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PAGE SIX HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, i9S!t rRANK JENKINS BILL JENKINS editor Minting Editor 1st rod aa second class matter at the post ollice at Klamath Pall, Or... on August 30, Itoe, under act of Congress, Marco I, 117 MKMBER OF THS ASSOCIATED FBES8 The Associated Press la entitled exclusively to the use for publication M au local news pnnieo in tnis newspaper aa weu as all AP SUBSCRIPTION BATES MAIL CARRIER v . 1 Month I l.M 1 Month I l.M . , f Montha 1.50 Monttaa , - , I I M 1 Vear $12.00 1 fear 111. BILLBOARD '- ""u i t .. 1 Li.- . .:" 1 Now that tha federal govern-, nnd 15 in possession aa long as mrnt, through the Department ol the Interior, has bet the limits lor the coming duck and goose season, and since Oregon has al ready mado its chulce, we can ait back and relax and stop wor rying and wondering iiboul whnt Ve're going ta gel In the way ol seasons. I But this Is perhnps, also, best time ol year to take a clo-e -look at the situation and see what 'can be done to Improve our lot in the years to come. For the three of them, are "depredation birds." These are classified as widgeon and pintail. On geese we can have six a day, of which only three may be of the dark species. In other words, you have to have three snow geese In your bag If you nil the limit. Brant are ol Utile interest in this area because the i of the limited number of hunters who trek over to the coastal re- Blons to hunt the salt water birds. You are allowed to shoot 25 coots per day If you need that many slKhtlng-in ahots of if vou happen to possess the secret of cooking these birds In such a man ner as to make them edible. Major change in the season this year, and the one most welcomed uninitiated let me explain that the basic framework of migratory waterfowl seasons in set up .In this manner: The federal govern ment, working through the Fish and . Wildlife Service, ol which John Farley Is director, sets upbj, hunters, is the dropping of the """" jr-j- noon opening on the tlrst day ol uvtciiiiuiMiK lira uJt--iiiis aiiu Hiss ing dates, the bag limits and shoot ing hours. The depnrtmcnt and the FW8 are aided In this work by such groups as gamo management gents, state game department technicians, wildlife experts of the Canadian wildlife service. Ducks ' Unlimited and the Wildlife Man ' ngement Institute. On top of these people Director Farley also gives 1 ronsideratlon to the ODlnfons and 1 auggestlons of tho Waterfowl Ad j Vieory Committee. Tina committee Is made up of delegates of the ' National Wuterfowl Council whose 'membership is composed of dlrec I Jora of state game departments; ( International Association of Game, yish and Conservation Commission, i era, the Wildlife Management In ' ntltute, the National Wildlife Fed- i ration, the Ouldoor Writers As- i oclatton of America, the Audubon Society, the I.aak Walton League nnd the wildlife Society. i When tho opinions of all of these . people arc put together and mulled J over the experts come out with j Ins answers. This year, according i to a report from Acting Secretary 5 tof the Interior Clarence Davis, I the season is expected to be the J Best since the bumper crop ol i ?9S2. Hatches all over the area the season. (It is to be hoped tnat California will also adopt thlr choice. That state had not selected its seasons when this was written.) Auer ail ine rcporis were ini and everything said the bovs de- assume thrt Ihev will In all Drob cided that the various states could ability maintain the traditional TheyH Do It EvciyiTinicv . By Jinimy Hatio 6CTS WTO THtT I 'f.rU V- MWiJM.T WAhlT mmmmmmlrTmmir SIX UAH AUO CHEESe-TWO i a. RU6H IS REALLY OH tQV aSSSJ i Letter FromVashington like to offer a few remarks and; had time enough for a thorough or two ago and watched the wild-. suggestions of my own. I have believed for many years that the only reasonable and work able solution to the problem of the seasons along the Pacific Flyway is a zoning change that will com pensate for the vastly differing con. dition along the strung-out lerri- tory. The fact that in our area the California-Oregon border cuts di rectly across the Basin puts shoot ers up against a tough and often embarrassing problem. In the case of California I think it is safe to take their alloted number of days from that period between October first and January 15th. In other words you could choose your no days irom this 107 dav period It was up to the states to decide which dates would offer the great est possibilities to the gunners while at the same time giving con sideration to the economio factors involved. These economic factors hlnce almost entirely on the ag ricultural end of things under such headings as (I) how much dam age will be done to crops by birds? I2i how much damage by hunt ers? (3) what will be the most ratlsfactory dates to Insure the greatest Influx of hunters and the several other considerations of co- split season. The elongated geo graphic features of the state make it a natural lor this unnatural sys tem of season setting. Bui why should the gunners In the Northern portion of the state be forced to suffer because of the