Evening star., 1936-03-15
c. c. c. IN IDAHO
MAY BEAT B0RAH
But Some Don't Agree, Al
though Farley Sees VIC
tory There, Too.
BY CARLISLE BARGERoN.

BY CARLISLE BARGERON.
Every time the Washington news
paper men 60 to see Postmaster Cen
eral Farley en- maSse, one OF them
invariably pipes up and asks: Gen
eral. what do you think Mr.. Roosevelt's S
prospects are next year" Whereupon,
Postmaster General Jim replies with
out cracking a smile: HE will carry
more States than he did last year"
The newspaper men then walk away
grumbling to one another that Post
master General Jim is just about the
darndeSt fellow they have ever en-
countered. One of them said re-
Gently: You know, he says it so con-
fidently that I think perhaps he actu-
ally believes it,"
Inc one of these conferences several
month sago, the Postmaster General
said the New Dealers were even going
to beat Senator Borah in Idaho. That
tust goes to show you," said the news
paper men returning from his confer
ence that day "how cocky he is. Surely
the people of Idaho would not think
of defeating their Senator Borah."
c. c. c. Factor.
1t has developed that the New Deal
has a c. C. c. camp in Idaho, which
as of January |, had 9,514 enrollments,
of which only 2,078 were Idahoans.
The remainder were out-of-State
young men, and according to Gov.
Ross of Idaho, who was down here
recently, nearly all of them are from
New York State. In Idaho only six
months residence is required for one
to vote. All of these gentlemen of
voting age will be eligible to vote next
November, presuming they are still in
the Idaho c. c. C. camp.
There were 70 c. c.. c. camps in
Idaho when the annual report was
made. This is out of all proportion to
other States on the basis of popula-
ton. The number of camps has re-
Gently been cut to Sc and this down.
ward movement of C. C. C. camps was
what Gov. Ross was down here to see
about.
The Democratic Governor is the one
who intends to run for the Senate
from Idaho this year and he is the
one Postmaster General Farley had
IN mind when he said Tin moment
of abandon, the impression has since
been obtained) that the New Deal was
going so well that it would even defeat
the great Senator Borah. Eight thou
sand votes, which is the approximate
number of nonresident members OF
the c. c. c. in Idaho, would certainly
have bearing on an election in that
State.
Pros and Cons.
Some of the correspondents. learn
ing of this situation, figured that this
may have been what forced the Sen
ator into the presidential race. He
came to the conclusion, these CORE
spondents reasoned, that the New
Deal had him blanketed in his own
State, therefore, he had better seek
higher honors.
But there were others who insisted
that this was all the bunk" that
Borah could carry Idaho for anything,
and that while 5000 voters might
ordinarily be a balance of power in
the State, that when they were
brought to the attention of the Ida
hoanS in the way in which they would
be brought during a campaign, the
Idahoans would feel most resentful
and elect him Overwhelmingly.
This gets you right back to Post
master Generals confiden. predic-
ton that Gov. Ross would carry the
State against him.
When the Governor was down here
seeking the retention of the C. c. C.
camps in force, their political poten-
tiaities were called to his attention.
First he admitted quite frankly that
80 per cent Of the enrolled youngsters
came from New York. Then when he
was asked if it was not true that only
q six months residence was required
TO entitle one to vote, the significance
Of what his interviewer was getting
at dawned upon him, and flushing,
be replied:
Il have never done trick like that
IN my life" He added that there was
no doubt that Senator Eorah could
get anything at the hands of the
Republicans" of the State. This, Of
course, did not clarity the situation.
Some Chumminess, Now.
Incidentally, since the Postmaster
General made his statement about
what the New Deal intended to do to
Senator Borah, the Senator and the
President have gotten to be unusually
good friends. The Senator has been
up to the White House to dine with
him, and stories have been printed
that Mr.. Roosevelt hoped that if he
is defeated it will be by Borah, be-
cause the Senator will carry on his
liberal policies. Further stories
have been printed, seemingly fantas-
tic, that if the Senator doesn't get the
nomination, he will switch to the New
Deal, and land up on either the Su-
preme Court or as Mr.. RooSevelts
Secretary Of State, that he and MIR.
Roosevelt are in agreement as to
whom the enemies of the country are
and are determined that one of the
other Of them will crush them.
Sounds fantastic, but these stories
have been printed and they don't seem
to worry either Mr.. Roosevelt or SEN
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