Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1936, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1936. *» A—S DISTRICT URGED TO PRESS FOR VOTE AS “TEA PARTY” ENDS LEADERS REPORT ONPROCRESSMADE Band of Indians Gives Real- istic Touch to Convention Demonstration. BY J. A. O'LEARY, Staft Correspondent of The Star. PHILADELPHIA, June 25.—Re-en- actment of the Boston Tea Party to remind the. thousands of visitors to the Democratic National Convention that Washingtonians still have taxa- tion without representation, came to @ close last night with a radio broad- cast, in which leaders in the move- ment reported the results of their ef- forts to the people of the District, through Station WJSV. The band of Indians that came here to give a realistic touch to the tea party gathered around the microphone of the Columbia Broadcasting System, while speakers told the voteless listen- ers in the District of the steps that were taken to put their cause before the Democratic conclave. Big Fight Urged. Representative Mary T. Norton, chairman of the House District Com- mittee, advised the radio audience of the arguments made to the Platform Committee earlier in the day in sup- port of national representation, and added: “I believe we have succeeded in bringing your position as voteless people before the bar of public opin- jon. Now for the big fight. If you do your part, we shall continue to do ours. It is going to be a big fight, but it will be worth while, and I know we &hall win.” Frank B. O’'Mahoney, who made the speeches describing the voteless con- dition of District residents while the Indians paraded along the crowded street during the past two days, also told his District radio audience last night that they must persevere in the fight to win the right to vote in na- tional elections. Indifference Warning Sounded. O'Mahoney said: “There is one thing which the citizens of the District of Columbia should remember, nnd% 7 | | |abandon the Republican platform of them. Nevertheless, we do not regard | lican platform declaring for the col- to the | the court above and beyond those fac- | lection of war debts. | that is, if we really expect to obtain suffrage, we will have to continue this fight, and carry it to every State in the Union. Our greatest enemy is general indifference. “Relatively few people will actively oppose suffrage for the District, but on the other hand, fewer individuals in other jurisdictions will take the initia- tive in this cause. After all, it is our fight and we must continue with en- ergy and determination if we expect some day to enjoy the full rights of American eitizenship.” Chief Also Speaks. Ross Hayworth, secretary to Com- missioner Allen, introduced the speak- ers on the radio program. Commis- sioner Allen was designated by the District delegation to lead the fight for national representation. At the conclusion of the speeches, the In- dians, through their chief, High Star, | of the Sioux Tribe, delivered a mes- sage to Washington residents, declar- ing he and his people were glad to have attended “the big powwow in Philadelphia to help their white brothers in their fight for the vote.” O’Mahoney related how the Indians bhad surrounded the convention hall, “but instead of shooting poisoned ar- rows or scalping the pale face, they | only ‘button-holed’ and handed out tea bags, with an appeal for political Justice” for the District. Platform (Oontinued From First Page.) — party and its appeal to the soft money people. An impression grew that the lan- guage of the platform would be broad | enough to permit President Roosevelt to hop either to the right or to the | left, on important issues; that it would not undertake to hold the candidate down hard and fast to certain lines, but would permit a certain flexibility. Rid System of Oratory. The Democrats have rid their sys- tems of most oratorical efforts. Sena- tor Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, last night roused the delegates to en- thusiasm with another eulogy of Franklin D. Roosevelt and an attack upon the Republican nominee, Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas. The chair- man did not fail, either, to mention the Supreme Court of the United States, whose decisions invalidating the N. R. A, the A. A. A, the Guffey coal act and other New Deal measures, he said, “have had the effect of slow- ing up national recovery.” Both of the convention's prin- cipal orators, Robinson and Senator Barkley of Kentucky, were harshly critical of the decisions of the Su- preme Court. The attacks seem to point the way to the coming cam- paign—if they are well received. That part of the keynote speech dealing with the court. Barkley went over with the President himself, it is re- ported here, before leaving Washing- ton. And it is further reported that after his address had been made Tuesday night, the President called Barkley on the long-distance tele- phone and congratulated him. Senator