Show r m ee I OUT OF A MAZE of more or less dramatic developments comes a bona bonn fide and serious contender for the Democratic presidential nomination In Averell Harriman director of the ho mutual security ad ministration While he ho is little known among the rank and file of voters is rather shy and retiring In disposition Uon tion is lacking some of the Color dolor deemed necessary in a presidential candidate and comes from a wealthy family of Wall Street bankers bankers bank bank- ers and railroad builders Harriman Harri- Harri man man has a record of service in government over the past 20 years which marks him as a real con conn contender tender for the nomination nomination backed backed as s he will be by an almost solid New New York delegation at the conven convene tion Uon Harriman's governmental service dates back to the early days of the Roosevelt New Deal when he was named by President Roose Roosevelt elt as asa asa asa a special assistant to Administrator tor Hugh S. S Johnson of ot Since that time lime he has se served ed in several capacities such as a trouble shooter in the lend lease administration the tile war shipping administration the war production board the munitions munitions mu assignment board and chairman chair man df f a special mission to the USSR He lie has haa served as ambassador dor to Moscow l ambassador to Great Britain secretary of commerce com corn merce as President Truman's roving ambassador in Europe Inthe in inthe inthe the European economic cooperation administration and has attended all but one of the lateral bilateral meetIngs meetings meetings meet ings of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill including including ing the Atlantic conference the tho Washington and Quebec conferences confer confer- Tehran Yalta Potsdam and the Casablanca conferences Amon Among the dramatic events during during during dur dur- ing the past week comes the threat by Republican house member George Bender Dender t to attempt to impeach trite im- peach President Truman as a are re result sult suit of his steel mill seizure an attempt at tempt In the senate headed by Senators Senators Sen Ferguson of Michigan and Knowland of ot California nIa a to shut off oft any money for use by the President Pres dent in the seizure of the steel mills threat of the President that he would hold congress in special session until January 1 I if U necessary to get the money to carry out the defense program and the money necessary to bolster NATO in Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope headed by General Eisenhower er continued and deeper friction between the tho forces in to the Republican lean lican party supporting Senator Taft anc and General Eisenhower for the presidency which some political observers declare is rapidly working work ing up to a n wide open wide open party split which could be fatal to the party's chances chancel of winning In November In a speech to the American Veterans Veterans Vet Vet- erans crane of World War II President Pr Truman let go both barrels at the bouse house for what he termed a fake take economy wave Inan Inan in inan an election year over slashes in military and mutual security The President said It If ItI I have to call caU a special turnip day session every day from now until the first Of January were we're going to get this thing done and aud its it's going to be done right right- Slashing appropriations is fine fine the President said until the day comes when we find that we dont don't have the tanks we dont don't have the planes we dont don't have the guns that we need to meet the situation with which we are faced And we have to pay for th those se headlines not headlines not In money but In lives the lives of our ur soldiers sn sailors lors and marines The President declared that 11 U may be an election year over here but the Kremlin wont won't take a vacation vacation vaca vaca- vacation tion simply because of the political situation here here there is only one real language they understand That is Js this And the president held up his clenched fist President Truman pointed to the disaster In the Missouri river basin basinas as an indication that many times our Democracy cannot make up its mind until some such disaster strikes strike I 1 spent pent all aU day Wednesday lookIng look look- Ing tag over a terrible disaster on the upper Missouri river that could have been prevented if U we the we could only have gotten people to appreciate elate that it might come we should not have to have that kind of disaster if Jf we make up our minds minds and and spend the money to tomake tomake I make the effort effort to to do the things which are necessary to prevent it U. t tAnd And that's what Im I'm pleading for |