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PAY CUT HELD DUE
TO LEAVING A. F. L
Labor Department Official
Answers Ousting for Action
to Heal Breach.
If the pay” cut, or the furlough, or
any other legislation detrimental to
Federal employes is passed by Con
gress it will be due entirely to the im
proper action of the national officers
of the National Federation of Federal
Employes in separating from the
American Federation of Labor, in the
opinion of John Arthur Shaw, who yes
terday was suspended from member
ship in the Federal employes group be
cause of his efforts to heal the breach
between the two organizations.
Mr. Shaw, an official in the Labor
Department's employment service, was
among 15 members of the federation
suspended because the governing body
of the organization said it had “found
you have acted in a manner detrimen
tal to the best interests of the rank
and file of the federation.”
Debt to Labor Body.
Amplyfying his statement of yester
day that he considered his suspension
from the federation a “signal honor,”
Mr. Shaw, who was an official of the
Joint conference on affiliation with the
A. F. of L„ said: “The National Fed
<ration owes its very existence to the
American Federation of Labor, which
procured the authority necessary for
the establishment of a Federal union.
Last year, when economic conditions
made it necessary for the labor move
ment, to present a solid front to the
world at large, the officers of the Na
tional Federation illegally and improp
erly dropped their affiliation with the
labor movement, and became, instead
of an integral part of a powerful or
ganization, an impotent federation of
a mere 50,000 members.”
“Stiller Opposition.”
He pointed out that the result of
this “treacherous improper action,” has
been apparent in this session of Con
gress. when Federal employes have been
faced with “stiffex opposition than ever
before in history.” ;
Mr. Shaw closed his statement with:
“The suspension of its officers will
In no wise affect the work of the Joint
conference on affiliation with the
American Federation of Labor. They
will carry on in order that worthy
Federal employes may have some In
telligent and powerful interests through
which their rights and welfare may be
protected.”
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SENATORSHIP RACE
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oppose William G. McAdoo at the pri
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Mrs. Annie Riley Hale of Pasadena,
mother-in-law of Heywood Broun, New
York columnist, also filed for the Dem
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Wardell is In Chicago as an observer
at tie Democratic National Convention,
Instructed friends by telephone to file
his declaration. They barely reached
the office of Maj. Charles J. Collins,
registrar of voters, in time.
Wardell Is a supporter of Gov. Franklin
D. Roosevelt for the presidential nom
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California Garner-pledged delegation to
the convention. Through the friends
who filed his declaration. Wardell
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Democratic Problem on Prohibition Question
Will They Favor "Law Enforcement” or Face the Charge of "Nullification 7
Will They Declare for Modification or Naked Repeal of the Eighteenth Amend
ment? Will They Seek, to Make a Party Issue of Liquor Control? Will
They Offer a Guarantee Against the Return of the Saloon?
I -
GRANTING in the first place
that it would be beyond human
ingenuity to construct a party
plank on prohibition that
would adequately and with
! complete safety bridge the many pit- :
falls awaiting such effort and grant- j
: ing that the Republican plank has al- J
, ready been rendered more or less pre
carious by the hack'-aws of such able
1 critics as Senator Borah, the ques
I tion now is whether the Iuemocrats. j
profiting by any errors of omission or
commission on the part of their rival i
partisans, will be able to do a more
1 satisfactory Job.
I ‘‘A more satisfactory job." of course.
I depends UDon what constitutes a satis
! factory Job of platform making by a
| party about to go before the people
with a bid for ballots. The job is not
politically satisfactory if it alienates,
at the outset, any large group of voters.
The job would not be satisfactory when
it concerns prohibition if it antagonized
the drv voters and it would not be
satisfactory 1. it antagonized the wet
voters. By "satisfactory” in this case,
then, one means a plank that comes
nearest the desideratum of satisfying the
greatest number of people as to ths
sincerity and the ability of the party
to deal effectively with recogniz'd evils
accompanying the prohibition experi
ment and of suggesting a method that
promises the most acceptable solution.
Bishop Cannon’s Analysis.
Bishop Cannon has made an analysis
of the Republican plank that should
be acceptable to everybody as a cor
rect statement of its principles. Lp
to a certain point it might serve as
the standard Interpretation. Those who
disagree with Bishop Cannon s inter
pretation do not differ from him as to
his statement of the principles out
lined by the plank, but on the prac
tical applicability of those principles.
As a reminder of w-hat the Republican
plank means, therefore. Bishop Can
nons analysis is republished here, as
follows:
"1 It pledges the party to the en
forcement of the law and opposes
nullification.
