Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-06-15
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In the belief that the prohibition
controversy will not be prolonged
and that the drive against renom-
mating Vice-President Charles Cur
It's has collapsed, Republican lead
r have agreed with President
Hoover on a program to put thru
the business of the Republican Ma
tional Convention in three days, a
day less than usual. The plan was
made known on Capitol Hill after
Walter F. Brown, Postmaster Gen.
eral, the Presidents pre-conven-
ton campaign manager, had said
upon leaving the White House that
a plank on prohibition was being
developed "to which we all can
subscribe"
100000
Prohibition was the subject of
three important White House con
ferences. President Hoover's at
titude was represented by dry lead
ers meeting with the National Pro-
hibition Board of Strategy as fav-
orable to the plank proposed by
Senator Borah. The President was
reported to have said that he hoped
the party would adopt this plank
and that it would become known
as the Borah plank. This report
became current while the White
House conferences were in progress
and the dry spokesman asserted
Senator 'Borah would consent to
go to the convention and back his
plan if the proposal met with the
final approval of the President.
100000
Administration leaders let it be
known that they are working on
a model prohibition plank-one up
on which all interests may stand;
that they expected to remove ahead
of time all major controversial
matter. In other words, they pro-
pose an exhibition of convention
harmony and efficiency rarely if
ever achieved in the history of
party conclaves. The believe such
a program will impress the coun-
try ~favorably.
100000
But the promises of Republican
platform-makers that a prohibition
plank all hands-Dr. Nicholas Muir
ray Butler and Bishop Cannon, for
example-may embrace with equal
enthusiasm, appeared rather hol-
low after a sweeping manifesto
had been issued by the organized
drys against any change whatever,
and after equally militant declara-
tions by strongly placed party
vets.
100000
Nine days before those who will
attend the Republican convention in
Chicago must leave Washington,
leaders of both parties in Congress
continued to express conflicting
views over the possibility necessary
legislation will be completed in time
for an adjournment. Senators
Reed and Vandenberg expressed
doubt. House leaders still contend,
but with weakening emphasis, that
"the House will be ready if the
Senate will put on steam." All
banking legislation, it is generally
conceded, will die in the Senate;
the Philippine independence Bills
and Farm legislation, excepting for
that which is likely to be embraced
in the relief program, r also re-
garded as dead. Nothing is ex-
pected to be done toward building
up the Navy at this session.
100000
The Senate plunged into its
struggle over the economy phase
of the budget-balancing problem,
taking up the bill proposing $685.
605 900 of savings, chiefly thru a
payroll cut, while two members
of President Hoover's Cabinet
prepared to present the Admins
tration's arguments against the
Democratic bonded public works re-
lief proposals. The economy bill,
with it's general 10 per cent pay
cut provision accounting for more
than half of its total, was not an
nounced until about the same time
the Senate was passing its billion
dollar tax bill, which forms the
larger part Of the budget-balanc-
ing program. Nevertheless, the full
force of organized government en-
ployees was being marshalled in
opposition to the pay cut.
100000
A bill by Senator Glass to make
all United States Government
bonds available for temporary cur
rency initiation to the extent of
$1,108, 000,0 900 was substituted by
the Senate Banking and Currency
Committee for the Goldsborough
bill, which seeks to stabilize the
dollar on a 1929 average pur-
chasing level, and was reported to
the Senate by an u~nrecorded but
overwhelming vote. Mr.. Glass later
said that he did not believe his,
or any other Legislative device"
was necessary for such an end at
this time, but that he had offered
the plan in order to stop the Colds
borough bill, which he opposes. The