The Washington times., 1936-06-05
LAND0N BOOM
GROWING AS
FOES RAGE
Continued from Page u

calling, "all aboard"
But it will be no easy victory
in some ways. The comparative
ease with which the Kansan has
glided within striking distance OF
the goal has only served to
intensity the efforts Of his opposi-
ton to defeat him. This opposi-
ton. conferred mainly in Senator
Borah and Col. Frank Knox OF
Chicago has just begun to fight.
Most of Landon's supporters and
most of the unbiased political oo-
servers in Cleveland believe it IS
a futile fight, but it is a fight.
Governor Landon was under fire
today from both the Borah and
Knox camps.
G. OIL Fund Misuse Charged
Senator Borah had two barrels
to his gun. First, he charged the
Republican National Committee
with improperly spending funds to
defeat him in Ohio, where a favor
tie son, Robert A. Taft, son OF
the former President, won most OF
the delegates. Second, through
his campaign manager, Bach
mann, former Republican whip OF
the House, he caused to be issued
a statement branding Governor
Landon as friend Of the New
Deal"
Bachmann's statement reminded
Republicans that very probably
the platform of the Republican
party will be basically anti-New
Deal" Such being the case, he
added, why nominate candidate
who is not in a position to wage
a vigorous campaign against the
fundamental principles of the New
Deal2"
Pursuing this line Of reasoning,
Bachmann proceeded to quote ex-
tracts from number of Governor
Landon's public statements anent
Roosevelt'S policies - statements
that approved rather than con-
demned.
Quotes Landcn Letter
For example, he quoted Cover
nor Landon as saying on May FL,
1884. ut would be good business
in my opinion for Kansas to Dor
row every cent it can get under
the Public Works Administration"
And on May Is, 1884: I'VE will
take all the money we can get
from the Federal Government. ="
And earlier, on April II, 1884, the
Borah campaign manager quoted
from a letter Governor Landon
wrote to President Roosevelt him
self, in which he said:
"Civil works program (CWA)
is one of the SOundeSt, most
constructive policies of your Ad-
ministratiOn, and / cannot urge
too strongly its continuance"
The Civil Works Administration
was discontinued by the Roosevelt
Administration, in the face of
much criticism, not long after this
letter was written, and there was
substituted in its stead, the Works
Progress Administration (WPA)
which has been under steady Re
publican fire since it's inception,
Election Main Point
In the face of these quotations
said Bachmann, why nominate the
Kansas governor, assuming that
the Republican candidate and the
Republican platform are to be
definitely anti-New Deal. He
added:
"It seems incOnceivable for
the Republican party to write a
platform suitable to Republicans
and JeffersOnian Democrats
and then nominate an avOwed
friend of the New Deal to run
upon it.
"The foremost question con-
fronting the Republican party
today is, not who can be nOmi-
mated, but who can be elected"
On behalf of Colonel Knox
former Senator George H. Moses
of New Hampshire declared him
self unimpressed by the apparent
delegate strength of Governor
Landon.
From time to time, Moses has
declared that Colonel KnoX'S dele
gate strength on the first ballot
will be approximately Is per cent
of the convention, or around Isl
votes. He has never specified just
where these delegates are to come
from, but he has been insistnt
that they were there. He said
"The Knox strength is scat
tered through majority Of the
States, and in a majority of the
States which we have checked
and tabulated, he has a ma
jOrity of their delegations"
Pressed for details as to JUS
where the Knox strength lay
Moses said:
1--WE have no intention of ex-
posing our friends. We know
who they are, where they are,
and we know where they will be
steadfaSt."