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6 THE. SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 29, 1924—PART 1. Platform Avoids Mention of Ku Klux Klan; Provides Plebiscite on League Planks Strike G.O.P. ‘Corruption’ As Dominant Issue of Campaign Pledge for Philippine Independence Given—Tariff Freight Rate Cut Promised. Br the Assnciated Prees NEW YORK. June 28 —The text of the planforin submitted to the Dem- ceratic national convention by Ms res olutions committee follows . We the representatives of Democratic party. in national c vention assembled. pay our profo homage to-the memory of Woodrow Wilson. Our hearts are filled with gratitude that American democrucy should have produced thix man, whose spirit and influence will live on; through the ages: and that ft was our privilege to have co-operated with him In the advancement of ideals of ®overnment which will serve as an example and inspiation for this and future generations. We atfirm our abiding faith in those ideals, and Ppledge ourselves 1o take up the stand- ard which he bore and to strive f the full triumph of the princ demucracy to whieh he dedicated his e. DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES. The Denocratic party believes in equal rights toall and speciul privilege to none. The Republican party holds th&t spectal privi are essential 10 national proxperity It believes that national prosperity must orlginate with the spectal interests and s down through the channels of trade 10 the less favored industries, to the Wage earners and small-salaried em ployes It has accordingly enthroned privilege and nurtured selfishness The Republican party Is concerned chiely with material things: the Democratic party is concerned chiefly " with "human rights. The masses, burdened by dizcriminat- Ing laws and unjust administra- tion, are demanding relief. he favored special interests, fep- reserted by the Republican party. contented with their unjust privileges, are demanding that no change be made. The Democratic party stands for remedial legislation und progress The Republican party stunds still COMPARISUN OF PARTIES: We urge the American people to| compare the record of elght unsuilied | years of Democratic adininistration with that of the Republican adminis- tration. In the former there was no corruption. Purty pledges were (aith- fully fulfilled. and a Democratic Con- BTess enacted an extraordinary num- ber of constructive and remedial laws The cconomic life of the natlon was quickened. Tariff taxes were reduced A federal trude commission was cre- ated. A federal farm lvan system was established. Child labor legisia- tion was enacted. A good roads bill was passed. _Eight-hour laws were adopted. A Secretary of Labor was given a seat in the cabinet of the President. The Clayton amendment to the Sherman anti-trust act was passed, freeing American labor and taking it from the category of commoditier By the Smith-Lever bill improvement of agricultural conditions was'® effected A corrupt practices act was adopted A well-considered warehouse act was passed. Federal employment bureaus were created. farm loan banks were organized and the federal reserve sys. tem was established. Privilege was uprooted. Corrupt Lobby Driven Out. A corrupt lobby was driven from the National Capitol. A higher sense of individual and national duty was aroused. America enjoyed an unpre- cedented period of social and maurlg intervene 'S Pprogress. During the time which between the inauguration of a Demad- cratic administration on March 4, 1913, and our entrance into the world war we placed upon the statute books of our country more effective, cor structive and remedial legislatio than the Republican party had placed there In a generation During the great struggle which followed we had a leadership that carried America to greater heights of honor and power and glory than she had ever known before In her entire history. Transition from this period of Dem- ocratic exalted leadership to the sor- did record of the last three and a halt years makes the nation ashamed, [t marks the contrast between a high conception of public service and an avid purpose td distribute spolls. Republiean Inefieiency and Corruption Never betore in our history has the government been so tainted by cor- ruption, and never has an administra- tion so utterly failed. The nation has been appalled by the revelations of political depravity which have char- acterized the conduct of public af- fairs. We arraign the Republican party for attempting to limit inquiry into" official delinquencies, and to impede, if not to frustrate, the in- vestigations to which, in the begin- ning, the Republican party and lead- ers assented, but which later they regarded with dismay. These inves- tigations sent the former Secretary of the Interior to Three Rivers in dis- grace and dishonor. These investigations revealed the incapacity and indifference to public obligation of the Secretary of the Navy, compelling him, by force of pudlic opinion. to quit the cabinet. These investigations confirmed the general impression as to the unfit- ness of the Attorney General by ex- posing an official situation and per- sonal contacts which shocked the conscience of the nation and com- pelled his dismissal from the cabinet. These investigations disclosed the ap palling conditions of the Veterans' Bureau, with its fraud upon the gov- ernment and its cruel neglect of the sick and disabled soldiers of the world war. These investigations re- vealed the criminal and fraudulent nature of the oil leases, which caused the Congress, despite the indifterence of the executive, to direct recovery of the public domain and the prose- cution of the criminal. Unable to Govern Itself. Such are the exigencies of partisan politics that Republican leaders are teaching the strange doctrine public censure should be directed against those who expose crime rather than against criminals who have committed the offenses. 1f only three cabinet -officers out of ten are dirgraced, the country is asked to marvel at how many are free from taint. Long boastful that the only party “fit to govern. the Republican party has proven it fhability to govern even itself. It is at war with itself. As an ageney of government it has ceased to func- tion. This natiow cannot afford to intryst its welfare to a politcal or- ganization that gannot master itself, or to an executive whose policies have been rejected by his own party. To retain in power an administration of this character would inevitably result in four years more of contin- ued disorder, internal dissension and governmental inefficiency. A vote for Coolidge is & vote for chaos! ; ASSUES: The dominant issues of the cam- paign are created by existing condi- ton: Dishonesty, discrimination, extrav- agance and _g:‘mmw exist in government. 