The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-26

conclusions about this Bor, presidential nomination. I the surface.
 Borah'S decision to go the Wisconsin, Ohio and otl mean he has mnde up his mind he wants the nomination.
 The paradox proves the truth of that old axiom: 'In politics, two and two do not necessarily add up four"
 The real inside on the situation is this:
 Borah Is approaching 7l His Senatorial term expires next year. He has been in the senate twenty.eight years, is dean of the chamber fin length of serv- Zee. He is virtually certain of recollection. Furthermore, con- tinued public life is as necessary to Boreh as is light and air. TwO-Sided Picture
 That is one set of controlling factors. There is also another.
 Borah, privately, is very doubt 5ul of the present possibilities of defeating Roosevelt. Four months later, the situation may be differ -ent. But right now he considers Roosevelt far in the lead. At the same time Borah is deeply and bitterly hostile to Hoover. To 8 lesser degree, but still strongly, he disapproves of Knox, Landon, Vandenberg and the herd of "favorite son" aSpirants.
 Regardless of what he may think of the chances of licking Roosevelt next June, Borah is determined to do two things: (1) leave no stone unturned to pre- vent the nomination of Hoover: (2) have a big say in the writing of the republican platform and the selection of the candidate.
 This, in brief, sums up the be. hind-the-scenes picture.
 On the other hand is Borah's senate seat, prized by him ale most as much as his own life. On the other hand is the heady lure of the presidency, his cur- rent secret doubt of the value of the republican nomination, his deep hatred of Hoover and grim determination to be the ''big gun" of the Cleveland nomination.
 Nervous Candidate
 Senate colleagues are saying jocularly of Borah that he is quaking in his boots for fear he actually will get the republican nomination. There is much truth in the jest.
 The Idahoian is laps ahead of any other republican runner. He has tremendous popular support throughout the republican party, not merely in the west. Eastern old guard leaders are against him, but among the rank and file, even in the east, Borah is tops" by . wide mar gin.
 Of the fourteen states that hold preferential primaries he is sure winner in eleven, and would have an even chance of carrying the other three should he decide to take on the "favorite son" can- didateS.
 Faced with a popular mandate of this magnitude, the Cleveland convention would have dffncult time defeating Borah-if by that time he will have made up his mind that the chances of beating Roosevelt are worth risking his sure senate seat.
 Will this inner doubt be dis solved sufficiently by next June So he can grasp the prize that has so long eluded him? Or, after all these years, will he still be so uncertain of victory that. with the nomination his for the taking, he will not dare hazard his Senate toga?
 gro BE OR NOT TO BET" WITH BORAH THAT IS THE BURNING QUESTION.
 Christmas Present
 Homesteaders' Christmas din- ners were more bountiful in West Virginia yesterday because Mrs. Roosevelt put her foot in.
 A week before Christmas the First Lady heard that home- steaders in her pet projects Rockville and Elkins-had been unpaid for four weeks. So she picked up the telephone and called Resettlement Administra- tor Rex Tugwell.
 "It's really too bad" she said, land hope you will see to it that they get their cheeks by Christmas"
 Result: Tugwell put pressure on his payroll section. They sent acquisitions through to the Treas ury without the usual audit.
 Homesteaders raised an extra cheer when they looked at the checks. In many cases, they were paid double-two cheeks to one man.
 This, they thought, was g Christmas bonus unaware that the Audit Division will soon catch the mistake and move to have Uncle Sam take back his Christ mas present"
 Christmas Kitchen
 Three little green containers, marked SALT, PEPPER, and