Evening star., 1962-11-07

tive Daniel Inouye scored the
impressive triumph that had
been expected for the Hawaiian
seat vacated by retiring Senator
Oren Long.
Senator Joseph Clark wealth.
cred the Scranton-for- Cover
nor landslide in Pennsylvania
and defeated his rival, Repre-
sentative James Van Zandt.
Though the election returns
were Unexpectedly pleasant for
the Democrats, the direct evi-
dence on the effect of Presi-
dent Kennedy's bob-tailed in
tervention was mixed.
Before the Cuban crisis cut
off his campaigning, Mr.. Ken
nedy went into IL States on
behalf of Democratic candi-
dates. ... ....
In nearly complete returns
from those States, the Demo-
Gratis had a net loss of three
Governors. a gain of three SEN
ators and a loss of two House
seats.
The effect of the Cuban crisi.
on the voting remained as much
of a mystery after the votet
were counted as 1t had beer
before election day.
Some Democrats, calculated
that it helped boost the size
OF the vote-a favorable factor
for them. Some Republicans,
disappointed at their showing
in the House contests, said the
loss of the Cuban issue" had
cost them an opportunity to
gain seats.
The effect on gubernatorial
contests-which turned mainly
on local issues and personali- :
ties-apparently was negligible.
And the pattern in the Sem
ate was so mixed it almost
defied analysis.
The two incumbent Senate
Democrats who loSt-Senators
Carroll Of Colorado and Hickey
of Wyoming-had both been
caught off-base by the sudden
switch in the administrations
Cuban policy. But Senators
Clark of Pennsylvania and
Church Of Idaho had been
equally critical of blockade pro-
posals until the fateful Monday
of the Presidents speech-and
they both survived.
Mixed, Too
On the Republican side, the
picture was equally mixed
Senators Dirksen of Illinois and
Kuchel of California were called
back to Washington by the
President-a- distinction that
did not hurt their successful
reelection bids.
But Senator Wiley Of Wis
consin also was recalled and lin
gered in the Capital longer than
either of the others. He was
defeated.
The. strangest case Of all was
that of Senator Capehart of
Indiana. Not only did his op-
ponent, Birch Bayh, make the
Senator's demand for strong
action against Cuba the chief
issue in his campaign, but Presi-
dent Kennedy himself came
into Indiana to call Senator
Capehart an armchair gen.
eral."
When the administration SUBJ
sequently adopted the Senator's
hard line" on Cuba, Indiana
Democratic hopes sagged. But
Mr.. Bayh won.
Those who guessed it would
be a good year for House in
cumbents were proved right
With all but % races decided
there were only 16 direct
switches in party control OF
congressional districts.
Republicans took 10 seats
from the Democrats-two in
Utah, two in Ohio and one
each in Kentucky. Tennessee
North Carolina, Texas, Mary
land and Washington.
Democrats took six seats from
Republicans-two in New York
and one each in Connecticut
Minnesota. Ohio and Oregon
The most notable casualty
was Representative Judd OF
Minnesota. 1860 Republican
convention keynoter and the
party's leading spokesman or
foreign policy in the House
He fell to State Senator
Donald Fraser-a New Frontier
supporter who benefited from
a personal campaign APP