geographic features of the state? I would strongly recommend that certain East-West boundaries be established as well as the North-South flyway dellnlations in order to offer shooters the best possible seasons for the area In which they live. In our case I should like to see a zone com prising the Southern Oregon and Northern California counties or areas East of the mountains set up with a season which could be operation between states and areas, entirely Independent of the coastal B..F ami unjaiiitauuiiB. na lower vallev reg ons. Tills tiave been near record In size. f Survival has been high and con i littlons have, in general, been fine I Hie Pacific Flyway Is tho only one In which an increusc In the , number ol birds has not been . DredlCted. We will hnvn rr,,,,,l,l t The same number ot birds as wo had before, t Within the framework- of the federal regulations we find tho J rules as set down for the four ; iyways, the Atlantic, Mississippi I Central and Pacific. since ih At. ' lantio, Mississippi and Central fly- f ways mean Jittie to us out here ; In the West wo can forget them except as thev relate to the hirri ; irom our own flyway. By this I i mean only that In somo instances , n is rumored that the flight habits j of the birds have been changed ! and ducks that formerly used the i Paclflo Flyway have switched over i and now follow the route of the , Central Flyway. In some Isolated ; esses It has been proven that , geese from the Western breeding ; grounds have gone clear over into I the Mississippi flyway. Do, you ace, after all the regions nave been represented and heard , from the experts back m Wash- . inglon decide what the hunters arc going to get In the wnv of shool- ing. For the Pacific Flyway they have decreed an 80 day season . with a choice of cither straight ii or split dates. The bag limit Is split choice of seven a doy and in possession or aix ner ri nnri i 12 In possession. This, (n turn, i ! ran be Increased to 10 per dav and In. possession or nine per day' The Flyway Council has a great deal of weight In this matter of choo:lng opening and closing dates. The press Is excluded. No report ers are allowed In the meetings and, consequently, the public has no inkling of what goes on behind the closed doors until such time as the members of the council see III to reveal what they have rec ommended. To this I am violently opposed. I cannot see where any single grotto ol men. no matter how conscientious or well-mean ing, should be allowed to decide an , Issue Involving anything as pubiio as the migratory waterfowl. If there Is anything In the world that should belong to all the people of the nation It la our natural resources and our wildlife. A good deal of the taxpayers' money goes into support or various re serves, refuges, research groups, management and other expenses involved in the complicated busi ness of maintaining our wildlife resources. I firmly believe that all meetings having to do with such matters should be open to the public and should be widely pub licized. However, If we are to take a close look at what might or might not be done in the ease of the various seasons we can't let our selves go off on tangents. In the belief that constructive criticism and constructive suggestions are tne most effective method of achieving any long range goal I'd would, I think, offer more and better hunting, less confusion as to boundaries and better depredation control through a possibility of earlier seasons. I would recommend. In the event- uallty that we achieve this zone, an earlier season In order to give local gunners a chance at the dep redation ducks as they are called. The luckless, but early flying pin tails and widgeons have been called depredation ducks because ot tneir numbers and because ol the damage they do to agricultural crops. But how are we going to control mis "depredation if the early flights are in long before harvest even starts but no shoot ing is allowed until the peak of i no nigni nas passed or, to tne South' I doubt If there will be sny argument over the fact that there was still plenty of duck food left in the Basin after the birds had gone on South last year. If the Idea Is to combine both aood hunting for the public at large with sensible and effective sea sonal coordination to aid In this business of preventing crop losses due to migrating birds then it would seem that an early season is certainly called tor. There have been vigorous efforts made to reg ulate insofar as possible the dis tribution of migrating birds on thrlr Southward flights In order to alleviate crop damage. How suc cessful these measures have been I don't know. The theory hasn't lest. There are, pernaps. many things, including the parceling and relocation ol refuge areas, that could be worked in with regional zoning and season shooting date setting to afford both adequate shooting for the scattergun artists and protection for the farmer dur ing harvest time. The problem is certainly of such scope as to require diligent study. There are so many avenues to be explored that it benefits little to lash out right and left over sny single phase of the operation. As with everything, conservation In