Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-01 | Page 6 | Borah Denies Dodging Ohio

BORAH DENIES DODGING OHIO v WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Feb eb 1 UP UP-Re- UP Re Replying plying to expressed fears tears that he was about to back out of ot the Ohio presidential preference campaign Senator Borah of of Idaho declared emphatically today There Is no change In the Ohio situation The complaint came from George H. H Bender president of the Ohio League of Republican Clubs who following an address at Ohio State university volunteered a prediction that Borah would not file tile for the presidential nomination in Ohio Bender said Republicans in that state were fearful tearful the Idahoan was about to back out and leave them themon on a limb Declining to say what part Bender Ben Ben- der had played playe in his expected plans for seeking an instructed Ohio delegation delegation dele dele- gation Borah orah intimated he had been in touch with the group he had au authorized authorized au- au to take what action they I thought necessary in his interests I am acting in all aU matters on the advice of my friends he said Among these was former United States Senator Roscoe Roscoe- McCullough Bender was not in that group In Ohio McC McCullough llou h derided re reports reports reports re- re ports that ho hB had withdrawn sup sup- port