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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 1. 1962 Democrals Vision Sweep of Offices In Hawaii Voting Honolulu ll'Pli Hawaiian Democrats, wearing confi dent smiles, are predicting their first sweep of state-wide offices in hisiory. Of all the Republican can didates, observers gave Gov. William F. Quinn the best chance of winning. He is op posed by John A. Burns, whom Quinn beat by a close 4,000 votes in 1959. But Burns stressed that the Democrats' five candidates for statewide office substan tially outpollcd their oppo nents in the open primary election. Unions Back Democrat! And for the first time, ma jor labor unions, representing SO, 000 workers, were lined up solidly behind the Democrats. Political predictions in Ha waii, however, are complicat ed by the state's large inde pendent vol e estimated at 54 per cent of 218,000 regis tered voters. No single local issue has developed heavy interest among the voters. In the U.S. Senate race, Rep. Daniel K. Inouye is cam paigning on a Kennedy Ad ministration platform against millionaire businessman Ben. F. Dillingham. Dillingham claims that Inouye is a rubber stamp sup porter of the President at the expense of Hawaii's best in terests. Inouye garnered the most votes of any candidate in 1959. 1960 and again in last month's primary, and ap peared to be at the peak of his popularity. Racially Balanced In two Congressional races, observers also favored two Kennedy-style Democrats against their GOP opponents. Some politicians felt that the Democrats might gain some help from a more racial ly blanccd slate of candidates. Caucasians comprise less than 40 per cent of the popu lation while 40 per cent is of Japanese extraction and oth er Oriental groups, and Ha waiians make up the balance. But in the r-ast, several studies failed to prove that Hawaii voters resorted to the kind of block voting seen among nationality groups in other parts of the nation. Farm Vote Influence To Be Less in Congressional Election Editor'! not: This it the fourth in a tri ot dis patch! on th Nov. 6 lec tion by UPI political writ ti. It daals with th fading influinc ot th firm vole. By BERNARD BRENNER Washington tUPli The farm vote, a fading force in Ameri can politics, will have less in fluence in the 1962 congres sional elections than in past campaigns. It remains a factor, how ever, in a comparatively small number of closely contested House and Senate races. Unless all domestic consid erations are buried by the Cuban crisis, political stra tegists in both parties estimate tltat farm issues may play some part in deciding from 11 to about 24 close House races. Agricultural policy also could be a factor in about 10 Senate campaigns. The farmer's political punch is fading because his numbers are dwindling while the urban population grows. In 1932, when the Franklin D. Roose velt administration was elect ed to begin the era of active federal intervention in the farm economy, one American in every four lived on a farm. Today, only one American in every 12 is a menber of a farm family. The 1962 House reappor tionment, recognizing the pop ulation changes of ihe 1950-60 decade, translated the shrink ing number of farmers into a cut in House seals in farm areas. The major farm states of Illinois. Iowa. Kansas. Minne sota, Missouri, and Nebraska each lost one House seat. Ohio and Michigan gained single seals but the net effect was a shift of voting power from rural Midwest areas to largely urban districts in other parts of the country. A similar shift took place in the South. House and Senate races where farm policy may be a live issue are largely in the belt of slates running from Ohio on the East to the moun tain area of the West. Democrats hope their candi dates in these areas will be helped by the fact that farm income rose in 1961 and stay ed up this year. Also, Demo cratic strategists say, admin istration - backed programs granting payments to farmers who voluntarily cut corn pro duction have been popular. Passage this fall of a new wheat control law, effective in 1964, may also be a plus fac tor for Democrals in major wheat stales. Fight Corn Control! Republicans expect to pick up strength in Midwest farm areas because their House and Senate members fought prac tically unanimously against the administration's narrowly beaten attempt to adopt stiff, mandatory corn production controls. In recent weeks, Agricul ture Secretary Orville L. Free man has tossed out broad hints that he plans to drop the idea of mandatory controls when new long - range feed grain legislation is considered next year. One key test of farm Senti ment on administration farm policy could come in western Kansas where Reps. J. Floyd Bredding (D) and Robert Dole (R) are fighting for the single scat