Evening star., 1924-06-25
Vigorous Foreign Relations
Plank Urged by Owen d. Young
Associate on Da,oes Committee appears
Suddenly Before Platform Drafters.
Scores Republican Policies.

Bishop Luther B. Wilson of the
Methodist Church of New York asked
the committee to take no action that
f1uence of the eighteenth amendment
or take it from the statute books
He urged a strong observance of the
prohibition law.
Patrick Henry Callahan, director OF
the Catholic Association for Prohi-
bition, followed the same argument
for prohibition enforcement as Mr..
Wilson. He laso spoke Of the ku
klux Khan and hoped that the zeal
OF the Protestant opponents of the
Khan would not make the position OF
the Catholics any more difficult.
Charles S. Thwing of Cleveland
spoke against the ku Klux Klan
saying he appeared for several coli
lege presidents and various indi-
vidua!s He had plank on religious
and civil liberty. which did not spe-
cifically name the X. X. X.
Attack on OmciaIs.
Condemning dishonesty or neglect
public officials" Mrs. Allen McLane
Robinette of the Loyal Legion OF
Cotusa of Los Angeles, which, she
explained. stood for citizens OF the
United States of America" urged
that plank be adopted announcing
unalterable opposition ito all unjust
and destructive criticism, baseless in
situations and slanderous attacks di-
rected against trustworthy men and
women engaged in public work or po-
sitions."
Grey Silver appeared before the
committee in the interest of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
urging that plank be adopted for
action that would open new markets
for farm products and to lower cost
DrlcfS ,
means and transportation measures.
A plank for the building of good
roads was demanded by j. A Round
tree, speaking for the United States
Good Roads Association.
declaring that the prohibition law
IN It's present form is not supported
eey public sentiment, Capt w. H.
Stayton of Baltimore, head of the
Association Against Prohibition. de-
manded that corruption. private dis
ooeaience and widespread disrespect
Tor the law" be ended by the revision
OF the national prohibition act.
Has Injured Prestige.
The government of the United
States for the last four years has had
no foreign policy, and, conseuuently.
1t has delayed much the restoration
OF the political and economic agen-
eles or the world. 1t has impaired
our self-respect at home and injured
our prestige abroad.
1t has curtailed our foreign mar
kets and ruined our agricultural
prices
the efforts or the administration
10 md foreign policy through un-
instructed, unofficial observers and
experts is unworthy of a great ma
@ a di,cr
ana intent. Such advances as have
been made toward a European settle
ment during the last four years have
peen accomplished in spite of rather
than with the aid of the government
OF the United States.
more specifically, the Democratic
party favors cooperation with or
participation in such organizations.
lnclud1ng the league of nations, as
may be helpfully functioning in the
social and economic reha abilita ton of
the world on such terms as will cn
the one hand. protect the sovereign,,.
and independence Of our governme nj
and, on the other, enable it to rem
der it's full service and receive its
full benefit from the common and
enlightened action or all the nations
Would Outlaw War.
The Democratic party specifically
and irrevocably pledges itself to
take the Initiative through every
creation of new ones to outlaw war
and to make peace the accepted
policy of the nations. While we
sympathize with the objects to be
attained through properly consti-
tuted world court, we are, neverthe-
less, unwilling to participate in the
delusion that such a court, unsup-
ported by other agencies. can, within
several generations at least, have any
apprecia BILE influence on the major
controversies between nations"
Permit Publication.
When Mr.. Young handed copies Of the
proposed plank to newspaper corre-
spondents, Chairman Homer S. Cum
mings interposed an objection on the
ground that premature publication of
the plank might embarrass the commit
tee in its deliberations. Other COM
mitteemen took a different view and
finally it was decided, on motion of
Senator King Of Utah. to permit the
plan to be published at this time.
Discussion of this proposal, labor
planks and other questions in public
sessions delayed the committee in
getting down to the actual work of
platform drafting. This will be
started later in the day with pros
poets of long sessions. The ku Klux
klan and prohibition entered into
discussion again and committeeman
conceded that open threats of a con-
vention floor fight on the Klan issue
had complicated their work.