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Br I HANK JENKINS
A few days ago I paid a visit,
along with Jin inspection party
Horn Oregon's state parks advis
ory committee, to California's
state parks in the redwoods area
of Humboldt and Del Ncrte coun
ties. It is a fascinating trip, easily
covered in a week-end. There is
no better time to njake it than
these crisp October dajs. I can
unhesitatuig'y recommend it.
These awesome redwood iorests.
the bulk of tneir trees varying in
age from 1,000 to 2,000 years, are
worth a trip across the continent.
Tor us of Southern Oregon, they
are only a few hours away.
California has -134 stite parks
homewhat fewer In number' than
Oregon's. They vary in size from
a few acres to some 4tw.ooo acre,
tine huge ones are; in the slate's
desert areas, where land values
are relatively lnsigniiicam.i ui au
of them, these redwoods parks arc
by long odds the most fabulously
beautiful.
The Humboldt Redwoods park
contains some 23.000 acres, includ
ing some of the finest redwood
groves in California. The present
area of Prairie Creek Redwood
par!:, between Eureka and Cres
cent City, includes 11.000 acres,
with more acquisitions planned.
Small, but spectacular Patricks
Point, hanging above the rugged
coastline, has only 400 acres.
An added attraction at Prairie
Creek park Is a band of elk that
inhabits a wide meadow that is a
part of the park area. These im
pressive animals are not "tame."
in the sense thai city park elk
ere tame. They come and go from
the surrounding forests, but they
soon learn that they are safe
within the park borders and pay
no attention to the throngs of visi
tors. Overnight camping Is permitted
in all of these parks, and during
July and August all of them were
filled to capacity every night. The
attendants report a steady in
crease in the number of visitors
carrying- camp equipment. The
fame tendency has been noted in
Oregon state parks.
Hotel and motel owners In the
vicinity of state parks in ooth
states wero far from enthusiastic
at first over the idea of permitting
cvernlgftt campinq. This attitude.
however. Is changing. Many of
them report that alter camping
out for several nights visitors lend
to go to motels or hotels to clean
up and get a change .from their
own cooking. In these Cases, they
are apt to stay two or three nights
instead of moving on the next
morning. -
The average charge at the Call'
forma p.trks is si per night for
automobiles 'and S1.2S for trailers.
The accommodations include
camping space, tables and benches
and an outdoor stove. Fuel lor the
stove can be purchased at the
camp headquarters. Toilet facili
ties and showers, with hot and cold
water, are provided at most oi
the camps.
Roughly the same accommoda
tions at about the same. prices are
orovlded in Oregon's state parks.
in general, the facilities provided
;n the Oregon parks are newer
and more modern, having been in
stalled more recently. In many of
ihe Oregon parks there are elec
tric stoves, with coin-ln-the-slot
attachments. .
Laundrv facilities- are provided
in the better parks, along with
tubs tor bathing Da dies. Tne park
people, incidentally, report
creasing travel by families with
very young babies.
California estimates the capital
value of its state narks system at
about 65 million dollars. A little
less than 70 per cent of the slate
share of this amount has been
paid for with royalties from Cali
fornia's -cflshore oil.
A lot of inland demagogs Insist
thai this offshore oil belongs to
ALL THE PEOPLE, and not just
to the people of the states whose
borders touch the ocean beaches.
I wonder how the people of Ore
ron would feel about It all if oil
should be found under the ocean
oft Oregon's beaches.
Would they want this oil to be
long to ALL THE STATES, inland
as well as coastal? Or would they
feel that royalties from oil dis
covered under the surf oil Ore
con's beaches should belong to the
PEOPLE CP OREGON?
You'll hnve to answer that one
for yoursell.
But I know how I feel about It
1 oil should be discovered off
shore from Oregon as it coula be
I'm. going to want the people oi
Oregon to nave tne royaim-s ar
rived .from it. I'm not going to
wart to split ft up wiih vhe state:
that have no ocean frontage.
Tule Ranchers
To Meet Friday
On Friday evening. October 14 at
I o'clock at the Tulelake Grange
Hull there will be a meeting of
all land owners In Tulelake Divl-
5, on Two to discuss the latest draft
of the repayment contract between
the Bureau of Reclamation and the
Tulelake Irrigation District.
