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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...odds favor a substantial Republican victory at the polls this November, in the opinion of Colonel Frank Knox, Chicago newspaper publisher and aspirant for the G. O. P. nomination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frank Knox, Presidential Possibility, Expects Republican Victory in 1936 | 2/14/1936 | See Source »

Commenting on Senator Borah's entry in the Illinois primaries, Knox said, "The whole thing is a joke. Washburn (Robert M. Washburn of Massachusetts, Republican Senatorial nominee in 1934) is the man who put Borah into the Illinois race. We won't have any trouble winning that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frank Knox, Presidential Possibility, Expects Republican Victory in 1936 | 2/14/1936 | See Source »

...Chicago newspaper publisher was undecided whether he would enter any of the other Presidential primaries besides Ohio and his home state. Knox has consistently opposed the New Deal, although he supported the President's early moves towards a balanced budget. He was one of the original anti-New Dealers to attract nation wide attention as a possible Republican nominee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frank Knox, Presidential Possibility, Expects Republican Victory in 1936 | 2/14/1936 | See Source »

...possibility of Governor Talmadge's revolt giving the electoral vote of the South to the Republican party seems remote to Knox, although he said, "I believe that Florida, North Carolina, and Texas are very doubtful at the present time, and that there is a good chance for them to swing to the G. O. P. column in November. Furthermore, although this is just speculation, I believe that Al Smith's speech in Washington lost at least a million votes for Roosevelt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frank Knox, Presidential Possibility, Expects Republican Victory in 1936 | 2/14/1936 | See Source »

...Knox said he favored former Governor Lowdon's plan of subsidies to farmers administered by state agricultural and land grant colleges. He declared that this was the only way to administer agricultural policies without making the farmer subject to bureaucratic centralization at Washington. This plan was originally put forward by Herbert Hoover, speaking at Lincoln, Nebrasks, on January 16 of this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frank Knox, Presidential Possibility, Expects Republican Victory in 1936 | 2/14/1936 | See Source »

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