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r PAGE 12-C HERALD AND NEWS, Klamalh Falls, Ore. V'Piiiirtday, March 20, 1963 Legislator Pledges Fight To Save Battered Civil Defense Program SALEM L'PI) A powerfulthal request, and in.slcad proposed tor termed it a question of "in- move to save Oregon's much bal-:a $50,000 three-man agency. dividual and national survival, tered civil defense agency was promised today by Rep. Winton Hunton, R-Woodburn, chairman of the House Military Affairs Com mittee, "Somebody will have to get the air cleared, and I think this committee will do it," Hunt told, United Press International after! an hour-long meeting of his com mittee Monday. The committee met to hear dis cussion of a bill to limit liability ol owners of buildings used as! fallout shelters. What it heard Instead was a moving plea for the committee to urge the Ways and Means Com mittee to restore threatened cuts in the state's civil defense pro gram. Rep. John Dellenback, R-Mcd- ford, backed by former state civil defense director Col. Arthur M Sheets, and present CD Director Robert Sandstrom, urged the gov ernor's full budget request be re stored. Hatfield has called for $195,000 from the general fund for a civil defense budget which included; federal funds for a total of $410, 000 for a 20-man agency. A Ways and Means subcommittee rejected This sparked Hatfield to levy that involved "every hamlet and charges of "meat cleaver budg- every suni Portland Plans 1972 Games Try POMTLAND (UPD-Boosters ot Portland for the 19fi8 Olympic Games said Monday they felt they had made some progress despite the choice of Detroit as the United States nominee. A joint statement by Mayor Terry D. Schrunk, Mel Cordon, chairman of the Multnomah Coun ty board of Commissioners, and Paul B. McKoo, president of Port land Metropolitan Future Unlimit ed, Inc., said: "In spite of the fact that the U.S. Olympic committee reaffirm ed its nomination of- Detroit as the United States city to compete lor the 18 games before the In ternational Olympic Committee, we are determined to proceed with the development of the $48 million Delta Park recreation project. "We shall again seek the nomi nation for the 1972 Olympic games when wo will hope to haVe the facilities in being. McKee's PMKU group was the sponsor of Portland's campaign to be nominated for the 1H games and arranged Monday's prcsenta tion before the Olympic commit tee in New York. They based their pitch on Portland's "image" as a typical AmcrinA city with out vast traffic problems and with good weather. ct cuts and resulted in the gov ernor promising a "bare knuckle" fight to save civil defense. In his appearance before the House committee Monday Dellen back defended both Hatfield and the CD agency. "The stale is obligated to plan for disaster," he said. "It is im perative that basic planning be done to prepare for a real dis aster. He said through civil defense there was a ' lundamental pro gram in Oregon that was prepared to face either a major disaster or military attack He said it was up to the stale of Oregon, through its civil de fense agency, to bring "order out of chaos" regardless of what other states do. He said civil defense has been subjected to "undue blame be cause of the Columbus Day storm." Dellenback said his feelings had nothing to do with partisan politics." 'If We emasculate our civil de fense program so it no longer can make plans, we are making a se rious backward step. 'I defend this program, and the governor's stand. The gover nor has spoken out on a program that is vitally needed. The legisla ture must provide the framework (or disaster planning." Dellenback reminded "this is the only committee in a position to make a recommendation lo Ways and Means against cutbacks! in civil defense." Colonel Sheets Sheets comment ed, "I agree completely with ev erything Rep. Dellenback has said. The welfare and safety of our people is the responsibility of our government. Olympic. Eyes Watershed Pact OLYMP1A, Wash. (UPI)-Bnck- jts of the Columbia River Inter state compact Tuesday initiated a second effort to add Washington's name to the list of statos which have ratified the agreement. Sens. John Cooncy, D-Spokanc and Marshall Neill, R - Pullman introduced in the Senate a bill identical to the ratification mens rfire which came close to passage during the regular session of the a legislature, which ended Thurs- dav. Tlie measure died in the Senate Rules Committee when time ran out on the regular session. The controversial measure was approved by the House during the regular session alter a bitter de bate. The former civil defense dircc-'be reinstated. He said Oregon's civil defense program ranked among 'the top "three of four in the nation. ' He discussed the Roseburg ex plosion disaster at length and said the coordination of all dis aster activities followed planning established by the state's civil defense program. He blamed the lack of warning during the Columbus Day storm disaster on the Salem weather bureau. "We are on the alert list of the weather bureau, but we were never alerted because they have never admitted it was a hurri cane. 'We had several people in the office that afternoon, and if we had been alerted we could have alerted the entire state. "We did not get any such alert. When the storm struck it was too late. The storm took the cmomu nications system with it. "Our communications network operated throughout the storm. but receiving sets in cities and counties throughout the state were wiped out." He said state civil defense op. crated effectively throughout the storm period, and reminded com mittee members that 11 civil de fense power generators were in use to keep state institution pow er and water systems operating. He domed published reports that radio communications were inoperative because a technician was on vacation. "Everybody on the staff knows how to operate those transmitters." By the time the hearing ended, most committee members had left to attend other meetings. But Chairman Hunt said ho believed the full committee would vote to urge the full civil defense budget u STEREO (With AM-FM Radio Optional) 3 Separate Speaker Systems (not just 2) Multi-Channel Amplifier with 3 Output Transformers Super-Quiet Automatic Record (.'hanger 149" Model SK10I AND VALUES iLOOM W here There's More of Everything! SEE OtJIl COMPLETE LINK OF MOTOHOl.A STEREO HI-FI $ 1 A 95 ONLY 14 Down $ A 25 2 Per Week At "Across From tho Dime Stores" 830 Main TU 2-4883 SHIRT SPORT Coma and get 'em! 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