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SCORES JUBILANT OVER PARTY STAND Not One Took Floor to Op- pose Dripping Wet Plank at Chicago. BY MARGUERITE YOUNG. the Associated Press. CHICAGO, o of Democratic rediting their sex today with ju riding—even spurr he don its new radical-wet stand That's how much they reveled in the tidal wave which inundated the con- v n last night They said so with votes shouted it into microphones to incr the drama of the roll call. Two gave soprano obbligatos to the wet c from thé platform. Altoge performance was one of the most ing aspects of the show True, women snatched the Ark placard and tore it to bits to its being swept into wet There must have been others w same way about it. But tt ike the proverbial needle in that sc ing haystack, and the only word of di approval heard came from M O'Keefe Susong of Tennessee. Georgia Will Accept. Miss Emily B 30.—Sc scores women were ey to When it was all over Woodward of Georgia, one of the origi- nal dry States, predicted “the women of State will accept the party dic- tum Elizabeth Marbury, who calls herself the “grandmother of Democracy” in New York, beamed as she asserted, “I've been working for this since 1920. SOUTHWEST RIFT WITH EAST SEEN Union of Rural Forces to Combat City Domination Dec'ared Evident. [ | BY MARK SULLIVAN. CHICAGO, June 30—There is some , but not necessarily a serious one, that the cleavage in the convention will leave active sores to remain open in the campaign. One group of leaders Will nurse disappointment, but as respects | voters tr reason why the n the cam- ere ould be mates is no oughout the tion he line-up on t fon and in every 1 picture of ti of a majority e essen- is that ith and to get cony 1the 1 ntior ral S rid of the cit on_control of minated the tee under Chairman s! 1928 The South and West on ing the city invader and getting Democ: J c uncer Southern and We 1 caused them to take little in anything else fight “on_prohibition the dry \ and West did not really struggle hard for their point of view. As onomic planks in the plat- | form, the majority South and West did | not listen very carefully to hear whether their farming and other interests are cared for Union of South and West. Natior John tentn J. Raskob e ss of the STAR, WASHINCGTON GOV. ALBERT C. RITCHIE. SENATOR CORDELL HULL. WALSH PUTS ISSUE ON NULLFIGATION Massachusetts Senator Says Repeal Is Only Aiterna- D. €., THURSDAY, ATOR DAVID 1. WAL | Democrats Go Full Length for Repeal of Dry Laws. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, June 30.—The text of the platform plank committing the Demo- HOW THE PAR’ 1ES STAND 0. P. Adopts Plank Submitting Tssue to States. | | Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, June 30.—The text of the platform plank on prohibition adopted JUNE 30, 1932. AL SMITH. SECTIONAL LINES SVASHED IN POLL Dry South Shows Majority of 181 1-2 to 152 1-2 for RITCHIE APPEALS WILD SCENES MARK FORREPEALPLANK REPEAL VICTORY |Governor Advances States’ Pandemonium Breaks Loose Rights Argument in Urging | and Delegates Stage Un- Convention Support. precedented Parade. BY WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE. CHICAGO, June 30 (NANA) —For more than a quarter of an hour the empty dinner pail clicked against the foaming growler as the delegates from 40 States paraded in the Democratic convention hall making the issue of this campaign “We favor the repeal of the eighteenth amendment.” ‘When these words came from the lips of Chairman Hitchcock of the Platform Committee the great parade started. It was a gaudy riot. Here came the great industrial States, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jer- sey, Iilinols, Michigan, followed by the Mountain States, Colorado, Montana, Arizona and New Mexico. Che border States, Kentucky, West virginia and Missouri, followed, with the prairie States, Wisconsin, the Dakotas and Nebraska, joining the ance The standards of Alabama | By the Associated Press. | CHICAGO STADIUM, June 30.—Bas- | ing his argument upon his familiar State rights theme, Gov. Ritchie of Maryland last night appealed to the Democratic National Convention to support repeal of the cighteenth amend- ment. “Those States which want prohibi- tion legislation are entitled to have it,” | he said. “If this meets the circum- | stances or desires of any of the States, then such States should be free and undisturbed in their ri to have the legislation they wish e than that, effective Pederal mea: d be established to protect such States against shipments from other States which would contravene their Jaws and the will of their people “But other States whose problems are different also should be free to enact laws within their own borders best suited to their conditi ws which in thelr experience are best adapted to promote temperance, moral- ity and order among their own peoples. Sees Revenue Relief. f national prohibition were pealed and State control substitute he id, “the Federal revenues thus derived would give infinite relief to an > | overtaxed people. It would be entirely Dropped as Democratic Policy. unnecessary to have many of the emer- | But it was clear to all as the State gency taxes which