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HIGH FEDERAL PAY Old Rivalry Goes On MRS. GANN AND MRS. LONGWORTH AT CONVENTION. PLANK DEMANDED William Green Urges G. 0. P. to Stand for Proper Work- ers’ Classification. By & Stafl Correspondent of The Star. CHICAGO. June 15.—The Republican party was urged by Willlam Green, president of the American Federation of Laber, to declare in its convention plat- form “In favor of the mantenance of high. decent wage standards for em- ployes of the Fed- eral Government and tha'. civilian Governmen - em- ployes be equitably Z “”"“"’ (Left) Mrs. Alice Longworth and (right) Mrs. Dolly Curtis Gann, and classified He alco _called upon the Resolu- tions Committee to approve a proposal t “the retire- ment law for em- loyes in the ¢ i- ice of the ment should lized to an em after long in onable William Green 1 permit ted by Mr. Green hat “the five-day work f the high atms and chief of the association “In line with the progress ace in the substitu- ay work week and be- that the Government : uguration of and be- ample as quest that your vor of the prin- work week and Government _as nent as rapidly conditions will platfon ciple of t Wants Wage Plank. test against pro- Federal service, re in favor of and in op- the daily g people of the i sed the Republican >rporate in the | 1 favor of a yment and on which will | r the ills of un- t of these re = has re- Congress | with the problem of 1 & practical &nd constru 3 Suggests Means. of labor)” he said, ne through the appro- t f s by the Congress of United States to be made available use in the construction of public ings. in making public improve- n the buflding of highways, in g forward the project of flood and in building various other ent projects during periods of w.de and extended unemployment. On other hand. the Government should refrain from launching upon a public construction program when men and omen are generally employed in pri- industry. Unfortunatel thus far the Gov- ernment has failed to adopt a scientific and systematic plan,” he charged, “or to make preparations for an unemploy- ment emergency as herein briefly out- lined, providing™for the use of Govern- ment funds and the expenditure of the same in furthering public works and public improvements when there is wide-spread unemployment through- out the land.” In justifying the appeal by organized labor to the Republican Natiomal Con- vention, President Green said that the adoption of his recommendations would “tend to create a feeling of hope and satisfaction amon; people.” Employment Service. \ “The problems of industry and the| relationship between employers and em- ployes, capital and labor,” he argued, “have developed to the point where | they deeply concern every citizen of the Republic. In fact, the serious gues- | tions which have arisen out of ow modern industrial lite are the real ques- tions which call for profound consid- eration on the part of political parties, pelitical leaders, legislatures and states- | men. In these matters the interest of the working people, who are voters, | transcend the interest of these groups| of people. petitioning you to accept ard adopt| the recommendations we offer.” Mr. Green called upon the committee engaged in drafting the platform to include a declaration in favor of the establishment and maintenance of an adequate and competent national em- | ployment service. “We urge that your platform declare in favor of the development of an adequate unemployment relief program, suitable to the needs of the unemploy: ment situation which now prevails. This can be done through the appropri- ation of Federal funds to be used in supplementing _the work of relief agencies in the towns, cities and States of the Nation. We suggest that pro- | visions be made for the extension of Federal credit to towns. cities and States for the purpose of launching and carrying forward local public improve- ment projects and building construc- tion.” Favors Home Fund. The labor program also sought to have the United States Department of Labor “strengthened by adequate ap- propriations to the Women's Bureau, the Children’s Bureau and the Bu- reau of Labor Statistics. so that the department may serve as an agency for human welfare and that the Bureau of Labor Statistics may be empowered to secure the facts necessary to distribute employment opportunities among_those who earn their incomes by work.” It also declared “in favor of legisla- | tion designed to stimulate, encourage | and assist in home building” and urged that “a fund similar to the fund ad- ministered by the Reccnstruction Cor- poration be created for the purpose of extending credit through authorized channels to home owners who a threatened with the loss cf hom partly paid for during periods of | tress and of unemployment.” Mail Plane Forced Down. | YORK. Pa., June 15 (#|.