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Parties Prepare Campaigns (Editor s note: If you are o( voting age. chances are 50-50 you will cast your vole Nov. 6 lor a governor, senator or congressman. But your vote also will be help ing to shape national policy for the next two, or even six, years. It may add to or detract from the luster of some of the nation's best known political figures. (For those who may be tempted to stay at home election day. the following dispatch analyzes the issues and the stakes involved.) By RAYMOND LAHR United Press International Washington -(ITU- Both na tional political parties are preparing for this year's cam paigns like anxious salesmen unsure that the customers are interested in the new models. At stake are the election of 35 governors, 39 U. S. senators ond 435 House members. They will be chosen Nov. 6 along villi thousands of state and local officials. By far the biggest prizes are control of the national House of Representatives and the governorships of five or six pivotal states. The Republi cans concede they have no chance of regaining control of the Senate this year. Since the presidency is not at stake, the voter turnout is expected to be substantially fhort of the record set in I960. The outcome, however, will establish a pattern for national policies and politics for the next two to six years. Determining this pattern, according to the experts, will METAL WORKS Commercial Industrial Residential Sheer Metal Work Stainless, Galvanized and Copper Fabrication 223? West Main PHONE 772-4440 , For Your Convenience & Savings Big Double Load Washers t- 'r A ; SV3F.DFI3H STEAKS lb. lea Bass Fillets Alaska Biack Cod . 49 Fresh, Whole, Dressed, Head SOLE FSLLETS lZt 79 Fresh Young Fryers Whole or cut up Main FilTS 131 West be an estimated 50 million Americans. This would be 2 million more than turned out for the 1958 off-year elections but far short of the almost 69 million who cast ballots in the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon race. Republican leaders frankly concede the party's 1964 pres idential nomination will be worthless unless the GOP can make gains in 1962. For the Democrats, enlarged congressional majorities should mean easier going for President Kennedy's legisla tive program, which was mangled this year. The Presi dent would like to see the Democrats gain five to 10 House seats and pick up one or two seats in the Senate. For the Republicans, great er power in congress would mean a virtual veto over Ken nedy administration propo sals. It would vastly strength en the position from which they will challenge Kennedy's reelection in 1964. Their prime goal is to gain 44 House seats, thereby captur ing contrql of that chamber. Influence Futures The elections will Influence the futures of such potent figures as Vice President Lyn don B. Johnson, former vice president Richard M. Nixon, Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York and George Rom ney, the compact car-maker turned politician. Both parties are issuing their standard victory fore casts. Both contend the issues are working in their favor. Democrats say the economy may not be booming but it is close enough to prosperity to rule out any upheaval against the party in power. They blame Republican "obstruc tionism" for stalling adminis tration legislative proposals. Kennedy personally has given high priority to his bill for medical care for the aged as a 1962 campaign issue. Working politicians class med icare a i a major issue in some areas. It is deemed unim portant in others. Say Economy Slugigsh The Republicans argue that the economy is sluggish and LAUNDROMAT Sa-STEWART NOW! Fresh Shipment EASTERN OYSTERS! 89c 53 Smoked KIPPERED COD OR HALIBUT 23 : Off ,. 69c TUNA Solid Mtat DAIIYI FRESH POULTRY & EGGS Seafood & Poultry Phone 773-8497 that Kennedy has failed on a campaign pledge to "get the country moving." They also attack him with charges that he favors "irresponsible" spending and is engaged in a grab for power. But when there is no con test for the presidency, issues tend to become more local ized - in the 50 states and 435 congressional districts. Action or inaction on a federal water project may affect the vote for a member of congress. So may an Idaho gubernatorial candi date's stand on legalized gambling. Of the 35 governorships at stake, the Democrats now hold 21 and the Republicans 14. In terms of national political power, the most coveted gov ernorships are in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michi gan, Texas and