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The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., March 8, 1945, page 1

DAM MAY BE ERECTED AT THE DALLES
Army Engineers To Study Possibilities Of Post War Planning To Include Dam Which Will Span Columbia

A report from Washington that the army engineers may recommend the early postwar construction of a dam on the Columbia river at The Dalles was confirmed Monday by Col. Ralph A. Tudor, Portland district army engineer.
Col. Tudor said that the district engineer's office has been instructed to submit a brief review on the pro-posed dam. The study probably will be completed by this fall, he stated to the Portland Oregonian.
"The dam would be a power and navigation dam if authorized, from all indications," Col. Tudor reported.
The Washington report on the dam came from Senator Guy Cordon, who said he was advised of the project by Maj. Gen. Eugene Reybold, engineer chief.
Gen. Raybold wrote Cordon that while such a dam was not included in the recently passed rivers and harbors bill, it is a part of the "ultimate" plan for development of the river.
"The growth of navigation on the Columbia river," Reybold wrote, "has reached a point where construction of the dam might be warranted." The engineers, he said, are studying whether it shall be recommended for construction in the early postwar period.
River transportation operators recently asked if The Dalles-Celio canal could be enlarged, saying it would be a bottleneck even if the Umatilla (McNary) dam and others between Umatilla and Lewiston, Idaho, were constructed.
The Dalles dam, according to the engineer chief, would effectively replace the Celilo canal and provide a much more satisfactory solution for water transportation than enlargement of the canal.
Col. Tudor pointed out that the ultimate construction of such a dam was recommended in the army engineer report of March 29, 1932.