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MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1S60
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. ORE.
Bitterness Flares in Illinois Campaigning; Voter Reaction Varies
GOP Top Ticket
Expected To Be
Hard To Defeat
By CHRIS VLAHOPLUS
Springfield, 111. - IUPD -
; Whistle-stopping has been
given new meaning and fla
vor in Illinois where a Repub
lican governor is fighting
with a helicopter campaign
for his political life. 1
The 'copter campaign mir
rors what candidates on both
sides have said since the start
, of the vote-getting treks-the
' Illinois campaign would be
one of the most intensive in
the state's history.
It's been a rough campaign
and about the only thing the
; Republicans and Democrats
agree on is that the races in
the state will be tight.
Depends on Area
Voter reaction has ranged
from enthusiastic to desultory
depending on the area. Visits
; by Vice President Richard M.
' Nixon and Henry Cabot
Lodge seemed to give the Re
publicans the early advantage
in the whoop-la department.
However, Sen. John F. Ken
nedy campaigned down state
last week, following up Lyn
don B. Johnson.
The top of the Republican
ticket will be hard to beat in
Illinois which is traditionally
Republican. The Republicans
will have a tougher time in
the state races.
The man getting the most
attention in Illinois politics
isn't even on the ticket. He
is Richard J. Daley, mayor of
Chicago, who, as chairman of
;; the Cook County Central
Committee, is the state's lead
ing Democrat.
GOP Hits Daley
Republicans have accused
him of handpicking the Dem
ocratic candidates and of try
ing to control the whole state
from Chicago's City Hall.
Politicians sometimes con
sider Illinois as three vote
areas: (1) Chicago; (2) south
ern Illinois; (3) the rest of it.
', The Democrats are strong
in Chicago. Downstate the Re
publicans have the power.
The big question is can the
Democrats turn out enough
Chicago votes to offset a likely
...Republican majority ,in the
other 101 counties?
Both parties are counting
heavily on the presidential
candidates to help the state
tickets. There has been no
indication that either Ken
nedy or Nixon will get them
selves personally embroiled
in the campaign of bitterness
now underway.
Muddv Brushes Used
Never too happy with each
-other. Chicago and downstate
are feuding with muddy
brushes.
The Republican campaign
is pegged to the charge that
victory by Democrats in mi-
", nois ould bring the "sins" of
Chicago to the statehouse in
Springfield. Chicago is a city
nf norruDtion. they say, and
Democrats run it. More spe
cifically, Daley runs it and
he runs the candidate for gov
ernor, according to Republic
ans.
The Republican warning to
the small towns and rural
areas decries crime syndi
' cates. the Chicago police scan
dal and unsolved murders,
At the front of the Republic
an brieade is Gov. William
G. Stratton, Daley's arch foe,
Stratton Uses Helicopter
A helicopter serves
Stratton's campaign transpor-
taion. He made 20 stops dur
ing his first day in the whirly
bird. It sets down near shop-
nins centers, subdivisions,
farms and the like.
The helicopter hasn't es-
TONIGHT
In Response to Wide Public Interest
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John F.
and his historic discussion of tr.religious issue. A
special telecast of the recent open meeting of the
Protestant Ministers Association of Houston, Texas.
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WHITE HOUSE TREE A few
special Douglas fir tree from
world peace by President Eisenhower. It will stand near the
White House as the nation s official tree in the annual Christ
mas Pageant of Peace. Above, the "perfect" Yule tree is
pointed out by Carl Raynor
Bradshaw.
Providence Home Is
Helped by Local Drive
Family quarrelling and
bickering can have a most
harmful effect on children in
the family, according to Miss
Kathleen Padden, caseworker
for Providence Nursery, a
member of the United Med
ford Crusade.
Miss Padden, who helps the
600 children who receive care
frnm the aaency annually,
niH that when families fight.
bicker, and quarrel in front
of children they gain a sense
of insecurity and unhappiness
which can pose life-long prob
lems. Miss Padden described a
four-year-old child, recently
placed in Providence, who
threw tantrums, soiled his
.iihc Qpralched and kicked
tho nther children, ana waai
so aggressive that the agency
dared not leave him alone
with other children.
caped the barbs of the oppo
sition. - ,, ,
Otto Kerner, airauon
ponent, says tne govern",
look to the air because the
highways were so bad. The
Illinois road system is con
sidered by Strauon a
administration . accomplish-
Kerner, a former u. o.
tnrnpv and COOK UUM.jr
i.,oo has called Stratton
rtnlitiml boss wun ma ww.
to the wall. Stratton's shouts
,hnnt Chicago constitute
roofhiriB for straws, B.erne.
says.
