Evening star., 1935-12-28
BORAH TO ENTER
ILLINOIS PRIMARY
Chicago Attorney Says
Name viii Figure With or
Without Formal Filing.

By the Associated Press.
g Senator Borah will be entered in
the Illinois presidential primary
against Col. Frank Knox, Chicago
e publisher, it was announced yesterday
:. by Edgar ]. Cook, Chicago attorney
8 Cook, a Bull Moose party worker
- of other days and now of the Liberal
/. Republican Voters League Of Illinois,
" said after a conference with the
: idaho Senator that the league would
put up a slate of Borah candidates
for Republican convention delegates
: whether Borah formally entered his
!, name there or not. Time for filing
expires February 8.
: At Columbus, Ohio, the chairman
! of the Knox for President Committee,
Edward A. Hayes, took cognizance OF
:. the Cook statement only to say that
= any citizen had right to enter a
!. slate of candidates in the Illinois
presidential primaries. Hayes said the
: Illinois State Republican Committee
. had given its unanimous Endorsement
!. to Knox.
: Contest in Every District.
: In a formal statement after he had
talked with Borah, Cook said:
. I'VE are not in position to state
: Senator Borah's attitude as to the
: Illinois primary, but it is the purpose
:. of our group to put up a set Of dele
: gates and contest the opposition in
!, every congressional district in Illinois.
Z I'VE are sure that Senator Borah's
name will be written in the space re-
!, served for presidential candidates and
: to an extent that will be entirely
satisfactory"
{. In reply to reporters questions, Cook
: said majority of his group believed
Borah should enter the Illinois dele
= gate race. Others, however, thought
political amenities" should be OBJ
+ served in view Of the Knox movement
and that Borah should refrain from a
formal filing.
In Difference to this group, apparent
= ly, Cook said it was decided to adopt
e the writing in" program, although
!. this would be unnecessary if the Sena-
stor consented to the use Of his name
= as he has in Wisconsin.
= Campaign in Other States.
= Delegate campaigns for Borah also
; have started in Massachusetts, and
= New York. In his only formal declara-
ton to date, the Idahoan has said his
> aim was a liberal platform and a
liberal candidate" but he added he
= would Cooperate fully" with any
move to make him or some other
: Progressive the Republican nominee.
. Cook likened the present situation
!, with that of 1920 when he said he
split the Illinois delegation by ia
Voring Senator johnson of California
= over Illinois favorite son, former
g Gov. Frank o. Lowden. He said he
had no doubt he could divide that
= States representation in the Cleve-
land convention, June 9.
4 The Liberal Republican Voters
League, he said, would conduct the
3 Borah drive on the basis of the
!: Bull Moose platform Of 1912 on which
: Theodore Roosevelt and Senator
. johnson ran.
Cook later called on Johnson after
seeing Borah, giving rise to conjec-
lures that he might be seeking the
= Californian's support for Borah.
: Neither would discuss the call.
T. johnson is one of the Republican
: independents who supported Franklin
D. Roosevelt against Herbert Hoover.
The Californian and Borah have been
at odds for years, a relationship that
was said to have grown a little more
friendly when the two fought side
by side against entry into the World
Court at the last session.