6 burdens of taxa: tion have become unbearable. Dis- tress and bankruptcy in agriculture, the basic industry of our country, is aftécting _the happiness and pro: perity of the whole people. The 2&? cost of nvh‘_h uning hard- and unrest. slowing down of Industry is adding fo-the general gistrgss. The tariff, the destruction Assailed—Farm of our forelgn ma.bats and the high cost of transpo n are taking the profit out-of tture, mining and other raw Yiw-ly industries Large standing armles and the cost of preparing for war still cast their burdens upon humanity. These con- d'tions the exis‘jag Republican ad- ministration ha: proven Itself un- willing or unatéa “o redress. The Democra‘ts %arty pledges itself to the followlns. pregram: HONEAT GOVERNMENT: We pledge the Democratic party to drive from public places all who make barter of our national henor, its re- sources or the administrition of its laws: to punish those guilty of these offenses. To put “sene but honest in public office: ta yractice economy in the ex- penditure ~f public money: to rever- ence and -awpect the rights of all under th pystitution To co~demn and _destro ment by .ne spy and the blackmailer ® as by this Republican adm was hoth encouraked and practiced. TARIFF AND TAXATION, The Fordney-McCumber tariff act 1s the most unjust, unscientific and dishonest tariff tax measure ever en- acted in our history. It isclass legi lation. vehich defrauds all the people for the henefit of a f it heav! increascs the cost of living. penalizes agriculture, corrupts the government. fosters paternalism and, in the long run, dres not benefit the very inter- ests far which it was enacted We denounce the Republican tariff taws, which are written in great part in aig of manopolies and thus prevenr that reasonable exchange of com- modities which would enable foreign countries to buy our surplus agri- cultural and manufactured products with resultant benefit to the tollers and producers of America. Trade In- terchanke, on the basis of reciprocal advantages to the countries partici- puting. s a time-honored doctrine of Democratic faith. We declare our party’s position to be in favor of a tax on commodities entering the cu toms houses that will promote ef- fective competition, protect against monopoly and at the same time pro- duce a fair revenue to support the government Unselentific Taxntion. | The greatest contributing factor in | the increase and unbalancing of prices Is unscientific taxation. After having increased taxation and the cost of living by $2.000,000.000, under the Fordney-McCumber tariff, all that the Republican party could sug- gest in the way of relief was a cut of $300,000,000 in direct taxes, and that was to be given principaily to those with the largest incomies. Al- though there was no evidence of a lack of capital for investment to meet the present requirements of all legitimate industrial enterprises, and although the farmers and general consumers were bearing the brunt of tariff favors already granted to spe- cial interests, the administration was unable to devise any plan except,one to krant further aid to the few. For- tunately, this plan of the administra- tion, and, under Democratic 'leader- ship aided by progressive Republi- cans, a ' more equitable one w agopted. which reduces direct taxes by _about :$50,000,000. The issue between the President and the Democratic party is not one of tax reduction or.of the conserva- tion of capital. It i& an issue of a relative burden of taxation and of the distribution of capital as affected by the taxation of income. The Presi- dent still stands on the so-called Mel- lon plan, which his party has just refused to indorse or mention in platform. Pledge Reduction. The income tax was intended as a tax unon wealth. [t was not intended 1o tute from the poor any part of the necessities of life. We hold that the fairest tax with which to raise revenues for the federal government Is the income tax. We favor a grad- uated tax upon incomes, so adjusted as to lay the burdens of government upon the taxpayers in_proportion to the benefits they enjoy and their abllity to pay. We oppose the so- called nuisance taxes, sales taxes and all other forms of taxation that un- fairly shift to the consumer the bur- dens of taxation. We refef to the Democratic revenue measure passed by the last Congress as distinguished from the Mellon tax plan zs an il- lustration of the policy of the Demo cratic party. We first made a flat reductton of 25 per cent upun the tax of all incomes. payable this year and then we so changed the proposed Mellon plan as to eliminate taxes upon the poor. reduced them upon moderate incomes, and In a lesser decree upon the Incomes of multi- milllonaires. “We hold that all taxes are unoecessarily high and pledge ourselves to further reductions. We denounce the Mellon tax plan as a device to relieve muiti-million- aires at the expense of other tax- payers, and we accept the issue of taxation tendered by President Cool- idge. AGRICULTURE: During the four years of Repub- lican government, the economic con- dition of the American farmer has changed from comfort to bankruptcy, with all its attendant miseries. The chief causes for this are: (a) The Republican party policy of isolation in international affairs bas prevented FEurops from getting back to its normal balance, and, by leaving unsolved the economic prob- lems abroa¥, has Ariven the Furopean city population ‘from industriul ac- tivities to the soil in lurxe numbers in order to earn the mere nocessaries of life. This has deprived the Amer- fcan farmer of his normal export trade. (b) The Republican policy of a prohiditive fariff, exemplified In the erdney-McCumber law, which has forced the American farmer with his export market debilitated to buy manufactured goods at sustained high domestic levels, thereby making him the victim of the profitesr. (c) The Republican policy of high transportation rates, both rail and water, which has made it lm&:ulhla for the farmer to ship his product to market at even a living profit. Direct Contact With Eurepe. To offset these polidies and thelr disastrous results, and to restore the farmer again to economic egquality with other industrialists, we pledxe ourselves: (a) To adopt an international policy of such co-operation, by dire: official instead of indirect and evasivi unofficlal means, as will re-establish the farmers export market by restor- ing the lndnnmgoulmeo in_Burope and the normal flow of international trade with the settlement of Europe’s economic problems, (b) To adjust the tariff so that the farmer and all other classes can buy again in a competitive manufacturers’ O readjust and lower rail