Evening star., 1932-06-05
DOZEN SENATORS
TO STUDY PLANKS
Will Confer With Garfield on
Dry Stand as Guests
of Moses Today.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

A dozen Republican Senators, most
Of them delegates to the Republican
National Convention, are to meet today
with James r. Garfield of Ohio, slated
to be chairman of the Resolutions Com
mittee at the national convention, to
discuss the prohibition plank for the
party platform. =
The meeting is scheduled to take place
at the Congressional Country Club.
where Senator Moses of New Hamp-
shire is to be the host at luncheon.
Mr.. Garfield yesterday continued his
conferences with Republican leaders on
the platform, and particularly on that
part of it which will deal with prohibi-
tion He was with Senator Borah of
Idaho for upwards of an hour. There
was no indication. however. that any
agreement as to the prohibition plank
had been reached between the prospec-
tive chairman of the Resolutions Com
, mite and the Senator from Idaho.
/ Borah Stands Firm.
| Senator Borah said that his own po-
sition continued unchanged. He has
declared for a plank in the platform
urging strict enforcement of the laws
and pointing out that If there is de-
mand for repeal or modification OF the
| eighteenth amendment, there is con-
stitutional way for bringing about repeal
or modification. Beyond that ne has
been unwilling to go.
The Idaho Senator is still standing
firmly against a platform declaration
pledging the Republican party to re-
| submission of the prohibition amend
ment. He said that he had not been
invited to attend the luncheon with
Garfield but added that he was not
to be a delegate to the national con-
vention.
The conviction is growing. however
that Senator Borah will go to the ma
tional convention and jump into the
fight over the party flatform If 1t be-
comes apparent that the prohibition
or will seek to place the G.. o. P. on
record as favoring a resubmission OF
the eighteenth amendment, certainly
unless an alternative plan is presented
for the amendment which meets his
approval.
Silent on Plans.
He said yesterday that he had his
plans" if an attempt is made to write
a wet plank into the Republican ma
tional platform. What those plans
were, however, he declined to say.
The Idaho Republican State Conven-
tion, which picks the delegates to the
national convention, meets June 10
Senator Borah has written to his
friends suggesting that he be not named
a delegate. But whether his wishes
in this matter are followed or not
and he expects them to be followed
he could readily take place on the
floor of the convention and even ir
the Resolutions Committee itself. by the
simple expedient of obtaining from one
of the Idaho delegates a proxy"
Il probably would not have any trou-
BILE getting into the convention said
the Senator with a smile He insisted
however, that he has not yet changed
his plans and at present had no plan
for attending the convention.
Revolt Move Feared.
One of the fears of the Republican
leaders has been that Senator Borah
might be persuaded by the ardent drys
in the party to lead revolt in the
event that a wet plank, seeking re-
submission of the eighteenth amend
ment, was adopted by the convention
with the approval of the party leaders
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