Word: dam
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...party of Theodore Roosevelt, of Gifford Pinchot, and of George Norris, all pioneers in the conservation field. And Eisenhower's selection of Douglas McKay as Secretary of the Interior might even have seemed auspicious, for McKay, while Governor of Oregon, had favored federal development of a high multi-purpose dam at Hells Canyon...
...liker John Sherman Cooper opposed it. A complicated issue, the Dixon-Yates proposals included obvious attempts to whittle down TVA and to encircle it with a giant utilities holding company. And the President, not normally prodigal with his immense influence, worked as hard to defeat the Hells Canyon dam as he worked on any other bill in four years...
...praise is admittedly faint, however, for Dulles' action immediately preceding nationalization shaped Nasser's reaction. It is true, of course, that discussions with Egypt about the Aswan Dam had been long and tedious, and it is also undoubtedly true that Nasser was trying to bluff the West with a nonexistent Soviet offer. But how the West could have withdrawn its offer only two days after Nasser had publicly accepted it, and at the same time have expected no startling results, is difficult to understand. Washington obviously thought a public insult by the deeply distrusted West would result in the Colonel...
...part about the Aswan Dam offer was that it was ever permitted to turn into a game. Here the Nasser regime certainly deserves blame--especially for putting out false rumors of a mythical Soviet offer. But it was Washington which decided, after Egypt's purchase of Czech arms, that Nasser would have to go. To topple his regime, Nasser's major plan for economic development was insultingly rejected, and Washington waited. There is strength in this case, and Dulles' biggest gamble may yet pay off. The West must not forget that it is not playing with a dictator...
Without commenting further on your Sept. 3 report on Washington State's Governor Langlie, I could not help noticing the background scenery on the cover showing a hydroelectric power dam and transmission lines. A picture of Governor Langlie against such a background is like a picture of the proverbial fox guarding the chickens...