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auson Senate Pres Reed Succeeds To Governorship Top Executive Passes Away 1960 Election Picture Takes On New Look Gov Clinton A Clauson Shocks And Stuns Leaders In State session earlier this Hu Khrushchev Governor Cut Off The Inside Story 7 Day To Go (By WGAN TV Photographer Willman) Ari Empty Desk In Augusta LeTs Hold Our Lead emerged perhaps the new terrible shock and threefold first of Ask Andy Bridge Classified Comics Cross Word Puzzle David Lawrence Death Notices Editorial inancial Merry Go Round Radio TV Sports Theaters To Your Good Health Waterfront News We Hear News Death Dec 30 1958 1959 STATE ALTON A LES is vacationing in By LEONARD COHEN STATE HOUSE REPORTER AUGUSTA (API Gov death today dram atically changed the prospects for the 1960 election campaign What had appeared as a pic ture of moderate contest with strong chances of a Republican resurgence was turned sudden ly into a field of wide open speculation In a nutshell the death of first governor to be elected to a four year term means that a contest for gov ernor will be added to the others scheduled for 1960 Thus first November Maine governor to die in of 39 years Enoch Lincoln of governor Joseph Bodwell and Republican rederick than a month after taking green in the top post he session as To Speak Here Sen Humphrey will be the keynote speaker at the Demo cratic state convention April 22 at City Hall EVENING EXPRESS BUREAU AUGUSTA Senate Pres John Reed who succeeded the late Clinton A Clauson as governor today won his spurs in political leadership in the legislative year Starting legislative from the the most promising of Republican leaders His success in guiding the Senate and in pushing through the Legislature a GOP program that went beyond Gov Clau had boosted his chances for reelection as Senate presi dent next year and a shot at the governorship in 1962 Now fate has given him a dramatic short cut to the gov ernorship 12 12 14 15 12 12 8 2 8 14 8 5 10 11 3 14 14 4 6 7 DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN SARD who "This is a will be felt all in the deep personal sor row of his family Secondly the loss of a chief executive with his personal warmth outstanding character and qualities of leadership will be felt heavily both within and beyond the boundaries of Maine which he loved so dear ly and served so devotedly The third loss will be to the host of personal friends His total qualities both Continued on Page 16 3rd Col Maine Leads Nation In Reduction Of Traffic Deaths In 9 59 Education A form of futility be cause the more we study the more we discover our ignorance DEMOCRATIC NATI A CHAIRMAN PAUL BUTLER news of Gov death is a source of great sor row to Democrats everywhere He was a loyal and devoted member of the party and per formed great public service un der its On our Savings Per Annum Where Thousands Save Million CUMBERLAND SAVINGS LOAN ASSN SSI Consreaa St Portland Main death today dramatically changed the prospects for the 1960 election campaign State Senate President John Reed of ort airfield the Republican who will replace the late governor said he was "stunned and saddened by the sudden passing of Gov Clau son unexpected death is a tremendous loss to the entire state of Maine Clauson was a kindly man whose warmth and friend liness endeared him to all and it was a real pleasure work ing with him during the 99th legislature "His calm courteous manner meant a great deal to me I considered him a true Other comments: The ort airfield potato grower and shipper incidental ly becomes the first governor from Aroostook county since Carl Milliken of Island alls who served from 1917 to 1921 Reed who will be 39 on Jan 5 showed imagination in inti ating a Republican program along with Senate majority leader Allan Woodcock Jr of Bangor and together they earned admiration for their steadfastness in the face of confusion at the session last spring KEPT SEL COMMAND Handicapped by a boyish smile and a rather stiff per sonal manner Reed neverthe less always appeared calm and in command of himself He made a deliberate clear voiced presiding officer He showed that he had done his homework on budget and other problems and he ac quired a reputation as a stub born trader Reed shot to the top in pol itics fast He had served only one term in the House and one in the Senate before seeking the Senate presidency His first real test came when he chal lenged the veteran Robert Haskell of Bangor who had held that post for two terms Political observers credited Reed with winning enough sup port to put him in the post even before Haskell announced his withdrawal from the Senate race Ironically Reed follows in footsteps in becoming an interim governor Haskell served five and a half days after Gov Muskie resigned in order to gain as much seniority as possible in the Senate Recd brings to the post of chief