Due to an error, it was slated
Ir. the Wednesday Issue of the
Herald and News that the purpo-
ot the mce;ir. would be dlscu
fion of the proposed Copco-Bureau
of Reclamation contract retard
ing use of the waters of the Klam
a;h River.
All interested persons are urged
to attend Friday evening s meet
inr. l; which the reoayment con
tract will be discussed.
Price Five Cents 30 Pairs
Dumont Held
For Murder
Of Farmer
A 54-year-old saw filer was
held in tile county Jail Thursday
wu n iiiumci biunge aiier ne was
alleged to have shot a 54-year-old 1
farm worker In a dispute over a
proposed 'deer hunting expedition.
Accused of the homicide is
George Oumont. He is alleged to
have, fatally wounded Jason
Charles.
In a statement to District At
torney Richard Beesley and Sher
iff Murray Britton, Dumont ad
mitted shooting Charles with a
30-30 rifle in a cabin at Lone Pine
late Wednesday afternoon. He
claimed he acted In self defense. '
A three-hour fight by Dr. George,
H. Adler to save the gun victim's
life proved futile. Charles died
shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday
in Klamath Valley Hospital. When
he was brought to the hospital,
no evidence of pulse beat could
be detected. Blood transfusions
were of no avail.
DUMONT'S STORV
At the county Jail. Dumont told
the following story:
"I was lying on a couch sleep
ing. Jason came up beside me
and woke me up. He wanted to
go deer hunting but I didn't He
pointed the .rifle at me and said:
'I'm going to shoot you.' Before
I could say anything, he pulled
the trigger. There was no car
tridge in the chamber, so the gun
didn't discharge."
Dumont added that before
Charles could . pull the trigger
again, he leaped from the. couch
and grabbed the gun.
"Then I told Jason I was going
to shoot him," Dumont continued.
"He told me I didn't have the
guts. So I pulled the trigger. That
time the gun went off."
SHOT IN STOMACH
Charles was shot in the stom
ach. He lay unconscious on the
floor of the cabin until Deputy
Sheriff Alvle Youngblood and State
Policeman Dick Flnnell, . sum
moned by neighbors, reached the
scene.
District Attorney Richard Bees-
ley Thursday morning filed a
second degree murder charge
against Dumont. He waived pre
liminary hearing before District
Judge D. E. Van Vactor and was
ordered held for the grand Jury. Dr.
Adler, who is Klamath County cor
oner, said an autopsy on the gun
victim's body would be performed
later in the day.
Sheriff Britton said his Investi
gation showed that the men had
been drinking wine before they
quarreled. A half-filled bottle of
v ine was found In the cabin.
Knowland Raps
Vice President
TACOMA, Wash. Wi In remarks
Interpreted by listeners as aimed
at Vice President Nixon, Sen.
Knowland (R-Callf) said last night
no one man should be designated
as "an heir-apparent" If President
Eisenhower does not seek re
election in 1956,
The Senate minority leader de-.
parted from the text of a prepared
speech to tell a Republican wom
en's club that he felt "the nation
will be better served by a wide
open Republican primary."
He returned to his text to say.
In further discussion of possible
Republican nominees, that he did
not consider "a Pcpsodent smile,
a ready quip, an actor's perfection
with lines, nor an ability to avoid
Issues, as qualifications for high
office."
He did not elaborate on this
point.
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UNITED FUND-RE0 CROSS DRIVE aides, all mamben of Klamath Union High School's soph
omore Trl-HI-Y Club, qafhered at th UF-RC drive office on Mam Street recently to aid
the drlvt workers. Shown above getting mail ready, are: left to right, Pat Carroll, Janice
Griggs, Susan Peterson, Estilin Kigtr, Susan Goaller and Darlena Cone. Operation fair
Share, this year's UF-RC drive, will blast off an October 18,
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1955
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THEY
GAVEr
Those listed below have given
5100 or more to the I'nited Fund
during1 the Advance Gifts period
now under way. By dolus: so,
they qualify for membership in
the Order of Leaders and Build
ers of the Basin, a select group
that is expected to take an active
part in the future in the new pe
riod of economic development of
the Klamath Basin that is just
beginning.