“2. Referenda without constitu
tional sanction are void.
“3 Prohibition is not a partisan
political question, and no public offi
cial. which includes Senators and
Congressmen, nor any members of
the Republican party, are bound by
the convention action on this ques
tion. . . ,
“4. The convention does not favor
submission on the question of reten
tion or repeal of the eighteenth
amendment without a substitute, the
substance of which is presented in
the plank adopted by the conven
t's. The convention declares that
Congress should submit this substi
tute as an amendment to be acted
upon bv State conventions. This
action would give the people an op
portunity to decide whether they will
retain the eighteenth amendment
unchanged or will adopt an amend
ment which will permit the several
States to legalize the sale of intoxi
cants as their citizens may deter
mine, such legislation to be subject
to the power of the Federal Govern
ment to protect those States where
prohibition exists and to safeguard
the citizens everywhere from the re
turn of the saloon and Its attendant
evils. . „ .
‘ There are two outstanding Tacts.
First, the convention does not pledge
any rominees of the party to follow
any specific course. It does ad\ise
that a certain definite action be
taken by Congress which will submit
to the people the question of the re
tention of the eighteenth amend
ment or the adoption of a proposed j
substitute. It does not declare any
preference as between the eighteenth
amendment and the substitute pro
posed. ,
• The second outstanding fact is
that this question of the retention of
the eighteenth amendment or the
substitution of the proposed amend
ment automatically becomes an issue
in the Fall senatorial and congres
sional elections, as only Congress can
decide whether it will submit any
resolution and, if so. what shall be
the exact terms of the resolution to
be submitted.”
Democratic Plank Possibilities.
With Bishop Cannon's analysis thus
presented, it may be interesting to take
up the points as he enumerates them
and to look Into the possibilities for
variance between this plank and that
to be adopted by the Democratic con
vention. . .
The first point might be accepted j
casually at first as mere phrase making, j
As a matter of fact, the developments |
already tend to emphasize its signlfi- ;
cance. Former Gov. bmitns arrival in
Chicago was marked by his issuance of
a formal statement outlining his views
on the prohibition issue, and. coming
from this source, they will play a highly
important part in the considerations of
a plank by the Resolutions Committee.
Gov. Smith repeated his former decla- j
ration in favor of modifying the Vol
stead act immediately by a “scientifi- j
cally correct” definition that will per
mit the sale of beverages of reasonable
alcoholic content. Now', everybody
might grant that scientific definitions
of what constitutes intoxicating bever
ages could be obtained by the bushel, j
But would they be accepted? And if j
they were not accepted, would an at- j
tempt to modify the drastic provisions j
of the Volstead act—to permit the sale
of light wines and beer, for instance—
be considered as nullifying the consti
tutional amendment that forbids the
manufacture, transportation and sale of
Intoxicating beverages?
The Volstead law' might be amended
in such a way as to avoid any ob
jection on the ground of nullification.
But to amend it to permit light wines j
and beer certainly would raise the ,
nullification issue. The alcoholic content |
of “unfortified” light wine is normally
from 12 to 14 per cent. That is the
alcoholic content resulting from natural
fermentation. Light wines, moderately
fortified, would run higher. "Pre
prohibition” beer had a normal alcoholic
content of 4.1 per cent, sometimes found
to run as high as 5.5 per cent. It is
idle to contend that if light w1ne6 and j
b°er—of the alcoholic content given i
above—were permitted by amendment j
of the Volstead la* the cry of “nullifies- j
tion” w'ould not be raised. There might
be room for a difference of opinion!
whether beer with 2*1 per cent of alco- j
holic content, as demanded by the !
labor unions, would necessarily be de- |
fined as “intoxicating,” but hardly con
cerning wines of 12 to 30 per cent'
alcoholic content.
| The first issue that is Invited by the
.Smith proposal, therefore, 1s on modi
fication of’ the Volstead act, and that
issue Includes the issue of enforcing j
the law as it stands until amended in ;
such fashion a3 not to nullify the eight
eenth amendment, or until this law is |
conceled by repeal of the eighteenth
amendment.
“Referendum” Now Obsolete Term.
The second point enumerated by j
Bishop Cannon may be passed over.
Such proposals as "referendums” and 1
"submission” are practically obsolete in I
the light of frank recognition by nearly ;
everybody that no referendum or sub- I
mission is practical or possible, except
through the formal steps provided for :
in the Constitution. Congress by a two- j
thirds vote mav submit an amendment i
to the Constitution. But that is all.
