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IIERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
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J WASHINGTON i f) It may come
t b shock to law-maliers now
aiuing the merits of flexible vs.
rteid farm supports but the largest
augment of Oregon farmers, re
, spending to a poll by Rep. Ells
wrth (R-Orc doesn't want either.
More than 47 per cent of tho.se
replying said they felt the "sound
ed agricultural program" would
provide no price supports with
Urm products . permitted, to find
their own price level in . the
market.
Thirty nine per cent favored the
administration's system of flexible
price supports while my 13 per
cent endorsed high, rigid supports
for basic crops coupled with pro
duction controls.
i Parmer support for the open
market was described by Ells
worth aides as the "most surpris
ing" result of the 11-questlon poll
sent to 12,000 residents of Oregon's
fourth congressional district. About
10 per cent were filled out and
returned
t The congressman s office said
the questionnaire was sent to per
sons on a composite mailing list
Without regard to politics or voca
tion. It included an occupation
Check list which permitted a group
Check on individual questions such
as farmer reaction to the support
program.
; Overall response to the poll
differed with the farm vote on the
support issue with 54 5 per cent
favoring flexible supports. 39 per
cent for the open market and only
6.5 per cent backing the high
support program.
a The closest division of opinion
Cnme an the question of "increased
social security benefits supported
by larger deductions from pav
envelopes." This was favored by
48.4 per cent of those responding
'but opposed by 43.9 per cent. The
remainder were undecided.
On 1ft ie controversial power issue.
59.8 pa r cent said multiple-purpose
dams should be built and fiance M
"parti; by the federal gevernmcnt
and t irtly by private enterprise."
This question, which Ellsworth
aids said was challenged by
severa 1 as "loaded." was asked on
the premise that the Pacific North
west "will suffer serious power
shorta ge within the next six years
unlc:w new generating capacity
can Joe built about three times
fas tea? than present and anticipated
futupa federal appropriations can
be .tccured."
Aaj other 22.5 per cent favored
conS ruction partly by the federal
govej nment and partly by state
and local publicly owned power
bodies, while 17.7 per cent held
out for strictly federal develop
men t.
Oj i eight other questions, put on
a 'do you favor" basis, those
responding to the poll marked up
th'B following rounded percentages,
not including those who said they
haven't made up their minds:
in increase in postal rates to
nii!et post office department defi
cits, 73 yes, 23 no; tax reduction
bes'ore a balanced budget, 15 yes.
&Z no; federal grants to help states
build schools, 54 yes, 41 no; a
h.ie a 1 t h re - insurance program
vi icreby the federal government
Mould encourage expansion of
private health insurance by assum
ing exceptional risks, 33 yes, 54
President Eisenhower's construe
J on program to modernize the
p nmary road system. 81 yes, 11
:no; more federally subsidized pub
lic housing, 19 yes, 72 no; exchange
nf atomic secrets between the
United States and Its allies, 37 yes,
, I6 no; reduction of federal govern
tment competition with privately
owned business and industry, 77
yes, 18 no.
Dixon Group Begins Suit On Contract
WASHINGTON Wi The Dixon
Yates power group Tuesday sued
the government for $3,534,178 (or
expenses in connection with the
now-cancelled contract for a priv
ate power plant In the Tennessee
Valley Authority area.
The suit was filed by the Mis
sissippi Valley Generating Co. in
the U.S. Court of Claims.
E. H. Dixon, president of Mis
sissippi Valley Generating, said
in a statement:
"We commenced this HtiRation
with every confidence in its re
sult." Dixon also is president of Mid
dle South Utilities Inc. which to
gether with the Southern Co. set
Witness Lauds
Ute Action
FT. LEWIS. Wash, ifi "I feel
Col. Liles was responsible for sav
ing my life by persuading the Ko
reans to take me from the caves."
An Army court Monday heard
this testimony from an Air Force
veteran called as a defense wit
ness at the court martial of Lt.
Col. Paul V. Liles. 39-year-old
Kirmingkam. Ala., career soldier,
being tried on charges he collab
orated with the Communists while
a prisoner of war hi North Korea.
William R. Hanneman, now a
Donners Grove. 111., salesman, was
one of seven defense witnesses who
testified Monday.
Hanneman told the court he was
shot down while on a boinbinc
mission over North Korea and
after spending 20 days in a 5x10
hole at Pyanfcyang was moved 'to
caves near Pangyang where other
prisoners of war were held.
Most of ihe prisoners were ill.
he said. The caves were damp
and lacked food, water and med
ical facilities.
Hanneman said Liles fMally per
suaded the Communists to move
him from the caves o a, POW
camp where prisoners were quar
tered in buildings. The transfer
saved his life, the witness told the
court. He said all but one of the
POWs left m the cave died.
up Mississippi Valley Generating
to build a 107 million dollar gen
erating plant at West .Memphis,
Ark. .
The purpose was to supply power
to the TV A system to replace pow
er used elsewhere by the Atomic
Energy Commission. The contro
versial contract was cancelled last
summer and on Nov. 23 the Atom
ic Energy Commission announced
it would i.ot pay Mississippi Valley
Generating for money already ex
pended. AEC. in taking this stand, said
Adolphe H. Wenzell "while havini
a conflicting private Interest, acted
as one of the principal advisers
to the government In the negotia
tion of the contract."
Wenzell. New York investment
banker, acted as Budget Bureau
consultant. Democratic critics of
the Dixon-Yates contract he con
tended play a dual role. His firm,
the First Boston Corp., 1 a t e l
served Dixon-Yates as financial
agent.
In his statement Monday. Dixon
said the contract with, the govern
ment was in full force for more
than six months and during that
time his company proceeded with
the performance "of all our obliga
tions under it." Dixon added:
"The decision of the government
to repudiate Its contract presum
ably was based upon legal opinion
which rests upon important mis
takes of facts and we' disagree
with Its conclusions. We will piose
cute our rightful claims with the
same vigor which characterised
our efforts to fulfill our part of
the contract."
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Grind I e To Get
Term Wednesday
THE DALLES i A. C. Grind. e,
who pleaded guilty Monday to em
bezzling city funds while clerk
treasurer of The Dalles, will be
sentenced Wednesday.
He resigned last June after a
shortage of $2,678 was discovered
in the cify's general fund.
Grindle. who now is free on
S3, 000 bond, faces a sentence of
tip to 15 years in prison.
LEGAL RIGHTS
WASHIngton The U. S. Cir
cuit court of Appeals says the Post
Office Department is within its le
gal rights in sending some ordi
nary first class mail by air. Some
Western railroads had challenged
the department's experimental
program. The airlines are paid a
much lower rate for such mail
than tor air mall.
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