J. C, Penney Co.
73. C. S. Elliot
74. Sears, Roebuck and Co,
T5. Jim Wlnilc Buick Co.
76. Specialized Service Employes
77. Specialized Service Co.
78. VY.-irds Klamath Funeral Home
79. Wilson Title and Abstract Co.
80. WUIard Hotel
81. Parker-Pontiac Co.
82. Herb Hauger
COUNTY BASIN BUILDERS
6. Yamsey Land and Cattle Co.
Holt Leaves
For Oregon
SEOUL, Korea (UP) An Amer
ican farmer, his arms draped with
diapers, today packed a dozen
Korean-American children aboard
an airliner to take them to new
homes and livei In the United
States.
Harry Holt. Creswell, Ore., who
will adopt eight of the infants
abandoned by their American sol
dier fathers and Korean mothers,
said:
'I'm In a hurry. I want to get
these kids- back to my farm in
Oregon so they can begin real
lives."
Holt and his wife. wh already
have six children of their own, de
cided to adopt the foundlings from
Korea because "the Lord has been
so good to us."
The fiO-year-old fruit grower
came to Seoul last June to begin
the search lor his new children.
He found eignt boys and four girls
to take home with him. Four of
them will ba adopted by other
families In the U.S.
Tiie girls wore tiny dresses with
paper tiowers and carried dolls
when they boarded the '.Place in
Seoul. The boys were dm-ed in
blue jeans and striped polostiirts.
All of the children are three years
old or younger.
Missionary nurse Kathleen Co
wan, of Dublin, Ireland, who will
help Holt take care of the children
during the trip, said she was
"carrying a bag of tricks to keep
the children from crying."
Holt said most of the tricks are
balloons "so the kids won't break
out the windows."
As Holt, the nurse and mission
ary workers carried the children
to the plane on the start of their
journey, both the boys and girls
kicked off their rubber Korean
shoes.
Lakeview Man
Wounded In Arm .
LAKEVIEW ifl A rancher was
shot In the arm Wednesday, and
by the time the sheriff could get
there the rancher's wife and daugh
ter had overpowered and tied up
the man accused of doing the
shooting.
Raymond Fisher, whose ranch is.
in the New Pine Creek area, was
not believed seriously wounded by
the pistol bullet.
Sheriff Thomas Elliott arrested
Paul A. Furstenburg. 53, Lakeview.
who was injured while working on
the Fisher ranch four years ago.
The sheriff said Furstenburg had
collected compensation from the
state, but Insisted Fisher also owed
him money.
Telephone sill
No. 3.101
Bill Origin
Claim Made
By Debater
PORTLAND i.fi- Sen. Neuber
ger ID-Orel Thursday quoled ex
cerpts from a letter which he said
established that Kinsey M. Robin
son, head of Washington Water
Power Co,, drafted the bill provid
ing for federal-local partnership In
building John Day Dam on Ihe
Columbia River.
Neuberger last week at Klama.'h
Falls, in the course oi a debate
f tries with Rep. Coon tR-Orel
cbarced. that Robinson authored
the bill. Robinson replied that Neu
bt i Rer . was "talking through his
hat" and said it wasn't so. Coon
said it was "a bald faced untruth.
INTRODUCTION
In a statement' Thursday Neu
berger said that the special joint
f.ubcommittee of the Senate Inter
ior and Judiciary committers has
in its files a letter sent last March
24 from Robinson to Washington's
Gov. Arthur B. Langlie which said:
"I am attaching a draft of the
bill to be introduced in. Congress
in connection with the proposed 1
John Day development, dated '
March 23, 1955. I still think that
this draft needs some revisions,
but I believe they will be rather
minor and not change the basic
philosophy of the legislation. . . .