Shunned aa Partisan Issue.
The third point enumerated by
Bishop Cannon is important The Re
publican plank refuses to yjhakd prohi
bition a partisan issue, recognising the
right of Its members to distant, gut
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The G. O. P. Plank
On Prohibition
The Republican party has al
ways stood, and stands today, Ipr
obedience to and enforcement of
the law as the very foundation o
orderlv government and chiliza
thn. There can be no national
security otherwise. The duty of
the President of the United States
and of the officers of the law is
clear. The law must be enforced
as they find it enacted b> the
people To these courses of ac
tion we pledge our nominees.
The Republican party is. and
always has been, the party of the
Constitution. Nullification by
non-observance by individuals or
State action threatens the stabil
ity of government.
While the Constitution makers
sought a high degree of perrna
nence. they foresaw the need of
changes and provided for them. #
Article V limits the propcsals of
amendments to two methods. (1)
Two-thirds of both Houses of
Congress may propose amend
ments, or (21 on application of
the Legislatures of two-thirds of
the States a national convention
shall be called by Congress to
propose amendments. Thereafter
ratification must be had In one of
two ways: (li By the Legislatures
of three-fourths of the several
States, or (2) by conventions held
in three-fourths of the several
States. Congress is given power
to determine the mode of ratifica
tion.
Referendum* without constitu
tional sanction cannot furnish a
decisive answer. Those who pro- ;
pose them innocently are deluded
by false hopes: those who propose
them knowingly are deceiving the
A Nation-wide controversy over
the eighteenth amendment now
distracts attention from the con
structive solution of many press
ing national problems. The princi
ple of national prohibition as em
bodied in the amendment was
supported and oposed by members
of both great political parties. It
was submitted to the States by
members of Congress of different
political faiths and ratified by
State Legislatures of different
political majorities. It W'as not
then, and is not now, a partisan
political question.
Members of the Republican
party hold different opinions with
respect to it. and no public official
or member of the party should be
pledged or forced to choose be
tween his party affiliations and
his honest convictions upon this
question.
We do not favor a submission
limited to the issue of retention
or repeal. For the American Na
tion 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 opportu
nity to pass upon a proposed
amendment the provision of
which, while retaining in 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 pro
hibition may exist and safeguard
our citizens everywhere from the
return of the saloon and at
tendant 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 adeouately safe
guarded so as to be truly repre
sentative.
Senator Borah has already exercised his
right of dissent by deciding that, in
spite of what the platform says about
not committing the members of the
party as individuals, he cannot support
the President while he stands on this
platform.
The Democrats might attempt to
make a partisan issue of the prohibi
tion question. But if so. they will have
to silence the objections of such weighty
voices as that of Senator Robinson of
Arkansas, a dry. the leader of the mi
nority party in the Senate and the
party’s choice for Vice President in the
last campaign. Senator Robinson has
said, in a recent interview, that "if a
plank on the subject of prohibition
should be incorporated. It should merely
declare for submission of the question
rvf rpnpo 1 anH shnulH ottomnf ♦ n
commit members of the party to sup
port of repeal." In other words, Sen
ator Robinson favors the Republican
method of phrasing the plank.
The Republicans explicitly stated
that their plank did not bind their
candidates or their members in public
office. Yet Senator Borah believes it
binds the President and to such an ex
tent that he cannot support the Presi
dent while he stands on that platform
Will the Democrats run the risk of
offending such influential members of
their own party as Senator Robinson,
and many others for whom he speaks?
They will, of course, if they attempt
to make prohibition a party Issue, Sen
ator Robinson and those for whom he
speaks would be placed in an Impos
sible position of fighting for the vic
tory of a party which promised some
thing that they, as Individuals, were
against.
Freedom of Members.
The Republican platform reserves
specifically to the President, Senators,
Representatives and all Republicans,
official and unofficial, the right to think,
speak and vote as they please for or
against prohibition, Irrespective ef the
recommendations or suggestions of the
platform plank, with the exception,
however, that the President Is pledged
to enforce the Constitution and law's
as they stand or as they may be amend
ed, and to exercise the veto power to
prevent nullification.