particular, education is probably the answer. I am atraid tnat tne public at large. Including the hum ors, have spent too much time in criticism of seasons and federal- state procedures and not enough in constructive and intelligent thinking as to what could be done. There has been, I believe, too much damning of the all game commission men, be they federal or state, on the grounds that they are out to preserve the duck and goose hordes rather than a fiord good shooting, without any basic thinking along the present day game regulations which have grown up over the years. The whole thing has grown so ponder ous, so top-heavy through the ac cumulated years of adding first one bureau and then another to study and regulate the situation that perhaps we have lost sight of the original objective which was the conservation of our mi gratory waterfowl while at the same time aifording shooting lor the public. I have been accused again and again of agitating for bigger kills nnd longer seasons, of not being interested In conservation but only in the killing of our birds. I don't think that these accusations arc well founded. I believe that con servation means the full utilization of our natural resources, including migratory waterfowl, for the men of today, tomorrow and for all time. Tile duck and goose crop must De narvesteo just as out crops ana our timber and our livestock. Let's see to It that It is done In such a manner as to afford the fullest benefit to the greatest number of people. so I say the best thing to do Is enjoy the coming season to the niiiesi extent, nut while we are taking In the wholesome thrills of hunting let's keep thinking of ways to better the situation, means of providing even better shooting ior miure years, let s take the wraps off the machinations of the committees that set up our pres ent seasons and let the public ihiow wnat s oeing done and what groups are exerting pressure eith er tor or against present or pro posed regulations. The people ol this country sal by a generation life slaughter that led to present day restrictions. Let's not fit by j again and watch while our hunt-1 Ing turns into a restricted sport reserved only lor those who can afford to buy land or Join expen sive gun clubs or seek the sport In foreign lands. In short, let's all pull together for the benefit of all. ! Which all reminds me that our Mexican friends told us of an in cident in Sonora in which a couple of American gunners flew into the area, shot for several days and flew out again, leaving a pile of over a thousand dead ducks to rot. Feeling, it is reported, ran high in the area and will hinder further hunting in that area lor years to come. It Is my opinion that any gun ner who would commit an outrage like this should be sentenced to work for a period of ten years without pay in some form of duck preservation project and should lose his hunting privileges for life. Liquor Ads Hit By WCTU Leader LONG BEACH. Calif. (Pi A WCTU official says "misleading and often false" liquor advertising Is "luring am increasing number of young people to drink, with the idea that they can do so 'in moderation' without danger of be coming oddicts. Mrs. C. V. Biddle, Knoxville. Tcnn.. vice president at large oi the Woman's Christian Temper ance Union, added: "This form of 'brain washing' Is causing 10 times as many teenagers to drink, as would drink otherwise. The up growing generation is being sold the false Idea that drinking is a harmless pleasure without head aches, with a consistent omission of the 'fact that beer and wine contain alcohol that, makes one drunk." She spoke to the WCTU's execu tive committee on the eve of the organizations 81st annual convention. CHARGE TOKYO l.fi P e 1 p 1 n g radio charged today that U.S. shipment of Honest John rockets capable of carrying atomic warheads "is a serious menace to the security of Japan and peace in the Far East." Bt your Congressman HARRIS ELLSWORTH Now that another session of Congress hss ended I belive you might like to have a report in the nature of a summary of what has happened m Washington. DC, during the first half of the 84th Congress and the third quarter of the presidential term of our able and popular President Eisenhower. Since the government team in Washington now, as the result of the elections last year is mlsmated (Republican Administration with a Democrat Congress!, there has been considerable "pulling and hauling" and forward progress has not been noteworthy par ticularly in the Congressional branch. Any administration is se verely handicapped n tne opposi tion party has control of the Con gress. In the area of responsibility of the executive branch of the gov ernment headed by President Ei senhower an impressive record of accomplishments for the good of the country has been made. Here Is a partial list: No Shooting War peace throughout the world for the first time in nearly a generation. , Cold War Eased firmness nnd cordiality of President Eisen hower and his diplomats has re sulted in changed attitude and less tension. Inflation Ended the value of the dollar has remained almost stable for more than two years. Cost of living has been stabilized. Wages and Employment