Show TELL PLATFORM I OF LAFOLLETTE I 1 MADISON Wi-S Wi Wl March forch 17 17 The platform ot of the Republican do de I as made mad public toda today pledges complete house cleaning In the deportment department of ot justice the th depart department ment of ot the Interior and other ex- ex e 0 departments We Ve 1 demand that the power of oth the tho federal go be b use used ired to crush ate monopoly not to foster it concludes this plank Cognizance also alo Is taken of re- re recent recent recent cent developments de In the tue th Wash Wa ash Ington h-Ington ton log ins In OLID R RECOVER ER OIL We Ve W pledge reo erv of ot the s navys oil reserve e and all other parts of the th public domain which has ha hae e been fraudulently or Illegal illegal- illegally Illegally ly Iy leased or otherwise a transferred rr d to the th cont 01 of I I vale Talc Interests prosecution 1 I I tion of ot all public official pt-i- pt privat I vate vat citizens and corporations that participated in these thes transaction long tion complete completo revision of the tho II I water power act and alt all other legislation relating to the pUblic I domain te e W favor or public ownership owner owner- ship of the nation s q water powel po and the creation and de d of a national water super power S stem and strict public control And permanent conservation atlon ot or all II the nation s a resources in inthe inthe the Interest of the th people R H R H LAW REPEAL I The platform declares repeal of the Esch Etch railroad law lawand and the th fIxing of railroad rates on the basis of actual prudent In- In in-i in ve In-ve J vC vestment tm nt and cost coit of ser serIce Ice I It Is la declared that public own own- own ownership of railroads with Ith definite safeguards ards against bureaucratic control la Is 1 the only final tion of ot the th transportation problem 1 lem Reduction ot of o federal taxes on Incomes and legitimate busIness Is proposed A and nd It Is suggested that the th eight hun bun hun hun- hundred hundred dred million dollars dollar dollar now annually expended for the h army and ney ne yIn In preparation for tor or future wars be curtailed PROSECUTE WAR FILA FRAUDS m S SIt It li Ii also proposed that hun bun dred ot of t millions stolen tolen from the treasury through h fraudulent ant nr and the th corrupt leasIng I of o oth the th publio resources resource bo be b re-I re ye r i CO ered II I Diligent action to collect the th accumulated Interest upon the eleven cleven billion dollars dollar owing us by foreIgn governments Is ad advocated 0 I W V denounce the Mellon plan I says the th platform as a a device to relieve multi-mIllionaires multi at nt th the expense of ot other t tp p yr and flu or a a taxation policy pros pro pr laing for or Immediate t reductions upon moderate Incomes Income large laree increase In the th Inheritance tax rates on large estal estates n to present pre ent the In In- In Indefinite In definite accumulation of j rl tance of great fortunes fortune In la a few hands taxes tax s upon excess profIts to penalize profiteering and corn com com publicity under proper sate safe safeguards are guards of ot all federal tax ax I ie ie turn turns's |