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statement was interpreted as meaning
that the Michigan Senator had deter
! mined to wait until 1910 before he be-
came a candidate on a presidential
| ticket, or that he did not approve the
! nomination of Landon and would be
/ found throwing his influence at the
convention against the Kansan. VAN
denberg is expected 10 reach Cleveland
| tomorrow. - "
The list of vice presidential posi-
bilities discussed tonight was long. It
included Ed Hayes of Illinois. former
national commander of the American
Legion and at present manager of the
| campaign to give Col. Frank Knox,
| Chicago publisher, the presidential
nomination. 1t included former Sen
ator Walter E. Edge of New Jersey,
Senator Steiwer of Oregon, keynote
speaker and temporary chairman Of
the national convention; Gov. H.
Styles Bridges of New Hampshire,
former Gov. Alvan A. Fuller of Massa-
chusetts, Col Knox himself, former
Gov. Frank o. Lowden of Illinois,
Robert A. Taft, Ohios favorite son
candidate for President, and Mayor
Burton of Cleveland.
Steiwer Has Opportunity.
Steiwer is to have an opportunity
TO impress the delegates right at the
opening of the convention. If he can
Lro fova cfrisy hi ~
speech, he would be in position to be-
come the compromise candidate for
President, if Landon was stopped" 4"
or if Landon were nominated, to be-
come the choice of the convention for
Vice President. There are those. how
ever, who dislike the idea of placing
on the Republican ticket a Senator
who voted for 80 per cent of the
Roosevelt New Deal measures when
they came up for consideration. Like
Hayes, SteiWer is a veteran of the
World War. He has fought in season
and out for veterans relief legisla-
ton and for the soldiers bonus, and
might be expected to command sup
port of the war veterans in the No.
vember election.
Gov. Bridges of New Hampshire and
former Gov. Fuller of Massachusetts,
are both regarded as progressive.
Bridges is a young man, and highly
regarded in New England. Edge was
one of the first of the Eastern leaders
to proclaim himself for the nomina-
ton of Landon for President. He is
to be New Jerseys member of the
convention Platform Committee. II
he shows himself willing to go along
with liberal platform he might be
acceptable to the Landon people for
second place. Taft is being pushed
for second place on the ticket by
Ohio Republicans, including Walter F.
Brown, national committeeman and
former Postmaster General. Political
observers in Ohio, however, say that
he will not add strength to the ma
tional ticket in this State.
WadSw0rth Too Conservative.
While there is still talk here and
there of naming Representative James
w. Wadsworth, jr.. of New York, for
Vice President, the feeling is rather
strong that he would be considered too
conservative and that his membership
in the American Liberty League might
bar him.
The possibility Of stirring up a real
movement for coalition ticket" with
an Roosevelt Democrat for Vice
President was discussed in some quar-
tiers. Robert H. Lucas Of Kentucky,
who was executive director Of the Re-
publican National Committee during
the Hoover administration, is strongly
in favor of the coalition idea and is
here working for it. s,t;
The anti-Landon, pro-Knox, pro-
Borah, pro-Dickinson, ETC., leaders
held conference after conference today
in an effort to map campaign which
will prevent the nomination of the
Kansan on the first four or five bal
lots. They feel that if they can per-
suade the delegates committed. to their
own candidates and to favorite-son
candidates, to stick" they, may sue
ceed in their purpose. They even
discussed the possibility Of drafting
former Gov. Lowden as rallyirig post
for the anti-Landon delegates, de-
spite Lowden's rs years Of age or of
turning to Glenn Frank, president Of
Wisconsin University, who is suspected
Of having presidential aspirStior1s.
The Knox men are pleading with