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Record Number of Oregonians Expected To Cast Ballots Next Tuesday
Many Contests
Rated Toss-Up;
Competition Keen
By United Pren International
A record number of Ora
gonlans will troop to the polls
election day, Nov. 8, to elect
a president, U. S. senator,
four congressmen and three
major state officers.
Competition is keen and
many contests are rated as
toss-ups.
A total of 900,616 Oregon
residents are registered to
vote and the Democrats have
the greatest edge in the his
tory of both parties . . . 7S,
303. The breakdown is 480,
588 Democrats and 405,105
Republicans with 14,833 Inde
pendents. The Democrats expanded
their margin by 20,000 since
the May primary.
Oregon has seen vigorous
campaigning for the national
ticket within the slate, in
cluding visits by three of the
nominees - Democratic stand
ard bearer John F. Kennedy
and the Republican team,
Vice President Richard M.
Nixon and former UN Ambas
sador Henry Cabot Lodge.
Some of the top names In
both parties have stumped the
state.
Demo Big Wigs Visit
The Democrats brought In
Adlal Stevenson . . . National
Chairman Henry Jackson . . .
Son. Estcs Kefauvcr . . . and
Congressman James Roosevelt
to name a few. The Republi
cans had Thomas Dewey . . .
National Chairman Thruston
Morton . . . John Roosevelt
. . . Attorney General William
Rogers . . . Labor Secretary
James Mitchell . . . and GOP
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keynoter Walter Judd
Nixon was considered to
have an edge in Oregon ear
licr in the campaign but many
experts now are rating them
even.
Both parties have pressed
their most prominent state
politicians Into the campaign
effort. Gov. Mark Hatfield
has stumped far and wide for
the GOP at all levels and is
honorary chairman of Elmo
Smith's race for the U. S,
Senate against Mrs. Maurine
Neuberger,
Sen. Wayne Morse - slung
by Kennedy in the primary-
has licked his wounds and is
campaigning for Kennedy be
cause he is ... in Morse's
words . . , "10 times belter
than Nixon."
Senate Race Watched
Aside from the presidency
the most close-watched Ore
gon contest is the U.S. Senate.
Mrs. Neuberger is going
after the senate scat of her
lale husband, Richard L, Ncu
bcrgcr. She is a former Ore
gon legislator, having served
in the house while her hus
band was in the state senate
Smith, a newspaper publish
er and former Oregon senate
president, became governor
in 1956, succeeding the late
Paul Patterson. Smith lost a
close bid for election to Dem
ocrat Robert D. Holmes that
year.
Because of Senator Neuber-
ger's sudden death last
spring, Oregon could elect
two U. S. senators - one for
a short term beginning elec
tion day and another to the
full term beginning in Janu
ary. Smith and Mrs. Neuber
ger are running for both
terms.
In the congressional elec
tions, all four Oregon incum
bents seek reelection
three Democrats and one Re
publican.
Norblad Favored
GOP Congressman Walter
Norblad Is favored to win an
eighth term in the First Dis
tricl over Democrat Marv
Owens, a former Army pri
vate campaigning In a jeep
Owens is Just 25 - the mini
mum age for a candidate for
Congress. Of the four dis
tricts, the Firct remains the
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have an advantage In voter eral, and incumbent Robert Y.
registration. The edge is 5,000. Thornton faces his old oppon-
In the Second District, Dem
ocrat Al UHman is going for
a third term against potato
farmer Ron Phalr of Klamath
Falls. The Democrats in that
district - east Oregon - have
an edge in registrations of
more than 14,000.
One of the state's most
powerful Democrats, Con
gresswoman Edith Green, is
expected to capture a third
term in the heavily-Democrat
ic Third district, Multnomah
County. Portland Insurance-
man Wallace L. Lee is the Re
publican candidate, but
faces a Democratic registra
tion lead of 42,000 in the dis
trict. Mrs. Green Is Oregon
top Kennedy booster and her
name has been mentioned I
connection with the Kennedy
cabinet, should he be elected
Fourth District Eyed
Top Republicans feel thi
GOP's best chance to capture
another Oregon seat in Con
grcss this year is in the 4th
District, where incumbent
Charles O. Porter is opposed
by Stale Sen. Edwin Durno
of Medford
Some Democrats hava said
privately that Porter's early
strong stand for Fidel Castro
was a political mistake, along
with his well-publicized battle
with the state department
over a passport to visit Red
China. Durno is a practicing
physician who was first elect
ed to political office two
years ago. Porter has the ad
vantage of a 24,000 plurality
in the Fourth District voter
registrations.
