Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1932, Page 5

LEWIS OUT OF RACE FOR PRESIDENGY Roosevelt Expects Support of 20 of Released lllinois Delegates. ___ (Continued From First Page) block of delegates, 90 in all, from Texas and California, with the suggestion that if Speaker Garner desired it the nom- ination for Vice President would be hi A caucus of the Texas delegation was | held. It is known that some of the | Texans are anxious to get aboard the | Roosevelt band wagon, wind up the| convention and go home | Undoubtedly Roosevelt scouts are out seeking to get other favorite son dele- gations, among them the Virginia dele- gation and the Ohio delegation, per-| haps with the vice-presidential nom- | ination as bait | Roosevelt headquarters made public telegrams they had received from Seattle, Utica, Kewanee, Ill., and Syra- cuse saying a drive was on to get men and women all over the ceuntry to send 100,000 telegrams to the convention de- manding the nomination of Al Smith, | to impress the delegates when they are delivered. Gov. E!v of Massachusetts was reported to be back of the tele- gram drive, Tammany May Follow. visit to Mr. Farley by John Carey, former Tammany member of the House | and at present a lieutenant of John P. | Curry, Tammany head, to the effect | that Tammany saw the light at last and that it would declare within & short time for Roosevelt, perhaps after the meeting of the New York delegation, slated for tomorrow afternoon. The number of delegate votes that Roosevelt will get from the retirement of Senator Lewis as a presidential candidate, added to those already con- ceeded to him, bring the Roosevelt total close to the 700 mark, using the | estimates given out by the Smith head- | quarters and over that mark if the | Roosevelt estimates are used. To nomi- nate under a two-thirds rule 770 votes are necessary. Under the circumstances, two-thirds | rule or majority rule, it would take a | political miracle to prevent the nomi- nation of the New York Governor. No miracles are expected here. The an- nouncement of the - withdrawal of Senator Lewis may ease the embattled democracy out of a difficult situation, particularly if it is followed by a ban wagon rush to Roosevelt. It may aid | in bringing about a measure of harmony | in the party that has for 24 hours ap- peared an impossibility. g erTfi'WAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 26, 1932—PART ONE. UTSTANDING interest ‘centered around these three men et the Democratic convention, because they wield the George W. Olvany, ex-chief of Tammany Hall; John F. Curry, | power in Tammany's delegatio present head, and John H. McCooey, Brcoklyn political lead n. Left to right er. | —A. P. Photo. | vious knowlecse that this resolution could be finally cast in the discard wou'd have affected the choice of the different States 2s to who should be our candidate in sny way. Will any one seriously contend that any State which has instructed for Gov. Smith would have instructed for Gov. Roosevelt had they known that the trouble-making ab- | normally restricted undémocratic two- thirds rule would be broken, or that any State instructed for Gov. Roose &lt would h ferred & | Rumors were_circulated following & | didate It he e tr e sclectod by a | majority vote? “This argument is too feeble to re- uire discussion at length.” Rankin Makes Statement. Farley's statement was followed by & similar announcement by Representa- tive Rankin of Mississippi, a delegate, in which he said: “The two-thirds rule has long outlived its usefulness. It is no longer worth anything to the South, On the other hand, it wrecked the party in New York in 1924 as well as at San Francisco in 1920. It came near wrecking it in Bal- timore in 1912 and would have done so if the Republicans had not split and run two tickets. “This convention is for Roosevelt. The Democrats of the country are for Roosevelt. In fact, the American peo- ple are for him. Then why temper with this stop-Roosevelt movement, by delaying it when by doing so we wotld only encourage another disastrous Madison Square Garden affair. “The two-thirds rule is a powerful q weapon in the hands of the Wall Street | temporary chairman, Senator Barkleyixulf.s fall in to three classes: element, with which they try to dic tate the nominees and control the pol. cles of the Democratic part; Mr. Rankin insisted that practically all of the South States’ delegations Convention May End Two-Thirds Rule By Majority Vote here made it at only & ma- ds, of the vote Parliamer Jority, in the Democ vention would rogate the two- % applying to the balloting for the presidential candidate. At Speaker John N. Garner's office it was explained that the question would come before the Rules Committee first and then be taken to the floor of the