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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-07-13

riate the money, we will build your
1,OO0,000-kw plant and supply pow
er at an average of 3.53 mills per
XVIII" The House Appropriations
Committee was considering the mat
ter favorably when an extraordinary
thing happened.
The Union Electric Co. of Missouri,
the Illinois Power Co., and three
other companies organized subsid-
larry styled Electric Energy, Inc"
which barged in with an offer to
build steam plant right across the
river near Joppa, ILL.,, and supply half
of the total load at an average of
3.57 mills per XVIII, only little high
er than TWAS 3.53 mills per XVIII.
Whereat Acc asked if IVA would
recede and take half the business, the
other half going to Electric Energy,
Inc. Administrator Gordon r.
Clapp replied it was quite agreeable
as he was facing shortage and was
building four steam plants already
to keep up with the war demand.
Congress then reduced the IVA ap-
preparation to $82,500,000 and the
two plants are under construction
with top priorities.
Now this Paducah Acc plant will
be run at top capacity and needs
enormous quantities of power. Es-
Inmates were figured on a 95 per
cent load factor and at that rate a
l ,0O0, 000-kilowatt plant would gen
crate in the neighborhood of $780,
100000 XVIII annually. But suppose
there had been no IVA yardstick.
In that case Acc would have been at
the mercy of private companies and
a conservative guess is it would have
been compelled to pay at least seven
mills per XVIII for this service. A
little figuring will indicate therefore
that by reason of IVA this one plant
is saving Acc in the neighborhood
Of $30,000,000 year, or enough
20 pay for the government plant in
,hree years time.
And will Electric Energy, Inc,
ose money? Oh, no. They will bor-
cow the money from insurance COM
oanies at three per cent to build |
he plant and are allowed eight per
cent on their common stock. Hence
eyebrows are raised and inquiries
made as to why municipalities and
2EA co-operatives and others have
% pay from 10 to 1 S mills for serv-
ce where there is no government
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-07-13
Continued from last week.
By JUDSON KING, Chairman
National Popular Govt League
THERE'S MILLIONS IN IT-FOR
THE POWER TRUST

TIE fOW EN- tNOOt
The cash value of this transmits
sion line surrender to the power
companies is indicated by last years
experience, to. cite one example.
The great Central Valley Reclama-
ton project was planned at an esti-
mated cost of 100000. Sever
al dams would supply water and
power. Shasta Dam alone cost $117,-
100000. But congress denied mon
ey for adequate transmission lines.
The Reclamation Bureau was forced
to sell Shasta power to the Pacific
Gas & Electric Co. During 1850
the company bought 1,834,299,5 35
kilowatt-hours of current for which
it paid $9,915,244 or at 5.4 mills per
kilowatt-hour.
The Federal Power Commission re-
ports that the average revenue re-
ceived by PG&E in 1850 for all pow
er sales was 14.7 mills per kilowatt-
hour. Sold at this average rate to
consumers this block of power for
which it paid $9,900,00O would Weld
over $26,000,000. Let experts fig
ure the net profits after taxes and
operating expenses.
Again, take the savings on gener-
ating costs. PG&E is expanding its
great oil-burning steam plant at Moss
Landing near San Francisco. It's
engineers estimate that when COM
pleted, with oil at $1.75, the gener-
ating cost will be 73 mills per XVIII.
But the company buys government
hydro at "a mills. The company
would thus clean up around $3,4OO.-
600 on a block of Shasta power like
that purchased last year on genera
ton alone to say nothing of retail
profits.
Try to envision the application
of this policy to dams built and to
be built in river valleys over the
nation and we begin to see what is
at stake
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1951-07-13
REA FARMERS AFFECTED