and c) * To just an er an water rates, which will make our markets, both for the buyer and the seller, national and internatiohal in- stead of regional and losal - (d) To.bring about the early eoms pletion of international waterway systenis for transportation develop our water powers for cheaper tertilizer and use on our farms. (o). To stimulate by every pro; governmental activity the proy the co-operative'marketing movemen and the establishment of sn export markéting col tion or commission in_order that the exi ble surplus rmay not establish the price of the whale crop. A crBhta "euitasie for ‘his medex: suf (g) By the establishment of these .dflunu& maturally supple- others n WA | goOvern-& gemands & | rationsg, readjusted its ) mentary thereto, to reduce the mar- #in between what the producer re- celves for his products and the con- sumer has to pay for his supplies, to the end Lhat we secure an equality for agriculture. HAILROADS: The sponsors for. the Esch-Cum- mins trapsportation act of 1930, at the time of its presentation to Con- gress, stated that it had for its pur- Poses the reduction of the cost of transportation, the improvement of zervice, the bettering of labor condi- tions. (he promotion of peaceful co- operation between employer and em- ploye, and, at the same time, the assurance of a dair and just return to ithe raitroads upon their investment. We are in accord with these an- nounced purposes, but contend ths the act has failed to actomplish them. It has failed to reduce the cost of transportation. The promised im- provement in service has not been realized. The labor provisions of the act have proven -unsatisfactory in settling differences between em- ployer and employe. The so-called recapture clause has worked (o the advantage of the strong and has been of no benefit to the weak. The pro- nouncement in the act for the de- velopment of both rail and water transportation has proven futile. Water transportation upon our in- land waterwdys has not been en- couraged, and limitation of our coast- wise trade is threatened by the ad- ministration of the act. It has un- necessarily interfered with the power of the states to regulare purely intrastate transportation. It must therefore, be so written that the high purposes’ which the public welfare ¢ be accomplished freight rates should be as to give the bulky low priced raw commoditi such as agricultural products, coal and ores, the lowest rates, the higher rates upon more valuable and less bulky manufactured products. Mancle Shoals amd Fertilizers, We reaffirm and pledge the ful- fillment of the policy with reference to Muscle Shoals, as declared and passed by the Democratic majority of the Sixty-fourth Congress in the na- tional defense act of 1916, “for the production of nitrates or other products needed for munitions of war and useful in the manufacture of fertilizers. We hold that cheaper and higher grade fertilizers is essential to agvicultural prosperity. We «demand prompt action by Con- gregs for operation of the Muscle Shoals plants to maximum capacity in the production, distribution and sale of commercial fertilizers to the farmers of the country, and we op- pose -any legislation that limits the production of fertilizers at Muscle Shoals by limiting the amount of power to be used in their manufac- Railroad basie, We denounce the recent cruel and unjust contraction of legitimate and necessary credit and currency, which was directly due to the so-called de- fation policy of the Republican party as declared in its national platform of June, 1920, and in the speech of acceptance of its candidate for the presidency. Within eighteen months after the _election of 192 this policy resulted in withdrawing bank loans and discounts by over five billions of dollars and in contracting our curtency by over fifteen hundred millions of ‘dollars. This contraction bankrupted hundreds of thousands of farmers and stock growers America and resulted in widespread induatrial depression and unemploy- ment. We demand that the federal reserve system be so administered as to give stability to industry, com- merce and finance, ag was intended by the’Democratic party, which gave the federal reserve system to the na- tion. RECLAMATION: The Democratic party was fore- most in urging reclamation for the arid and semi-aird lands of the west. These lands are located in the public land states. and, therefore, it is to the duty of the government to utilize their resources by reclamation. Homestead entrymen under recla- mation projects have suffered from, the extravagant inefficiencies and mistakes of the federal government. The reclamation act of 1924, reco: mended by the fact-finding coremis. sion, and added as an amendment to the 'second efficiency appropriation bill at the last session of Congress, was eliminated from that bill by the Republican conferees in the report they presented to Congress one hour before adjournment. The Democratic party pledges itself actively, efi- cently and economically to carry on the reclamation projects, and to make equitable adjustment for the mis- takes the government has made. CONSERVATION: We pledge recovery of the Navy's ofl reserves, and all other parts of the public domain which have been fraudulently or illegally leased -or otherwise wrongfully transferred to the control of private interests; vig- orous prosecution of all public offi- cials, private citizens and corpora- tions that participated in these trans- actions; revision of the water power act, the general leasing act and all other legislation relating to the pub- lie domain, that may be essential to its conservation and honest and efficlent use on behalf of the people of the country. We believe that the nation should retain title to its water power and we favor the ex- peditious creation and development of our water power. We favor strict public control and conservation of all the nation’s natural resources, such as coal, irom, ofl and timber, and their use in such manner as may be to the best intereat of our citizens. The _conservation of . migratéry birds, the establishment of game pre- serves and the protection and con- Servation of wild life are of impor- tance to agriculturists ‘as well as sportsmen. Our disappearing natural resource of timber calls for & national policy of reforestation. IMPROVED HIGHWAYS: Improved roads are of vital impor- tance, not only to commerce and in- dustry, but also to agriculture and rural jife, We call attention to the record of the Demoeratic party in this matter and favor a continuance of federal ald under existing federal and state agencies. MINING: Mining 18 one of the basic indus. tries of this country. We produce more coal, irom, copper and silver than any other country. The value of our mineral production is second only to agriculture. Mining has suf- fered like agriculture and from the same causes. it is the duty of our sovernment to foster this industry and to remove ‘the restrictions that destroy its prosperity. REGULATION OF' CORPORATIONS CONTROLLING NECESSITIES OF LIFEs We pledge the Democratic party to regulite by governmental agencies the anthraclte coal industry and all other corporations controiling the necessaries of 1ife where public wel- fare has been subordinated to private interest MERCHANT MARINE: The Democratic party condemns the vaciliating policy of the Repub- iican administration in its fallure to evelop ap American flag shipping polic ere has been a marked decrease in the volime of American commerce carrfed in American ves- sels, as' compared to the record under 8 Demoeratic adminstration. ‘® oppose as (llogical and unsoun .