Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-05-24 | Page 1 | Woman Mine Operator to Seek Governorship

Woman Mine Operator I To Seek Governorship Josephine Roche Will Run in Colorado as New Deal Democrat WASHINGTON May 24 UP UP- UP M Miss Josephine Roche whose mining operations have hav helped make mak western western west vest em ern history will run for governor of Colorado as a new deal Democrat she revealed today It is Js my tremendous interest in the new deal of President Roosevelt that ca caused ed me to make my decision Miss Roche explained She is in Washington Washing Washing- ton conferring with Democratic leaders lead lead- ors ers from her state She announced the candidacy in a aletter aletter aletter letter to the Colorado state Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic chairman In a few more days she said she will reveal her full lull plat plat- form But I can tell teU you now she said that it will be based upon cooperation cooperation cooperation tion with the recovery recover program and the perfectly wonderful things it has done for Colorado Miss Roche is president of the Rock Rocky Mountain Fuel company largest largest largest larg larg- est independent coal conI mining company i I i 4 ir I 0 4 4 0 i i 0 t 0 0 o. o Josephine Koche toche in Colorado While other mines were suffering strife and engaging In sanguinary sanguinary san san- warfare with their Miss Roche helped her workers unionize union union- ize ize kept their wa wages es high and otherwise otherwise otherwise other other- wise mothered them She will be opposed at the primary election by Governor Edward C. C Johnson seeking reelection