now Congress has | pennants flickered gayly upon the swell- imposed. * * *” | ing flood of joy, that prohibition was After commenting on the present | definitely and finally abandoned as & Treasury situation and the new tax |policy of the Democratic party. Kansas, by husky not let them move with the wet tide that was roll- ing over the great hall, re: Ritchie sald: |~ The Republican party had abandoned | cratic party to repeal of the eighteenth | at the Republican National Convention The heart of this convention is s “I always said then the prohibition- ists were entitled to a fair trial. Well, they've had it—and the few fanatics left. have been overwhelmed. At least a million women who never voted with Democracy are for us now.” Women had jostled along in the slow, clamoring parades down the aisles. In evening dress and daytime suits. they stood up all around the tieved galleries and waved as madly as the men Then in the debate a feminine voice came through the platform micro- phones. “A Woman for Repeal!” “Just think—a woman voting for re« Jean Whittemore of Porto Rico, a little brunette with a big contralto voice, was repeating the remark which greeted her vote for the wet plank in the Resolutions Committee, on which she served. Moderationists came to the plat- form—but no woman among them. Yet another woman addressed multitude. “I am a delegate from Virginia. I am a member of the Woman's Organi- zation for National Prohibition Re- form.” Mrs. George Sloane, slender daughter of George Ingalls, New York Central Railroad man, was demanding modification pending repeal. The Vir- ginia delegation had been pledged to the minority plank, but Mrs. Sloane had been released. In the final showdown of the roll call Illinois’ announcement reverber- ated through the Coliseum in a deep, emotion-gharged contralto: “Illinois ;:tk;‘usilmully and emphatically votes Mrs. Elizabeth Conkey, committee- woman and delegate, was polling the “no” vote as against the mild repeal submission plank. Mrs. Sabin Pleased. New Jersey—down the and many a big vote was sent over the wires from the floor to | the platform and the vast auditorium in a feminine voice. Finally came “Texas votes 46 ‘No. in the terse Western phrasing of Mrs. Cecil Smith. All this time Mrs. Charles H. Sabin of New York, head of the woman's organization for naticnal prohibition reform, exultant, clapped and smiled- from a box above the floor. “Well, you ought to be happy,” ex- claimed Jouett Shouse as came up ;n shake hands. Her reply was, “Per- ectly [ Tossing bouquets to her lieutenants, she claimed f redit of hay- ing “made repeal in July to decide whom the organization will support.”” Mrs. Sabin grinned. and sdded. “Now, don't laugh yourself to death!” ORGANIZED DRYS FACING DILEMMA IN ELECTION FIGHT m First Page.) the meeting others who demonstrations experiences rchman declined to plank itse he woul comment . but said robability have a statement later. Mrs. Putnam Gets Medal The fourth luminary to receive the Columbia Broadcasting System's “dis- tinguished service” medal for contribu- tions to the radio art is Amelia Ear- hart Putnam, because of her broadcast interviews from London at the end of her epochal flight. Others who have been awarded the medal are Col Charles A. Lindbergh, Leopold Sto- kowski and Sir John Reith, digector Yyt e B ‘Broadgaating vouns | {union of rural South and West, held together by dislike and fear of the city |East. How fundamental this cleavage is can be realized by observing that it is a near-duplicate of the conventlon | which in this city 36 years ago almost | to the day nominated William Jennings Bryan The South and West did not choose | | Gov. Roosevelt as its symbol. Left to themselves, they would have chosen an- other. Roosevelt, however, partly by | conscious shrewdness of those who pro- | moted him, partly by circumstances, | partly by influence of the name to which he is a distant cousin, Theodore | Roosevelt, appealed to the South and West. 1In getting that territory he went farther than he at first intended and alienated from him the Eastern city leaders, symbolized by “Al” Smith. | Then in proportion as Smith fought him the South and West solidified be- hind him. The South and West are | not today fanatic about Roosevelt as they were about Bryan. They have become lately indeed a little dubious | about Roosevelt. At any time this week the South and West would have been equally satisfled with Newton D. Baker. | The conviction that Baker would be a stronger candidate grew each day. The South and West feared. however, that if they to switch their allegiance Smith might leap upon them in_the process and seize control for the East. Fear of Smith, the cities and the East is the cement that holds the South and West solidified behind a candidate who really does mot greatly excite their enthusiasm. The City Unemployed. In this line-up it has been made to appear that Smith and the East are in | an economic’ sense what Bryan called | the “octopus”—the great business in- terests. That is not true. When Roose- velt partisan Senator Clarence Dill of Washington implied in effect that any- body voting against Roosevelt’s interest is an instrument of big business