Averell Harriman's Campaign
Moving at Accelerated Pace
Br RAYMOND LAHH
j United Press Correspondent
"Washington (U.PJ Gov. Ave
rted Harriman'f campaign for the
Democratic presidential nomina
tion is moving at an accelerated
pace less than a week after
Adlai E. Stevenson and Sen. Es
tes Kefauver finished slugging
each other ki the presidential
primaries.
The Harriman campaign con
formed to all advance indica
tions by getting airborne as soon
as the primaries were over.
The New York governor la
belled himself an active candi
date this week end in a switch
from his previous "inactive"
role. Then, on the NBC tele
vision program "Meet the Press"
Sunday, he expressed the belief
that he would be the strongest
Democratic nominee because of
his background of experience in
the Roosevelt and Truman ad
ministrations. Harriman's next major move
will come at Denver next week
end when he meets with support
ers from 11 Western and Mid
western states.
Has Strong Support
Harriman goes into the pre-
convention campaign with a
solid foundation the assurance
of about 90 delegate votes from
his home state. This is roughly
13 per cent of the 686V4 dele
gate votes needed to win the
nomination.
Furthermore, Harriman strat
egists are understood to be
counting on all of Oklahoma s
28 national convention votes
and all 12 from Idaho. Other
states where they hope to pick
up votes are reported to include
Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyom
ing and Utah.
The Harriman managers also
were understood to feel that
Michigan's 44 vote delegation
may favor his candidacy after a
first ballot vote for Gov. G. Men
nen Williams. Like Harriman,
Williams has challenged Steven
son's view that the Democras
should follow a course of moder
ation. The entire Harriman strategy
Is based on the assumption that
Stevenson, now the front runner,
will fail to muster a majority
vote at the convention. Then
Harriman could expect to inherit
Stevenson's strength from popu
lous Northern states. He also is
considered the favorite of former
President Truman, who may
swing much weight at the con
vention. Comments On Ike
' Harriman also said In his tele
vised Interview that President
Eisenhower's Illness should have
no effect on his bid for a second
term. Mr. Eisenhower's ailment,
the 64-year-old New York gov
ernor said, is "the kind of ill
ness anyone can have."
Harriman declined to estimate
his present convention delegate
strength or to criticize his two
chief opponents, Stevenson and
Kefauver.
In another political develop
ment Sen. Richard L. Neuberger
(D-Ore) mentioned a few possi
ble Democratic vice presidential
nominees during a television in
terview, ABC's "College Press
Conference." Neuberger named
Sens. John F. Kennedy (Mass),
Albert Gore (Tenn), Kefauver,
and Hubert H. Humphrey (Minn)
as possibilities for second place
on the Democratic ticket.
The Family Council
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newspaper editor, a women's pafje editor and two newspaper writers. TheM
consult .with eiernymen of all laluu and denominations. All letters are held
In complete confidence.
Mrs. R. W. I refuse to go to
court.
Bill Mother is greatly to
blame.
Mrs. R .W. My husband has
left me after 40 years of married
life and he accuses me of having
turned our three children against
him.
From the very beginning, my
husband has gambled, but at first
it was only a few dollars a week.
During the last few years, how
ever, my husband has contri
buted almost nothing to our
home, but has spent all his eve
nings playing cards in a gamb
ling house.
Because of his addiction, I was
dependent on my children for
financial help. Our needs were
not great and they never failed
to bring their contributions each
week. It always pained me to
feel they were depriving them
selves because of my husband's
weakness, but, I long ago gave
up any hope of breaking him
from his habit.
A few weeks ago, my husband
must have had an especially bad
run with the cards. He came
home one day and insisted that
I give him the household money
that the children had contribut
ed. The children found out about
it and they tipped off the police
to the gambling place, with the
result thst my husband was ar
rested along with others. Now
I have lost him, but my chil.
dren insist that I should have
brought him to court for non
support. This I cannot bring myself
to do.
Bill Our mother is as much
to blame as our father, because
she has put up with too much.
Our father has a job and is earn
ing enough to support our moth
er and provide for their old age
handsomely. But he not only
fails to do so, he even steals
the money we contribute.
He managed to resist his hab
it for years to the extent of rais
ing us as children when he had
no alternative, but mother re
fuses to realize that she is to
blame now by giving him an
alternative, at our expense.
We do not mind doing things
for our parents, but we don't
want to continue supporting a
gambling house. We are serious
ly thinking of withdrawing our
support unless mother takes ac
tion. The Council: Mrs. R. W. is
definitely unfair to her chil.
dren. She should not confront
them with a choice of supporting
gambling and withdrawing their
support from her. She should
take their advice and serve no
tice on her husband, that, unless
he provides a reasonable amount
of money for their home, she
will go to court.
The. trouble here is that not
only is the husband surrender
ing to his weakness, but the wife
is also doing so. If she puts up
a fight she will not only free
her children of an unfair bur
den, but she may also help her
husband to overcome his addic
tion, much as he is disposed to
cling to it.
The fact that the children have
been loyal and have cheerfully
made sacrifices should not be
held against them now. They
are right and reasonable in re
belling against their father's con
duct and their mother's supine
ness. v
(Copyright 1956. General
Features Corp.)
The northwest regions of Aus
tralia produce the warmest
weather, while the coolest tem
peratures are to be found in the
extreme southeast section.
Iran has the richest single oil
field in the world.
Is That So?
Your most important single
camping investment is your tent;
and there are many types avail
able. If you intend to make your
camp trips a pick-up-and-go af
fair, then the tent should meet
these two nomadic needs: it
should be light, and quickly
erected. For this, perhaps the
old Army pup tent, without ends,
makes the best overnight shelter.
