Evening star., 1928-02-28
BORAH SENDS DRY
QUIZ T0L0WDEN
Idaho Senator Replies to
"Super-G Government"
QUESTIONABLE.

Former Coz. Frank 0. 10rden o;
Illinois, as candidate for the Eepubh-
can nomination for President. to-day /.
called upon BY Senator BOran. dry IL
qIaItOr, tO give his views On the pro-
h:biti0n question, in a qI"stihnna!fe
| similar tn that recently an5Tered b.
Senator Curtis of Kansas, Willis o.
I Ohio and Secretary Hoover.
At the same time. Senator BDran
answered a questiounaire sent him by
Dr. Charles l.. Reed. q surgeon and
Ar!tcr Of Cincinnati, asking among other
things whether The Idaho Senator ap-
proved q super government" Dy the
Anti-Saloon League. the Methodist
Board Of Temperance or the Ku xxx
Klan.
Borah Replies 70 Quiz.
The qrIcst!ors ansTered b. Senator
! Borah and propoUndtd b. DE. Reed fol-
| low:
Il. Are YOU in favor Of the pr.ncl-
pies and practices 0f s10eE-QO"e?ryQn
a. cxempAfed by The Ar..-Sai1cT
| League. by the Board Of Prohibition.
Temperance and Public Morals II the
Methodist Episcopal Church ard b.
| their ancjllary organization, the late
! unlamentcd ku KlIE Klau?
=. Are you III favor of having any
! religious denomination. PrOtes;an. or
! Catholic. backed 5T 2 nationwide rs..I-
/ tant organization. established ~ n
1 ngtOn for the declared purpose Oi eT-
/ ercsing what the Methodist Church
now openly assumes TO exercise. namely.
/ the functions Of censorship ard d1c:a-
| torship over all branches of Our con-
/ stituti0nal Government?
! ''3. Are you. a. Republican. n favor
ET.F [s~
! for any candidate VINO erlaratcs from
! supergOvcrnmcnt sources. is controlled
! BY supergorernment policies and VINO,
/ therefore. in event Of election, would
| be the agent ot the supe.g0reTrrIer..
/ rather than the executive Of the pe0-
! pie under constitutional! Government?
| "Not a Candidate"
| Senator Borah, in reply. said:
| Assuming for the purposes OF this
| letter that am candidate for Presi-
! dent, which / am not, and assuming
! for the purposes Of this letter that the
+ implications and infeTences and state
ments in your questions are based upon
/ facts. then I answer your interrogatories
| as follows:
To interrogatory No. !, ny answer
is, No.
To interrogato-y No. ?, ny answer,
! No.
TO interrogatorv No. 3. answer. Nc"
| Political observers called attention %
| the fact that Dr.. Reed II 1926 opposed
| the reelection OF Senator Wills, {
/ great champion OF the dryS.
Reeds QUESTIONABLE.
| In his letter 70 Senator Bo-ah Dr..
Reed said:
/ You have addressed QUESTIONABLE
20 the various Republican candidates
for the presidency. calling for declar-
/ alton OF their position on prohibition
and law enforcement. n doing 50 you
/ have emphasized but single issue:
| for az the moment these two are ore.
But you have 81 the same time
diverted attention from the vastly more
. important questions upon WHICH, tna-
issue rests. You have also, II meas
ure. diverted attention from the FAC.
that YOU. yourself, are potential can
| didate. subject 10 draft. fO- the Eon.I-
nation. YCu have likewise diverted a.,
tention from the equally evident fac.
/ that your championship Of this pa-,Ic-
! u!ar issue puts you II 4 favorable posi-
! tion 10 have lis organized friends among
I the delegates attempt % stampede the
/ convention TO you III the even. OF
deadlock"
/ The questions he asked. Or. Reed
asserted. indicated what he felt Z.
/ common with many other Republicans.
was The paramount Issue, far t-3I.-
scending' prohibition.