Word: hillelson
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Dates: during 1954-1954
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Democratic Candidates George Christopher in Missouri and Torbert Mac-Donald in Massachusetts seem almost fashioned by fate to win in their widely disparate districts. Christopher, who has nine children, is running against Republican Jeffrey Hillelson in Missouri's Fourth District. The farm vote is decisive there, and Christopher was a tenant farmer for 21 years before scraping together enough money to make a down payment on his own place. Even the elements have conspired against Hillelson. Says Christopher: "We've been plagued by one year of flood, three years of drought and two years of Benson...
...little chance of a big shift away from the Republican Party in the farm districts. But the farm situation will have some local effects. Example: Missouri's Fourth District, which lies half in suburban Kansas City and half in adjoining farm country. There, Republican Incumbent Jeffrey P. Hillelson's troubles are caused more by the elements than by the Eisenhower farm program. The district has been hard hit by drought, and in the Fourth District of Missouri, the incumbent Congressman has a hard time explaining away bad weather...
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