Show news mews review arview of current events the world over hoover and curtis stand on Plat platform forni calling 0 for modification of amendment would let state decide for themselves by EDWARD W PICKARD ET each state decide for itself L LET whether it will be wet or dry that briefly Is the prohibition plank adopted by the republican national convention in chicago it was dictated by president hoover anil and the administration V forces in complete control of the convention ven tion put it over after one of the most uproarious sessions in twenty years of republican kz conventions the plank is not pleasing to the very president wet republicans and hoover Is completely t 1 lous ions to tile the dry ones under the republican plan congress will at all times be in gendral ire control of liqueur law enforcement in those states that elect to remain dry also congress will control the manufacture sale and distribution of liquor within the borders of the wet states with the platform out of the way the convention proceeded to do what had been whispered so in some quarters they might do they herbert hoover for president and charles C curtis for vice president tho debate on the thea prohibition plank was the only thing that saved this convention from being a complete flop as far as thrills thrill and excitement cit ement are concerned in all other respects it was about as tame as a town meeting the selection of standard bearers being a foregone conclusion cl clu james R garfield chairman of the resolutions committee led the fight tor for the hoover plank while senator bingham Bing liam and nicholas murray butler headed the forces demanding a plank insisting on the repeal of et the eighteenth amendment senator ginghams Bing hams plank was defeated by a vote rote of to an analysis of the vote shows that the republicans in the south swung the balance against the northern eastern ond and middle western states which fur nash the bulk of the electoral votes 1 tor for the election of republican presidents the hoover plank as adopted reads in part as follows we do not favor a submission limited to the issue of retention or repeat repeal for the american nation never in its history has gone backward and in this case the progress which has been thus far made must be preserved while the evils must be eliminated we therefore believe that the people should have an opportunity to pass upon a proposed amendment the provision of which while retaining the federal government power to preserve the gains already made in dealing with the evils inherent in the liquor traffic shall allow states to deal with the problem as their citizens may determine but subject always to the power of the federal government to protect those states where prohibition may exist and safeguard our citizens everywhere from the return of the saloon and its ita attendant abuses such an amendment should be promptly submitted to the states by congress to be acted upon by state conventions called for that sole purpose in accordance with the provisions of article V of the constitution and adequately safeguarded so as to be truly representative the entire platform as submitted by the resolutions committee was adopted by a viva voce vote some of the high lights follow approval given an emergency relief fund tor for loans to states in need no direct federal relief to individuals shorter work week shorter work day legislation to stimulate home building continuance of r restricted immigration prompt and drabble reduction of public expenditure urged further aid pledged through federal farm board protective tariff duties assistance to solve problems of controlling production trail fill protection to incapacitated veterans pledged cash payment of f bonus not mentioned faor fa or extension of tariff protection to natural resource industries committed to maintenance of navy on basis of parity with any notion nation opposed to further army personnel reduction american entry into league court favored settlement of international difficulties without alliances or foreign partnerships pledged rigid laws favored to stamp out activities of gangsters racketeers and kidnapers relentless warfare pledged against narcotic traffic need cited for revision of banking laws on sounder busts basis retention of gold standard pl pledged edgeL participation in international conferences on monetary questions existing status of government in hawaii should be maintained presidents constructive program lauded as an attack on the depression pres Rion with far reaching objectives jec tives but entailing no danger to the alie budget republican control of the federal government will insure the orderly recovery of the country W aun E the republicans wore were busy in iii chicago the democrats made small progress in settling thel their r squabbles squabble one development was the rumor originating in chicago that mehin alchin A traylor the banker who Is one of the dark horse possibilities for the presidential nomination he be put ut on an the roosevelt ticket in second place it was said the new kew york goer governor gobernor nor won would wet wel come this move the brayl traylor campaign pal managers seemed to t think I 1 the awer better would be tra traylor and roosevelt Ron sevelt support of the nominee whoever he way may be was pledged by lenders leaders of the party in a united appeal for completion of the bartys 1 15 l victory fund before the opening of the national convention on june 27 the message to the rank and file was signed by alfred E smith sinith gov franklin franken roosevelt jouett shouse owen D young newton D baker K iker former GO gov james M cox john W davis and al 51 other leaders TRAGEDY stepped in to halt the debate on representative wryght Pat rat mans soldier bonus bill when representative E eslick dem tenn dropped dead on th the 7 floor of the house while making an impassioned plea for 0 the immediate payment of the 02 b bo 0 n u a s shocked by the dramatic turn of events the house adjourned immediately as a h mark of respect mr air eslick had wright pat about half completed man a ten minute speech in behalf of the bonus picturing the world war army ns as the flower of the count rys manhood he waved aside questions of finance and said sir mr speaker I 1 want to divert from the sordid lie ile never finished the sentence As lie collapsed lie he clutched at a table and partially broke ills his fall dr george W calver capitol physician said he be had died before lie struck the floor mrs eslick was in the members gallery at the time tragedy added to futility Is the history of this bonus bill hours of debate largely for home consumption wasted on a measure that was fore doomed before it was presented though it passed the house by a vote of to there was no possible