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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-05-13
happen any time"

happen any time"
Declaring that he attended the
meeting to listen, not to tell city
officials how to handle their water
problems, Bow admitted that the
state Department of health is not
completely satisfied with the quail
ity of water distributed in the city
by the PP&L and the Kennewick
Irrigation District.
Columbia river water is high
in t'r 'ity and bacterial count, "
he ID I'VE can't kid ourselves.
We need a better source of water.
The water pumped from the deep
wells of the PP&L is of good quail
ity. We have no criticism of this
supply"
All the water supplied by the
Kennewick Irrigation Distric t
comes from the Columbia river,
and Neill said that from half to
two-thirds Of the water in PPQL
lines also comes, at this season of
the year, from the Columbia.
A problem is building up be-
tween here and the Y, Bow said.
No matter what water supplies
have been established in that
area, flood stage is always mem
ace" -- ... Sab
Some of the wells along the riv-
er are just 'holes punched in the
ground" said Bow, land when
outside water seeps in, it will be
a long time before contamination
can be eliminated from the wells.
The area is poorly provided with
sewage disposal facilities, and
lacks zoning regulations, he add
ed.
"It's sad picture" Bow stated
bluntly.
A water supply for the entire
area is needed, and so is a sewer
system, said Bow, suggesting that
Kennewick could establish an ade-
quate supply of water, and that
outlying communities could form
water districts and purchase wa
ter from the city.
Asked by Mayor Pratt if the
water system in the Kennewick
area is serious, Bow replied: "Yes,
very serious"
Throughout the $500 square
miles Of the Benton-Franklin
Health District, Tuberculosis is on
the rise, the infant mortality rate
is among the highest in the state,
here are many crippled children,
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and the prevalence Of veneral dis
eases is excessive, DIR. Tudor said.

and the prevalence Of veneral dis
eases is excessive, DR.. Tudor said.
Although the obvious approach
to control the problem is through
the schools, the health district is
without the necessary personnel
to carry out a school health pro-
gram, he continued.
81 have represented to the State
Health Department that this area
is the most vital one in the entire
state-in the entire nation. De-
velopments taking place in this
area have changed our civiliza-
tion," said DR.. Tudor.
That, he continued, has been the
major reason why he has not been
willing to temporize with condi-
tions that have been largely
brought about by a lack Of aware
ness on the part of public health
officials of the magnitude and i'm"
portance of the problem here.
The bulk Of the aid from the
State Department of Health, DR..
Tudor charged, has gone into Rich
land. For months his requests
for help in the community were
disregarded, until interested local
citizens drew the attention Of Gov.
Mon c. Walgren TO the area.
Finally, he said, some money
was set aside to finance the work
of health District No. /.
r. H. Corey, Portland consulting
Engineer, warned that a serious
situation is in the making and
that is cool weather continues, UNI
usually high water in the Column
bia river may overflow wells and
septic tanks along the banks.
Corey suggested that managers
of both the PP&L and KID water
systems watch the water supply
closely throughout, the summer,
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tween $4,000 and $1,000, 900, he
estimated.
"Since our company lost its
power holdings in Kennewick, !"
he continued, "the- water comp
any has the status Of an orphan.
We think the city should take it
over. If the PP&L financed the
necessary expansion, we WOULD
have to raise the average rate to
consumers at least fifty percent,
and we could only undertake
such an investment if we could be
assured Of adequate revenue h
justify the expenditure"
Agreeing with Mayor ]. c. Pratt
that the city should at once en-
ploy an engineer to study the sys-
tenn and prepare cost estimates Of
its value Neill described the ans
wer to the water problem as the
installation Of a filtration plant
to purify water pumped from the
ISOlumDld river.
The continuing growth of the
city may double the population
in the next year, Neiu predicted,
and added: "the city would have
to revamp and enlarge the pre-
sent system to provide for growth,
and there is some question as to
the permanency of that growth.
! Probably no one can guess how
long the Atomic development
work at Hanford will run, but it
is not going to close up tomorrow.
After 1949, the growth will prob
ably revert to a normal accelera-
ton. 1t will continue, but not at
the present rapid rate"
He stressed that the work of
expanding the water system, to
meet the needs of the times should
not be put off very long. at
should be in the planning phase
now" he said.
Reporting on a second meet
ing with Carleton Shugg, who is
in charge of Hanford directed
operations for the Atomic Energy
Commission, Jay Perry said that
an Acc engineer will be appoint
ed to work with himself, E. j.
Brand, manager of the Kenne-
wick Irrigation District, and r.
H. Corey, Portland consulting
engineer, who is now surveying
the KID Water System, to make
a rough survey of the system
serving. the Highlands and the
city west and south Of the Column
bia Irrigation Canal.
"Shugg said that the Acc
might be able to lend engineer
ing personnel, give assistance in
procurement of materials and
supply any financing to the water
improvement program" said Per-
ny.
Perry is chairman Of special
citizens committee formed to work
for solution to the city's water
difficulties.
Perry added: although some
of our committee members did not
feel that any results had been
achieved by our meeting with
Shugg, I believe that we have TAX
en- a necessary first step, and that
some good will result"
Wilson Bow, chief sanitary en-
gineer for the State Department
of Health, came under a barrage
of questions after DR.. Charles Tu-
dor, director Of the Benton-Frank-
lin Health District, explained that
local health officials are without
authority to regulate public water
supplies.
"Our health district has no jur-
isdiction over public water sup
plies" said DR.. Tudor. "That au-
, thority has been given to the
State Department of Health-Dr.
Arthur Ringle. Almost anything
can happen in Kennewick. It's
like sitting on volcano. When il
erupts is any mans guess. But
there have been some evidences in
the past two weeks that il might
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There were no bank failures in
the United States in the year 1945:
The state Of Georgia grazes a
million cattle and raises as many
hogs.
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aries required for the operation
of the Hartford project, Shugg
explained.
Evening star., 1948-11-05
This Changing World
Douglas Hinted Marshall's Successor
With 'Unscheduled' Return From london

