Washington Notes.

UNITED States politics & government, 1933-1945; POLITICAL conventions; POLITICAL campaigns; LANDON, John; GOVERNORS; BORAH, William Edgar, 1865-1940; NOMINATIONS for public office; BIG business; E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.; GENERAL Motors Corp.

Focuses on various political developments in the U.S., with reference to the campaign efforts of Kansas Governor John Landon and Senator William Edgar Borah. Charges made by the partisans of Senator Borah about the affiliations of Landon with big business; Warning given by the Republican official to Landon to call off his association with businessmen, explaining that a delegate-buying scandal, would not only aid Borah in capturing the Cleveland convention, but later would be a potent weapon in the hands of the Democrats; Support extended by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and General Motors Corp. to Landon; Support given by Frank Phillips, the head of Phillips Petroleum, to Landon.