Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1936, Page 7

DEMOCR CALIFORNIAN SITS IN SUBCOMMITTE Feminine Alternates to Be Chosen for Members of Committee. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, June 25.—Awed and amazed, woman delegaes to the Democratic National Convention today grasped gingerly a new authority to sit with the men in framing tbe party's ‘policies. “It is the beginning for women of a chance totake an active part in shap- ing political policy,” said Miss Harriet Elliott, dean of women at the Uni- wersity of North Carolina. ‘While women have sat before on the Platform Committee, not until yester- day were they formally enrolled as alternate members in such a number. For each member of the committee— and there is one from each State and possession—a person of the “opposite sex” now is to be chosen under a mo- tion approved by the convention. Watches Platform Drafting. Immediately after the motion was @approved the North Carolina delega- tion elected Miss Elliott, who, besides being dean of women, is professor of political science. A number of other Btates chose their members. Soon afterward all Democratic tra- dition was shattered when Mrs. Eliza- beth Graham of California entered the innermost sanctum of the policy- makers and sat for a short time with & subcommittee actually drafting the platform. She was batting for Mrs. Eleanor B. MacFarland, alternate for J. Stitt Wilson. Both Mrs. MacFarland and Wilson were absent. When Mrs. Graham emerged, she said: “They treated me wonderfully, but I knew they didn't want a woman in there.” Mrs. Ross Named Again. Wyoming continued its habit of naming as alternate Mrs. Nellie Tay- loe Ross, who was elected the State's first woman Governor in 1924. She is director of the mint. “It's a fine step ahead for woman political workers,” she sald. “It will encourage them to more constant work, because they now. have some | chance of seeing issues they advocate | in their clubs written into party pol- fcy.” ! To Mrs. Ellen . Woodward, alter- | nate from Mississippi, it was only | mildly exciting. She is assistant t01 W. P. A. Administrator Harry Hop- kins, “and you know.” she said. “‘wom- | en have always been given equal at- | tention with men on relief.” { 3,000 DEMOCRATIC SPEAKERS LINED UP Senators, Representatives Governors Are Offering Services to Take Stump. By the Assoctated Press PHILADELPHIA, June 25.—Setting its big guns in place for the campaign oratory in August, the Democratic Na- tional Committee Speakers Bureau eaid yesterday 3,000 persons were list- ed to make speeches for the national | ticket, The list of speakers comprises Sena- tors, Representatives and Governors, and Paul Aiken, director of the bureau, eaid more “are coming in all the time” to volunteer their services. At present, he said, the bureau is merely filling requests for speakers for various political meetings. But in late August, itineraries will be made up and the speakers will take to the cam- paign in earnest. | He said that for several months James A. Farléy, chairman of the na- “ tional committee, had been writing to | Benators, Representatives and others asking assistance in the speaking cam- paign. A list of those who had accept- ed was not available but he said ac- ceptances were sufficient “to cover every State.” There has been some discussion of opening a branch of the speakers bu- reau at Chicago after the campaign gets underway. Aiken said he did not know whether this would be done, but that if it were a definite territory ‘would be allocated to the Chicago of- fice over which it would have exclusive eontrol. and Democrats __(Conunuzd From First Page) convention chairman, steps up to the platform, gazes out over the audi- torium. The platform is flooded with light. He raises the gavel and drops it with a bang. The fifth session gets | ll:n‘:er way an hour and 15 minutes Barkley Explains Gavel. The daily prayer comes from the lips of Rev. George Emerson Barnes, moderator of the Philadelphia Presbytery. Senator Barkley holds his gavel aloft and explains its historic value. He said it was used at the convention that nominated Grover | Cleveland. | - Now that pretty little blond sings | ‘America, My America.” She’s Norma Ewing in the Utah delegation. That Philadelphia Glee Club which has sung at every session so far follows with “The Viking Song” and the convention swings into business. The Credentials Committee and the Committee on Organization, which should have reported last night, make their announcements, and Senator Robinson of Arkansas mounts the plat- form to take over the chairmanship of the Democratic National Commit- tee. He