—An air- plane carrying mail and six passengers was forced down in a field near Admir: York County, at 4:40 am., Eastern standard 'time today. The plane, of | the United Air Lines, carried two «;rfilre is seven miles north- | BY MARGUERITE YOUNG, | Associated Press Stafl Writer. | HICAGO. June 15—One thing was clear through all the foggi- ness of the vice presidential ituation today—something will heard from stalwart Doll nything happen to her . Charles Curtie. However poient muy be “Princess * Longwerth's Teported maneuver in the down-with-Curtis ment. it doesn't take a thaumaturgist to tell how Dolly likes it. Nor to see that the very presence cf the social- precedence opponent of the vice presi- dential hostess hasn't slowed the tempo of Mrs. Gann's campaigning! Arriving, she tossed off suggestions of | a successor for her brother with a single | Worth matter, Dolly responded with | fighting gesture. Today Mrs. Gann was ceaselesslv ccnferring with the leaders. and yesterday she held a levee for women delegates and committeewomen and put to many of them the blunt|Dolly's reaction to the threatened re- | guestion. “How's yours?"—meaning State delegation. Woman on Committee. | This little matter was the leading | feminine bid for attention as the rank and file went to the second convention day’s doings. Women went before the Resolutions Commitiee far into the early hours to press many causes, 'tis true. A woman, Martha Robert de Romeu of Porto . sat on that committee for the first time in histo at es & militant feminist and a inced resubmis- sionist But how could these compare with the Gann-Longworth matter? The story going _the convention rounds is that Teddy Roosevelt's daugh- ter suggested skids for the Indian Vice President — and incidentally wouldn't object to seeing her own brother Teddy, Jr. on the national ticket. There was nothing on the surface to confirm this, but there were speculative glances turned toward Mrs. Longworth as she paused to talk with Secretary Hurley, Secretary and Mrs. Mills and many others of her many infiuential | friends. There's no confusion about Mrs. Gann's purposes, however. She re- counted the ardors of her recent cam- i paign for Herbert Hoover before a wom- an’s meeting, and, with the earnestness of any stumping politiclan, gave the | glad hand to all comers. co move- | “They all know how I feel about my brother,” Dolly told reporters. Then she turned to the partisans. _ “Oh, wasn't that a grand conference in your State?"—Mrs. Gann passed the | handshakers quickly in order to speak {10 all—"Yes, I've lots of fricnds, down te.” “How are you, dear’" d be delighted to ccme and’ talk your club. Just let the National Cum- mittee know you want me.” | Many of the women brought up the thorny subject, rallying with “Tell Mr. Curtls not to worry; we're fighting just like you are!" or, “Don't you give in; | we're with you | “Good!" Mrs. Gann would reply, Or | “Thank you, that's fine.” | But to all who broached the Long- Mrs. Longworth takes care of Mrs. Longworth's affairs.” | “Some of the women's leaders never- | theless were wondering what might be ! placement of the Kansan. And they dldn’t mind predicting it would be re- | sounding. | Dolly Gann was out campaigning so early she mace the rounds at National Committee headquarters and yet reach- ed Chicago Stadium in time for the | opening of the sccond day's convention routine. Remains in Hotel. But not so with “Princess Alicc.” She | remained in her hote!, characteristically | serving notice she vould be on hand | for the expected prohibition fight and | thus starting more conjectures on her maneuvering in the vice presidential puzzle The question was whether Mrs. Long- worth found more to do at home —par- ticularly in view of the underslung- plpe statesman's second attempt to squelch the Charles G. Dawes bocm. | "Mrs. Longworth said she was tired and would just sit and listen to the radio. But there were many who sur- mised other instruments of communi- cation, such as the lowly telephone, might engage here. How she is working | for her half-brother. or against Dolly's | half-brother is an enigma | Wives of important men were con- spicuous. Mrs, L. J. Dickinson and | Mrs. Bertrand Snell —wedded respec- | tively to keynoter and permanent chair- man of the convention—were together in a box, along with the chairman's | debutante daughter Sara Louise VIRGINIANS WEIGH CONGRESS ACES |Garber May Oppose Tucker. Vaughan Considers Run- ning in Fifth District. By the Assoclaied Press. | CHICAGO, Ill, June 15.