Show Mallon Gold Plank Urged Three Times b bLandon by L Landon LandonI I v Copyright CLEVELAND June Juno 12 It 12 It has not disclosed officially but you may accept it as such that G Governor Landon sent Bent to his platform platform plat plat- form lorm makers here on three separate sepa sepa- rate occasions a a. demand that they adopt a a. d definite o fixed gold s standard plank The Tho first through came came through his platform platform plat plat- form lorm emissary William Allen AUca White who brought the first copy of the Landon money views Twice vico later by telephone and teletype ho sent in planks planks' using the word gold cold specifically The wrangling platform makers thought they knew better Their final vote voto was not even close and taken in the was face tace of knowledge that Landon would publicly repudIate repudiate diate diato them Of Ot course they had bad their eyes on Continued on Page Three Column On One rPaul Paul Mallon Says Continued from Page One silver states and the western F eastern tern farm larm r groups who favor other other ether money methods 6 Gold Causes CaUS Delay i Ibo gold cold trouble Is tho the only seri serf t Ls disturbance which has yet I ff US here It caused practically aUthe all aU alle tn delay In the tho o report of or tho the platform plat- plat Sm the he e tom committee Tho other form cited by 85 glens doD to the platform as not in his message were L severely ely contested the are arc t I In general r as well satisfied document document as Governor Landon stated stated stat- stat ed publicly in his message They f thought ought they would have more trouble trouble trou trou- with some of ot their did they b ble le than liberal il Ideas particularly that one I which they finally slipped sUpped In lWe It We Ve favor also federal regulation activities of public r f the he interstate utilities futilities f Management 1 Smart this 1 The he e inside management of ot convention seems to have been as at Chicago Chiago Chit Chi- Chi art as that of Mr Farley cago ago four years ears ago and smarter t than In any other Republican con- con of late years Political sitters rail here consider 7 l that a Ii most important point ft The he question uppermost in their minds from the start has not been the nomination of ot Governor London Lan Lan- don They thought that was a cinch for weeks Also they geny generally generally gen gen- believe that the platform is always written In the personam of ot tho the candidate rather than In the words which are aro threshed thrashed out of compromises in hi platform commit commIt- tees The hip big thing they wanted to find out here hero is 18 whether the new R Republican leadership is a match for the Democrats Nothing done hero would be effective unless it 1 Is The answer is fairly well indicated ed by tho the fact that this has been an ail unusually well handled political rally that personal bitterness has been comparatively well kept down and harmony promoted by personal sacrifice I Results Satisfactory The result was equally as good a ajob ajob a ajob job as the handling of the Landon campaign For example it can now be lie told that Governor Go Landon and his manager John Hamilton originated originated the idea of bringing Mr Hoover to address tho the convention con Likewise vise th they y worked out tho the strategy of letting all their opponents opponents tho the bitter and the sweet have o their hours in the sun When the opposition shot hard at them at the outset they replied with offers to work things out They went far for more moro than half halt way to satisfy Senator Borah Bomb You can see their method In such little things as n. William Villiam Allen AUen White tho Landon platform adviser going frequently to Borah's room with platform problems problems problems lems instead Linstead of letting Mr Borah come como to him When Senator persisted persisted per per- in his vice vico presidential declination decU declination nation Hamilton was not above putting on his coat and calling upon tho the Michigander personally And then when the time came for Mr Landon to put his foot down on tho the platform committee which was getting out of hand he did it from the start and could have ridden a higher horse Their choice of tactics affords a good Insight into what tho the new leadership is like The Tho ren reason on Ute the want Mr so much is because because because be be- cause he fills flU the needs of their political situation better than anone anyone anyone any any- one else They want a man upon whom they can rely for heavy y campaign dut duty frequent speeches wide wido traveling traveling- |