The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-16
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t1I-I.AuEMUtUM .MUmtaIl0u UA A new prohibition modification amend fnent. This constitutes historic reyersai in republican policy. It virtually insures that in some form the people will have c chance to pass upon the Issue within the next year or two. s,sr ~
 The democrats. who meet here June 27, are expected tc adopt a prohibition revisIonist program. perhaps more strongly pointed against the 1sth amendnent than the one~ which the republicans voted early today after a turbulent night session.
 Boos, catcalls and gallery disor- ders several times !, temporarily forced speakers to suspend during the stormy convention scenes last night.
 By avote of ssi to 47s, the con- vention finally voted down 8 direct repeal minority prohibition plank ham, Conn. This vote, taken at chaotic proceedings not seen in d republican convention since the 1912 revolt of the bull moose pro- gressives. was followed by adoption of the majority platform without q record vote.
 Then the convention adjourned to meet again at 12 noon today with only one task, the nomination of the ticket.
 The administration prohibition plan calls for submission to the country by. congress or another amendment which would retain to congress the power to preserve the gains already made in dealing with the evils inherent in the liquor traffic." but allowing states to deal with the problem as their citizens may determine. subject always to the power of the federal goverp- ment to protect those states which desire to remain dry and to safe- guard the country as whole from the return of the saloon and at- tendant abuses.
 Direct repeal advocates charac- terized the administration plan as q straddle which if adopted would force wet states like New York to accept the dictation of congress as to how to deal with the liquor problem. Extreme drys issued q joint statement declaring their op- position to any reopening of the is- sue whatever. However the new platform marks a definite change of republi- can policy. In fact 1t is the first action by either major party to rec ommend in It's platform a change in prohibition. The modification movement of the democrats in 1928 was introduced by Alfred E. Smith after his nomination on law en- forcement platform which avoided the issue Of revision or repeal l Administration leaders predicted that opposition to Vice. President Curtis would quickly melt away. At one time during the convention Charles c. Dawes appeared to be favored by 50 many delegates that there was strong possibility of stampede. However his two state- ments within the last few days have warned the convention that
 he would refuse to accept If nom- mated and his friends have reIuct- antly abandoned their project. 1 Some activity continued for other candidates, but 1t was scattered and unorganlzed and convention lead- CTS seemed unworried by the sit
 Joseph L, Scott. Los Angeles lawyer. was chosen to place .Presi- dent Hoover in nomination. He was born in England and was. kntghted by the pope for war work. President Hoover,s chief oppo- nent for the nomination is former Senator Joseph I. France of Mary land. Few of the delegates are con- scious that he Is a candidate. He has made claims of 231 delegates instructed or ordered to vote for him. Only handful of Oregon delegates have indicated they would so vote and in this case the delegates have no choice in the
 matter under the Oregon prefer
 ence primary law. President
 Hoover did not enter the primary. General Jacob s. Coxey. mayor of Massilon. O., also Is a candidate,
 but'only nominaily. His delegates
 will get in nobody's way. Thus. despite all of the internal l dissatisfaction with President ] Hoover. which was prevalent
 among republicans some time ago, 4 there Is no one to challenge his
 control of his party. He has forced
 through the prohibition plank l which he wanted.
 I It's his responsibility" said one
 woman delegate from Pennsylvania after the repeal plank was beaten.
 Though the party is preparing to go back to the, country with the
 same candidate 1t offered in 1928. the Intervening four years have I wrought grave changes in the con-
 diuon of the United States and of I the world. Grinding worry for II A AuI -A A sion have left indelibIe physical
 have left equally indelible marks
 on the republican party. Whether
 these will cost 1t the election this
 year. no one can tell. Many re-
 publicans. however, are deeply con. cerned at the contrasts today witi, those conditions so pfOud1y chror,i-
 cIed by Mr Hoover in accepting the
 presidential nomination four years
 ago. N
 On that occasion he pointed to
 reduction in the national debt of Il $6.600, 100000. Today the treasury
 deficit is almost half of that. .l HeEeaid then, that foreign debts had been settled. Just year ago
 next Monday he proposed his war
 debts and reparations moratorium
 because of inability of Europe to pay. ftss9s
 I Taxes, MT Hoover said in 1928.
 had been reduced four successive
 times. Within a few days there
 will come into effect the most dras-
 tic tax increase ever applied to
 American citizens to peace time. | In eighty yeers. the president
 said four years ago. national in-
 come had increased 45 per cent and
 production of gpods over 25 per
 cent. 0.000, ,0OO raor4 homes hnd
 been equipped with electricity. o.
 100000 more with telephones, 7,-
 100000 with radio sets. and 14.-
 000,000 additional automobiles were
 adding to the pleasure of the aver
 age man and his family. life in-
 surance had doubled in volume,
 Bountiful America had treated her
 people well.
 | We in America today are near