Vinson as q special ambassador to
Moscow. but cancelled his plans
when Gen. Marshall strongly op-
posed such a move.
All those close to the Chief Execu-
tive who are convinced that he will
assert himself more strongly in the
next four years believe that while
he will establish q policy for his
next Secretary Of State ,he will
leave all implementation in the
hands OF the man he chooses for
the job. And he is said to wish to
select person who will remain In
that office. all things being equal
for the Presidents entire tenure OF
office, in order to guarantee the
continuity Of our foreign affairs.
The names of Averell Hartman
the ERP ambassador" who served
for q while in Mr.. Trumans cabinet
as Secretary of Commerce, and
that Of Paul Hoffman, the industri-
alist who is director of the entire
ERP, already have been mentioned
In some quarters as possible sue
cessors Of Gen. Marshall. But In
circles close to the White House it
is believed that our Ambassador to
Britain is more likely choice
should Gen. Marshall persist in his
desire to retire from public life.
Oficial Explanation.
Mr.. Douglas return is oficislly
explained to be due to his wish to
see his aged and ailing father. But
In addition to this fact, speculation
is rife in quarters which have been
correct in the past that President
Truman will talk over at least ten
tatively the possibility of Mr.. Doug
las assuming the job OF Secretary of
State. -,
Mr.. Douglas, who is not a pro-
fessional diplomat, has shown him
self the keenest and ablest repre-
sentative we have had abroad for
some time.
In the 1S months he has repre-
sented the United States at London
he has become fully familiar with
all the facets Of the international
situation and has displayed in his
dispatches to the State Department
and White House O. thorough under
standing of the situation not only
In Britain but all over the con-
tinent.
Evening star., 1948-11-05

ago merely be- Constantine Brown.
cause the Commander in Chief had
asked him to do 50, has told close
friends for some time that he wished
to withdraw into "obscufity."
President Truman is expected to
assert himself more In the field Of
international relations in the next
momentous four years than during
the time that he was supposed
merely to carry on his predecessors
policies. He is fully aware that the
domestic and international situa-
tion is such that no man alone can
carry the burden of government.
He has demonstrated that he does
not like having rubber stamps in
his cabinet and more often than not
he has bowed to what he believed
to be the superior judgment Of his
various Secretaries.
viii Establish Policy.
This was particularly true in for
eign affairs when he 'let George do
It," even when he was not entirely
In agreement with the views of the
Secretary Of State. This was clearly
shown in two recent instances: He
favored for q long time an active
policy Of support for the Marking
government in China, but did not
press his views when he met Gen.
Marshall's strong opposition. He
also decided on advice OF his cam
paign advisers to send Justice Fred
Evening star., 1948-11-05
THE EVENING STAR, Washington. D. c, . Ali
s