It is not clear whether or not Re
publican Senators and Representatives
are under obligation to vote to submit
to the States the Constitutional amend
ment proposed for submission by the
platform plank. If they are under
obligation to vote to submit and their
freedom to vote as they please serves
only when the amendment goes to the
States for ratification the anti-prohibi
tionists have gained a distinct ad
vantage. The final obstacle to be sur
mounted by the wets is the requirement
of the Constitution that a two-thirds
vote of both Houses must be cast for
submission of an amendment to the
States. If the platform plank binds dry
Republican Congressmen to help make
up this two-third vote, a dripping wet
spot is discovered in the Republican
platform.
The Important question in this third
point, however. Is whether by its word
ing of the platform plank the Repub
lican party can be said—as Bishop Can
non puts it—to have voiced no prefer
ence as between the proposed amend
ment and the eighteenth amendment.
There is a fine distinction here. The
Democrats might emphasise the point
mors strongly by championing tfce u
-—. I
peal or modification of the eighteenth
amendment. In other words, the Demo
crats might say in their plank that the
Constitution "should be” amended, in
stead of saying, as the Republicans did,
that the question of amending the Con
stitution should be submitted. But to do
that commits the party in favor cf a
matter that many of its members can
not support.
The Real Battle.
But it is in Bishop Cannon's fourth
and fifth points that the real battle will
be fought by the Democrats.
Will the Democrats declare for an
amendment nakedly repealing the eight
eenth, or for an amendment which
amends the eighteenth amendment by
proposing a substitute?
Until a few weeks ago there were only
a few advocates of the wet cause whc
openly suggested naked repeal of the
eighteenth amendment, that is. a re
peal that was not accompanied by some
substitute. A few persons, like Dr.
Butler of Columbia University and Gov
Ritchie of Maryland and ex-Senator
Reed of Missouri, have been for repeal
from the very beginning. But the ma
jority of wets, who looked at the prob
lem from the point of view of the man
who wantpd the right to have his drink
or leave it alone, who recognized the
evils of the saloon and was not par
ticularly concerned with the principle
or theory of constitutional prohibition
was willing enough to have the eight
eenth amendment "modified” to give
him what he wanted, but not "re
pealed” to bring back all the evils oi
the saloon.
In Chicago the ranks of the repeal
ists. however, were suddenly swelled tc
such strength that the movement for
substitutionless repeal threatened to run
away with things. The adopted plank
obviously represented a compromise
And now the Democrats are about tc
meet, with the same demand for "re
peal” overshadowing everything else.
Senator Borah Iras contended, in sub
stance, that the battle between "modi
fication” and "repeal" is a mere battle
of words and that both mean the same
thing, which is "repeal.”
The real issue, however. Is whether
the proposed change of the eighteenth
amendment would sweep away al
Federal control of liquor traffic, 01
whether it will leave in the Con
stitution a measure of national control
sufficient to protect the dry States
against the wet States and to protect
the people of all the States against the
return of the saloon.
The Republican plank favors this
latter method. It says that the amend
ment, "while retaining in the Federal
Government power to preserve the gain;
already made in dealing with the evil;
inherent in the liquor traffic, shall allow
States to deal with the problem as theii
citizens may determine, but subject al
ways to the power of the Federal Gov
ernment to protect those States wherf
prohibition may exist and safeguard
our citizens everywhere from the return
of the saloon and attendant abuses.”
Senator Morrow's Plan Recalled.
That Is the general policy that ha?
been advanced, up to this time, by most
of those men classified as wets. It i<
not unlike the plan proposed by the
late Senator Morrow, who, in opening
his campaign for the Republican sena
torial nomination in New Jersey, stated
_Jiis position as follows:
I believe that the way out of the
present difficulty is to recognize
clearly the fundamental difference
between the nature of the Federal
Government and the State govern
ment. I believe this involves a re
peal of the eighteenth amendment
and the substitution therefor of an
amendment which will restore to the
States the power to determine their
policy toward the liquor traffic and
vest in the Federal Government
power to give all possible protection
and assistance to those States that
desire complete prohibition against
invasion from the State that does
not. • • *
I do not believe that the funda
mental difficulty can be reached by
an amendment of the Volstead act.
So long as the eighteenth amend
ment and the statutes thereunder
are the law of the land. I favor gen
erous appropriations for their en
forcement. I favor the use of such
appropriation in the first place for
that portion of enforcement which is
pre-eminently the duty of the Fed
eral Government. This means that
the Federal Government would first
direct its efforts to keeping liquor
from coming into the country and
to keeping liquor from passing into
Interstate commerce. * * •
In the battle for a great social re
form there was wisdom in the old
system of experimenting in 48 labora
tories rather than in one. • • •
* * * In the foregoing discus
sion I have tried to avoid the words
"wet" and “dry." it does not help
much in a solution of a problem to
label men. Men labeled wet may be
as much opposed to the saloon as
men labeled dry.