—Wnhile the Republican Conventlon awaited the platform and its declaration on prohibi- tion today, Virginia delegates were giv- | ing some though to congressional races in the Old Dominion. Robert H. Angell of Roanoke, State | Republican chairman, expressed the be- | lief the Democratic platform would be | wetter than the Republican plank and | that this would be favorable to the Re- g the masses of the publican candidates in Virginia. Vir- | ginia, he said, is still dry. Jacob A. Garber of Harrisonburg, elected to Congress in the Hoover land- slide but defeated for re-election, is considering opposing Harry St. George Tucker for Congress in the new seventh district, while State Senator Taylor G. Vaughan, who was defeated for Con- gress in 1928, may offer in the fifth istrict. S fenalcus Lankford of Norfolk, Sen- ator Roland Chase of Clintwood and Henry A. Wise, in the first district, are three Republican candidates who have announced so far. Wise is running as & wet. ¥ There is plenty of dry sentiment in It is this interest which|the delegation. Richard B. English of | Dawes and that the suggestion that inspires it to appeal to your committee, | Alexandria, who found it necessary to|former Gov. Alvan T. Fuller of Massa- | return to Washington, told Angell he would not have voted for the submisson plank had he been able to remain. R. A. Fulwiler of Staunton and Joseph L. Crupper, newly selected national com- | mitteeman, were other members who wanted to scrutinize closely any plank with any degree of wetness. C. Bascom Slemp of Big Stone Gap and Angell had previously asserted their belief the delegation would support the submission plank and predicted the plank would be agreeable to Fulwiler and Crupper. The delegation placed little faith in the various booms for vice presidential candidates other than Curtis. DRIVéR FREED IN DEATH Washington Taximan Released in Maryland Fatality. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, June 15.—Ollie Briges, 30. Washington taxicab driver, was ac- | quitted in Towson Circuit Court yes- terday of charges of manslaughter in connection with the death, April 18, of Michael Smolak. 14. who was struck by Briggs' cab. The case was tried before Judge Frank I Duncan without a jury. Briggs testified that his cab had been stolen and that the killing of the boy must have taken place while the machine was missing. In the absence of any State testimony to the contrary, Judge Duncan acquitted him. - ‘Will Celebrate Road Opening. COMUS, Md.. June 15 (Special).—A dinner celebrating the recent opening of the new macadam roadway from Comus to the Frederick County line will be hel at the home of George E. Nichoison | here tonight, with Montgomery County officials and Senator Robert G. Hilton as guests. Members of the Board of County| Commissioners, County Engineer Harry Shaw and L. Price, supervisor of roads in this disfrict, have accepted in- vitations to attefid the dinner, DAWES DECLINES PLACE ON TIGKET i Issues Formal That He Won’t Run for Vice President. (Continued Prom First Page) | bord, retired: James W. Wadsworth. |{former United States Senator, and Theodore Roosevelt, Governor of the | Philippines. Former service men del- | egates have unsuccessfully sought per- | mission of Hanford MacNider. Ameri- can Minister to Canada and former | national commander of the American | Legion, to let them put him forward | for the post. Informed of Dawes' statement, mem- | | bers of the Texas delegation expressed | regret that he would not accept the | | nomination. | | "It never was a real revolt.” one mem- ' ber said. “Of course, well be with | Curtis. We've got to be.” | From Iowa's delegates came a similar | expression. It was explained that if ! | Dawes would have accepted. the dele- | | gation would have supported him, but otherwise it will go for Curtis. The Maine delegation was poled by Gov. William Tudor Gardiner, delega- | |tion chairman, and was solid for | Dawes. “if available.” | | Gardiner said he favored Hanford | MacNider of Iowa for the post after | chusetts be named had not met with | much response in his delegation. BARBOUR WANTS REPEAL. Senator Urges New Jersey Delegation to Demand Strong Plank. A demand that the New Jersey dele- | | gation at the Republican National Con- | | vention stand firmly for a platform | | plank calling for repeai of the eight- | eenth 2mendment was sent to the dele- gation today by Senator Barbour, Re- | | publican. of New Jersey. In a message to A. Crozier Reeves, chairman of the New Jersey delegation, and to Ambassador Walter E. Edge, New Jersey member of the Resolutions Committee, Senator Barbour said: “Am receiving numerous protests | against any suggested plank which does | not call for forthright repeal of the eighteenth amendment. | “Any plank which attempts to strad- | dle the issue or to placate both sides | will be repudiated in New Jersey. | “The Republican party has obviously | | evidenced a desire for a change in the | prohibition laws. Let us speak clearly and boldly.” | | HILL SUPPORTS BINGHAM. | Maryland Delegation Urged to Back Senator for Vice Presidency The Maryland delegation to the Re- publican convention was urged today to propose Senator Bingham of Connecti- cut as a vice presidential nominee by former Representative John Philip Hill of Baltimore, one of the country's lead- ing wets. The message. sent to Galen L. Tait, chairman of the delegation, pointed out that the East should be represented on the ticket, since the standard bearer of the Republican party will come from California. Mr. Hill mentioned the Senator’s war | record and long public service, adding that Bingham for years has “fought for | & truthful, forceful and wise solution of the prohibition problem, the can- kerous sore in the American economic situation of today and the wmpuse of organized crime, gangdom, racketeering thuggery.” g Statement | also talk of Maj. Gen. James G. Har- | | launched EDGETOGVELP - PLACE ON MARCH 4 Ambassador Would Accept Viee Presidency, Colleagues From Jersey Believe. