Evening star., 1928-06-10
FARM AID PLANK
WORRIES LEADERS
G. O. P. Platform Makers Try
To Please AgrarianS and
Meet Veto Views.
BY JAMES L. WEST,
Asxor}str6 Press STAFF Writer.

ASSOCiatc0 Press CIaH Nrtef.
KANSAS CITY, June 9.--Republican
party platform makers sharpcned thci-
tools today to work on the delicate farm
relief plank which seemed to be the
hub Of their present worries
Their chief difficulty appears to b.
in drafting a declaration for agricul-
tural aid which would meet the views
of the aerarian leaders Of the militant
Middle West. and at the same time
carry an Endorsement of President
Coolitge's veto views OF the McNary-
HauCen bill.
Admittedly this was difficult task.
hrt one which had been somewhat
Simrlified b. the action of the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation in indors-
ing a plank which omitted mention
either of the McNary- -Haugen measure
or the controverted equalization fee.
Many drafts Of the farm plank have
been submitted to Senator Smoot of
Utah. who is to head the platform
making committee, the latest being the
administrations proposal, which was
gone over today, by Secretary Jardine
The head of the Agricultural Depart
ment and the veteran Utah Senator
conferred on the subject for more thGl
an hour. but the only statement forth
coming was that apparently the admin-
istration was satisfied with the tenta-
tive draft worked cut.
Radicals Follow LOwden.
While the more radical of the tarn1
leaders we're expected to follow former
Gov. Frank o. Lowden, who argued un-
equivocally here today for an equaliza-
ton fee declaration, other Leaders III
the farm movement were ready 10
forego that. AS result, there was
growing feeling of confidence that tne
problem could be worked out in tne
committee with a finish fight on tne
convention floor thus avoided.
Candidates making up the coalltion
against Hoover are far from unit on
the farm question. Senator curtis OF
Kansas has had ideas on farm reijei
radically different from those emoooleo
in the twice vetoed McNary-Hau
measure. Senator Gof OF west VII
einia opposed the McNary-Haugen bill.
Senator Watson Of Indiana voted lot
that measure. but in the interest OF
harmony he viii not insist upon the
rannf.c of the bill in the platform.
although he has not changed his views
on this means Of agricultural AID
Aside from farm relief only few
other controversies of importance loom
ed and members Of the resolutions
committee believed the differences over
these could be adjusted with little dim
Guilty. There were conflicting views in
the convention city as to whether the
prohibition question had been removed
from the field Of dispute.
Senator Eorah OF Idaho. member
Of the committee who declared months
aro for a plank mentioning the eight
eentn amendment. was on his way 70
Kansas City with plank which would
declare specifically for the rigid en-
forcement Of prohibition. and he has
declared he would fight for that If he
had to 90 to the floor Of the conven-
ton. Others said the prohibition plank
would merely reafirm Washington's
declaration that all portions OF the
Constitution must be enforced alike.
which also Is included in the Borah
draft.
Before leaving the National Capital
Senator Borah stated that three of the
candidates for the presidential nor1i-
nation had Endorsed his draft as pre-
pared after consultation with some Of
his Senate colleagues supporting prse-
tics'ly all Of the candidates now in the
heId.
There NAV be a controversy over por-
4tons of the declaration on foreign af-
fairs. as Senator Borah. who Is chair
man NJ the Senate foreign relations
committee. proposes to press Tor 2
pIsnk which. while not specifically
Mentioning Nicaragua. would declare
AGAINST interference BY the United
States III the political affairs OF other
nations, such as the supervising OF elec-
ticns
some leaders viii ask for planks re-
sfBrning the stand against Americas
entry into the LeaR1e Of Nations. and
setting forth that American adherence
10 the protocol Of the World Court
~aould Be possible only with the reseTva-
tiars which the Senate approved. and
which ere recorded as essential TO the
protection Of American rights.
Foreign Affairs Plank.
The foreign Affairs plank as written
b. Bo-sh in consultation with the State
Department. is believed N contain
etr9 ight out declaration for the out
lswry Of var with an Endorsement Of
tbs treaty policies Of the Coolidge ad-
fotnistTasion
Little, ii any. difficulty is anticipated
by pzrty leaders now on the ground In
the writing of plank which would de-
clare vigorously against corTuDtton IN
government and in politics. and cell for
yslblscstg at frequent intervals Of po-
tftacal csmuaign expenditures in rla-
ffonaf elections.
Once the resolutions committee tE
formally appointed and organized II
viii receive demands from many or
gsnizationE for declarations on va
Yiety Of subjects. Should all of them
be rnef the platform would BE- the long-
est IN ell the history Of the rSarty. But,
e,s course. many of them viii 90 by the
boards In the writing Of the final plat
form draft The United States Good
Roads Association viii ask indorsenent
OF Increased appropriations for Federal
road eli and for approval of system
of hsghways throughout the Nation.
Tf9e Wonlans Party again will have .
de1egzt3ons On hand " insist uDon an
equal rights plank. while the Rational
League of Women Voters viii put for
ward five pFopoSaiE~~internatio CO.
operation. efhc1ency IN government
public welfare IN government, federal
ogserstson ~ Muscle Shoals and the
rfnoo@sl u legal Determinations against
NoHlen.