raps for order and thanks the delegates for the honor bestowed on him. A lull for a few minutes. Restless delegates. mill around in the aisles. Senator Robinson raps for order. He explains that since the 1932 conven- tion a great leader of Democracy has died—Henry T. Rainey of Illinois, late Speaker of the House—and asks the delegates to stand for one minute in silent tribute to his memory. Then Senator .Robinson calls for another minute’s silent tribute in memory of the late Senator Walsh of Montana, chairman of the convention in 1924. ‘There’s no other business before the convention now. A recess is ordered until 8 tonight. The fifth session ends at 12:45, the shortest and most color= less since the start of the 1936 Phila- delphis politicsl drams. | & [} | consistent with the fundamental law, | decision which, they say, if permitted THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1936.° Senator Caraway quws Her Horn The usually reserved Senator Hattie W. Caraway forgets her dignity and blows an ear-s; blast on a cowhorn in tribute to her Arkansas colleague, Senator Robinson, waiti rostrum at the convention. Robinson (Continued From Sixth Page.) How does this decision strengthen freedom or glorify justice? Oh, blind and impartial justice, what blunders are committed in thy name! Liberty, art thou both deaf and dumb! Canst thou not behold the pallid faces, the emaciated forms, the sweating brows, the trembling hands | of millions of women and children | workers who by the decision are left at the mercy of those who have neither | pity nor charity for the oppressed and the poor. ‘The decision in Morehead vs. ‘Tipaldo should be reversed under that due process of law clause which has| been unjustly invoked as its justifica- tion That decision itself has answered the charge of pompous plutocrats that Roosevelt and his administration seek to undermine and destroy the Su- preme Court. The Republicans, in| their platform attack the decision and | half-heartedly advocate the passage of | State laws which by the precedent of Morehead vs. Tipaldo would be of | doubtful constitutionality. The weight of the argument in the| opinion of lawyers and laymen, it is believed, sustains the minority, rather | than the majority opinion. Certainly when such judges as Chief | | | Justice Hughes, Justices Stone, Bran- deis and Cardozo declare a statute and criticize the views to the contrary of the judges constituting a majority as unsound and subversive, it cannot be disloyal or revolutionary for eciti- 2ens who believe that the consequences inevitably will be to deprive woman and children labcrers of valid legal protection to express their opinion on | the subject with firmness and em- phasis. Every one, including those | sagacious politicians who until re- cently sought partisan advantage by praising our highest judicial tribunal for upsetting various features of the | national recovery program, now seeks | concurrence in a plan to overcome a | to stand will prove oppressive. The Cleveland platform denounces | the Democratic party for the policies and measures which have been adopted during the Roosevelt admin- istration for the promotion of national | recovery. Many Republican members | in both branches of the Congress sug- gesting no substitute, voted for the | passage’ of the legislation because | they, as did Democratic members of the Congress. recognized the extreme and unusual conditions which made extraordinary action imperative. This is true of the most important laws held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, including the national recov- ery act, the agricultural adjustment | law and the Guffey coal measure. It would be interesting and perhaps sur- prising to those who have been im- pressed with the denunciation of the measures and policies of the Roose- velt administration by the Republican convention to hear the names of the prominent Republican leaders in the Senate and in the House of Repre- sentatives who supported the measures referred to and who now find them- selves denounced by their own con- vention as intimidators, usurpers and advocates of tyrannical policies, G. O. P. Defense Plank Termed Indefinite. National defense is a subject of in- terest to every citizen loyal to our flag and to the institutions which it symbolizes. The Republican platform on this subject is indefinite. It favors an Army and Navy, including Air Corps, adequate for defense, No standard is raised as to what con- stitutes adequacy. The platform de- clares for co-operation with other nations in the control of armaments and the traffic of arms. It is a trite definition without definite meaning. Every