con- vention if a majority vote for abrogation were reported, or a minority report presented for the | consideration of the convention. | Then the convention would | | vote, a simple majority deciding the ssue. | I, however, | | adopted the tw the convention hirds rule and a motion were made to change the | le after its adoption, a two- s majority vole would be re- | — | bers of the Democratic National Com- | mittee. | After Mme. Rose Zulalian of Boston, | an opera singer, has sung “The Star Spangled Banner,” the convention will listen to the keynote address of the | of Kentucky. Then will come appointment of the | convention’s Committees on Permanent | Organization, Rules, Credentials and Platform. An adjournment will be GREEN GIVES PLAN FORLABOR RELEF {Head of A. F. of L. Includes Federal Workers in Plank Proposals. By a Staff Correspondent of The Sta: CHICAGO, June 25—Organized labor's program, including several pro- posals for the benefit of Government employes, was presented to the Resolu- tions ~ Committee today by William | Green, president of the American Fed- | eration of Labor. | Howard Bruce, national committee- | man from Maryland, offered a plank for |a 30-hour week for those who hav jobs s0 as to open up places for many now unemployed. His proposal pre- | sented by a capitalist, was supported by spokesmen for unemployed groups of workers, Bruce’s Statement. Mr. Bruce said in part: “In this period of bad business, per- sons nominally employed in gllnfulflpur- r those whose employment has not bees | disturbed and whose receipt per week or per month in actual dollars is the same sum that they received before the country’s " industries dropped into the How much longer, under all the|are for doing away with the two-thirds | taken, it is expected, at this point until | present.depths of depression. circumstances, other favorite son can-| e except Texas and Virginia, who | Tuesday. The first business before the didates will be able to hold their del gates in line is a problem. There is no doubt whatever that a majority of | the Missouri delegation would be glad | to go to the New York Governcr., Senator James A. Reed, however, today | at a conference of the Missouri dele- | gates, made them “stand up and be counted” and they all rose when he| essked how many would vote for him. /| There are Roosevelt delegates in other | favorite son delegations, including | ‘Texas, Ohio, Virginia and even Okla- homa. Announcement by Lewis. Senator Lewis made his announce- | ment of withdrawdl in a_telegram to| V Y. Dallman, Springfield publisher. | have favorite son candidates. Davis Against Abrogation. The Roosevelt opposition was cheered by a statement issued by John W. Davis, standard bearet in 1924, who arrived here today. Mr. Davis strongly op- posed the abrogation of the two-thirds rule at this time. He deplored such ac tion in the interest of any particula sandidate for the presidential nomina- ‘ion and warned that its adoption would disrupt the party and endanger its hances in_the general election. Newton D. Baker, a dark horse can- | didate, in Ohio, leaped into the debate also with a stinging statement declaring He sald that his desire to obtain relief |ipat the Democrats could not afford to | for the people through legislation now | pominate a candidate whose claim to pending in Congress made his appear- | tpe leadership might, because of the ance at the convention impossible. He| ed_abrog 1%1030511“@: any taint attached to his “Please say to delegation that has|pjomination. continued: honored me with vote @s choice for | President that I release each and all | ang made 1 send my grate- | mer Senal ful acknowledgement of their honors| Mississippi, which said: from all obligations. done me. I will not assume to direct “or even suggest any individual or joint | century the South’s defense; tion of the two-thirds Reed of Missour! recelved public & telegram from for- tor John Sharp Williams of has been for a | it would | Senator | “The two-thirds rule action for the delegation. 1 beg them | pe jdiotic on her part to surrender it. to carefully weigh their responsibility | and do everything that can serve the| true demands of the democracy of America and meet the needs of the eople of our Nation. I am your| umble and obedient servant.” | Immediately Mr. Farley issued a| brief statement saying that he was, of course, “very much pleased” and added | he was confident that this would give opportunity to friends of Gov. Roosevelt | in the Iilinois delegation who were| loyal to Senator Lewis, now to vote| for Roosevelt on the first ballot. Two-Thirds Rule War Goes On. Although overshadowed in interest | here by the Lewis announcement, the projected fight over the old two-thirds rule is waged briskly tonight. The anti-Roosevelt Democrats, opposing