the convention “booed” him. This disap- proval was as spontanecus an act of intelligent understanding and of justice as often happens in an jmperfect world. What Smith really represents is the city workingman. This is shown by details of the convention management The arrangements were made by parti- sans of Smith, who, under Chairman John J. Raskob, operate the machinery of the permanent National Committee. They thought in terms of appealing to the city workman, just now the city unemployed. The opening prayer was made by an officer of the Salvation Army. The function of singing “The ar Spangled Bahner” was given to a Boston woman with a name suggesting our recent Armenian immigration. In- cidentally, the anthem was never sung with greater fervor or sincerity or musi- cal skill. The prayer on the second day was made by a Chicago clergyman with a Polish name. Here likewise there was sincerity in the appeal for succor for the distressed city unem- ployed Roosevelt and his following are as interested in the city workingman as n any other element of the electorate The difference between Roosevelt and Smith is that Roosevelt by acts of his s governor of New York and by his speeches has made the impression of having an_equal iperior interest in the rural South and West. (Copyright, 1932.) Warm Christmas Days. ing the Jast century the warmest mas days were those of 1872 and when in London the thermometer stood on both days at 56 degrees., In 1 the records for the three days, mas eve to Boxing day, were brok- with temperatures of 54, 56 and 53 "heat-wave” of this arm air being drawn 1 Atlantic, and more s brings with it thick | s caused by from the So often than not th clouds and rain tive Offered. By the Assoclated Press CHICAGO, June 30.—Senator David I Walsh of Massachusetts last night called on the Democratic party to regis ter itself for repeal of the eighteenth amendment with the declaratior: “The issue is repeal of the eighteenth amendment or nullification.” Before the packed floor and galleries at the Democratic convention he said: v eighteenth amendment s " coomed. “I plead with the Democratic party,” he d, “to meet the issue squarel: and if we favor repeal, say so in terms that cannot be mistaken.” Walsh was a leader in the struggle in the platform-building Resolutions Committee, which finally resulted in a majority the committee recommend- ing repeal and modification of the Vol- stead &ct. Cites Slavery Tssue. The issue was before the convention as Walsh spoke. The question of sl “which rent the count: ery,” he sald, three-fourths of a century ago, just as the question | of prohibition is rending the country today, was a moral question. “After years of straddle and compro- mise on the slavery question, there came & day when that issue as a polit- ical issue had to be met and When statesmen and parties had to declare themselves on the question. In my we are precisely’ af that « on the prohibition issue.” He told the delegates that the plank proposed by the majority “Is in the Janguagé of the primary school primer.” Walsh argued there was no merit in the contention that “naked repeal” of the amendment would deluge the coun- try with liquor “without regulation or constraint and bring back the open saloon.” It will do nothing of the kind,” he continued. “Simple and straightfor- ward repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment, without reservation, automati cally restores to the States their own untrammeled rights to deal with the liquor traffic as each State sees fit. That is as it should be.” Urges Volstead Revision. On the proposal to modify the Vol- stead act, pending repeal, Walsh said “We of the majority also believe that the Democratic party ought to offer to the country more th its pledge to repeal the eighteenth amendment Our party ought to call upon Congress for immediate Hberalization of the Vol- stead act.” “Time does not permit me to argue this question,” he said. “It requires no argument. It is subordinate to the major and fundamental issue of repeal of the eighteenth amendment, but it is a corrolary of it, and the clearly indi- cated course if we truly mean to end the present intolerable conditions.” "Bhe Massachu Senator charged that the eighteenth amendment has “corrupted men, It has corrupted Gov- ernment. 1t has created & class who have set themselves outside the law and brazenly enforce their own decrees and make their own judgments affect- |ing life and property , Walsh claimed in “this The Republican par “straddled and equivocated” hall two weeks ago.” “I plead with the Democratic part he said, “not to make the same mis- take, not to take refuge in a similar evas not to content itselfl with a pledge to submit the question of re- peal.” % A German field gun presented to St Ives, England, in 1919 the British war office is to be as scrap, the proceeds g to local British Legion. the Raskob Happy Over Repcal SMILES AT FULFILLMENT OF GO, J 30 b is a happ ppy t v conventi et views John J man today Demoeratic as come to as 50 long split wide i a the ov the huge d more whelm- 1p on the momentous result of ote piled g as chairman of the Demo- Nat Committee after con- g in figures to finance his the past