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 15.—Ambassador post March 4 and does not intend tc accept reappointment in the event of Republican victory at the polls this Fall Although some members of tha Jersey delegation think he would ac- cept if chosen as President Hoover's running mate, Edge indicated he felt that because of his family he | should devote him- | self to care of his { personal fortune. | depreciated, along with many’ others, | by the depression. | “I Thave four children.” he said, | “and they have spent four years abroad. | They should be educated &s Americans and not as foreigners. In addition. I | have a responsibility toward my family * | While planning to retire from public Ambassador Edge. | life, there is little expectation that he | | will quit politics. He will probably re- | sume directorship of his party in New | Jersey, leaderless since the defeat last | Fall of David Baird, candidate for Gov- | ernor. Edge was a member of the Sen- ate from New Jersey at the time of his appointment as Ambassador to France. Edge last night presented to the Res- | olutions Committee of the Republican National Convention the prohibition re- vision plank prepared by him and | adopted by the State delegation. He also pleaded with the committee to recommend immediate modification of the Volstead act to legalize light wine and beer. | Ambassador Edge, although mentioned for the vice presidential post, has stated he favored Charles Curtis. Other mem- bers, however, have said they were against Curtis In addition to the Ambassador. Charles G. Dawes and Secretary Hurlev have been mentioned as Dossible choicest of most of the Jerseyites. 'SECOND SESSION OF G. 0. P. MEETING OPENS LISTLESSLY ___(Continued From First Page.) ! party officials grew with the arrival of tional Chairman Fess and several On the floor. will Hays came in Mabel Walker Wille- ght Ler way through a crowded aisle, stopping to_speak to Gov. Rolph of California. Gen. James G. Harbord circulated about, shaking hands In his seat under the standard of the State of New York. Nicholas Murray Butler waited smiling The musicians got their first gallery stadium with the rollicking notes of “The Sidewalks of New York.” A lot of laughter and a little handclapping '. 1928 campaign theme song ith Immediately afterward the tempor- ary Chairman Senator Dickinson of Iowa. made his first try for order As everybody stood with bowed head, the prayer was said by Mgr. Thomas P Bona of Chicago. who petitioned for a spirit of justice and genercsity to & regardless of race or creed. Without a pause, Albert W. Jefferies | of Omaha, chairman of the Credentials Committee, a big man with a big voice, began to read his report. Report Ratified. The report was ratified without de- bate by acclamation. Then Miss Katherine Byrne of Con- necticut, chairman of the Committee on Permanent Organization, stood up on the platform amid applause and presented the slate of agreed-upon con- vention officers, headed by Snell. She was the first woman to address | the delegates. She got through her | short task without hesitation and in very business-like manner. A bright | red hat, topping a pale blue suit, bobbed and nodded to emphasize her sentences. ' A cluster of purple orchids trembled ony her shoulder. e committee report adopted by ac- clamation, retiring Chairman Dickin- son appointed three women to escort Snell to the chair Bertha Baur of Chicago. Mrs. Alvin T. Hert of Kentucky and Mrs, Marion Margery Cranton of Pennsylvania. They got the first real cheer of the sessicn as they appeared at the front of the platform Snell Gets a Hand. also got a hand. Then he into the manuscript of his speech. He sounded a little hoarse. but he had no difficulty making them hear. He took it slowly. and the delegates and galleries liked his deliberate delivery and pounding gestures. They cheered him several times when he talked of past and hoped-for Republican victorles and praised President Hoover. Snell When he declared the President “the | one man in America who has furnished leadership in this great crisis,” the dele- gates got to their feet, and the first demonstration of the convention began. | California started it, singing a song which asked for “Hoover again.” Near- ly every State standard was in it as the whooping delegates circled around. Gov. Rolph took along the California | State flag. waving it high. and the