Robinson’s address was made before he was formally elected permanent chairman. A delay in the report of the Credentials Committee held up the election. It was as a delegate from Arkansas that he spoke to the delegates. Minnesota Contest Settled. The Credentials Committee finally ‘pettled the bitter controversy over the Minnesota delegation, with the aid of Chairman Farley of the Democratic National Committee. A walkout of the Moonam slate of delegates had been threatened if the convention recognized the Wolf slate by granting both delegations seats in the .conven- tion, with half a vote each. A com- was worked out whereby Joseph Wolf is to be retired as Demo- eratic National committeeman, and & Democrat belonging to the Moonam faction takes his place. And so a real threat to the harmony atmo- sphere of the convention was avoided, and perhaps more serious trouble in Minnesota. Bobinson's attack on Gov. Landon was equally a defense of President Roosevelt from the criticisms of Re- publicans declaring that the chief executive has failed to keep his plat- form pledges of 1932, The Arkansas Senator made the novel accusation that the Republican presidential @eminee has already undertaken to 4 L @ WEST VIRGINIAS DELEGATION CAVORTS ON THE SLIGHTEST PROVOCATION: - - NEW DEAL KINGS AND A QUEEN. CHAIRMAN OF THE CONVENTION, SENATOR. ROBINSON , PISCARDS THE GAVEL IN FAVOR. OF THE FIST WHEN HE WANTS TO POUND HOME A POINT. ... « —By JAMES T. BERRYMAN REALLY NEEDS (S MORE‘EYE -FULLS A LIKE MRS.NELLIE TAYLOE RoOss, N DIRECTOR OF THE MINT. .00 W) / ) ) A 7 — 17/, e / / T THE USUALLY VERY SEDATE SECRETARY OF STATE, CORDELL HULL, GETs EXCITED ENOUGH DURING THE OUTBURSTS To WAVE THE STATES NAME -POLE AROUND! ,____,M_Ajm andMJ -Puich. 1936. He had reference It was the Landon telegram, read to the Cleve- |tors and causes which naturally in- Hoover administration, he said, which lland convention which nominated | him, declaring for a return, eventually, | to the gold standard and for other | | measures not included in the Re-| | publican platform. Charges Bolt by Nominee. “It was not the first time in our | history that a nominee, in advance of | accepting the nomination, has placed | his interpretation on the language employed,” said Senator Robinson, “but it is the first instance in which a candidate, by keeping silent on na- | tional public questions and after maneuvering himself into a position | assuring his selection, has indicated & disposition to bolt on five or more | subjects on which his party has| spoken. “It is also the first case in which | the Platform Committee and conven- tion have anticipated the purpose of the prospective nominee to break | away in a direction opposite to their | movement by declaring that it .would constitute a breach of public faith | and of private honor should he fail | or refuse to conform to the policies | laid down for his guidance.” Robinson later in his address de- | | nounced and ridiculed the Republican | platform, from which, he said, Landon | had retreated. He excused President | Roosevelt for failing to live up to the economy plank of the 1932 platform. He said: “The Roosevelt administration has faithfully complied with the spirit of the Chicago platform promises. If there has been partial departure as to the letter of the planks in that plate form relating to economy and balanc- ing the budget, that failure is at- tributable to the constantly changing conditions and necessities, and to the guerrilla warfare of the Republican party.” Denies Currency Unsound. Robinson’s address seemed clearly to indicate that the Democrats in the | coming national platform will defend the administration’s retreat from the gold standard and clearly indicate that there will be no move made by the Democrats toward the restoration of the gold standard. g “We did not create an unsound cur- rency,” said the chairman. “Indeed, United States currency is the soundest and the best in all the world, and we propose to keep it so. Had we remained on the gold standard while competitor nations were resorting to managed currencies, we would have lost not only our foreign commerce and have witnessed our domestic trade reduced to the vanishing point, but the Gov- ernment would have been compelled to face a demand for monetary inflation that would have been irresistible.” The Democratic Senator contended that the Roosevelt administration, far from causing inflation, has pre- vented the use of printing press money, which if once begun is fatal to any nation. Gov. Landon, Robinson said, in his telegram to the Republican conven- tion, “did not dare advocate an im- mediate return to the gold standard.” Landon’s declaration on the subject, he continued, “evades the issue by the use of language that clearly shows he does not believe it safe and practicable to re-establish, at this time, the gold standard currency.” Charges Recovery Blocked. Far from saving the Nation, the de- cisions of the Supreme Court