New Congress Will
Provide Test Area
For Demo Hopefuls
Br RAYMOND LAHR
Washington - (CPD - The
new Congress which convenes
this week will provide a daily
forum and testing ground for
at least four potential candi
dates for the Democratic
presidential nomination in
1960.
It .will also be the base of
operations for Vice President
Richard M. Nixon, now the
strongest contender for the
Republican nomination,
although he plays no direct,
public role in dealing with
the legislative program.
Nixon presides over the
Senate, votes only in case of
ties and works offstage as an
agent of the Eisenhower ad
ministration. He also appears
likely to inherit from Presi
dent Eisenhower the active
leadership of the Republican
party organization..
Here are the potential
Democratic candidates in Con
gress: Sen. John F. Kennedy
(Mass.), 41, now viewed as the
pace-setter. He will play a
key part, just as he did in
1958, in whatever the Democratic-controlled
Congress
does to combat corruption in
labor unions. Membership on
the Foreign Relation Commit
tee also offers him a vehicle
to gain national attention. He
has substantial support in the
south.
Humphrey Rallying Point
Sen., Hubert . H. Humphrey"
(Minn.), 47, a likely rally
point for the more aggressive
liberals in the Democratic
party. However, he is weak
in the South. He will be in
the forefront of the struggle
to change the senate's anti
filibuster rule . next week.
He is a member of the
Foreign Relations and Ag
riculture Committees and
chairman of the subcommittee
on disarmament , but readily
and deeply involves himself
in issues in other fields, too.
Sen. Stuart Symington
(Mo.), 57, who is often de
scribed as "everybody's sec
ond choice" for 1960. As a
former secretary of the Air
Force, he gets most attention
for his frequent attacks on the
Eisenhower administration's
defense program. Like Ken
nedy, he is regarded by south
ern Democrats as much more
acceptable than Humphrey.
Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson
(Tex.), 50, dominant figure in
writing the Democratic party
record during the past four
years while majority leader
of the Senate. Although he in
sists he is not a candidate,
many Democrats consider him
a potential contender, at least
in case of a convention dead
lock. Kefauyer Failed Twice
Another possible Demo
cratic contender is Sen. Estes
twice and failed to win the
Presidential nomination. How
ever, he may be kept busy
protecting his Senate seat in
1960.
While these and possibly
other Democratic senators
will figure in the 1960 nomi
nation, all of them know that
U.S. political parties seldom
choose presidential candidates
from the Senate.
Other possible candidates-
Govs. Robert B. Meyner of
New Jersey and G. Mennen
Williams of Michigan, Gov.-
elect Edmund G. Brown of
California and Adlai E. Ste
venson can stay aloof from
the daily battle.
There is a widespread be
lief among Democrats that
state presidential primaries
will not weigh heavily in the
selection of the 1960 nominee.
Unless one candidate builfts a
commanding lead, most states
are expected to support fa
vorite son candidates or send
uncommitted delegations to
the 1960 convention.
All Not Joy af '
Martin Flag Company
Fort Dodge, Iowa-flJPD-All
is not joy at the Martin Flag
company over the new 49-star
flag of the United States.
The company took, a gam
ble before President Eisen
hower's announcement of the
arrangement of the stars and
bought a quantity of flags
with seven rows of seven
stars lined up evenly.
The flags became useless
when the President revealed
the seven rows would be stag
gered. PAUL HAWKINS
Los Angeles-(DPD-Paul Haw
kins, founder of 'the Good
Humor Ice Cream Co., died
Friday at Parkview Hospital.
He was 62. Hawkins Tounded
the ice cream firm in 1927.
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Backstairs: Two Different Shoppers
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI White House Reporter
Washington (UPD Back
stairs at the White House:
President and Mrs. Eisen
hower are quite different per
sons when it comes to shop
ping. The President asks the
price of an item, but doesn't
haggle. He buys or he doesn't.
The first lady, on the other
hand, will tell a saleswoman
right away if she thinks a
price is too high.
One Gettysburg storekeep
er tells of a recent experience
with Mamie. She was looking
at some articles piled up on
the counter and admired them
greatly. ,
When sne found out the
price, however, she stiffened.
"They're lovely," said the
first lady, "but I think I'll
wait until you have a sale and
these are reduced."
She did.
The
President still is rath
er new at shopping. He did
more store to store buying last
week in Gettysburg than he
has ever done before in his
adopted hometown. He was
buying principally for his 10-year-old
grandson, David.
The chief executive did not
question a price in any store
he visited nor did he buy
without regard for price.
He bought David some, in
sulated boots for tramping
over the snowy fields of the
Eisenhower farm in quest of
rabbits. Eisenhower could
have spent much more than
he did, but he told David that
in making a choice, they must
realize that David's feet were
growing at a rapid rate and it
would be unwise to invest in
the best possible boots, only
to have them outgrown
quickly.
So, the President and David
settled for boots that were
good, but not the very best
and paid slightly over $14
for them.
About the only thing in the
Gettysburg stores that seemed
to make the President's eye
brow arch was the price of
socks. He did not complain,
but he did express surprise
when the clerk at one store
said a pair of heavy hunting
socks for David would cost
$1.50.