Haven't Forgotten
The Democrats often re
mind the voters that Strattons
former administrative aiae
nn the eve of the "campaign
was fined and sentenced for
inonmo tax evasion.
And the Democrats haven't
fnreotten the 1956 Orville
IT n rich Hndee scandal. He
was once state auditor and
now is behind bars. He looted
the treasury of a million dol
lars during Stratton s admn
i istration.
Kennedy
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days before Christmas, 1960,
Oregon will be dedicated to
to fellow forester. George
(UPI Telephoto)
Physical and psychological
tests showed the child to be
normal, but disturbed.
Through a program of case
work with the parents, who
are being helped to under
stand the part they played in
the disturbed condition of the
child, the home situation is
being improved. The child is
also responding to training
and will soon be placed in
his home again.
Funds for such work as this
come from donations made to
the United Medford Crusade
Oregon Escapee
Nabbed in Alabama
Salem -IUPD- Richard Arnold
Miller, 30-year-old escapee
from the Oregon Prison An-
, has been captured in
Birmingham, Ala.
Miller fled with a com
panion, Warren E. Keller, 33,
who was arrested in laano
several weeks ago. The men
escaped Aug. 29.
Miller was. serving time
from Wasco county for break
ing and entering and Keller
was serving a term for burg
lary in Umatilla county.
How your child can have fun learning to prevent
irC . .There's fun in the Hartford Junior Fire Marshal Program. There are
red helmets, hadges, honor rolls-even home inspection lorni lor the youngsters
to fill out just a real
But the real value of
learns fire safety principles that may someday save a
program that helps make ydiir community a safer place in which to live.
Wre pleased to cooperate with the Hartford Fire
toriilg the Junior Fire Marshal Program in our local schools.
THIS SAFETY PROGRAM PRESENTED TO OUR SCHOOL .
SYSTEM AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY SECURITY INSUR
ANCE AND REALTY.
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Votes of
In 86th Congress
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Washington (Special) - Ore
gon s four memDers oi ine
House of Representatives -
three Demo
crats and, one
Republican -were
unani
mous in their
votes on key
c o ntroversial
issues about
half as often
as they dif
fered during
a Kobt. smiui the two regu
lar and one bobtail sessions of
the 86th Congress.
Rep. Charles O. Porter,
seeking reelection in the 4th
district, and his two Demo
cratic colleagues, Reps. Edith
Green of Portland and Al Ull
raan of Baker, were in the
liberal bloc which urged more
federal social programs. The
state's only Republican is
Rep. Walter Norblad of Stay
ton. .
About the only safe general
izations about the entire Ore
gon House delegation is that
they are all internationalist in
their outlook toward foreign
affairs, and at home they fa
vor stronger civil rights meas
ures for minorities.
Congressman Norblad tend
ed to be nearly as conservative
on domestic issues as Presi
dent Eisenhower, although he
jumped over with the liberals
on several Issues which the
Administration opposed such
as pay raises for federal work
ers and more public wortcs
projects.
Here are the chief issues on
which roll call votes were tak
en in the House the past two
years and the positions taken
by the Oregon solons:
MEDICAL CARE - all lour
voted for the changes in the
social security act by which
additional grants would be
made to the states for medical
assistance to the needy. The
three Democrats, however, fa
vored going farther than that
to adoDt the Kennedy-Forand
aDDroach for making , social
security recipients eligible for
medical care payments. Nor
blad -thought Congress ought
to study it some more.
On another bill appropriat
ing funds for tne veterans
Administration, a proposal for
nearly doubling VA hospital
construction funds was ap
proved. Green and Porter op
posed it, Ullman favored it,
and Norblad was absent.
LABOR-During .House de
li a t e on a higher minimum
wage, the bill which came
from committee was whittled
down by a substitute which
reduced from $1.25 to $1.15
the minimum age and reduc
ed the number of additional
workers to be covered from
3.5 million to 1.4 million. The
three Democrats opposed this
reduction, and, Norblad voted
for it.
firemen do.
the Junior Fire Marshal Program
Oregon's
On granting a 7V4 per cent
raise to all postal and govern
ment workers, all four voted
for it even after the president
vetoed the bill; and they all
opposed ah effort to whittle
this one down to 5 per cent,
except Mrs. Green who was
absent for the latter vote.
Last year during debate on
the labor reform bill growing
out of the rackets investiga
tion, Norblad alone voted for
the more restrictive Landrum
Griffin bill which was adopt
ed. The three Democrats op
posed that measure.
EDUCATION - The House
this year for the first time
Park Service Lists
Most of Nation's
Historic Landmarks
Washington - IUP1I - The Na
tional Park service is press
ing ahead with a herculean
job-listing most of the na
tion's historic and pre-historic
landmarks.
