The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-09

tirct aversion to letting the contest get :. to the convention floor, even for min ute. They realize how full of dynamite | the whole subject is, and they know what a wide field of bitter debate would be opened So they all declare the effort to reach an agreement behind the doors of
 the resolutions committee will be sincere and determined.
 i It was universally declared that no angle of the treaty fight was involved in l the contest between Senator Watson and Mir. Mills for the resolutions chairman i ship, and that the difference of opinion ! as to who should head the committee was based on personal grounds purely , Isaac M. Ullman of Connecticut was ap- l pointed secretary of the committee. | The first petitioners to get the ear of ! the newly formed committee were a group of women representing the Ma tional American Woman Suffrage Asso- ciation They stood at the door as the members went into executive session lo- organize and presented each with clr-
 cular asking that the convention tak9
 such action as would make ratification of the suffrage amendment "inevitapie and immediate" Although the associa-
 tion thanked the party for it's past ef- forts, the communication added the wom-
 en of the country were unwilling to ac- cept a blanket assurance from party leaders that they now were doing all l they could.
 Later at the public hearings Lucy G.. Branhann of Baltimore presented pe- l itition from the American woman's emer- gency committee, condemning the admin istration's Russian policy and advo- eating resumption of trade relations with | Russia. \
 ! Former Representative Fowler, who for eight wears was chairman of the ] House banking committee. declared the present federal reserve system and the 1 manipulations of the reserve board per
 mitted initiation and were injurious to the financial welfare of the country l Prof. Fisher blamed imitation for the
 high cost of living and wanted com mission to investigate.
 Speaking for a delegation from the na- tional capital, J. S. Gottlieb asked TOT the franchise for residents of the Distrlct of Columbia.
 When discussion of the appointment ol Ia subcommittee on platform started, C.. c. Hamlin. the Colorado members, in
 sisted that the work of the committee
 of I'll should be submitted to the entre
 committee before work on platform
 was begun.
 Mr. Mills explained however, that the in were named only for the purpose 1 reports had been mailed to the members
 of the national committee.
 1 C. H. LaGuardia president of the board
 of aldermen of New York. pleaded for a declaration in behalf of a separate air
 service.
 F. c. Davla of Porto Rico spoke for
 a separate form of government for ms
 country, but said delegation need ho'
 be hurried
 A resolution presented by P. H. Gads
 den of Philadelphia, in behalf of public
 utilities declared that both capital ane
 labor should receive such return an' } compensation as would attract then continued flow"
 : RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE The committee on resolutions as or flcially announced follows: Alabama J. J. Curtis; Arizona. s. F. Noon; Ar kansas sIsaac M. Ullman; Delaware, L
 H. Ball; Florida, J. T. Bielby; Georgia r. J. Davis; Idaho, w. E. Borah; Hi incis, Medill Mccormick; Indiana. lame , ! F. Watson; Iowa, Charles F. Pickett !, Kansas William Allen White; Ken lucky William Hepburn; Louisiana, D , A. Lines: Maine. George c. Weeks i. Maryland W. Bladen; Massachusetts Lcuis A. Coolidge; Michigan. Harri Gilpin Minnesota Frapk Murphy; Mis | sissippi. J. r. Montgomery; Missouri ; ". L. Cole; Montana Lynn D. Ambrose , | Nebraska. Don Love; Nevada, B. W
 Griffith; New Hampshire, Jesse M Bar n ton; New Jersey, Austin Colgate; Nev 6 Mexico. F. A. Cahoon; New York, Ogdel g I. Mills: North Carolina, l. B. Tucker t North Dakota,i s. Valehendrickson ! Chio. A. R. Johnson; Oklahoma. Verno Q Whiting; Oregon. Wallace McCam ant
 Pennsylvania, w. F.. Crow; Rhod q.l Island, R. Livingston Beeckman; Souf e Carolina, R. P. Tolbert South Dakots Chambers Kellar; Tennessee, Freq Arn . Texas, T. P. Lee; Utah. Reed snoot Vermont John M Thomas; Virginia, l
 Lawrence Groner; Washington, M Richards: West Virginia A. E. White : Wisconsin, F. J. Gross; Wyoming. J. ' Wilson; District of Columbia. Frank V Hogan: Alaska. George C. Hazeie' !. Philippines, A. s. Crossfield; Porto Riet Y R. H. Todd; Hawaii. Senator John " ,- Wise.
 = resolutions subcommittee s eleven, headed by Senator Watson
 Indiana. was appointed tonight l. frame the republican platform. n le other members are: William Ale m White, Kansas: William Heyburn ker d lucky; Senator Reed Shoot. Utah; J. Lawrence Groner. Virginia Louis a. Coolidge. Massachusetts; Ogoen n Mills. New York: Senator William IS Eorah, Idaho; Wallace McCamant. or Id gon; Gov R. l.. Beeckman. Hhoe ,f Island. and Harris Gilpin. Michigan.