Evening star., 1936-06-04
Idaho Senator Urged to Turn
Guns Upon Governor, Now
Regarded as Victor in
First BaIIoting.
Ex-PRESIDENT'S SPEECH
TO AVOID PERSONALITIES
Brown Launches Boom for Taft
fer Vice President, With Ohio
Delegations Immediate Turn
to Kansan a Matter of Con.
lecture.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN,
Staff Correspondent of The Star.

OldH Correspondent OF ne star.
CLEVEAND, Ohio, June 4.-Hoover
forces stepped more actively INTO the
picture today in the "stop-Landon'
movement.
Friends Of the former President. It
was learned. are seeking to persuade
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho
to turn his guns directly upon the
Kansas Governor. They have pointed
out to Borah supporters that the
Idaho Senator might well call atten-
ton to the fact that J. Henry Rora-
back. Republican old guard boss OF
Connecticut. has declared for Landon.
ROraback has been the target of
Borah during the pre- convention
campaign on the ground that ne rep
resented corporate and monopolistic
interests.
Lawrence Richey, secretary to Hoo
yer when he was President. and
Walter F. Hope, came to Cleveland
last night and were guests of Joseph
r. Mutt, treasurer of the Republican
National Committee during the
Hoover regime.
Hoover Speaks Wednesday.
Mr.. Hoover himself is to address
the national convention next Wednes-
day He will confine himself to dis
cussing the platform and national
issues and will make no personal at
tack on Landon, it is said. The former
President will arrive here Wednesday
morning and speak in the afternoon.
leaving that night for New York.
Borah is expected here Saturday or
Sunday He is not a delegate to the
convention and unless he is especially
invited by the convention to address
the delegates it is questionable whether
he could obtain the floor He might,
however, issue a statement assailing
the Kansas Governor OF speak over
the radio. if he desired to do so.
Walter F. Brown, national commit
teeman for Ohio, was busy today
launching a boom for Robert A. Taft,
favorite son candidate, for the Vice
Presidential nomination. The AZ dele
gates from Ohio instructed for Taft
for President will vo.e for him on the
first ballot. What they will do on the
second ballot may depend upon what
showing Landon makes on the first
ballot. If the Kansan has huge vote,
as is now expected, most of the Taft
Ohio delegates are expected to shift
Immediately to Landon. If Landon's
vote is not so impressive, they will
hang on to Taft for while, it is said.
LandOn Near Victory.
The roll Of the Landon bandwagon
is drowning out the plants of other
aspirants for the nomination as the
convention preliminaries progress.
Within the last "a hours the
rush to back the Kansas Governor
has assumed major proportions. The
croWning touch was the action of
the Republican State Convention Of
Indiana, which strongly Endorsed Lam
don for President and instructed the
States four delegates at large to the
Republican National Convention to
vote for the Kansan.
And now comes assurance from Col.
R. B. Creager, Republican national
committeeman for Texas, that the
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probably will be voted for Landon on
the first ballot, under the unit rule.
AS he put it, the majority of the
Texas delegation favors Landon, and
with the unit rule clamped on, the
whole outfit will cast its votes for
the Kansas Governor.
First Ballot Certainty.
Coming within a short time after
Roraback had announced that Con-
necticut's 10 delegates would vote
for Landon, these further accessions
of strength have not only made his
nomination practically certain, but
certain on the first ballot.
The Kansas delegation has been
called to meet here tomorrow, to be-
come active in the interests of Landon.
The delegation may caucus immedi-
ately and pick its member Of the plat
form and other committees of the
convention. William Allen White has
frequently been mentioned as Kansas
probable representative on the Plat
form Committee.
John Hamilton, Landon's manager,
replying today TO questions whether
Gov. Landon would make any further
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