc Hood
control project In Kln County. Tho
House committee stiuck nil plun
nliiit funds from the bill.
Only one member ol Ihe WnOi
Initlon deleKntlnn (ouuded nn nptl
mlftllc note on tho committee
report. Ho wns Rep. lloran R
Wnsli. I.
He noted that despite heavy till:.
In the vurlous projrcls, the recom
mended bill cnrrlcs U'.fitt.OOQ lor
surveys. phiunlnK nnd study pro
Itrnins. He snld he him been as
sured thai some of the money In
cluded will be urd for water rlKhls
surveys on the Slmllknmeen River.
Streetcar
Strike Held
PORTLAND in AFL Btreetcnr
men's union members voted Sun
day to postpone their strike dend
ll'.o for one weekuntil April 8
lo nlve H clllzens' committee more
time to nludy Ihe I'ortlund Traction
Company's wuko nnd faro policies.
But two other imijor strikes
threnlencd In the Portland area
Monday. Home VUO operntliiR em
ployees ol tho Portland General
blietrlc Co. will strike April 14
unless UKrcement li reached on a
new contract, the union business
intent sulci. The workers nre nskliiK
an B 5 per cent wuko Increase.
Home 3.100 metal workers hnvc
set a strike lor Tuesday In the
city's major machine shops and
lulu iculiuif plants. Federal concil
iators attempted lo head off the
strike. .
The vole lo postpone the mans
transportation strike was 242 to
I 2. The union hus some 1200 mem
bers. They are uskliiK a 15-cent
hourly wuitc Increase and other
contract iH-neiu.s. 'the company
hns refused lo arbitrate unless the
Portland City Council iirnnts a fare
Increase.
PAGE TURKU
Hells Canyon Dam Hot Issue Por Scions
To Handle; Idaho Against Plan on The
Grounds It would Hamper Irrigation
WKHTKItN! Its
By JOHN KAMM
WA8HINOTON Vn Hells Can
yon, the Seven Devils Mountains
and the Bnnke River, some quipp
ing coiiKrcsmen nay, comblm: lo
form a "dovll of a country."
And a House Interior subcom
mittee Is handling a hot' contro
versy In Its hearlnx on a bill to
authorize the Hells Canyon Power
Dam on the Snake River, on the
Idaho-Oregon border.
Ner Hells Canyon are the Seven
Devils Mountains, which havs
peaks named He Devil, She Devii,
and Lesser Devils.
Despite the aeotiranhlcal names
however, Idaho congressmen loy
ally Insist this rugged, picturesque
nrea In God's country.
The Reclamation Bureau has
Family Night
Big Success
"Family Night" at the Y.MCA
Friday wus so successful that It
will probably become n regular
event, nccordlnu to Director Cecil
Kollcnborn.
A crowd of 118 "Y" members
and members of their families
turned out Frldny evening. They
were entertained by members ol
the college ago group, hnd a group
sing period, names nnd demonstra
tions of "Y" programs.
Lewis Erbcs won master of ceremonies.
lure to cost 357 million dollars. 1 03 miles lonsr nnd covering 25 000
Ilirough the canyon, nearly S.ijon i acres of land,
feet below the nearby mountain They sav nine gcnTatn won il
roftnhmi.8,n,irrK,IVCr r""hrH,0ni""e theMwatne'retoR produce aoou
lis 1.000-mllc trip from Wyoming wxi.000 kilowatts of power. Ol this
westward and northwerd through 300.000 kilowatts would be re
some of the continent's most In- served for use in Idaho and the
r-H.T nil o?!;i',try n " W"y 10 remainder would go Into the Bonne!
Columbia River, vlile Pow,.r Adinlnlr.iratlon system
Historians say Hgl. John Ordway i serving the Columbia Basin area.
Jnlhehney,aZif,Hrt ex;""UlliJ" But opponents, Including the Ida,
was the first while man to gaze ho congressmen, say the people ol
upon the gorge's sheer walls, chlls ,he arca don.t warthe dam. D-.e '
towering to the sky. and ringed suy wouW harnper lrlKation D.
snow-covercd mountain peaks to;U,ing t00 Kh wpatRri h" would
the cast and west. tloos gUc, at wh(ch th8' Idaho P(JW
Tlirce fur trndcrs drowned In ; er Co., wants lo build dams.
1811 In churnim; rapids at a point The government calls Hells Can
where the canyon Is 6.00(1 lectlyon Dam a key structure In ii
deep but only 280 feet wide. I plan to control and Utilize tho Brinks
, Onpt. Bonneville, the Army ex-, Rjver, essential in the federal plan
plorer. vlsl ed he canyon In 1831 for multiple purpose dcvelopmen
and wrote in his memoirs: r ih. r-niX.hi. o,....
picked whut it calls the decuust I "Nothing we have ever seen or , which was worked out bv Armv
Among projects planned for the
system are dams In Idaho, Oregon,
Washington and Montana.
Hungry Horse Dnm In Montana's
south fork of the Flathead River,
a big project. Is scheduled to begin
generating power In October.
