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PAGE 14 HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls, Oregon Monday, July 24, 1963 Midwest Congressmen See End To Preference Clause WASHINGTON (UP1) South Dakota congressmen agreed to day the Pacific Northwest power bill which they regard as selfish almost surely will be passed by the House, probably early next month. The legislation would pave the way for construction of transmis sion lines to carry the Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) surplus power from the Pacific Northwest to California. It also would give first call on power from the Columbia River dams! to industry and private utilities in the area, as well as to publicly owned utilities. , This provision Is opposed by members of Congress from Mis souri River Basin (MRB) states, where the 50-year-old law giving, publicly owned utilities preference in buying the federal power still is in effect. Reps. E. Y. Berry and Ben Rei- fel, R-S.D., contend this is a first step to abandonment ot the lime' honored preference clause. Their own state is guaranteed first call on half the power pro duced at Big Ben Dam, but they said this is different, if B e n is only one of six federal dams in the MRB, four of which are located in South Dakota, they said, and the Big Ben provision was intended as a bonus to Die state for giving up so much rich tax-producing land to control the Missouri. Berry, a member of the House interior Lommiuce which ap proved the Senate-passed Pacific LITTLE PEOPLE'S PUZZLE gjgra i i i i a IRtf far 8 y sdowmIb I p"" j 1 6 DOWN ANSWERS 3J1NM ONIX ON1N1H011 NMOa 8 "9 y z I 130UV1 13N NVMS MHOJrOlId OSSV1 SSObDV 11 1 '01 I 6 I 'L s c "I Northwest bill, threatened to of fer amendments which would make the same first call prefer ence applicable in the MRB area. He could not do so, however, he told VP1, because of House rules requiring that amendments be pertinent to the bill, but his an nouncement produced a flurry of protest from tfie Midwest. Defeat Urged "We urge you most strongly to . . , defeat both the regional pref erence in the Northwest and your own amendment," V. T. llanlon, manager of the East River Elec tric Co-operative, Madison, S. D., telegraphed. Other protests were received from Basin Electric Consumers Co-op, Stanton, N.D., and Midwest Electric Consumers Association, Denver. "Why didn't they come to life sooner," Berry inquired. "They didn t testify against the bill, The National Association of REA's took no stand on the bill he noted, even though spokesmen told me they hoped it would be defeated because they didn't want to see the public preference clause chiseled away." It's a selfish gesture on the part of the Pacific Northwest," Reifel said. "Bonneville produces more power than can be used there, and California needs it, but the BPA won't sell the surplus unless it has this regional pref erence clause." The regional preference is de signed to attract industry to the area with the lure of cheap pow Reifel and Berry said. BPA power sells for 2 1-4 mills, less than half the cost at other fed eral dams, they said. We're subsidizing the Pacific! Northwest to compete with our own efforts to attract industry," Reifel said. If they're going to get this provision, everyone else will want it too, and I will keep my eyes open for a chance to apply the same principle for the benefit of South Dakota. Berry doubted that the MRB ever could win Such an attempt in Congress. 'We don t have the votes, he said. 1 0 0 !" i, If 1, A SMOKEY PROBLEM City firemen were called at 1 1 :50 a.m. Friday to handle this grass fire that broke out along the banks of ths Southern Pacific tracks in fhs vicinity of 200 North Spring Street. Despite the appear ance, only damage was to a wooden fence which can be seen on fire in the background. Grass fires plagued fire departments due to the hot dry weather. 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The South Carolina Democrat, member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said in statehent that "this would be detrimental not only to tlie local economy but also to individual servicemen and their families and the entire defense program Thurmond said "the American people resent blackmail at the hands of government and arc generally opposed to coercion in any form." He predicted that McNamara's order "will not be accepted by the American people and will be particularly resented by military commanders who understand their mission to be defense of their country rather than creation of domestic turmoil and strife by engaging themselves in sociologi cal and political activities at the behest of a power-mad administration." If the order is rigidly enforced. Thurmond said, such South Caro lina cities as Charleston, Colum bia, Sumter, Beaufort and Myrtle Beach as well as bordering Au gusta, Ga., and surrounding com- Dpfensa DeDartment edict McNamara Friday authorized in a directive the off limits reme dy for communities that practice "relentless" racial discrimina tion. He told the commanders, however, to get Defense Depart ment permission before resorting to the restriction. The order, if put into effect, could have serious repercussions on any number of Southern com munities that derive their liveli hood from nearby bases. "If we don't just bow to them, then we're off limits," Mississip pi Gov. Ross Barnett said when informed of the directive. Some Southern officials said, however, that recent progress in NIXON AND lie GAl'M.K PARIS (UPli Former Vice President Richard M. Nixon ar rived Sunday from Frankfurt, Germany, for a meeting Tuesday witii Presidt-nt Charles de Gaulle. Nixon and his family are on a Middle East-European tour. Nix on met with West German Chan cellor Konrad Adenauer Friday in Bonn and earlier in the week toured Berlin, including the East sector. racial desegregation would limit use of the order. McNamara's order stopped short of a more sweeping recom mendation by a presidential com mission that the Defense Depart ment consider closing down mili tary installations where Negro troops are subjected to discrim ination. The commission was headed by Washington attorney Gerhard A. Gesell and suggested "a form o.' off-limits sanction when, despite the commander's best efforts with community leaders, relent less discrimination persist, against Negro servicemen and their families." The Pentagon said last month that a fact-finding group had visited bases in Biloxi, Greenville and Columbus, Miss., and Mobile, Ala., but officials stressed there was no certainty that these cities would be ordered off limits. 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