Evening star., 1936-08-08

ing much hope of third party victory.
Former Friend of Roosevelt.
Col. Breckenridge, now Smelling the
administration with everything in his
arsenal, used to be a close friend OF
Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was AS
sistant Secretary of War when Mr..
Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of
the Navy. They were members Of
Woodrow Wilson'S little cabinet
During his later years of practice as
New York attorney, Col. Breckenridge
has shifted steadily to the right, like
Newton D. Baker, and has become the
national standard bearer of the old.
line. dissenting faction of the Demo-
Gratis.
1t was only eight years ago that Col.
Breckenridge led the American fencing
team in the OlympicS. Fencing has
been one of his main side-lines, al
though recently he has been buster
with the broadsword and the shillalah.
However his tierce and riposte are still
fast, and he has pinked, if not evls-
cerated, quite a lot of New Deal ogres.
In the primaries, he contested against
President Roosevelt, unsuccessfully, in
four States.
Willing to Try New Things.
In 1904. he jockeyed Santos-Dumont's
primitive dirigible periously over New
York City-a vehicle even more wobbly
and unmansgeable than a third party.
1t shows his willingness to try some
thing new, in spite Of being a con-
Servative. He continued his interest in
aviation and that is how he became
Charles A. Lindbergh's lawyer, through
the tragic episodes of recent years.
He is of mellow and ancient Ken
lucky Democratic tradition. with
Harvard, Princeton and silk-stocking
embellishments. and he is descendant
of Thomas Jefferson. He began his
law practice at Lexington, KY. He
voted for Herbert Hoover in 1928 and
recently indorsed Gov. Landon.
Curly-haired John Edward Love-
lock, the New Zealand lad who wins
the 1,500-neter run at Berlin, says
this was probably his last race. At
26 he will retire from the track to
finish his medical studies in London.
His world record for the mile, when
he beat Bill Bonthron in 1888 in
4:07.6, was merely incidental to the
needs of the occasion. He never runs
for a record and his only idea is to
beat the other chap in any particular
race. He figures on saving up energy.
and so years of stored-up speed went
into that last amazing 300-meter
sprint at Berlin, with which he fin
ished in the lead.
He was born in New Zealand and
entered Exeter College. oxford. as
Rhodes scholar He was graduated
in 1884 Word is just sitting through
that he is a handy boxer. having re-
Gently Won the inter-hospital feather
weight championship for st. hIary's
Hospital, London, where he is an in
terne. He weighs in at l26.
The freCkle-faced, red headed
young New Zealander Just about heads
the Olympic class for good sportsman
ship and nice sense of proportion.
He thinks sport is something 10 get
fun out of and not necessarily an ap-
premiership for war, politics or vaude-
vile.
Not only at Berlin, but at home as
we'll, dark-skinned runners streak
over the horizon. Never in any cleo
ton, say the political experts, have
negro voters come so near to holding
a balance of power.
At Chicago Representative Mitchell
and former Representative De Priest
stand at the voting fulcrum, and party
bosses of both sides court their favor.
In St. Louis Frank S. BledSoe, Negro
justice Of the peace, leads thousands
Of his race in bolt to the Demo-
Gratis, according to a current news
dispatch. Negroes are making new
political equations in New York,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri,
Pennsylvania and Michigan.
In New York State the Republicans
pick Francis E. Eivers, a clever Har-
lem lawyer, as director and organizer
of the Negro voters campaign in the
East. He is a former assemblyman.
having defeated a veteran white in
cumbent in 1929. He is an alumnus
of Yale College and Columbia Uni
versity Law School, practicing in Har-
lem.
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