Show washington Snaps snapshots hoti taken by the helm news service for the park record washington D C june 4 in the belief that the prohibition controversy will not be prolonged and that the drive against re nominating vice president charles curtis has collapsed republican leaders have agreed with president hoover on a program to put through the business of the republican national convention in three days a day less than usual the plan was made known on capitol hill after walter P brown postmaster general the presidents pre con bention campaign manager had bad said upon leaving the white house that a plank on an prohibition was being developed to which we all can subscribe th prohibition was the subject of three important wh white ite house conferences president hoovers hoover a attitude was represented by dry leaders meeting with the national prohibition board of strategy as favorable to the plank proposed by senator borah bora h the president was reported to have said that he hoped the party would adopt this plank and that it would become known as the borah plank this report became current while the white house conferences were la in progress and the dry spokesman asserted senator borah would consent to go to the convention and back his plan it if the proposal met with the final approval of the pre adient administration leaders let it be known that they are working oft a model prohibition hibi tion plank one upon which all interests may stand that they expected to rem remove 0 ve ahead of time all major controversial vors lal matter in other words they propose an exhibition of convention harmony and efficiency rarely it if ever achieved in the history of party conclaves they believe such a program will impress the country favorably but the promises of republican plat coira makers that a prohibition plank all hands dr nicholas murray butler and BI bishop s hop cannon for example may embrace embr ambr br ace with equal enthusiasm appeared rather ther hollow after a sweeping manifesto had been issued by the organized drys a against any change whatever and after equally militant declarations by strongly placed party wets mets nine days before those who will attend the republican convention in chicago must leave washington leaders of bo both th parties in congress continued to express cou conflicting views over the possibility necessary legislation will be completed in time for an adjournment senators reed and expressed doubt house leaders still contend but with weakening emphasis that the house mill be ready it if the senate will put on steam all banking legislation it is generally conceded will die in the senate the philippine independence bills and farm legislation excepting tor for that which Is likely to be embraced in the relief program are also regarded as dead nothing Is expected to be done toward building up the navy at this session the senate plunged into its struggle over the economy phase of the budget balancing problem taking up the bill proposing of savings chiefly through a payroll pay roll cut while two members of president hoovers cabinet prepared to present the administrations arguments against the democratic bonded public works relief proposals the economy bill with its general 10 per cent pay cut provision accounting lor for more than halt half of its total was not n 0 t announced until about the same time the senate was passing its billion dollar tax bill which forms the larger part of the budget balancing program nevertheless the full force of organized govern government men employees was being marshaled in opposition to the pay cut A bill by senator senate glass to make all united states government bonds available lor for temporary currency inflation to the extent of was substituted by the senate banking and currency committee for the goldsborough bill which 61 seeks eks t to st stabilize belize the dollar on a 1921 29 aver average aoe purchasing purchasing level and was reported to the senate by an corded but overwhelming vote mr glass later said that tha t he did not believe his or any other legislative device was necessary for such an end at this time I 1 but t that he had bad offered the plan in order to stop the goldsborough bill which he be opposes the goldsborough bill was passed in the house hours by a B 5 to 1 vote somo some time me ago it if the glass b bill passes the senate both programs will be thrown into conference bat between T een the two bodies 0 the read readiness inea of the united states to attend art an international conference in ondon london on commodity prices and other economic questions short chort of war debts I 1 and reparations threatened to develop in to a controversial political question when tt it became known that great britain yet hoped to work out the projected meeting through the attendance of the united at the lausanne con conference ferenee there were signs of restlessness over the question among influential republicans in congress 0 0 american adherence to the world court but with a qualification that in effect reiterates the original fifth reservation was recommended to the senate in a report from the foreign relations committee written by senators walsh or of montana and fees that part of the resolution of adherence which brings up the question of the fifth reservation it IB a reservation by senator moses recently approved by the committee the moses reservation re atlon provides that the signature alg nature 0 of f the united states shall not be attached to the protocol until the other signatories signa tories accept the reservations and understandings ot of this government 0 0 official interference with cupids cupida perennial campaign at the united states naval and military academies would be banned under a bill introduced in the house by representative cochran democrat of missouri the superintendent of 0 the naval academy last week promulgated a marriage ban lor for graduates tor for a 1 period ot of two years after graduation mr jr Co chrans bill provides that no order rule or regulation of the war department or the navy department or any military or naval authority shall prohibit the marriage of any graduate of the united states military academy or the united states naval academy or in any manner restrict or limit the rights or privileges of such graduates by reason of his marriage after such graduation mr cochrane said 1 I do not think it Is in the interests of either the morale or the morals of young officers tor for de departmental department partin cl officials to meddle in their private lives to diny deny them the right to lead moral lives under tinder peacetime peace time conditions Is unjustifiable |