New York Times Article re Senator Hubert H. Humphrey Presidential Campaign

With those states and the istrict of Columbia, the spokes- Freeman Is Active ts Oregon and Iowa as objectives in the drive Gov. Orville L. Freeman and ion a Humphrey bloc Senator Eugene J. McCarthy of 11 give the candidate Minnesota are working co- chairmen and policy advisers in Advisory Section nd stature in Los An- xt July. the Humphrey effort. In the advisory section are or Humphrey is confi- Governor Freeman's three- Robert Nathan, an economist picking up scattered term colleague, Lieut. Gov. Karl and former White House aide; S here and there, in- Rolvaag, was the original ad- Evron Kirkpatrick and Richard Puerto Rico and the ministrator of the campaign, Scammon, political science col- Sen Humphrey Islands, which he visited which began in a St. Paul of- leagues of Mr. Humphrey when ago, fice building last July. With the he was a professor at the Uni- next tier of states at opening of a Washington office, versity of Minnesota; Philip he casts acquisitive Robert Barrie, former adminis- Stern, who was a speech writer file includes Colorado, Mon- trative assistant to Democratic for Mr. Stevenson in 1956; and laho, Washington, Ne- Senator Harrison A. Williams Joseph Rauh, former national West Virginia and Jr. of New Jersey, took on ad- chairman of Americans for vania. He believes he ministrative burdens in the Democratic Action, counsel for nas made progress in each of East. the United Auto Workers and a those party leaders who A Humphrey spokesman re- lobbyist for civil rights and HUMPHREY OPENS count, and he feels each is cently chose to break down the civil liberties. likely to produce at least a few campaign organization, for pur- Mrs. Eugenie Anderson, Am- bassador to Denmark in the votes for him. Truman Administration is also NINE-STATE DRIVE He ranks Michigan and Cali- poses of departmentalizing its fornia in a third group of states. a Humphrey adviser and con- often obscure table of organiza- fidante. Likely to be committed in the early rounds to favorite sons, tion, under the headings of ad- Leon Keyserling, the econ- Visits Washington and Utah he reasons, they are also likely ministrative, advisory and fund- omist, is listed in the advisory to bear rich veins of Humphrey group. raising. This Week-End-Terms Senator Humphrey chose votes after courtesy ballots have The chief barrier to such an Walter Butler, head of an ar- been cast. Wisconsin Key Area orderly exposition was the role chitectural, engineering and Recent Encouragement of such a campaign mainstay construction concern that does Humphrey strategists profess as James Rowe, Washington business in eighteen states and Special to The New York Times. to have received more encour- lawyer, whose responsibilities abroad, to head his fund-raising MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. agement in the last month of put him in all three fields. activities. Mr. Butler has in- Senator Hubert H. Humphrey 1959 than at any other time Others also active in more stalled collection systems in opens this week-end a swing in the year. The most tangible than one category include Minnesota, Wisconsin, New through nine states in his quest and significant of the signs James Lanigan of New York, York, Florida and the District was the announcement, on the former aide to Adlai E. Steven- of Columbia and is setting up for the Democratic Presidential last day of December, that the son and W. Averell Harriman, another in Illinois, nomination. Democratic Central Committee and Max Kampelman, a Wash- "Self-starting" finance groups The Minnesota Senator will in South Dakota had voted to ington lawyer who began his have been organized in Oregon, be in Washington and Utah to- pledge its official slate of eleven political career as a member of California, South Dakota and morrow and Sunday, speaking delegate votes in the state the Humphrey staff when the Colorado. publicly and privately to party Presidential primary to their Senator was Mayor of Minne- leaders in his attempt to line native son, Senator Humphrey. apolis. up additional delegate support There appeared to be little Rowe Highly Valued doubt that convention-chosen for the nomination. Mr. Rowe, a political adminis- delegates in Minnesota and He will fly next Friday to trator whose Washington ex- North Dakota would be pledged perience dates to service with Ketchikan where he will be the to the Minnesota Senator if he President Franklin D. Roose- main speaker at the Alaska remained a contestant. velt, is looked upon as the Min- State Democratic Convention. But the candidate and his nesota Senator's most valued Before the end of the month he supporters acknowledge that all adviser. Although a close friend this will be wasted if he does will speak in Wisconsin, Ohio, of Senator Lyndon B. Johnson not perform handsomely in the of Texas, Mr. Rowe is not the New York, Connecticut, Indiana Wisconsin preference primary "stalking horse for the majority and Minnesota. April 5. leader" that some observers Senator Humphrey and his 'Everything is building in the have suspected, Humphrey back- supporters admit that he faces direction of Wisconsin," a ers declare, an uphill fight to win the nomi- spokesman said today. "And An administrator-adviser is nation, but this does not dis- everything hinges on Wisconsin. Herbert Waters, chief of the courage them. "Either this campaign will Humphrey senatorial staff. He Flexible Group be way off the ground April 6, is organizing campaign efforts or it will be all finished." The Humphrey campaign or- on the West Coast. He is the ganization is a flexible and Meager Resources Senator's principal adviser and amorphous confederation. It is speech writer on farm matters. Senator Humphrey and his Others in the administrative largely volunteer, strong among chief strategists determined young professional and business section are William Simms, who long ago that their goal could groups and in colleges, and un- worked with Mr. Humphrey in be attained only by tablishing abashedly liberal. Minneapolis; C. Edward Rhetts, a rigid priority of states to be The strategy of the Senator a prosperous lawyer from Salem, invaded. and his supporters is based on Ind.; Gerald Heaney, Minnesota His energy and his meager the following: national committeeman, who is financial resources could not be gNo one will go to the nom- liaison man between the Sena- diffused. Humphrey-for-Presi- inating convention next July tor and his Wisconsin organiza- dent organizations exist, there. with more than one third of tion; Mrs. Geri Joseph, Demo- fore, only in Wisconsin, Minne- the necessary 761 votes. cratic chairman in Minnesota; sota, South Dakota, Oregon, gSenator Humphrey expects Oscar Ewing, a former Federal Colorado and the District of to have 150 to 200 delegate official, and Representatives Columbia. votes. John A. Blatnik and Joseph E. A seventh group is being qFrom there on, he'll see Karth of Minnesota. formed in Iowa. In the Midwest, Martin. R. what happens. Each of the branches of the Haley, a long-time Democratic Clean Sweeps Expected Humphrey organization sup- worker who heads an engineer- About eighty of those votes, ports itself, by and large, ing company owned by Walter a campaign spokesman reasons, through local fund-raising meas- Butler, the candidate's national will come from expected clean ures. finance chairman, helps Mr. Rol- sweeps in Minnesota, North and It has been noted that faces vaag with administrative and South Dakota and the District on the Senator's staff and ad public relations chores in Min- of Columbia, and from a major viser corps, most of them vol- nesota. share of Wisconsin's delegates. unteers at the higher levels, tend to change from month to month.