This Power Trust scheme is of
vital concern to thousands and
thousands of farmers who own the
Rural Identification co-operatives.
Over the nation they buy wholesale
power from reclamation and other
federal dams far cheaper than priv
ate companies will sell to them. Low
cost power means life or death for
many co-operatives proposed in thin
territory. Small industry and ham,
lets are also concerned. Montana
has been hard hit from lack of gov
eminent transmission lines denied by
congress and, likewise, the South
western Power Administration plan
properly to connect up federal dams
all the way from Texas to Missouri
has been blocked, with the result
that some SIS REA co-ops in Okla
homa, Arkansas and Missouri serving
over 100000 rural consumers are
still vainly looking to SWPA for
power, to say nothing of 25 or 80
municipalities which own their own
distributing systems.
No wonder that REA Admins
traitor Claude Wickard and Clyde
/. Ellis, executive manager of the
National Rural Electric Co-opera-
tive Association, fighting arm of
the REA co-ops, are on the war
path and that Speaker Rayburn
protested these cuts.
CONCLUSIONS
Out of scores of instances that
might be cited the few concrete cas-
es herein described indicate the fis-
cal and economic significance of the
wheeling policy of marketing public
power as an economy measure in the
war emergency when weighed in con-
nection with the power trusts war
against complete government trans
systems.
The political consequences which
follow in all probability are no less
since the incentive is in
herent in the arrangement.
While the wheeling contracts are
drawn for 10 years and may be can
celled within that period on three
years notice, it is unlikely, due to
the home and world status, that they
will be. If the Senate approves and
the present reactionary trend,@con-
tinues it is safe prediction that: they
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Evening star., 1951-03-26

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Lure of Fantastic Dope Profits
Seen Stymying World Controls
10 other countries.

ways into other countries.
1t ends up. for example. in Chi
cago, Toronto or San Francisco
selling at about $45.000 a pound.
Fact No. 2 is worse because it
goes under the guise of legitimate
narcotics business. In the manu-
featuring countries respected pri-
vate makers knowingly or not
permit large percentages of
legitimate narcotics to find their
way into illegitimate hands.
One Ecosoc delegate told me
that in some countries this leak
is up to 40 per cent.
Illegal Production
Here the big question is: Has
this leak anything to do with the
private manufacturers being un-
able to come to agreement over a
50 price differential In other
words. are they a group Of sharp
operators or simple souls who
don't know any better?
For example, Italian manufac-
turers produced Illegally last year
more than $50 pounds of pure
heroin-l0 times more than Italy
with all its foreign customers,
could use legitimately. This is
besides some 500 pounds OF, surplus
pure heroin in storage.
Italy recently promised to cut
down its supply of pure heroin
to go pounds, but has said MOTH
ing about tightening up on mar
cotic licensing which has been
carelessly handled.
In the case of the Dutch there
seems a bad smell all the way
round. Delegates say the Dutch
are against all international con-
troll Of narcotics in any shape
or form. In this highly sensitive
field they constantly stand forth
as gallant exponents Of complete
free trade and free enterprise.
France and Switzerland have
given lip service to international
control but continue to quibble
over the slight price differential.
They want control-so long as it
does not interfere with their free
dom.
Narcotics manufacturers in the
United States come of no better
than the rest. Ore delegate puts
it:
American manufacturers re-
fuse to pay 50 more a pound al
though this amount would up the
price of legitimate narcotics less
than / cent per narcotic capsule
This seems a terribly small price
to pay for attempted world control
of the worst racket of all times. 9
Outside Of all possible U. N.
Evening star., 1951-08-26

control at the present time stands
Red China's enormous adventure
into the dope market. Estimates
given my by reliable sources in
dicate that some four tons of
opium poppy leave Hong Kong
every day headed for the ports of
Southeast Asia, thence for fur
ther distribution around the world.
Tientsin, Canton and Hangkow
are the centers of opium supply
with an estimated storage of some
800 tons of raw poppy.
China's profits are great and
vengeance is sweet. 1t maintains
that England in the days of the
Great India Company before the
open door policy poisoned the
masses of China by sending from
India vast quantities of opium.
Now, Red China says. the Western
world is being paid back in kind.
Heroin from Hong Kong even
tually reaches the United States
in followed timbers thrown into
the sea from ships for later pick
ups. in tubes hidden in the OPEN
ings of the human body, in tele-
phone castings. in bundles of
paper fans. in fishes stomachs, in
dried fruits. even via airmail let
tiers and in a hundred other clever
ways.
Evening star., 1951-08-26

