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SPECULATION RIFE AS MEETING NEARS Titular Head of Party Ex- pected to Explain His Split With Roosevelt. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 22—Al Smith's ar- rival, McAdoo's approach, the Garner statement for repeal of the eighteenth amendment, and a growing tensity among the Roosevelt forces today set | the Democratic political pulse pounding | just six days before the convention opens. Many party leacers here were eager to see Smith. There were those who felt the titular head of the party, apparently in dead | earnest about geiting the nomination fof himself, would flatly give his reasons for his break with Franklin D. Roose- velt, the man who nominated him at Houston in 1928. Chairmanship First Fight. | Incidentally, the scrap over the per-| manent chairmanship 1s scheduled as the convention's first head-on collision between the opposing groups. It may | decide whether Gov. Roosevelt will be| the nomine: or only the man who al- | most got the nomination. | Supporters of Jouett Shouse charge double-crossing in the decision of the Roosevelt men to support Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana for the | post. There are counter charges, and James A. Farley, Roosevelt generalis- simo, claims the deciding factor—the Decessary votes. Regardless, Shouse’s friends were pre- dicting today if the ballot were only a few hours away, he would be given the gavel A man who may hold the answer of chairmanship and the nominee puzzles also has turned convention-ward. He is John F. Curry, Tammany chieftain. Farley has indicated he hoped for the formidable group of votes Curry con- trols, but there is no positive assurance of that as yet. As usual, the approach of convention time is apparently convincing some candidates for the nomination that they are not only the logical but the likely men for the post. Garner Would Accept. Speaker John N. Garner's call in Washington for repeal was accompanied by assurance he would accept if the Democrats called for his leadership. He went further in his statement and outlined his position on several issues, frowning on suggestions of debt can- cellations and urging sweeping measures | for relief. One man who needs no convincing the Texan should get the nomination is expected to steam into Chicago ere the | day is over. That man is William Gibbs | McAdoo, who saw himself on the White | House trail at New York in 1924, but | found the vision a mirage. | He opposes Roosevelt, and in this he | goes along with the man who stood in his way in 1924, Alfred E. Smith. They | are together now, but the Roosevelt | iriends doubt the pair can agree on | any one candidate. Even at this early stage the drift is | strongly toward a party declaration on | prohibition. which would go farther along the anti-prohibition road than the Republican plank. The voice of the dry has been drowned, temporarily at least, by many calls for direct Democratic expression |} on the issue, every statement hitherto being moist and some strongly wet. The only question seems to be whether the plank should call for re- submission of a repeal plank or a party commitment for repeal, with odds at Ppresent favoring the former. Some of the arriving Democrats are calling for emphasis on the economic issue. Former Gov. Byrd of Virginia has suggested revision of war debts if | Europe would disarm in proportion. Gov. Ritchie of Maryland has advocated shorter work hours and a stagger sys- tem of employment to relieve unem- ployment There is speculation, too, whether the Roosevelt men will try to discard the two-thirds rule in order to nawe their candidate and the name of Senator Pat Harrison has been mentioned as pos- sible chairman of the Resolutions Com- mittee, should Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee decline the post. In any event, the hotels are filling egain and the smile has returned to the face of the innkeeper. EXPECTS SHORT SESSION. Bmith in Good Spirits as He Passed Albany En Route te Chicago. ALBANY, N. Y, June 22 (P).—Alfred E. Smith does not look for a knock-‘em- | down-drag-'em-out Democratic Nation- | al Convention of the 1924 type, as has been forecast by some. Instead. his word to the party as he moved conven- tion-ward was “Make up your minds you won't be ashamed of any per- formance we put on in Chicago.” | The former Governor and presidential candidate said that in response to a wild greeting from a thousand support- ers as he passed through Albany last night. There were tive tumultuous minutes on the railroad platform, and Mr. Smith was plainly pleased | He pledged the crowd that he would do the very best he could “not for my- self, but for the couniry” at the con- | vention next week Deriding_the published statement of James A. Farley, Roosevelt's campaign