Evening star., 1936-08-10

THREE PRIMARIES
HOLD SPOTLIGHT
States to Nominate Tomor-
roW-RooseveIt, Landon
Ignore Campaign.
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ty the Associated Press.
The Nation found itself provided
today with full political bill Of fare
for this week, beginning with the
conclave here of the pro- Roosevelt
Labor's Non-PartiSan League.
There were other political high
spots galore for the rest of the week,
including State primaries, conven-
tionS and many speeches.
The two major presidential candi-
dates, however, planned little or no
campaigning.
After an absence of about a month,
President Roosevelt came back to the
Capital today for a flood conference
to be followed by a tour Of PennSyl-
vania and New York areas hit by
Spring floods.
LandOn to Have Vacation.
About midweek, Gov. Landon is
expected to head from Topeka for
his ranch in Colorado for a vacation
with his family before beginning on
August 20 a campaign swing that will
carry him to his birthplace, West
Middlesex. Pa.
Col. Frank Knox, Landon's running
mate. turned today to White Sulphur
Springs. w. Va, to compose his next
major address, before the West Vir-
ginia Republican State Convention
August 13.
Among other highs spots Of the
week, nominating primaries will be
held on Tuesday in Arkansas, Florida
and Idaho; the convention of Father
Coughlin's National Union for Social
Justice opens Friday in Cleveland
and John D. M. Hamilton, Republi-
can national chairman, will make q
radio speech at Columbus, Ohio. on
Friday.
Coughlin on Platform.
The week end found Father Cough
lin, DR.. Francis E. Townsend and
Representative William Lemke, Union
party presidential candidate, active on
the speaking platform.
Hitting the policies of Roosevelt and
Landon. Father Coughlin told an au-
dience at Scranton, Pa:
Il am asking you to support men
because they support the principles
which you love- I know you are
waiting for me to say something about
the Union party.
THE National Union for Social
Justice is not going to support the
Union party or any party. We are
going to support men who will stand
shoulder to shoulder to preserve
America for Americans and God.
There is only one set of candidates
who stand for those principles"
Here he mentioned Lemke and
Thomas O'Brien, Lemke's running
mate, and said I'VE are supporting in
dividuals; We are not supporting
parties"
In statement here last night Col
P. H. Callahan, a Louisville business
man long prominent in national Ca
tholic affairs, predicted Father
Coughlin will come out in the Fall
for Roosevelt" He said the radio
priest has the natural characteristic
of the Irish, of being reckless in
statement and action, who finally get
their feet on the ground and then
react so as to be fair and just"
Lemke Hits Banking System.
Lemke, speaking at Balsam Lake,
Wis, said the Government was being
short changed" under the present
banking system, and asked why it
should not "use its own money and
credit with which to retire the $780,
000,000,000 tax-exempt bonds that
are now outstanding? If it would dc
this, it would save us more than
81 ,000, 100000 in interest every year
DR.. Townsend, talking to a group
of his followers at De Kalb, ILL.,, urged
them 10 work for Lenke's election as
1.-The only candidate who has pledged
us his support"