Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-25
OUTLINE PLANKS
FAVORED BY WILSON
BY MARLEN E. PEW,

service.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 25.-Presi-
| dent Wilson's political representatives in
| this re-convention scene today are
stoutly demanding that the now famous
| Virginia platform foreign relations
plank stand as the democratic party's
statement of the peace and league Of
nations issue, the only changes being
Tor the purpose Of clarihcation so that
II may be better understood by the man
/ In the street
| The International News Service is able
| today to divulge the tentative Irish
| labor. compens satton for teachers, SOL
dlers and sailors bonus and compensa~
| lcn for postal employees platform planks
| as approved by the administration.
IT the Wilson forces prevail in the
! committee on resolutions the following
| planks will be adopted
IRELAND.
We, express our profound sympathy
Ior the rights and aspirations of small
, domipation. The striving of these for
! s7H government appeals to the sense of
/ JuStlce OF the world The centuries-old
/ struggle Of Ireland for self government
+ is, today, one OF the unhappy problems
I disturbing mankind To her. the league
/ cf nations offers, for the first time in
history, an international tribunal, be-
! lore which she may obtain an impartial
We pledge that, when American rep
| fesehtatlTes TO the league of nations are
7 appointed they shall be instructed to
/ bring the affairs Of Ireland before that
great tribunal for adjudication
+ LABOR.
/ The question of industrial peace is oar
[ greatest domestic problem. II is tha
greatest problem Of the world
/ Of our population. On its welfare de-
pends the prosperity Of all High wages
and good living conditions constitute the
! bulwark OF civilization. We recognize
that the solution of these questions is
dependent more upon economic principles
than upon sympathetic legislation.
Statutes are necessarily limited in their
efficacy The elimination or regulation
Of child labor, the protection Of sailors
on the high seas, the encouragement OF
+ industrial insurance in al interstate en-
I ployment and the suppression or regula-
tion Of monopolies that control the cost
/ Of living are, however, subjects that cail
+ for direct action.
The organization of labor should be en-
I couraged.
The Development of these. organizations
under responsible leaders is 2 great IN
/ surance Of industrial peace.
They add to the dignity, Independence
/ and efficiency of labor. Ihfy protecI
+ labor against exploitation. They oe-
{ AEkeD 4 W4UkEsNA1G ~ stem ~- Nt--~~--fS
We believe that the government should
/ create a federal tribunal for the pur.
I pose Of arbitration, which tribunal
should have the right to conduct in
/ vestigations of industrial disputes ard
/ publish findings and reports. w nlle IFS
/ Judgment, unless under voluntary sup
/ mission. should in no sense be compuls
sorry. or interfere with liberty of action,
we believe that II would be great
moral force in preventing and settling
! industrial conflicts.
! COMPENSATION OF TEACHERS:
The strength of this nation, its fu:
/ ture, its hope rest on the teaching OF
/ This sacred trust has been confded
! 10 the teaching forces of our country.
! That the teachers should be adequately
/ compensated for this vast responsibility
must be evident. That the nation has
/ shamefullv neglected these faithful serw-
ants Is beyond dispute.
We pledge all the power of government
shall our ticket be successful and its
entire moral force-to procuring ade-
quate remuneration for every teacher In
/ the land
/ SOLDIERS AND SAILORS:
Our people owe to the soldiers and
sailors who went forth to preserve the
! rights of this nation, and the hbertfcS
| of mankind, every consideration.
Those who suffered from wounds or
| sickness should have, behind them, every
I dollar oil American property as S0OU4u
those who shall hereafter become sick and
unable to support themselves fully or
partially.
those who returned uninjured do not feel
/ that the services they rendered to man
| kind can be compensated by cash
/ bonus; that the honor and glory that
( forever attaches to their achievements
/ stands superior to price. We believe, how
ever, that II is the duty Of this nation
from its resources of land to offer abun-
/ r,ff fn Enlsl rH
We believe that the civil service law
! should be amended so that offices of pub
| lie employment that shall become vacant,
| should by a separate examination, be
first offered to the soldiers and sailors OF
| the war.
WILL PLEDGE AID :.
FOR POSTAL EMPLOYEES;
Compensation for postal employes
| No instrument of civilization and
! progress has been ter than the pos
| tai service, which, oesldes transmitting
! personal communication between citizens,
! diffuses written and printed knowledge
and information to all the people. In
1 addition to being the greatest medium
Of business communications, its educa-
tional and moral influences are beyond
The men in this service perform this
mighty task with loyalty to the public
| beyond praise.
The compensation of these employees Is
utterly disproportionate to the work
| performed Their neglect constitutes a
stain upon the nation
We pledge our nominee for president
and our senators and representative to,
at once, provide remuneration on
| proper American scale of wages for
these faithful servants
REVISION IN INTEREST
OF SIMPLICITY.
The league of nations plank which the
friends of the president here are revising,
so as to make it simple and comprehen-
sive, does not in any way depart from
the presidents oft-repeated plan and
coupled with it is a thorough going in
dorsement of Woodrow Wilson.
| The league is characterized as 'the
surest, If not the only practicable means
of maintaining the permanent peace OF
the world and terminating the insuffer-
able burden Of great military and naval
establishments
| It Is declared that it was for this that
america broke away from traditional
isolation and spent her blood and treas
ure to crush a collosal scheme of con-
quest"
Upon this ground will come the great
test of democratic party solidarity SEN
ators Walsh (Massachusetts), Reed (AIis-
souri) and William Jennings Bryan will
| lead grim battle against the admins
tration measure.
Senators Glass and Cummings, with
Secretary Colby and Attorney General
Palmer, VIII represent the president, and
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