four years and devot- e and energy in n ragments together, considered his time and money well e said in his in a self- emb: d way, proceed with i plank gives an the people to vote on a aple and clear-cut question. e Tes { the vote in November t they want repeal, Congress can th a great sense of security alizing of the Volstead act will not classify light wines and r as intoxicating liquor. inued gress may bee “It will thus enable society to secure | light wines and beer hen Congress meets in December, this in turn will enable the Govern- ment, through the levying of excise taxes, to secure vast revenues that will relieve to a great extent the heavy bur- dens of the taxpayers.” Raskob said he did not expect to be | cheirman of the National Committee ter the end of the convention. Asked VIEWS HE LONG ADVOCATED. __JOHN J. RASKOB. |if he expected to continue in politics, | hé smiled and replied: “I have no plans.” ‘Was the result of his time and money worth while? Raskob smiled sgain andAsaid, “Of course.” amendment, approved by an over- whelming vote last night, follows: The Accepted Plank. “We favor the repeal of the eight- eenth amendment. “To effect such repeal, we demand | that the Congress immediately propose a constitutional amendment to truly representative conventions in the | States called to act solely on that proposal, “We urge the enactment of such measures by the several States as will actuaily promote temperance, effectively | prevent the return of the saloon and bring the liquor traffic into the open under complete supervision and control by the States. “We demand that the Federzl Gov- ernment effectively exercise its power to enable those States to protect them- selves against importation of intoxicat- ing liquors in violation of their laws. “Pending repeal, we favor immediate modification of the Volstead act to legalize the manufacture and sale of beer and other beverages of such alcoholic content as is permissible under the Constitution and to provide there- | from a proper and needed revenue.” The Rejected Plank. The text of the minority report, pro- amendment to the people, and which was rejected, follows: “That the Congress immediately pro- | pose to truly representative conventions in the States, called to meet solely cn the proposal, a repeal of the eighteenth amendment. “In the the Democratic party c | enactment of such measures in the sev- | eral States as will actually promote | temperance, effectively prevent return {of the saloon and bring the liquor traffic_under complete supervision and | control by the States: and that the Federal Government ‘effectively exercise its power to protect States against im- portation of intoxicating liquors in violation of their laws.” vent of repeal we urge that -operate in the Convention Notes By the Associated Press CHICAGO, June 30.—There's & new way, via radio, for the delegate hus- band to let homestaying wife know he's on the job. At intervals during the Democratic Convention, & peculiar whistle has been heard. A delegate explained that an unidentified neighbor was responsible “His wife is listening on the radio, and it's his way of proving he’s attend- to work and not having a good time downtown.” There was much searching at the Democratic Convention when Republig- an Alice Roosevelt Longworth, hither- to a regular attendant at every session, was missing from her place last night She was found at last, at Chicago's Planetarium, much enthralled by a lec- ture on the stars Mrs. Al Smith was pleased and proud, but placid, during that vociferous and prolonged ovation for her husband last night. But thelr slim and pretty daughter, Mrs. Emily Warner, who campaigned with him four years ago, gave vent to whole-hearted enthusiasm. | “I wish this convention would make it possible for me to go campaigning again—we'd win this time,” she said. “Would you campaign for any can- this convention selects?” she d | " “No,” she emphatically stated. “Dad’s my candidate.” Ruth Bryan Owen, famed dry, William' Jennings Bryan, mounted fo the press table to view the | convention's big wet parade. Her_expression was philosophical Mrs. Owen recently went down to de- feat in the Democratic Florida primary under an avalanche of wet votes. Elj mo whe wa! zabeth Marbury, self-styled “grand- of Democracy” in’ New York. 1s by an emergency hospital on her to the stadium every morning And every day I tell the man push my chair—a little more nervously ever ay—'Put some speed on, put some speed on!’” Suffering from arthritis, the pic- turesque te keeps up a stream of wisecracks on the Democratic scene. But she said “the only real excitement I get is news from my farm—potatoes are coming up.” hy ing It's a happy reunion as well as & Democratic convention for at least two of the prominent women who are taking part in the proceedings in the big_ sta- dium. Mrs. Robert C. Watts of Lynchburg, Va, and Mrs. Daisy McLaurin Stevens of Mississippi, sisters, are national com- mitteewomen from their respective States and all the talking they do on the platform is not about who will be nominated. They are daughters of the late Sena- tor A. J. McLaurin of Mississippt. There was much talk of William Jen- nings Bryan