&l‘ unlorca'“to - 1.-'-"“1” nm-h?e andicaps 10, ican shipping und commercs impased by Republican policies. : ‘W¢ condemn the practices of cer- tain American railroads in favoring foreign ships, an pluf ourselv. to é}‘" such_discrimination.. W declaze for an American-owned mer- ohast marthe, Ametican. bullt_and manned by crews, which essential for ma: ‘security in war,, and is & protection to the Ameriean farmer and manufictur ] ror againgt ex-) placing | the production of | in | . High Lights of Democratic Platform . The plank on the league of nations renews the confidence of the party in the league and the wor referendum to ascertsin the will of sition: = F hall the United‘States becom: upon such reservations or amendme: the President and the Senate of the United States may 1d court and proposes a national the people on the following propo- e a member of the league of nations nts to the covenant of the league as Tee upon?” If the vote Is afirmative, the party pledges itself to carry out the mandate. The plank on the Ku Klux Klan declared for religious freedom without naming the Klan. Republican “cofruption and inefficlency” is made the dominant is- sue of the campaign. Immediatg freedom for the Pl hilippine Islands is pledged. American merchant marine upbuilding promised. Cut in freight rates on farm products and higher rates on manu- factured products demanded. Regulation of anthracite coal ling necessaries advocated. G. O, P. enforcement of liquor ment of all laws favored. States' rights reaffirmed to off; zatton —_— cessive ocean freight charges products of farm and factory We declare that the government should own and operate such mer- chant ships as will insure the accom- plishment of these purposes and to continue such operations so long us it may be necessary without ob- structing the development and growth of a privately owned Amer- ican flag shipping. EDUCATION: We belfeve. with Thomas Jefferson and other founders of the republic, that ignorance is the enemy of free- dom, and that each state, being re- sponsible for the intellectual and moral qualifications of its citizens and for the expenditure of moneys collected by taxatlon for the support of its schools, shall use its sovereign right in “all matters pertaining to education. ~ The federal government should offer to the states such coun sel, advice and aid as may be mad» available - through the federal agen- cies for the general improvement of our schools in view of our national needs. IVIL SERVICE: We denounce the action of the Re- publean adminivtration in its viola- tions of the principles of civil service by its partisan removals and manipu- lation of the eligible lists in the Post_Office Department and other governmental rtments; by its packing the Civil Service Commis- sion %o that that commission became the servile instrument of the admin- istration in its wish to deny to the ex-service men their preferential rights under the law and the evasion of the requirements of the law with reference to appointments in the de- partment. We pledge the Democratic party faithfully to comply with the spirit as well as the regulation of civil service; to extend its provision to in- ternal revenue officers and to other employes of the government not in executive positions, and to secure to ex-service men preference in such appointments. POSTAL EMPLOYES: We declare in favor of adequate salaries to provide decent living con- ditions for postal employes. POPULAR ELECTIONS: We pledge the Democratic party to a policy which will prevent members of ‘either House who fail of re-election from participating in the subsequent sessfons of Congress. This can be accomplished by fixing the days for convening the Congress immediately after the biennial national election, and to this end we favor granting the right to the people of the several states to vote on proposed Constitu- tional amendments, PROBATION: We favor the extension of the pro- bation principle to the courts of the United States. ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN: We welcome the women of the na- tion to their rightful piace by the side of men In the control of the government whose burdens they have always shared. The Democratic party congratu- lates them upon the essential part which they have taken in the prog- ress of our country and the zeal with which they are using their political power to aid the enactment of ben- eficent laws and the exactment of fidelity in the public service. VETERANS OF WARS: We favor generous appropriations, honest management and sympathetic care and assistance in the hospitali- zation, rehabilitation and compensa-. tion of the veterans of all wars and their dependents. The humanizing of the veterans bureau is imperatively required. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS: The nation now knows that the predatory [nterests have, by supply- ing Republican campaign funds, sys. tematically purchased legislative fa- vors and administrative immunity. The practice must stop: our nation must return to honesty and decency in_politics. Blections are public af- fairs conducted for the sole purpose of ascertaining the will of the sover- eign voters. Therefore, we demand that natfonal elections shall hereafter be kept free from-the poison of ex- cessive private contributions. To this end we fayor reasomable means of publickty, at public expense, so that candidates . properly . before the peo- ple for federal offices may pPesent their claims at a minimum of cost. Such publicity should precede the pri- mary and the electien. We favor the prohibition of individual contribu- tions, direct and indirect, to the cam- paign funds of congressmen, senators or presidential candidates, beyond a reasonable sum to be fixed in the law, for both {ndividual contributions and total expenditures, with requirements for full publicity. We advocate a complete revision of the corrupt