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Agog at this sensational split in the Townsend high command, Washington newshawks began to spout "real reasons" for the break. It was variously reported that Co-Founder Clements had quit because: 1) Dr. Townsend had upset his political plans by endorsing Senator Borah for President; 2) Dr. Townsend had seized control of the organization by packing its board of directors; 3) Dr. Townsend's attorney, Sheridan Downey, EPIC candidate for Lieutenant Governor of California in 1934, had weaned the gentle oldster away from his partner in order to further his own ambitions for California's governorship...
California's newspapers were last week filled with accounts of strange political tribes: the Roosevelts, the Sinclairs, the McGroartys; the Hoovers, the Landons, the Borahs. The final hour was at hand to file slates of delegates for California's Presidential primaries to be held May 5. Shortly before it struck came a news flash from Topeka, Kans., bringing Governor Alfred Mossman Landon's last word: He would "neither approve nor repudiate" the slate of delegates named for him. It was followed by a flash from Washington. Senator William Edgar Borah, who, ever since the opening...
...support such an uninstructed delegation. Believing there was hope for Landon in the primary, the Master of San Simeon put pressure on Kansas' Governor to run in California. In a spot was Mr. Landon. To run would offend the Hoovers, would expose Landon to possible defeat by Borah, who had the support of many a follower of Senator Hiram Johnson, would cause Landon to be labeled the Hearst candidate-a label that Governor Landon has been trying to avoid since last December when William Randolph Hearst in his private car rode uninvited into Topeka and publicly put his hand...
Second result of the new Landon movement was that Carl Bachmann, Senator Borah's manager, seeing there would be an opportunity to force the Kansas Governor to a fight, announced that his candidate would enter in California. Presently Senator Borah himself said he was not sure whether he would enter. Meanwhile Borah supporters, including many Johnson men, applied for the necessary papers, circulated nominating petitions, set to work on a slate of delegates. Not until the last day did Senator Borah decide. That he could not spare two weeks to stump California was the reason he gave...
...Syracuse, 74-year-old William Eugene ("Pussyfoot") Johnson, famed Anti-Saloon Leaguer, heartily endorsed Senator William Edgar Borah's candidacy for the Republican Presidential nomination but declared he would make no speeches for the Idaho Dry because: "The more I make, the wetter the country gets...