invali- dating New Deal laws have actually retarded recovery in the country, Robinson insisted. “In spite of these decisions, the American people are going forward,” he said. “We recognize that the de- cisions of the Supreme Court, until reversed, are final and we abide by | SHOE WHITENER | Botties - Tubes :10c & fluence the minds of human beings. Particularly did Senator Robinson attack the decision of the Supreme Court in the New York maximum hours and minimum wages case re | cently handed down. Referring to the minority opinion in that case Robinson said, “When such judges as Chief Jus- tice Hughes, Justices Stone, Brandeis and Cardozo declare a statute con- sistent with the fundamental law, and criticize the views to the contrary of the judges constituting a majority as | unsound and subversive, it cannot be disloyal or revolutionary for citizens who believe that the consequences in- evitably will be to deprive women and children laborers of valid legal protec- tion, to express their opinions on the subject with firmness and emphasis.” Strong Defense Plank Hinted. There was indication in Robinson’s discussion of national defense that the Democrats probably will write a strong plank on defense into their platform. ‘The Arkansas Senator sarcastically discussed that plank in the Repul SPECIAL O¢ s, ORDS don't do candies. They are the finest that can be made. You must taste our candy to appreciate it. So we ask you to go to the nearest Loft store and try it at our ex- pense. 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Whether a constitutional amend- ment is necessary to achieve the ob- Jective is a matter on which the Reso- lutions, Committee has been in doubt, and the final phraseology may use the idea of a recommendation for a con- titutional amendment “if necessary,” | thus answering the legalists who think | the social purposes can be accom- | plished “within the Constitution.” ‘The deeper and more difficult strat- | egy. however, arises in separating the | domain of the Federal and the State Governments, respectively, for the Re- publicans concentrated on the proposal | that minimum wages be fixed by State | law and Gov. Landon declared in ms; amendment to the Cleveland platform | that a constitutional amendment to give such power to the States should | be adopted if found necessary. Go G. 0. P. One Better. The New Dealers want to go the| Republicans one better. They do rmll wish to overlook the vast field of en- terprise, which has hitherto been called “interstate commerce.” Indeed, it is recognized by the platform makers that the Republicans have really given | the New Dealers an entering wedge whereby to embrace in a proposed | constitutional amendment or in Fed- | | eral legislation subject to Supreme | Court test a plan for regulation of World's largest one-| elbow rooml Overdrivel Helen Drydenl all speeds on all roads! industries “in the national murut."‘} There are those in the committee who think the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution was never intended to be used as a means of regulating labor conditions, but that the time has come to bestow on the Federal Government such power if a iimited sense; thai is, in respect to minimum wages and maximum hours. There would be in such a proposal | by the convention here no discrimina- tion in favor of women and children, but a broad declaration for a minimum wage for all persons employed, whether in bussinesses or industries, that do not | as well as do cross State lines. o by A. F. of L. Hitherto the American Federation mum wage legislation except for women and then only as a special health measure. The objection to | making it universal is that a mini- mum wage is said to be looked upon as an authoritative validation of low | wages and thus the “minimum tends | to become the maximum.” as William | Green phrases it. CLAYTONRANDHEADS EDITORIAL GROUP National Association Will Resist Government Control Over Advertising. | By the Assoctated Press. POLAND SPRING, Me., June 25— Clayton Rand, publisher of the Gulf- port, Miss., Guide, was raised from the vice presidency to the presidency of the National Fditorial Association in its annual convention yesterday. Will W. Loomis, publisher of the | of Labor has been opposed to mini- iLagrange. 11, Citizen and acting man- aging director and treasurer, succeeded Rand as vice president. Walter H. Crim of Salem, Ind., was chosen treas- urer. A resolution was adopted that the association “aggressively resist any and all attempts to extend Government control, Federal or State, over advere tising in publications.” John L. Lewis, president of the | mine workers, on the other hand, is | believed to be in accord with a gen- | eral clause establishing a wage mini- mum through Federal as well as State power. He hopes for it in the Guffey law and would doubtless approve the principle if introduced in the plat- | form here. 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