New Britain herald., 1928-06-28
Declaration Drafted By Senator Putnam is Understood to Have the Full Endorsement. of Gov. Alfred E. Smith.
Plank Also Sharply Assails
 Republicans for What Is Described as Failure to Enforce the Liquor Laws
BN JAMES l.. WEST tAssOciatetl Press Staf Wrjterl

BN JAMES l.. WEST
 tassOciateL Press stan Writer)
 Houston, June 2S R,-A prohibi- ton plank declaring for enforcement of the 18th amendment was approv- ed today by the democratic conyen- tion's resolutions subcommittee in winding up the drafting of the plat form upon which the party will seek {, grant of power in November.
 Endorsed by Smith
 The declaration which has been the subject of controversy for days. is exactly that drafted by Senator key Pittman of Nevada. chairman of the committee, and is understood to have the full endorsement of Gov. Alfred F. Smith.
 Besides declaring for enforcement of the eighteenth amendment, the plank sharply assails the republican administration for what is described as failure to enforce the dry laws and also for placing political hire- lings' in enforcement positions, thus making Of prohibition political football.
 Adopt Farm Plank
 The subcommittee. which will report the platform to the entire committee later in the day with | view to having it 70 before the con-, vention this afternoon. adopted | farm ?lark embodytng the views of the farm orEanixatio1s. but with . definite endorsement tf the equaltsa. tion fee and the McNary-HaugeYf bill omitted.
 Several plans for relief are sug- gested and the party would be pledged to enact legislation to cor rect what are declared to be the faults in distribution and the talk ing care of the surplus farm crops. It Was explained that this might be done drought the operation of the equalization fee or by other means.
 Proposals Submitted
 Several wet and dry proposals were submitted to the sub-comm,t- tee but they were eliminated one by one until there remained only the original plank as drawn by Senator Pittman and other leaders last week and similar one offered by Senator Carter Glass. of Virginia, . dry leas der. After an agreement as to prs> else language the committee finally approved the Pittman draft.
 Moody There
 Governor Dan Moody of rexas presented the prohibition declara. ton adopted by the Texas state con- Nention and endorsing the eighteenth amendment. but this was rejected along with propositions for the modification of the prohibition laws so as to permit the states to de. eide whether they would be wet or dry.
 The Texas governor would mako no statement after the sub-commit- tee wound up its work at $40 |, ".. today after meeting continuous iy since o'clock last night, but he told his colleagues on the commit tee that he might take tho fight to the floor. The general opinion among the 12 platform builders ap- peared to be that there would be no prohibition fight in the convention.
 Daniels Not . Member
 Josephus Daniels. North Carolina publisher and former naval pecre. tary. who also has been demanding a vigorous enforcement plank. was not member of the sub- b-committee. He will have opportunity to restate his views when the subcommittee reports to the full committee which still has to endorse the party dec- laration.
 Chairman Pittman was of the opinion that it would not require more than an hour for the entire committee to pass upon the plat form and he expected the convention to hold special session in midafter- noon to approve the committee re- port
 Senator Caraway of Arkansas, one of the sub committee members. said he did not think the prohibition discussion would be raised on the floor. He is one of the staunchest drys in the senate.
 Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, another subcommittee member. said he regarded the prohibition plank as the best possible after taking into consideration the differences of opinion. He added that he per- sonally would have preferred . different plank.
 Others SatislRed
 Other members of the sub-com. mittee appeared to be satisfied with the prohibition pronouncement. which went through by practically an unanimous vote. but Senator Glass declined to make any state ment after leaving the committee room. Some of his colleagues. wers Of the opinion that he would not force the issue in the conventioa.