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I American Engineer Plans Great Dams for Asia Dr. Savage of U. S. Dept. of Interior Proposes j Extensive Flood Control and Irrigation Systems for China, India, Palestine. By BAUKHAGE Newt Analyit and Commentator. WNC Service, Union Trust Building, Washington, D. C. Recently I sat with a group of my colleagues at a table and listened to a shy, elderly man, who might have been a professor of Gfreek, talk about dams. Just a moment before I had been in the newsroom reading of the terrible destruction which had lev elled the cities of Europe. I couldn't help thinking of the paradox of civ ilization as this quiet man, who is the designing engineer for the great est dams in the world, Grande Cou lee, Boulder, Shasta, the Norris dam in the Tennessee valley and scores of others all over the world, outlined construction projects for Asia. His program is the exact antithesis of what is going on in Europe. John Lucian Savage is chief de signing engineer of the bureau of reclamation of the department of the interior. He has just returned from 14 months in the Far East where he has conferred with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of China and with officials in India and Palestine on construction projects which dwarf the world's greatest efforts in this direction. Dr. Savage discussed these under takings as if they were some beauti ful little works of art which had, per haps, a utilitarian value, but which after all were creations of the imagi nation; important In themselves. In the course of a half hour or so he outlined projects which would af fect the life of literally millions of people for untold generations and might well change the course, not only of their history, but the world's. He went to the Far East repre senting the U. S. government, loaned by the department of the interior to the state department as a specialist under its cultural program. Much has been said (with eyebrows slight ly raised) about Uncle Sam's effort to spread American culture and help Import some of that product from other nations. Most people do not realize that cultural matters in clude 10,500,000-kilowatt-waterpower plants. "We went down the (Yangtze) riv er from Chungking," said Dr. Sav age as if he were describing a moon light ride on the Potomac, "by steamboat and launch to within 15 kilometers (about nine miles) of Ichang." (Later it was explained that he had to stop because it hap pened that a war was going on in that vicinity.) "I had With me all the topographical data I could And and I had spotted three possible dam sites from these maps. I stayed with General (name omitted for security reasons). I asked him if ha had any topographic maps that might be helpful to me. He replied that be had captured an aerial map from the Japanese." Studies mmp, Selects Five Sites for Dams The map proved to be excellent and one could almoat ace the engl neer'a mouth water aa he examined it, picking out aighta aimply crying to be dammed. Then, atill aa if it were all a great lark, he aald that he went on down the river to within three milea of the battle linea (per haps the genial general-host had called off the war for the afternoon). Anyhow, Or. Savage said, smiling, that he had selected five possible dam Kites. The dam in the Tangtxe gorge, he told us, will probably be about 790 feet high and there will be 20 tunnels of about 90 feet diameter to divert the river flow. Boulder dam on the Colorado, he told us for com parison, was 730 feet high and had only four such tunnels. There will be 24 generating plants, each generating 110,000 kilowatts of electricity. They will equal Ave times the ultimate capacity of tha Grande Coulee dam and ten times its present development of 10,900,000 kilowatts. The average total output of electrical energy for one year on the Yangtxe will be 71,300,000.000 kilowatt-hours. Within the present range of distri bution live more Chinese than the en tire population of the United States ?140 millions. Dr. Savage went into similar de tail regarding more dams on tribu taries to the Yangtxe. The fatal re sult, beside regulating the river-flow ao that navigation can be improved and ocean-going ships brought right up to Chungking, would mean water storage that will irrigate a hundred million acres and make it possible to double the present production of rice. I will not deluge you with further figures for I cannot produce them with such a flavor of enthusiasm and admixture of personal delight as Dr. Savage does, but I may add that he spent four months in India discovering and planning similar projects in the Punjab, along the Ganges, and in Afghanistan, on this and other trips. Dr. Savage, I might observe, is typical of a kind of gov ernment servant of which the world k^iows very little. He is one of the highly trained experts who prefer public service to financial rewards. These men turn down highly re munerative offers from business or ganizations. Australia Atks tor Dr. Savage'm Help Back in 1640 a cable came from London asking the United States government for Savage's assistance in conjunction with the