The highest slate office up
for grabs is secretary of state
and the clash between Repub
lican Incumbent Howell App
ling Jr. and challenger Mon
roe Sweetland is rated a tight
one.
Familiar Nam
Sweetland is a Democratic
state senator from Clackamas
county, a familiar name in
both political and education
circles. He publishes a week
ly newspaper in Milwaukie
and tills is his second try for
secretary. He was defeated in
1956 by Mark Hatfield.
Appling, a Portland bus!
ncssman, was named by Hat
field to the post 21 months
ago. The Appllng-Sweetland
fight has become increasingly
bitter and the stakes are
high
A banker-farmer and a real
tor are matched for state
treasurer. GOP Incumbent
Howard C. Belton is also
Hatfield appointee, and he Is
opposed by another Demo
cratic slate senator, Ward
Cook of Portland.
The treasurer contest has
been on the luke-warm side.
The third major state office
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ent of 1956 -Republican State
Senator Carl Francis of Dayton.
Thornton wants a third
term and he is the Democrat
who defeated Francis by 10,-
000 votes four years ago.
Thornton has been under fire
from many top Republicans
and Hatfield has charged
Thornton with being "incom
petent." Thornton says there
is a smear campaign among
the Oregon Republican brass
to get rid of him and this
race has been another of the
stale's hottest.
Demo Control Expected
Oregon will elect a new
legislature and the voter reg
istration would indicate that
the Democrats will control it.
But Republican chances of
winning control are not fore
closed because the Democrats
have more seats up than does
the GOP. .
An entire slate of 60 mem
bers will be named to the
House and 15 - or half - of
the senate positions are up.
Democrats are putting a dozen
of their senate seats on the
line and the Republicans
only three.
Both state party chairmen
Republican Peter G u n n a r
and Democrat Robert Straub
--predict control of the 1981
session by their parties.
As if all this were noi
enough, Oregon voters will
also tackle 15 state ballot
measures ...the longest
slate in years.
The hottest one is regit la
tion of billboards, an initia
tive measure puslicd by the
Oregon Highway Protection
Committee. The billboard in
dustry is strongly opposed and
has waged a vigorous adver
tising campaign
The opposition is untied un
der the Oregon council on
highway regulation. The coun
cil Itself has been criticized
for using so-called "scare tac
tics" including statements
that Oregon's tourist industry
will collapse if the measure
passes, and the state will be
in the billboard -business.
Partial Restriction
The protection committee
says the measure actually
calls for only partial restric
tions on billboards. Those In
cities would not be affected
at all and the major effect
would be on two freeways
99 and 30. Billboards would
not be allowed within 660
feet of these routes. The
signs would not have to come
down immediately but would
have to be removed in five
years' time.
Another measure generat
ing some heat is bonds for the
state veterans farm and home
loan program. Veteran groups
are solidly behind the meas
ure and private loan compan
ies are against it because it
cuts into their business
The state has reached the
limit of its bonding capacity
for such loans and it says the
demand is still great.
Daylight Saving Issue
Oregonians will decide whe
ther they want daylight sav
ing time starting next year
nd numerous groups have
again taken sides. The far
mers don't like it , . . most
businessmen and outdoor
groups do . . . and Oregon's
labor leadership supports it
this year.
Three other measures of
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Land Ownership Battle in West
Could Wind Up in Congress
House Party
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Washington - (UPD - A land
ownership battle that certain
ly will land in the courts and
which conceivably could wind
up in Congress is brewing
in the western states where
Bureau of Reclamation proj
ects operate.