today at breakfast, where | members of his family and friends | gathered. Josephus Daniels recalled the “Com- moner’s” famous cross-of-gold speech in 1896 and smilingly said “Some North Carolinans are still Vut-} ing for Bryan.” James A. Farley, often called “One Ballot” Farley since he came to Chicago, | felt_so confident of Gov. Roosevelt's | nomination today that he played hookey | | from headquarters and went swimming. | Farley has clung to his Roosevelt-on- | the-first-ballot prediction ever since the first primary result from New Hampshire in the early Spring. daughter of that | | here June 16 and which proposes re- submission of the elghteenth amend- | ment to the States, follows: The Accepted Plank. | “The Republican party has always | stood and stands today for obedience to and enforcement of the law as the very foundation of orderly government snd | civilization. There tan be no national security otherwise. The duty pf the President of the United States &nd the officers of the law is clear. The law must be enforced as they find it enact- ed by the people. ! action we pledge our nominees. has been the party of the Constitution. Nullification by non-observance by in- dividuals or State action threatens the stability of government. | a high degree of permanence, they foresaw the need of changes and pro- | vided for them. proposals of amendments to two meth- “The Republican party is and always | “While the Constitution makers sought | jeft the Democratic fold four years ago Article V limits the | went 13 to 1 for repeal, North Carolina Repeal Plank. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jurle 30.—Sectional lines | went to smash in today's espousal of repeal by the Democratic party, and if | the convention votes accurately the | | sentiment back home there have been | | some notable changes, especially in | Dixie. | All of the Southern States, including | To these courses of | both the “solid South” area and the | border Commonwealths, voted against neutral resubmission and for repgal to | the tune of 191!, to 152!,. The deep South States that contributed solid del- | | egations included South Carolina ard | | Texas, the latter one of the States that |, Of the other “solid South” States | that then turned Republican, Florida split 8 to 18, and Virginia 11 to 13. Ala- | ods: (1) Two-thirds of both houses of |bama had 3 votes for repeal and 21 Congress may propose smendments of | against. Georgia, Mississippi and Okla- | (2) on application of the Legislatures | homa alone of the group, cast solidly of two-thirds of the States a national | against the wet commitment | | convention shall be called by Congress to propose amendments. Thereafter ratification_must be had in one of tWo | resubmission. posing submission of the eighteenth | ways: (1) By the Legislatures of three- | yoted overwhelmingly wet. fourths of the several States or (2) by conventions held in three-fourths of |the several States. Congress Is given | power to determine the mode of rati- | cast solid wet votes. fication. “Referendums without constitutional sanction cannot furnish answer. decefving the people. “A Nation-wide controversy over the | of these, cast 2 votes for resubmission | eighteenth amendment now distracts attention from the constructive solution of many pressing national problems. ‘The principle of national prohibition as embodied in the amendment was sup- ported and opposed by members of both | great political parties. It was submit- |ted to the States by members of Con- | | faith and | ratified by Sehate Legislatures of dif- | | gress of different political ferent political majorities. It was not | then and is nct now a partisan politi- | cal_question, |~ “Members of the Republican party hold different opinions with respect to it and no publ:c official or member of the party should be pledged or forced to choose between his party affliations and his honest convictions upon this question “We do mnot favor a submission limited to the issue of retention or | repeal, for the American nation never | in"1ts_ history has gone backward, and in this case the progress which has been thus far made must be preserved, while the evils must be eliminated. “We therefore believe that the people should have'an opportunity to pass unon & proposed amendment, the pro- visions of which, while retaining in the Federal Government power to pre- serve the gains already made in deal- ing with the evils inherent in the | liquor traffic, shall allow States to deal | with the problem as their citizens may determine, but subject always to the power of the Federal Government to | protect those States where prohibition may exist and safeguard our citizens eéverywhere from the return of the saloon and attendant abuses. “Such an amendment should be promptly submitted to the States by Congress, to be acted upon by State conventions called for that sole pur- pose in accordance with the provisions of Articles 5 of the Constitution and adequately safeguarded so as to be truly representative.” The Rejected Plank. The text of the minority report, pro- posing repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment. and which was rejected, follows: “We recommend that the