Burrinjuck dam in Australia. Before the depart ment of the Interior replied, Dr. Sav age was reminded of what he al ready knew; namely, that United States officials may not receive emoluments of any kind from for eign governments. Our founding fa thers were quite sensitive on that point. ". . . no person," says the Con stitution, "holding any office of prof it or trust under (the United States) shall, without the consent of Con gress, accept any present, emolu ment, office, or title of any kind whatever, from any king, prince or foreign state." And so Savage, rather than delay the project while congress decided whether such emolument be permit ted, wired the then commissioner of the bureau of reclamation; "Any as sistance given to New South Wales will be gratis and I shall not accept any fee or other form of compensa tion or any reimbursement" As a government servant. Dr. Savage, although he cannot accept titles and awards from princes, kings or foreign commoners, has garnered plenty of honors from American institutions. They include his doctorate in science from the University of Wisconsin and the American Society of Civil Engineers' medal. Also he has that most cov eted award, the Gold medal for out standing engineering service, a joint award of the leading organizations of his profession. If culture can be served by dam ming rivers, and capital can be found to pay the bill, they'll be dammed?by Savage. ? ? ? | The war will wipe out a lot of If- i norant aneera which so-called "prac- ' tical" men often direct at "long haired professors." Perhaps the sci ence of psychology gets the moat wallops from the uninitiated. Says General Arnold In his second report on the army air force: "The RAF paid the AAF a compliment In 1944 by adopting our system of air crew selection and classification. Our psy chological testing procedures were also adopted by the Free French." There are 20 psychological tests administered which have proved val id in predicting a cadet's chance to ' win his wings and his chance for combat success. "The aviation psychology program has paid off in time, lives and.... money saved," says General Arnold, "at a total cost of less than $5 per candidate." a a ? The Soviet Information bulletin published in Russia calls attention to the fact that the RUssian guards created by Peter I, in 1700, were the first to enter Berlin in the Seven Years war. It further states that the tradi tions of the Soviet guards, created when the German armies were near est Moscow, tn the autumn of 1941, were Inspired by the ancient Russian guards and "are preserved to this day." This is one of the many indica tions of how the Soviet government is continually looking back on Rus sian history and increasing national consciousness among the people, by passing the ideology of communism and the landmarks set up by the revolution. BARBS . . . by Baukhage Apparently General Arnold of the air force and not Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau la dictating what la to be dona with German in dustry. see Since it has been established that the cherry trees In Washington are Korean and not Japanese, they blos som earlier, trying to synchronic with Konto hlipinrtinri w+% The population of Berlin is becom ing "radical, almost red," say re ports of Swedish refugees. What would you can that? An attempt at protective coloring? ? ? ? Obituaries of prominent Nazis are appearing in great numbers in Ger man papers. The "deceased" are add to have gone "underground." tart net cemetery-sty la. I .... . ? i. ... ... . High Officers Given Promotions Recent promotions announced by President Roosevelt include: (1) Henry K. Hewitt, commander of the Mediterranean fleet, to be admiral. <Z) Vice Admiral Waesehe, coast guard commandant, to be an admiral. (3) Lt. Gen. Alexander A. Vandegrift, commandant of the marine corps, to lull rank of general. (4) Vice Adm. Richard S. Edward, deputy chief of naval operations, to be admiral. (S) Vice Adm. T. C. Kincaid to be admiral. Vinson Takes Over Byrnes' Job Fred M. Vinson, former federal loan administrator, has taken over the ofBee of director of war mobilization and reconversion, following the resignation of James F. Byrnes. Byrnes announced that V-E Day was not far off and he believed whoever was to direct the reconversion program should begin his work immediately. Allied Leaders Inspect Germany Churchill and Eisenhower, upper left, talk thingi over on the Rhine rtrar hank. Upper right. Field Marahal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery visits British aad Canadian troops In the forward areas. Lower, Prime Minister Winston Churchill persosded Gen. William Simpson to make the trip aeress the Rhine where he had a narrow escape from German shells. Watermelon for Iwo Warriors n.?.Tn Jhr?T Z^' T ?* '?? Ji?* ??? > I>|UM ?J"?LU**- U ,Ue? ? wateranelna, a rare fraH on that barrea voicanle - v*. ?? ether jcndeM, eempriied a eUp-' tITm . .. l^^CLK!!!! mrmmpm! emO* farm> "* "*j I * G.I. and Nazi Heroes Above photographs show the dif ference between the C. S. and the Nasi heroes. Upper, Maj. Carroll C. Smith, America's first night fighter ace, who flew a Black Widow P-61. Below, Fritzie sniper, a hero to his comrades before capture. What's This About? Baby duckling, recent arrival at Bronx too, wasn't able to give en lightenment on which came first? the egg or the duck. He was willing to pose for his picture atop an ostrich egg. .? 