Evening star., 1934-08-04
Visits Bonneville Dam and
Moves on to Grand
CouIee Site. ~
0UTP0URINGS OF PEOPLE
HAIL HIM ALONG ROUTE
Projects Are Intended as Yard
sticks for Electricity Prices,
He Says.
BY the Associated Press.

EN- ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT TO WASHINGTON,
August 4.-President Roosevelt crossed
the Pacific Northwest today with an
announced policy that the Govern
ment is going TO control natural pow
er resources and expand this section.
Hailed home along the way from
his American territorial sea trip by
great outpourings of people, Mr..
Roosevelt proceeded with his imme-
diate aides to the Federal projects of
the Columbia River basin.
Today he approached the keystone
of the Northwest development-the
Grand Coulee power and navigation
plan. In this, he expects the giant
of the Northwest, the Columbia, to be
thoroughly harnessed and brought
under Government control.
First Talk Since Return.
On the lower banks of the Colum-
bia late yesterday, overlooking steam
shovels and trucks al the Bonneville
Dam site, the President made his first
talk after returning to United States
soil.
Il don't believe that you can have
enough power for long time to come,
and the power that we are developing
here is going to be power which for
all time is going to be controlled by
Government"
The President conceived the power
projects as "yardsticks so the people
of this country will know they are
paying the proper price for elec-
tricity of all kinds"
One yardstick, Mr.. Roosevelt said,
already hes been started on the Colo
RADIO River The Tennessee Valley
and the Columbia River are numbers
two and three. "And the fourth, the
st. Lawrence is going to be started, I"
the President promised.
Room for Vast Increase.
President Roosevelt pointed out
that in the Northwest there is room
for a vastly increased population, 4"
which he thought would be required
in the country's progress.
Travelling last night among the peo-
pie of this frontier section, Mr.. Roose-
velt was at the back platform to say
Hello" Talking with the folk at
Arlington, Greg, he asked how the
fishing was, and added he had shared
pretty good haul' in the Pacific
Indians in war paint and feathers
doing snake dance around a huge
bonfire welcomed Mr.. Roosevelt as
his train crossed over the Oregon
boundary into Washington.
Following is court reporters trans
scription of President RooSevelt's ad-
dress:
My friends of Oregon and Wash
ington: There is an old saving that
seeing is believing" and that is why
came here today. Until today 1
had never been familiar with more
than the lower course Of the Columbia
River, but as far back as 1920 had
the privilege of coming out through
these States, through all the great
Northwest, and conceived the great
belief that this wonderful valley of
the Columbia was one of the greatest
assets that not only the Northwest,
but all of America, had.
Fourteen years ago I determined
that if I ever had the right or the
opportunity to do the developing of
this grand river and the territory
surrounding it, I would do my best
to put this great project through.
Yes, seeing is believing. Over a year
ago, when we first established the
principle of commencing great public
works projects in every part of the
Union, I became firmly convinced
that the Government should immedi-
ately take up construction of Bonne-
vile and the Grand Coulee Dams,
and so we got started. I am also
reminded that it was on the 26th day
Of September last year, 10 months
ago, that the ALLEGATION of money
for the Bonneville project was made
by the White House. l think we have
gone long way in less than a year.
Visions of Future.
1t has been my conception and my
dream, that while most of us are
alive, we would see sea-going vessels
come up the Columbia River as far
as The Dalles.
1t was only this morning that the
Secretary of War told me of a new
survey that is being made by the
Army engineers. From that survey,
We hope that it will be found to be
wisdom to enlarge these locks here,
so that ocean-going ships can pass
up as far as The Dalles, and hope
that We can enlarge the navigation
needs from The Dalles up, SO that
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