Evening star., 1942-06-30
By GOULD LINCOLN.

BY GOULD LINCOLN.
When Senator Reed. Repub-
lican, Of Kansas recently threw
his hat in the ring for the Re-
publican gubernatorial nomina-
ton he really stirred the political
cauldron In the Sunflower State.
1t looks today as though the Sen
ator Is likely to be nominated in
the August 4 primary. There are
three other candidates-Andrew
F. Schoeppel, formerly chairman
Of the Kansas Corporation Com
mission, said TO have the backing
of former Gov. ALI M. Landon;
1t. Gov. Carl E. Friend and State
Senator Pete" Skovaard, a farm
er and head OF an anti-AAA
organization.
Senator Reeds term of office
does not expire until January,
1945. If he Is nominated and
elected Governor-if he is nom
mated he has a good chance of
being elected, particularly since
Kansas appears to have swung
back into the Republican column
he will resign as Senator before
he is sworn in as Governor.
For months Senator Reed has
been hitting at racketeering by
some labor leaders. He has in
troduced a number of bills seek
ing to curb them. One purpose
of his move to become Governor
is to better the labor situation in
Kansas. AS Governor he wishes
to help write law to provide for
the filing Of financial and other
reports by unions operating in
Kansas. That is the type of
legislation which labor organiza-
tions have successfully fought In
Washington.
Reed Is Former Governor.
Senator Reed was Governor Of
Kansas in 1929-31. He belongs
to the liberal branch Of the COP
and insists that he has always
been friend Of labor, organized
or unorganized. What he cannot
tolerate, however, is the efforts Of
some union leaders to have or
ganized labor made a privileged
class. he says. Nor can he stand
for the practices that have made
it impossible for a man to work
on war contracts without first
paying a big initiation fee and
joining a union.
The Democratic candidate for
Governor, unless the unexpected
happens, will be William Burke,
who ran two years ago against
Gov. Rather and lost by a few
thousand votes, while Wendell l..
Willkie was carrying the State
against President Roosevelt by
125,000. There were those who
hoped Mr.. Burke would run for
the Senate this year against Sem
ator Capper, Republican. leaving
the Democratic nomination for
Governor open to former Gov.
Harry Woodring. Mr.. Burke de-
cided, however, to have another
try for Governor.
Mr.. Willkie continues his ef-
forts to shake loose the hold
which Thomas E. Dewey ap-
parently has on the Republican
nomination for Governor Of New
York. Without using Mf. Dew
ey's name, Mr.. Willkie speaks
frequently to many different
meetings and organizations,
stressing the need Of electing this
year a Governor Of New York
who is above reproach on foreign
issues, that is not an isolationist
or suspected of ever being one.
The implication Mr.. Willkie con-
veys is that Mr.. Dewey is by no
means above reproach in this re-
spect, though Mr.. Dewey has de-
clared a number Of times that he
is not an isolationist and said
that he approved the resolution
adopted by the Republican Ma
tional Committee In Chicago a
couple Of months ago pledging
the Republican party to support
some form Of international CO.
operation to maintain peace
after the war.
Willkie Keeps Silent
The latest move on the part Of
the anti-Dewey, pro- Willkie peo-
pie in New York Is to launch q
draft Willkie" for Governor pro-
gram. Mr.. Willkie has so far met
this with silence, although he
said not long ago he did not wish
at this time to be a candidate for
any office, certainly not for Gov
ernor. Whether Mr.. Wilkes 81
lence on the proposal is to be
interpreted as assent on his part