prac- tice act to prevent Newberryism and the election evils disclosed by recent investigations. NARCOTICN: Recognizing In narcotic addiction, especially the spreading of heroin sddiction among the youth, a grave peril to America and to the human race: we pledge ourselves vigorously to take against it all legitimate and proper measures for education, for control and for suppression.at home and abroad, LAW ENFORCEMENT: The Republican administration has failed to enforce the prohibition. law; is guilty of trafficking in liquor per- mits and has become the protector of violators of this law. The Demacratic party ‘pledges itselt to respect snd enforce the Comstitu- tion and all laws. THE RIGHTS OF THE STATES: We demand that the states of the Union shall be preserved in all their vigor and power, THey constitute = buiwark against the centralizing and destructive tendemcies of the Repub- lican party. We condemn the efforts of the Re- publican ,party to natiopalize the tunctions and duties of the states. ‘We oppose the extension of bu- resucracy, the creation of unneces- sar; bureaus .and federal ncies and. the multiplication of offices and olders. X e demand s r:‘vivutel the IMr:t Jocal ment gssential to fhe Preservation of the free mstitu- on tions of our republic. industry and corporations control- laws denounced and strict enforce- aet asserted trend toward centrali- ASIATIC IMMIGRATION: We pledge ourselves to maintain our established position in favor of the exclusion of Aslatic immigration. PHILIPPINE INDEPEND CE: The Filipino people have succeeded in maintaining a stable government and have thus fulfilled the only con- dition laid down by the Congress as a prerequisite to the granting of in- dependence. We declare that it is now our liberty and our duty to keep our promise to these people by granting them immediately the fn- dependence which they o honorably covet. ALASKA: The maladministration of affairs in Alaska is a matter of concern to all our people. Under the Republican administration Alaskan development has ceased and the fishing industr: has been considerably impaired. We pledge ourselves to correct the evils which have grown up in the admin- istration of that rich domain. An adequate form of local self- government for Alaska must be pro- 7ided and to that end we favor the establishment of a full territorial form ®f government for that terri- tory similar to that enjoyed by all the territories except Alaska during the last century of American history. TERRITORY OF HAWAIL: We believe in a policy for con- tinuing the improvements of the na- tional parks, the harbors and break- waters and the federal roads of the territory of Hawall. VIRGIN ISLANDS: We recommend legislation for the welfare of the inhabitants of the Virgin Islands. ARMENIA AND THE LAUSANNE TREATY: We condemn the Lausanne treaty. It barters legitimate American rights and betrays Armenia for the Chester oil_concession. We favor the protection of Amer- ican rights in Turkey and the fulfill- ment of President Wilson's arbitral award respecting Armenia. REPUBLIC OR GREECE: We welcome to the sisterhood of re- publics the ancient land of Greece Which gave to our party its priceless name. We extend to her government and people our cordial good wishes. WAR: War is a relic of barbarism and it |is justifiable only as a measure of de- fense. In the event of war in which the |man power of the nation is drafted, |all other resources should likewise be |drafted. ‘This will tend to discourage |war by depriving it of its profits. DISARMAMENT, WAR REFERE DUM AND NATIONAL DEFENSE: We demand a strict and sweeping reduction of armaments by land and sea, 50 that there shall be no com- petitive military program or naval building. ~ Until” international agree- ments to this end have been made, we advocate an army and navy ad- equate for our national safety. Our government should secure a Joint agreement with all nations for world disarmament and also for a referendum of war, except in case of actual or threatened attack. ose who must furnish the blood and bear the burdens imposed by war :P‘;?‘uelg.h \‘;‘hene.\“zr possible, be con- efore this supreme sacri required of them. L asEtodE DEEP WATERWA We favor and will waterways from the G the Gulf and to the At FLOOD CONTROL TRANSPORTATIO We favor a promote deep reat Lakes to lantic Ocean. AND WATER 0 policy for the fosterin; and “building “of ‘inland waterways and the removal of discrimination against water transportation. Flood control and the lowering of flood levels is essential to the safety of life and property, the productivity of our lends, the navigablility of our streams and the reclaiming of our wet and overflowed lands and the creation of hydroelectric power: We favor the expeditious construction of flood relief work on the Missis- 8ippl and Colorado Rivers and also such reclamation and {irrigation Projects upon the Colorado River as ound to b Pt e feasible and e favor liberal appropriations for prompt co-ordinated - surveys by the United States to determine the pos- sibilities of general navigation im- Provements and water power de- Yelopment on navigable streams and their tributarles, to secure relimble information as to the most econom- ical navigation improvement, in com- lc,'i)r'\:égo:\ wl:lh the most efficient and ete developm puv“v,er. pment of water © favor suspension of the grant- ing of federal water power llcenses by the federal water power commis- sion until Congress has received re- ;c;:::onfn:fimthe ‘A’r:i“r power com- regard to for such licenses. SURliy s mw ‘D(U“N‘l‘ STOCK SALE: e favor the immediate pass: of such legislation as may bepnec.eif sary to enable the states efficiently to enforce their laws relating to the gradual financial strangling of <4nno- cent investors, workers and con- sumers, caused by the indiscriminate promotion, refinancing and reorgan. izing of corporations on an inflated and - overcapitalized basls, resulting already in the undermining and cols lapse of many railroads, publio serv- ice and industrial corporations, mani- festing itself in unemployment, ir- reparable loss and waste, and whieh constitute a serious menace to the stability of our economic system. PRIVATE MONOPOLIES: The Federal Trade Commission has submitted to the Republican adminis- tration numerous reports showing the existence of monopolies and combina- tions in restraint of trade, and has recommended proceedings against these violators of the law. The few prosecutions which have resulted from this abundant evidence furnish- ed by this agency created by the Democratic party, while proving the indifterence of the administration to the violations of w b monopolit d its fr] them, nevertheless demonstrates the Vlnlu‘ of the Federal Trade Commis- sion. . ‘We