The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-08

WCES AlS JV COuSluGE pOitAib JktG party in case neither its platform nor its candidate should be satis- factory to him.
 May Make or Break Party
 Through the country Borahs name is one to conjure with at all times and right now there's Q large hunk of sentiment among republi- cans to liberalize their party.
 It is possible to imagine Borah becoming the messiah of his party and 1t is possible to imagine him alarmed near wrecking 1t.
 It Is also possible to imagine
 him fading right out of the pie
 ture and having no influence at all on the political events of 1886.
 Uncertainty here as to just what the republicans will do has
 been both demonstrated and in. creased az . result of Borah's entry.
 Roughly speaking, politicians and others whose opinions are relatively worth having are almost equally divided in guessing as to whether the nominee will be Governor Lam don of Kansas, Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, Borah, or Hoover with slight edge for Landon. B0rah's Given Q Chance
 Touring around among returning senators the other day, this writer found several conceding Borab Q fairly good chance-which may be significant in view of the fact that Washington generally had been thinking Borah was more radical than any man the East would acc cept.
 But most of those who see Borah as . strong possibility say that his nomination would require either the overthrow of the c. o. P.s tltular bosses on the national committee, . sudden con. vlction among party leaders that BOrah Is virtually their only hope of beating Roosevelt, or . dis tinct understanding between Borah and the party's conserva- tive leaders.
 Borah's so-called economic her. esies-his yen for imitation and al. legged fiirtations with the Town- sendites, plus his support of most of the big new deal legislation - hardly qualities him as a buddy of the Liberty Leaguers, the power trust" group. the big industrialists and financiers and others who will provide most of the party's Sinews of war and much of the noise dur ing the campaign.
 Both Parties May Split
 The split in the democratic party between the Roosevelt New Dealers and many of its old line conserva- tives compares with what may occur in the republican party. The differ. ence is that most of the republican liberals checked out from under the Hoover standard in 1882 and that Borah represents the best hope of getting large numbers of them back in 1036.
 Many democratic conservatives gre expected to desert their party this year and Roosevelt must hold most of the liberal or inde. pendent vote to win.
 Republican leaders here for the recent national committee meet. ing were hoping that Borah and Hoover, whose dislike for each other is violent and bitter, will cancel each other of.
 Few of those leaders desired either man as the party candidate. But both Hover and Borah desire to be the dominant powers at that convention and it's not hard to iin- agine a battle between them which will do the party no good
 Hope for G. 0. P. Row
 Democratic strategists are de- pending on c republican family fight which will aid Roosevelt, and they think Hoover and Borah are pro- viding the makings. They would like to see Hoover nominated and hate to sec Borah nominated.
 But they're quite enchanted with Che Idea that thew BOFah," for once determined Co go through with something, and "new Hoover" full Of Delf- righteous desire for vindication, may make . shambles cut of the c. Q. P. show.
 An that's one reason certain willy republicans are taking of bringing out 6 "new man" who might Sup- press party differences = such as Justice Roberts, Justice Stone, or Comptroller General McCari. (Copyright 19Se, NEA Service, Incl