administration since the World War, and some of them before that, has offered co-operation with rival powers for the limitation of military and naval arms. Just now, when internation: n- tagonisms are being stimulated, when continents tremble beneath the tread of maddened armies and when age- long hatreds are prompting nations to strife, it is impossible to accomplish substantial reduction in military force without sacrfice of national security. The Roosevelt administration is build- ing the Navy to full strength con- templated by- the Washington and London treaties. It is maintaining a well-trained and efficient Army. Our platform on national defense is writ- ten in the record of achievements. Another feature of the Cleveland platform which discloses how hard its sponsors were driven to find a popular issue relates to the collection of war debts. The country will not be per- mitted to forget that it was he Hoover administration which granted that moratorium, and that the mora- torium was construed by the debtor nations as an encouragement to their repudiation of their obligations to our Government. The blame for this blunder in the conduct of interna- tional affairs must rest chiefly where it belongs, namely, on the Sage of Palo Alto. As a sop to the Senator from Idaho, the convention ‘de- 7 clared, in general terms, for the en- forcement of criminal laws and for the enactment of additional legisla- tion to prevent private monopoly. These declarations would be re- ceived with more confidence if the Harding, Coolidge and Hoover admin- istrations had not neglected the en- forcement of criminal laws and fos- tered the organization of trusts and combinations tending to drive all forms of business and industry under the domination of monopoly. The Democratic administration seeks to protect small businesses against those great combinations which crush them and drive them out of existence. It has terminated the reign of gang- sters by destroying the kidnaper, the national bank robber and the outlaw who seeks refuge in flight to other States from the place of his crime. Our platform is to be read in the record of the best national law en- forcement ever recorded in the history of our Nation. It is, of course, impracticable to make reference in this address to all of the features of the Republican plat- form which invite consideration As an illustration, however, of the attempt to attract support by the an- nouncement of principles which are genera]ly accepted, and concerning which there can be no partisan divi- sion, vour attention is directed to the | “bill of rights” which pledges preserva- tion, protection and defense against all intimation and threats, freedom of | relgion, speech, press and radio. There has been no impairment or threat (o impair any of them by the Rooseveit administration although the misrepre- sentation has been made that in <ome mysterious way they have been disre- garded and held in contempt. Monopoly Power Damage to Individuals, Masses. The principal danger to the liberties both of the individual and the masses exists in the power of monopolies and trusts which under the last three Re- publican administrations thrived ani prospered with respect to both pro- duction and distribution. Nothing of importance was done during any one of the three administrations referred to, to check the tendency toward monopoly. On the contrary, unfair business practices for the suppression of compe= tition were induced by large combina- tions without the slightest interference or restraint. It is at once amusing and shocking to witness this pretended devotion to sacred causes by the dele- | gates to the convention, while they paraded and danced to the thrilling strains and inspiring sentiments of the Republican campaign song, “Oh, Su- zanna, Don't You Cry.” Your chairman is prompted by con- glitmg n ng to take the —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. sideration of propriety to bring this speech to & close, We do not fear any eomparison which the opposition may make. We meet their challenge in the open, face to face. Democrats during the pres- ent administration have made a record of great things aécomplished. We are not discouraged by the obstacles which have been thrown in the way. not attempt to overcome the results of their own mistakes and follies when the collapse of 1929 occurred. Key- noter Steiwer complains that Mr, Roosevelt after his election, did not advise President Hoover and co-operate with him in the hours of the latter's extremity and failure, Keynoter Stelwer denounces our leader as a President without con- science. President Roosevelt may not possess the