"We expect to have some further
telephone conversations between
Portland General, Pacific and our
selves relative to this draft, and
as soon as we think we have it in
fairly final form either Mr. McKee
or I will get in touch with you,
with the idea of arranging an ap
pointment in. Olympia to discuss
the matter in somewhat more de
tail." The John Day Dam bill, Intro
duced by Coon, provides that local
groups may put up the money to
pay for power-producing "elements
of the dam and in return get the
power for 50 years,
STATEMENT
Shortly after Its Introduction,
Washington Water Power Co, Port
land General Electric Co. and Pa
cific Power and Light Co. said they
wpuld be interested in that. The
letter's reference to McKee pre-
fumably was to Paul B. McKee,
head of Portland General Electric.
Neuberger said Coon last week
completed a series of 10 debates
on the bill, Neuberger ooposing it.
He said it put resources develop
ment in the hands of private iu
terest
Indian Council
Calls Meeting
Written notice has gone out to
members of the Kl amain Indian
General Council, calling a meet
ing for Thursday. October 20, at
Klamath Agency, to start ai 10
a.m.
The meeting notice 13 siyncd by
Selclon Kirk, chairman ol the Gen
eral Council whose members are
all Klamath Indians ot voting age.
' The agenda, prepared by the
Klamath Tribe's Investigating and
tribal committee, includes th'
hearing of numerous reports perti
nent to Klamath Indian Reserva
tion aflairu.
The first report to be heard will
bp the reading cf a copy of the
Quarterly report which has been
submitted to the secretary of the
interior by the three management
specialists who were aopointed bv
Secretary of the Interior Douglas
McKay.
Among other items of business,
according '.0 the meeilnc notice,
will be rorideratlo.i of attorney's
tontrncU ana discussion of th
fall per capiu pynien's to mem
bers of the Klnmaih Tribe.
9 O'dodt SpoiaJ&& :
MAKING DOUGHNUTS thit
photographer came by were
the Spudnut Shop, 135 North
Cultist Bernarr MacFadden
Succumbs To Blood Clot
JERSEY CITY, N.J. fUP Ber
narr MacFadden, a lending Ameri
can exponent of physical culture
for more than r half-century, died
at. the age of 87 here Wednesday
nisht.
The wiry Utile man, who pyra
mided1 muscles, magazines and
manly daring Into fame and for
tune, succumbed to a blood clot
on the brain, attending a relapse
of a complicated liver and gall
bladder ailment.
He died in Jersey City Medical
Center, where he was brought
from his hotel room last Friday,
alter fasting himself into a coma
in an effort to cure himself of
a Jaundice condition.
MacFadden had a lifelong dis
trust of doctors.1 and generally
scorned medical aid' in favor of
Court Rejects
Highway Plan
Klamath County Court Wednes
day rejected Ihe Oregon Slate
Highway Commission's plan for im
provement and extension ol a con
necting' road between Mediord and
Klamath Falls via Lake of the
Woods. -
County Commissioner Jerry RnJ
nus presented an alternate plan
which the court will study and
offer to the state highway com
liiLvsion. The alternate plan would have
the county assume , respon.sibiliiy
for the state secondary West Side
road around the north end of
Klamath Lake In return for the
state assuming lull responsibility
for the road via Lake of ihe Woods
to the Jackson County Iftie.
The state plan for the connect
ing highway between the two coun
ties suggests that Jackson County
assume responsibility tor the road
from McAllister Springs to Ihe
Klamath County line, a dintmuc1
of 0.6 miles.
JHckson County would place that,
portion of the highway segment
on its federal aid secondary sys-!
tern and provide FAS funds up
to 60 per cfnt of Ihe cost of j
building and assume maintenance. !
Klamath County's participation
would be similar. The road would
be put on the county federal aid'
secondary system and would be,
built with 60 per cM of Klamath j
County icdcrul aid funds. The
county would provide right of way
and maintenance.
This is the plan rejected by the j
Klamath County Court in its meet i
tug Wednesday with the Chamber
of Commerce Road and Highway
Committee.
FOIUXAST Klamath Falls and.
viclnltv: Fair thrmiih Friday.
Low Thursday nlchi 41; high Fri
day 71.
Ilijrh yetrrday ..: M
Low Inst night H 40
P reef p.. last U hour
Prrclp. ntnre Oct. 1 - .Ml
8a me prrind last year 0.0?