executive considerable ex perience in business and civic organizations He comes from a family that has made a busi ness of growing and shipping potatoes In Aroostook It la also a family that makes a hobby of owning and driving harness race horses He is associated with his father and brother in the firm of Walter Reed and Sons He has served as presi dent of the Maine Association Continued on Page 2 3rd Col Humphrey indicated he will campaign primarily on foreign policy and' national security is sues He aimed immediate barbs at the Eisenhower administration "We can no longer tolerate a government that reacts instead of taking the he said in a statement handed to reporters "We cannot afford to have an administration that spends all of its time repairing damage instead of building solid long term pro By announcement Hum phrey became the first among the Democrats most prominently men tioned as presidential possibilities to get officially into the race Sen John Kennedy (D Mass) returns Saturday from a Jamaica vacation and is expected to con firm then that he also seeks the nomination A trio of other major potential contendere for the nomination Adlal Stevenson Sen Lyndon Johnson of Texas and Sen Stuart Symington of Missouri are expected to continue for some time to play it cozy The first of the primaries that Humphrey said he will enter is that in Wisconsin It is to be held April 5 Dates of the others are District of Columbia May 3 Oregon May 20 and South Dakota June 7 There is general expectation that Kennedy also will enter the Wisconsin primary WASHINGTON Sen bert Humphrey (D Minn) to day plunged officially into the race for the 1960 Democratic pres idential nomination Humphrey announced at a news conference that his name will be entered in presidential primaries in Wisconsin the District of Co lumbia Oregon and South Dakota He said that if financial support is forthcoming he will enter other primaries impending conflict contributed to his death Probably behind his cheery smile and his gentle manner Gov Clauson worried more about the problems posed1 by his office than most people suspected Apparently he himself ha1d no suspicions of ill health He had ever since tho legislative session maintained a heavy schedule of speaking engage ments traveling to ail corners of the state He had gone at this schedule with a gusto and tirelessness that amazed younger members of his staff LIKED BUSY SCHEDULE He genuinely liked to be on the go despite his 64 years And ho enjoyed meeting peo ple He quickly acquired a rep utation for shaking hands And just before Christmas he com pleted a series of visits to state offices here to shake hands with all of the departmental workers A five year old once said to him "You look like governor you look like a And the child spoke a great deal of truth or the former chiropractor whom his friends still called was not ait dynamic person! His Continued on Page 2 6th Col election will cover a full slate of the top political offices It had been expected to be the first biennial election without a contest for governor Political observers had pre dicted that the lack of a gu bernatorial contest would mean slackening of interest in state contests The lack of a strong Demo cratic candidate thus far to challenge US Sen Margaret Chase Smith gave the senator an almost certain prospect of reelection With Sen Smith to spark the Republican campaign and no one comparable to the popu lar Sen Muskie to draw votes to the Democratic ticket some observers believed the Republi cans had a good chance to re cover the irst District con gressional seat from Rep James Oliver Cape Elizabeth) This belief was heightened by the fact that for the first time the state election would coin cide with the presidential elec tion And most signs seem to point to a continued Republi can dominance in Maine in presidential balloting But a strong Democratic can didate for governor campaign ing on state issues might do much to offset the apparent Republican edge in the forth coming campaign LOGICAL CANDIDATE On the other hand Gov John Reed who succeeded Gov Clauson today will be a logical Republican candidate And with a year in office be hind him he should be a strong campaigner The chief field of specula tion opened up by events involves the Democratic candidate for governor Among those who might be interested are Maynard Dolloff state Grange master who was defeated by Clauson in the Democratic primary last year Sen Alton A Lessard chair man of the Democratic State Committee and Senate minority leader: Riehard Dubord Democratic national committee man: Adam Walsh former House minority leader who was choice for fish and game commissioner and Rep Lucia Cormier House minority leader Continued on Page 2 8th Col Record 205 137 So a governor will have to be nominated sand elected in 1960 holesome Delicious EGG NOG READY TO 79c Qt rom Oakhurst Routemen By