kind of a conscience with which Republicans are familiar in their conduct of public affairs. He has, however, a conscience which | takes note of the distress and help- lessness of the feeble and the despairs ing. A conscience keenly alive to the necessity of maintaining the national honor; of promoting national happi- ness by repealing laws that have de- stroyed it, and by advocating meas- ures designed to advance it. William Allen White, sponsor of the Republican candidate, Gov. Landon, characterized his favorite in the ar- ticle already quoted from as “the dumb, smiling enigma, who has America guessing.” That is not my characterization. It is the statement of the candidate’s closest friend, made demands to the Committee on Plat- form at Cleveland for the insertion of certain planks and then in yielding those planks, his candidate had sud- denly demonstrated capacity for lead- ership. Opponents sometime denounce Pres- ident Roosevelt as a dictator. No | President has demonstrated a kindlier nature or more generous spirit than President Roosevelt. He has main- tained amicable relations with every | department of the Government. If he has been given extraordinary au- thority by law, it is because the Con- gress trusted him and regarded him as the best agent it could find. On our record of pledges honestly redeemed, or services faithfully per- formed and under as gallant a lead- ership as ever raised a political ban- ner, we advance to the battle of 1936 | confident that the voters of the Nation will not turn back to the defeated and | disheartened leadership which abane doned them when the need for service, loyalty and courage was the greatest ever known | anyhow to accommodate the radio | Our opponents, paralyzed with fear, did | in an effort to prove that in making | ROBINSON GIVEN RIOTOUS OVATION Long and Noisy Carnival Staged as Prelude to Attack on G. 0. P. BY JAMES E. CHINN. Staft Correspondent of The Star. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 25— New Deal Democrats did everything but wreck Philadelphia’s massive municipal auditorium last night with a wild and frenzied demonstration for Senator Robinson of Arkansas, ma- jority leader of the Senate, who now is about to relieve Postmaster Gen. Farley as chairman of the Democratic Convention. For nearly 30 minutes the scene on the floor of the auditorium re- sembled a riotous halloween party. But no halloween party ever before had as many participants or drew its celebrants from such a wide area as represented by the 3,000 delegates and alternates to the Democratic Na- tional Convention who staged the affair. Like an unending serpentine chain, these 3,000 men and women marched, hopped, skipped and jumped around the big arena, singing, shouting, cheer- ing, whooping and whistling. Bands, horns, sirens and virtually every known type of noise maker added to the deafening din. Keeps Radio Appointment. ‘The demonstration came as prelude to Senator Robinson's vicious attack on the Republican platform—a speech he had originally intended to make as the convention’s permanent chair- man. But the procrastinating Credentials Committee interfered with those plans, so the Senator went ahead net works that had stations stretch- ing into every Republican and Demo- cratic hamlet in the country ready | to broadcast what he had to say. The New Deal chieftains, of course, didn't want to pass up that opportunity or disappoint the radio audience. The Arkansas delegation itself set | off the bedlam. When Senator Barkley of Kentucky, acting chair- man of the convention, announced that the failure of the Credentials Committee to complete its work on schedule prevented Senator Robinson from being elected permanent chair- | man in time to conform with the | broadcasting schedule, but that the | Senator would speak, members of the | Arkansas delegation jumped into the | aisle and started a parade. The Texas and Louisiana delegations joined them and Tennessee followed. A few minutes later every Democrat who could make a noise or walk was contributing his utmost share to make the demonstration a howling success. | Elliott Roosevelt, a delegate to the | convention, took a leading part in the wild floor pageant. As a member of the Texas delegation, he led the group around the oval-shaped arena carry- | ing the white State flag in one hand and a 10-gallon sombrero in the other. Demand for Order Defied. Twenty minutes passed and there | was no indication of any let-up in the celebration. Senator Barkley pounded the gavel mightily and demanded that | order be restored. Patiently he waited | several minutes before issuing a new | command for peace and tranquillity. | Even then 10 minutes passed before it | was quiet enough for Senator Robin- son to begin his speech. | | The Senator was cheered sporad- ically throughout his long speech, but when he predicted the nomination of President Roosevelt to succeed himself as the party’s standard bearer, there | was another outburst of deafening noise. The speech, however, was obviously | too long for many of the spectators. | By 11 o'clock. 