Evening star., 1936-02-05
NOX|SEXPECTED
TOENGAGE b0RAH
IN OHIO PRIMARY
Chicagoan Not Inclined to
Let Buckeye Delegates
Go by Default.
CINCINNATI POWWOW
is SET FOR TOMORROW
Landon's Intentions About Elec.
tion May IL Still Are Secret,
but He Has Month Yet.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

ooSLD AAlN$oA4~s
Since Senator Borah's definite an
nouncement that he will enter the
Ohio primary for delegates to the
Republican National Convention, it is
expected that a similar announce
ment will come tomorrow from Col.
Frank Knox, publisher of the Chicago
Daily News.
Col. Knox, who is to speak in Gin
cinnati tomorrow, also will confer
there with Clarence j. Brown and
other supporters and come to posi-
tive conclusion on his Ohio course. He
has strong support in the State, it is
said, and already has an organization
of some proportions. He is not in
clined to let the State go by default
to the Idaho Senator.
What Gov Alf NJ Landon of Kansas
will decide about Ohio is not finally
known. He has until March 13, the
last date for filing in the State, to
make up his mind. There has been
an impression, however. that he would
keep out of Ohio and some of the
OIHeT PRIMARY OIdUcS.
First Round Is in That State.
The Borah announcement last
night blew the lid off the situation in
Ohio. It makes that State immedi-
ately a most important battle-ground
in the pre-convention fight for the
Republican nomination.
Ohio leaders had planned to send
a delegation pledged to favorite-son
be in a position to swing to more
formidable candidate later. The an
nouncement of Borah, followed by
the statement of friends of Col. Knox
that the Illinois publisher would ac-
cept the challenge, seems to have up
set these plans for the harmonious
choice of delegates.
If Knox and other aSpirants for the
presidential nomination do not enter
the primary, there still would be a
chance for the original scheme
In any case, it looks now as if
the presidential candidacy Of Sen
ator Borah is in for very definite
test in the Ohio primary, which falls
or May IL.
Hoover Took Chance.
In 1928 Herbert Hoover risked a
lot on his entry into the Ohio pri-
mary, after the late Senator Frank B.
Willis hao been selected as a favorite-
son candidate. When Hoover's friends
in Ohio learned definitely that Willis
intended to hold the delegation in
line for himself after the first ballot
or two, the jig was up, and Hoover
entered the race for delegates there.
Willis died before the primary and
Hoover got the delegation. The prob
abilities are he would have had the
delegation in any event, for he was
strongly supported by many leading
Republicans in the State.
Borah on the other hand, must rely
almost entirely on the rank and file
of the voters Former Senator Nc
Culloch and a few other leaders are
lined up for him, but the great pre-
ponderance of the organization has
been opposed both to his entry into
the primary and to his candidacy.
Republican members of Congress ex-
pressed regret that Borah had seen
fit to throw himself into the Ohio pri-
mary. They feared it would bring a
fight for delegates that might leave
scars. The Republicans have been
particularly hopeful that they will
carry Ohio next Fall.
Democrats Welcome Fight.
Democrats, on the other hand, well
coined the news about Borah. They
have been none to sanguine over the
Ohio situation, and figure that if the
Republicans get into a row there it
will be to their advantage. Democrats
also have had their factional troubles
in the State.
Brown, one of the hackers of Col.
Knox in Ohio, is a former Lieutenant
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