cent reduction in personnel is
achieved. But here is the joker
The rider also says that whenever
vacancies are filled through trans
fers from other agencies. the one
in-four vacancy rule doesn't apply
In utner words. an agency can
recruit employees from other de-
partments and not have to worry
very much about the riders re-
striction regarding the filling of
vacancies.
The Defense Department, the
Governments largest employer, is
exempted from the Jensen-Fergu-
son rider. Therefore, many nom
defense agencies are making no
bones about the fact that when
important vacancies occur in their
Offices. they plan a ''raid" on de-
fense agency employees with the
lure of higher salaries.
Defense personnel officials al
ready are concerned about the sit
uation and are comforting with
Civil Service Commission officials
4
MIDAS a matter Of fact
there is widespread misunder-
standing of the personnel cut
rider. Many persons, including
some members of Congress. have
the impression that it provides for
a 10 per cent personnel cut in
non-defense agencies. The truth
is that it does nothing of the sort
If an agency can fill enough
vacancies through transfers. it can
Evening star., 1951-08-26
U. n. Unit Rules Lie
Must State Reasons
In Firing Employees
BY the Asseeiated Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Aug.
25.-A United Nations administra-
tive tribunal held today that Sec
, retary-G General Trygve Lie cannot
fire members Of his staff without
giving the reasons.
Mr.. Lie fired five members of
the secretariat last January. They
are three Americans, a French
woman. and a Syrian. Their cases
were taken up by the U. N. Staff
Association, which looks after the
interests of U.N. employees. The
association appealed to the tri-
bunal, a permanent body.
Can Appeal to Assembly.
In the event Mr.. Lie does not
want to accept the tribunals rul-
ing. he can appeal it to the U. N.
General Assembly for a final de-
cision.
A key point in Mr.. Lies stand
IS that temporary employees can
be dropped at the discretion of
the secretary general. The tribu-
nal held temporary and contract
employees are on the same level in
this respect.
The five dismissed are:
Mrs. Mary Jane Keeney. an
American and former U. N.
editor. The United States House
Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities in 1949 called Mrs. Keeney
a Communist courier" She de-
MED that charge under oath.
Dr.. Monika Kehoe. American, a
former staff counselor on personal
and staff problems for U. N.
employees.
Benedict S. Alpert, American,
a former editor in the documents
control division of U. N.
Former Editorial Aide.
Jeanne Picou. Frenchwoman, a
former editorial assistant in the
documents control division.
Raja Faris Howrani, Syrian,
former chief of the Arabic desk
in the press and publications di-
vision of the Department of Pub
lie Information.
All but Mr.. Alpert were listed
as temporary employees. However.
his contract had expired and had
not been renewed.
The tribunal is composed of the
Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawan-
agar, a member of India'S dele
cation to the U. NJ: DR.. Roland
Egger. professor of political SCI
ence at the University of Virginia
,and DR.. E. NJ Oribe of the Uru-
guayan delegation to U. N.
Evening star., 1951-08-26

avoid substantial personnel cut.
The rider says nothing about an
agency having to cut personnel
10 per cent. It merely says an
agency can I'LL only one out of
four vacancies until a 10 per cent
reduction is achieved.
However, it says nothing about
IA case where the one e-out-of- -four
rule does not achieve a 10 per
cent reduction. And with the
transfers loophole many bureaus
will not have to make any cuts.
The rider does state that an
agency's original budget estimate
must be reduced by 5 per cent.
Many agencies had their requests
cut by this amount or more in
their regular money bills were be-
fore Congress. Consequently, the
riders provision does not apply to
them. Furthermore, most bureaus
asked for more employees than they
now have, so the 5 per cent cut
is more In the nature of holding
down an agency'S future rise in
employment. rather than curtail-
ing its present strength.
OF course, some agencies that
received budget cuts far in excess
OF 5 per cent and they will have
to trim personnel.
/ But they are the exceptions.
Most agencies are in good shape.
The agencies mart likely to suf-
fer are the defense units, with
their more than / million en-
ployes who will be subjected to
recruiting drives from non-defense
units. For some defense employees,
/ it may mean higher salaries in
non-defenSe Offices. But the gen.
eral situation may become chaotic
and the emergency program may
suffer.
T Ironically, only a few months
ago some 1lon-defense agencies
complained that the defense units
were raiding their employees. Now,
the situation has changed. AS far
as the Governments top plan
ners are ,oncerned. it is by far
lesser evil for the defense agen-
cies to raid the non-defense
bureaus than vice versa.
I BE sure to read the Federal
/ Spotlight column in The Star
4 sir days meek and listen to the
/ Spotlight radio broadcast at
6:15 Pm. euery Saturday over
4 WMAL.)
Evening star., 1951-08-26
'by Mr.. Boyle or anyone else"

