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O18 (Her. 54-68) _ The Washington Merry-Go-Round By Drew Pearson — \ "Drew Pearson today awards the brass ring, good for one || there was Bob free ride on the Washington | Werry-o-Round, to Averell Harriman on his 75th birth - day. ' I went to the 75th birthday party of Averell Harriman, a cay jamboree at Sen. he athe! nennedy’s home the other cline mes over since ‘You cannot §} vrite that: story. “You are al-; ways being ac: ¢ « used of leak- jog “ng and IT am 95) accused of caking to you. Fearsom ‘ wees the aniv ranorter| 1 ru Wei ww Sr vere, except -for Art ‘Buch-| wald, and if you write this :ory we'll never be invited mut again.” Next moming, lo! the en- crprising Washington Post nublished a big story on Aver- “Ws birthday cclebration which must have been phoned! in at areund Z am. “Who was the leak?” I asked Mrs. P. “Not me.” ‘ Later in the day the Wash- ‘ngton Star came out with ane other big story, this one em, 5ellished with a photo of the! festooned entrance of Bobby Kennedy's home, —~sely iethi-wth a Jongi!stance ‘eng, aplys other defails of what went on Inside, obviously not taken long distance. | By thts time I began to ac-! -use Mrs. P of being the leak. | He maybe It was press scere ‘ary Dill Moyers, who came uw discuised in a space suit that J didn’t recognize him. Yaffled Leaker 1 Mentally I checked over the uest list In search f the leak. lack Valenti som s lets it be Know that + team! abhi, nists. Rebastetl Desber Hel) viman wears at Ho Se iLBJ's closest advisers. ty be in a leaking mood. Then net, mer president of NBC. But he is too new as Cabinet Sec- retary and too discreet to leak. I remained baffled. But sirce the costumes and guest list have now leaked, I'm going to report on two other phases of that famous party, namely the guest of honor and the two top mer. Bobby- “Kennedy and Vice President Humphrey, who came to honor him. I hope Mrs. P will forgive me. The toasts to Harriman were introduced by Sen. Ken- nedy, who, lugubrious {n Aver- ell's fedora and topcoat reach- to his ankles, was just as droil as his late brother. as the Presidency—Bobby K negy => though ape ee never have guessed It from watching them. Humphrey's Tribute “Tf see Bob McNamara, Joe| Fowler, Bill Moyers and Jack Masti here,” said the Vice President looking sround at “T Just "want to tell those fellows that iwhen I accepted this invitation I didn't realize where the t party was to be held. “I don't need to warn Bob Kinter. He won't tell. - “I looked up the New York Times for Nov. 15, 1891, the day Averell was born,” con- tinued Hubert, producing »| photostat of the Times’ me | page of 75 years ago. “The | headilnes for that day read ‘Must Check Russia.’ You see nothing has changed. On | day Yale defeated Harverd 48 te 0 in honor of ifs new-born alumnus-to-be. am glad to pay tribule to pa Nes ae pea (ay ae who came from such a ‘humble background,” said the Vice President, himeplf_ be: Sverre South | cy mel ters | ore, ~ SEN Sent ae At Reed wan 7 ar Ts SI Sica oes nm Most intriguing tribule came from the Vice President, who spoke last, being Introduced by the man who has Deon talked-about as his rival for; ——_———— by the Un-American Activities Committee, of which Richard Averell Harriman Wns the Brass Ring: Y = pe i 9 Trotter : . A _ Tele. Room gardin, the man who Jn Reritet—mnost of "bre taH Pacifie Raliroad. “Averell has not only served Presidents, but he has served his country and its people,” continued Humphrey getting serious. “How ae you describe s man?t He a sapitali hoy Bera. He eek awk who has gourage. He, fs g haw who Js peaceful. He is an hon- est politican. And he is a sober ski-bum.” DP’s Tribute To which I would like to add two facts, 1. When Averell was Secre- tary of Commerce, his director of the Bureau of Standards War great scientist credited with speeding by one year the da velopment of the nuclear bom. But in the dark and preju- diced days of McCarthy witch- hunting, Condon was accused Nixon was a member, of being pro-Communist because he had attended a Yugoslav cocktail party. There was a hue and ery that he be fired. Secretary of Commerce Harriman re- fused to listen to the wolf-pack. Condon remained. Only when on, on# of the chicf aceus- ers \becamd Vice’ President, was Condon, fired. 2. mae that, in 1947, when T prop ase the rE Cendglup Train to fced hunery “Europe, \ was Averell Harriman who | Rae aE a eS ithe up the Union Pacific as \the first railroad to back the traln, one small reason why I joined in the tribute . tq Drew Pearson will make A Averell Harriman. prediction. on the draft at? | Sire am today over Radio® we, ak ee oe cats GARE roe “eiema ed CTS | wit tote ae rt Dr. Edward Condon, a - Pairs Ql oe Tolson — DeLoac 1 Mohr Casper Callahan Conrad Felt ale en Sulliv Tavel Holmes The Washington Post and Eft a Times Herald XK . 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