California. Five of these six now are Democrat. ' The exception is New York. Rockefeller needs to win big Proper Planning Urged Before Historic Restoration Starts Mrs. Helen Duprce Bullock, of the National Trust for His toric Preservation, Washing ton, D.C., last night urged proper planning before his toric building restoration is started. She spoke before approxi mately 80 persons in the Jack sonville Methodist church. Her lecture, which was illus trated by colored slides of historic buildings, was spon sored by the Siskiyou Pioneer Sites Foundation. "You should document first and evaluate to find the true value of the buildings plan ned for restoration," Mrs. Bul lock recommended. "Also, pol iticians need to be treated as people give a little and take a little. But make your pressure felt." She told of a Tennessee mansion in whose stables was bred the first American horse to win the English Der by. The group restoring the mansion spent $12,000 for wallpaper before repairing the roof. The roof leaked and stained the wallpaper. Later, during its research, the res toration group learned that the wall they papered had horse trappings and paintings of famous race horses hang ing on it. They were able to the wallpaper. They were able recover some of the articles, cles. Member Organizations Mrs. Bullock explained that the National Trust is 16 years old and has an affilia tion with 420 member or ganizations. The American In stitute of Architecture was one of its original backers, she noted. There is a great misunder standing over what the trust can do, she pointed out. It is not a fund giving organiza tion, but a fund raising or ganization. It does not insist everything should be pre served because it is old, she added. "Willamsburg, Va., start ed with a town plan," she said. "We find most towns suffer because ot haphazard planning. We only ask for a chance to help them plan." Information Clearing House A pamphlet distributed to the audience described the National Trust for Historic Preservation as the only non profit nongovernmental edu cational organization cnarter ed by Congress to safeguard America's heritage of historic sites and buildings. Salmon 1.59 n,. SPECIAL 79 Pack Whitt Albicoff 3 Cam 95C 7 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON to Win to protect his position as the man to beat for the 1964 Re publican presidential nomina tion. He first won the office four years ago when most of the country was being en gulfed by a Democratic tide. In California, Nixon can stay alive in politics only by unsealing Democratic Gov. Edmund G. Brown. Nixon has said repeatedly that he will not be a candidate for the 1964 nomination, although he is viewed as a possible draftee. If he should win, and be re elected in 1966, he could be a prospective contender for the 1968 presidential nomina tion. In Pennsylvania, the incum bent governor, David L. Lawrence, is limited to one term. November rivals for his job will be Republican Con gressman William W. Scran ton and Richardson Dilworth, former Democratic mayor of Philadelphia. If Scranton should win, he will be a po "It is a clearing house of useful and current informa tion on theories and techni ques. Standards of historic preservation are raised through assistance given pro jects of its members. The edu cational programs encourage and support individuals and communities concerned with their historic heritage. Five historic properties, open to the public, are owned and ad ministered by the National Trust," the pamphlet stated. Mrs. Bullock also pointed out that few historic build ings can be self-supporting. Most of them are operated at a deficit. Georgetown, next to Wash- Youth Cited After Driving Off Road A 17 -year -old Medford youth was cited for violation of basic rule after his car went off the road early this morning and crashed into a fence and a tree while he was being pursued by a city police officer. Cited was Harold Edwin Gould, 236 North Oakdale ave. He was not injured in the accident, police said. An officer gave pursuit to the youth when he was ob served at Barnett rd. and Stewart ave. driving without headlights about 12:20 a.m The youth told officers he did not know it was a police car following him. He said he thought it was some other youths, whom he was trying to avoid. Gould lost control of his car on Greenwood ave. and struck a wire fence and a holly tree owned by John La ferriere, 2075 Greenwood ave. Damage to Gould's car was moderate, police said. Charter Day Plans At U of 0 Noted Eugene - Charter Day, the University