or- | gan helped out with “California, Here I Come.” Chairman Snell stood smiling under the Kleig lights, making no effort to stop the March. Sporadic cheering ac- companied the revolving marathon of the marchers, and the organ kept add- Mg to the noise with new melodies National Chairman Fess leaned over the platform rail, clapping his hands Oklahoma, as they passed by, handed up their State standard to Fess and he held it aloft. The Wisconsin Hoover men who have brought a “conserva- tive” majority to a natiohal convention this year after the long reign of La Folletteism, also passed up their stand- Iax'lf:} to Fess and he exhibited it glee- ully. “It’s the first time in 30 years we're in it,” the standard-besrer said. A rush of other standards to the platform was halted by convention offi- | cials. Snell pounded for order and the demonstration slowly subsided after a quarter of an hour of noisy progress. Convention Adjourns. Snell concluded as more cheers swept the big hall, and presented Gen. Har- bord to report as chairman of the Rules Committee. His offering. those which had gone before, was ac- | cepted by acclamation. ‘The convention secretary had the at- tention of every delegate as he an- nounced that copies of the prohibition plank as it emerges from the Platform Committee would be available at 2 p.m. to State delegations “wishing to con- | sider the same or hold conferences thereon.” Without more ado, the convention adjourned at 1:10 p.m. to meet again at 8 pm. Walter E. Edge plans to resign his Paris | applause when the organist, filled the | They were Mrs. | like | ORDERS AWAITED ON PLANK DRAFTS Observer Says Hoover Aides Have Way on Everything Except Prohibition. BY WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE. Special Dispatch to The Btar. CHICAGO, June 15—The delegates | to the Republican National Conventicn | are now awaiting orders. When orders | come the line of battle will be drawn. | It is odd--and as Kipling says: “Most | awful odd"—that in this terrible hour | of world confusion, the only orders | which will interest this convention are | those concerning a minor issue—that of prohibition, an issue which has no significance in the slow subsidence of wealth into the chaos that seems to be inexorably engulfing the world. Orders will not be needed to pass any part of the platform which the Presi- dent's friends have made except that part relating to prohibition. His friends are having thelr way absolutely in the matter of the tariff. financlal recon- | struction, foreign relations, farm relief, unemployment, the gold standard. con- servation of resources—everything he desires will be given to him. The night befors the convention opened four members of his cabinet and Henry Allen, representing the Methodist Board of Strategy, labored far into th | night at the Chicago Club to line out | the prohibition plank Will Declare Against Repeal. Today it is no secret in Chicago that the plank will declare early and em- | phatically “we do not favor the repeal | of the eighteenth amendment” after | which declaration will come a pledge committing Republican members of Congress immediately to submit to| State conventions a plan for the con- | trol of the sale of liquor which shall enlist the Federal Government in help- ing the es to uphold and maintain | such a solution of the liquor problem as | the Siates may adopt i After this declaration will come a pledge for enforcement of the law until | a new law, under a new amendment is written. This is such a plank as those who knew the situation realized must come from the President's friends on_the Committee of Resclutions. The wet members of the Committee slutions. led by Senator Bing- e concidering whether or not to e this plank with a minority re- port cn the floor of the conventicn. By wet, one means now in the new situation an advocate of immediate unconditional, forthwith repeal without | alternative, without ameliorating sug- gestion, without Federal interference or assistance in the local liquer laws to be_written by the States | " In fact, we have a new kind of dry here as well. and the wets as above defined are meeting with astonishment | emounting to consternation this mili- tant new referendum dry. The new dry wants to fight. He is eager to get at the referendum and meet his foes, the wets old bore-dry, last-ditch prohibiticnist. to whem the eighteenth amendment holy writ. has passed out of the picture in American politics and the wets. who came to Chicago to fight him. find their ammunition a little short-ranged for their adversaries | on this new line of battle. Battle Would Go to States. | And here's another thing: The plank submitted to the President by his cab- inet and friends provides a direct, easy. cefinite way to come to gTips cn t prohibition ~question. If the path taken alcng the lines of this prohibition plank as it now stands. the Con; be elected will draft immediatel er prohibition amencément s above