Normal for period Q.40
-BULLETIN-
Dr. . C. Hunt. Klamath I'alU
veterinarian, riled October 13 In
Hillside Hnpltal where he had
been a patient tor the lat three
weeks It has been reported.
The body is at Ward's Klam
ath funeral Home.
FATALITY
HIl.LSIiORO '.fi An automobile
fmally Injured James Branstctter,
3D. Banks, as he walked along the
Sunset Highway near Manning,
i',t,ltiiwe..t ul Hlliboro, Wednesday,
He died in a hospital several hours
later,
morning when the early morning
Mr. and Mn. R. F. Davenport of
Fourth Street. '
his own prescriptions consisting of
exercise, neaith foods and tasting
However, Dr. Charles Landshof,
his physician termed him a "co
operative" patient since Oct. 7,
when he entered the hospital.
MacFadden. who once said he
expected to live to be 120, built
a multi-million dollar publishing
empire on sex and "Vaw carrots.
He was derided as a charlatan,
arrested as immoral, and lauded
and adored as a prophet.
Born In a two-room cabin In
Missouri, Aug. 16, 1868, he started
his climb to fame and fortune, as
the puny, poverty-stricken son of
a drunkard lather and an under
nourished mother.
Orphaned at . an early age, he
made his way through the world
v;ith experience gained through
combining some knowledge of
printing, muscular skill and clean
living. The mtney he made teach
ing courses in "healing disease by
movement ' launched him on a 30-
million dollars publishing career
that was the talk of the Roaring
Twenties.
By the 1930 his publishing em
pire had grown to Include 10 news
papers and about as many maga
zines. One of his most famous and
least successful newspapers was
the New York Evening Graphic,
started In 1924.
The MacFadden publishing em
pire also included such magazines
ax Liberty, edited by Fulton Ours
Icr. The health culturist also pio
neered the "confessions" and "love-
story" magazines.
Nearly always in the limelight,
he continued to make headlines
well Into his linal years, selling
health and sex.
He made his first parachute
Jump on his 81st birthday, slept
en the floor, walked barefoot to
absorb "the earth's magnetism"
and reared his five daughters and
two sons in faintly nudity indoors
and out.
UF Telecast
The lulled Fund-Ited f'rnss
Tclrrat will be shown tonlrht
over KIIKS-TV, Mrdfnrii, at 6:50.
Ming Commander Rah Reach,
Mrs. Earl Sheridan, president
of the I'F board, and Jay Thomp
son, vice president will be featured.
Water Commissioners Discuss
Klamath River Copco
Julm C. Boyle, vice president,
ana generel mansger of the Call
lornia Oregon Power Co., wa.s
scheduled to discuss with mem
bers of the Oregon and California I
Klamath River commissions pro-1
pord "clarifications" to the let
ter written by Copco concerning
wiiter priml!s for irrtitatlon, inn
nlclunl and domestic uses on the
Klamath River at a meeting 01
the commissioners In the Wlllard
Hoi! T.iur.sday afternoon.
This morning the commissions
discussed wildlife and pollution ar
ticles ol the Intertaie compact
which the waler groups are study
ing along whh the proposed U.S.
Uuieau of Reclamation, Copco
contract at their two-day meeting.
Ihe Copco letter was written by
Bo'e in an effort to reduce oppo
sition to the proposed renewal of
ihe Link River Dam contract be
tween Cipco and the U S. Bureau
of Rec!rfmatton. In Ihe letter,
Boyle said the company was will
ing to grant a priority for these
uses ol water over the use for
power, and also said (hut It Was
willing lo agree to this "In any
proceedings Involving surh water
Mollis v, nether state or federal."
GIVE POWER
The letter was written when Cal
ifornia commissioners Indicated
lhat the felt the granting of the
rerewal and Ihe subsequent grant
ins of the license lor Big Bend
Chudofi 'Questions
White House Aide
WASHINGTON I House in
vestigators called on the While
House Thursday for details of "sev
eral" reported conferences there
on disputed proposals to sell fed
eral poA'er to a Oeorgia private util
ity lor resale to preferred coop
eratives. The proposed arrangement, later
shelved, would "flout" the public
power laws, Atty. Gen. Browncll
held in a recently revealed opinion
given Secretary of the Interior
McKay during the negotiations.