manager, that the two-thirds rule would be broken to substitute the majority vote if Gov. Roosevelt was not nomi- nated after two or three ballots, Smith spoke informally, but emphatically to | a score of well-wishers who gathered at | the station in Buffalo late iast night. “That's just some of Jim Farley's chatter,” said the former Governor. “If Jim had ‘ived in Barnum’s time, he | would have been the main ballyhoo ar- tist. | “They have been talking about ab- Togation of the two-thirds rule for years and then som>. They never have got- ten anywhere with the idea.” Apparently in the best of spirits, | Smith responded briskly and good- humoredly to the sallies of his friends. He plainly indicated he favored a short, simple repeal declaration on prohibi- tion in the Democratic national plat- form. ILLINOIS SUPPORT SEEN FOR DRY LAW REPEAL Btate's Predicts Unqualified Backing if Democrats Accept Wet Plank. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 22.—Michael L. Igoe, Democratic national committeeman from Illinois, predicts that Illinois will| favor the adcption of a Democratic| national platform unqualifiedly indors- ing repeal of the eighteenth amend: ment. He predicted yesterday that Illi- nois would urge the plank provide for | ratification of the proposed repeal by special conventions called for that pur- | pose rather than by the Legisiatures of the various States. A small pebble flw against the | brass “stick” of a propellor caused an air liner bound from Croydon. Eng- Japd, to Paris, recentiy, with 24 pas- gengers, to return immediately to Croy- don and transfer its passengers to an- other machine, ] National Committeeman | to NE of the first persens visited by THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1932. Senator Huey Long of Louisiana when he arrived in Chicago yesterday was James A. Farley, campaign man- ager for Franklin D. Roosevelt. Long is at the right in this picture of the two as they conferred on matters relative to the convention. —A. P. Photo. BYRD URGES PARTY TO ADOPT BRIEF AND POINTED PLATFORM Virginia’s Favorite Son Wants “Clear and Frank”. Plank on Prohibition. Declares Conditions Are “Too Terrible for Frivolous Play of Politics.” By a Staff Correspondent of The Etar. CHICAGO, Ill, June 22.—Former Gov. Harry F. Byrd of Virginia arrived at Democratic convertion headquarters vesterday and spent most of the day in conferences with various party lead- ers. The delegation from Virginia is instructed “to present the name of for- mer Gov. Byrd as a candidate for President and to support him for the nomination as long as he may consent to be a candidate.” Headquarters for | his campaign were opened this morning, in charge of Roy Flannagan. | The former Governor insisted the party platform must be brief, dealing with but few subjects and in the fewest possible words. = ~On_ prohibition let owr party speak clearly and frankly,” he said. He declared against “menacing increases in the cost of government,” opposition to “extension of Federal b reaucracy.” that “taxes must be re- duced and national income taxes spread to affect more people.” His statement is, in part. as follows: “Conditions are too terrible to permit a frivolous or cheap play of politics. good American, whatever his must volunteer to fight to pre- our fundamental institutions. I hope our platform will limit to a few sentences its denunciation of Republi- can rule, and come quickly to a sharp, clear, crisp promise of what we shall try to do to improve the conditions ex- isting. Government Cost Big Problem. “The menacing increace in the cost of government ranks among the fore- most of our problems. We cannot con- tinue to pay $50.000,000 each day to | our local, State and Federal govern- | ments—one dollar out of every four we earn—without eventual bankruptcy. “We must oppose the growing ten- dency toward the extension of Federal bureaucracy, and especially the attempt to artificially establish commodity prices by governmental agencies “We must speak clearly on reduction of tariffs by negotiations with other countries, as opposed to legislation based on the economic isolation of the United States. As a preliminary to the success of an international tariff con- ference we must meet frankly the ques- tion of International disarmament, and we should agree to enter without coly- mitment any general world conference consider disarmament coincident with a just revision of war debts and Teparations. “On farm relief we should offer a constructive program in contrast to the Republican farm plank, which offers not a single hope for the relief of the farmers, but praises the present tariff, which is a direct contributing cause of the farmer’s plight. The Republican platform has foliowed the old partisan formula. It is designed to suit all tastes. and we must concede