The task because of its
size will not be completed
before 1963. But through it
NPS officials hope to per
suade state and local groups
to go all out in preserving
their own milestones in his
tory. The service has assigned
10 archeologists and histor
ians to compile the list of sites
and buildings regarded as ex
ceptionally valuable in com
memorating or illustrating the
nation s past.
When their work is com -
pleted and finally approved
by the Secretary of the Inter
ior, the detailed accounting
may be a disappointment to
some localities. Some monu
ments which may be a source
of civic pride may not be
deemed worthy of inclusion
in the master list.
But service fieldmen will
inspect each site and report
pertinent facts such as why a
site is important, its precise
location, condition, owner
ship and present use. That,
however, is only the first
step in the weeding-out pro
cess,
. Reports on sites which pass
this first screening are being
sent to the main office here
for evaluation by a special
counseling committee. An 11
member advisory board then
subjects the reports to an
other screening, and the final
recommendation is passed on
to the interior secretary for
approval
The survey includes 22
"themes" of U.S. history,
ranging from pre-historic
hunters to the overland mi
grations which stretched the
nation's boundaries westward
to the Pacific Oceam
n
is educational. Yonr child
life . . . and participates in a
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Representatives
Sessions
passed a federal aid to educa
tion bill for school construc
tion, but later snags prevented
its enactment. Norblad voted
against it, the Democrats all
favored it. When the Republi
cans sought to substitute the
Administration's proposal for
federal payments of debt serv
ice on local school bonds, the
whole Oregon group opposed
it. Likewise, they all opposed
a proposal for financing school
aid from cigarette taxes.
PUBLIC WORKS - Con
gress passed but Eisenhower
vetoed a bill to increase fed
eral grants for sewage plant
projects connected with
John O. Littleton, survey
chief, emphasized that'- the
government will not take on
the financial responsibility
for all sites included in the
final inventory. They already
may be owned by the govern
ment or protected and admin-
lsicrea oy a siaie or pauiuuu
organization.
Littleton cited Cahokia
mound, a prehistoric Indian
religious temple near East St.
Louis, 111. Once one. of the
largest such mounds, it al
ready has suffered from en
croachment by highways,
farms and subdivisions. An
other across the Mississippi
river was submerged by the
! City of St. Louis.
That is why the park serv
ice hopes its survey will in
spire state and local organiza
tions to take steps to preserve
their' landmarks.
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their' landmarks. . Only Mrs. Green opposed
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stream pollution. When
House tried to override
the
the
veto, Norblad backed the pres
ident and the three Democrats
supported the expanded anti
pollution program.
Congress approved legisla
tion permitting the TVA to
Issue revenue bonds with
which to finance additional
power facilities. All but Nor
blad supported this bill.
Last year when Congress
added 67 new projects to the
annual public works appro
priations bills, Eisenhower ve
toed it. Norblad supported the
veto, the Democrats opposed
it; Then the House trimmed
the total by 2H per cent and
successfully overrode the veto.
This lime Norblad and the
Democrats all voted to over
ride. . Congress authorized a new
San Luis Irrigation project
unit for California which was
ambiguous about the tradition
al lb'0-acre limitation on the
size of farms eligible for fed
eral water. Congressman Ulr
man successfully got an
amendment attached to the
bill emphasizing the limita
tion. Only Norblad opposed it
from Oregon.
ECONOMICS - Mrs. Green
and Ullman' opposed increas
ing the gas tax from three to
four cents, and Porter and
Norblad favored it as a means
of making the highway aid
program self-supporting,
x Norblad alone supported an
effort to give the president
the power to raise the inter
est rate over 4 Vi per cent for
long-term government securi
ties. .-
All four voted last year for
a liberalized housing bill.
Only Ullman supported a
bill for subsidies to lead and
zinc mine operators. Eisen
hower vetoed the bill after
Congress adjourned last
month.
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which extends excise and cor
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WHEAT - No wheat bill
emerged from Congress this
year after the House rejected
two proposals. First it turned
down the Senate version cut
ting production 20 per cent
and retaining 75 per cent of
parity supports. All three
Democrats opposed this, and
Norblad supported It. Then
the House rejected a bill giv
ing growers a choice: a 25 per
cent production cut with 85
per cent supports, or unre
stricted production w i t h 60
per cent supports. Ullman
and Porter supported this, and
Mrs. Green and Norblad op
posed it. i .
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As Stables Burn
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race horses valued up to
S50,000 each were dead and
at least a dozen others ran
wild here today following a
flash fire which swept two
Narragansett race track:
stables.
Police and grooms rounded
up a number of the frighten
ed animals during the night
and believed more would be
found during the day. Several
of the horses were believed to
have gone deep into a wooded
area.
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