Evening star., 1924-06-09
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tives for display OF courage and indie
enacted into law by both houses of
Congress and signed by the President
as a substitute for the Mellon plan.
In this connection request is made
for legislation to give full and com
plete publicity on tax returns" and
for pledge to the American people
that neither the Mellon plan. nor any
other tax bill providing for unwar.
ranted reductions in supertaIes OF
multimillionaires and profiteering
corporations shall receive the support
of the Republican party in any future
session Of the Congress"
Would Ban Contributions.
Another plank proposed by the Wis
| consin delegation in it's statement
provides that neither the Republican
national committee nor the Repub-
| lican congressional or senatorial
campaign committee, in the presi-
Dental and congressional campaigns
of 1924, shall accept any contribu
ktion in any amount whatsoever from
any individual, or from any individ-
ual connected in any way with any
corporation subject to prosecution as
a truSf or monopoly or other illegal
com bination, or having any interest in
| oil, coal, timber or other natural re-
sources found on the public domain"
Finally, the statement calls upon
| the convention to extend its ap-
proval and commendation to the fol-
lowing senators for exceptional serv-
| ices.
Ask Praise for Norris.
| George W. Norris of Nebraska for
Shoals ITO private interests upon i'm
proper conditions and with made
quate compensatory; to James Cou
Gems Of Michigan for his zeal in un-
| covering the frauds and irregularities
| in connection with internal revenue
| and prohibition enforcement; David
A. Reed of Pennsylvania for 'disclos-
| ing the widespread graft and cor
| ruption in the Veterans Bureau under
| the administration of Charles r.
Forbes; Tasker l.. Oddie of Nebraska
| for demonstrating that grave condi-
| tions OF neglect and tnefficiency are
StlII permitted TO persist IN IHaI Du-
reau"; Smith w. Brookhart of Iowa
| for his vigor in conducting the in
vestigation of the outrageous scan
| dals in the Department of Justice; to
| r. =. Howell of Nebraska for expos
| ing serious irregularity and lack of
| efficiency in the administration of the
| federal farm loan act; William e.
| Borah of Idaho for the judicial man
| ner in which he conducted the inves-
| tigation Of the unwarranted indict-
b. - hn Ia
ate," and to Robert NJ. La Toilette for
his signal service in bringing about
an investigation of the corrupt leaS-
ing Of Teapot Dome and other naval
| oil reserves"
Confer With warren
Republican regulars assembled in
conference from time TO time during
the day with Charles B: Warren of
Detroit, selected for the chairmanship
Of the resolutions committee. Among
those closeted for the greater time
with Mr.. Warren were William s.
Ware OF Pennsylvania and Ogden
Mills, New York, both of whom will
represent their delegations on the
resolutions committee.
Mr.. Ware and Mills were in con-
ference with President Coolidge at
the White House just before they
left the National Capital for the con-
yention city, and are known to be
fully informed as to the PRESIDENTS
desires on platform planks. particu-
larly that dealing with the world
court issue.
In this connection Mr.. Warren said
| today he had been strengthened In
Il s,.1 ~
sations he had had on the court plank,
that the issue could be adjusted In
| a way that would permit the conven-
! ton to indorse the court idea ana,
at the same time. bring the parry
and the chief executives poiics INV
Others who visited with Mr.. War
rem on platform proposals lncluoed
| representatives of the farm bureau
| federation, who sought plank Tor
aericuitural relief: manufacturers and
general business leaders. who urged
| the adoption of plank giving IN
creased protection to business ana
Industry. particularly from inter.
ference or restriction by the federai
Wayne b. Wheeler. general. coun.
sci for the Anti-Saloon League, told
Mr.. Warren the organization ne rep
resented would prefer straight IN
dorsement for law enforcement rather
than any plan for strengthening by
| legislative action the existing vol
The light wine and beer plank
which will be submitted to the resolu-
tions committee and possibly to the
convention by Ralph Beaver Strass-
burger. delegate at large from Penn
sylvania. was drafted finally today.
| Its language is as follows:
THE Republican party stands for
the rigid enforcement of the law. 1t
believes. however, that the Volstead
act as at present construed, does not
reflect the will of the majority of the
people and that it's more liberal inter-
probation to admit lawful sale of light
wines and beer is desirable"
Three tentative platform drafts will
| be laid before the resolutions commit
tee by the advisory committee desig-
mated to receive recommendations
| members of a subcommittee were
named today to present it's drafts
and a mass Of petitions and sugges-
tions which it has reviewed.
World Court Untouched.
None of the drafts makes any ref
| erence to the world court, leaving
| that issue up to the resolutions COM
] mittee.
| All contain law enforcement planks,
| without specific reference to the pro-
| hibition act, and one of them refers
to the Philippine question. commend
| ing the administration of Governor
General Wood and the desire OF the
| Filipinos for. independence, but sug-
gests no date for divorcing the is
| lands from the United States. Other
planss tsoea soed roaas on equal lights for
| lynching, oil conservation, the mer-
chant marine, Latin American trade,
| national defense. prison reform, the
Irish question. votes for the District
of Columbia, narcotic control and the
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