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arriman Closest To FDR Pattern Among Democrat Presidential Hopefuls
Thursday. January 26. 1958
Age Handicap
In Contest With
Younger Aspirants
Editor' note: This Is the third in
a series on the Democratic presiden
xiai nopeluJs.
7 LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Washington U.R) Closest
to the Roosevelt pattern among
the three most discussed Demo
cratic presi
dential hope
fuls this year
is Gov. Averell
Harriman o f
New York
Harriman is
an "inactive
so he is de
scribed can
didate for the
n o m i n a tion
Lyle C. Wilson
He is a son of
great wealth and, like FDR,
benefits from the aggressive
business triumphs of his fore
bears.
The Harrimans who preceded
probably would not be voting
for him this year if his number
came up. Harriman is 64 years
old. That is a handicap in a con
test with younger men before
an electorate acutely aware now
nf the imhorranrp nf a President
surviving the term to which he
xias Deen elected.
His reach for the Democratic
nomination in 1952 was a fail
ure beyond mere defeat. It was
from Harriman s young, over
enthusiastic and aggressively
New Deal supporters that the
move came in 19o2 .to toss some
old timers out of the convention
Gov. G. Mennen Williams of
Michigan was coyly in the back
ground of that movement.
Bold Effort
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.,- the
late President's son, was among
the leaders as was the late Blair
Moody of Michigan, then U. S.
senator. These young men took
on such party figures as Sen.
Harry F. ByrcT. Virginia, and
elder statesman James F.
Byrnes,, South Carolina. But it
was Moody, Roosevelt and com
pany who went to the woodshed
in the end.
Conservative Southerners will
not have forgotten that this
year. Neither will they overlook
Harriman's recent statement that
there is no room in the Demo
cratic party for moderation.
Such things add up against him.
Harriman is no political weak
ling, however. Since 1952 he
has established himself as a pro
fessional politician by, winning
New York's governorship against
one of the smartest campaigners
in the Republican party, Sen.
Irving M. Ives. If Harriman had
slight claim on his party four
years ago, he is a major party
figure now by reason of his
public office.
Carmine DeSapio, new boss of
New York's new Tammany Hall,
is master-minding Harriman's
inactive pre-convention cam
paign. DeSapio is a soft spoken,
frietidly and attractive man with
political skill. But his campaign
efforts outside New York State
have not produced much.
Some Competition
On his home grounds, DeSapio
has lined up the state organiza
tion in good shape. But a New
York citizens' committee for
Adlai E. Stevenson, sparked by
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, among
others, has been set up and is
flourishing. The California Dem
ocratic organization slapped
down DeSanio's effort to make
a big deal there.
Of today's top flight Demo
crats, Harriman was most close
ly associated with the Roosevelt
and Truman administrations. He
was the only 100 per cent I-Love-Harry
Fair Deal candidate in
1952. Some of his most publi
cized services for Mr. Roosevelt
and Mr. Truman had to do with
the Soviet Union.
This has not rubbed off on
Harriman. however. He was at
Yalta. But there is no record
that Harriman ever was much
taken in by the Communists or
that he failed sturdily to call
fouls on them when others in
the administration did not.
At the United Nations. Organs
ization conference in San Fran
cisco in 1945, Harriman was
fresh from Moscow. He was tell
ing all hands, including your
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correspondent, that the Russians
were double dealers with whom
it would be difficult if not impos
sible to do business. Thai back
ground could be of considerable
help to Harriman ,in the cam
paign to come if he were nomin
ated for President in Chicago
next August.
Compromise Candidate
Harriman has announced that
he will enter no presidential pri
maries. His only hope is that
Stevenson and Sen. Estes Ke
fauver knock each other out,
opening the way for a compro
mise candidate.
Last week Harriman said "It
doesn't seem likely that I ever
will be President." He was not
far off the target there. If elect
ed, Harriman would be well left
of center, true to his New Deal
and Fair Deal beliefs. Mr. Tru
ban, who brushed him off in
1952, doubtless could find it in
his heart to make an all-out cam
paign for Harriman is he were
nominated this time.
Here are some of the gover
nor's points of view:
Basic Political Philosophy
"A liberal and progressive
government demands action to
eradicate abuses which develop
in our economic life, action to
Ellsworth Reports On
By HARRIS ELLSWORTH
Congressman, Fourth District
Washington, D.C. (Special)
The President's budget contains
considerable good news for many
communities in our Fourth Con
gressional District. . As I count
it, the total forthe district is
$8,380,100.