indicated. Congress will then call State conventions, to be held in all the States on the same day, with I the election of delegates to those co ventions also to be held on a common probably some time in 1934. Then, after the contest for the word- ing of the proposed amendment is over in Congress, prohibition and the eight- eenth amendment will be out of the American Congress forever unless the eighteenth amendment is sustained by the people. The battle under the proposed plan will go to the States. The conventions in the States probably will be held not later than 1935 and the matter sctiled once and for all But if the plan of the die-hard re- | pealers is adopted Congress will be the battlefield until such a time as the new wets are able to conquer the new drys maybe three years, maybe five years, maybe 10 years. | In the meantime the wet and dry issue will be all mixed up in the con- | gressional elections of 1932 and 1934, if the forthwith intransigent repealers have their way. Inevitably if the wets e alternative be- tween a new plan and the present plan they are in for a long, hard fight in which, during our era of onstruc- tion and returning prosp-rity, prohibi- {tion will be made a paremount issue |and we shall have to beat back to | prosperity dodging around a beer WAgON. These are the arguments one hears {around the hotel lobbics now. This is | the situation as it developed since Mon- | day night, when the ncw plank was | | drafted and telephoned to the White | House., Opening Had to Be Formal The proceedings of the opening day | of the convention, in the nature of | things, had to be formal. It is not in | the modern Republican tradition to tint the rosy dawn of a better day upon the misty mountain tops. and Chairman Dickinson's speech was a hard-boiled speech-—ritualistic after the manner of the high priests of the Sanhedrin, de- nouncing the Democrats. expanding the | | phylacteries of their political garments, | defending the ancient faith. The bridge of hope which Mr. Dick- | mson would build was back to yester- | day, not to tomorrow. This also was | |after the Republican manner, which does not hail the new day until its sun set. when it is the Republican practice to point with pride to yesterday's dawn. But the opening speech was the kind of speech that the delegates desired. They wanted no nonsense. They are lineal descendants of Gradgrind, enam- ored of hard facts. And they got hard facts in the best vernacular of the tem- ple If the speech did not arouse the emotions of those who love to gaze at | the crystal ball and see nobler times and gorgeous changes. so much the worse for them. They forget that 20 years agc at the crossroads it was Mr. Taft and his kind and not the Roose- veltians who had their way in the Re- | publican Convention, and today from this convention the progressives have | vanished beyond the twilight's purple rim. One of the looming tragedies of the convention is Charles Curtis, Vice Pres- ident, who has been thrown to the lions by the Republican bosses. This does not mean the White House. The White House is for Curtis apparently, if one may judge by signs. But this i1s a young man’s convention —full of bustling ycung Legionnaires who control their congressional districts. These men_are of another generation from the Curtis generation and they say cruelly that he is too old. More, than this, Curtis is naked to his ene- mies because Congress is in session and 200 of his congressional friends are in ‘Washington, If they were here, he could turn to them and he would have some one who g0 to the delegation in every and plead for him. But here he ithat in Washingt Republican National Convention. 13 & more. State chairman: gation; Mrs. Clara C secretary of the delegation ANOTHER DELEGATE ALLOWED DISTRIGT Convention Adopts Report of‘ Rules Committee on Size i of Delegation. | | BY J. A. O'LEARY, Staf! Correspotdent of Tiie Star 15—The Republica Lic L0 dopted 5 Commitiee t of Columbia delegal ntions from two to three This also means three alter- two hereafter. and Alaska one additional del The action of the conve hailed as a development o nce by Republican les Washington. unusual ers from Colladay Lauds Action. “It Is a very important recognition of the District of Columbi cal unit of the United States and prove to be a st leading to ult full recognition of the Dis active participant in the polit of the Nation 1 the adopiion of our proposed constitutional amendment authorizing reprezentation in and the electoral college.” F. Colladay, Republican national com- mitteeman for the District ‘The resolution seeking the increased membership was presented by Delegate Houston of Hawaii and seconded by Rev. Dr. William H Jernagin, one of the District delega The Rules Comm by Gen. J. G hearing to Mr. Col ee, presided over Harbord. granted a plained resi- | dents always are cne delegate. | o delegation. Mr to the Rules Comm niting the District delegation to two membe leaves no