of Oregon's annual observance of its founding by legislative act in 1872, will be held Oct. 16. A formal convocation in McAithur Csjrt at 10 a.m. will commemorate the uni versity's founding. This will be marked by a processional of the faculty in academic regalia. Speaker for the convocation will be Dr. James Madison Nabrit, Jr., president of How ard University, Washington, D.C. Two of Oregon's outstand ing citizens, who have served the cause of higher education during the past two decades, will be honored at the con vocation with presentation of the University's Distinguished Service Awards. They are Henry Failing Ca bell, Portland businessman and lawyer and former presi dent of the state board of higher education, and Morgan Samuel Odell. first president of Lewis and Clark college in Portland and now serving as vice president of Beirut College for Women in Leba non. The Charter Day observ ance will start on Monday, Oct. 15, with a Failing Dis tinguished Lecture by Judge Simon E. Sobeloff, Chief Judge of the U.S- Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. Moscow -UTIi- The New York City Ballet drew warm applause from a second-night Moscow audience Wednesday night, but comments about the performance were mixed There were a few shouts ot "Bravo.' Comments among the 8.000 Russians in the audi ence ranged from "I didn't like It" and "interesting" to "marvelous." The perform ance under the Soviet-Amjri-can cultural agreement Includ ed Tchaikovsky's "Serenade." Gould's "Interplay" and Stra vinsky! "Agon." Seats Nationally tential GOP power nationally. In Michigan, Democratic Gov. John B. Swainson is seeking a second two - year term in a state where the Democrats have won the gov ernorship in seven consecu tive elections. His Republican opponent is Romney, the for mer auto manufacturer. By winning, Romney could move among leading possibilities for the 1964 GOP presidential nomination. Make Ambitious Attempt In normally Dem o c r a 1 1 c Texas, Vice President John son's home state, the GOP is making an ambitious attempt to win the governorship. Its candidate is Jack Cox, an ex Democrat, matched against John Connally, Kennedy's first Navy secretary and an ally of Johnson. A Cox vic tory would be a serious politi cal blow to Johnson. In Ohio, Democratic Gov. Michael V. DiSalle, one-time federal price control chief, is ington, D. C, "lifted Itself by its own boot straps," Mrs. Bullock related. The people formed a group called Geor getown, Inc. The town was mortgaged, stock was sold nd buildings rented. Mrs. Bullock showed slides of the Harral-Wheeler Man sion, Bridgeport, Conn. This example of Gothic Revival architecture, designed by A. J. Davis and built in 1846 was eliminated in 1958 to create a new city hall. "After taking the battle to Connecticut superior court, helping to elect a Bridgeport mayor who failed to keep his promise to save the house, and raising $157,000 to endow the mansion, the Bridgeport His torical Society was unable to prevent its destruction," Mrs. Bullock related. "However, a city hall was never constructed on the site. The Smithsonian Institution will incorporate significant architectural features from the Harral-Wheeler house in a 19th-century room exhibit." This fight to preserve the historic home led to passage of an enabling act to establish an historic preservation area. Connecticut is the second stale to have such an act, she said. Mrs. Bullock showed slides of the Woodrow Wilson House Decatur house, built in 1818 by Commodore Stephen De catur, Woodlawn Plantation Mount Vernon, Va., once part of George Washington's Mount Vernon estate, Casa Amesli, Monterey, Calif., and Shad- ows-on-the-Teche, New Iberia, La., and other historic build ings. "A nation which has little regard for its past has no fu ture," she said. Sites Foundation President Jack Sutton pointed out that the lecture was held in the earliest Protestant church built east of the Rocky moun tains which is still standing. A reception followed at the home of Mrs. Ruth Walker in Jacksonville. Cars Damaged in Medford Accidents Two parked cars were dam aged in accidents Wednesday and Thursday, according to city police. No citations were issued In either accident, po lice said. A vehicle operated by Lu ther Glenn Teaguc, 43, of 873 Shafer lane struck a parked ear registered to Clem Mar tin, Renton, Wash., about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday at Sixth and Ivy sU. James Allen Morket, 22, Central Point, told police the car he was driving struck a parked truck registered to