at Rec ord High in June 64 million were employed. Unemployment near record low and declining. A state of general prosperity exists. Wag es at all time high. Communist Influence In Govern ment Wiped Out the question of subversives and security risks In government has cead to exist. Confidence in government has been restored. Collective Security Strengthened South Korea. Republic of China. Austrian treaties; Middle East. Latin American agreements; West German independence and a NATO member: Trieste. Suez and Iranian problems solved with U.S. as sistance. The administration asked the 84th Congress to enact bold new programs for schools, highway ex pansion, housing, health re-insurance, higher minimum whip, mili tary reserve program. Congress enacted some portions of the Pres dents's program which were ex tensions or continuance ot laws sponsored by previous administra tions. Those included extension of reciprocal trade increase in mini mum wage, foreign aid, selective service and a start was msde on broadening the social security cov erage and benefits. But the Eisenhower proposals looking forward to meeting the needs of our rapidly increasing population and our expanding economy did not come through the political opposition cross-currents to enactment during this ses sion. Among them were the fol lowing: Aid to School Construction re ported at end of session by House Committee but not In form sug gested or desired by the admini stration. Social Security Act Improve ments such a bill passed by Senate. House bill not In accord with tne President's program but carrying some of his recommen dations. Dynamic Long Range Highway Program mauled, mangled and disfigured by Democrat majority !n committee. Rejected by more than two to one vote by a dis gusted House of Representatives. Health Re-Insurance provld Ing for the expansion of private voluntary medical pre payment plans by government underwriting part of the insurance risk. No ac tion at all has been taken this ver" on this subject. Of special Interest to the North west and to our district was t'le oassage of the law to ston the filing of phonv or fraudulent min ing claims In the national forests. Title to timber and other surface values Is keDt by the government. I hive worked for years on this subject. In 1949 partial success war achieved by the passage of my bill to afford such orotectlon on the O ft C lands. To develon the bi'i which was oasscd I worked with department heads end other Members of Congress. The hill enacted carried the name of the chairman nf the committee but contained the language which pro tects for thp counties their oortion of the recclDts from O & C- lands nd wns otherwise identical with the bill I introduced. Several of my bills which were nassed bv Congress last year have alreadv yielded beneficial results to our district. H.R. 5958 settled the lone standing O k C Indemnity lands controversy resuming in the distribution of more than seven millions of dollars to the counties. H.R. 8384 authorized the construc tion of the Talent irrigation proj ect Money to complete the plan ning of that project was approp riated this year. Actual construc tion should be under wav by this time nen year. H.R. 4541 which was enacted as a part of the Riv ers and Harbors and Flood Control Bill authorized federal construc tion of newer facilities et the Cougar and Green Peter Dams in the Willamette system. Althoust, I that authorization, which I srjo" appropriation this year of mon "-- f" " urcen Pet. and to finish the nlans mrA ... construction of Cougar, these nroil eels can be completed faster and with greater benefit to the peo-,1. If the partnership plan of finanel ing them is adopted. This year I have again sought ... itiiMiuon whicn would hurry the construction of Green Peter and Cnntrr by permitting some $40 million of their cost to be put up by local interests. With that money avail, able to supplement Congressionil go ahead even if public works wci CUl OOWTI by an economy minded Congress. Th Dartnershin bill for fnn0.. was passed by the House last yeir nullum a uisscnung vote. This year the bill which Includes both dams met with detrminH tion by Oregon's Senators who Uh msi uiwt uuiy government money be spent on such dams. They 8. nore at least two excellent rea. sons for the adoption of the pru nershlp plan: (1) With nearly o million ln local financing available in addi. tion In federal flnnrnnrntlnn which to build Green Peter and wmi n minion similarly avail, able for Cougar, the dams can b built more rapidly and the flood control and power obtained earlier, (2i The Eugene Water and Elpi trie Board soys it cm generate the tvne of nower it nenH. . Cougar cheaper than it can buy 'ne same power 11 uougar Is built 'sa federal protect. The Pacific Powe- and Lir-ht Company told the Coritressional Committee that the rotes charged its customer? would be tr- same whether or not they participate in building nreen Pe'er or not. But the Llrra County Assessor told me If the comoanv bulMs the Green Peter Power Plant it will pav at least KOO.Pdn ner year in county taxes. M" office. 1'30 House Off'ce Building. 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