left after their t" dis tricts were combined. Wheat production is a ma jor factor in the economy of the new district, which covers about two-thirds of Kansas. Breeding, a three-term con gressman who is chairman of the House Agriculture Com mittee's wheat subcommittee, backed the new administra tion wheat law. Dole, a fresh man member of the 87th Con gress, fought the administra tion program. Others To Watch Some of the other House races where political strate gists believe farm issues could play at least a minor part in the outcome include: -Republican attempts to un seat Reps. Ralph R. Harding (Idaho), Morris B. Peterson (Utah). W. R. Hull Jr. (Mo.), J. Edward Roush (lnd.) and Victor Wickersham (Okla.), -Democratic attempts to re place GOP Reps. James K. Battin (Mont ), Don L. Short (N.D.), and Ralph T. Beerman (Neb.) -The hot Illinois race be tween Reps. Peter F. Mack Jr. (D) and Paul Findley (R) who were thrown into a newly combined district. Findley, a House freshman, took a promi nent role in fighting Kennedy administration farm legisla tion this year. Senate races where farm voting could be significant in a close contest include those in South Dakota, Kentucky, Idaho, Colorado, Pennsylva nia, Wisconsin, Utah, and Mis souri. Whatever happens to rela tive Democratic and Republi can power in this election, the shift of House districts to urban areas will confront farm policymakers with a new the hands of legislators from fact of political life when the 88tli Congress assembles next January. The power to approve or beat future farm bills will be shifting more and more into city districts.. The govern ment's policy on aid to agri culture thus will be shaped increasingly by the politically divided farm bloc's ability to persuade an urban majority. FIRM and FA R iCr Co"fl. Vm., 119 t. tfuy. t.8"t, Ott. Ralph CobB, Claimon. mm ELECT RALPH A. JAMES Democratic Candidal for COUNTY JUDGE EHicient Responsible Minority Heard Majority Rule Impartial Pd Pol. Adv. by Jamss for County Judge Comm., Geo. Loflin, chmn., Rt. '2, Central Point, Ore. 3 Mississippi School Officials Criticized Oxford, Miss.-(UPD-A Justice Department representative Wednesday criticized Univer sity of Mississippi officials for failing to discipline students taking part in demonstrations protesting the presence of Negro student James Mere dith. He indicated Ihe federal government might take action against demonstrators. Deputy U.S. Atly. Gen. Nicholas Katzenbach made his comments after two night of violent demonstrations by students. Capital Memo Republicans Expect To Gain Control of House in Next Term By DOUGLAS GRIPP Salem - IUPII - Republicans are as confident as ever that next week's election will give i them control of the 1963 Oregon House of Representa tives - for the first time since 1955. The Dcm o c r a t s now have the up per hand but by the shaki- Douclai Gripp est oi margins, 31-29. All HO House scats are up for grabs, and part of the GOP hopes are riding on a poll that 6hows them cither holding their own or gaining in four key areas-Mullnomah, Clack amas, Lane and Jackson coun ties. The poll envisions the GOP gaining one more house scat m Multnomah, giving them eight out of the 17; one in Clackamas, which has a total of four and where they have none now; and "at least'' two of Jackson's three seats. In Lane county, the Repub licans expect to hold onto the three scats they have now. This would be fine with them because one scat opened up when Rep. (Jarl Fisher. (R Eugcne) became Ihe GOP nominee for Congress in the fourth district. The CiOP also is counting on retaining its three seats in Marion county, which has four. Voter registration statewide favors the Democrats but this is a risky guide, since getting out the actual vote is what counts. Polis notwitiistanding, most obscrvors still regard control of the next house a tossup. In the 1953 legislature, the Republicans were fat cats, controlling 49-11. By 1955 their edge had slipped to 35 25. The bottom fell out in the 1956 election, and the Domo-i crats took over the 1957 House, 37-23. Then ihe Demo crats began to slip, control ling the 1959 House 33-27, and falling to their 31-29 edge in 1961. The Republicans think the pendulum is about to make a full swing. In the Oregon Senate, Re- : publicans concede there is no ' possibility of regaining con I trol this time. The Democrats : have a 2010 advantage now, and with less than half ot the i scats up this election, includ ! ina some powerful Democrats, i GOP control is out of the 'question. I The GOP isn't fretting, however, because a coalition i of conservative Democrats and Republicans ij expected to re main in power in the 1963 Senate. This group scuttled most liberal Democratic legis lation in the 1961 session. 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