chance that the senate would pass it and president hoover had announced that he would veto it it if it should be passed F FRANZ RANZ VON paren germanys germanas Germ anys new aristocratic chancellor held several conferences with the pr premiers alers of the states and the german agricultural council and sue suc ye ceedee in part in at al laying their tears fears that his government intended eventually to overthrow the republic ire he assured 4 them solemnly that his rule wa would u id be based entirely on the constitution of the reich and dented denied that his cabinet was unsocial or reaction I anc von ary the d 1 s a 0 1 u tion of the belch stag and the calling 0 f elections were thought necessary he be said to a new unified expression of the national will and it was his belief that a new parliament will more readily produce a clear cut majority for a policy of spiritual and ethical rehabilitation and an economic orientation that shall rest on christian national rad and social foundations debate the senate Wad WITHOUT adopted opted a resolution presented by senator joe T robinson democratic floor leader calling on the pres ident dent to specify how and where additional savings ravings were to be accomplished shed the resolution was introduced in answer to president hoovers hoover 19 demand that congress save to more lit in some quarters the prediction was made that the need for additional bud get balancing funds will serve to revive the sales tax notwithstanding the fact that the billion dollar tax bill already has haa been enacted into law the conference committee still wrestling with tho the economy bit bill has haa come to a virtual agreement a on the plan tor for enforced furloughs furroughs f for r federal employees instead of the 10 per cent pay cut plan S stanislaus TANZI FELIX naus u the aviator who attempted a flight from new york to poland was rescued by the steamship circle shell after drifting eight days on the atlantic on his wrecked airplane hausner was completely exhausted when rescued and literally fell into the lifeboat that was lowered to pick him up the captain of the ship reported by radio that Il klausner ausner had received only minor injuries and was progressing satisfactorily F FOLLOWING the abortive attempt 1 of three young cubans to assassa assassinate president machado by throwing a bomb at him the police of the island republic made it a series ot of raids on the homes of prominent persons and asserted they had uncovered three separate plots against M a c h a d os oe life nearly a huri huo dred leading citizens k of navana havana were pin pill in prison and arms and explosives res were seized capt miguel miguel calvo chief of the president police expert erpert bureau machado said cubans have turned to terrorism in a desperate effort to oust president machado dead or alive I 1 am convinced that havanas leading men and women have gone crazy the revelations are astounding toun ding and most disappointing for the future of cuba and the cubans the society terrorists belong to the ABC organization which sought to overthrow the government on may au 20 independence day but were foiled by the discovery of their plot rolace say that other government leaders besides machado are marked tor for death C ARLOS DA DAVILA VILA apparently was not sufficiently radical la in his policies toward foreign interests in chile so he was forced by the military and socialistic junta to resign as provisional president col marmaduke Maj aduke grove who had a great deal to do with the ousting of president montero re bained in control but there were rumors that an army group was plotting to brin bring ex president carlos ibanez back from from exile and form a new junta with davilas aid capt alejandro lazo an intimate associate of davila and of ibanez was arrested extremist Estre mist sentiment against davilas continuance in the junta arose as a result of attacks against him by the leftist newspaper opinion which has led efforts of certain elements in northern chile to force dissolution of the cobach organization IT LOOKS as it if gaston B means one of the slipperiest slipper iest individuals lit in america would have to spend another term in a federal penitentiary A federal jury in washington found him guilty of stealing entrusted to him by mrs evalyn walsh mclean for the purpose of ransoming col diaries charles Lind berghs baby the court inflicted a sentence of 15 years imprisonment and a fine of 2000 ne he was ac gaston B quitted on two em means bezz lement charges ills attorney moved for a new trial and gave notice of appeal and meanwhile means was put back in jall jail 1 POLICE OLICE action in the lindbergh casle case I 1 Is being attacked on both sides of the tha ocean following the suicide of violet sharpe english maid in the service of the morrow family tito young woman had been questioned repeatedly peat edly by the pollee police and many persons in america and in england believe she had been so persecuted that she was driven to self destruction although it appears she was in no way implicated la in the state senator E L richards of new jersey attacked the administration of governor moore as responsible for blunders in the case and said a legislative investigation was virtually certain in london a member of the house of commons brought up the matter by asking the foreign office it if the government had its attention called to the suicide of miss sharpe and it it would make representations representation to the washington government suggesting an inquiry as to what responsibility the police had bad for the girls death WITH wing ITH the avowed purpose of finding some formula to replace the expiring hoover moratorium orium the reparations conference opened thursday in lausanne switzerland in preparation for this meeting prime minis ter macdonald Mac Dooald went to parts paris and conferred with premier herriot and thi result was according to one dispatch from paris that the two statesmen constituted thenis themselves eles a ways and means committee for saving europe by presenting a united front against germany other correspondents thought the most likely outcome of the confab of the premiers would be an agre agreement ement for a new moratorium for germany the franco british project Is believed to include a temporary renewal of the moratorium which expires june 80 30 together with the appointment of a cominis commission sion to study means of prolonging the moratorium indefinitely and the establishment of an equalizing sy tem which eventually would annul both debts and reparations this temporizing por izing solution it Is felt would permit watching tor for a propitious moment to tpring spring a new cancellation scheme rn the united states 0 1 western afta newspaper juniou |