The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-06-15
,RepeQlistS Battle
Compromise Plank
Vets Prepare to Bring Contest
to Floor as 0rys Score
in Committee
HOOVER MEN IN CONTROL
Seek to Line up State Delega.
tons For Scheme and
ForestaII Open Fight

Chicago, June INSTRUMENTATION
repeal advocates declared opposition
to the administration resubmission
compromise Wednesday as the Re-
publican platform committee took up
the proposal approved early in the
morning by subcommittee.
The administration plank sent
along by the subcommittee provided
for resubmission to the people of q
substitute for the 18th amendment
Ambassador Edge Of France, New
Jerseys representative on the sub
committee, voted against the proposal
and joined with Senator Bingham OF
Connecticut to fight it in the whole
committee.
However, administration forces held
command as the prohibition contro-
versy neared the convention floor.
Determined to avoid long drawn
battle on the floor, friends of the SUBJ
mission plank arranged for early state
conferences on it to acquaint the de-
egates with its provisions.
Repeal of the 18th amendment Is
rot asked for in the plank. 1t de-
clares for federal control Of the liquo.
traffic in the submission Of an alter
native to the 18th amendment to the
states.
Leaders of the repeal forces also
started to work on minority report
which Senator Bingham Of Connecti-
cut prepared to take to the floor.
Adopt Keystone Plan
The Pennsylvania plank was the
basis OF the compromise formula &C
copied by the subcommittee.
This declaration called for prompt
resubmission of the prohibition ques-
ton by congress to the states and
demanded a substitute giving con-
gress control to regulate the manu-
facture, sale and transportation of
liquor.
The declaration also deplored the
constant agitation over prohibition
on the ground that it distracted at
tention from the constructive solu-
ton of pressing economic problems.
Weighing words as carefully as
nuggets, the subcommittee chose its
language after an exhaustive all
night discussion which was still un-
der way long after traffic in the
streets outside had begun steady
rumble.
Parleying for days, administration
forces made concessions in the. hours
just before the subcommittee began
the actual drafting to some of the
more liberal prohibition leaders.
The administration does not desire
never has desired-a split with
those who believe the 18th amend
ment should stay inbedded in the
constitution. Moreover, Presi e n t
Hoover has declared against its re-
peal. Voices have constantly vibrat-
ed over a private line leading to the
white house since the delegates be-
gan to arrive. Hundreds of miles
away. Hoover still controls.
The immediate goal Of the subcom-
mittee was approval of the full plat
form committee of the convention,
representing every state and outlying
possession of the nation.
Must Pass Convention
Beyond that, however, lay the con-
vention itself. criss-crossed with div
ergent views that at times seemed ir-
reconcilable. Not until the 1854
votes of the great party rally have
been cast will the final form of the
Republican prohibition plank be
known.
There was no hope of drafting a
plank which would satisfy everybody
There were signs of insurgency only
a few yards from the hotel room
where the platform builders talkec
and pondered.
Left off the subcommittee, Senator
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