The saloon must not come back.
The people of the United States are
rid of the saloon—and well rid of it.
But in the process of ridding our
selves of the saloon a wholly un
regulated liquor traffic has grown
up in this country. One group
blames it on disobedience of the law.
It Is not in such a spirit that a so
lution will be found.
The solution will be found when
we realize that the issue before us
1s a Government problem. * * •
"Personal Liberty" Not Involved.
Senator Morrow disposed of the "per
sonal liberty" issue that is so ofter
raised in the prohibition discussion. "The
control of liquor has for a long tim<
j been one of the difficult problems o:
all governments,” he said. "There ar<
people who believe that the prohibltior
of intoxicating liquors under any cir
cumstances by any government is ar
infringement on the right of the indi
vidual to lead his own life in his owr
way. I do not share that view. It hai
been generally recognized that all gov
ernments may protect a man agains
his own propensities if the injury to thi
community is sufficient to warrant thi
i interference with individual liberty. Thi
j prohibition movement is a recognitior
; of this principle. It is not a nev
movement. • • •”
Senator Morrow's plan could easll]
have been the basis for the Republicar
plank. His plan at the time won com
mendation from the same element tha’
r.ow condemns the Republican planl
for not going far enough.
Ex-Gov. Smith’s Former Flan.
For that matter, it is interesting U
, compare the Republican plans witi
j former Gov. Smiths statement of pro
hibition principles In accepting th(
Democratic nomination four years ago
He said:
Some relief would come from an
amendment to the Volstead law
giving a scientific definition of ;he
alcoholic content of an intoxicating
beverage. • • • Each State would
then be allowed to fix its own stand
ard of alcoholic content, subject al
ways to the proviso that that stand
ard could not exceed the maximum
fixed by Congress.
t believe, moreover, that there
should be submitted to the people
the question of some change in the
provisions of the eighteenth amend
ment. * • • i personally be
lieve In an amendment in the
eighteenth amendment which would
give to each individual State, after
approval by a referendum popular
vote of its people, the right wholly
within its borders to Import, manu
facture, or cause to be manufactured,
or sell alcoholic beverages, the seie
to he radt odIx ta tot fiutc uiett
and not for consumption In any
public place.
Gov. Smith also favored aid to States
which should vote dry under his plan
and opposed any return of the saloon.
Three Plana Compared.
In these three plans, then—the Repub
lican platform plan, the Morrow plan and
the Smith plan—there Is disagree
ment in the fact that while the Re
publican platform plank does not advo
cate the new amendment as against
the eighteenth amendment, the Morrow
plan and the Smith plan were put for
ward by champions of their adoption.
Another notable difference is that while
the Republican platform and the
Morrow plan emphasize enforcement of
the Volstead law and suggest no change
in it. former Gov. Smith Is an out
spoken advocate of modifying the
Volstead act before the tedious process
of Constitution amending runs Its course
and makes no committal in respect to
enforcement.
As noted above. Gov. Smith, on his
! arrival In Chicago last Wednesday, re
I peated his suggestion that the Volstead
act be amended "at once” in order to
i permit the sale of beverages of "rea
! sonable alcoholic content. The people
| of the United States are entitled to this
i relief, which would divert the profit of
the bootlegger into legitimate taxes."
And it is as interesting to note, in ad
dition. that whereas he advocated
amending the eighteenth amendment
four years ago. he has now become an
out-and-out repealist, and while he
laid emphasis four years ago on his
opposition to the return of the saloon
and endeavored to point out how that
could be prevented, he does not men
tion the saloon In his Chicago state
ment, contenting himself with amend
ment of the Volstead act and repeal
of the eighteenth amendment.
Gov. Roosevelt’s Plan.
Gov. Roosevelt's proposal, as made
known in a letter to Senator Wagner
September 11. 1930. was that:
The sale of intoxicants through
State agencies should be made law
ful in any State of the Union where
the people of that State desire it.
but conversely, the people of any
State should have the right to pro
hibit the sale of intoxicants, if they
so wish, within its own borders. * * *
The control of any sale of any in
toxicants should be wholly in the
hands of the States or of State
agencies. • • •
It must remain not only the right
but the duty of the Federal Govern
ment to protect States which con
tinue to prohibit the sale of in
toxicants. • • •
Finally, there should be definite
recognition of the extension of
home rule to the lower subdivisions
of Government—In other words, a
recognition of the right of cities,
villages or towns by popular vote to
prohibit the sale of intoxicants with
in their own borders, even though in
toxicants may be sold in other parts
of the State through State agencies.
