MONDAY. OCTOBER 29. 1962
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON
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St
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Editor'i note: Ai in past years, the Mail Tribune is
offering space in its news columns for statements from
candidates seeking office.
This year because of the interest in the non-partisan
Medford city elections, this offer has been extended to
candidates for Medford mayor and city councilman.
The fifth in the series today includes statements from
candidates for county sheriff.
House Elections Hold Key To
Hopes for Liberal Congress
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DeArmond Leigh
"De" Leigh's campaign slo
Run is "Best Qualified," and
this he truly is, for we feel
that Jackson county is for
tunate in having a man with
his qualifications offering his
services for Ihe office of sher
iff. "De" spent nearly eight
years in the sheriff's office,
from 1048 to 1954. Three
years he served as a civil and
criminal deputy and the last
five years of that time as the
chief deputy of your coun
ty, so he understands and has
worked all phase of the sher
iff's office.
Prior to this he was a mem
her of the Ashland and Med
ford police departments, so
he lias to his credit a total of
over 11 years of law enforce
ment in Jackson county.
Serves In Army
Leigh served In the U.S.
Army from 1942 to lfl4(l serv
ing in G-2 or military intelli
gence, where he was fortu
nate enough to receive invalu
alile training and schooling
which has been of great value
to him In both law and ad
ministrative work.
From 1958 lo 19R1 he own
ed and operated "De" Leigh
Motors in Medford. For the
past year he has been acting
as manager for the new own
er. Leigh has been a member
of the National Sheriff's asso
ciation for 15 years, a mem
ber of the Ashland Elks, Dis
abled American Veterans,
Military Order of the Purple
Il'-art, Veterans of Foreign
Wars and the American Le
gion. 11c lives at list North Main
St., Ashland. He is married
and has three children in
school. Born in 1918 at Brook
ings, Ore., moved to Jackson
county with his parents in
1929 and has lived here ever
since.
Attended grade school at
Central Point, high school at
Eagle Point and studied busi
ness administration at the
University of Oregon for two
years. He has made his home
in Ashland for the last 114
years.
"De" will bring to the sher
iff's office a successful back
ground in both law and busi
ness administration, these
qualities will insure efficient
and courteous service to you
and your community. He feels
that the office needs to have
more training within the de
partment for the deputies so
that they will be more effi
cient in public relations and
the performance of their du
ties, and that the rural areas
are entitled lo and will re
ceive a more efficient repre
sentation from his oflicc with
no additional cost lo us.
(Information furnished by
"De" Leigh for sheriff com
mittee) Music Program Set
At Jewett School
Central Point - A music
program will tie presented by
third grade students at Jewett
school Thursday, Nov. 1, at
7.30 p.m. All third grade pu
pils will be given an opportu
nity lo participate.
The program will include
8 variety of musical activities
with vocal music and musical
rhythms included. Theme of
the program is "It's Time To
Have Fun."
First and second grade stu
dents will have music pro
grams at later dates.
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Winter Haven, Fla. - IUPH -Skvdiver
Harry Orwig, 24,
fell 3,500 feet to his death
Sunday when his main para
rhute failed to open and his
reserve chute snarled.
Democrat
Bere A. Stephens
I was born in Cody, Neb.,
1915, reared In Omaha, Neb.,
and Council Bluffs, Iowa. At
tended schools in Omaha and
Editor's note: This is the
first in a series of dispatches
by UPI political writers pre
viewing the Nov. 6 elections.
It deals with the crucial race
for the House a race that
largely will determine the fate
of the Kennedy legislative
program for the next two
years.
By VINCENT J. BURKE
Washington - IUPIi - Presi
dent Kennedy's hopes for a
more liberal Congress will be
riding election day on the out
come of about 100 little-publicized
contests for seats in the
U.S. House of Representa
tives. Although nationally known
senatorial and gubernatorial
candidates probably will
th., L-rwtlliifhl Unnnorlv'e
Council Bluffs, and attended , ll;,isIativu lieutenants will be
Boyles college, where 1 ma-1 watching results of House
jored in business administrn
tion.
In 1934, I enlisted in the
U. S. Navy, and during World
War 11 participated in many
battles, including Pearl Har
bor, lwo Jima, Tarawa, Sai
pan, and Okinawa. I was
awarded the Purple Heart
with Cluster, and 11 Stars, tor
major battles. From 1940 un
til 19E0, when I was honor
ably discharged, as chief gun
ners mate, I served on re
cruiting duty in Omaha, Neb.,
and was gunnery instructor
for some 2,000 reservists.
I am married, have o n c
daughter, Berlclto, who is 13.
My wife, Irene, has taught in
the Medford school system the
past 1 1 years.
Active in Field
For the past 12 years, I have has been:
races between candidates who
are relatively unknown out
side their own districts.
For two years the House has
imposed the brake on the New
Frontier's legislative propos
als. With the election of a
liberal-tinged Democratic Sen
ate almost certain, the big
question is whether the House
in the new 88th Congress will
be more conservative, less
conservative or remain at ap
proximately its present bal
ance. Most of the 435 House seats
at stake arc relatively "safe"
for the parly now holding
Ihem. Tile outcome will de
pend on elections in about 100
doubtful, or swing districts.
During the last two years
the party lineup in the House
been continuously active in
the field of civil, criminal and
investigation work. I ask you
lo examine my record.
From 1951 until 1 !)(, I
served with the Medford po
lice department. While wilh
the department, I was in the
field of civil and criminal in
vestigations, traffic control
and enforcement. 1 was one of
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BEHLE A. STEPHENS
Democrats 203.
Republicans 174.
