Show I HOOVER DRIVE TO HEAD NEW TICKET OPENS Announcement of Candidacy for Is I Made by Brown WORKERS GET BUSY j J Local Conditions ns in Each State to Be Met Br By Associated Press Frus v WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Jan 14 14 Postmaster ter General Brown announced today that President Hoover was a candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date for on the Republican Republican lican Hcan ticket The postmaster general who in political po circles is considered the most likely successor to Sen Senator Sentor tor Fess as chairman of the Republican national committee said that local conditions would be met in each state as to methods methods meth meth- of entering the presidents president's name in the races for delegates The only onh way President Hoover can be he said is to get delegates to lo the convention There are about 20 or 30 different methods by which these del delegates gates are arc selected and the presidents president's friends will conform conform con form to these methods in the different different differ ent states He said no decision had been reached as to whether Mr Hoovers Hoover's Hoovers Hoover's Hoo- Hoo vers ver's name would be entered in the North Dakota primary on March 15 No uNo decision will be reached in these matters until the time comes for action he said When that time comes prompt action will be taken FOES ARE ARC BUSY Meanwhile the Hoover anti forces are arc bus busy The Republican independents independents independents dents in the senate are still confident that Hiram Johnson of California will get into the race Senators Nye Nyc and Frazier of North Dakota have invited Johnson to run in the March 15 primary prImar of that state stale One worry of ot the Hoover anti group is the fact that the delegates to be chosen by primaries arc are far short of ofa a majority of the convention It is estimated that only between and of ot the 1100 delegates are chosen in primaries Thus if a candidate in opposition to the president should carry every primary he would still have to have support from the convention con trolled states to hope for tor a majority Senator Borah of ot Idaho who has been mentioned frequently in the speculation of the Hoover anti group as a possible opponent of the president president president dent said smilingly when hen informed of the primary plans of the Hoover group I 1 have suspected all aU along he would be a candidate DECLINES COMMENT Borah declined to sa say whether he thought the president would be re re- nominated The Brown announcement however however how how- ever puts Mr Hoover into the field alone and gives the president the jump on his hesitating opponents The first primary to be held is the New Hampshire vote on March 8 8 Sena Senator tor Moses of New Hampshire sa says s 's the president has that primary assured |