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Second Section MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1956
Pages 1-10
'Soapy' Williams Target of GOP
In Michigan's Race for Governor
Kdltor's not?: Thli 1 another In
rl of diftpati-hpf on thp molt Im
portant and interesting election con
tesu. BY LEE LINDBERG
United Prest Correspondent
Detroit (U.R) "Arizona Al"
ii out to unseat "Soapy" as gov
ernor of Michigan next month
in what is probably the top bill
ed state election contest any
place in the nation.
Arizona Al is Detroit Mayor
Albert E. Cobo, so dubbed by
Democrats because he owns
property in the Southwest and
plans to move there when he re
tires from public life. Soapy is
Gov. G. Mcnnen Williams, so
called by Democrats and Repub
licans alike because he is heir
to the Mennen talc and lotion
fortune.
Williams, 45, familiar to TV
viewers for his prominent roles
at the last two conventions, is
weking an unprecedented fifth
Program lo Feature
History of Grange
Eagle Point Farmers from
throughout the country, and
others interested, are invited to
hear a special program devoted
to local Grange history to be
presented here Saturday eve
ning. The event will be in connec
tion with "Boosters night" of
the Eagle Point Grange, starting
t 8 p.m. Saturday. Oct. 13, at
the Eagle Point Grange hall.
Elmer McClure, master of the
Oregon State grange, will be a
special guest at the meeting, and
will be the principal speaker.
One feature of the evening
will be the reading of excerpts
from the minutps of early-day
Grange meetings, dated 1874 and
1875. showing the activities of
the Grange in Jackson county
in those days. The minutes are
taken from historic records that
recently were located and among
other things tell how the Grange
was instrumental in the build
ing of a mountain wagon road be
tween the valley and Ft. Klamath.
term. The rumor mill says that
in two years he will seek the
seat now occupied by U. S. Sen.
Charles Potter, a Republican,
and in time shoot for the pres
idency. Drafted By GOP
Cobo, 62, Detroit's "non-partisan"
mayor since 1949, was
drafted by GOP leaders. They
admit he is the only candidate
with a chance of teaching' the
"fairhaired boy of, Michigan
politics" a lesson at the polls.
They count particularly on his
strength in Detroit where Dem
ocrats usually get a big edge.
Bucking the Democrats and
Walter Reuther's powerful
United Auto Workers is no easy
chore in the nation's motor city.
But if Cobo retains enough sup
port from Democrats who helped
elect him mayor, a close Cobo
Williams battle will result.
The two men are of opposite
appearance, temperament, per
sonality and political technique.
The bow-tie trademarked Wil
liams is the indefatigable hand
shaker and square dance caller.
Donning a Dutch costume and
joining in the street scrubbing
ceremony at the Holland, Mich.,
Tulip Festival is his apparent
delight. He works well at grass
roots level.
Stocky and bespectacled, an
expert on financial matters, Cobo
moves across the state with a
most businesslike air. Promis
ing to bring cooperation between
the governor's office and the
Legislature is one of his main
points as he lambasts Williams
for the "mess" in the capitol at
Lansing. Williams shrugs off
criticism such as the charge he
is "bossed" by Reuther. Cobo
has a lower boiling point. GOP
leaders said they were afraid the
mayor "was going to "blow his
slack" when a partisan crowd at
Cadillac Square booed him when
he appeared as official greeter
lo Adlai Stevenson on Labor
Day.
Bids for Women's Vote
Williams is making a special
bid for the women's vote. His
blonde and statuesque wife,
Nancy, is almost always at his
side. Another supporter is Jane
Hart, wife of Michigan's lieuten
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ant governor. She is an airplane
enthusiast who competes each
year in the "Powder Puff
Derby."
But Williams gets his strongest
support from the giant auto un
ion and its Political Action Com
mittee which enlists members to
ring doorbells over a three-coun
ty Detroit-area.
Cobo is personally very popu
lar and he hopes to cash in on
President Eisenhower's popular
ity, too. "Ike deserves Michigan's
best," the GOP billboards read,
One of the main issues is high-
way construction. Republicans
blame Williams for lack of prog
ress in road building. Democrats
reply that there is a GOP Legis
lature and Michigan has had a
Republican highway commis
sioner for nearly two decades.
Cobo points to Detroit's mush
rooming expressway system.
Democrats say the Detroit proj
ects were planned long before
Cobo became mayor.
As governor and mayor, Wil
liams and Cobo occasionally find
themselves together at public
functions. They shake hands and
chat, but their hearts aren't in it.
Egypt Hopes To Enlist
Western 'Know-How'
Cairo (U.R) Egypt hopes to
enlist Western know-how to en
sure constant and efficient oper
ation of the Suez Canal, but in
sists that operation of the canal
remain in t-gyptian hands, in
formed sources said today.
iuez Canal company sources
said President Gamal Abdel Nas
ser's plans for running the canal
had three major parts:
1. Overall control of the can
al and its management would be
strictly in Egypt's hands.
2. Contracting European firms
would undertake maintenance
and dredging of the canal.
3. Contracting major Western
oil companies would undertake
projects for improvement and en
larging of the waterway.
The Comstock lode, great New
Mexico silver mine, was discov
ered in 1859.
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