Evening star., 1960-10-16
She Looks Like d Winner
Mrs. Neuberger Seeking Senate Seat
BY MATT KRAMER
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"A hundred persons were
waiting under the shade
trees. out Of the midday heat,
when Maurine Neuberger got
out Of the car and began
walking toward her 50th
meeting Of the political cam
paign.
She is given . good chance
70 become the third woman
ever to be elected to q full
term in the United States
Senate, and they watched
with interest as she crossed
o sparsely grassed field, her
feet swirling dust and tree
cotton which had drifted
down from the silver poplars.
She was slender. brown
haired and seemed tall. She
wore q light cotton dress and
appeared tired as she reached
the 1rSt group standing by Q
picnic table.
They greeted her warmly.
IN the way Of dry-land wheat
farmers who spend much Of
their time on the lonely, sun
baked hills Of Central Oregon.
AS she responded to their
warmth, her face shed the
lines Of 50 years.
That's the best part" she
said later in her low-pitched
voice. 1.-THE small meetings
where you can talk to the
people and listen to their
ideas.
"Of course everyone wants
to give advice to q woman
candidate" and her smile be-
came broader, but women
are used to advice and these
people mean so well. That
man who said he would be
writing me about some things
that had been bothering him.
He seemed Shrewd, and /
think I'll welcome his letters"
Mr.. Giles French, editor Of
the weekly paper in those
parts, began introducing har
to others at the meeting, o
picnic sponsored by the Sher-
man County Historical So
ciety.
Opposite Sides
This was watched closely,
for Mr.. French, who hates
big government and thinks
this country took o cataclys-
mic turn with the New Deal,
is q longtime political foe of
the ideas Of Mrs. Neuberger
and her late husband, Sena-
Richard L. Neuberger. They
all had been together in. the
State Legislature, where it is
doubtful If Republican
French ever voted on the
same side as the Democratic
Neubergers.
But they smiled, moved
easily from group to group
and inspected photographs
pinned on the speaking plat
form. Those showed an earlier
Sherman County, including
huge crews and 30-horSe rigs
used In the wheat harvest Of
those days.
There was q basket lunch,
each woman having prepared
her favorite dish. The Slen-
der Mrs. Newberger delighted
the women by going back tc
the food table three times.
r-"Tm not usually so inter.
ested in food, but it really
was delicious" she insisted
later.
Later Mr.. French intro.
duced her on the platform
and she spoke Of Oregon pio'
i1eers and of the social pio.
neering still to come.
Mr.. French, who listened
intently to her talk, bade he
d warm goodbye. AS she left
he remarked to an acquaint
ance, "a fine woman"
Mrs. Neuberger returned II
Portland where she lives alon
in the home she and her hus
: band had, even before Senat,
days. It is an old, green
three-story house in a fash
ionable section Of the city
West Hills.
Helpful Factors
It was there her husban,
was felled by a cerebral hem
orrhage last March. It is hi
seat in the Senate she !
seeking.
Several factors help hel
Her supporters cite her ia
miliarity with the Senate an
those in it. Before his deaf
her husband frequently tol
voters Of his wife's active pal