Electoral College Still.
Elects Highest Officers
Registered voters In the
Nov. 8 general election 'will
cast ballots lor President and
Vice President.
They also will cast ballots'
for six people whose names
accompany the Presidential
and Vice Presidential candl
dates' names on the ballot.
These six people for each
party are candidates for the
"electoral college," which,
through constitutional author
ity, elects the President and
Vice President. The six Ore
gon electors will cast, their
ballots Dec. 19 in Salem.
According to the I960 edi
tion of "The American Vot
er," the "popular vote of the
people indirectly elects the
President and Vice President."
Electors cast their ballots for
the candidate who receives
the majority vote in the state.
Electors Named
Democratic presid e n 1 1 a 1
electors in Oregon are Jan
Bauer, Vernon Cook, Walter
Dodd, Myron Katz, Peter Kirk
and Al Weeks. Republican
presidential electors are Mrs.
' Donald L. Stathoi. Med
ford insurance agent, has
been active in Republican
politics in Jackson county
for four yean.
- He was county chairman
of the Youth for Eisenhow-er-Nixon
during the last
Presidential campaign, was
chairman of the Young Re
publicans organization, and
chairman of the Jackson
County Republican Central
committee.
He is now secretary of the
State Republican Central
committee.
Stella Cutlip, Herman Oliver,
Mrs. Donald Richardson, Don
ald L. Stathos, Victor W.
Thomsen, and Mrs. Frederic
W. Young.
Although not probable, It is
possible that the candidate In
the November general elec
tion receiving the least num
ber of popular votes could
become president. It happened
In 1888, but in more recent
times the possibility of such
an occurrence is becoming
more remote.
In 1888, Grovcr Cleveland
received 3,540,329 popular
votes, and Benjamin Harrison
received 5,430,853. However,
electoral votes gave Cleveland
168 to Harrison's 233 because
the popular vote in the na
tion's larger population areas
such as New York, Pennsyl
vania, Ohio and Illinois favor
ed Harrison. Those states
have a greater number of elec
toral votes. i
A similar situation could
occur In the coming election,
although It is highly un
likely. For example, suppose Rich
ard Nixon, the Republican
candidate, and John F. Ken
nedy, the Democratic candi
date, have almost a tic in the
number of popular votes with
New York and Oregon left to
be counted.
Nixon wins In New York
by a popular vote of 1,000.
Kennedy wins in Oregon by
800,000 popular votes, giving
the Democratic candidate a
margin of 71)0,000 popular
'votes.
Electoral Vote Margin
Nixon, however, because he
carried New York, would
have a margin of 39 electoral
college votes, thus giving him
the presidency.
Because of the possibility
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toral college has been criti
cized .by many people, Includ
ing politicians, In rqcent years,
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Some attempts have been
made to change the system,
but such attempts have not
gained much headway.
One reason why the system
has not been changed prob
ably is due to political bosses
In the nation s large metro
politan areas. If the political
boss can deliver 100 per cent
of the state (in the electoral
college) to his candidate, it
makes a better showing than
delivering but 51 per cent (of
the popular vote).
Proposals to abolish the
electoral college tend to re
duce the Importance of the
state in the federal system of
government, according to
"The American Voter," and
have never been received
well by Congress.
Stale Officers
Electors are state officers
who are nominated and elect
ed according to state law. In
some states, In fact, the
names of the Presidential and
Vice Presidential candidates
do not appear on the ballot at
all. Only the names of the
electors are listed.
The electoral college had
Its start at the Constitutional
Convention In 1787 when the
manner in which the Presi
dent should be elected trou
bled delegates.
The convention rejected a
proposal that Congress elect
the President because dele
gates thought he would be un
der the control of the' legisla
ture. .
A proposal that the Presi
dent be eleclcd by the people
Contracts
For Natural Gas
Pipeline to
San Francisco UPP Pacific
Gas and Electric Company
announced here Wednesday
that contracts have been
awarded for the 1,400-milc
pipeline project that will
bring natural gas from Can
ada to California.
Norman R. Sutherland,
PG&E president, said . work
would begin In California
Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and British Columbia as soon
as contractors' equipment can
be moved in.
PG&E announced the fol
lowing contract awards: ; ,
The 291-mile California
FBI Called in
Reno Slaying
Reno - IUM - The FBI has
been called on to aid in the
search for an Ogdon,, Utah,
housepainter charged with the
murder of a Santa Rosa, Calif.,
businessman.