It's construction was started by the
first Shotgun u chap named IeyasW
and was completed around 1924 by
the third Shotgun, one Tokugawa
Iemitsu.
To see that these old boys had an
eye for beauty, one has only to visit
the hundreds of rooms, such rs the
changeable mallow room. the young
pine room, the willow room, the
spear room and the sago palm room
each with its beautifully decorated
sliding screen doors. There is a
masterpiece a minute.
Nightingale Floors.
But the things that got me, as
they do most visitors, were the
floors of the palace. They are
known as nightingale floors, because
as one walks on them they give OF
the music of nightingales singing.
1t Is sweet, low sound, very musi-
cal TO the ear. For many, many
years architects have tried to dis
cover the secret of the floor. They
have taken up planks, pried and
Evening star., 1948-11-05

tNOuBnC CnlS was nenry McLemore.
a ruse to lead them to slaughter, 30
Kyoto was avoided like the plague
save by trusting few.
One Of the trusting souls was our
guide here, an elderly gentleman
whose name is pronounced Karudu.
Mr.. Karudu went to Boston Uni
versity years ago, and believed the
Americans were telling the truth
when they said Kyoto would not
be hit. Sc he moved his family
from Hiroshima, and has been
grateful that he did 50 ever since.
Had I not believed" he told me,
all OF us would be gone now, be-
cause my home was very close to
the spot where the atom bomb ex-
ploded."
Trains Run On Time.
We reached Kyoto yesterday, the
first leg of q 10 or II day trip
through Japan. We nearly got left
at the Tokyo Central r. r. station,
because the Japanese trains run on
time. If the schedule calls for q $50
departure, you can bet that the
train will be under way at $50. This
promptness is q throwback, I guess,
to the days when the Emperor was
all powerful, and even the slightest
delay was sufncient to cause the en-
gineer, the conductor, the brake
man and the candy butcher to get
off at the first stop and commit
hara -kiri.
We caught the train on the run,
and I am glad we made it, because
Kyoto is . lovely spot. If one saw
only the Milo Palace one would be
rewarded for crossing the Pacific.
Evening star., 1948-11-05
On the Record
Stage Seen Set for East.West War
AS Nations Claim Peaceful Intentions

United States and all other powers
could win security without the
sacrifice Of a single vital inter-
est. or the appeasement of any by
the other. If they would concen-
traGe on the construction of a stable
and viable power structure instead
OF vague and unrealizable ideals.
World peace demands q structure
which the United States and the
U. s. s. r. will collaborate to de-
fend. No such structure is possible
with two hostile alliances lined up
IN m1d-Europe. 1t demands q new
set OF pacts designed for the mutual
protection Of the U. s. s. r. and the
United States by each other, and
the mutual protection of Europe by
both.
Hitler, in the last war, confirmed
Napoleon's experience that Russia
cannot be defeated by Western Eu-
rope. The experience, however. did
not confirm that Russia cannot be
defeated by Europe plus the United
States. or that Europe cannot be
defeated by the Soviets If protected
by the United States, or that the
United States could not be defeated
by Russia plus, Europe. Therein lie
the fears pushing toward war.
Balanced Power Structure.
A balanced power structure to
eliminate all these possibilities de-
mands the elimination of all mill
tary alliances Of the United States
and the U. S. s. r. with any Euro
pean state or combination of states
and all military installations of
either on European soil, including.
OF course, the Eastern bloc.
Such a balanced power structure
demands a pact between the United
States and the U. 8. s. r. for mutual
AID In case OF an attack on either by
any European state or combination
OF them. 1t demands a pact between
the U. 8. s. r. and the European
states pledging them aid in case of
an attack upon them or upon any
one OF them by the United States:
and an Identical pact between the
European states and the United
States pledging them aid in case
of an attack by the Soviet Union,
Similar pacts should be extended to
the Far East, and all should be
ratif1ed and supported by the United
Nations.
Such q system would be in the
interest OF all to defend and a
hopeless risk for any to attempt to
overthrow, for any such attempt,
from any source, would find the
aggressor in an indefensible position.
It would make Europe the ally of
Doth Russia and America for peace
ana the enemy of whichever might
attempt to break the peace.
tRelessed BY The Bell Syndicate, Ine)
Evening star., 1948-11-05