40 minutes before the, Senator concluded, blocks of seats that had been filled were deserted. | The close of Senator Robinson's attack on G. O. P. was marked by an- other demonstration. But the dele- gates were tired and it was short lived. | Gov. Earle of Pennsylvania, who left | DOUBLE CHECK this LIST Have THE STAR Follow You to Your Vacation Address 3% A—7 ATS GIVE WOMEN PLACE IN DRAFTING PLATFORM ® Addresses Convention Miss Louise Gallaher of Virgi: i nia, national vice president of the Young Democrat Clubs of America, shown speaking at the national convention last night. the Republican ranks four years ago to become a New Dealer, started the final demonstration. He leaped into the aisle with a shout, grabbed the delegation’s banner and started to run, with the entire Keystone State delega- tion trailing behind. Cheers rang from the other delegations, but they failed to join in the procession around the hall. As the Pennsylvania delegation marched around the hall, the band struck up “Happy Days Are Here Again,” and Elliott Roosevelt stood | in his chair in the front of the audi- torium waving the Texas State flag. The carnival-like spirit was mani- fest at the very outset of the night session of the convention. The Iowa delegation staged a show of its own that provided entertainment while the convention waited for the Creden- | tials Committee to come in with its | expected report. 20-Minute Iowa Show. First the Towans sang the tall corn | song, waving large yellow ears of | their agricultural achievement. Next | they sang and waved green corn stalks. The Iowa show ran for about 20 minutes, and Senator Barkley, after | several appeals for order, finally| stopped it after directing the sergeant | at arms of the convention to “clear the aisles.” | And then Mrs. John Gallagher of | West Virginia, vice president of the Young Democratic Clubs of America, stirred up another uproar of cheers | and shouts with a statement that 67 | per cent of the young people of America who have just reached vot- | ing age are in favor of the New Deal. —A. P. Photo. Kansas Alternate Stages One-Man Bolt for Landon | Rises to Demonstrate for Keynote Speech With G.O0.P.Vote Vouw. By & 8taft Correspondent of Lne Star. PHILADELPHIA, June 25—All {s not beer and skittles for the Roosevelt | cause among the Democrats of Kane sas. They look with some distaste upon the demand that they vote against Alf Landon—Kansas' largest and sunniest sunflower. How some of them feel was indicated in a little incident on the floor of the Demo- cratic national convention. related by a mere visitor who had dropped into a vacant seat alongside one of the Kansas alternate delegates. During one of the demonstrations when Senator Barklev of Kentucky was delivering the ‘“kevnote” speech, the Kansas alternate rose wearily to his tired legs for the “parade “Hell.” he said, explosively, "I guess I've got to parade. But I'm going to vote for Landon in Novem- ber.” The visitor stared in astonishment at this Democratic product of the great State of Kansas. RETURN OF GLASS 10 SESSIONHAILED Action Shows Colors, Say Virginian’s Friends. “Walk” Denied. BY the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, June 25.—Senator Carter Glass' return to the National Democratic Convention today after a day’s rest in Washington was described by friends as “a show of his colors.” One of the Senator’s closest as: ciates sald the veteran Senator re- turned when informed that his de- parture after the first session had been described in some quarters as “s walk with Al Smith and others.” Denies He Is “Walking.” When he broke his service of 40 years on the Platform Committee, the Senator, who has opposed some of New Dea! policies, but has urged re=- nomination and re-election of Pr der:t Roosevelt. denied vig he was “walking or bolting He explained that he came to the convention against doctor’s orders and was returning to Washington to from arduous congressional du Friends said today he did not like being linked with the Al Smith oust- Roosevelt group and for that reason had returned. Backed Peery Election. The Senator came to Philadelphia for the opening session of the conven- tion. 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