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<br />WASHINGTON R/:PORT
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<br />New Boom Period Under
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<br />Way in REA Program
<br />By WM. s. ROB.TS. FAJJ:tor
<br />Ruml Electrlflcatl<!D'Magazi1Ie'
<br />REA'S ELECl'RIC PROGRAM,IS ,MOVING INTO A SECOND
<br />"BOOM".PERIQD. Estimates of'-60th REA and the electric co-ops
<br />show there is a need for the present Congress to provide a total ,of
<br />nearly $400 miliion to carry through the present fiscal year,and for
<br />the next year, whlch begins on July 1,
<br />Only during the peak construction
<br />era ot 1949-51 were rural eledrlc
<br />loan requlrements-and lending ac-
<br />tivity ot REA-'-rlslng to th&8e
<br />heights, The reasons are d1Uerent,
<br />however.
<br />During the pJ;evious loan peak, up
<br />to a half.mUllon new members were
<br />being hooked up each year by REA's
<br />borrowers. Today, the new connec.
<br />tlons are about 100,000 per year. The
<br />big job ot rural electrlca today, and
<br />tor REA, Is keeping up with the up-
<br />ward zooming 01 rural power loads.
<br />Size of dfstrlbuijon facJlltles must be
<br />Increased, and more power generated,
<br />by rural electric sysWlml or service.
<br />quality wUl drop.
<br />O!tlclala of bcitb JUlA and the eJoo.
<br />tdo co-ops agr8e closely 88 to the
<br />need for lnc~ 1(NpI fUnds. With
<br />this sltuatloD. Congress Is Kkely to
<br />go alOng. :J'be OoDgr<<ls bas, over the
<br />years, reneraU7 been wtnIng to ade- .
<br />quatel;y provJde for REA elect.rIo
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<br />U there Is to be a serious problem
<br />this year, It wUl be raised by the
<br />age.()ld critics of the rural electrltl.
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<br />cation program' on the';basla.:ot tenns
<br />of REA's loans. The 2.'0/0 Interest rate
<br />has long been more ,than sufficIent to
<br />meet the average 'cost, of money, the
<br />Fe!leral government borrows. Re-
<br />cently Inflated Interest rates are glv.
<br />Ing REA's critics a wedge to work
<br />open,
<br />RaIsing REA Inter/l!Jt rates wUl put
<br />a real orlmp In rurIlJ ,jl.lectrJtlcatlon,
<br />pa.rUcularly wUh the loa.n needs ris.
<br />lngtoanewpeak. n would aIso
<br />.8OIWd the death !meD for the l'Ul"RI
<br />telephone program. In tUrn, 1~ ;vm be
<br />a blow to Industry aDd small busbaess.
<br />BM's borrowers have grpWn to be-
<br />oome R major market for' thelr prod.
<br />ueh1and mercJumdlse. '
<br />It Is not Insignificant to',rural elec-
<br />tric leaders that right now the Fed-
<br />eral government Is renego~Ung the
<br />British loan-at 2% interest. They
<br />wonder It Federal o!:t1cials'are agreed
<br />.among themseIves on Whether do.>
<br />mestlcprogratns should lie "adjusted"
<br />to the .ouctuations ot the money mar.
<br />ket, whlle our foreign loan programs
<br />sail along on the same old basis.
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<br />Preference Rights at Niagara
<br />WASHINGTON, D. (l,-8en. Robert Kerr (Okla,) last week told oppo.
<br />nen~ of Federal' preferenae for the Nlapioa project that Congrll88 "won'i pass
<br />a bIB tbat dOM vIole~ to 1he'ISD-;year-01d preference rights" of l'Ul'Rl electrlo
<br />cooperatives and muDtclpally-oWDed powel' dIStributor",
<br />Kerr 18 chatmuin of the Senate Public Works Subcommittee conducting
<br />hearings on JeglsIatlon to authorize .the New York Power Authority to con.
<br />struct a project on the Niagara River. The three sponsors of the bUl, Sen. '
<br />ators Irvine lvea <N.Y.), Jacob JavitS (N.Y;), and Rep. Wnn8.m MUler _(N.Y.),
<br />listened to the chairman's opening I'eIlUlI'ks at the second 'day of the hearings.
