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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1954)
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1954 HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON PAGE NINE Cordon Tells Audience Of Early Hells Canyon Siand HEPPNER "The National Hells Canyon Association is Just 4 years late," Senator Guy Cordon told a Gilliam County audience here. Speaking to some 75 persons In the county courthouse, Senator Guy Cordon explained bow he in troduced an amendment In the spring of 1950 to -authorize con struction of the Hells Canyon Dam. "That was the time when they should have had a Hells Canyon Association." he said. The senator told how his amend ment was killed on a motion of Senator . Dennis Chavez of New Mexico "with every left-winger in the Senate except one voting to kill it: Senator Mor.sr to his credit voted with his colleagues at that time." Senator Cordon said, "after that, on two different occasions they tried to get a Hells Canyon au thorization in the House . . and failed. I tried to get that dam when we- had a chance to gel it. We could have done it; we should have done it. It does not make any dif ference to me who builds the dam. I want it built. I Just don't see how you could get the federal mon ey for it today; . it'd never get through the House. But I'd vote again for the building of Hells Can yon by the Bureau of Reclama tion." ' ' Taking a suggestion from his wife, who is accompanying him on this leg of the campaign tour. Sen ator Cordon built an "off-the-cuff" speech arounj suggestions asked earlier by h i s audience. He ex plained how a special title in the Farm Act passed by the 83rd congress provides incentive pay ments to increase the production of wool to a hoped - for 300 million pounds annually. Answering the Question "Why are we getting so much lumber from Canada?" Senator Cordon drew laughter from bis audience when he said, "That's simple. It's because the price of lumber in the United States is higher than that WIS A SWEAR WORD to the Republicans President Eisenhower must be congratulated for his courage in coming to Oregon to dedicate McNary Dam a dam which is the symbol of a federal river development program that the Eisenhower administration, thru McKay and his cohorts, are do ing their very best to wreck. Many people will wonder why the Republicans are holding a celebration at a dam fostered, atarted, and practically complet ed by, a Democratic administra tion. For the past 19 months, Eisen hower administration spokesmen in Eastern Oregon McKay and Coon have been preaching for "partnership" dams, but people of the Northwest now know that it was a label for an empty box. "Partnership" has brought no new power projects only con fusion, disillusionment, and pros pects for a sev'ere power short age. "Partnership"- means the end of dams like McNary. McNary Dam,' like Hells Can yon and John Day, is a key struc ture in the plan for comprehen sive development of the Colum bia and Snake Rivers started nearly 20 years ago with the con struction of Bonneville Dam. No amount of political smoke-screen can obscure the fact that Mc Nary is NOT a phony "partner- ' ship" dam, but a sound federal, multi-purpose project. People of Eastern Oregon will be interested in what the Presi dent has to say. Will he make a political pitch for the so-called "partnership" to pull Coon and Cordon off the hook or will he announce that McNary Dam is a . cornerstone of one of the sound est federal programs for region al development' and for national security ever conceived, or wiil he admit to the truth of the pre diction made at Hungry Horse Dam in 1951, "Look closely at this dam. If the Republicans get in. it will be the last one you will see." It's high time that we had rep resentation in Washington to fight for more McNary Dams to bring the power and the payrolls we need so badlv in Eastern Ore gon. I pledge myself to that fight. LMtn la; Hftr L'llman, KVJI, Wti., Paid for by VUtr.an for Conorett Committee Birry Bo pan, Chr Baker, Or. for lumber from Canada. The senator then took a serious vein and said. "Why that is I can not say. There are people in the slate department whose thinking I cannot understand. But as far as I'm concerned,- I protect the pro ducts In this country." Senator Cordon went on to ex plain that lie favors reciprocal u-aue agreements, and "traffic where necessary" to protect home inoustries and their lobs. To a question about the prefer ence clause giving electricity to public utilities. Senator Cordon si.id. "I have no objection to it whatever; I've supported it a n d will again." He went on to explain how Bonneville administrators nave interpreted the .'aw "precise ly opposite" to the way it reads. (The law specified that until 1942 one - half of all power from Bon neville be held for puolic bodies). But the Bonneville Administra tion Interpreted it precisely the op posite, tne Senator said. "They ordered that, all the power was to be held for public bodies all the time.' Senator Cordon then went on to explain how this ruling by past ad ministrations has wolked against Oregon where 85 per cent ol all power users are served by private utilities. "Twice this state has voted the question of Slate public power and turned It down," he said believe in majority rule. Any time tne majority wants public power I'm for it. It's up to the people to say. My critics seem to believe in minority rule." Oregon's senior senator closed his speech by stating his views on universal military training. "We're going to have to have trained sol diers on our right hand in these times," he said. "I want to see it In the schools, close to home. don't want to see a man on horse back arise in this couutry; but we need training." Senator Cordon was introduced IitTme). - at ADAIR'S 28995 complete Clip This $100 IN, FREE AWARDS given SAT., SEPT. 25 at our OPEN HOUSE ADAIR'S FURNITURE ill mtf WjS' ' - 1 H At to, THE AMERICAN LEGION POST at Merrill was recent host to Lakeview Post, No. S3 when dis trict vice commander William Meisner, Lakeview, spoke on communism. Above (I to rl M. W. Howard, commander Merrill Post, No. 80; Elmer Jarrett, Lakeview; Oeele Smith, Commander, Bly Post, No. 13; Gus Reiss, commander, Lakeview Post; Wally Chapman, ad jutant, Lakeview Post and William Meisner. Photo by Van by Jesse Turner, Heppner attorney, tormer member of the Oregon le gislature. The speech at the court house followed an informal dinner meeting in Heppner. Earlier Senator Cordon spoke briefly at Fossil and addressed high school bodies at Arlington and Condon. 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