Congress of the United States immediately pre- |pare an amendment to the Federal Constitution repealing the eighteenth | amendment thereto, to be submitted to | conventions of the people of the several | States called for the sole purpose, in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 of the Coustitution of the United States. a decisive | proposal, ‘Those who propose them in-| plank, in the entire convention. | nocently are deluded by false hopes; | those who propose them knowingly are | ever, the Democratic party has been “Should the eighteenth amendment | be repealed, we pledge our best effort toward enactment of such measures in the several States as will actually pro- mote temperance, effectively abolish the saloon, whether open or concealed, and bring the liquor traffic itself under complete public supervision and con- trol, with revenues properly drawn from legalized sources for the relief of the burden of taxpayers.” Smali Beginning—Great Ending. New York State ranks among the foremost producers of salt in this coun- try and the industry dates back to 1653, when the French Father Simon Le Moyne had his attention called to & spring laden with salt while he was on a visit to the Onondaga Indians. With very crude apparatus he recovered a quantity of sod'um chloride which he carried with him en Ris journey and presented to the ®ersons who enter- | tained him. His discovery was really the beginning of the great industry which exists at the present time. Up to that time the only salt made in the State was that recovered from the com- paratively weak brines of the ocean. Radio Project Reported. | An unconfirmed report has reached American_radio officials that a new | 75,000-watt radic station, said to be backed by American interests in Los Angeles, has been projected for erec- |tion at Ensenada, Lower Calif. The | Mexican _government 15 su d to | have authorized fts congtruction with & | directional antenna ds ed to serve American listeners in the Southwest. | resident of ‘Indiana, | Kentucky ~went completely ~wet. | Arkansas split 5 for repeal to 13 for Louisiana and Tennessee | |~ From other more arid sections Kansas | split 8 against, 12 for resubmission; Towa, Montana, North Dakota and Utah | Outside of the | | States mentioned there were exactl 511 convention votes for the least the minority resubmission In some dry Republican States, how- | recorded before for repeal. Maine, one and 10 for repeal. SCHOOL DATA DELAYED District Auditor Told Year's Bal- ances Are to Be Compiled. Public_school officials today notified Daniel Donovan, District auditor, that they will be unable to present to him | their 1934 estimates until a compila- tion has been made of unexpended bal- ances from this year's appropriations. The auditor had issued a request to all District departments to submit thier 1934 estimates as soon as possible, but while school officials have listed the items which they would include in that year's budget they feel unable to for- ward & budget to' the Distric# Building until the school finances hawe been more completely checked. Chile is trying to stop the hoarding of coffe, tea, sugar, cooking ofls and other highly perishable products. | Better “Hot” Than Destitute Godfrey G. Gloom, Jeffersonian Democrat, Is Care- | | fully Guarding His “Do away with it, and not only will | the American people be relleved of these new taxes when they are taxed more than they can stand already, but there | will be employment for thousands and thousands of people now out of work, new markets will be opened for the farmer, and crime, the gangster and the racketeer will no longer be financed by the outlaw profits of an outlaw trade to victimize and prey upon peace- loving and law-abiding citizens. “Pending the repeal of the eighteenth amendment, all these results would be promoted by such, liberalization of the Volstead act as the eighteenth amend- ment permits so as to allow the manu- facture of light wines and beer. | “I could go on, but time forbids. All I am pleading for is that we do not forget the fundamental political ele- ments which have made us a great Nation and a free people, and that we | crush all tendencies to tamper with our political foundations in any way which might jeopardize the whole govern- mental superstructure.” Upholds Temperance. Ritchie prefaced his address with an assertion that he did not ‘rise to a question of wet or dry,” but to one that “'goes straight to the heart of American institutions.” He upheld temperance as the goal with which all should be concerned, and said the greatest progress toward that end “was made before we mixed morals, politics and legislation all up | together and tried to do by govern- | mental force and flat what can only be done by education and popular sanc- | tion and consent.” He continued: “Our real progress was. made before | we put prohibition in the Constitution, | where, as a matter of sound govern- ment it ought not to be, and when we ere leaving it to the States, where as a matter of sound government it ought to be.” The Governor said he had been pro- testing for more than 10 years against the evils of undue Government central- ization in Washington. He cited the eighteenth amendment as “the most | i | outstanding illustration” of them. “This amendment should never have | been put in the Constitution,” he said | in conclusion. “The time has come when we can rectify that mistake and take it out.” “Ham" Stations Increase. Either enforced leisure due to the de- | pression or an unusual interest in ama- teur radio due to the increasing radio- telephone vogue has led to an unusual increase of late in the number of licensed “ham” stations. According to Willlam D, Terrell, chief of the Depart- ment of Commerce radio division, in charge of amateur radio, there are now 31,859 licensed amateur stations, com- pared with 22,739 a year ago. | Wallet Since Gov. Ritchie’s Was Stolen. BY ELMER DAVIS. CHICAGO, June 30 (N.AN.A).