Show SMOOT RE L A WHITER T HAS fully established that senator IT need reed smoot la Is the i ml r ia writer t r f gitlic 14 i ic c publican party guttorm pUt plAt torm forin of course smoot conferred with sith others and in some instances such as the borah dry and campaign expenditure publicity planks used mit material erial furnished by others but the actual work worl of and formulating the lan buge guge of the declaration of part pledges mas as practically his work ork TI tie e platform va was as in fact an accomplished document when hen the resolutions committee was as officially organized and began its work ork with open hearings when this phase of its de liberations was cloyid senator smoot appointed the subcommittee of 18 16 to do the real work of Is writing riling the platform this subcommittee went ent into exec uthe session and senator smoot placed before it for con tide atlon the tentative draft of the platform he had b ban cp working on tor for months and had spent the entire week previous to tha the convention in actually organizing and writing this subcommittee went over the individual planks some changes in language ere ir rr de particularly on the section dealing with aith the farm issue but the platform plat forn as a it was written by senator smoot and vainly its policy and position on the various topics as absolutely unchanged thus although the subcommittee debated issues tor for almost two days the platform that went ent to the convention and sas as anally finally adopted by it vas mas the platform that senator smoot representing the administration formulated and ft rote |