Gov. Roosevelt's proposal, therefore,
differs from the others mentioned here
mainly through his extension of the
option on prohibition to political units
within a State, approving the old local
option system among the counties of a
State and by reason of his failure
specifically to mention any specific
substitute, thus indicating his belief In
repeal modified perhaps by his state
ment that it must remain the right and
the duty of the Federal Government to
protect the dry States from Invasion
by the wet.
Gov. Ritchie, one of the original re
pealists. In an Interview published In
the New York Times September 21,
193(1 said:
The eighteenth amendment • • •
ought to be repealed. I do not
favor changing the provisions of the
eighteenth amendment or the inser
tion of a new or modified or sub
stitute amendment in its place.
Rather do I think that each State
ought to be free to settle the ques
tion In accordance with the wants
and the needs of its own people, and
I believe that the people of the dif
ferent States can be trusted to do
this in a way which will promote the
cause of temperance. * • • I
think further that the principle of
local option ought to apply to the
governmental units within each State
and that it would be the duty of the
Federal Government to protect
States which wish to be "dry” against
shipments from other States which
would contravene their laws.
Plans for Repeal.
Gov. Ritchie's plan and Dr. Butler’s
plan are In all fundamental respects
identical. Dr. Butler believes that the
amendment should be repealed: that
the Federal Government through con
trol of interstate commerce should seek
to help the dry States preserve their
dryness, and that the people of each
State would select the liquor control
system that each preferred. Through
such State control, Dr. Butler has be
lieved, and the education of the peo
ple in temperance, the saloon would
be prohibited.
There are. of course, many other
plans. But, as may be judged from the
samples quoted above, they group
themselves into three general classes.
The first of these now includes the
prohibition plank of the Republican
party. It declares against nullification
and against submission to the people of
the proposition of repealing the eight
eenth amendment; but declares for
submission to the people of an
amendment to the eighteenth amend
ment which retains control of the
liquor traffic with the Federal Gov
ernment in order to protect the dry
States from the wet States and the
people of all the States against the
return of the saloon, but otherwise
gives to each State the right to “deal
with the problem as their citizens may
determine.”
The second of these is the proposal,
as first advocated by Gov. Smith, but
modified by subsequent utterances, to
amend the Volstead act by liberaliz
ing the allowable alcoholic content of
beverages, such as beer and wine, and
substituting for the eighteenth amend
ment a new amendment resting con
trol of the liquor problem with the
States, giving the Federal Government
authority to protect dry States against
wet States and protecting all the peo
ple against the return of the saloon.
The third of these is the proposal,
as advocated all along by Gov. Ritchie
and other repealists. for out and out
repeal of the eighteenth amendment,
with the Federal Government protect
ing the dry States against the wet
' States through its control of interstate
traffic, but trusting only to the wisdom
i of the people In the States to prevent
. the return of the saloon. This Is sub
stantially the position also of the plat
! form plank proposed by the minority
. at the Republican nominating conven
. tlon. No control whatever Is to be left
to the Federal Government, but the
people of the States are to be persuaded
to prevent the return of the saloon.
Methods of Preventing Saloon.
Another summary of the various pro
posals as they relate to the question of
preventing the return of the saloon car.
be made as follows:
The Republican platform, in suggest
ing submission to the people of the
i question of turning ever liquor traffic
i control to the States, specifically
reserves the power of the Nation to
i protect the dry States against the wet
States and to prevent the return of the
saloon.
I Another group advocates trans
ferring all power from the Nation to
the States, and Implies a reserved power
In the Nation to protect the dry States
and to prevent the return of the saloon.
Another group advocates transfer of
all power from the Nation to the States,
with the suggestion that the States, or
the people of the States, will by
referendum prevent the return of the
saloon.
Another group advocates transfer of
all power to the States and promises to !
appeal to the States to prevent the re- j
turn of the saloon.
And another group urges retention 1
t of the full control by the Nation that
is given through the eighteenth amend
ment. declaring that in no other way
can return of the saloon with its at
tendant evils be prevented.
Senator Borah, spokesman for this j
latter group, outlines his reasoning as ,
follows:
Senator Borah's View.
