Evening star., 1936-06-21
RESTLESS DRIVE
MARKS HAMILTON
Dynamic Chairman of 6. O.
P. Plans to Cover u. S.
by Plane.
BY WARD MOREHOUSE.
Frtcial Dispatch to The Star.

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NEW YORK, June 20 (N.A.N.A).-
There's a green-shuttered, two-storied
white clapboard house, No. 1916, on
Boswell avenue, a shaded street in the
town Of Topeka. It's authentic New
Hampshire in a block and on a street
where nearly all else is just Kansas.
Simple ruf1ed curtains are at the
windows. There are great elmS in
front and back. The corner cupboard
Is stocked with glass antiques. The
rugs are braided, the beds walnut.
ITS New England on the Kansas plain
This house is, and has been for Is
years, the home of John Daniel Miller
Hamilton, campaign manager for Al
fred Landon, and now, as chairman
tee, the director general of the Re-
publican drive for the presidency
Boswell avenue has seen little of John
Hamilton in recent months. His fam
ily-Laura Hall Hamilton, his wife;
Daniel Hamilton, his red-headed 49,
year-old son, and Laura Hamilton, his
l1-year- old daughter-hardly expect
more than a few glimpseS of him be-
tween now and November.
Hamilton Has One Brother.
The late John Daniel Miller Hamil-
ton, 1st, one-time Mayor of Fort
Madison, Iowa, and Mary Rice Hamil-
ton of Keokuk, Iowa, had two boys
no girls. One son was Hale Rice
Hamilton and the other John DAME
Miller Hamilton I'd. Hale, now ST.
turned to acting. John, perhaps with
superior histrionic gifts, applied his
talents to law and politics Hall
gained Broadway prominence il
Winchell Smiths The Fortune
Hunter" and was one of the theater'!
foremost players when he did "Get
Rich Quick Wallingford." Now. with
his fame dimmed, he no longer be-
longs to the Broadway picture. He
Is playing small parts in Hollywood
John, A, is now the dominant force
In the Republican party. He is a new
and spectacular figure in American
politics.
BY his political astuteness, his re-
sistless drive, his boundleSS energy
and his seemingly limitleSs talents as
speaker, campaigner and strategist
he has heartened his entire party.
John Daniel Miller Hamilton is
sandy haired more than red-headed
His son Daniel, now at Phillips Acad'
emy, Andover, is real red-head. HiS
father was a read-head. John Hamil-
tons hair is curly, his jaw is square
his mouth wide. his nose we'll chiseleo
and his hazel eyes are we'll apart. He
frowns rather constantly and he often
has a strained look. He is nervous
restless and often given to caustic
speech. He is terse direct and in
cisive He is a fighter. Just look al
that jaw. His wit is sharp and his
tongue is frequently profane. He has
an engaging smile, is rather good
listener and he's expert as story tell
er. He's something under 6 feet
weighs ITO, was never given to ath-
letics and can toss off his highballs.
Convinced Landon Can Win.
There's tremendous drive to the
fellow. He has quietly convinced him
self that Landon can be elected.
I've talked with John Hamilton a
good deal during the last 10 days. In
Cleveland, in Topeka and in the skies,
en- route from Kansas City to Newark.
In Topeka, after a hard day-confer-
ences with the Governor, with Frank
Knox, with national committeeman
he took time for a full hours infor-
NAL chat.
We're going to win this thing" :"