Involved are irrigation wa
ter supplied by federal-built
projects, water cut-off provi
sions In the basic reclamation
law which limits water de
liveries to individual units of
not more than 160 irrigable
acres, and the legal require
ment that land in excess of
this acreage must be sold
within a specified time. The
law does not concern itself
with the total farm acreage
but simply that part which
is irrigable.
The most likely battle
ground is the great Central
Valley Project in California,
huge federal-built project
stretching from Redding in
the northern part of the state
to Bakersfield in the south.
Included in the Central Val
ley is some of the world's
most productive fruit and
vegetable land when irrigated.
More important, some Central
Valley farms under single
ownership receiving federally
produced water consist of
thousands of acres.
160-Acre Limit
The basic reclamation law
envisions water deliveries to
not more than 160 irrigable
acres in any one ownership.
Lands in excess of that acre
age are denied water from a
Bureau of Reclamation proj
ect. Of course, a man and
wife in joint-ownership states
could own and operate on two
units, or 320 acres. Also, if
their children each owned 160
acres, that land could receive
legally federal water. A cou
pie with thousands of acres
would need a flock of young
sters each claiming valid
ownership of 160 acres for
the whole tract to be irri-
more than routine interest are
stale bonds for higher educa
tion, bonds for a state build
ing program, and the 1959
personal lax bill.
The higher education bonds
would involve no increase in
taxes and would permit the
state to build dormitories and
other college buildings on a
pay-as-you-go basis with stu
dent fees and rentals.
The state building program
measure authorizes a 10-year
period for issuing bonds as
another means of financing
state buildings and repairs.
The personal income tax
bill is designed to raise about
$12 million of additional rev
enue but at the time of its
approval, it was not known
the state would have a sur
plu. at the end of this bien
nium. No one gives it much
of a chance for passage.
Natural History Club
To Be Formed Here
An organizational meeting
for a Natural History club of
the Rogue Valley will be held
at the Red Cross chapter
house in Medford, Thursday,
Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m., accord
ing to Dr. Franklin Sturges,
Southern Oregon college science-mathematics
division.
All those interested in any
phase of natural history are
invited to attend as future
plans for the organization
will be made at the first meet
ings. Activities of the organiza
tion would involve bird study,
botanical observations, the
study of animal life, and any
associated activities in which
the group might be inter
ested. Further information may
be obtained by contacting Dr.
Sturges at SOC, MUrdock 2-4611.
gated with federal water.
eMany of the big farms In
the Central Valley were of
their present size when the
reclamation project went into
operation. Many were already
irrigated by well water. But
the federal water was there
as a supplement to rescue
many farms where receding
water tables made future op
erations uncertain. -
The owners could, and did,
get supplemental water as
a right for 160 of their acres,
and supplemental water for
the remainder of their lands,
provided they signed a record
able contract with the united
States. A recordable contract
is one that can be taken to
the courthouse and recorded.
DiGiorgio Case
In signing a recordable con
tract, the owner had to agree
to abide by reclamation law
which clearly calls for the
disposition of excess lands
that acreage above 160 acres
within 10 years. If he refuses
to sell, the same reclamation
law empowers the Secretary
of the Interior to sell the
excess. The secretary is the'
overall boss of the Bureau of
Reclamation. Under law, the
secretary is empowered not
to deliver water to anyone
who does not sign a record
able contract. The contract
itself empowers the secretary
to sell the excess land if the
owner refuses to do so.
A case in point is the Di
Giorgio Fruit Corp., which
owns 4,423 acres of excess
land south of Fresno. Under
the recordable contract, Di
Giorgio is supposed to sell
this land early in 1962. It is
valuable la n d. N DiGiorgio
pumps from underground
much of the irrigation water
used on fruit and vegetable
producing lands. DiGiorgio
also uses a considerable
amount of supplemental wa
ter from the Central Valley
Project. Undoubtedly, if this
supplemental water were cut
off, the farm would suffer.
If DiGiorgio sold the excess
land, conceivably DiGiorgio
would suffer.
What to do? DiGiorgio
hasn't said-at least for pub
lication. Neither has the gov-
ernment-ln this case the Bu
reau of Reclamation.
It's a cinch something will
have lo give-the 160 acra
limitation or DiGiorgio.
It could be' 'that Congress
will have the last word.
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