Among other dams on the gov
ernment's program nre Alherd
Falls, Detroit, Big Cliff, McNnry,
Lookout Point, Dexter, Roza, Amer
ican Falls, Chandler. Chief Joseph,
Palisades, Uppsr Bcrlvor Creek,
Lower Bcrlve Tree. Ten Muphn
Tho Dalles, Hills Creek. Lower
Monumental, Little Goose, Llbuv,
nnd Lower Granite. '
BUILD BETTER FOR LESS
PEYTON PUMICE
BUILDING BLOCKS
VIIMIN MOOf
JIt INSULA TIN
IMUTIFUl
(AST TO lUILO
COSTS TOU USS
EYT0N&
3S MAflNIT
river ennyon In the nation ns the gazed upon In any other region
site lor what It says would be tin could for a moment compare In
highest dam In the world, a struc-1 w"d majesty and Impressive stern-
ncss with the scenes which at every
Margaret Knew
Of HST Decision
PORTLAND Wl -- It wns no sur
prise lo Margaret Truman that her
lalher won't be a candidate for reelection.
turn astonished our senses
filled us with awe."
A writer called the scene
and
F.ngineers and the Reclamation
Bureau.
The government has comnlcieJ
two major projects under the pro
gram, Bonneville and Grand Cou
lee Dams.
Many other projects are pl.-nr.td.
Miss Truuinn was notified of her wnr T. hihett h , .
father's announcemcnl only a few S.'l.,-' .JL'
.....w. ""uiu wiswuiii4 n milt.
grand Panorama of nature, creaied , The government fias received aulh
at'lc w2rld' . ; orlly from Congress to build dam-
inhMHSSSi bureau wanes costing more than three billion dol-
n mol ih iitht,mn.' truct, : I"' i" the Northwest during the
mi."riE. Lnrt .r ' ""J 0" ot next decade' ""d more projects
materials and erect a dam between : will be submitted.
; f. HSban4 mni b.i. i,4aellan
y7
1 7?
IASY
oil. rATWtNIJ
715 Moin Strett
iiiiuiuii-a uKuitu noe appearca on
'the stage ol the Portlnnd nudltor
luin for a concert here Saturday.
"I've known about it before and
I learned this afternoon- thnt he
wan going to make the announce
ment tonight," she said.
Her concert was not enthusiasti
cally received by critics here.
Some 3800 persons, an overflow
crowd, nttended the concert.
MIRRORS
tor any rtm
In the tmr!
m Hi Main
Taslc Ih,
at
Diamond Eight
Two Die In
Plane Crash
OMAHA Wl Two men were
killed nnd three others Injured, one
seriously, enrlv Monday when an
Air Force B-2S bomber crashed
while attempting lo land nt Olfutt
Air Force Base.
A Strnteglc Air Commnnd spokes,
mnn snld the phinc, bnsed nt Ouf
futt, wns coming In for a binding
nl the end nf n routine flight to
Uurbank, Cullf. Apparentlv one en
gine wns nut.
The plane ovcr.-.iol the Held,
fried to pull up nnd crashed nbout
three miles northwest of the bnso,
tho apokesmnn said. The wreckngc
was strewn over a 300 squnre J'nrd
area.
pocket
Southbound Mnlnllntu
Uovtqf.j.. 5:10 P.M.
SAN FRANCISCO 3 hn.
IOS ANGELES . 5', hr.
Norlhbound Molnllnm
Imv of... 12:35 P.M.
PORTLAND . . 2 hrs.
""IE 5hrJ.
', luivrfom night)
"o tho toil"
UNITED AIR LINES
Airport Tormlnol. Coll J-JJJ7 or.
o on aulhorliod
rovol og.nl.
Play Planned
For April 2
BONANA The play being given
by the Parents and Patrons club
of Bonanza will be April 1 hi 1
o'clock In the auditorium. It Is n
three net comedy entitled. "The
Big Blow Up," and Is being direct
ed by Ivnn Bold. Vcldn llnlev Is
In chnrge of the stage. Cliirn Bold
nnd Ruth Merrill tho make-up nnd
Tom Blnckmnn will- take euro of
tho lighting and sound effects. The
sehisil band will play between the
arts.
The enst Includes Emmnhnr
Shepherd ns Ellen Parker the Lund
lady. Dalian Southerlnrjl ns 'Beans'
her high school son. Betty Rice
as Melludn the new muld. Mupsy
MnrrU a young crlniinul will he
played by Louis Slnller. Corn John
son, young school teucher by Mir
Inm Polucek. Terry King n detec
tive by Don Rice, Bnndrii Rlcharcs
an enigma by Jnnet f'crnlimd, Kat
ie Lee Beans girl Irlend bv Nnnev
Bchmor. Douglas Blnke Snnoin's
lliinco by Jack Kelly, Mr. Field
fiiindrn's Irate Inther by Bill ,lnns.
Mrs. Fields her nnxlous mother by
Virginia Thomas.
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MANILA iP Rep. Lowell SlO'k
mnn iR.-Ore.l, conferred Monday
with Philippines Defense Secretary
Rnymon Mngsnysny. stockmnn nr.
rived Sunday on n tour of U S.
milltnry bnses In the Pnclflc. He
Plans to lenve for Jnnnn In a low
dnys.
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