Democrats In Greater Show of Confidence
Since Any Time Since Crest of New Deal
By RAYMOND LAHR
UPI Correspondent
Washington - (U?D - Demo
crats are approaching the
Congressional and state elec
tions Nov. 4 with a greater
how of confidence than at
any time since the crest of
New Deal.
Republicans are bearish but
till hopeful of an upset which
would restore them to control
of Congress during the last
two years of the Eisenhower
Administration.
In the elections Nov. 4, the
voters will fill 33 Senate
eats, 432 House seats, 32 gov
ernorships and thousands of
other state and local offices.
The new state of Alaska
will vote three weeks later
on Nov. 25, to elect two more
Senators, one House member,
a governor and other state
officials. Maine held the last
of its ahead-of-schedule elec
tions Sept. 8, when the Demo
crats won a Senate seat, the
governorship and two out of
three House Seats.
Too Free With Money
The Republican campaign
has been pitched on the theme
that a Democratic Congress
Is too free with the taxpayers'
money and too soft on labor.
Democrats have charged
President Eisenhower and his
administration with lack of
leadership to deal with de
fense and foreign policy and
with domestic problems such
as the recession. They also
expect political benefits from
the Republican troubles which
led to the resignation of Pres
idential Assistant Sherman
Adams.
When Congress meets In
January and the added mem
bers from Alaska have been
sworn in, the Democrats will
need 50 seats and the Repub
licans 49 (since they also have
the tie-breaking vote of Vice
President Richard M. Nixon)
to organize the Senate and
control the legislative pro
gram. A majority in the
House will be 219 seats.
The present lineup in the
Senate is 49 Democrats and
47 Republicans. In the House,
it's 230 Democrats, 198 Re
publicans and seven vacan
cies. Net Gain of Three
With Republican Sen Fred
erick G. Payne already un
seated in the Maine elections,
the Republicans would have
to show a net gain of three
seats in the 35 Senate races
still ahead in order to take
control of the Senate.
There are 36 Democrats and
26 Republicans whose Senate
seats are not up for election
this year. Of the 33 seats to
be filled Nov. 4, the Demo
crats now hold 13 and the Re
publicans 20.
Six of the Democrats are
from "safe" Southern states
and six others are heavy fa
vorites for reelection because
they were last elected in 1952
when President Eisenhower
was winning by a landslide.
This Senate lineup leaves
the GOP with little hope of
unseating any Democratic
Senator this year except Wil
liam Proxmire, surprise vic
tor in a special election in
normally-Republican Wiscon
sin last year.
Reasonably Safe
In contrast, the Republicans
can point only to Vermont,
North Dakota and Nebraska,
and perhaps Ohio and Dela
ware, as states where seats
they have at stake are reason
ably safe. Although Demo
cratic nominees will be under
dogs in some of the other
states, the Republicans are
heading into the election
with 10 or more of their Sen
ate seats in jeopardy.
The spectacular Democratic
victory in normally-Republican
Maine last September cli
maxed a series of develop
ments which contributed to
Democratic confidence. These
included the election of Prox
mire and the re-election of
New Jersey Gov. Robert B.
Meyner last year, the strong
Democratic showing in the
California primary this year
and recent results of public
opinion poll.
Political Pattern
Another factor contributing
to Democratic optimism is the
historic pattern, which shows
that the party controlling the
administration normally loses
Congressional seats in mid
term elections when the Presi
dency is not at stake.
Republican hopes for a pick
up of strength center in the
Middle West where farm dis
content has cost them votes
in the last three congressional
elections. With farm income
on the rise, the GOP now
hopes to defeat Proxmire and
recapture Democratic House
seats in such farm belt states
as Iowa, Wisconsin, Minne
sota, South Dakota and Mis
souri. Of the 32 governorships to
be filled Nov. 4, 19 are now
held by Democrats and 13 by
Republicans. The winners in
such politically important
states as New York, Pennsyl
vania and California will be
potent figures at the 1960
presidential nominating con
ventions. The political future of Gov.
Averell Harriman, Democrat
ic candidate for reelection
in New York, and Sen. Wil
liam F. Knowland, GOP nom
inee for governor in Califor
nia, will be riding on the out
come of the elections in those
states.
Neuberger Appoints
Legislative Aide
Washington - Sen. Richard
L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) has an
nounced appointment of Law
rence Hobart, Salem, as his
Legislative Assistant. -Hobart
replaces Hans Linde who
leaves the senator's staff in
December to take a teaching
position at the University of
Oregon.
Hobart, a 1953 graduate
from the University of Oregon
journalism school, recently
completed a tour of duty with
the Air Force and has recently
been employed as a reporter
on a Salem newspaper.
Slate Veto on
Tribal Acts Urged
Portland -(DPE- The Legisla
tive Interim Committee on
Indian Affairs has recommen
ded that the 1959 Oregon
Legislature urge Congress to
grant states veto power over
future plans for termination
HOME LOANS GOOD
Washington -(DPD The gov
ernment has had to pay the
claims on only about eight
tenths of one per cent of the
five million home loans un
derwritten by the Veterans
Administration since Decem
ber, 1944, the VA announced
today. Sumner G. Whittier,
veterans administrator, said
not all the defaults were at
tributable to GI borrowers
either; some were defaulted
by persons who bought prop
erty from the original veter
an owner.
ESSEX BIG HIT
Capetown, South Africa -(DPD-Local
citizens were so
anxious to see the U. S. air
craft carrier Essex Sunday
that police were forced to use
a fire hose to prevent injury.
When the carrier was opened
for public inspection, a crowd
of some 40,000 person's surged
toward the gangplank. The
pressure became so strong
that two persons were pushed
into the water. Police finally
hauled out the hose to con
trol the crowd. Hundreds
were drenched.
Klamath Falls-(UPD-Clarence
Honn of Roseburg is the new
president of the Oregon State
Dry Cleaners Association.
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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
of federal trusteeships over
Indian tribes.
State Sen. Leander Quiring
the committee, said members
believed the original act ter
minating federal control over
th Klamath tribe "would
never have won approval of
the lawmakers at Salem." He
also said committee members
believed consultation among
tribes of a region should come
MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Onsen, Tuesday, October 28, 19S8 Sk
ahead of termination because
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