Washoe County District At
torney William J. R a g g I o
Wednesday filed a formal
complaint against Joseph
Walker, 39, naming him as the
man lost seen with the victim,
Paul G. Allison, 59.
Raggio said pictures of
Walker taken while he was
an inmate at the Arizona and
Montana state prisons match
ed descriptions furnished by
a Lovelock, Nev., service sta
tion attendant who said the
victim and a second man
stopped at his station Sept.
19.
Allison was last henrd from
when he called his wife Sept
18 saying he expected to ar
rive home from a trip to Mis
soula, Mont., the following
day.
His beaten and stabbed
body was found last Saturday
In Reno In the back of one
of the camp coaches he manu
factured.
A person who gave the
name Joe Walker sold two-
karat diamond ring Identified
si belonging to the victim at
a Reno pawnshop Sept, 20,
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also was rejected. Alexander
Hamiiion said uch a system
may lead to "tumult and dis
order." The convention sorted the
problem by agreeing on estab
lishing the electoral college.
The college's existence and
authority is provided In Arti
cle II of the Constitution. But
there is no mention in Article
II, or in an amendment to
Article II, of the popular vote
by the people.
The manner by which elec
tors were named wos left up
to the Individual state legis
latures, which could either ap
point electors or provide that
the people elect them. In many
states until the mld-1800s, the
legislatures appointed elec
tors. Political Parties
In 1800, however, the elec
toral college started taking
the "back seat." Between
1796 and 1800, two political
parties developed, and each
had made arrangements for
support of their candidates.
The parties themselves sub
mitted' lists of possible candi
dates for the electoral college
with Uie understanding that
if elected or named by the
state legislatures, the electors
would support the party's se
lection for President and Vice
President.
This' actually Is the fore
runner of the political party
system of today. But even to
day, the President and Vice
President are elected by mem
bers of the electoral college,
and not directly by the people.
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section will be built by the
H. C. Price Co., Bartlesville,
Okla. The Price company also
will build 146 miles from Ro
salia, Wash., to the Idaho-
British Columbia border.
The 468-mile section
from the ' California-Oregon
boundary to Rosalia, Wash,
will be built by the joint ven
ture organization of Western
Pipeline Inc., Austin, Tex.,
and J. P. Nelll and Co.,
Dallas.
Pacific Gas Transmission
Co., a PG&E affiliate, will
own and operate the Oregon-Washington-Idaho
section.
Alberta Natural Gas Co. of
Canada, one-third owned by
the PG&E subsidiary will
own and operate the 107-milo
British Columbia section.
Successful bidders for the
Alberta section were nomed
in Calgary by the Calgary
Gas Trunk Line Co. Price
Poolo of Canada, Ltd., of Cal
gary and Edmonton, will do
the construction. Contracts
for the balance of the line
went to local bidders,
The project is scheduled
for completion in the winter
of 1961-62. It will deliver ap
proximately 415 million
blc feet of natural gas daily
to PG&E for distribution in
Northern California.
PG&E said the 36-inch dia
meter steel pipe already is
being delivered to a welding
and wrapping yard at
Sprague, Ore., and other de
liveries will be made to Bur
ncy and Napa, Calif., and Pa
cific Northwest points.
, PGT also will deliver gas
to El Paso Natural Gas Co.
for local utilities in the Pa
cific Northwest. Alberta and
Southern Gas Co. Ltd., a
PG&E subsidiary in Calgary,
will buy gas from Alberta
producers for PG&E.
Montana Power Co. will
import gas through a lateral
from the Alberta Gas Trunk
Lino Company Ltd.
DEMO FIGURE DIES
Watorford, Conn.-IUPD-Mrs.
C.'John Satti, 59, Democratic
n a 1 1 o n al commtttcewoman
from Connecticut from 1952
to 1956, died Wednesday.
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BRIOITTE BARDOT
A Fit of Depression
Castro Caller's
Phone Sans Cord
New York - (UFO - This is
the story of ihe man In the
bedsheet and the telephone
without a cord.
Harried police guarding
Cuban Premier Fidel Castro
were waiting for his depar
ture Wednesday from Har
lem's Hotel Theresa when a
taxi pulled up. A Negro man
garbed in a strange-looking
robe stepped out.
Police and security agents
immediately stopped him and
demanded to know where he
was headed. 1
The man in the bedsheet
robe replied: "I'm going to
see Fidel'
He was asked for creden
tials. -
"I have no credentials but
it is important that I see
Fidel," he replied.
