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campaigning for Senator Hum
phrey when the international
UNIV turned thumbs down or
an Endorsement" Other Raj.
eigh County sources say Mr.
lT1tler has been losing politica
influence because he has gotten
into too many battles, par.
ticularly his losing fight against
Senator Byrd. They say he de.
cided to concentrate his effort
on nominating Wally Barron
for Governor. Mr.. Barron ha.
the official union Endorsement.
No Humphrey Posters
At the JAW headquarters ir
Beckley, formerly a mine oper.
ator'S mansion, there are hun.
dreds Of Barron posters. NJ
Humphrey material is in sight
Were backing Barron, say.
Mr.. Titler, because he's the
only man that has a voting
record. That's also the
reason we're backing Hum
phrey. Personally, that is. Of
ficially, the international is
neutral and we work as a team
so there isn't too much activity
since the international turned
thumbs down on an indorse-
ment."
Humphrey activity in Raleigh
County is directed by Roy Lee
Harmon, who lives in Beckley
and is on a leave Of absence
from the Raleigh Register to
do publicity work for Senator
Humphrey. He is also a State
delegate and he was the State
poet laureate until two days
after he went to work for SEN
ator Humphrey. The job, like
so many others, is political
patronage, and Gov. Cecil IN
derwood, a Republican, fired
him. Mr.. Harmon says it was
"a blow to my pride"
Mr.. Harmon'S Stepdaughter
Mrs. Lula Rice, operates the
Humphrey headquarters in
Beckley. She answers the phone
and distributes literature. She
also takes names Of volunteers
and will send them to the State
headquarters in Charleston as
possible precinct workers. There
are ia precincts in Raleigh
County; so far Mrs. Rice has
rs names.
Other Aides
The co-chairmen of the
Raleigh County Humphrey
committee are E. H. Christian
and Charles Honaker. Mr..
Christian is a retired railroad
worker whose first campaigning
was done for Al Smith. Charles
Honaker is an agent of an oil
company, operating a chain Of
gas stations along the turnpike
This is the busy season for
the turnpike" he says, 80 l
haven't been too active"
Senator Humphrey has
spoken in the county twice. He
is not scheduled to be there
again before the voting begins.
There will be Humphrey work.
ers at the polls on election day.
Pledge cards for donations
have come in, but they have
not been distributed.
The Kennedy Camps
The Kennedy headquarters
in Beckley looks very much
like the Humphrey headquar-
tiers. Both are in vacant stores.
Each has one girl in it to an
swer phone calls and hand out
literature.
Senator Kennedy has been in
Raleigh County twice. He is
scheduled to be there again
Thursday afternoon. His
youngest brother, Ted, has
spent the better part of two
days there.
Several friends have come in,
too. Chief among them is
Mayor Ben Smith Of Glouces-
ter. He manufactures wooden
boxes and has interests in the
fishing industry, and he roomed
with the Senator at Harvard.
He has been in Beckley for
several weeks.
Other visitors have been
Cecil Saunders, a lawyer and
former State Senator from
Lancaster, KY, who roomed
with Senator Kennedy at PIT
Boat training school during
World War II, and Grant
Stockdale, a Miami Ella real
estate broker.
The local committee is
headed by Don Hodson, a 30
year-old lawyer with a Beck
ley firm. The woman's chair
man is Mrs. David Kennedy.
whose husband is the general
counsel for District 90 of the
UNIV. Other key local figures
are Ray De Paulo, the bakery
executive, and John C. Moore.
who was Okey Mills predeces-
SUI DIS SN6TlI1.
Newspaper Circulated
Tabloid newspapers on Sem
ator Kennedy's career and
program have been delivered
to every home in Beckley by
students at Beckley College.
Copies are being mailed to
rural letter box holders.
Mrs. Kennedy has 81 women
on a telephone committee. She
says, Il got most of the names
from the financial statement
OF the Catholic Church. Even
a lot Of my Republican friends
changed their registration, so
they could work and vote for
the Senator"
Between now and voting day.
the women will call eve,.,, voc;