— Godfrey G. Gloom, the unterrified Hoo- sier Democrat, was discovered by a re- | porter sitting' in the Congress Hotel lobby with his Prince Albert coat wrapped tightly about him and his arms folded across his chest | “You must be pretty warm, Mr. | loom,” the reporter ventured. “Better be hot than destitute, id Mr. Gloom. “Ever since I heard that Gov. Ritchie had $300 stblen out of his coat pocket the other night by some | fellow that came up to shake his hand and congratulate him on his prospects of nomination, I been nursing the bill- fold that contains what three years of Republican prosperity have left me. | “But 1 must say,” Mr. Gloom pur- | sued, “that that episode kind of dis- couraged me about Ritchie. I'd been thinkin’ pretty well of him before that, but we don't want a President that it's so easy to steal things off of. We had enough of that a few years back.” “Who is your preference for the pres- idential nomination?” the reporter asked. For Will Rogers. “If yow'd asked me earlier,” replied Mr. Gioom candidly, “I'd have told you 1 had none. True tq the duty of every was waitin® till properly constituted authority in the State organization told me who my heart was throbbin' for. “But since I heard that combination | prayer meeting, song service and vaude- | ville show that they put on at the Sta- dium when the Resolutions Committee failed to appear, I want to say that I'm for Will Rogers first, last and all the time. He's the only man who has yet addressed this convention who, when he showed signs of stoppin’, was greeted py shouts of ‘No, no, go on.” Any man who could have such an effect on these hot and hungry delegates would sweep | the country. “It's a blame good thing for Roose- velt and Ritchie and the rest of them that the convention was technically in | a state of recess at the time. If some | fellow'd got up and nominated Rogers | | { right then, he'd have got two-thirds of the vote as quick as the secretary could have called the roll.” “‘But there was a good deal of a dem- onstration for Roosevelt,” said the re- porter. ‘So there was,” Mr. Gloom agreed, “and for Al Smith and Ritchie, too. and Woodrow Wilson has yet evoked so much applause as the convention poured out the other day when Mr, Barkley mentioned Dwight Morrow. “Of course, Morrow has a great ad- vantage- in_being dead. This conven- tion, like the one that met here week before last, thinks a lot more of any- body who is good and deceased than of a man who is still alive and able to make enemies. He “Talked Se “I thought it was quite a confession when this convention gave & bigger hand to a dead Republican than they ve done yet to a live Democrat, This Rog- ers demonstration, however, sort of re- stored my spirits; even & live Democrat can rouse their enthusiasm if he adopts the un-heard-of expedient of talking sense. That was what put Morrow on the front page, if you remember—talk- ing sense. “And I am not persuaded that it would be a suicidal course for any can- didate to adopt this year either, though 1 don't imagine any candidate who is liable to be nominated here will be bold enough to run the risk.” “How do you find general sentiment among the delegates?” the reporter asked. “Well, T only talked to one this morn- ing,” said Mr. Gloom. “His name is J. Fred Blotto, delegate from Guam I started askin’ him about business con- ditions out there, but he says “‘Hell, Mr. Gloom, I never heard of Guam till last week. I come from Phil- adelphia,’ he says, ‘and on account of some trouble in my ward I couldn't get on the Pennsylvania delegation, but some of the boys had promised to take care of men, so they put on from Guam. “‘Well, that looked all right at first, but I come to find out that Guam is run by & al governor. How the hell,’ he says, ‘am I goin’ to qualify for the | postmastership or district ltwmeyship‘ by throwing the Guam vote to the win- | ning candidate at the proper moment ! if I got to join the Navy to qualify? I get seasick,’ he says, ‘every time I even | gg.:iywn Delaware Bay on a mhh” “Then he left me to try to crash the Resolutions Committee in the hope of getting them to adopt a plank demand- ing home rule and a Garner post office for Guam.” Federal prohibition for Federal control of the interstate traffic under a con- stitutional amendment to be submitted to the people of the States; the Demo- cratic platform provides for Federal control under congressional action after the repeal of the