'So Big'?U. S. Push Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr., commanding general of the V. S. 3rd army, tells hia superior, Gen eral of the Army Dwlght Eisenhow er, abont the big posh into Ger many. He is either indicating the sixe ot the drive or the final push yet to come. Nazi's Future Boss MaJ. Gen. Lnclns D. Clay, who has fceea aamed aa alia la General Ftaiafcrwn, la la ka la eharfe ot eWUaa atalra la Oanaaay whan ft?cc]p4s ill i ttdcf? ! '? -'i ... ' Washington, D. C. ARMY DISCHARGE CBEDIT8 Here is how the army will deter mine what men are to be discharged after the war in Europe is over. Spe cial forms have been quietly sent to commanding officers in all theatres. They are to be distributed to the G.I.s who will fill them out, try to figure out the number of credits they have earned to give them a quick return home. The one thing still undecided by the army is the number of credits necessary for immediate release. This columnist is able to reveal, however, that: 1. All eredits will be deter- * mined as of the date the war in Europe is over. 2. Special eredits will be given for overseas service, and over seas service will mean any service outside the continental limits of the C. S., including Alaska. Thousands of men who served in Alaska will receive ? overseas credit. Overseas serv ice will be determined from the day a man leaves a port of embarkation. 3. Combat credit will be given only for those receiving the med al of honor, distinguished serv ice cross, legion of merit, silver star, distinguished flying cross, soldiers' medal, bronxe star, air medal, purple heart or bronze service stars for battle partici pation. No other awards or rib bons will be included. i. Credit will be given for children who are under 18 years -of fege on the day the war in Europe ends, but for some mys terious reason the army will not allow eredits for more than three children. ? ? i HENRY KAI8ER CONCILIATES Few people realize it, and ship builder Henry Kaiser is too modest to admit it, but he was the guid ing genius behind the recently signed pledge for postwar Industrial peace just promulgated by Eric Johnston, president jat the U. S. chamber of commerce, CIO Pres. Phil Murray and AFL Pres. Bill Green. Kaiser figured out the scheme last fall after seeing the terrific bitter ness of the election campaign. He first approached Bill Green, told him that if Green was sincere about be lieving in a 60,000,000-job program, management needed assurances of labor peace. Green was agreeable. Johnston qgreed to call the first meeting, invited Kaiser, Murray and Green to a hush-hush dinner in his Mayflower hotel suite, debated the entire proposal up, down and sideways. Not content with a bare state ment of unity and pledge of la bor-management peace, Kaiser has now quietly proposed that the D. S. chamber of commeree, the AFL and the CIO set up a new, well - financed organiza tion which can actively go about the business of contact ing local labor leaders and lo cal business men, preaching the gospel of cooperation on that level. ? ? ? PETRILLO CRACKDOWN Congress is so steamed up about the rambunctious practices of horn tooter James Caesar Petrillo, head of the American Federation of Musi cians, and bushy-browed John L. Lewis, mine workers' chief, that re sponsible labor leaders are greatly worried that it may pass the Bailey bill. This would invalidate the agreement Petrillo won after de fying the record manufacturers and the government for two years, and which provides that the manufacturers pay his union a royalty on every record made. It would also rule out the 10 eent-per-ton coal royalty Lewis asked after he saw Petrillo get his. Even though many of them have little sympathy for the Petrillo-Lewis methods, labor leaders sac in the Bailey bill far more danger than appears on the surface. For if the bill becomes law, it will knock out not only Petrillo royalty setups, but also numerous negotiated agree ments whereby employers agree to pay a small portion of their payroll j into health funds jointly adminis tered by the union and the employer. These are used to pay sickness and accident benefits, medical costs and death benefits for employes, and more and more employers are agreeing to include contributions to these funds in their contracts with the unions. There have been no com plaints about these funds, but they will be illegal if the Bailey bill be comes law. ? ? ? CAPITOL CHAFF C The RFC has named the New York firm of Fuller, Smith and Ross to handle advertising of surplus property to be sold through RFC. This firm is also the advertising representative for the Aluminum company of America, which has a major interest in plant facilities to be sold through RFC. Despite the wide publicity ridicul ing him a few months ago. Rep. 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