<br />. Kerr tD:rtItel' declared that his committee ..won't report a bID to the senate
<br />floor that does vIo1ence to the pmerenoe clause whlch has ail 'abnost un-
<br />broken record of beIq adoJJted" ID projeota JIke the Niapra,
<br />Clyde T. EIUs, NRECA general manager, urged the committee to act
<br />favorably on tije NIagara le~tlon Introduced by: Sen. Joseph Clark (Pa,)
<br />and Rep. Charles Buckley <N.Y.), which, woUld Include a Federal.type ~f.
<br />erence law In the teatelatlon authorizing state development of NIagara.
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<br />TV A' Self-Financing 'Dim' , '
<br />W-t\SHINGTON, D. c.-Proponenta of a Tennessee Valley Authority_self;
<br />t1nanclng bill hold only the 'barest hope !or subcommittee approvlil1 ~f the
<br />measure to allow TV A to Jssue revenue bohds supplementing Federal appro-
<br />pdatlolUl for construction-of vitally needed steam plants. ,
<br />, Rural e1ec.trlc leaders have endorsed the measure whGl"heartedly. They
<br />have contended, as has the majority of TVA's board, that without the supple-
<br />mentarY financing, the 'IV A area taces a serious power _ shortage 'late next
<br />year, Flfty-one rural eleetrlc,systems depend entirely on TVA wholesale
<br />power for their ID8mher-con8\\mers.
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<br />Uranium Milito Use More Power
<br />Than Entire City of Craig, Colo~ado
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<br />Thfa 1rit6 on the 'Yampa River 'weat o!- Graw, :do~: near
<br />Maybell. wiU, house one of the state's ~gg88t uranium mill8< WM1h
<br />oomp~ted. Thta is the _1Tace:1!Jlement8 Mill, a 8Ub8idiary;o/ Union"
<br />Carbtd6 di'Oarbon, and,t/t6 Yampa Valley Eleotruf A880ciaffon',.hM1
<br />6igned a poWer contmct With, the mill for an amount (jf '6lOOtricity"
<br />to 00 used tM:t u>iU ~ ,toot now being supplied:.tor the"entire
<br />d6mand8 0/ the city of araig. This' newest chapter- in: R:ural1i1leotrlc8
<br />working with industry is, a bright oni for north{wes~ern :iJa~.
<br />More than 60 men ,will be, employed when t1w mill 18, 6VenOO, t~ faU.
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<br />'2 (010. turallltdrk News May, 19SJ
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<br />$gngre de Cristo
<br />Plgns New Building
<br />At Bueng Vistg ,
<br />Expansion plans, Including a new
<br />ottice and warehouse' buUding in
<br />Buena Vista, have been announced by
<br />the Sangre de Cristo Electric Asso.
<br />elation, which has main headquarters
<br />at SalIda,
<br />Wesley L. Pounds, -Manager, ,said
<br />that the _ _DeW struoture at Buena
<br />Vista wIll In.
<br />clude oUlce space,
<br />dlsplay_ room for
<br />appDanoo dealers
<br />a'nd a.malnte-
<br />nance - warehoUse.
<br />The We and slue.
<br /><Xl _building" will
<br />be SO feet by 80
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<br />Tile .sangre. de
<br />CrlstoE;lectrlc
<br />Wesley Pounds l!.1so plal!s to build
<br />a heavy three-phase llne ,between Sa.
<br />IIda and Coaldale this summer to llnk
<br />the two power sources of the system.
<br />At present, the southeast'-seetion Is
<br />served by power purchased :frQm
<br />Southem, Colorado Power Co" and
<br />the northern part 01 the system uses
<br />power purchased !rom the Bureau of
<br />Reclamation and wheeled Into the
<br />area over Public Service Company of
<br />Colorado lines.
<br />The new Hne will be used as an
<br />Interchange, making power avallable
<br />to all seotIomJ, should trouble knock
<br />out the 8OIJrOO of power.
<br />Pounds said that the power reo
<br />qulrements In the area- served by the
<br />sangre de. Cristo' association has
<br />doubled in the last five years, and
<br />the-management now Is trying t1) an.