opportunity for the wome and also precluded the possibility of the State chairman and nationa! commit teeman coming to the conventions in the capacity of delegates, as is cone in the States. Cites Democratic Delegates. Mr. Colladay also told the ccmmittee that in each of the last three national campaigns the Republicans of the Dis- trict have rais d between $50,000 and $60.000. As a further argument he cited the fact that the Democrats of the District are allowed six delegates to their party Samuel J. Prescott. Republican State chairman for the Districi, and Edgar C Snyder, one of the Disirict delegates, alsd> have been co-operating in the ef- fort to have provision made for a larger delegation in the future. FOUND DEAD IN DITCH Body of Missing Indianan in Ma- nila Discovered. i MANILA. June 15 (P.—Asbury J Steen of Glendale, Ind., was found dead last night, half-buried in a ditch in the outskirts of Manila. Murder suspected. although police were clined to consider it an accident Steen hed been missing since Mon- day He arrived here in 1898 with Company B. 13th Infantry... He was discharged from the Army in 1901 and since had engaged in business. BS GONE Official Decision Says Gotham Is Free of Them. | NEW YORK (N.ANA).—It has been | decided officially that there are no lon- ger “gyp” taxicabs in New York Cit Each driver, of course, since his lice: depended upon his actions. has_been directly under jurisdiction of the Police Department. The crux of the metter came when Philip O'Brien, president of the United Auto League, was called to make a de- cision concerning a 20-cent initial fare. He pointed out that only 20 per cent of the 10,000 drivers used the 20-cent in- | starting rate and it was legal for them to make the initial charge under the present law, - is surrounded by strangers and for the first time in his political life unable to press buttons and send messengers to do_bhis bidding. Dawes has not said he will refuse the nomination. He has said he does not want it and that his friends are embarrassing him by their support. He could have the nomination and probably will have il unless he declares he will | not accefit it, and that thing his friends declare he will not say. So. slowly the Curtis strength has disintegrated and White House orders | seem to be futile as they affect the nomination for the vice presidency. Moreover. it is vastly more important | to the White House to have a winning prohibition plank than to have Mr.| Curtis on the ticket, however fond the President may be of his teammate. | 80, knowing full well that the two orders would weaken each other, the members of the cabinet who speak for the President here, a great battery of them, are paying small attention at this time to the vice presidency. Probably before the convention reas- sembles orders will go thrilling dow the line to stand by the President o the plank which his friends have pre pared—providing for a referendur rather than repeal—upon the eigh teenth amendment. And “orders is orders” in the Re- publican convention. (cnm'nh"nu. by the Noxr;:.’ American Oliver Metzerott Holmes, vice chairman, OME of the Republicans from Maryland who arrived in Chicago for the Left to right: Galen L. Tait of Balti- chairman of the Maryland dele- and Mrs. Lulu E. Powell —A. P. Photo. FARYLAND SILENT ONVICE PRESIDENT Delegation, Solidly Behind Hoover, Will Support His Choice. By T 15.—The Maryland Gelegaticn to the Republican natlonal [ nf continues neutral on the 1.nation for the vice not been considered .. Tait, chairman ! Committee. vho bhas acted as spoxesman for the group, sald it was doubtful 1t anything wculd be done about 1t before tomorrow. “I'm not going to cross any bridges fore I gt to them.” he said. delegation is solidly behind ver, howe and the consensus among members was that anyone en- «d by the President would b> acceptable Maryland group was at the 1cn hall en masse at the open- nd added its applause when cover's name was mention<d Iis seats are convenientiy located on certer aisle, comparatively close to d. her away, and to the another section of seats re- ed for alternates After attencinz the convention yes- terday my . the delegrntes were free to amuse them-elves sight-seeing and b the afternoon. Committee ings kept a few busy. CHURCH WARNS G.ii). P. NOT TO DROP CURTIS Pittsburgh Conference dists Also Votes Against Wet Plank. By the Assoctated Press PITTSBURGH., June 15—A warning against adoption of a wet plank and dropping of Vice President Curtis is being sent by the Pittsburgh Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to the Republican National Convention A motion favoring the action was unanimously e Dr. Clarence True nt the message to the Wilson said he favored resubmis- not object “if prohibi- tinn had to go through a test by a vote of the people every 10 years.” B S CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Dinner dance. American Business Club. Hamilton Hotel. 