Evening star., 1924-06-23
Geneva Body Fails
of Mention in
Peace Planks.
BRYAN AND WALSH
MAKE PROPOSALS
Klan Question Is Certain
to Bring Violent
Row in Party.
BY q. GOULD LINCOLN,
StaY CORRESPONDENT of The Star.

NEW fORk, june -o-On tllc e'e
of the opening of the Democratic
national convention here, from two
important sources come proposed
platform planks which make no
promise that the United States shall
enter the league of nations in the
event of Democratic victory at the
polls.
One comes from no less a source
than William Jennings Bryan, advo-
cate of peace and at one trme Secre-
tary of State under President Will
son-before, however, the league OF
nations covenant was brought back
TO this country by Mr.. Wilson.
~ PIanks in 1000 Words.
The other comes from Senators
Walsh of Massachusetts and Caraway
of Arkansas. The two senators have
nut forward complete platform II
approximately 1000 words, contain
ing twenty-seven specific planks. MI
Bryan's proposal contains but one
foreign relations plank. OF course,
Mr. Bryan makes a strong plea Tor
peace and for the United tSates 10
take a leading part in enorts 10
bring about and maintain "orio
peace. But there is no mention OF
the league of nations by name. For
an hour yesterday Mr.. Bryan was In
conference with William Gibbs Nc
Adoo, to whose support ne is piedSeo
as a delegate from Florida, and II
is believed that Mr.. Bryan went at
considerable detail into what should
constitute a Democratic platform, he
is bent, of course. upon dry plank,
with no concessions TO the vets.
Despite the counseling of many or
the older leaders that the Democrats
content themselves with a plank In
their platform merely reiterating the
American principles of religious free
dom, the anti-Ku klux klan group
persists in demanding a strong plank
which shall denounce the hlan by
name. Announcement is made by
Edward H. Moore of Ohio, one OF IN e
leaders opposing McAdoo, that 59Z
delegates, more than a majority OF
the convention, stand for such
plank.
Text of Anti-klan Plank.
The text of the plank proposed by
Mr. Moore follows:
I'VE condemn as opposed to the
genesis of free government. secret
political societies of any kind what
undertakes to destroy free political
action and fosters racial and religious
hatreds.
I'VE denounce it's activities as con-
travening the spirit If not the letter of
the Constitution. and as a pregnant
menace to the perpetuity of American
institutions.
I'VE declare that no member of such
a society can justly claim to be a dis
ciple of Thomas Jefferson.
I'VE pledge the Democratic party to
oppose the activities of the ku Klux
Klan, or any similar organization
which undertakes to control or inter
fere with free political action or due
process of law"
The Walsh-Caraway platform defines
the issues of the campaign as follows:
DO you desire an efficient or an
inefficient government"
DO you want a corrupt or an
honest government?
Bitterly Attacks G. o. p.
1t handles the Republican admins
tration without gloves. and in Ian
guage which recalls the vitriolic at
tacks made in the Senate by Mr.. Cara
way upon the Republicans. Nor does
The senator from Massachusetts, ap-
parently. has laid off the gloves so
far as the idol of Massachusetts Is
concerned. He says about the Presi-
"Bureaucracies have takenu the place
of personal leadership, privilege that
of justice. corruption rampant, ma
tiona1 resources sold almost as at
public auction, and as an excuse for
these conditions it pleads it's impo-
tency and asks the country to accept
instead of party responsibility. in
stead of platform pledges fulfilled, a
candidate, its sole resource candi-
date who, amid all the disclosures of
6lv--
tered, of agriculture Frustrated, of
pledges unfulflled. has done nothing
and said nothing to indicate that he
either cared or comprehended. The
only action by him taken was an at
tempt to stif1e further Investigations
and thereby prevent other disclosures
of corruption and lend himself to
propaganda born of corruption and
inspired by fear, to deaden the sense
| of humiliation and outraged, justice
| crime and its perpetrators from con-
demnation and punishment"
I1edEe Living Cost Cut.
| Other important parts of the Walsh
Caraway platform follow:
AN immediate reduction in the ex-
cessive cost of transportation of all
necessaries of life, that the cost of
| living may be materially reduced to
the benefit of the agricultural pro-
| ducerS and the consumers and the IN
| crease of transportation facilities by
proper Improvement of inland
| waterways and harbors.
ITO reopen the worlds markets to
the American farmer to modify or re-
| peal the inequitable tariffs which
have so increased his cost of produc-
ton, to lower the cost of transporta-
tion, to create great marketing sys-
tenn so as to decrease the unjustifi-
able price spread between the pro-
ducer and the consumer and bring
again to American agriculture the
prosperity and contentment which il
enjoyed under democratic rule.
| For Court Entry.
| Membership of the United States in
the International Court of Justice or
such other world associations as may be
most helpful in the promotion Of world
peace. The unstinted support of the
government in all movements for the
economic progress of the nations Of the
world.
ITO assure to all the right Of liberty
free speech, a free press, to peaceably
assemble. to be secure from unreason-
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