the adoption of a majority rule for election of candidates for President and Vice President, are planning to throw an array of Democratic talent into the debate on the rule, if it reaches the convention floor, including Alfred E. Smith, John W. Davis, James M. Cox, if he is here, not to mention Senator Carter Glass of Virginia. They hope by sheer weight of argument, coming from the foremost leaders of the party in the past, to sway the delegates to vote down a majority rule and vote up the old two-thirds rule. Appeals are being made to the dele- gates from the Southern States, on the ground that the two-thirds rule has been the safeguards of that section of the country for many years. But so far there have been few if any defections in the Roosevelt ranks in the South. Senator Glass was reported to be send- ing word to leaders in the South ask- ing them to get in touch with the dele- gates and to demand that they vote against abrogation of the old rule. Statements for and against the dis- card of the two-thirds rule flew fast and furious during the day. Roosevelt Views Expressed. In support of the proposed majority rule a statement was issued by James M. Farley, representing the views o the Roosevelt camp. Mr. Farley made it clear that the staterent had been submitted to Gov. Roosevelt before it was made public. It had been ap- ved by two of the Roosevelt leaders tor Thomas J. Walsh of Monta Roosevelt choice for permanent and Senator Hull of Ter from the West and the South. In his ay that the frie decided to “abrogats convention Wwhich opens He continued rule can only be im- convention by & de- mative action of the convention itself. Our contention is that this affirmative action should not be taken—that the two-thirds rule has been outgrown and has been produc- tive of disruption even to the extent of undoubtedly ruining all chsnce of Democratic success in 1924. “That we should again deliberately selves open to the disaster of & control by again adopting the indefensible two-thirds rule merely be- cause of its age is as absurd as to in- sist that we should ride in post-coaches because they were the custom Of our forefathers. “The will not only of a majority, but & majority so large as to be r ‘most two- thirds, may so long as this antiquated | rule is adhered to be set aside by & willful and obstructionist minority. | “This thing must be done and should | have been done before and will be done now “It is absurd to claim that the pre- ’ hi: posed upon the liberate and a The telegram came from Senator | williams at his home in Yazoo City. Party Destruction Seen. John Stewsrt Bryan, supporting for- mer Gov. Byrd of Virginia for the pres idential nnmml!ion.edsle':’lt out the fol lowing to Southern TS “T‘)sp abtogation of the two-thirds rule at this time and without previous notice to the delegates, will necessarily mean the destruction of the Democratic party and tae selling of the South into perpetual servitude to the Northern and Western States that have been and will continue to be Republican, These con- clusions are ineviteble when we con- sider that the two-thirds rule has since its inception resulted in forcing oppos- ing tendenci to compromise. win and a divided and distupted perty is lost.” Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippl. Roosevelt leader, sought to throw oil on the troubled waters, proposing & compromise which did not appeal to either camp. He said: “Since the and the conventions held for the se- lection. of delegates with the under- standing in most if not all instances that the two-thirds rule of past Demo- cratic conventions would prevail, the two-thirds rule should not be abro- gated this time except in a proved emergency. 1 feel confident unless & change in sentiment should occur and intense bigerness arise that Gov. Roose- velt will "be nominated early in the balloting. If it should become clear that a minority intends to deadlock the convention and prevent it from ex- pressing its will, then the convention might be justified in following some ac- tion that will prevent a repitition of what happened in Madison Square Garden in 1924. In order to prevent that the Committee on Rules in its re- port might as a last resort provide that if a two-thirds choice has not been made by the time a certain number of bailots has been taken, 10 for example, the convention shall have the right by majority vote to choose its candidate for President.” First Committee Issue. Unless the drive to abolish the two- thirds rule should be laid aside, the issue will come first before the Rules Committee of the convention, to be ap- pointed Monday and to be heard by Bruce Kremer of Montana. Kremer is a Roosevent leader and the committee be_dominated by Roosevelt mem- It will bring in a majority rule, s the fight is