“Of course, all are opposed to the
saloon. This institution, with its rec- I
! ord of crime and disorder, has no
i defender. The enemy of good govern
; ment and of clean politics, the ren
! dezvous of every crime with which
I society has to contend, the nursery of
I those stupid, slimy vices which de
; grade and destroy the souls of men.
it is by common condemnation re
I jccted bv both those who stand for
' and by those who stand against the ,
I eighteenth amendment. Any plan to
l be proposed to the American people '
for the control of ths liquor traffic :
should, in the interests of good gov-1
ernment. close ewry avenue against j
its return to American life. It would
be a betrayal of American manhood J
and womanhood of our country to leave
a chance, the slightest chance, for its
return. But I ask again. Where are i
the specifications? How are we going
to do it? How will we execute the \
will of the National Government? Once ;
the sale is admitted there is no possi
ble way by which the National Gov
ernment can control the method, man- j
ner and place of its being sold.
“What is a saloon? A saloon. In j
legal contemplation, is a place where .
intoxicating liquors are retailed and ;
i drunk. The State might say. 'This1
place where we have authorized liquor i
to be sold and drunk is not a saloon.’ j
The National Government would say,
'We think it is a saloon.' Then the
State might modify its position to some ;
extent and the National Government j
would be powerless. The place where '
It wras retailed and where it wras to be ■
drunk would still be a saloon for aUf
practical purposes. If we admit the sell- j
ing, we must admit that they have a :
right to have a place where it is to
be sold and drunk.”
Will the Democrats offer a guarantee
against the return of the saloon, which
everybody deplores and nobody, appar
ently, knows how to prevent?
WEST VIRGINIA CALLS
SPECIAL SESSION
Emergency Tax to Balance Budget
and $500,000 for Jobless
Aid Among Subjects.
By the Associated Press.
CHARLESTON. W. Va.. June 25.—
A special session of the Legislature was
called by Gov. Conley today to convene
at noon, July 12.
Eleven subjects for consideration cf
the Legislature were contained in the
proclamation.
One of them proposed an emergency
revenue measure by indirect taxation
to raise approximately $1,750,000 to
balance the State budget and an addi
tional $500,000 for unemployment re
lief. The Governor recommended (hat
the revenue be raised by a special tax
on cigarettes and other forms of to
bacco and other luxuries.
Another subject was consideration of
an amendment to the taxation section
of the State Constitution “so as to pro
vide for a constitutional limitation of
levies and the necessary legislative ac
tion to submit the same to the voters
at the general election of 1932.”
He also recommended a statutory
limitation of levies to become elective
from passage and to apply to the levies
of 1932.
An enabling act to authorize re
ceivers of closed banks to negotiate
loans from the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation on other sources for distri
bution among creditors and stock
holders of the banks,” is among other
subjects.
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FARMER-LABOR PARTY
PLATFORM “ALTERED”
Chairman Lawson of Committee at
Omaha Calls Attention to
Campaign Bulletin.
By the Associated Press.
NORWALK, Conn., June 25—Frank
Lawson of Washington, D. C„ who was
chairman of the Platform Committee at
the National Farmer-Labor Party Con
vention at Omaha April 26, charged to
night the platform printed in a cam
paign bulletin showed alterations from
that adopted by the delegates.
Roy M. Harrop of Council Bluffs,
Iowa, national chairman, is editor of
the bulletin, Lawson said.
He also attacked Harrop’s refusal to
issue credentials to Col. E. Webb of San
Francisco, the party's presidential nomi
nee. declaring Webb was innocent of
accusations that he was a “Hoover spy.”
"Col. Webb is justified in resigning
the nomination,” Lawson said, “rather
than be made a party to perpetrating a
fraud on the American people.”
DOHENY LEFT $14,803,910
Estate of Oil Magnate's Son Ap
praised in California.
LOS ANGELES, June 25 (&).—'The
estate of the late Edward L. Doheny,
jr„ son of the oil magnate, has been
! appraised at $14,803,910.
A petition filed in Probate Court to
day by the widow, Lucy Smith Do
heny Battson, who remarried some
months ago. asked permission to pay a
promissory note claim of $1,618,299. The
estate will be divided among Mrs. Batt
son and her five children. Doheny died
in February, 1929.
New Vice Admiral
WASHINGTONIAN HOISTS FLAG
ABOARD AUGUSTA.
Relieving Vice Admiral Arthur L.
Willard, U. S. N., former commandant
of the Washington Navy Yard, Rear
Admiral Frank H. Clark, shown above, j
on Friday became commander of the ,
Scouting Force, with the rank of vice
admiral, when he assumed his new
duties at San Pedro, Calif., aboard the
U S. S. Augusta, heavy cruiser.