declaré that a private mo: oly ia indefensible and intolerable, id pledge the Democratic to Vikorons Saforcement of sxising lave against monopoly and illegal com binations and to the enactment of such further measures as may be necessu1y. AVIATION: We favor a sustained development of aviation, both by the government and commercially. LOBOR AND CHILD WELFARE: Labor {s not a commodity. It is human. We favor collective bargain- ing and laws regulating hours of labor &nd conditions under which labor 1 performed. We favor the enactment of legislation providing that the product of convict labor shipped from one state to another shall be subject to the laws of the latter s‘ate exactly as though they bhad been produced therein In order to mitigate unemployment attending business depression, we urge the enactment of legislation authorizing the construction and re- pair of public works be initiated in periods of acute unemployment. We pledge the party to co-operate with the state governments for the welfare, education and protection of child life and all necessary safe- guards against exhaustive debilitdt- ing employment conditions for women, LEAGUE OF NATION The Democratic party pledges all its energies to the outlawing of the whole war system. We refuse to be- ]lleve that the wholesale slaughter | of human Lelng on the battlefield Is any more necessary to man's highest development than is killing by indi- viduals. The only hope for world peace and for cconomic recovery lies in the organized efforts of sovereign na- tions co-operating to remove the causes of war and to substitute law and order for violenc Under Democratic leadership a practical plan was devised under which fifty-four nations are now operating and which has for its fun- damental purpose the free co-opera- tion of all nations in the work of peace. The government of ates for the Jast four years has had no foreign ' policy, and, conse- quently, it has delayed the restoration of the political and economic agencies of the world. It has impaired our self-respect at home and injured our prestige abroad. It has curtailed our foreign markets and ruined our agri- cultural prices It s of supreme importance to ctvilization and to mankind that America be placed and Kept on the right side of the greatest moral ques- tion of all time, and therefore the Democratic party renews its declara- tion of confidence in the ideal of world peace, the league of nations and the World €ourt of Justice, .s together constituting the supreme ef- fort of the statesmanship and re- ligious conviction of our time to or- ganize the world for peace. Further. the Democratic party declared that it will be the purpose of the next ad- ministration to do all in fts power to secure for our country that morai leadership in the family of nativ.s which, in the province of God, has been o clearly marked out for it. There is no substitute for the league of nations as an agency work- ing for peace; therefore, we believe that, in the Interest of permanent peace, and in the lifting of the great burdens of war from the backs of the people and in order to estabiish a permanent foreign policy ot these supreme questions, not sub- ject to change with change of party administrations, It is desirable, wise and necessary ‘to lift this question out of party politics and to that end to take the vense of the American people at a referendum election, ad- visory to the government, to be held officially under act of Congress, free from all other questions and candi- dacies, after ample time for full con sideration and discussion throughout the country upon the question, in substance. as_follows: “Shall the United States become a member of the league of nations upon such reservations or amendments to the covenant of the league as the President and the Senate of the United States may agree upon.” Immediately upon an affirmative vote we will carry out such mandate Without the votes of Democratic members of the Congress the child labor amendment would not have been submitted for ratification. THE LATIN AMERICAN REPUBLICS: From the day of their bigth friend- 1y relations have existed between the Latin Amerjcan republics and the United Statés. That friendship grows stronger as our relations become more intimate. The Democratic party sends to these republics its cordial greet- ing. God has made us neighbors; jus- tice shail keep us friends. the United FREEDOM OF RELIGION. FREEDOM OF SPEECH. FREEDOM OF PRE! The Democratic party reaffirms its adherence and devotion to those car- dinal principles contained in the Con- stitution and the precepts upon which our government is founded, that Con- gress shall make no laws respecting the establishment of religion, or pro- hibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to peti- tion the government for a redress of grievances: that the church and the state shall be and remain separate, and that no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office of public trust under the United States. These principles we pledge ourselves ever to defend'and main- tain. We insist at all times upon obedience to the orderly processes of the law and deplore and condemn any effort to arouse religious or racial dis- sension, Then says: Afirming our faith in these princi- ples, we submit our cause to the people. in conclusion the platform JERSEY NAVY OFFICER FIRST PLUMBED ATLANTIC From the Newark Eveniog News, In the little Quaker village of Crosswicks, in Burlington County, which even today retains some of its ancient. characteristics, ‘was born, 100 years ago this month, Earl English, who became a_rear admiral in the United States Navy and achieved a place in history for being the first man to sound the vast depths of the mid-Atlantic. He also was the father of the present system of tiaining navy apprentices. English went through the rigorous training which marked the carly days of the Navy, serving as a midshipman on various ships of war from the time he was sixteen years old until he took his final polishing at the Naval Academy in 1845, He was grad- uated in 1846 and saw service in the Mexican war, participating in the capture of Mazatlan and n other im- portant engagements on the coast and in California.