"by Mr.. Boyle or anyone else
In announcing the loan investi-
cation. Senator Hoey said:
BASED upon the preliminary in
vestigation made by our staff, the
subcommittee decided to make a
full investigation of the loans
made by the RFC to the American
Lithofold Corp. of st. Louis, to-
gether with dealings of this cor
poration with other officials or
agencies of the Government, in
Icluding the employment Of VIII
liam M. Boyle, jr."
The subcommittee has had in
vestigators In st. Louis looking
into the loan and other dealings
of the company. The investigators
returned last week.
Mr., Boyle has figured in AL
investigation of the RFC by a
Senate Banking subcommittee
headed by Senator Fulbright,
Democrat, of Arkansas. 1t has
said in a formal report that Mr.
Boyle appeared to have influence
lover the lending agency and that
the RFC seemed to heed the
wishes of the Democratic National
Committee. However, no specific
charges were directed against Mr..
Boyle.
Wants Matter Cleared Up.
A minority report from the SUBJ
committee questioned the activi-
ties of Mr.. Boyle and charged that
he and President Truman had
raised "Pendergast politics" to
national level. The report was
written by Senators Capehart cf
Indiana and Bricker of Ohio. both
Republicans, and released last
week.
Mr.. Boyle, who was President
Truman's choice for the party
Craftsmanship, got his start in the
political world in Kansas City and
worked his way through the or
ganization headed by the late
Boss Tom" Pendergast. The or
Iganization also boosted Mr.. Tru-
man along the way that led
Eventually to the White House.
Senator Mcclellan, Democrat
of Arkansas, chairman of the Ex-
lpenditures Committee. said that
stories about Boyle's connections
with the loan have been banded
around with implications or ac-
cusations that he did something
wrong" He added that Mr.. Boyle
should want to clear it up"
Evening star., 1951-08-26
By John Borth
Foreign cerespendeni Of The Stor ond
the chieoeo Dolly News

GENEVA, Switzerland, Aug. 25.
Something strange is going on
behind the whole legitimate mar
cotics business around the world.
Judging from private conversations
of United Nations delegates to the
Economic and Social Council here.
Officially the only thing prevent
ing the strict world control OF
narcotics-legitimate or otherwise
lis a miserly 50 per pound dis
agreement over the price Of raw
opium between the producing and
the manufacturing countries.
World producers of narcotics
within the U. N. are Turkey. Yugo-
slavia, Iran and India. The United
States, Britain, France. Switzer-
land, Italy and Holland do the
manufacturing.
Unofficially. however, delegates
here say confidentially that the
failure is actually tied up with
racketeering and the fantastic
profits involved. But for the lure
of these profits, they say. needed
u. n world monopoly called en-
ternational Opium Corp would
come Immediately into being.
This proposed agency would i'm
pose yearly quota allotments
drastic sanctions. strict inspection
and agreed prices that would go far
toward cutting off dope at its
source.
Turkey. with a proposed allot-
ment of more than half the world
production, has agreed to the idea.
Iran started out to agree. but
since the oil blow-up their dele
gates believe it doubtful that the
Persian parliament would permit
close international inspection.
Two Facts Of Situation.
India remains on the fence. So
does Yugoslavia. Russia doesn't
enter the picture since it claims
less than per cent Of the worlds
production.
"Ecosoc" delegates say there are
two simple facts behind this wholly
confused and messy picture:
First, poppy farmers in the Mid
die East and in India can get four
times as much for their poppies
from racketeers. q situation that
leaves government officials open
to bribery.
This contraband raw opium is
processed by secret, laboratories
into crude morphine and heroin
and smuggled into Italy and
Greece. 1t is processed again and
reSrnugpled in q thousand naird
Evening star., 1951-08-26
Dr.. Benjomin Addresses
700 Arlington Teachers

DR.. Harold Benjamin, dean
emeritus of the College of Educa-
ton of the University of Mary
land, will address Arlington's TOO
teachers at $50 am. tomorrow.
DR.. Benjamin is now associated
with George Peabody Teachers
College of Nashville, Tenn.
The public is invited.
The session marks the return
of teachers for the fall term.
Evening star., 1951-08-26
Boyle
Continued From First Page.