Rep. Chtidoff (D-Pai, chairman
of a Hou.--e government operations
subcommittee, said a telegram had
been sent to Sherman Adams, Pres
ident Elsenhower's assistant, ask
ing who attended the conferences,
how many there were and whore
tliey were held.
The conferences came to light
before the committee Wednesday
night in testimony bv Assistant
Secretary of Interior Fred O. Aan
dahl, who refused to give any de
tails. Republicans hotly protested
Conciliator
Joins Phone
Talks In S.F.
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI Feder
al Conciliator Arthur Viat meets
today with representatives of 23,
000 striking telephone workers and
the paciitic Telephone ana Tele
graph Company to see If there is
any way to end a three-day-old
strike In Northern California and
Nevada.
At the same time, the strike at
mosphere became somewhat tense
result ol a tomato-throwing
episode involving non-striking tel
ephone operators here.
Police declared a barrage of to
matoes was hurled from an auto
mobile at a group of operators
leaving work at 11 o'clock last
night. The incident took place be
fore the telephone exchange at No.
1 Mccopin St. No one was hurt.
The union denied any of Its mem-
bers was responsible,
Vlat called the meeting yester-1
with top officials of the CIO Com
munications norkers of America,
one of the three unions involved
in the dispute, and the PT&iT,
EXPLORATORY i
"The meeting will be an explor
atory session In which we win
try to find a basis on which nego
tiations can be resumed," viat
said.
"Thus far. there has been no
change In the position of either
side."
A, T. Jones. CWA International
vice president, corroborated VI
at's words.
"We are willing to meet with
the company at any time, so long
as this Is not construed to mean
our position on items in dispute has
changed in any repecl." he said.
Another union official, Arthur
Hall, president of CWA Local M10
In San Francisco, told 3000 strik
ers yesterday that "We are digging
In for a long strike." He snid the
union would settle for no less than
what other CWA locals have re
ceived elsewhere In the country.
MILITANT MOOD
Ihe strikers were In a militant
mood at their meeting. Before It
was over, they had criticized their
dropping demands for a three week
vacation alter 10 years employ
ment and for shorter working
hours.
They also demanded larger and
"more militant" picket lines. How
ever, Hall said small orderly pick
et lines will continue around PTfcT
exchanges and that the union's
present demands would continue
unchanged.
The chief demands are tor
weekly boost In operators' pay of Irk; cooperatives insisted upon,
from $.1 to $3.60 and for 4.50 or and we yielded 1o the Interior
more for maintenance workers, i Department on this point In a fur
both of whom are In the. CWA. I ther effort to end the controversy.'-
Number 1 and 3 power plants near
Keno would give the power com
pany a water rlghi. which would
prevent the use of water for Irri
gation or other purposes on land
out.'lrie of the Klamath Reclama
tion project. The contract proposal
conhiln slmilr.r guarantees foi
project land.
The proposals which w-ere to be
discussed this morning were In an
effort to clear up ambiguities"
reported by the California commis
sion. The Invitation to Boyle was
made late yesterday afternoon al
ter the California and Oregon com-
mlsMoners had discussed the
changes proposed by the Callfor
niana. Henry Holsinger, attorney
for the California Slate Board of
Water Resources, prepared the re
vised draft after the California
commissioners found "ambiguities"
in Bovle's original letter,
PROPOSAL
After hearing the Cnlllornla pro
posalswhich the Calif tirmans em
phasized were "clarifications." not
"changes" Oregon commissioners
warned agaln.st "pushing Copco too
far." saying that Ihe power com
pany might withdraw the letter
and "leave us with no protection
whatsoever."
Commissioners said thai the
contract between Copco and the
bureau will probably be signed be
fore the end of the year regard
Chudoff' reque.it. Rep. Hoffman
(R-Mlchi said what takes placa
at executive conferences "la nona
of the business of a congressional
committee."