dropped. A minority report will bring the question to the floor of the convention. Farley insists he will have more than 600 votes to put it through, perhaps 650. Tonight and tomorrow there will be | a constant flow of delegates into Chi- | cago, and after their arrival it will be possible to estimate the strength of the Roosevelt people in their drive against | the two-thirds rule and the strength of the opposition. Many State cau- cuses will be held during tomorrow, at which the matter will be taken up. ‘Twenty States are under the “unit rule,” by which they are compelled to vote their whole delegations as a unit on all questions that come before the convention. These States have a total of 344 votes. The anti-Roosevelt forces argue that it is unfair to do away with the two-thirds rule and to leave the unit rule in effect. The States having adopted the unit rule, nothing can be done in the convention, it is said, to abrogate the unit rule. Convention Opens Monday. The national convention opens at noon Monday. Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army will deliver the prayer st the first session. She does so at the invitation of all the oman mem- in the Democratic party | Neither wing alone can | imaries were conducted convention Tuesday will be the report of the Committee on Permanent Or- ganization, which 1s_expected to bring a fight between the Rooseveltians, sup- porting Senator Walsh of Montana for permanent chairman, and the op- position supporting _ Jouett Shouse, executive chairman of the Democratic | National Committee. Mr. Shouse de- clared tonight that he expects to win The Roosevelt leaders insist they will elect Walsh. It will provide the first test of strength between the two fac- tions. Next will come the report of the Rules Committee and the contest over the majority rule and after that the re- pert of the Credentials Committee. The platform will next be reported and when that has been adopted, the nomination of presidential and vice presidential candidates will be in order. Hours of time will be consumed in making nomi- nating speeches and seconding the can- didates. Leaders here figure the con- vention should be able to adjourn by Friday. SENATOR LEWIS EXPLAINS. His inability to attend the Demo- cratic convention and the pressing need of relief legislation were the reasons given last night by Senator Lewis for releasing the 58 Illinois delegates pledged to him as a favorite son can- didate for the presidential nomination Lewis told newspaper men that in freeing the delegates he had made no suggestion that they vote for any par- ticular candidate and left them unre- stricted to vote as they chose on both the question of a candidate and the rules of the convention. | He expressed himself as concerned with obtaining relief measures. espe- cially for Chicago and Illinois. | | RHODE ISLAND TO BACK SMITH FOR NOMINATION | Delegation, However, Will Not Persist Too Long If Dead- lock Threatens. BY JAMES S. HART. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. PROVIDENCE, R. I, June 25— Chairman J. Howard McGrath led the Democratic delegation to Chicago this week, declaring as he left that Alfred E. Smith was the choice of the Rhode Island Democrats and that the New York ex-Governor would be nominated. Yet there was a dcfinite undercurrent that the men and women from this adherence to Smith, should a seriou deadlock threaten, but would swil their allegiance to some one else. The name of Newton D. Baker seemed to be growing in favor with the Rhode Islanders. Repeal of the eighteenth amendment is sought by Rhode Islanc Democracy as much as anything else. The conduct of the Rhode Islanders in Chicago lies pretty much in the hands of ex-Senator Peter G. Gerry, who went to Chicago several days ago and began conferences with party lead- | ers. Upan his leadership depends, more | or less, Gerry's political future. He has been_twice defeated for re-clection to the United States Senate, in 1928 and 1930. But he has now eiected himselt national committeeman and assumed control over the party forces such as this State, as far as Democracy is con- cerned, never saw before. I he can take Rhode Island for the Democrats this year, his organization will carry over tc 1934, and he will be in a posi- tion to dictate his own rencnination in a Senate race then. Rhode Island will watch the Chicago session closely and clear visioned Re- publicans admit that with a candidate at all acceptable and with a plank for outright repeal of the dry amendment, the Democrats should be able to add the State to the opposition column. % o%% 3 TN Specialising in < Perfect “« * -, 0;0 *” o, o .‘. 