Show LORAH 1 ORAH LAUNCHES BATTLE FOR LIBERAL GOP G OP Idaho Republican Makes Firm Bid For Nomination Senator Pledges Strong Convention Fight for Platform Changes and May Support Support Support Sup Sup- port Candidate Other Than E Self lf By Associated Press William E. E Borah entered the 1936 political contest today with a demand for a liberal Republican candidate which projected the veteran himself as a major G. G O. O P. P presidential possibility The senator pledged his efforts efforts efforts' efforts efforts' ef ef- ef- ef forts forts' to a convention of liberal lib lib- lib lib- ral eral delegates which will write a liberal platform and name a a a. liberal candidate H He promised promised promised prom prom- cooperation with liberal forces choosing to pledge I the delegates to me Simultaneously the thel Borah move began in inMa Massachusetts in Robert M. M Washburn announced announced announced an an- plans to rep replace ace a ticket of delegates pledged to the Idahoan in the spring maries manes The circulation of Borah nominating petitions in Wisconsin Wis Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- already was planned The move was in contrast to toa a belief held by some prominent prominent prominent nent Republicans that convention convention convention conven conven- tion delegations should be un- un instructed WASHINGTON ASHINGTON v Dec 20 UP Sen sen p-sen-I Sen- Sen Continued on Pace lago 2 2 Column G 0 6 c I I Senator Borah Liberal Republican publican R Party I ITo To Be Fought For by Borah Continued from Page Fat One ator Borah of at Idaho formally d de declared de- de dared today hI his 1936 objective was wasa a liberal Republican platform and said ho he would cooperate fully with plans of any progressive group endeavoring endeavoring en en- to line up convention delegates delegates del del- to his own candidacy Devote My Iy Efforts' Efforts My primary objective Borah said in a formal statement is a convention of liberal delegates which will write a a liberal platform and name a liberal candidate To that end I shall devote my efforts If in any state or district the liberal forces think it will help the liberal cause to pledge the delegates to me I shall cooperate fully with that plan If It however it Is thought better betterto to pledge the delegates delegate to some other other other oth oth- er liberal I shall cooperate just as fully In other words word inflexible as to the objective flexible as to the tactics Liberal Principles Principles' Borah added that as u he saw the political situation in this country A man would be seeking political immolation to take a nomination upon any other than a liberal plat plat- form So the first thing to todo do he said is to get a convention committed to liberal principles So f far as my efforts efforts efforts ef ef- ef- ef forts count I am not going to permit personal matters either my own or those of others to interfere with the main purpose In handling his brief statement to toan toan toan an interviewer Senator Borah indicated indicated indi hull this would be as near to a formal announcement of his candidacy candidacy candidacy can can- as he would make mako before the Republican convention meets meet at Cleveland June Juno 9 Borah has under consideration a host of requests for tor speeches in the east middle west vest and south He said today he probably would make several speeches in the near future but would not let this activity Interfere interfere interfere inter inter- fere with his congressional duties He tentatively has promised to tomake tomake tomake make speeches in Cleveland and Raleigh N. N C. C Two Republicans from Wisconsin Wiscon Wiscon- sin after conferring with the Idaho man made an announcement last night that aroused much political interest They said he ho had O. O Kd a proposed drive to elect a Borah- Borah president for delegation to represent represent sent Wisconsin at the Republican national convention and that they wera going home immediately to circulate nominating petitions When reporters questioned Borah about this ho he said I r told them that whatever they did along that line I r would stand in with them His two visitors visitor State Senator Philip E. E Nelson of Maple Wis Wb and former ormer State Senator Bernhard Gettelman of Milwaukee Mn said It was fitting that their projected ted Borah- Borah president for o 0 organization r g a ani ni x za a t tl I o 0 n be formed In Wisconsin because the Republican party was born in Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- cons in and at this time should houTe be bereborn bereborn bereborn reborn th there re This recalled Borah's known hopes to see the Republican party liberalized There has been much speculation as to whether the tho real objective he hopes to attain is the nomination or a party liberalization liberalization liberalization tion which would relegate the so so- called old guard to the sidelines He has said only that ho has an objective for 1936 He Is known to have definite ideas as to the course the party should take and has haa been calling for a knockdown fight against monopoly Whatever his ultimate aim some observers considered last nights night's devel developments developments de de- de- de vel a. a as equivalent to an announcement announcement announcement an an- that his hat was in the ring Borah told reporters reporter that Nelson and Gettelman had suggested a campaign for a delegation representing representing the liberal forces in the party out there and in my name He Ho had agreed he be said laid to go along with them The two visitors said they came here at their oWn own expense and had hadnot hadnot hadnot not talked over the idea with Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican leaders In Wisconsin Early this week Mrs Harry Thomas W Wisconsin's Republican national committeewoman said she believed the states state's delegation would be uninstructed Picturing Borah a as as' the Ideal candidate candidate candidate can can- Nelson and Gettelman said in their statement that the people people peo pea pie are opposed to a bureaucratic form torm of government on the one hand and on the other are opposed to the Hoover Hoover- Hoover Mellon rellon erty crowd dominated I Street by 7 WU Because of that they said tithe the Republican candi candidate ate should be o on one one- who believes in live and nd let live WhO is in sympathy with social security for tor all all in the protection of Ae t ican lean agriculture and industry w wh wb Is opposed to tampering with th constitution and who Is in with the veterans 8 |