Daily Kennebec journal., 1924-06-28
LEAGUE AND KHAN
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nation at the hour or It's conNenlng-
$3.50 A. M.-tomorrow.
The compromise league plank was
adopted after lengthy and heated dis
cussion by viva voce vote and thus
the league question was disposed of
by the platform committee and put up
to the convention itself.
The compromise league plank was a
composite of the plans submitted by
owen D. Young of New York, formerly
a member of the Dawes reparations
commission John II. Clarke, president
of the League of Nations Non-Partisan
Association; Newton d. Baker; Senator
sCarawaX of Arkansas. and Alfred E.
Ldeking, members OF the committee
from Michigan. Its text follows:
The Democratic party pledges all
its energies to the outlawing of the
whole war system. We refuse to be-
lieve that the wholesale slaughter of
human beings on the battlefield is any
more necessary to mans fighting devel-
opments than killing by individual.
The only hope for world peace and
for economic recovery lies in the or
ganized efforts of nations combining
to remove the cause of war and SUBJ
Stituting law and order for violence.
1T is of. supreme importance to civil
ization and mankind that America be
placed on the right side of the great
est moral question of all times. The
Democratic party declares it's principle
of rendering assistance in the high
purpose of establishing world peace
through the league of nations and the
world court of justice which it recog-
nizes as institutions representing the
supreme effort of craftsmanship
There is no substitution for the
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ating for world peace. Therefore we
declare in he interest of peace that we
will establish a permanent foreign pol
icy under which these supreme ques-
| tions may be settled not subject to
change.
Therefore the Democratic party
declares the purpose of the next ad-
ministration to do all in its power to
secure that moral leadership in the
| family of nations which in the pro-
violence of God we are called upon to
assume.
Under Democratic leadership a
| practical plan was devised under
which "a nations are now operating
and have been for the past four
years, while the United States gov
ernment for the last four years has
! had no foreign policy and consc-
quently has delayed the restoration
of political and economic conditions
in the world which has impaired
,self-respect at home and diminished
prestige abroad; has curtailed for
eign commerce and ruined agricul-
ture.
1T is desirable and wise to lift
this question out of partisan poll
tics and that we take census of the
American people by a referendum
election, advisory to the congress to
be held officially under action of
congress and free from all conten-
, tious political questions.
Shall the United States become a
member of the League of Nations
under such reservations to the CO.
venant of the league as the United
States may care to establish? I'm
mediately upon an affirmative vote
we will carry out such mandate"
1t is said that among the state
delegations ready to be represented
in a minority report to the conven-
ton demanding the naming of the
klan in a plank where Illinois, Colo
rado. Ohio, Wisconsin, Massachu-
sets and Minnesota.
Chairman Cummings of the resolu-
that there had been a heated contest
over a proposed labor and child well
fare plank. He explained that the fight
was to determine whether there should
be a specific endorsement Of the pro-
posed constitutional child labor amend
ment.a
II found myself in the minority"
Chairman Cummings stated. I'VE
fought it out. and renewed the con-
test while ago seeking a form of Ian
guage which might serve our purpose,
but again found myself in the minor
fty when the committee voted Is to %
against inserting such plank"
Meanwhile group Of Democratic
women workers assembled at the COM
mittee headquarters in an eleventh
hour attempt to persuade the commit
tee to reconsider the two decisions and
agree upon plank specifically endors-
Ing the child labor amendment.