Admiral Clark has just relinquished
duty at the Navy Department, where
he was director of fleet training. He
made his home here in the Dresden
Apartments, Connecticut avenue and
Kalorama road, t
Admiral Willard will become com
mandant of the 5th Naval District,
with headquarters at Norfolk, Va.
BLAINE 10 OFFER
B. E. F. AID REDRAFT
Senate Tomorrow Will Get
Bill Providing for Food,
Shelter and Travel.
A redraft of the Costigan bill to pro
vide funds out of the Federal Treasury
for relief of the Bonus Expeditionary
Forces in Washington will be intro
duced in the Senate tomorrow by Sena
tor Blaine, Republican of Wisconsin.
Blaine announced his plans yester
day after being defeated in an attempt
to get unanimous consent to a motion
to discharge the Senate District Com
mittee from further consideration of the
Costigan bill.
Bicentennial Fund Scored.
Blaine's plea for funds for food, shel
ter and transportation of the veterans
followed a bitter attack on an item in
the independent offices appropriation
bill carrying $200,000 for the George
Washington Bicentennial Commission.
Appropriation of funds for the com
mission to stage parades and pageants
which Blaine said "nobody ever goes
to see,” was described as a "foolish
waste.”
Contrast With Misery.
"It is a sad spectacle to see bands,
uniforms and horses in all their glory
on one hand,” he said, "and on the
other to see these men who went over
seas in all their misery right here In the
Nation’s Capital.”
Senator Jones, Republican of Wash
ington, said he believed the events
staged thus far in commemoration of
the Bicentennial of the birth of Wash
ington “almost a farce.”
—1 ■ ♦- ■■ ■ •
Lexington, Va., Plant Burns.
LEXINGTON, Va., June 25 (>P>.—’The I
main building of the Goshen Furnace
Corporation was destroyed by fire to
day. The loss, estimated at $15,000,
was partly covered by insurance.
Some domestic servants are receiving
as much as skilled men with horses on
farms in Ireland this year.
STIMSON DENIES
U. S. DEBT MOVES
Terms Negotiation Reports
From Great Britain En
tirely False.
By the Associated Pres*.
Secretary Stimson yesterday denied
published reports that the United States
has been negotiating with European
governments concerning debts and rep
arations. He said:
“It ought to be unnecessary to re
peat that there have been no negotia
tions, discussions, or conversations be
tween this Government and the Euro
pean governments on the subject ot
debts or reparations.
Scores “Everlasting Gossip."
"There is no foundation whatever for
the everlasting gossip telegraphed from
Europe that these topics are being ne
gotiated or in any way disguised here
or abroad by representatives of the
United States.
“I categorically deny reports from
London by one press association that
■the United States and Great Britain
have reached an unwritten gentlemen s
agreement that they will follow the
same disarmament policy and that rep
arations must cease.’
"1 J?lve further categorical denial to
the allegation that any agreement ’pro
vides for the United States to grant
Britain special debts reductions, or a
moratorium, to be announced after the
United States elections.’
Branded Entirely False.
"There is no foundation for these re
ports and the statement made in the
report referred to that negotiations be
tween Sir John Simon and Ambasasdor
Mellon on the subject of debt and repa
ratlons have been ’proceeding for some
time, etc., is absolutely false. The
American embassy in London points out
that t.ie_ falsity of this report is appar
ent by the fact that Mr. Mellon has not
*ny member of the British govern
ment this week.
JURY IS DISCHARGED
IN TRIAL OF MINER
Disagreement Brings End tc Mur
der Charge in Kentucky
Mine War.
By the Associated Press.
HARLAN, Ky , June 25 —Unable to
agree after deliberating 22 hours, the
jury which tried P. M. Bratcher,
charged with murder in connection with
the battle of Evarts. was discharged to
day by Special Judge T. B. McGregor.
Bratcher was the fourth defendant to
be tried on a murder charge as a result
of the gun battle in May, 1931, which
claimed four lives. He was tried on the
specific charge of murdering Deputv
Sheriff James Daniels. The Jury was
reported 11 for acquittal and 1 for con
viction.
W. B. Jones and William Hightower,
Evarts mine union officials, and E. "Big
Cigar’’ Phillips. Negro miner, have been
convicted on murder charges and sen
tenced to life imprisonment. More
than a score of defendants remain to
be tried on jnurder charges filed after
the shooting.
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