<br />tlcipate requirements for the next
<br />few years. It is believed that at least
<br />100 new homes will be bunt in Buena
<br />Vista In that time.
<br />At p(eSeDt, the company Is Install.
<br />ina'-power Dnes to TV boosters In the
<br />Cotopaxl, Howard and Buena Vista
<br />communIties. About 300 TV con.
<br />sumers will be served, 250 of them
<br />at Bueri~ Vista.
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<br />o!J,tterJ 'to. t~.tJ;tor
<br />:NaUoft.aJ.-AssocIaUoD
<br />DomMtkl and Farm PWnp MfCrs.
<br />89 S. LaSalle _ st., Chicago. 3, nl~
<br />Phone.: CEntral 8-llOO3'
<br />" April 16,1957-
<br />:Mr;VIrgllCory, lOO1tor
<br />Colorado'Rural Electrlc News
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<br />Dear Mr, Cory:': .
<br />Your most reeent Issue 1IstIng the
<br />winners of the "favorite .apPllance"
<br />con~t - W8$ .certalnly, most readable
<br />and en,oyable.
<br />It may Interest you to know that I
<br />am quoting In .full the entry of ~s.
<br />OtIs Andrew, Jr., Rte. 1,__ Steamboat
<br />Springs, In my talk before the NEMA
<br />Water, C~ndttionlng C(lnfllrenee, April
<br />16 In Mbj!lllapoUB: ayj,d ass'ure4Jy - wUl
<br />give your publication 1ull ~t
<br />I only regret that' obvious space
<br />limitations did not make It possible
<br />tor you to reprint the entrY. of Mrs.
<br />James Calhoun, Rte. 2, Box 132, Fort
<br />Lupton. U It is poSSIble would you be
<br />kl~ enough to send me e- copy ot
<br />Mrs. Calhoun's entry, 80 _that I may
<br />give Industry.wIde noUce of your
<br />. publication's appUance competition_
<br />which will, naturally glad4en, the
<br />hearts of every p~p manufacturer.
<br />. ~rdIalW;,
<br />JobO HOsford,
<br />~ecul;!.ve ~tary.
<br />Editor's note: This p~bifuation was
<br />, pleased ,tq receive the above from
<br />this "national, assocll!.tlon and beloW
<br />is printed the requested, ''Favorite
<br />Appllan~' _entry from Mrs. James
<br />Calho.un of Fort Lupton.
<br />My Favorite AppUanoo
<br />Our water system is the best ap.
<br />pllance we own; It Is a home- sanIta.
<br />tion system, labor, time, expense,
<br />energy and-disposition saving device.
<br />1 can pracUce better housekeeping,
<br />methods by: washing clothes, ltonlng,
<br />washlng--,dlshes,< clean<::house,' water,
<br />the) lawn,.' :bathe,- :andl. 'imve 'enough'
<br />energy..Ieft> to-:go,soltla\\lhere all"tn;
<br />one day. I -!.ee1:1 'COUld rttir~ ltere on'
<br />the tarJn and do all my own work.
<br />Electrically' operatlniF gives -a good
<br />fresh water' supply' and use 'of -other
<br />appDances 'that operate conveniently
<br />llndecoriomlcally. '
<br />'MBS. ,JAMES 'OALHOUN,
<br />Bte.2,Boxo182
<br />Member, Union Rural Electric
<br />AssOoIatlOD.
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<br />'Hells Canyon Will
<br />Be Built' - Ellis
<br />, WaShlngwn, D. o.-''Bells Can:
<br />yon Jet wUI he boUt and the" Su.
<br />preme Courl may yet raverse It-
<br />self,"- NBECA General Manager
<br />Clyde T. EIDs assuted rumI eJeo.
<br />trio leaders April 1, after th~ high
<br />. court aJlDounood It would not re-
<br />view lower court c1eolslons In the
<br />lonl' and drawn.()ut battle for' a
<br />hJgh Federal iIam on the middle
<br />stretch of the SDake River.
<br />The Supreme Court order deny.
<br />Ing a review of ,adverse declsIcms
<br />by lower' oourts DOted only ene
<br />dlssent-Justlce William O. Doug.
<br />lasfavored. a review.
<br />CaUIng for "an immediate legis.