~ In 1853, having developed a taste for hydrographic. work, he was at- tached to the U. S. S. Dolphin and for |two years was engaged In deep-sea sounding experiments between this country and the English coast. While on this duty, in July, 1855, he was Successtul in bringing up the first sounding from the bottom of the sea at & depth of 2,500 fathoms, which T Sulted In the laying of the first At- Jantic cable in 1858. This cable broke. but in 1865 another took its place, afid the submarine cable has been & fact ever since. The Strawberry’s History. From the Kansas City Star. The cultivated strawberrles now grown in Europe and America owe their_size to ancestors in Chile. Up to 1714 large fruited strawbeiries were not kriown in Europe, the native berries being small, but of good flavor. In that year a Frenchman brought plants from Chile. These we crossed with native sorts and wit the Virginia strawberry introduced into Iu:‘! ’.mel..fl' in liha pl‘vl::l ceu; tury. s crossing ‘wert deveioped which combined-large size with dellcate flavor. I MeCann, Minority League of Nations And Klan Planks Submitted By the Associated Presx NEW YORK, June 28.—The sub- stitute plank on the Ku Klux Klan subfnittsd by the minority, headed by William P. Pattangall of Maine, would add to the language of the ma- Jority plank the following language “We condemn secret political so- cleties of all kinds, as opposed to the exercise of free government; con- trary to the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. We pledge the Democratic party to oppose any effort on the part of the Ku Klux Klan, or any organization, to interfere with the religlous liberty or political fre. dom of any citizens or to limit the civil rights of any citizen or body of citizens because of religion, birthplace, or racial origin.” Signers of Report. The minority report was signed by Pattangall and the following twelve other committce member: Frederick 1. Tho mpson, Alabama; Senator David I. Walsh, Massachu- setts; P, H. Quinn, Rhode Island; C. . Carlin, District of Columbia; John H Pennsylvania; Francis X Busch, Illino Joseph A, Kello y J . Kellogg, v York, Harr. Hehr, New Jersey A Nowell, Minnesota; James Leamy, Vermont; k. Brooke Lee, Maryland, and John W, Troy, Alaska Leaders of the group said they hoped to obtain the Signatures of | Committee members from the Canal Zone, Ohio and Missour. e substitute plank on the lea & minority report from the platform committee by seven members headed by Newton D. Baker follows: International Co-operation. The most important problem facing the nations of the world today is how to recover from the last war and re- move the menace of future wars, The only hope for world peace and for economic recovery lies in the or- anized efforts of sovereign nations co-operating to remove the causes of | war and to substitute law and order | for violence. Only thus can we out- law war, stop preparations for war | and keep out of war Under Democratic leadership a | practical plan was devised which fifty-four nations are now operating and which has for its fundamental purpose the freq co-operation of all | nations in the works of peace - Subordinated to Party. The leaders of the Republican party opposed that plan by gross mis- | representations. They subordinated the peace of the world and the we! fare of this natfon to doubtful party advantage. They have not carried out their promise of a substitute. The government of the United States, which has always taken the lead, has, HOUSE TO HAVE MANY NEW FACES Changes to Have Vital Effect on District Affairs; Vet- erans to Go. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Without waiting for the result of | the state primaries, to be held in July,. August and September, or the predicted political upheaval in No- vember—it is already evident that be many new ‘faces in the | ixty-ninth Congress It the Democrats gain control of the House, as they now claim they will and as some leading Republicans fear they may, it will mean that the chairmen of practically “every com- mittee would come from south of the Mason and Dixon line, if the seniority rule holds—the census committee, which has charge of the long-ne- glected reapportionment legislation, being the notable exception. Right here it may be mentioned that this fact—that under seniority the south will control the committee chairmanships. with the cxception of the reapportionment committee — is being used with telling force to hold the solid south in lige to support whatever aspirant may be named as the Democratic standard bearer. Gillett Among Thirty to Go. Already it is assured that more than thirty who are now in Congress will not be in the next House, including some very prominent members, as, for example, Speaker C the House, who is quitting after thi ty years ‘of continuous service, to make the campaign for the Senate, which, in itself, is unprecedented. The District of Columbia, with Con- Bress exercising exclusive jurisdic- tion, will be seriously affected by the changes. Representative Stuart F. Reed of West Virginia, chairman of the House District committee, who has been ill ever since the first day he presided over the committee, is voluntarily retiring. Representative Henry L. Jost, Democrat, of Missouri, will also be missing from this com- mittee. Representative Charles R. Davis of Minnesota, chairman of the sub-com- mittee on’ the District budget of the House appropriations committee, after twenty-two years of uninter- rupted service, was defeated by twen- ty-five votes in the primaries. This probably will mean that Representa- tive Frank H. Funk of Tilinois, who was the other Republican conferee from the House on the District bill will be chairman of that subcommit- tee, if the Republicans are in the majority and if the Democrats gain control then Representative William A. Ayres of Kansas, who was the Democratic conferee 'this year, will probably be chairman. Langley Would Come Back. With the $50,000,000 program for housing federal ‘activities in federal- owned buildings in the Capital, and the omnibus public buildings bills coming up. there is particular Inter- est in the public buildings and rounds committee. Representative ohn W. Langley of Kentucky, chair- man of this committee, aithough found guilty of accepting bribes to circumvent " the prohibition law, is a candidate for re-election, pleading for just one more term with a pledge that he will then retire. Representa- tive Langley is now in his eighteenth year of continuous service. In the meantime, Representative Frank Clark, Democrat, of Florid: who {s In his twentieth year of con tinuous service and who was chair- man of the committee for eight years under the Democratic regime, has been defeated in the primaries. Two other members of this committee will also be absemt—Representative E. E. Miller of Illinots, who voluntarily re- tires and Representative George . M. Wertz of Pennsylvania, who was de- feated in the primaries. Kahn May Quit. The Military Affairs committee will also suffer the loss of leaders. Rep- resentative Jull Kahn of California, chairman, who is rounding out twen- ty-four years, which would*have been continuous-save for a break in the 58th Congress. has been. seriously i1l and is not expected to return | our const | of Idaho, Henry