Ahead of Thursday'! aesslon
Chudoff told newsmen the com
mittee would "no into the matter
further" in an effort to learn
about the White House talks. At
Ihe same time he conceded the
group might run Into trouble over
a presidential order permitting In-ter-depsrtmental
discussions to be
withheld from Congress.
Aandahl Indicated the confer
ences were held prior to prepara.
tion or a ao-pags ruling by Atty.
Gen. Brownell on the power, ques-
uon last aummer. ,
This opinion, dated July 15. was
delivered to Secretary of the In.
terior McKay with an accompany
in?: note from -Brownell referring
to "our conference at the White
House."
SEVERAL CONFERENCES :
Asked what conference Brownell
referred to, Annriahl said there
were "several White House con
ferences" dealing with the Oeorgia
contract and with "over-all policy"
involved.
He said the policy discussion had
to do with efforts of the Interior
Department to sell to Oeorgia Pow
er Co. pewer generated at the
Clark Hill hydroelectric project on
the Savannah River In Georgia for
resale to some 17 Oeorgia electric
cooperatives.
In his opinion. Brownell held
that the government must give
preference-to cooperatives and oth
er public agencies competing lor
the power with private utility
groups, even though the cooper
atives had no immediate facilities
or transmission lines to take it.
Bale to the utility would "flout
the congressional purpose" of pub
lip power laws, he said. '
In refusing to answer questions
about the white House meetings,
Aandahl said that "any informa
tion on a conference at the White
House should come from the White
House."
NO OBJECTION '
To this, however, he added that
'as far as I am concerned, I
would nave no oojectlon to giving
any information I have about it."
Chudotf Inquired If one of the
White House conferees was Harl
lee Blanch Jr.. president of Oeorg-
la Power Co.
Aanaahl aaia that
was also up to the White House
to supply an answer.
Chudoff declared, "I can only
come to the conclusion that some
body Is trying to hide something."
The di&pute has centered over
ways of "wheeling" or transmit-ttng-tho
power to c&ops) and nub
ile agencies given preierencea to
public power by law.
Aandahl said the Interior De
partment did not feel it was "eco
nomically feasible" to contract di
rectly with the Georgia co-ops be
cause they had no transmission
lines to to take the power. Georgia
Power Co., on the other hand.
was unwilling to deliver it unless
it could take title to the power.
But since the attorney general
prepared his opinion, Aandahl said,
the department and Georgia Pow
er have reached a tentative agree
ment for the utility to contract for
transmitting the power over Its
own lines to the co-ops.
SETTLE MATTERS
He told the committee he thought
matters might be settled by the
first of Ihe year.
In Atlanta, Branch said Georgia
Power Co. had started trying to
work out some means of delivering
Ihe power to the cooperatives as
esrly ns 1850 and "long before the
project was completed." He denied
the company was responsible for
any delay.
"Our company has not only of
fered to buy the power at Clark
Hill and resell It to the co-ops
without profit, transmitting It over
our facilities, but we have also
agreed to 'wheel' th? power to
them for the account of the gov- -
ernment.
This was what the rural elec-
Contract
less of any action? the commis
sions may teke.
however, B;rt A. Phillips, chair
msn of the California commission,
said that "this tthe revised aralti
Is evidently Ihe Intention of th
lompany. so let's spell It out."
Howarn Stinson, consultant to
the Oiegon commUsiou, said he
did not "disagree with this oraft
I the California revision! ... I lust
wonder how far we can go with
out upsetting the applecart."
The commissioners agreed th
noihmg would bo flnall" accom
plished until the priorities were
written into the licenses granted
j to the power company by afate
sno icnerei anenoies.
rrni.ic opinion
Oregon Chairman Nelson Reed
said he telt ihat the power of pub
lic opinion would be a strong de
terrent agaln.st Copco backing
out of the letler, but the Callfor
nlans tended to disagree, saylnr
lhat public opinion had not forced
Copco to build the afterbay dam
down stream from Copco 1 and 2
plents in California.
Stinson then oflcred several pro
posed chames to the wording of
the California draft of the letter,
which he said he felt might bo
I more acceptable to the power com
jpany. His changes wer alto dii-
I cussed thla morning.
(Continued on pare 4) '