prodded at joints, peeked at tha
door from every position, but gained
no knowledge as to how the music
Is produced. The secret died with
the architect, who, according to our
guide, did all his work with his left
hand, his right hand having been
cut of by jealous rivals when he
was just a youngster.
Kyoto is the home of damascene
ware, and we watched the artists
making compacts, cigarette cases.
etc. What infinite patience is re-
quired for this work! The desired
impression is cut out Of soft steel.
and then tiny silver and gold
threads are inlaid with tweezers
and hammers. Days are required
for an expert to build" q dragons
tail, or a gold and silver picture Of
Fujiyama. And 1t takes days for o
polisher to bring the ware to the
desired luster.
From Kyoto we 60 to Beppu.
More about that later.
distributed BY MeNaught Syndicate, 1nc.D
Evening star., 1948-11-05
Hickory His Hero
Truman, When Going Was Tough, Turned
To the People in Jackson Manner

he said, she should have nothing
to do with politics and If she trans
gressed, she should be fred.
People don't want q bag Of coal
from a clubhouse any more, he said !;
the Government has assumed vast
responsibilities for people which
give them as rights what politicians
once dispensed as favors. Make
your clubhouses the channels
through which people learn this
and profit therefrom, he admon-
ished. Then you can't lose.
One well-rounded leader looked
up from his thick steak and said
the Mayor wasn't fair, that in his
district in Brooklyn he had given
Roosevelt and Herbert Lehman a
$4,000 plurality. I'll put another
inch on your steak" Mayor O'Dwyer
answered. IF in your district where
everybody almost Is poor you will
show me how you could keep those
votes away from q Roosevelt or
Lehman"
Evening star., 1948-11-05

whose apathy DORIS Fheesen.
and defeatism, not merely In Wash
ington but throughout the country,
did as much as any one single fac
tor to mislead the public about the
probable results.
In State after State, where their
candidates were obviously superior
to the run Of the mill products the
confident Republicans expected to
win with, Democrats said they could
win but couldn't carry Mr.. Truman
with them. Every claim made by
Republicans about the Dewey invin-
cibility was underscored by Demo-
Gratis. with q few exceptions, mostly
Democratic candidates.
Sensed Crowd Response.
1t is clear now that those candi-
dates had sensed q crowd response
to their appeals. But 1t is in the
nature Of candidates to think they
can win; they are not ordinarily
very reliable witnesses. And every
where the clubhouse politicos wa
tered down candidate claims.
The danger to the Democratic
Party, which relaxed so long on the
coattails of Franklin Roosevelt, Is
that 1t will gratefully decide 1t has
another wonder man in Harry Tru-
man and transfer its siestas to the
Truman coattails.
Actually what they have to sell
Is their program with Its five-day
week. social security, minimum
wage, international cooperation,
parity prices, etc. The new re.
turns prove that when they pro-
duce candidates who say that's what
they believe in and will fight for 1t
and against those who stand In its
way. they get good results.
There will still come a time when
Republicans will find q formula that
people like better or an Overriding
issue to blast the Democrats. But
right now, with everybody working,
the Democrats have the issue, and
they, as near as nothing, forgot to
ride 1t.
Except, Of course, President Tru-
man.
Not long ago the district leaders
OF New York City who have had a
lot of trouble with Mayor O'Dwyer
asked him to meet with them. Mayor
ODwyer had refused to take their
shopworn candidate for controller
on his ticket when he first ran and
forced his own mans selection. But
they never learned; their most re-
cent recalcitrance has just cost
them the most lucrative patronage
source in the world, the office OF
surrogate in New York County.
ODwyer's Suggestion.
What's the matter with US, they
asked plaintively, why are we 30
hard to get along with? Mayor
O'Dwyer had q suggestion. He
sketched the changes wrought by
16 years Of the New Deal and pro-
posed they raise a fund of $4,000
to set up social service centers in
their clubhouses with O trained So
cial worker in overall charge. She
should be put under only one wrap,
Evening star., 1948-11-05
Screen Writer'S Guild Lose,
Round in Suit Over Reds
By the Assee;o,sd p,esx