Naturally, one cannot waste
precious press conference
time in determining such
things at a presidential meet
ing with reporters, but limit
ed research shows that in the
mercantile world, Eisenhower
may not have ever visited
such commonplace establish
ments as:
-A big grocery supermar
ket. -A modern gigantic drug
store. '
-A drive-in eating place
with curb service.
-A drive-in movie.
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Ifs GOOD at PICK's!
-A restaurant (certainly.
not since he's been president).
. -A commercial bar (not in
a good many years).
-An automatic laundry or
even, a neighborhood dry
cleaners.
A basketball game, a race
track, a public beach (prob
ably not since before World
War II).
Egan Takes Oath
As Alaska Governor
Juneau, Alaska -(UPD- Gov.
William A. Egan was " sworn
into office as the first chief
executive of the new state of
Alaska Saturday following
official word from Washing
ton that President Eisenhower
had signed the proclamation
admitting Alaska to the
Union.
The oath of office was ad
ministered by U.S. District
Judge Raymond F. Kelly in a
brief ceremony here this
morning. Kelly then adminis
tered the oath of office to Sec
retary of State Hugh J. Wade,
the only other elective state
wide official provided for in
the new state's constitution.
The simple ceremony was
attended by only a few mem
bers of Egans' staff, members
of the Egan and Wade fami
lies and representatives of the
post office department.
Meeting Planned
To Break Deadlock
Los Angeles -(UPD- Union
and management negotiating
teams planned to meet today
in an effort to break a five
day strike-lookout which has
closed 1,000 food markets and
caused the- average Los An
geles housewife to go in
search of food.
State Conciliator Ralph
Duncan said the dispute be
tween the Retail Clerks Un
ion and the Food Employers
Council might remain unset
tled for two weeks or more.
The markets closed by the
strike-lockout normally re
tail 75 per cent of the grocer
ies sold in Los Angeles coun
ty. Some 4,000 local grocer
ies and about 400 other large
markets have remained open
and are doing a landoffice
business.
Open markets reported in
creases in business as much
as 300 per cent and several
have been forced by fire laws
to limit the number of cus
tomers allowed in aisles.
Sign Asks Prayer
For Detroit Thief
Detroit-flffD-'Tlease say a
prayer for. the person that
took the Infant from His
Mother."
That was the sign placed in
the straw before a kneeling
figure of Mary in a nativity
scene outside St. Bonaven
ture's monastery in Detroit.
A thief stole the figure of
the infant Jesus.
4-H Club News
Horn Living Club
Mrs. Bernice E. McCue, 134
Laurel st., Central Point, took
members of Schemers Home
Living 4-H club on a tour of
some home furnishing stores
in Medford during the recent
club meeting.
Managers of the stores ex
plained the different kinds of
furnishings to them. Club
members wish to thank Lip
pert's Home Furnishings,
Wakefield Drapery shop and
the S.W. Floor Cover shop.
Porter to Introduce
Three Bills When
Congress Convenes
Washington, D.C.-Congress
man Charles O., Porter (D.
Ore.) has announced that he
will Introduce three bills on
the first day of the first ses
sion of the 86th Congress,
scheduled to convene Jan. 7.
Heading the list and de
scribed by Representative
Porter as his "chief legisla
tive goal of the session" is a
bill for the "Home Ownership
and Mortgage Credit act of
1959."
The bill, which covers sev
eral aspects of federal hous
ing legislation, was drafted
by Porter after lengthy dis
cussions with housing and
home finance experts both in
Oregon and Washington, D.C.
One of its major provisions
would increase by $1 billion
the special assistance program
of the Federal National Mort
gage association. The program
was set up in last year's
Emergency Housing act to
make commitments and pur
chases at par on GI and FHA
loans in a principal amount
of $13,500 or less. .
Other Provisions
1. Eliminate the down pay
ment requirement on FHA in
sured loans below a valuation
of $15,000, with a 10 per cent
down payment required on
that portion of the valuation
in excess of $15,000.
2. Increase the permitted
loan term from 30 to 40 years.
This would, of course, reduce
monthly payments substan
tially. 3. Increase the maximum
FHA mortgage on 1 and 2
family homes from the pres
ent $20,000 ceiling to $25,000.
. 4. Reduce the FHA insur
ance premium to one-eighth
of 1 per cent. It now stands at
one-half of 1 per cent.
5. Include the so-called
"trade-in" provision of both
the Administration and Con
gressional bills considered
last year. This is designed to
facilitate trade-in financing
under the FHA program and
eliminate certain duplicate
closing costs.
Other Bills
The other two bills which
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troduce are to provide for a
Federal Shoe Labeling act
and to amend the Surplus
Property act of 1944. The
Shoe Labeling bill is an out
growth of considerable study
by Porter's office and the Fed
eral Trade commission over
the past year or so. It was
first suggested by a shoe re
pairman in Medford, Ore.,
Wilbur Gardner.
The Surplus Property act
amendment would eliminate
the present requirement that
propery conveyed by the Fed
eral government for historic
monument purposes must
have been acquired by the
United States before Jan. 1,
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