Ones Which Count
For the White House, how
ever, Ihe significant figures
have been 217-212, 215-205,
202-197 and 219-190. These are
the margins by which Ken
nedy won four and lost one of
his closest struggles on the
House floor in the 87lh Cong
ress. In the new Congress which
convenes on Jan. 9 there will
be two fewer seats. The
House membership, boosted
temporarily to 437 witli the
granting of statehood to
chief of police of Central
Point
Work With Youngsters
1 have had the opportunity
lo work witli young people
and am callable of understand
ing and helping them in any
aspect necessary.
As my record stales, I have
solved you, Ihe public, lor
12 years, and 1 hope thai my
record will merit your vole
for Jackson county sheriff in
November.
If elected lo the office of
sheriff, I slate Ihe following
responsibilities of the office
will be fulfilled:
1. Criminal department
Hawaii and Alaska, reverts to
its permanent size of 435.
The party in power almost
always loses House seats in
mid-term congressional elec
tions. Not since 1934 has the
President's party gained seals
in such elections. The average
result in mid-term elections
dating back to 1912 has been
a loss of 39 seats for the presi
dent's party.
Republican leaders publicly
claim they have a good chance
of winning the 44 seats they
need to control the House. But
their private assessment of
prospective gains falls far
short of that figure.
Hopes for Upset
Kennedy has publicly ex
pressed hope of upsetting the
historical trend by pickup up
5 or 10 new Democratic seats.
Privately, Democratic strate
gists would be happy to hold
their losses to 5 seats.
The significant fact is thai
Republicans do not have lo
win party control of the House
for conservatives to gain a
headlock on Kennedy's legis
lative program.
Macmillan To Face
Test at Election
London -IUPIi- Prime Minis
ter Harold Macmillan's Con
servative government will
face a tell-tale test of its popu
larity at the polls shortly after
Parliament opens its new ses
sion Tuesday.
Six by-elections are pend
ing, and at least five of them
are expected lo be held in late
November.
The polling will give the
government its first real
chance to tell whether il has
slopped the drift in populari
ty that was evident in 12
earlier by-elections this year.
On an average the Conserva
tive vote in these was about.
20 per cent down on the gen
eral election of 1959
Since then Macmillan has
completely reformed his cabi
net lo give il a more youthful,
imaginative look, and has
made an election issue of his
policy to take Britain into the
European Common Market.
ORCHESTRA APPLAUDED
Washington -illl'H- The Len
ingrad Philarnionie Orchestra
performed Sunday at Wash
ington's Constitution Hall be
fore 3,01)0 applauding Amer
icans who did not let interna
tional tension extend to cul
tural relations. So enthusias
tic was the audience to the
nil-Russian music program
that the orchestra added two
encores to its scheduled pro
gram, and conductor Eugen
Mravinsky look six bows.
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more House seats would Un : I h
questionably give GOP lead
ers and conservative southern
Democrats the whiphand.
Conceivably, a GOP gain of as
few as 10 seats could signif
icantly boost the power of the
conservative bloc.
On the other hand, should
the election result in little or
no net shift in the party line
up, administration forces prob
ably would be stronger in. the
House in 1963 and 1964 than
they were during the past two
years.
This is because the Demo
crats which the South electa
this year almost certainly will
include more Kennedy sup
porters and fewer Kennedy
foes. In a few scattered pri
mary elections, conservative
Democratic incumbents were
defeated this year by moder
ate or liberal southerners. In
addition, reapportionment ol
House seats among states will
result in some "liberalizing"
of the Democratic party's
southern wing in the House.
Seats Re-Shuffled
The House seats at stake
this year have been reappor
tioned to reflect relative
changes in state population
during the 1950's.
The 11 states of the old
southern Confederacy wound
up with the same number of
seats. But some of these in
conservative-rural areas were
eliminated and some new dis
tricts were carved out in areas
with more liberal constituen
cies, including Tampa, Fla.,
and the Miami area.
In the North as well as the
South the result of reappor
tionment will be to give great
er voice in the Houth to city
suburban voters and a smaller
voice to the nation's declining
farm population.
California with a gain of 8
seats will elect 38 representa
tives to the House, more than
any state except New York
with 41. Florida gained 4
seats. Seven other stales
each gained one seal. Sixteen
states lost scats.
Big Turnover Assured
The re-shuffling of seats
has assured a big turnover in
House membership. It caused
collisions between incumbents
thrown into the same dis
tricts. Five were defeated in
incumbent vs. incumbent bat
tles in the primaries and sim
ilar contests will unseat seven
more on Nov. 6.
A good many veterans de
cided to retire rather than
seek reelection in newly map
pod districts. They included
Reps. John Taber (R-N.Y.),
dean of congressional Repub
licans wilh 40 years service,
and Brent Spence (D-Ky.),
chairman of the House Bank
ing committee, who at 87 is
the oldest man In Congress.
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the first officers to institute
the sately program, speaking
on safety in both public and j Thorough investiualion of nnv
parochial schools. This pro- complaint regardless of how
gram lias now been adopted I minor.
by all schools in Jackson coun- J 2. Civil department: Legal
ly, 1 was also directly re-1 pup,., -s t i,e served on a given
sponsible for organizing the ua(, is tu, ,vst ot mn(u
Medford I'AL club. Upon re- j panning iim timing by liti
signmg from Ihe police its:-. t-iiticui experts. Prompt scrv
partment, 1 became an inves- hu0 wji . rendered in this
tigalor for several firms of I department,
attorneys, in which capacity i ;t. Tax 'department: The
1 still serve. sheriff is the tax collector for
In late 1900, 1 was request-1 this county. This responsibili
cd by the sheriffs office lo i ty of the office will be carried
assisl in the civil and lax 1 mil without t'nviiriiim
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litlil, 1 siTVi'd its ti'iiipni .ii y
4. Jail: Mux. mum security
and treatment of prisoners
witli human understandiiiK.
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