The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-06-30

Paris, June 30-(U. P.) = The Rev Father James R. Cox, militant Pittsburg priest, is confident he will be elected president of the United States as the candidate of the jobless Liberty Party.
 Cox is enroute to Berlin and Rome and to ask Adolf Hitler and Premier Benito Mussolini for ad- vice on how to run the United States with the aid of his project ed blue shirt" organization.
 T hope the Jobless Liberty Party will nominate me for the presidency at our convention in St Louis in August" he said. Flight cen million unemployed should help us succeed.
 "Our platform is simple - jobs for everybody. with churches used for lodging houses"
 Albany. N. Y.. June 30-(U. P.) Governor Roosevelt did not com ment to-day on the democratic .party's new plank calling for out right repeal of the 18th amend ment. The governor has repeatedly expressed his conviction, however, that the 18th amendment should be repealed with control of liquor vest ed in the states.
 Roosevelt sat placidIy in the ex- ecutive mansion, receiving de- velopments from Chicago by radio and direct telephone during the noisy balloting. He had notified his pledged delegates that they should vote their convictions"
 Meanwhile, large airplane awaited the governor at Albany airport should he decided to go to Chicago, in event he Is nominated.
 Chicago, June 30-(U. P.) - Protests by delegates of the dem- ocratic national convention pre- vented the re-reading of platform reports. proposed last night by Chairman Thomas J. Walsh at the request of radio broadcasting chains.
 While the chains broadcast com mercial programs. the convention heard the reading of the platform and minority reports by Governor w. H. Murray and William Gibbs McAdoo. These had not been broad cast.
 Cries of "no" greeted Walsh's suggestion that the reports be read again for the beneft of the radio audience. One delegate asked If the wet demonstration was to be stag ed again. Finally. officials of the broadcasting companies withdrew their request.
 Convention Stadium, Chicago, June 3O-(U. P.)-Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts said to- day the repeal plank adopted by the democratic party might be dis appointing to some southern drys but that the party as q whole would gain from 1t. "What loss we suffer-" he said, twill be offset by republican wet votes in the south and west.
 ''The major result of this vote in favor of repeal is that this plat form will have a virility, strength and militant character in industrial and eastern states that will make serious inroads into republican ranks"
 London, June 30 = GU. P.) -l Democratic approval of prohibition repeal was "a considerable step forward" the Evening Standard. influential afternoon newspaper owned by Lord Beaverbrook. said to-day.
 "The emphasis with which the convention declared against can- cellation of war debts shows how nervous 1t is of the opinion of the middle west" the Standard said. "This was clearly sop to the mid- dle west to make it accept the re- peal plank"
 Philadelphia, June 30-(U. P,)-l The democrats have adopted a | wonderful plank" Raymond Pitt cairn, Philadelphia republican wet leader, said to-day in commenting | on the prohibition plank in the | democratic platform.
 Tt is just the sort of plank the | republicans should have written" he said. "It is honest and clear and | just what the country needs to meet | this ghastly prohibition situation. The nation owes the democratic | convention o debt of gratitude. Re- peal Is now assured" ~u-rorx, <vDnn rNCuIA orc