8 Also complete line of stand- “Pard and all-American made %" oo watches. Shop at the friendly store— 3‘you‘re always greeted with .:’ bpsmile—with 1o obligation togl buy. % Charge Accounts Invited M. Wurtzburger Co. 901 G St. NW. D | DIAMONDS 3 “Second, a group of employes, Who, | | due to a change of their positions or | slackness of work are working for a | | shorter perfod or else at a materially |lower rate per day or per hour. In | either case, this group is made up of those whose income from employment has been greatly reduced. “Third, those who are unemployed or are obtaining so little employment | that they are dependent upon various | charitable or other sources for relief. Must Level Situation. “Regardless of any relief measures| that may be adopted to cheate tem- | | porary employment, it is clear that | there must be a leveling of this general | situation by reducing the hours of em- | | ployment, and the amount of money | Teceived by the first class as wages and distributing this to the third class. | | "“As a first step looking to this result it would seem most desirable that the | | re-employed man or woman should be | | given employment only for a limited | period, say 30 hours per Week. By this | means’the relief from such unemploy- | ment would be spread over nearly dou- ble the number of people.” President Green urged “liberalization of the retirement law for employes in | the classified service of the Government | to an extent that will permit them after | | long years of service to live in reason- | able comfort.” He advocated “the five-day work | week and shorter work day and its ap- plication to Government as well as private employment as rapidly and con- structively as conditions will warrant | and permit, Plans for Relief. Mr. Green said that organized labor has repeatedly recommended that Con- gress and the Government deal with the | problem of unemployment in a practical | way. In the opinion of labor, this can be done through the appropriation of funds to be made available in the con- | struction of public buildings, in making | public improvements, in the buflding of highways, in carrying forward flood | control and in building various other | Government projects during periods of unemployment. “On the other hand,” he sald, “the | Government should ~ refrain ~ from | launching upon a public construction | program when men and women are generally employed in private industry. “Unfortunately, thus far the Gover ment_has failed to adopt a scientific |and systematic plan, or to make preparations for unemployment | emergency, providing for the use of | Government funds in furthering pub- lic works and public improvements.” President Green asked that the plat- form “declare in favor of the establish- State would not persist too long in their ‘;}f&“‘ and maintenance of an adequate | competent service.” For protection of Federal employes he advocated “a declaration in favor of the maintenance of high, decent | wage standards for employes of the | Pederal Government and that civilian Government employes be equitably and satisfactorily classified.” | SALVAGE WORK ENDED BREST, Prance, June 25 (#).—The national employment salvage ship Artiglio II planned to sail | during* the night for Plymouth. Ap- | parently the i work of removing more TENTATIVE REPEAL PLANK SUBMITTED Committee in Heated Session as Platform Issues Are Discussed. ___(Continued From First Page) daunted. He insisted that rohibition shall not be made a partisan_political issue or the subject of a plank In the Democratic platform.” Glass Leaves Room. Senator Glass of Virginia, long a foe of the prohibition leader, walked from | the committee room as the Bishop spoke. During a similar plea for a prohibi- tion plank, Dr. Ernest H. Cherrington, chairman of the National Prohibition Board of Strategy, was interrupted by Michael Igoe, Iliinois member of the resolutions group, who asked if min- isters would not be better off “if they preached temperance in their churches | and stayed out of political conventions.’ | Applause greeted the question and the drys responded likewise when Dr. Cherrington replied “That is a matter of opinion and there are various opinions among our | churchmen, There are those who ke- | Heve the church's influence should be | used against all social evils, and if pro- hibition is a social evil then certainly it is part of the so-calld Gospel to fight it.” Igoe and J. R. Pfiffner, the Wiscon- sin member of the Resolutions Com- mittee, presented planks favoring com- mitting the party to repeal and legis- lation meanwhile to permit the sale of beer. | Clear-Cut Stand Urged. | concluding a 45-minute argument for the wets, Pierre S. du Pont of Dela- | ware, chairman of the United Repeal Councll, urged the Democrats to take a clear-cut stand for repeal submis- | sion “without any ifs, ands and buts about it.” “In no respect,” he said, “has the country gained by probibition, and in many respects it has lost by it.” Dr. Cherrington replied that Con- gréss could not refer, submit or re- submit an amendment to the Consti- | tion but could only “propose” such an amendment, and then only when pub- lic sentiment is reflected in two-thirds of the votes of both Houses. William H. Stayton, speaking for the | Association Against the Prohibition | | Amendment, advocated return of con- trol of the liquor traffic to the States. Dr. Edwin C. Dinwiddie, secretary of the Prohibition Board of Strategy, took Stayton to task for arguing the Fed- eral Government had usurped the power of the States on prohibition, Mrs. Sabin Makes Appeal. Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, head of the Woman's Organization for National Prohibition Reform, urged a plank pledging Democratic members of both Houses to propose to State conventions | an_amendment for repeal. | ‘Walter L. Gregory of Chicago, repre- senting the American Hotel Owners’ Association, asked for a repeal plank, saying hotel operators had seen their banquet and restaurant business pass to “speakeasies.” | As the subcommittee went to work on | the tentative platform, it became known | that sharp issue would be taken with Republican policies on the tariff and other economic issues. | It was made known that the tariff plank would call for a return to the Democratic policy of lower levies and for an international conference to bring about tariff agreements. The platform builders were ready to insist ypon a declaration pledging the 5';3 against cancellations of the war lebts. Relief Proposals Submitted. Definite unemployment relief propo- | sals, fresh from the hands of Gov. Roosevelt, were taken into the drafting room by A. Mitchell Palmer. Interest in the economic issues was manifested at the morning session of the full committee in the questioning of William Green, president of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor, by the com- mitteemen. In response to Mayor Walker of New York the labor chief said he was will- ing to see a policy adopted whereby the Federal Government would loan funds to municipalities for city construction programs as well as undertaking Fed- eral construction work to aid unemploy- ment. Green replied to Willlam G. McAdoo, former Democratic Secretary of the Treasury, that the American Federation | of Labor had taken no stand on the | | controversy over full cash payment of | the bonus. A fight on this proposition is in pros- pect.. Gov. Woodring of Kansas put | forward a plank declaring in favor of | full cash payment to those veterans proven to be in need. | There was talk of the veteran James A. Reed of Missourl going on the Reso- | lutions Committee by proxy to lead a | fight with the Smith forces of New York ‘to commit the party to repeal of the | eighteenth amendment and to immedi- | | ate modification of the Volstead act. A hen at Whelphill, Scotland, has | laid an egg weighing 5 ounces. FREE service ON YOUR ?ETRO'NOKOI OIL BURNER O0ld or New- AUTOMATIC HEATING CORP | than $5,000,0¢ | sunken, steam | pleted. 00 in bullion from the er Egypt had been com- T S | 1719 CONN AVE.. 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CHICAGO, June 25—The Texas delegation to the Democratic National Convention arrived late today. Some 300 Texans formed parade and proceeded to an important caucus. William Gibbs McAdoo of California met the Texans and walked out of the station with Amon G. Carter, Fort Worth publisher, who carried a Lone Star flag | There must have been a close agree- | ment between the Texans and the Cali- fornians since the Far Westerners fell | into line with the Texans. | “Garner and jobs,” “Repeal,” “Against debt cancellations” and “Labor is for Garner,” their standards read. | Each’ Texan carried a State flag, and the California Bear flag was raised | aloft. Many of the marchers were women. Chicago’s official greeter was at_the station, as were Jed Adams and Mrs. Clara Driscoll Sevier, the national com- mitteemen. Maury Hughes of Dallas and Judge Sellers of Texarkana also were there. They are the candidates for a place on the Platform Committee. That struggle, in which was involved a test of Roosevelt-Smith, wet-dry strength, appeared to be the only fight in a delegation pledged to support Speaker Garner until released by him. MICHIGAN DELEGATION MAY DROP ROOSEVELT to Back Him TUntil “Party Expediency Dictates Instructed Otherwise.” BY P. C. POWELL. to The Star. DETROIT, June 25.