the nimble dexterity with which the least is said to offend the fewest. Great Opportunity for Party. | “Our party has a great opportunity. ‘The cry for clearer and more Cecisive 'tion will arrive Sunday and set up head- | leadership is heard from every direc- EX-GOV. HARRY F. BYRD. tion. The answer must be too clear to permit_of misunderstanding. It must show that we know the and intend to lead in that way without fear or hesitation.” Former Gov. Byrd announced here that Senator Carter Glass will repre- sent Virginia on the Resolutions Com- mittec and present the Virginia plat- form adopied by the State convention. This declares: “For the very strictest economy in th conduct of public affalrs, to the end that expenditures may be brought safeiy within revenue receipts under a of moderate taxation. “For a tarif for revenue only, the items in every schedule being limited to the maximum difference in cost of production abroad as contrasted with production in the United States. “For an emancipation of the banking tem of the country, and the central vernment itseli from the open covert influence of speculative financial interests, so largzly responsible for the | ing depression. “For a stricter regard for the rights of the Siates so little respected by Federal authcrity and so severely im- paired by doubtful judicial interpreta- tion. “For farm relief in the surcst and sanest way—by a fair revi tariff laws under which agr.culture is required to pay enormous tribute in the aggregate on the things every farmer must buy. The Prohibition Question. or | on_of the | SMITH FOR REPEAL AND FOR HIMSELF Former Candidate Urges “Straightforward” Plat- form on Prohibition. (Continued From First Page.) posed that the legalization of light wine and beer should be carried in the Demo- ’crmc prohibition plank, and that the | Democratic party should stand squarely for repeal of the eighteenth amend- | | ment, with no strings tied to the decla- | ration. Whether he would appear personally before the Resolutions Committee to urge the adoption of such a plank, Mr. Smith said he had not determined. “It may not be necessary,” he said. ‘Who will be nominated for Presi- dent?” Smith was asked. “The convention Wwill decide,” the quick rejoinder. “Who is your own preference for the nomination?” iR | “Alfred E. Smith of New York, said the former Governor with a broad smile. His sally brought a loud laugh and the | candidate fettled down to enjoy the | conference. He announced unequivocally that he | stood for the election of Jouett Shouse. | chairman of the Democratic Exécutive | Committee, to be permanent chairman | of the Democratic National Convention. | 7 “Will you take the floor and support | Mr. Shouse?" | “If necessary, I will,” replied Smith. | “I do not think it will be necessary. I expect his election.” Shouse is being cpposed by the Roose- velt leaders on the ground that he has been inimical to the Roosevelt candi- |dacy and they are offering Senator | Waish of Montana as their candidate. } Hague to Lead Forces. was | which will be managed by Representa- STATE SENATOR WALTER F. WOODUL | Of Houston, Tex. official greeter at | Speaker Garner's headquarters in the | | Sherman Hotel, Chicago, Ill. Woodul | | will assist in the Garner campaign, tive Sam Rayburn of Texas. —Wide World Photo. DEMOCRATS REACT 10 BORAH STAND Party at Chicago Not So Pleased at Idahoan’s Explosion. | Prank Hague, Democratic boss of New Jerscy, will be the Smith floor manager | in the convention, Mr. Smith said. “He leads the grand march.” said the former Governor, with an expansive | smile. “How many of the New York dele- gates will suppert your ncmination?” Smith was asked. | 1 don't know " “Has Rocsevelt a chance if you are defeated " was another question. “I never commence to think of de- said Mr. Smith in a fghting “Will you support the presidential nominee of this convention?” was fired at Mr. Smith. His reply may have im- plied a threat which it has been pre- dicted he will make when the conven- tion gets under way, a threat not to support Roosevelt if he be the choice of the convention. What Smith said was “I don't think it about that at this | “How m: llots will it take to nominate you?" vas the next question “That depends on how fast the dele- gates can see,” sald Mr. Smith. Is Against Bonus, Asked if he favored a plank for pay- | ment of the bonus, Smith promptly an- swered “No.” When scme one inquired why. he added not making a political eech, I'm answering a question. The Ly’ would take too long.” A questioner asked if re wanted to comment on the Republican prohibi- tion plank. “No,” Smith answered, plenty of time to do tha In response to an inquiry as to| whether he expected to address the convention on any subject, Smith said he could not tell about that at present, because it depended on “facts