Evening star., 1936-06-29
LEADERS PREPARE
T0OPEN CAMPAIGN
ON MANY FRONTS
President, at Hyde Park, to
See Gov. Horner and
Frank Murphy.
LAND0N CONTINUES
WORK ON ACCEPTANCE
Lemke to Set Up Machinery for
Clean Campaign-Thomas
to Open Series.
Ey the Associated Press.

With the shouting and the tumult
Of the national conventions a matter
of political history, party leaders pre-
pared today to open their 1886 vote
drive on widely scattered fronts.
Democrats, Republicans, Union
partyists and others laid plans to
capture the favor of the voters who
will determine the course of national
affairs during the next four years.
President Roosevelt rested at his
Hyde Park. N. Y, home after formally
accepting the Democratic presidential
nomination at a monster rally Sat-
urday night in Franklin Field, Phila-
delphia.
The President planned meetings
today with Gov. Horner of Illinois
and with Frank Murphy. former De-
troit mayor and now high commits
sioner of the Philippines.
Series of Parleys.
Some of Mr.. Roosevelt's intimates
saw in these conferences the beginning
of a series of parleys from mapping
campaign strategy A meeting witt
National Chairman James A. FARLEY
in Washington late this week was re.
garded as possibility.
Other Democratic leaders scattered
to their homes from Philadelphia
ready to battle the economic tyranny
assailed by Mr.. Roosevelt in his &C.
ceptance speech.
Out at Estes Park In the Colorado
Rockies the Republican presidential
candidate, Gov. ALI M. Landon of Kan
sas, continued preparation of his &C
ceptance speech, which will be deliv
cred at Topeka July %, formally open.
ing his campaign.
Gov. Landon had before him the
Democratic platform and President
Roosevelt's acceptance speech as he
worked over his own address to rally
the Republican party to his standard
The Republican chairman, Johr
Hamilton, mapped out busy program
Of organization meetings and con.
ferences.
Representative Lemke of North Da.
kota, presidential aspirant of the new
Union party, announced at Burling.
ton, Iowa, he would set up party ma.
chinery this week for a clean" cam.
paign, In which the money issue
would be paramount.
Lemke said Union party headquar
tiers would be opened in Chicago
within the week.
Lehman Question Unsettled.
The question of whether Gov. Leh
man Of New York would stand for re
election was still unsettled today afte
his breakfast meeting yesterday witt
Mr.. Roosevelt. There were indication
his answer might be withheld unit
late Summer-perhaps just before tn
State convention.
In New Hampshire, a veteran Re
publican campaigner returned to tn
political wars when former Senate
Moses announced his candidacy 70
the Senate. In the party primary Il
September he will oppose Senate
Keyes, who seeks reelection, and Coy
Il. Styles Bridges.
The Communist party, under lead
ership of Earl w. Browder, its candi
date for the presidency, started it
campaign ito reach 10000, 900 voters
and flood the country from one en-,
to the other with red literature"
Norman Thomas, candidate Of tn
Socialist party for the presidency, al
ready has started series Of speeche
which will take him into every Stat
before November rolls around.
In addition to the presidential can
iidates. members Of Congress who hav
deserted their Capitol Hill offices al
most to a man, were ready to NEE
their constituents back home and aSl
to be returned to Washington in Jan
uary,