—Unless Gov. Roosevelt wins on early ballot at Chi cago the Michigan delegation, which has been instructed to vote for him | “until .expediency dictates otherwise,” 1s likely to turn to another candidate. The old-line Democrats are in open | revolt ogainst the leadership of Mayor Frank Murphy of Detroit, the Roosevelt | leader in Michigan. It was through | their efforts that the Roosevelt instruc- | tion contained the “party expediency” appendage adopted at the State con- vention at Saginaw. In the selection of | The position was sought by Murphy. foned | ‘The candidate most often ment as a second choice is Gov. Maryland. | Best or damage of any kind! 1004 F St. N.W. | Garner, but expect to be MAINE WILL ASK AID TO ELECT CANDIDATES Sentiment Favors Demociatic Vic- tory if Financial Help Is Given, Leaders Declare. BY SAM E. CONNER. Special Dispatch to The Star. AUGUSTA, Me., June 25.—At Chi- cago.next week the Maine delegation will tell Democratic leaders that they have & possibility of electing their can- didate for Governor and controlling the Legislature in September. In return they will ask financial aid in making their campaign. In the Maine delegation will be Judge Louis J. Brann of Lewiston, the Demo- cratic nominee for Governor. He won, Monday last, with more than 11,000 of the 26,000 votes cast and a lead of | more than 5,000 over his nearest op- penent, ‘This prinfary vote represented sub- stantially the total enrolled Democratic vote of Maine, though not all the Dem- ocrats. The great majority are en- rolled as Republicans. The total Demo- crat vote of the State, under normal cenditions, is nearly 70,000 Democratic leaders feel that with a strict repeal platform by the national convention their prospects of victory in September and November are fair. e i G. 0. P. ACTION FAILS TO PLEASE CALIFORNIA Democrats, Leaning Toward Smith, Bolieve Baker Might Prove Good Dark Horse. BY HARVEY MARSHALL. Special Dispatch to The Star. LOS ANGELES, June 25.—Republi- can delegates are home from the wars while Democrats leave for the front. The one group is somewhat disgrunt- led; the other filled with orange juice and high hopes. California Republicans, knowing that there could.be no other result than Haever, profess themselves satisfied and confident. As a matter of fact a good many of them are neither. The pro- hibition plank is unpopular and so is Curtis. Democratic delegates are pledged to released from this obligation early in the game. Roosevelt has lost ground. There is & story that McAdoo has n flirting & bit with Al Smith. The “smiling war- rlor” is stronger in California now than be was at the April primary. Leaders believe a dark hors> will be nominated —preferably Newton Baker and favor putting the prohibition question on a repeal basis. e MURRAY STILL IN RACE CHICAGO, June 25 (#)—Gov. Wil- ‘The Oklahoma Governor said he had “no intention of quitting now,” and things turn out.” \ooooooooooooo s Glasses, Your Very Eye Insurance And if you get them from Castelberg’s that is your assur- ance of getting the best. They are insured against loss FARMERS'RELIEF PROGRAM REPEATED Agriculture Groups Restate 5-Point Plan Before Democrat Heads. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, ~June 25—Organized | agriculture is demanding of the Demo- | cratic party the five-pointed plan of farm relief it sought of the Repub- | licans. | The program of the Illinols Agricul | tural Association and its parent body, the American Farm Bureau Federation, as outlined by Earl Smith, presicent of the Illinois organizat-on, and Charles E. Hearst, vice president of the Nation- | al Federation, emphasizes protection of | such farm crops as involve exportable |suruluses. Other Four Pledges Asked. The other four pledges asked are for tariff revision to give agriculture true | parity of protection with other indus- tries; restoration of the general price |level of commodities through revision of monetary laws; adjustments in the | Pederal Reserve and farm loan sys | tems to provide agriculture with credits easily available and tax relief through | Government economy. These leaders said the Farm Board and agricultural marketing act spon- sored by the Republican platform are g00d as far as they go, but that they do not go far enough. Attacks Farm Board. In the early hearings before the Platform Committee, Peter B. Carey of tie Chicago Board of Trade at- tacked the Farm Board and said it had “wasted” half a billion dollars in | two years while wheat prices tumbled. Charles A. Ewing, representing | the National Live Stock Marketing As- sociation, asked the party to favor the Federal Government taking over the farm debt at a rate of not more than 1 per cent. Dudley Doolittle, Kansas national committeeman, advocated a plank favoring amendment to the farm loan act to permit refinancing firm mort- gages at a low interest rate. NEBRASKANS WILL PLACE ECONOMIC ISSUES FIRST Oppose Committing Party Individ- uals on Ligquor Quesiion Pre- ceding Presidential Race. BY GEORGE F. FISHER. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. 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