Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-06-26
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Tentative Democratic Plat
form Contains Alternative
Klan and League Proposals

NEW YORK, June GA tenta-
tive draft of the democratic plat
form, containing alternative pro-
posals on the ku Klux Klan and
the league of nations, was submitted
today to the platform sub-commit-
tee of eleven.
1t was prepared by Chairman
Homer S. Cummings, and Senator
Key Pittman, of Nevada. on the basis
of discussions which continued be-
fore the subcommittee until an
early hour this morning. Immedi-
ately after the subcommittee as
sembled 1t summoned Owen d.
Young. of New York, for brief
discussion of his plank proposing
Z American uo-operation with other
nations through the League of Ma
tions or other associations; criti-
cizing the present administration for
It's foreign policy and denouncing
the use of unofficial observers
abroad.
William Jennings Bryan presided
in the absence of Chairman Cum
mings, who with Senator Pittman
had remained up all night whipping
the platform draft into shape. Mr..
Bryan was summoned from the COM
mittee room by a spokesman for
William g. cAdoo, one of the can
didates for the presidential nomina-
ton, with whom he conferred brief
ly.
The subcommittee hoped to con-
clude its work before night and 1t
was The plan to present the finished
draft to the entire platform COM
mittee late in the day. 1t was the
hope to have the platform ready for
consideration by the convention to-
morrow. Whether there will be a
fight on the floor over the Klan and
league issues depended. leaders said,
on the action on those two questions
by the full committee.
There was considerable committee
discussion of the plank dealing with
corruption in public office. As pre-
sented. this plank scores the Repub-
lican party in connection with the
oil scandal and attacks Albert B.
Fall for the naval oil leases to Ed
ward l.. Doheny and Harry f. Sin
clair.
President Coolidge also came in
for attack, the plank declaring that
the investigations which led to the
disclosures were permitted by "an
unwilling and reluctant executive
After the committee had been in
session for more than two hours,
Chairman Cummings, who had ar
rived meantime. issued this state-
ment:
1.-THE present situation is simply
this: Senator Pittman and myself
stayed here until 6 o'clock this
morning completing the draft of the
platform and the full subcommittee
which assembled at IL o'clock is
now having read to 1t the platform
very carefully and word for word
and making certain verbal changes
and notifications of expressions
This is rather slow and tedious work
and we have not gone over up to
this time more than one-fourth OF
the platform.
Mr.. Cummings. who Is chairman OF
the platform committee OF the DEM
ocratic National Convention, and
Senator Pittman were given the task
of drawing up the first draft early
this morning after the sub-commit-
tee of eleven appointed to formulate
a declaration of principles had decid-
ed to submit to the whole committee
alternative proposals on both the
Klan and League. The drafting COM
mittee had managed. however. after
working eleven hours, to agree on
the major issues involving farm re-
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