eighteenth amend= ment The enthusiasm on the floor was for beer. The bands played “How Dry I Am,” “Hail, Hail. the Gang’s All Here, weet Adeline,” and all the wassail songs of the good old days. The galleries were happy. An apparent majority of the dele- gates was in accord with the platform Teported by the committee. After the minority report was read the impatience of the crowd both in the galleries and on the floor grew more and more evident, as the debate grad- ually developed into a vast dreary quar- rel between supporters of the report and the 20,000 auditors in the hall. Smith Brings Demeonstration. In the midst of this wrangle appeared Al Smith, and for five minutes such a pandemonium of delight Hurst into the proceedings as are rarely Witnessed in modern conventfons. ‘The delegates from all over the floor rose on their chairs, waved their hats and yelled, while the band played “The Sidewalks of New York” over and over and “Sweet Adeline” by way of diver- sion. Thus the Democratic party gave its affectionate greeting to its leader. Nothing could have been more sin= cere. But the banners of the Roosevelt States for the most part remained still. Smith stood where Bryam stood many times in Democratic nventions — Bryan, the beldved lead! who, like Moses, was barred from the Promised Land. Smith's, appearance was the high spot of the debate. The passege of the repeal plank real- ly records aonther setback vote for Roosevelt. It was his Subcommittee on Resolutions that rejected a straight re- pea! plank, although two Roosevelt men voted for direct repeal. So in general, the passage of a forthright repeal plank is a Roosevelt defeat. Before the convention. opened, the New York Governor seemed to have it under full control, but his. leaders have failed to abrogate the two-thirds rule, or to pass a middle-course prohibition plank. However, the passage of the straight repeal plank gives raw meat to his foes, and may take the edge off thelr appetite for Roosevelt's blood. Tammany Happy. The moment the Committee on Resolutions announced its willingness to accept the challenge of the Repube- lican convention by adopting a drip- ping wet plank and immediate repeal, the jubilant.groups of repealers began to celebrate their victory. For the first time, Tammany was really happy. It seemed willing to take Roosevelt and lick the spoon. The various socially important wo- men’s organizations opposed to prohi- bition started their teas and rejoicing in _very good social form It is apparent that there are many from the South and the West who do not like the plank the committee adopted by a vote that indicated its adoption by the conv n. If fate had let the Rooseveltians have their way With the platform, the wets might easily have demanted men of their own for President and Vice Pres- ident, but as it is the wets seem willing to take some semi-arid Westerner for Vice President and be satisfled. The mood may change again before the bal- | But it don't seem to me that any Dem- | joting for candidates is finished, but | ocrat but Rogers and Thomas JefTerson | now Rocsevelt can take it, and the tail goes with the hide. The plank declaring categorically against the cancellation of foreign debts s a McAdoo plank. The Roosevelt strategists don’t like it. The plank would tie Roosevelt’s hands in all fu- ture negotiations with the allies, and it Roosevelt's managers dared they would fight it on the floor of the con- tion. But the issue is Rot one that 1d be intelligently fought in the ntion against the flag wavers and undred percenters, Expect Roosevelt to Hedge. So the old League of Nations Wil- sonian Democrats have to grin and it. They expect Roosev to cou c the hi bea it t hedge on that plank in his speech of acceptance. But the Adam'’s apple of the intellectuals in the _convention bobbed like a cork with a bass on the hook as that plank went irrevocably into the platform. It is the plank on which McAdoo expects to run for the Senate in California with Hearst sup- rt, and is what McAcoo gets out of e Garner victory in California—a fair of salvage. As the time for the nomination of the candidate draws near it is becom- ing evident that candidates opposing Roosevelt cannot get togeeher. Ritchie’s managers hoped that Al Smith in a speech from the floor—his ch swan song—withdrawing as a presi- dential candidate, would blast the Roosevelt boom and make Roosevelt's nomination impossible. But with the Democratic party in the hands of Roos It's Western and Southern frier it makes small difference whether Al Smith commits public spec- tacular hari-kari for the cause of per- sonal liberty or eats his heart out in oblivion, Hie chance to pass out in a blaze of glory, defying the Roosevelt et-up, is passing. In another day the sun will set on his opportunity. In the meantime the Southern and Western celegates, who do not like the beer plank and its implication of the quick, unrestrained return of the sa- loon as it was when the brewers con- trolled it, are making a noise like a fly in the ointment. But it is a small fly and a large stein of ointment. (Copyright. 1932. by the North American Newspaper Alliance.) Rouen, France, will combine its com- and agricultural