8 pm. Dinner, _Educations] _Committee, Knights of Columbus, Mayflower Hotel, 6 pm. Commencement _exercises, Columbus | University, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Cerd party. relief benefit, 60 M street northeast, 8:30 p.m. ival and dance, Holv Name So- St. Stephen’s Church, Twenty- h and K streets, 8 p.m. Camn clet for FUTURE. Luncheon, Military Order of the World War, Mayflower Hotel, tomor- row, 12'30 pm. Luncheon, Dartmouth Alumni, Uni- versity Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Cornell Club, University Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Department of State, Uni. versity Club, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon. Kiwanis Cluly, Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Luncheon, Advertising Club, Raleigh Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. acheon, Transportation Club, Releigh Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. of Metho- | adopted by the confer- | h FIVE-POINT FARM PROPOSAL URGED ‘ D {G. 0. P. Asked to Think of Something Else Beside “Booze Question.” By the Assoclated Press CHICAGO, June 15 —American agri- culture tossed a five-point rehabili- | tation program last nignt on th | cil table of the R Convention's Resoluti | With it was coupled mand that the party something beside the “booze | Committeemen and spe | plauded when Gov. Dan T one of agriculture’s four =uml(s;nmm |, "One out of every five | America has veen"forecloeed. 1 | publican party faces its great | tunity since 61, and we t | thumbs and talk about booze | plore you thing ‘else There was also a stir of a egain when Louis Taber of Oh: 1esenting the National Gran “Let this convertion t trivialities of the ho enable our pe smok> from the get its mind o im- to get your minds on some- ge. c rogram. of agr: Hear The made by Charles E 5 dent of the American Firm Bureau Federation. He presented the five-point program without specific reference to any of the three troublesome plans | the agricultural agencies—the eq | tion fee, the debenture plan or the al- lotment system. Nor did the peakers followed him mention them by who | pame. | Hearst proposed disposal of accum- { ulated surpluses: emergency | for immediate improvement levels and amerding the marketing ac! ide opportunity for commodities to bear the costs of control of the s < He recommended that the party edge revision of tariff schedules to equitable protection to agricul- Pl [4 ture He asked the committee for changes in monetary laws to make gold's pur- c POWeEr constant, increasing the monetary base of silver A suggested pledge also W ment of the Federal Reserve § provide rgricnl'ure with credits equal to those enjoyed by o*hers Tariff Hit. The tariff. Gov. Turner said, longer operates to protect agricult He sketched conditions of distress in farm commurities. and told the com- mittee that farmel best pur- charers Acic minded the decessor {0 farmers egriculty would have procperity JUGOSLAV FILM MARKET [ MAY BE ABAMNDONED Imports Frem U. S. Prou Standstill by Scheme Put In Effect Recently. BELGRADE. Jug | slavia, & rmall but im | film market. may soon be aban by American producers as a cc quence of a contingent scheme put i effect March 5 | Demanding that foreign film com- panies produce 70 per cent of their reelage inside the Jugoslav bound: or pay a heavy fine for fail | this new law has brought | standstill. Paramount, Fox | Goldwyn-Maver hive annou will supply no new films scheme 1s dropped For 10 wecks no new films have been brougkt in. and e showing reviva unless the have to have real att tions to keep up atte: cent losses have n | the big ton: iACCEPTS WET CHALLENGE | Pennsylvania League Ready to’ | Fight to Last Ditch. PHILADELPHIA, June 15 (). Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League terday sent a telegram signed by B | Ernest G. Richardson, president of the | national organ | vania delegat tional Conven! | lenge” of the wets The telegram read | “The Pennsylvania Anti-Saloon League | accepts the challenge of the wets. We | will fight to the last ditch for the pres- | ervation of the eighteenth amendment. | Only constitutional methods should be sanctioned by anv party in dealing with | proposed constitutional changes.” LIGHT SILENCES FROGS alifornia Hotel Illuminates Pool to Satisfy Patrons. Guests at a California hotel were kept awake by the croaking of frogs. The manager rigged up a powerful | searchlight, bathed the nearby pool with light and the nocturnal music | stopped. The terms of Morris Plan Loans are simple and practical—i to have had this Bank For each $120 bor- rowed you egree to deposit $10 a month in an account, the pro- ceeds of which may be used to cancel the note when due. Deposits mey be madeon a weekly, semi-monthly or monthly basis as you prefer. t is not necessary an account at to borrow. Loans sre passed on within & day or two alter tiling application —with few exceptions. 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