The Washington times., 1936-06-18
CLEAN SWEEP
IS PREDICTED
FOR KANSAN
9. 0. P. Chief Dares
Farley to Pick Six
States for Roosevelt
BY KENNETH T. DOWNS

BY KENNETH I. DOWNS
NEW YORK, June Is G.N.SO.
Boldly predicting that Governor
Alfred M. Landon will sweep the
nation in November, John D. M.
Hamilton, red-headed chairman of
the Republican national commit
tee, today challenged James A. Far
ley to pick six States. now, which
he thinks President Roosevelt will
carry. Hamilton said:
"Jim Farley would have q
harder time picking six States
now than 1 wOuld-even with
his southern bloc. In fact, I'd
like to see Farley try to pick six
States now.
I'VE are going to carry the
East. / mean that. Everything
from Kansas north and east
and up through New England.
We are also going to carry Okla
hOma and Nebraska and Mis-
souri,; don't forget that. And
the Rocky Mountain States and
at least two on the Pacific
Coast.
You haven't seen anything
like those Western States since
the nomination of Governor
Landon and Mr.. Knox. Boy,
I'm telling you, they're on fire."
TO ADDRESS G. O.P.
Hamilton arrived here from To-
peka by plane late last night. He
came to fire his opening campaign
volley at a Republican dinner at
the Hotel AStor next Monday
night. He came early so that he
could take in the Louis-Schmeling
fight at the Yankee Stadium to-
night.
Hamilton said no date has yet
been fixed for the formal cere-
mony of notifying Governor Ian
don of his nomination. He said
the governor would set the time.
He confirmed reports that Repub-
lican headquarters for the Eastern
section will be in New York, with
Representative Joseph Martin, of
Massachusetts, as regional direc-
tor. Miss Natalie Couch, of New
York, will head the women'S divi-
sion.
The chairman said he personally
will be in charge of general head
quarters in Chicago.
Hamilton declined to comment
on Father Coughlin's threat Of a
third party movement.
A conference on party finances
is scheduled for 4::30 p. m. today,
after which he will hold a press
conference, Hamilton said.
Gen. Hugh johnson, former Ad-
ministration bigwig, arrived at
Newark airport from Washington
in a plane just ahead of Hamil-
toms. Asked how he was betting
on the November election he said:
'T'm p licking Roosevelt
mean Farley. Give, my love to
Mr.. Hamilton"
AppriSed of Johnson's felicita-
tions and prediction, Hamilton
grinned and said:
"That was nice of the General.
But he's all wet on his bet"
TOPEKA, Kan, June 18 Q.N.S0.
Governor Alfred M. Landon, the G..
o. P. presidential nominee, today
began clearing his desk for a va
cation in Estes Park, Colo, pre-
paratory to the opening of an
early campaign.
All indications were that the
party leaders, including Landon
and Col. Frank Knox, favor re-
leasing the opening barrage at
least a month earlier than prece-
dent demands.
Colonel Knox will deliver his
first campaign speech in Manches-
ter, N. H., June "a. John Hamil-
ton, national chairman, will fire
a blast at the Roosevelt Admin
istration two days sooner when
he speaks over a national radio
hookup next Monday from New
York city at a dinner sponsored
by the party's finance committee.
The Kansas chief executive
hopes to leave next Tuesday on a
vacation which is to extend
through the Fourth of July.
A tentative plan calls for the
governor opening his campaign
early in August at West Middlesex,
Pa, his birth place. He would i'm
mediately invade western New
York State, swing back through
the Middle West to Kansas, pause
there for several days, then begin
his campaign on the Pacific Coast.
With a return trip through the
central States, the campaign