The breakdown of that figure
shows: $2,400,000 for construc
tion on the Talent irrigation
project in Jackson county;
$2,000,000 to continue construc
tion of Hills Creek dam on the
Willamette east of Eugene, and
$1,500,000 for construction on
Cougar Dam on the McKenzie;
$100,000 for construction of Eu
gene's Amazon project; $100,000
to continue ' planning of the
Green Peter dam on the San-.
tiam; completion of funds for
$489,300 for Detroit dam and
$164,300 for Lookout Point
Dam.
On Coos Bay, $439,000 is ask
ed to complete the Charleston
project plus $613,500 for dredg
ing the main harbor and $480,
000 for the repair of structures,
presumably the jetty.
The Scholfield River project
at Reedsport will get 554,000
and $40,000 ' is included for
dredging the harbor at Bandon.
Need More for Surveys
The weakness in the budget so
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improve the standards of living
of those not sharing in the bene
fits of the growth of America,
and action to expand social se
curity and welfare. Liberal and
progressive government likewise
demands action to preserve and
strengthen the individual rights
and liberties of our people."
Farm-Labor
He is a high farm subsidy
man; demanded in his annual
message to the Legislature that
the federal government support
farm income; increase the mini
mum wage from SI to S1.25;
modify the Taft-Hartley Act; end
the concentration of economic
power in large corporations.
Taxes
Harriman proposed that New
York income taxes be reduced
with a S5 credit for each tax
payer and each dependent, plus
substantial deductions for the
aged, blind and working moth
ers. He said Republican tax re
ductions had favored big busi
ness. Foreign Policy
At Seattle, Nov. 21, Harriman
said Republican policy is "a
classic in the history of bun
gling," based on "ill-conceived
experiments and flashy slogans."
He called the Korean truce a
Budget Items For District Work
far as we are concerned is the
failure to provide enough money
for needed river surveys. For
the whole country only $1,650,
000 is asked for preliminary sur
vey reports such as those which
have long been authorized for
the Coquille, the Umpqua, the
Coos Bay area (flood control)
and the Rogue.
When I appear before the
House Appropriations Commit
tee I shall lay heavy emphasis
on the heed for additional sur
vey money so that flood protec
tion in those areas may be plan
ned and ultimately provided un
der the Federal Flood Control
Acts.
Here is some good news about
flood damage survey and repair
money which is available right
now. The law known as P.L. 99
of the 84th Congress requires
the Army engineers, immediately
upon the occurrence of a flood,
to survey the damage sustained
to all previously constructed
flood control or prevention
works. Having determined the
nature and extent of such dam
age the district engineer is then
allocated money with which to
proceed immediately in making
repairs or reconstruction.
This law applies to flood con
trol works whether they are pri
vately or publicly constructed
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bungled failure for lack of an
"iron-c lad and enforceable
agreement with the Chinese re
garding Indochina . . . and, sure
enough, the Chinese heavy artil
lery released from Korea turned
up in Indochina and the fat was
in the fire." He accused Mr.
Eisenhower of over-optimism on
the Geneva summit conference
with a consequent psychological
disarmament throughout the
free world.
On AFL-CIO Merger
The governor accused Vice
President Richard M. Nixon, De
fense Secretary Charles E. Wil
son and Interior Secretary Doug
las McKay of conducting a "pow
erful and systematic attack . . .
tQ weaken the influence of labor
in American life. There are peo
ple in high places who don't
like your (AFL-CIO) marriage.
Of course, these are the same
people who didn't like you when
you were single."
Big Business In Government
'We Democrats have always
objected to the domination of
the national government by a
single, powerful group within
the population and that is what
we have in Washington today.
You see it in the utter neglect
and owned. The, money comes
from a continuing fund held as
an emergency fund in the Army
Engineers' allocation for opera
tion and maintenance. .
Up to $1,000,000
The chief of egineers informs
me that a preliminary survey in
dicates that as much as a million
dollars may be needed for this
work in our part of Oregon. Most
of the damage is on the Willam
ette and its tributaries where the
most flood control work has
been done. However, this money
will be available for use on any
river in our area where such
damage has occurred.
Contact for information about
this work should be made with
Colonel Jackson ' Graham, Dis
trict Engineer, Pittock Block,
Portland.
Boy Scouts
Cub Scouts, Pack 8
Cub Scout Pack 8 will hold
their regular monthly meeting at
7:30 p.m. tonight at the Jackson
school. A skit will be presented
by ,den 3 of the pack. Bob Cat
awards will be presented to new
members. One' or both parents
must be present for the member
to receive the award. All par
ents are urged to attend the
meeting. .
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Herriman ridiculed the admin
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