New Britain herald., 1928-06-27
NO REPEAL OF THE i.
 PROHIBITION LAW
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 Senator Caraway. of Arkansas, an ardent supporter of the McNary- Haugen farm relief bill. interrupted to suggest that Simpson ask unani- nous consent that Cashman be add ed to the committee. That consent was obtained. Other members Of the subcommittee besides Pittman and Cashman are Caraway. Arkan- sas: Glass. Virginia: Moody. Texas: Harrison. Mississippi: Ray. Utah: Walsh. Massachusetts: Ellingham. Indiana: Wagner. New York; Jones. Kansas. and Bratton. New Mexico.
 Drys on Hand l Leaders of the drys in the conven- ton including Josephus Daniels. North Carolina publisher. Governor Moody and Senator Glass, were on hand with strong prohibition blanks for which they were determined to conduct the most vigorous fight of which they are capable. Each of the three will present the dry blanks approved by their state conventions and will urge the subcommittee to adopt the most essential parts of each declaration.
 Should they fail to have the 18th amendment endorsed and the party pledged to its sacred" enforcement they plan to carry their fight to the convention floor.
 ] Before the subcommittee begins its work several hours of public hearings on the prohibition. farm and other issues are on the sched- ule.
 With the contending elements on the wet and dry issue still far apart on the form of the dry plank, opin- 1 ion was divided as to whether this question eventually would find its way to the convention floor and pre- cipitate a real old fashioned demo- cratic fight.
 Arc Hopeful
 Some of the drys, among them Carter Glass of Virginia, were hope full that they could obtain the kind of plank they wanted from the reso- lutions committee-one declaring for rigid enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment Others were less op- 1 timistic, with Josephus Daniels. North Carolina publisher and former secretary of the navy. still deter mined to make fight in the conven- 1 tion if need be.
 Concededly controlling sufficient votes in the convention to force into the platform a straight-out declara- tion for general law enforcement. similar to that of 1924. the Smith managers were silent as to their own wishes. It was known, however, that they preferred to have all ques- tions regarding the platform settled in the committee and it was sug- gested that they might consent to a plank as arid any that adopted by the republicans at Kansas City.
 Little difficulty was anticipated in the framing of . farm plank accept able to the delegations from the agricultural northwest. It appeared certain that the plank finally re- ported to the convention would en- dorse no particular panacea for tho ills of the country's basic industry. Conc Into Open
 The fight over prohibition will come into the open at the commit tee hearings, with spokesmen for the association against the prohibi- tion amendment being pitted against representatives of the Anti-Saloon league and other temperance or ganizations. The vets will mako the usual demand for a declaration for repeal of the eighteenth amend ment. while the drys will ask for a strong enforcement plank. mention ing the amendment and the enabling laws
 The Boulder Canyon dam fight will come before the resolutions committee with the California dele- gation urging adoption of a plank favoring Colorado river flood con- trol legislation along the lines laid down in the Swing ohnson bill, ex- cept that they would declare for tho distribution of the waters of the Colorado river basin among the eev- eral states of that basin, "in propor- tion to their legal and natural rights"
 Labor There
 Organized labor. through officials of the American Federation of La bor, will ask for an anti-strike in- junction plank, for modification of the Volstead act to permit 2.75 per cent beer; for rehabilitation of the coal industry; for ratification of tho child labor amendment, and tho legislation dealing with many other economic questions.
 Former service men who are dele- gates or alternates to the conver,. ton will present blanks in the inter- est of the veterans similar to those approved by the republican conven- ton. There appeared little doubt that the platform makers would