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Show J, HI LEWIS PLATFORM FOR llHEISf1 Former Senator Would Take Coal Mines and Oil Wells From Private Capital ClIICAGu. June 21. James Hamilton Hamil-ton Lewis, former United States senator sena-tor for Illinois, and candidate for the Democratic vic? presidential nomination, nomina-tion, announced today the platform he will urge "In my own behalf as woll as upon the convention to the Democracy." He will leave for San Francisco tonight. "At Kan Francisco wo must do things for our people at homo." he said, "Jf the democracy will not do things for the people the people will do things to the democracy." If President Wilson In a recent interview in-terview meant to say that the league of nations was to h the. supreme and the sole Issue, Mr. Lewis said ho could not agree with him. "It Is only one of the great issues." Xot Sacred Uncumcnl.s "The league of nations and peace treaty should not be treated as sacred documents but as subject to such amendment as the needs of our country coun-try and justice to the' victorious and defeated people demand." Mr. Lewis' platform declared in favor fa-vor of the government taking the railways, rail-ways, waterways, telegraph lines coal mines and oil wells from private ownership and assuming control for the people leaving the method of operation op-eration ' by private or public agency as the conditions of each concern may warrant. New Foreign Pulley Other planks demanded announcement announce-ment of "the n?w doctrine of an American forolgn policy;" that every American in every land carry the whole protection of his country for his life or property whercever located; that, we should express sympathy In behalf of any aspiring republic, giving giv-ing Irelajwl the fullest aid pur institutions insti-tutions permit: that wo must provide for complaints of high prices should have a hearing before a tribunal with power to declare a fair price, then punish as criminals those who violate the decision of the fair price." Owe Something nt Home In asserting that the league of nations na-tions canot be the only Issue In the coming campaign, Mr. Lewis said: "Wo now owe sdmethlng at home. We must propose "measures for' the relief of the United States. Wc must make an Issue of tho deliberate refus-Jal refus-Jal of the Republicans to propose any one measure Co reduce tho high cost of living or to provide homes for the homeless the rcfuanl to deny that It was their Intention to repeal the present pres-ent federal reaeVve bank and the farm loan law." The democracy must make a platform plat-form at San Francisco that Is offlrm-atlvc, offlrm-atlvc, constructive and which promises the continuance of the policies of enrichment en-richment of this land and the protection protec-tion of the American citizen leaving Europe and foreign questions to be taken up where such can be done without tho abandonment of the Amorlcnn in hla first rlghlf," the senator's platform concluded. |