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For a permanent family camp
where the shelter will be set up
only once, nothing is better than
a standard wall tent with 2-foot
walls on the sides to permit the
entire enclosed space to be used.
This provides ample room for
beds and gear and space to-move
around in. In rainy country, a
small stove may be set up inside
with the stove pipe led out
through an asbestos ring in the
top. This will allow cooking in
side, provide warmth against
cold rains, anr make it possible
to dry out wet cl-Jthing. All
mighty handy.
However, for we'.-k end or
fortnight camping, I would put
in with an umbrella-type tent.
It should have a sewed-ir floor
of heavy waterproof canvas, a
screened door and window. For
rainy days, you can spread a
flap across the front for cooking
perhaps between tent and car.
A happy advantage of this tent
is that you can give the in
terior a shot with a DDT bomb
shortly before you go to bed and
then sleep in absolute freedom
from all creeping, crawling, bit
ing, and stinging things.
Buy Tent in Advance
Buy your tent well in advance
of your trip. Why? Because
you will want to experiment in
setting it up properly. Believe
me, in the hands of an amateur
even the simplest tent can be
come a fractious monster. Better
try it out week ends in your dwn
backyard because every bit of
experience will be invaluable
when you hit the outdoors.
You'll soon know when your
tent is pitched correctly (others
of course do, too, and it bespeaks
your woodsmanship). A well
setup tent will have a trim ap
pearance, with the canvas
stretched taut, and with a maxi
mum of head room and floor
space for whatever type of tent
V PJGENE BURNS
Rjngar-Naturalist
it Is. Incorrectly pitched, It will
have an awkward look, seeming
too wide or too high or too nar
row, and the canvas will be flap
pint; and wrinkling in places.
Before pitching your tent, I'd
suggest tnat you work over the
to-be-tented area carefully. Get
down on your prayer bones and
go over every square inch. Re
move all stones, twigs and
roots. You'd be surprised how
a tiny pebble under your back
can take on the dimensions of a
boulder by morning.
To erect your tent, first stake
down the corners of the tent.
Practice alone will show you
how far apart to place the stakes.
Then raise the pole or poles.
Raised, you may wish to rear
range the corner pegs so that
the tent will be trim.
In high country, summer show
ers are not unusual. So be sure
your campsite is well drained.
As an added precaution, dig a
ditch directly under the upper
wall of the tent before the sky
even puckers up for a rain so
that when . the rain does come
the water will run off the tent
as well as carry away from
around the tent.
Few Basic Rules
And now for a few basic rules.
Before leaving home, check your
tent to see there are no holes and
that your ropes are strong, so
they will not give way in a
storm. Once set up, keep your
canvas stretched. Stretched, it
will not only shed water better
but also stand severe winds.
Place your tent so the en
trance faces away from the pre
vailing winds or storms. Should
the wind get into the front, the
tent may go down and will per
haps be badly torn. In a rain
storm, brother, that's not good.
Use stakes that are large enough
never underestimate the pow
er of the storm.
Do not build your campfire
too large or too near your tent
when dry it is inflammable.
And use wood that does not
throw sparks. For this, bi:A,
poplar, white pine and jack yine
are good. Avoid spruce and
cedar.
When you break camp and
it will always be reluctantly, I
hope pull up all your stakes
and stack them neatly since per
haps you can use them again.
Be sure your tent is dry before
you fold it along the seams
where it is strongest. Should
the tent have a water-repellent
double-duty floor, fold it so that
the floor is on the outside. That
done, fill in the ditches and
mound the dirt two or three
inches above ground level. Re
move all signs of your having
camped there. In brief, leave
Monday, June 11.' 19SS
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THHEa,
1,100 Received U0
Degrees Yesterday
Eugene (U.R) A group of
more than 1,100 students re
ceived degrees at the Univer
sity's 79th annual commence
ment program.
Dean Douglas Horton of Har
vard university's school of divin
ity, the featured speaker at the
afternoon program, warned grad
uating students not to allow
their knowledge to narrow down
in the future years.
He said that some graduating
students consider . commence
ment as the high point of their
intellectual careers, then slip
into mediocrity.
your campsite in a better condi
tion than you found it. That's
the final, unmistakable touch of
the good woodsrr.in.
(Copyright, 1956. by Eugene
Burns)
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Steel Production
Nears New Record
Cleveland, O U.R) A new
production record for the steel
industry appears certain in 1956,
according to Steel Magazine, de
spite threats of a nationwide
steel strike and an expected
third quarter decline in mill op
erations. The publication predicted a
record output of at least 122 mil
lion tons..
Current demand has lost some
of its force. Steel said, but the
letup has not reflected in any
slackening of steelmaklng oper
ations. National production rates have
held steady at 96.5 for four con
secutive weeks, and would be
just under the all-time high set
last March, except for the Bir
mingham steel strike.
Weekly production has aver
aged about 2,375,000 net tons
better than the weekly average
in any month last year, except
for a two week period in the
1955 fourth quarter.
Owner Solves Repair
Problem; Blows It Up
Poitiers, France (U.R) Louis
Vuillenier's 91-year-old, 32-room
chateau was gradually falling
apart. Vuillenier had neither the
money to repair it nor to pay the
rapidly-mounting tax bill.
Police said today the owner
finally solved his problem with
one quick stroke. He placed 130
sticks of dynamite under the big
house and blew it up.
Alaska has more unreserved
public domain than all of the 48
states combined, U. S. survey
figures show.
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