times.
The PoSt-Dispatch stories said
that Mr.. Boyle received $4,000 for
his services. Mr., Boyle said he re-
ceived $3.50 from the company
for his legal work he did before
quitting his law practice to be-
come full-time chairman of the
Democratic National committee In
1949.
Last night the Post-Dispatch
said that Lithofold employs a for
mer business associate of Mr..
Boyle as a Washington greeter, z
the Associated Press reported.
In a copyrighted dispatch from
Washington, the newspaper said
Cecil A. Green has been on the
firms payroll at $500 a month
since 1949. Mr. Boyle and Mr..
Green, the newspaper said, "have
been closely associated in business
ventures in Kansas City and
Washington for many years"
Government Orders Received.
1t added:
"Since 1949, when American
Lithofold began to employ in
f1uential Washington and st. Louis
politicians. the firm and it's sub
Sidiary, American Carbon Paper
Co. of Chicago, have received
$1,038,633 in Government printing
orders"
The Post Dispatch said Mr..
Green operated an export business
and beer sales agency from Mr..
Boyle's Office in the Medical
Science Building at 1929 Vermont
avenue before he was hired by
American Lithofold in 194e.
Mr.. Boyle brought Mr.. Green
with him to Washington along
with several other former Kansas
City associates when he came here
to practice law in 1945, the news
paper added.
In Washington, Mr.. Green COM
mented, "as usual, the Post-Dis-
patch is wrong" He said he is
employed as Washington repre-
sentative of the company and at
tends to general routine business
matters-I'm not a greeter."
He said he has been a personal
friend of Mr.. Boyle'S for many
years but I've never been in
business with Mr.. Boyle in my
life" Mr.. Green added he knows
of no attempt to influence" the
Reconstruction Finance Corp,
the Governments lending agency
Evening star., 1951-08-26

There was more bait than fish
in the Tidal Basin yesterday.
Almost 200 youthful anglers
dropped everything from knotted
twine lines to the most expensive
nylon into the water in the Dis
trict Recreation Departments sec
ond annual fishing rodeo.
A few more particular fishers
brought shrimp to tempt the elu-
sive fish, but most used worms
dup up in back yards or culled
from under rocks.
The time limit was 8 am. TO
noon, and the bag limit was five
fish. Children IL years old and
under were eligible.
Grand prize winner among the
boys was Ronnie Rosenberg, 6.
of 1417 Columbia road NV. who
needed but two of the three hours
Evening star., 1951-08-26

cieS could re-
tain maximum
EN- p 10y m e n t
strength by hll-
ing all vacan-'
.cies throug h
transfers from
other Govern
|ment units.
Here ! Is the
situation:
The ride e L
S t a t es tha t
agencies m a v
fill only one out
of 4 vacancies
until a 10 per
Evening star., 1951-08-26

A special classification. most
unusual CATCH" was set up after
Billy Ketchem, 10, of 4809 w
street NE. landed a swapping
turtle.
Judges were William Ryan of
the Northeast Optimist Club and
Brinkle Price, a sports store en-
ploye.
The District Red Cross manned
"a mobile aid station in case any
of the close-ranked anglers was
Isnagged by a competitors hook.
Only one such case was reported,
and that minor one.
Co-Sponsor of the contest was
Better Fishing, Inc. national
organization formed to promote
interest in fishing. Similar con-
tests were sponsored all over the
country yesterday by the group.
Evening star., 1951-08-26

to catch the limit. Ronnie was
the only contestant to do so.
Best fisherman among the girls
was Mary Katherine Davis, IL,
of 1917 Gallatin street NV. She
compiled five points but Ronnie
rolled up nine.
Fishing tackle was given the
boy and girl who amassed the
most points in each division in
preliminary contests. Prizes of
drop lines were given contestants
who won In these clasifications.
Homemade tackle seemed to
make, no difference to the fish,
most of which were under sized
sunflish and white perch. Wen
dell Sorrell. IL, of 2544 Ninth
street NV. pulled in a perch with
"a tackle consisting of a tree limb
for a rod. piece of string, a bent
Evening star., 1951-08-26
$4,000 Open Corded
BY the Assoeioisd Press

ARDMORE, Okla, Aug. 25.--
A $4,000 open golf tournament,
approved by the Professional Golf
ers Association. will be held here
next June SD, officials of the Dor
nick Hills Country Club announced
TODAY