Show DEMOCRATS IS BACK BAC PORTER IN IOWA Veteran V Politician Poli iCian Probably ably Will Contest Election Election Elec Elec- tion With Brookhart rt DES MOINES Jowa Iowa Ju June 9 CAP AP Io Iowa Iowa a lifted the curtain today upon l Jh the the se setting for Its third hird s senatorial sena sena- na- na tonal c campaign in lri five ye years rs and found the scene analogous to those of ot 1 1922 22 and 1924 Playing the Republican lead tead forthe for forthe forthe the third irne in as s many cam campaigns cam cam- Col Colonel Colnel Smith W W. Bro Brookhart f while strivIng with him for Novembers November's curtain call Cl Claude ClaudeR ude R n. Porter Porter y y veteran fer ri Democrat hoped t tot benefit by bi the same Republican deffe deflections from Brookhart which narrowed ve the colonels colonel's vf victorious torl us margin in 1922 1022 and resulted In his bis une unseating ting by Dan Van F. F Democrat Democrat Demor Demo Demo- crat r f as an an outcome of the the 1924 election P Porter Perter rl r lad had iad more than 4 40 p per r cent of the ot the total Democratic vote with three quarters quarters e-quarters of ot the returns re rep re- re p ported His nearest opponents J. J Ray tay Files FUes and Jam James Murtagh have not conceded his nomination State law hrar requires the nominee to poll 35 p per r cent ent o of the party v vote t In 1960 precincts out of 2447 Porter Porter Por Por- ter h had d Files MUrtagh MUr MUr- agh and George ceorge orge Finch Br Brookhart's plurality neared 70 j In 2362 precincts which gave av Brookhart 2 Cummins Clark Eickelberg and nd Reardon The Democratic hope of defeating Brookhart r ok art rt despite despitE Iowa's normally Continued on page 5 15 5 DEMOCRATS BACK PORTER IN IOWA Continued from page 1 large Republican majority Is based upon such support for Porter as the Democratic candidate against Brookhart got from an organized group of ot Republicans in 1922 and from the Republican state committee committe commit commit- te tee itself through h its repudiation of Brookhart's candidacy in 1924 when was adjudged by the senate to have been elected NO INTIMATION Republican leaders have given no intimation of at th their ir attitude toward Brookhart Drook art In the coming campaign but Senator A. A B B. B Cummins has In Intimated Intimated intimated In- In that he will wIn not run independently Independently Independently Inde Inde- and Howard J. J Clark third In the Republican primary has indicated that Brookhart can have his support Chairman Burt B. B Burnquist of the state central committee said the Brookhart vote was a rt reprimand to the administration for not interestIng interestIng interest- interest Ing l g itself in a a. satisfactory farm relief relict re re- re- re lief program |