Police said this was Impos
sible. The man stepped back to
his taxi, reached inside and
extracted a telephone, minus
,the cord. He calmly lifted the
receiver and, while the
amazed police watched, spoke:
"Fidel, they won't let me up
to see you."
Officers hustled him back
into the cab and the stranger
was driven away.
One policeman remarked:
"This is the nuttiest guy yet."
A fellow officer replied:
"Who knows. Maybe Fidel Is
up there on the other end
saying 'Why won't they let
you in?' ". ,' .
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Tillamook Man
Eugene-IUPD-M. L. Schmidt
of Tillamook Wednesday was
reelected president of the Ore
gon Association of Real Estate
Boards.
Roy Ferris of Salem was
elected treasurer. Named as
vice presidents were Ken
Evans, Portland; Ken John
son, Vale, and Pearl Beard,
Enterprise.
Woman Flunks
Tesf for License
St. Louis. Mo.-llPn-Mln-nette
Ernst flunked her
driver's test Wednesday
when the examiner told her
to try her hand at parking.
Miss Ernst put the car in
reverse, stepped on the ac
celerator and sent the auto
rocketing across a street, up
a terrace and through a
pony corral before it ram
med into the side of a
chruch.
Miss Ernst wasn't hurt
but she'll have to wait a
little longer for her driver's
license.
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Brigitle Bardot
Attempts Suicide
With Barbiturates
Nice, France ftfPD French
sex queen engine Karuui,
whose own romantic life ap
peared to be more than she
could handle, tried to commit
suicide Wednesday night with
an overdose of sleeping pills
but her doctors said she was
"definitely out of danger" to
day. The shorts-clad body that
has made Miss Bardot
France's sex symbol was
found under a bush near her
Riviera villa where she had
been hiding from her estrang
ed husband, Jacques Charrler.
One of her wrists was cut
or scratched. But doctors at
the private Saint - Francois
Clinic where she was rushed
said that she had used an
overdose of sleeping pills and
not a razor in her suicide at
tempt.
Ironically, Wednesday was
her 26th birthday. And she
had everything to celebrate:
Fame, fortune and the most
precious thing any woman can
have: Sex appeal.
'I'm Going to Die'
The proprietor of a restau
rant where she lunched quiet
ly Wednesday said that she
snapped at him "Leave me
alone, I am going to die" when
he tried to have her-photographed.
The director of her latest
The
movie, Henri-Georges Clouzot,
said today he believes that she
tried to kill herself "in a fit
of depression." -
It was Clouzot who had
Charrier, Miss Bardot's hus
band, barred from the set of
"The Truth" when he flew
into a jealons frenzy over the
shooting of a love scene with
her leading man, Samy Frey,
There . were reports that
handsome Charrier and Frey
came to blows outside a Paris
cafe after Miss Bardpt and her
leading man showed up late
for an apopintment with her
husband.
Frequent Public Spats
The Charriers had it out
frequently in public over Miss
Bardot s Interest in Frey, Re
cently their marriage went on
the rocks,
Miss Bardot, after telling
her lawyer, Jean Pierre Le
Mee "I am depressed," sought
the seclusion of a villa near
the Italian - French Riviera
town of Menton to duck Char
rier and reporters.
Le Mee said that doctors
had ordered her to seek a
complete rest and that she was
suffering from low blood pres
sure. But it was her emotional
trouble with Charrier that
caused her depression, he add
ed. He quoted her as saying
that she would leave the ques-
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tion of divorce "entirely'
up
to Jacques.
Charrier. who today was on
his way by car from Biarritz
to his wife's . bedside, was
quoted by his lawyer as say
ing that he was "depressed
and disappointed"' but that "1
still believe in Brigitte's
love."
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Miss Bardot's married life
has been as .. tempestuous
the no-clothes no-holds-barred
scenes she has played on the
movie screen.
She had a torrid love affair
with actor Jean-Louis Trinti
gnant, another leading man,
during the first flim she made
after her marriage at 18 to
Roger Vadim. Movie director
Vadim made her figure one
of the most valuable movie
properties in the world
They were divorced in
1957. One of hef most publi
cized love affairs before her
marriage to Charrier in 1959
was one with guitar - player
Sacha Distel.
Donkey Toothess
Following Impact
Dallas, Tex. 0JPD - Miss
Myrtle Ray Bass, 36, couldn't
stop in time Wednesday night
when a donkey darted" out in
front of her car and she hit
it in the rear. It didn't kill
the beast, but police said the
impact knocked its teeth out.
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