and sit- ' uations.” Senator Cordell Hull of Tennessee, supporter of Roosevelt and possibl choice for the chairmanship of the/ Platform Committee of the conven-| tion, also arrived here today. Hull said that he believed the Democrats | will get together on a prohibition plank. He nimself has been a pro- hibitionist in the past. May Head Committee. “There is no reason for all this ex- citement over prohibiticn,” said the Senator, “or to make it a main issue {in the campaign. If the Democratic neces time ary to talk Ve will have | BY WILLIAM ALLE Special Dispatch to The Star CHICAGO. June 21 (NANA) —The Borah explosion has curiously affected the situation here among those gathered for the Democratic convention pre- liminaries The ultra-Democratic repealers are afraid that Borah unwittingly has con- vinced the Republican repealers that the Republican prohibition plank is a real rep~al plank. which s 2ot so good from the Democratic ultra-wet stand- point. The Borah statement .on the other hand. has not particularly affected the Republican drys. They took their medi- cine last week out of the platform spoon and licked the spocn and made their faces and swallowd. Thoze who were regular perennial Rcpublicans have come to like it as they would have liked anything else which the platform em- bodied. Ard so far as the Borah bomb has affected the Democratic drys in the camp here, the misile may be said to be a dud. Garner Statement Important. The Garner statement is of vastly more importance here in Chicago. So much for the news of the Borah bombardment. and row I should like to exnress a few paragraphs of persona! opinion interpretative of the Republican platform. Two weeks ago it was evider.t enough to warrsnt prophecy. which my articles from Chicago ventured at the time, ex- actly what the Republican platform would be. As a reporter it was my job to be with the platform makers somewhat during the months of May and June when and where an excep- tional opportunity was offered to get at the hang of what they were driving at. So far as I can tell, their inten- tions are simplified into this: Party Stand Changed. The Republican party has definitely abandoned the policy of national pro- hibition and has retired to a position of natioral control of the liquor traf- fic. The Hamiltonian instinct in every | Republican makes him feel that every | problem must be hendled nationally and particularly the liquor problem. | " Obviously, after the experience of a | dozen years, prohibition, in the Ham- iltonian mind, was not the way to han- | dle the liquor problem, so the Ham- WHITE. “For a generous treament of labor Party docs not pay more attention to | iltonian mind came to look upon the as a human element of snciety, and not a commodity, strictly subject to the law of supply and demand. “For courage always and uncompro- mising honesty in governmeni—local, State and national—at tie least cost to those who must pay the bill. the eccnomic problems which confront this ccuntry than the Republicans did in their convention and platform, the | voters ought to kick the Democrats into | outer darkness.” | Senator Hull would not say whether | he was to be chairman of the Resolu- “Prohibition of the manufacture, sale | ticns Committce or not, but intimated and transportation of intoxicating |that he had it under serious considera- liquors for beverage purposes is not a | tion. party question and all attempts to make | “Unless there is some extraordinary it so should be resisted. * * *™ The plat- reason why he should be destroyed.” form, however, “favors the suggested |said Senator Hull, “and some other man arbitrement, either by one of the methods now prescribed in section 4 of the Constitution or by some other determinate plan as Congress may sub- mit to the States for their decision.” It emphasizes that “any jurisdiction confided to Federal authority shall dis- tinctly comprehend the duty of the central Government to completely pro- tect the expressed rights of the States.” Mr Byra said the Virginia declega- querters at the Stevens Hotel. ROOSEVELT CALLS [ ON MAYOR WALKER | TO ANSWER CHARGE | (Continued From First | to send another copy for your con-] venience. | “Will you please let me have a reply | to these charges?” | Finnegan represents the new Deal party of Brookiyn 2 The Governor issued his_statement | with this brief comment: “Here is a copy of my letter to James J. Walker, | mayor of New York City, asking for a | reply to the charges.” Charged Illegal Acts. Scabury, in forwarding on” June 8 the testimony before the legislators, ad- vised the Governor that Walker “in the course of his official conduct has been | actuated by improper and illegal con- | siderations.” The legislative counsel used Mr. Rocsevelt's code for officeholders ss enunciated at the hearing on the case