The Washington times., 1928-06-28
DRY | AN PLANK
ADOPTED FOR
PLATFORM
KENNETH CLARK
International News service

lnteEmatlpna1 News service
HOUSTON, Texas, June 3D.
strict law enforcement plank,
pledgIng the Democratic party to
enforce rigidly the Eighteenth
Amendment as well as all, other
provisions 81 the constitution. was
written into the platform today BY
fhe resolutions subcommittee fol-
lowing an all-night session.
The prohibition plank represented
compromise between the extreme
vets and drys and followed mids
die course as outlined by those
leaders, who are seeking to prevent
disruption Of the convention on
the dry issue.
Protests Unlikely
So satisfactory was the prohibition
agreement, said Senator Pittman,
Or Nevada, chairman, that minor
fty report, either by the vets or
the dryE, is not anticipated.
On the other big controversial
issue Of this convention farm re-
lief. the platform drafters endorsed
THE requests OF farm leaders for
approval Of the equalization fee
principIe by Inference without men
tf0ni4lg the McNary-Haugen bill.
We have given the farmers sub
ntantiaIly what they asked for, !"
said Senator Walsh OF Massacilu-
eetts. The agriculture plank de-
mouncea the Republican PARTY for
It's failure to enact remedial legisla-
tion.
In sharp contrast TO the bitter
) FIGHTS which have rocked the Demo
Gratis in the past, the long meeting
s Of the drafting committee of Il
!. members was peaceful and har.
monious.
Called Fine Bunch
aTt was the most pleasant and
harmonious meeting of the kind
we ever attended said Pittman.
.sYfev are the finest bunch OF fell
Jews I'VE ever sat down with. There
were no fights, nor harsh words
we merely dealt throughout the
might with language and phrase.
re expressed himself az satisfied
with the prohibition and arm
! splanks
ST is one of the best platforms
I've ever seen" he added 1t is
mot half az long as the Republican
spfatform adopted at Kansas City,
The prohibition plank was the last
approved by the committee. AT
4he outset three different prohibit.
fion proposals were submitted: ll)
s Repeal Of the Eighteenth Amend.
raerlt and modification of the Vol.
stead laws by the vets; t2) a. bone
) dry plank by Gov. Dan Moody sof
Texas, ana 90 law enforcement
plaTIk. by the harmony seekers.
This last program had been agreed
anon by the Smith forces in an
effort to reach compromise.
Moody Held Out
Gov. Moody held until the enc
Tor the bone dry prohibition and
even az the committee recessed in
me early morning he had not fallen
Into line on the plank adopted, il
was declared.
n have not yet determined
! whether / will bring in a minority
: report said Moody. Il must avail
developments"
slowly. however, the other militant
drys on the committee. such as Sen
ators Glass of Virginia and CarawaS
~ Arkansas, swung over to the Law
enforcement idea and thus slam
hang fight was avoided.
The vets made gesture for TIL
AriDpin1 plank but did not pres
III hard.
senator Wagner of New York
f1ov. AL Smiths spokesman on tn
committe, said the platform wa
satisfactory.
The preamble to the prohibition
rianI on which there was no dds
agreenent, sharply criticiZes thu
7enubIicans for not properly en-
frrcing the Eighteenth amendmen
ans blames them for the breakdown
~ honest enforcement.