Evening star., 1936-02-24
'BORAH TO SPEAK
IN OHIO MARCH 19
Convention Support Drive
to Open at Youngstown.
Ally to Be Candidate.

Senator William +. Borah Will open
his fight for the Ohio delegation to
the Republican National Convention
with a speech In Youngstown on
March 10.
was made yesterday by Carl q. Bach
mann, in charge of Borah headquar-
ters here. The Borah speech will be
carried by radio all over the State and
into adjoining States, among them
Illinois, where Borah Is contesting
with Col. Frank Knox for delegates to
the national convention.
II believe" said Bachmann, that
Senator Borah will convince the voters
of Ohio and every other State in the
Union that he Is willing to discuss all
the issues involved in his campaign
and in the contest for the nomination
at Cleveland until the finish and
nothing can stop him."
McKaig Seeks Senate Seat.
Senator Borah may be burning all
his bridges behind him in his race for
the presidential nomination. 1t was
said today. The fact that an old
friend and political ally, Ray McKaig
Of Boise, has announced that he will
be q candidate for the Senate seat now
held by Borah, following conference
with the Senator. gave color to the
belief that Borah Is in the presidential
race to finish
McKaig is a National Grange leader
and independent Republican.
Borah declined to comment on Nc
Kaig's announcement. Some OF his
friends, however, saw In the maneuver
indication that he may abandon any
claim to the Senate seat he has held
since 1907, even before the Cleveland
convention next June decided hts battle
for the presidential nomination.
McKaigs announcement was the
second notice of intention to seek the
Idaho Republican senatorial nomina-
ticn.
Ralph e. Witten. several times a
State Senator, announced two weeks
ago.
Pins Hope on Election.
McKaig declared that II political
manipulators" turned down Borah at
the national convention, there is no
hope tor my election"
Should Borah fail to obtain the
nomination at the national convention
opening June 8, he still would have
time to 60 after Senate denomination,
The Idaho primary is not until August
IL, and candidates can file until 80
DAYS before that date
War clouds for the Democrats
mounted in California. President
Roosevelt's effort to settle differences
there with a compromise slate Of dele
gates to the Philadelphia national
convention apparently has been in
effective. Upton Sinclair, in a dra-
matte re-entry into the political arena,
agreed to become the nominal presi-
Dental choice Of the End Poverty
Leaguers, now apparently ready for
finish struggle for supremacy with the
forces of Senator McAdoo.
Sinclair Is "Pro- Roosevelt"
Sinclair. former Socialist, in accept
ing the bid for the E. P. I. c. conven-
ton, emphasized the anti-McAdoo but
pro- Roosevelt nature Of his forthcom-
ing activity.
He insisted that the delegation. II
elected over the McAdoo slate at the
May S primary, vote for President
Roosevelt on the second ballot at the
Philadelphia convention.
He bitterly denounced the California
Senator, declaring, "the McAdoos OF
the party have made 1t impossible
to work with them"
McAdoo was assailed in the con-
vention as an opponent of the produc-
ton -for-use program for the unem-
ployed. This was the reason set forth
Saturday by Chairman Culbert L.
Olson of the Democratic State Central
Committee, who. with nine others,
withdrew from the Roosevelt-ap-
pointed slate.
Meanwhile a Landon-fo President
organization got under way in Massa-
chusetts, coincident with a charge by
Joseph McGrath, State Democratic
chairman. that Gov. ALI M. Landon
of Kansas is a counterfeit Coolidge"