against Sheriff Thomas Farley of Man- hattan. as a reason for the dismissal of Walker. At that time Roosevelt said a public official was accountable to the public for his weaith and the manner in which it was accumulated. | Farley was removed by the Governor. | Seabury contended Walker had fail- | ed to explain reasons for the receipt ! of almost $250,000 from Paul Block, | publisher. Mr. Roosevelt set no time Ilimit on | the answer Mayor Walker may make. | After the reply is forwarded to Albany, | it is probable Gov. Roosevelt will call a public hearing with Walker, person- ally, defending himself against Seabury. In a leiter accompanying the tran- script of the testimony and his analysis, Seabury cited 12 conclusions which he said he thovght the testimony justified with respect to Walker's conduct as mayor. Attacks Explanation. The first one, vhich in a general way covered them all, stated that in Sea- bury's opinion Walker had failed prop- erly to execute his duties, had acted in a way prejudicial to the best interests of the people, had been “actuated by improper and illegal considerations, had been guilty of “gross improprieties, and that his explanation of circum- stances “seriously reflecting” on_the manner in which he had conducted the affairs of the city had been “either so incomplete or so unworthy of credence as not to constitute acceptable explana- tions.” WALKER DELAYS REPLY. NEW YORK, June 22 (#)—Mayor James J. Walker saild today that he would not begin work on_his formal answer to allegations by Samuel Sea- bury, counsel to the Hofstadter Legisla- tive Committee, until he returns from the Democratic National Convention. In requesting his answer, Gov. Frank- 1. Fucserelt did not set any time limit. DAWES SETTLES DOWN TO BANKING DUTIES Former Vice President, Ambassa- dor and Finance Corporation Head EstaMiishes Chicago Office. By the AssodBted Press. CHICAGO, June 22—Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes has become & Chi- cago banker again in earnest. He established an office yesterday in the Central Republic Bank & Trust | Co., and plunged into the work he in- terrupted nearly elght years ago to be- come Vice President of the United States. Subsequently his services as Ambassador to England and as presi- dent of the Government’s Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation prevented his return to the banking business. BUY or RENT Office Furniture H. Baum & Son 616 E St. N.W, Nat, 9136 - substituted for him, then Gov. Roose- | velt shcuid be nominated. The dispos: tion of the voters is that Rooseve ;;huuza have the nomination for Presi- ent.” He added: “This convention should not be another Madison Square Garden affair. No man for personal reasons or for other minor considerations, should cause the disruption of the Democratic party.” Ancther Roosevelt supporter who reached Chicago today is Senator Wheeler of Montana. | Long Offers Plank. | Senator Huey Long of Louisiana, put out his own prohibition plank, which he will submit to the Resolutions Com- | mittee for its consideration. It follow: “The Democratic party favors sub- mitting to the people of the United States in accordance with article 5 of the Constitution of the United States, the proposition for the repeal of the eighteenth amendment, so that by such processes described in the Constitution of the United States, the people may have opportunity as they desire to set- tle_the question.” James A. Farley, Roosevelt fleld predicted that Smith would be nomi- nated, merely reiterated his own fore- cast that Roosevelt would be the choice of the convention on_the first ballot. Farley, who is Democratic State chairman of New York and a delegate at large to the convention, said he would meet Curry at the train, when he_arrives tonight. He said that he himself would have | no objection to Mayor “Jimmy” Walker |on the Resolutions Committee as New York's representative if the delegation wants to put the mayor in that posi- | tion. Farley again said that the Roose- | velt forces would fight Shouse for per- manent chairman. When You Motor Over the MEMORIAL BOULEVARD TO MT. VERNON —why not return by way of the Richmond Highway—and stop for LUNCHEON or DINNER at | N Continnous Service Until 9 P.M. DINNERS—85c—$1.00—$1.25 Special Week-day Luncheon, 65¢ marshal, when informed Mr. Smith had | ! liquor question as a national problem. Hence the plank abandoning prohibi- tion and advocating natlonal control of the liquor traffic. 