LEONARD COHEN State House Reporter AUGUSTA Death cut off Gov Clinton A Clauson in the midst of the toughest fight of his administration a struggle with the Executive Council that had continued for six months over appointments This struggle HlumlnaU'd the deeper recesses of character or beneath a mod est smiling and friendly ex terior which endeared him to all whom he lay a core of atubbornncAs Tills stubborn streak fooled most people His surface ami ability had led many to expect he would compromise disputes with ease Instead he waged a longer struggle with the Council in his brief administration than any governor in recent memory The Democratic governor had come through the 1959 legisla tive session with a large meas ure of success simply by stand ing firm on his program while the Republicans fought among themselves HIS HALLMARK This success was overshad owed by his struggle to invoke the principle of a right to choose his own ap pointees which will undoubted edly stand as the hallmark of his administration His death came as he was preparing for a meeting with the Council today which re portedly he had called for a showdown on three major 'ap pointments two of which have been hanging fire for months Perhaps the tension of the ourth To Die In Office Clauson is the fourth fice the first in nearly Paris died in 1829 while of Hallowell died in 1887 Parkhurst who died less office in 1921 He was succeeded by Percival Baxter of Portland then president of the Senate Senate Pres ReeiJ will be the first governor from Aroostook county since Carl Milliken came to Au gusta from Island alls and served from 1917 through 1920 only predecessor from that county was Llewellyn Powers of Houlton who served from 1897 through 1900 AUGUSTA (AP) Gov Clinton A Clau son died in his sleep at the executive mansion early today He was 64 The one time chiropractor a native of Mitch tell Iowa was in his first year of a four year term Under constitution he is automatic ally succeeded by the president of the state Senate Republican John Reed 38 a well to do po tato grower from ort airfield Reed left for the capital and was expected to be sworn in as governor later in the day probably in ihe afternoon Maine has no lieutenant governor office is virtually the equivalent Reed said death terrible news for the whole state of Maine He was a much be loved man and this is a great loss to the entire Reed will not necessarily fill the whole of term A constitutional amendment chang ing the term from two to four years also provides that in the event of a death more than 90 days prior to the primaries in an year the Senate president will serve only until the first Wednesday of the next January in this case Jan 4 1961 ROBERT TRAVIS of Westbrook a Republican sec retary of the Maine Executive Council: "I am deeply shocked Despite our political differences the governor and I were the warmest of friends "I always enjoyed cordial personal relations with Gov Clauson We were to have met AUGUSTA Gov today to try and settle some oi our aiiierences and we were very close to settlement on some of he said Cause Not Pinpointed Dr Joseph Crawford said the cause of death was undetermined but "in all likelihood it was heart or a cerebral The governor was dead when Dr Crawford arrived i at Blaine House the executive mansion at 2:35 a The only member of the family present was Mrs Clauson the former Ellen Kelleher of Waterville The governor also leaves a son Cornelius of Waterville and a daughter Mrs William Chasse of Brunswick Clauson came to Maine as a young chiropractor He settled in Waterville where he served as city treasu rer in 1930 and mayor in 1956 and 1957 In recent years he had been in the oil distribution business there Active in Democratic party affairs for more than Continued on Page 2 4th CoL The Incoming Governor State Senate Pres John Reed as photographed recently in Augusta I Reed Proved Self In Top Legislative Post Last Session Okays Summit On May 16 MOSCOW (UPI) Premier Nikita Khrushchev to day accepted the Western invi tation for a summit conference in Paris on May 16 oreign Minister Andrei Gro myko invited the American British and rench ambassa dors to the oreign Ministry this afternoon to give them reply to the let ters of the three Western lead ers of Dec 28 delivered yester day The text of re ply was not made public imme diately but It was believed it would be released tonight The date agreed upon was a compromise A Western proposal that the meeting start April 27 proved too close to May 1 the main Soviet national holiday A Soviet counter proposal for either April 21 or May 4 con flicted with a commonwealth meeting in London and with a visit to the Unlted States by Gen Charles De Gaulle of rance Humphrey Officially Enters Race In Midst Of Battle Over A ppointments HI In His Sleep At Age Of 7 7' WWW Vi A HH 'a HHMmHHHHI I 7 1 47 I PORTLAND I IAEMNG I EXPRESS I a I i.