Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-28
NJ IN AVID LEAGUE
PtANKS PASSED To
FULL COMM| TEE
Subcommittee Unable to
Aqree on Two Paramount
Questions of Policy

NEW YORK, June 27.-After
more than twenty hours of delibera-
! ton the eleven men commissioned
to draft a platform for the Demo
cratic national convention found
| themselves so far apart Thursday
, night on the Ku F<lux Khan and the
| League of Nations questions that
| majority and minority reports were
| made to the entire platform commit
! tee when it assembled to whip the
| party declaration into shape.
! Reports coming from the room
where the eleven committeeman Ia
bored were that there was a division
| of eight to three against denouncing
! the khan by name. Those holding
| out mentioning the invisible empire
as such were Senator David L.
Walsh, of Massachusetts; former
Secretary Of War Newton D. Baker
and Joseph A. Kellogg, of New York.
Aside from the khan and league
| issues, the subcommittee was in
agreement on the emaining 81 or
33 planks in the platform. Neither
the agricultural aid nor the railroad
problems proved difficult of solu-
| ton.
NEW YORK, June ga tenta-
tive draft ofthe Democratic plat
form containing alternative pro
posals on the ku Klux Khan and
/ the League of Nations was sub
| mitted today to the platform sub
| committee of eleven.
It was prepared by Chairman
Homer S. Cummings and Senator
Key Pittmanx Of Nevada, on the
basis of discussions which continued
before the subcommittee until early
this morning. Immediately after the
subcommittee assembled, it sum
moned Owen d. Young, Of New
York, for a brief discussion of his
plank proposing American co-opera'
ton with other nations through the
League of Nations or other associa-
! tons; criticizing the present admin
'istration for it's foreign policy and
denouncing the use of unofficial OBJ
servers abroad.
William Jennings Bryan presided
in the absence of Chairman Cum
mings, who, with Senator PittmaE
had remained up all night whipping
the platform draft into shape. Mr.
Bryan was summoned from the com
mittee room by a spokesman for Mr.
McAdoo, with whom he conferred
briefly.
Long Tax Discussion
The tax and tariff planks pro.
vokeG long discussion. The tax
plank would claim credit for the
Democratic party TO rthe recent tax
revision law, which, it would be
stated, lowered the burden on the
more moderate incomes and de-
creased in less proportion that on
the higher incomes.
AS drawn, the platform denounces
! the FordneyMcCumber tariff act
and pledges the Democratic party,
| if returned to power, to bring about
| the enactment of a more equitable
law and one that would remove the
burden which it is asserted is now
placed on the consumer.
Mr.. Cummings and Senator Pitt
man toiled through the early hours
today over the draft.
Mr.. Cummings, who is chairman
of the platform committee of the
Democratic national convention, and
Senator Pittman were given the
task of drawing up the first draft
early this morning after the sub
committee of eleven appointed to
formulate a declaration of principles
had decided to submit to the whole
committee alternative proposals on
| hot h the khan and league
The drafting committee had man
aged, however, after working eleven
hours, to agree on the major issues
involving farm relief and prohibit
ton declarations, and was called at
II o'clock this morning to pass upon
the Cumming -Pittman draft prior
to making a report to the whole
| committee.
With reference to prohibition, the
| subcommittee decided upon a
declaration for law enforcement with
out naming the eighteenth amend
ment or the Volsteau act, and IN
! farm relief it agreed upon indorse-
ment of the Curtis Aswell bill and
demands for tariff reform and re-
vision of rail and water transporta-
ton rate structures. The Republican
administration is vigorously criti-
! cized in the w enforcement plank.
| One Of the principal party declara-
| tions-the plank on corruption in
| pubic Office-Was almost overlooked
| during, the lengthy discussion Of the
more difficult problems, but was
easily disposed of when reached.
Other planks which presented few
| stumbling blocks and were more or
| less definitely agreed upon during
the eleven-hour session included dec
larations for federal regulation and
control Of corporations and combina-
tons controlling necessities with
specific mention of the anthracite in
dustry; immediate independence for
the Philippines under conditions set
forth in the Jones act; legislation to
prohibit the watering" of stock, and
improvement Of waterways and high
ways with measures to safeguard
them for the public welfare.
There was some discussion in the
drafting committee of recommending
to the full platform committee that
it put the khan issue up to the con-
vention, but the plan of submitting
two drafts on the subject was de-
cided upon in the hope that an agree
ment could be reached which might
avoid the bitterness that a floor
fight would involve.
Numerous threats have been made,
however, to bring the issue before
the convention regardless of the plat
form committees final decision, and
E. H. Moore, Of Ohio, manager of
the group supporting former Cover