pp 'Ve AstoCfOESo FTe3S
NEW YORK. Nov. 5.-A legal move
aimed at preventing film producers
from barring alleged Communist
authors from the motion picture
industry has met with a setback.
Federal Judge Samuel H. Kauf-
man yesterday dismissed a civil anti
trust suit brought against movie
makers by 80 writer's on grounds that
the complaint was vague and i'm
precise.
However, he advised the writers
they may file an amended complaint
The suit. filed last June l by the
Screen Writers Guild and some
members OF the Authors League ol
America, accused movie producers ol
conspiring to govern the politica
views and associations of persons
engaged in the movie industry.
1t claimed the producers hac
Evening star., 1948-11-05

adopted a resolution last November
25 against the hiring of persons
suspected Of being subversive. The
resolution was adopted after 10
writer's called before the House Un-
American Activities Committee were
discharged, the complaint said.
Defendants named were the Mo-
tion Picture Association of America,
the Society Of Independent Motion
Picture Producesr and major film
producing companies.
Evening star., 1948-11-05

Russia than in Germany. Pub
licized with the Stain interview was
a manifesto from Soviet youth Or
ganizations saying, "the imperialists
cannot turn back history's wheel In
a century where all roads lead to
communism"-that is, q Russian
century.
Meanwhile, on November IS, ac-
cording to Kenneth Royal, the
United States Army will 60 on a
peace or war" basis, with shifts to
eliminate the need for sudden
change in the face Of an emergency"
In China, where there is no cold"
war, the Communists have taken
Manchuria, Chiang's armies are COL
lapsing everywhere, and Russia's s
rear Is clear.
Therefore, while all claim peace
full intentions, the stage is set for
war.
Full Agreement Needed.
This catastrophe cannot be avert
ed by more than temporary Ameri-
can retreat If the United States is
to preserve her freedom, nor by the
reopening of negotiations over sec
ondary matters arising from the
war tension itself. It conceivably
could be averted only II Western
and Soviet statesmen were able to
reach new agreement. This agree
ment would be on the axiom that
such a relationship must be created
among the powers as would be to
the interests of all to defend and
Ia hopeless risk for any to attempt
to overthrow.
If the Soviets irrevocably are COM
mitted to world revolution support
ed by Russian arms, the outlook
for peace is hopeless. If, however,
they are using communism pri-
marily as an instrument for the
defense Of the Soviet state, it may
not be. For the u. S. s. r., the
Evening star., 1948-11-05

P0AAvD 0AAASSu OA
by incendiary
on e 8, during
World War II.
1t was spared
because Of its
more than 5000
Buddhist tenn
Piles and Shinto
shrines, and to-
day Is Just as 1t
was in 1899. Our
ayiators dropped
leaflets telling
t he Japanese
that 1t would be
spared, but they
Evening star., 1948-11-05

negotiations was
Offset by tn e
violence of his
lang ua &c and
a c C u S a t / o n S.
Particularly not
able was that
a l t h o u h h c
saw ag e y at
tackled the neu-
trails for their
S t a n d on t h e
Berlin issue. he
did not mention
France, W h er e
the Situa ton has
appeared more
Z Vnro h1o for
Evening star., 1948-11-05

OIL cQud teTulS
when they meet
some day.
When things
got tough and
he found him.
self virtually
alone, he de-
cided to cast his
lot with people
in the Jackson
manner, includ-
ing the home.
spun touches.
He got away
with it in spite
Of his own party
whose aDathy
Evening star., 1948-11-05

been summoned
by Pr 81 d e n I
Truman to dis
cuss the posi-
bility of his tax
ing ver tn e
State D ep ar t.
m mt If and
when Secretary
of State George
G. Marshall de-
cides to retire.
Gen. Marshall,
who agreed to
enter public life
in a civilian ca
pacity two wears
Evening star., 1948-11-05
By Constantine Broom

The "unscheduled" return of Am
bassador Lewis Douglas from Lon
don has stirred up rumors in official
quarters in Washington that he has
Evening star., 1948-11-05
Mclemore
Finds Old Jap Boys
Hud Eye for Beuuty
By Henry McLem ore

KYOTo, Japan.-This is one Of
the few major cities Of Japan which
did not have its head thumped
by high explosive bombs, or its
wants cfN~nA
Evening star., 1948-11-05
Bv Doris Feeson

Harry s. Truman's hero among
American Presidents Is Andrew
jackson and he has earned the
right to stand beside Old Hickory
Evening star., 1948-11-05
By Dorothy Thomtson

Stains recent statement In
Pravda was ambiguous. His opinion
that there will be ne war and an
implication of readiness to resume