Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-28
C.. o. p. Prollibi-
ton Regime
Flayed.
MOODY'S PLAN
TURNED DOWN
Drafters Fail to Ap-
prove EquaIiza-
ton Fee.
BY the Associated Press.

/ BY the Associated Press
| HOUSTON, June 28--A prohibition
plank declaring for enforcement of the
eighteenth amendment was approved
today by the Democratic conventions
resolutions subcommittee, in winding
up the drafting of the platform upon
which the party will seek a grant of
| power in November.
| The declaration, which has been the
subject of bitter controversy for days,
is exactly as was drafted by Senctor
| Key Pittman of Nevada, chairman of
the committee, and is understood to
| have the full Endorsement of Gov. Alfred
/ E. Smith.
| Besides declaring for enforcement OF
/ the eighteenth amendment, the plank
| sharply asSails the Republican admin
| iStration for what is described as a
| failure to enforce the dry laws and also
! forcement positions, thus making OF
prohibition a political foot ball
The subcommittee adopted a farm
plank embodying the views of the farm
organizations, but with definite in
dorsement of the equalization fee and
the McNary- -Haugeen bill omitted.
Several plans for relief are suggested
and the party would be pledged to
enact legislation to correct what are
declared to be the faults in distribution
and the taking care Of the surplus farm
crops. It was explained that this might
be done through the operation of the
equalization fee or by other means.
Several wet and dry proposals were
-. AxNx, fzt1k
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 Vir-
ginia, dry leader. After an agree
nlent as to precise language, the COM
mittee finally approved the Pittman
.draft
GOV Dan Moody Of Texas presented
the prohibition declaration adopted by
the Texas State convention and in
dorsing the eighteenth amendment, but
this was rejected along with PROPOSE
tions for the modification of the pro-
hibition laws so as to permit the States
to decide whether they would be wet
or dry.
Moody Is Silent.
The Texas governor would make no
statement after the subcommittee
wound up its work at $50 am. today
after meeting continuously since 9
o'clock last night, but he told his col
leagues on the committee that he might
take the fight to the floor, However
the consensus among the IL platform
builders appeared to be that there
would be no prohibition fight in the
convention.
Josephus Daniels, North Carolina
publisher and former Navy Secretary,
who also has been demanding vigor-
Gus enforcement plank, was not MEM
her of the subcommittee. He viii have
opportunity to restate his views when
the subcommittee reports to the fun
committee, which still has TO tndorse
the party declaration.
Chairman Pittman was of the opinion
| that it would not require more than an
| hour for the entire committee TO | 1ss
upon the platform and the expected the
convention to hold special session in
midafternoon to receive and approve
! the committee report.
| Senator Caraway of Arkansas, one Of
the subcommittee members, said he
| did not think the prohibition discus
/ sion would be raised on the floor, but
emphasized that this was his personal
| opinion only. He is one of the stanch-
| est drys In the Senate.
Walsh Praises Plank.
! Senator Walsh of Massachusetts,, an
other subcommittee member said he re-
garded the prohibition plank ''as the
| best possible, after taking into consid-
Grafton the differences of opinion" He
added that he personally would have
preferred a different plank.
| nfhar faata1hnru Of the gIIhrOnnf fttpP
appeared to be satisfied With the pro-
| hibition pronouncement, which went
| through by practically a unanimous
vote. but Senator Glass declined to
make any statement after leaving the
committee room. Some of his colleagues,
however, we're of the opinion that he
would not force the issue in the con-
yention.
Asked later If he entirely approved
| the prohibition plank as adopted by the
| subcommittee, Senator Glass said:
1T Is not exactly the kind OF plank
| that I would have written"
! The Virginia dry leader declined TO
amplify this statement
| Farm leaders generally expressed
satisfaction with the agricultural relief
! declaration. and particularly with the
| section which leaves the door open
/ for Congress to enact legislation which
would bring an even greater measure of
relief than proponents of the McNary~
Haugen bin had claimed for that
] measure.
| Floor Debate Looms.
1t was regarded as certain that there
would be floor discussion Of the farm
| plank, but whether the prohibition
declaration would go through without
! the presentation of a minority report 10
| the convention was uncertain, although
| the general opinion In the committee
/, was that II would.
During the hearings before the full
committee this forenoon on the labor
plank, Gov, Moody conferred frequently
| with Josephua Daniels concerning the
|, work OF the subcommittee. The gov
| ernor said afterWard he could not tell
yet whether minority report would be
presented,
II was disclosed that the subcommit-
tee had adopted a ringing declaration
against what was characterized as corr
ruptlon In Government and fraud In
politics and pledging the Democratic
party 10 clean administration II given a
grant OF power, The foreign relations
| plank as approved indorsea the principal
| for treaties 0utiawing war and assaiIs
the Republican administration on It's
| foreign policy,
J There were intimatIons In some
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