Golden Grain Macaroni com pany, Seattle, Wash., about 6:18 a.m. Thursday on River side ave. about 90 feet north of the Liberty st. intersection. No injuries were reported in either accident, police said. Three Runaway Girls Apprehended in City Three teen-age girls, run aways from San Anselmo, Calif., were taken into cus tody by Medford city police officers Wednesday afternoon and lodged in Jackson county juvenile detention home, ac cording to police reports. The girls, one 14 years of age and two aged 16, were arrested about 3:45 p.m. at Ninth st. and Central ave. The trio was wanted by authorities in San Anselmo, V 1 in a tough reeleetion battle against state auditor James A. Rhodes, the Republican nomi nee for governor. All 435 House members will be elected. These contests will provide the best available barometer of the Kennedy ad ministartion's popularity at the ballot box. Reverts To 435 Seats The House now contains 437 seats because it was enlarged temporarily to provide seats for Hawaii and Alaska, It re verts to 435 next year. The present line-up Is 262 Democrats and 174 Republi cans, with one vacant scat formerly held by a Democrat. The Republicans must gain 44 seats to have a bare majority of 218 to elect the all-power ful speaker and put commit tees under GOP control. Practically speaking, Ken nedy has not had a working majority in the House. He has noted at news conferences that many conservative southern ers often vote with the GOP and has said that he needs in the House more Democrats who think like him. Redistricting which result ed from the 1960 census will have some effect on the make up of the House next year. But it is not expected to have much effect on the party line up. Nine states gained seats and 16 lost in the reappor tionment. Major Battlegrounds The major battlegrounds for control of the House are the congressional districts in which incumbents were elect ed in 1960 by less than 55 per cent of the vote. After adjust ments are made for redistrict ing, the GOP has 55 of these called marginal districts and the Democrats 37. Thirty-nine senators will be elected in 36 states, 34 for regular six -year terms. Five! are seeking to fill two or four-year vacancies created by death or retirement. The Senate line-up now Is 64 Democrats and 36 Republi cans. Of the 39 seats to be filled this year, 21 are held by Democrats and 18 by Re publicans. In Safe South Seven of the Democratic seats are in relatively safe southern states, although Re publicans are talking boldly of upsetting Sen. Olin D. Johnston (D-S.C). The GOP would like to gain six or eight seats to get into position to reach for control of the Senate in the 1964 or 1966 elections. GOP campaign directors re gard these as the most vul nerable Democrats seeking re election: Sens. John A. Car roll, Colo., J. J. Hickey, Wyo., Frank Church, Idaho, Ernest Gruening, Alaska, Edward V. Long, Mo., and Joseph S. Clark, Pa. Reps. Peter H. Domlnlck (R-Colo.) and James E. Van Zandt (R-Pa) are opposing Carroll and Clark. Former Gov. Milward L. Simpson Is the GOP nominee against Hickey in Wyoming, Republicans also hope to displace Democrats represent ing Hawaii, where Sen, Oren E. Long Is retiring, and Massa chusetts, where there is a two-year vacancy in the seat once held by President Ken nedy. Democrats' Beit Chances Democrats believe they have their best chances of re placing Republicans in seats now held by retiring Sens. Prcscott Bush, Conn., and John Marshall Butler, Md. Former Secretary of Health Education and Welfare Abra ham A. Rlbicoff is the Demo cratic nominee against Rep. Horace Seely-Brown in Con necticut. Rep. Daniel B. Brewster is the Democratic nominee opposing former Rep. Edward T. Miller in Maryland. Next among Democratic targets are Sens. Thruston B, Morton (R-Ky.) and Joseph II. Bottom Jr. (R-S.D.), Len Jor dan (R-Idaho), Wallace F. Ben nett (R-Utah) and Thomas H. Kuchel (R-Callf.). Democratic nominees for those scats are L,i. uov. wuson wyatt in Ken-1 tucKy, former food-for-peace director George McGovcrn in South Dakota, Rep. Grade Pfost in Idaho and Slate Sen. Richard Richards in Califor nia. In Wisconsin, Gov. Gaylord Nelson is the Democratic nominee trying to slop Sen. Alexander Wiley from win ning a fifth term. The states electing two senators this year are New Hampshire, Kansas and Ida ho. Each will elect one sena tor to a regular six-year term and one to a four-year vacancy created by death. The Wyo ming contest also Involves a four-year vacancy. 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