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Treasury 1408 H Street Northwest BRUCE ASKS PLANK ON SHORTER HOURS Maryland Democrat Leader Favors Step as Aid for | Jobless. BY J. A. O'LEARY. Btaff Correspondent of The Star. CHICAGO, Ill, June 22—The appli- | cation of shorter working hours to new | jobs as a means of spreading opportu- nities for employment among a larger number of those now idle is suggested {in a plank on the employment problem to be offered for consideration by the Resolutions Committee of the Demo- cratic National Convention by Howard Bruce, national committeeman from Maryland. The text of the proposed plank, as| made public by Mr. Bruce last night, | declares that due to present conditions ' persons normally employed in gainful pursuits fall into the following three | classes: First, those whose employ- | ment has not been disturbed and who | receive in dollars the same sum as be- | | fore the depression; second, those who | are working shorter time or at lower | rates per hour, and, third, those who are unemployed or are getting so little emrployment that they are dependent on charitable relief. The statement declared that those in the first group, in eflect, are receiving an increase of | pay. due to the increased purchasing | power of the collar. The second group is made up of these whose income has been reduced, the statement said. “Regardless of any relief measures that may be adopted to create tempo- rary employment,” the proposed plank reads, “it is clear that as a prerequi- site for an emergency from the present | depression there must be a leveling of | this general situation by reducing the | ours of employment of the first class, and along with it the amount of money received by the first class as wages, and distributing this to the third class, thereby reducing or elirinating unem- ployment and possibly eventuzlly dis- tributing some part of it to the second “As a first step looking to this result it wou'd seem most desirable that in undertaking the various clacses of work that require the employment of people now, generally speaking, out cf employ- ment, the re-emploved man or woman should be given employment only for a limited period, say, 30 hours per week. By this means the relief from such unemployment would be spread over nearly double the number of people. In other words, nearly double the num- ber of people would be taken off the list of those requiring charitable aid." The proposed plank suggests that this policy be recommenced to private em- ployers. municipalities and States, and that the party pledge itself “to put it into effect in the Pederal service” until ssion s over. Bruce and Robert Ennis have established headquarters here for the presidential candidacy of Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland. Gov. Ritchie will have 16 votes of his own State at the outset, and his friends hope that he will loom high in the race for the nomination if Gov. Roosevelt of New York fails to go over on an early ballot When the Maryland Governor arrives here Friday with his delegation he will be greeted at the train by the Chicago Board of Trade and a band of music, according to word received at his headquarters here yestercay. e all liquor flowing into interstate chan- nels, the Government would contrel that liquor ta its various sources, distillers, wine makers and brewers, preventing all initial shipments into the dry States or_dry cities or counties. | Simplified further. this Republican | plank means that the Federal Govern- supervise the wholesale leaving the control of the retail business to the States, coun- ties and cities, to handle as the pecple <hall choose to handle it under their State constitutions. It might have been better if the Re- publican platform makers sald this frankly and boldly. But they didn't But when they come to draft an amendment 15 the Constitution, the amendment will contain a provision | for control over the wholesale liquor business, possibly for purposes of taxa- tion, certainly for purposes of direct- ing interstate commerce liquor out of the dry States. As the campaign develops these principles will be set forth. Senator Borah will understand before Septem- ber exactly what the Republican plan for liquor control provides. The dis- cussion cannot be retained in the realm of platitude much longer. The retreat from national prohibition of the man- ufacture and sale of liquor to national control of the liquor interstate traffic | will be a rout and cataclysm unless Republican leaders very soon get down to brass tacks and explain the obvious implications of their platform. (Copyright. 1932 by the North Ameriea ewspaper Alliance. Inc.) = cial Friend us how much, and , $250,000 PRESSES .. VOTE SSUE AT CHAGD Col. O’Brien Is Determined Party Shall Adopt Fran- chise Plank. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. CHICAGO, June 22—Col. | O'Brien, national treasurer Democratic party and & del | the District gf Columbia, is dstermined | that the Democratic platform to be adopted by the convention next week Arthur of tk COL. ARTHUR O'BRIEN. | —A. P. Photo. PENNSYLVANIA GROUP| MAY SUPPORT BAKER Anti-Roosevelt Forces Said to Have Agreed Upon Ohioan for President. = | By the Associated Press. | HARRISBURG, Pa., June 22.