W. | Rico, | cultural 1 for the past four years and for the first time In its history, fallen behind in ¢f- forts for international peace and fu: tice. This Republican administration made ome limited effort to reduce the inetri- Ments of war, but none 16 reduce th Cause of war. 1t has not onty faile to aid, but has delaved political and economic reconstruction |in Kurop: By shirking responsibility 1t has im- paired our self-respect at home and injured our prestize abroad. It has reduced thix great nation to the role of important “ohserver It has found it necessary to use the league of nations and yet seems | constrained o sneer at and misrepre. * sent ft. Their policy of isolation 15 &% revolting in its spiritual aspecds as it is harmful in its material conse- quences. Hax No Foreign Policy. The Republican party has no foreizn policy. We approve the proposal peatedly trified with by the Repuh- lican party, that the United & directly adhere to the Permanent (g of International Justice established under the_auspices of the league of nations. This proposal. while sound and desirable, 'iv. however, b fragment of the complete plan which is necessary if we are 1o aholish war and have economic recovery and sti bility Tt would better comport w dignity and interest of thie nation to face the question of inte national co-operation frankly and manfully, There is no substiiute for the league of nations working for peace. The league of nations nes and the Democratic party Vored any forein | entangie any meddling in the domest of others, any impairmen creignty. The Demncratic vors membership in that o« {agency” upon conditions | make ‘it ‘clear that we re not mitted to use force and such further conditions as the President, with approval of the Senate. may desn; appropriate to make our co-operation effective in fact and consistent with utional practice. Under a Democratic administration the oy ernment will endeavor tn 1ift this Ereat question above partisanship and to reflect the best opinion of those who place the welfare of the nation above partisanship. 1t will » pursue a which safeguards American interests and conforms Lo American traditions, a-pirations and ideals. It will en-operate with civili- zation to banlsh war The Democratic party ha policy Mr. Baker's also by John 'G. Cornwe Governor “of West Virginia: G P Fishburne of Washington, J. P. Pope’, Dooiey of Porta R’ B. Stevens of New Hamp- shirc, Thomas F. Bayard of Delawars and Edgar A. Brown of South Caro: ina so re- . r er meant ¢ dotirse s a foreign plank was sponsored former to Congress. Representative John « McKenzie of Illinois, who has,heen acting chairman during the lilness of Representative Kahn, is voluntarily retiring with “Big Bill” Johnson til recently an employe of the Ho: folding room, nominated as hi cessor. This probably will me Representative John C. Morin of § Pennsylvania will be chairman _of this important committee if the Re- publicans are in control or Represe tative Percy Quin of Mississippi if the Democrats control. . Representative Danfel R. jr., of Kansas, chairman of the su committee that handles the appro- priation Bill for the military estal- lishment."has had a hard fight for re- election. Antho; Anderson Retires. Representative Sydney Anderson of Minnesota, chairman of the subcom- mittee handling agricultural appro- priations, recognized as leader of the agriculteral bloc in the House, who was chalrman of the joint commis- sion that, mdde an exhaustive agri- investigation, voluntarily retiring after fourteen years of con- tinuous service If Representative George Huddles- ton of Alabama, who is now complet- ing ten years of uninterrupted serv ice, is nominated for Vice P'resident of the third party ticket, it will leayve a vacancy on the important inter state and foreign commerce commit- tee. which handles all railroad legis- lation. There are several interesting cor tests in Arkansas, which may mahe importznt changes in the delegation from that state. Mrs. Mae E. Nolan of California, the only woman in Congress and the woman to ever be chairman of an important committee. is retiring vol- untarily. She is chairman of th committee on expenditures in the Post Office Department and is also a member of the labor committee, of 4 which her late husband was chair- man. Representative John D. Fi ericks, Republican, of Californiu also retiring. Graham Already Out. Representative William J. Graham of Illinois, who was chairman of th- committee that investigated War frauds. has already retired and now is judge of the court of customs 4 peals. Representatives Allen Moore and Edward E. Miller also v untarily retire from the Illinois del egation, making four vacancies. There' will be at least three changes in the Indlana delegatio Represen- tative Everett Sanders. who was prominently mentioned for the nomi- nation for Vice President, and who is now in charge of the Republican speakers’ bureau, is voluntarily re- tiring, after eight years of uninter- rupted service. Representative Mer rill Moores of Indlana, veteran sec retary to the committée on commit- tees, now completing ten years of continuous service, was defeated in the primaries as was also Representa. / tive Louis W. Fairfield, chairman of the committeé on insular affairs and a member of the census, civil serv- ice mnd industrial arts committee, JTowa Delegation Changes. In the lowa delegdtion there will be at least two new faces. Representa- tive Harry E. Hull, a member of the military affairs committee, was de- feated in the primaries and Repre- sentative Hiram K. Evans is retiring voluntarily. The Massachusetts delegation not only loses Speaker Gillett by virtue of hix camdidacy for the Senate, but also lepresentative Frederick W. Dallinger, now chairman of the com- mittee on education, who is complet- ing ten years of eontinuous servi because he is also a candidate for the same Senate seat. Besides Representatives Davis and Anderson, previously mentioned, the Minnesota delegation in the House will lose several other members In- cluding Representative! Thomas D. Schall, chairman of the committee on flood control and a member of the rules committee, who is complet- ing ten years of continuous service in the House, but who is a candidate for the Senate. > Representative Corning, Democrat, of New York - and Representative Homer P. Snyder, Republican, chair- man of the Indian affairs committee, aiso of New York, both are retiring voluntarily. Representative Clarence MacGregor, chairman of the com- mittee on accounts. is talking of re- tiring to run for judge. The Salvage. From the Edinbargh Scotsman. Mistress—What was crash? . _Maid—I tripped on the carpet, and the tea things fell, ma'am. “Did you manage to save any- I Xep' ‘holdiof the that terrible 5