<br />latlve push" In support of pending
<br />IeglsJa1ion In both the House Abd
<br />Senate, EllIs declared, "As far as
<br />the tanners' clectrle oooperaUves
<br />are coooemoo, the battle fol', a
<br />Federal Hells Canyon Dam Is just
<br />warming up." . .
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<br />Ellis to $pegk
<br />At Western Power
<br />Meeting in Utgh
<br />Salt Lake City, Utah - A Western
<br />Conference on Water and Power Re-
<br />sources sponsored by the National
<br />Fanners Union, the Utah Farmers
<br />Union and various individuals will be'
<br />addressed by NRECA'S General Man.
<br />ager Clyde T. Ellis When It meets
<br />here May 1().1t.
<br />The sponsors of tbe oonte~08 ex-
<br />pect aD atteDdance of better tharI.
<br />l,OOO. In addition to ElB&,'Sen. Wayne
<br />Morie (Onlg,), Rep. MIke KIrwan
<br />(Ohio), and Alex Bac1In, l'61leral,maBo
<br />agel' of the AmerIcan PubHo Power
<br />AssocIation, wID addrell8 the ~Ung.
<br />Included in the .program wl1l be
<br />four panels, ~ded by outstanding
<br />leaders from the following repons:
<br />the Upper Missouri BasIn; the C0-
<br />lumbia BasIn, Includlna; the ,Snake
<br />River and HeUs Canyon area! _the
<br />Upper Colorado Region in the 00"
<br />I!ontla- area, which Includes the Cen.
<br />trsl Valley and the, Trinity River
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<br />Presldent James G. Patton 01 the-
<br />NPU will addrMlJ the' OOJIfereDOe,
<br />preseDftng the problentll eon!roDtIDI'
<br />the peeple of the various rel'lOlls ID
<br />tlJ,e west. A 4Is$lnplshed service
<br />plaque wUI be awarded to Bep,. Klr-
<br />wan for ids-fine ~rd i!l pro'VldlDl'
<br />leadership and suppor1 In Co~
<br />for rural- eIeotriOeatIoD. -and Federal
<br />-. pOwer 'pfoi"nms, .
<br />Other' p8rtlc1pants In 'I:l1e confer-
<br />ence W1ll ,Include representatives of
<br />vsrloUstal;lor,organlztl..tIims, including.
<br />the AFL-CIO, and the -International
<br />AssocIation 01 Machinists.
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<br />Farmer-Owned
<br />Co-ops Pay Millions
<br />In Income Taxes
<br />WASHINGTON-In 1953, fanner-
<br />owned co-ops paId nearly $10 million
<br />In federal income taxes, In~
<br />Revenue _Commissioner Russen G.
<br />HiliTlsonsaid rec.ently.
<br />Harrington said _ 8,811 oo-o~ tOed"
<br />returJ;ia &bat yeal'. That's 83% Of the
<br />Co-OP$, USDA. said. th~ were. Of
<br />these reporting; f3% bad taXable lit.
<br />come, 82% ~ded aU thAlIr n e.
<br />nlarcIDs to theJr CDStomei'8, and 25%
<br />operated at a'loss.'
<br />,Of the CO.()ps t!lat had'lncome to
<br />tax, two-thirds of them. paid on.alI
<br />dlviden!!s to stockholders 'and on aU
<br />money, 'put Into sUrplus, Ind(!etl they
<br />we~ taxed. just lIke'any other <:o'rpot.
<br />atlolL The other one.thlrd ot'these
<br />Co,ops - the' so-called "~emvt"-'-' co.
<br />operatives-paid bicome tax only on
<br />what they put Into surplus.
<br />Both exempt and non.exempt 00-
<br />01)$ had $26."1 million In net earPblp
<br />~::::er.8 mllUon In federal In.
<br />'~gton's figures do _ not. 'o.!
<br />course, include Income taxes that ,city
<br />cooJl8~atlves .,.. such as -food 8tQre,g,
<br />servicestatlons, etc.-pay,:
<br />If there really are, .mcrobe-s'1n
<br />kisses, genn warfare Isn't anything
<br />new.:
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<br />Modern home:, Where eve'~g II,
<br />contNlled by a switch - except" the
<br />chlldren.
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