—Ru- mors that Pennsylvania anti-Roosevelt | forces would support Newton T. Baker for the presidential nomination at the | Democratic National Convention next | week in Chicago were current today in political circles here. Sedgwick Kistler. national committee- man and leader of the group opposing the nomination of the New York Gov- ernor, is to arrive this afternoon. and could not be reached for comment. It had generally been bclieved before the Baker rumors cropped out that the anti- Roosevelt delegates would support Al- fred E. Smith. Meenwhile the Roosevelt and anti- Roosevelt factions are lining up for a battle royal at the Sunday night caucus in Chicago. Joseph F. Guffey. former national committeeman and one of the leaders of the Roosevelt movement, and War- ren Vandyke, State chairman and for- mer president of the Roosevelt-for- President League, left last night for Chicago. Vandyke was said to have started a campaign for the Resolutions Committce post—the committee which will draft the prohibition plank. Fights for other committee places also were in prospect. M’ADOO SAYS GARNER WILL FOLLOW PARTY By the Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY. June 22 —The opinion that Speaker John N. Garner, if nominated as the Democratic presi- dential candidate. will “acceot the de- on prohibition and was expressed here yesterday bv William G. McAdoo. See- Tetary of the Treasury in the Wilson administration. McAdoo, one of the strongest sup- porters of the Garner candidacy, was informed here that the Texan had come out for repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment. The former Secretary said undue at- tention had been centered upon pro- hibition. He added he considered the !iquor question was less important than unemployment. agriculture and credit prohlems now facing the Nation He declared, however. that now the prohibition question had been brought to the front the Democratic party would do_“something about it." Flying in his private plane. McAdoo arrived here from Los Angeles en route to Chicago. ‘WAY must contain a plank for national repre- sentaticn in Congress and the Electoral | College for the voteless citizens of the National Capital Awaiting Assurance, He has drafted a resolution of 12 | words, which he hopes to reduce to T words, which will be presented Resoliitions Committee. — He had :;'5 proved the selection of Charles Carlin to be appointed the District of Co- lumbia member of that committee, but National Committeeman John F. Cos- tello is now endeavoring to substitute former Attorney General A. Mitchell Paliner. Col. O'Brien said last night: “This suggestion of a change was made since I left Washington. I will not consent until I have received direct rence that thg proposed member of the Resolutions Committee is pre- pared to make arn aggressive fight in the Resolutions Commitiee for adop- tion of the national representation plank for the District of Columbia and to make this his main objective. It is for that end only that we are alrllcipalmx actively in this conven- Col. O'Brien, who holds a strategic position in the Democratic headquarters, is personally arguing the cause of the District with every one of the leaders from the various States who comes to him seeking to have something done. He is showing them for the first time that for years they have been misin- formed regarding the fiscal relations between the Federal Government and the Capital City, emphasizing that the Federal contribution. which is only a fractional part of the $47.000.000 Dis- trict budget, comes out of the general revenues to which the District is heavy contributor through internal Tevenue. Gets Amazing Response. He reports he is receiving an amaz- ing response. and he believes the party leaders are being awakened to & sense of fair play to give the more than half million residents of the National Capi- tal voting representation and a voice in Congress, representation in the Elec- toral Colleze and equal rights with other citizens in the Urnited States courts. The District delegation, led by Na- tional Committeeman Costello. is ex pected to reach Chicago Thu an to support Col. O'Brien activelv in ¢ forts to have the D: ark d RAYBURN IN CHInror c - Opens Headquarters CH'CAGO. June R Sam Rayburn of Texas. m: campaign for nominaticn Garner. obened headguarte Congress Hotel tofay. Jed C Ada Dalles. Tex. the natienal c man, arrived last night Driscoll Sevier of Co: is expected here today. Manager of Garner (e of the Spea'er n the ms of Russia's exports into Italy were greater last year than in 1931 REDUCTION On All Prints Here you have exclusiveness Without excessive cost. /(A 1919 NC. 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