The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-13

urated when he clashed with op. posing factions at the national con- vention - and came out not only triumphant but with a united party behind him.
 Perhaps the only cloud over the Kansas sunflower field was the shadow of Senator William D. Borah, who had yet to say definitely whether he would carry out his therat to bolt because of Landon's action in going beyond the plat form.
 Eastern old Guard Lost
 For the time, at least, the eastern old guard sat at the rear of the Landon bandwagon, and the inside story of their struggle with the Karl- sans men came out slowly as the convention delegates deserted Cieve- land and left the gutters filtered with yellow sunflower badges.
 one of the so-called inside stories concerned the unsuccessful drive to nominate Senator Arthur Vanden- berg of Michigan for the vice. presidency.
 Vandenberg, 1t was said by those engaged in the negotiations, had difficulty in deciding what he would do. This was because he was strong ly disinclined to take second place. He already had flatly announced that he would refuse such an offer. On the other hand, his party loy- alty made him seriously consider whether his acceptnce would make a stronger ticket.
 Vandenberg Was Wavering
 At dawn yesterday, he was under. stood to have been wavering and ready to" accept if drafted. But veterans of the party recalled the 124 convention when Frank o. Lowden was drafted" for the vice. presidency and when he left Q large bloc of delegates tout on Q limb" py flatly refusing to accept.
 The result was that - whether Vandenberg finally would have acc ,cepted or not - they decided that the wise policy was to swing 10 Knox and take no chances.
 Many observers commented on the fact that Vandenberg left the con. yention with his prestige high and his path apparently set toward bet ter htings in 1940, desiptc the fact that the senator emphatically denied that he had any thoughts of future caraapiRns. He was in a position, however. to make vigorous fight for the Landon-Knox ticket, gather good will and influence, and con. tinue his energetic role in the senate in a manner to place him more ana more in the public eye, no matter what the outcome of the 1SSO elections.
 Behind Door Battle
 Asnother point of comment among thcSe who saw the departing dele- gates rushing for trains, planes and automobiles, was the behind-doors battle over the platform on which Landon will seek the presidency.
 The Kansas governor wanted to puc the greatest possible emphasis on liberalism - fighting the New Deal with some of its own weapons yet retaining the homely, con- mon -sense background on which he has based his prairie political career.
 ne had put the constitutional amendment on hours and wages be- fore the convention resolutions com Inittee with the knowledge that 1t would be opposed both by Borah and the party veterans who wanted to fight the Roosevelt administra- ton on the basis of old-fashioned Americanism vs. New Deal.
 LandOn Presses Own Ideas
 IAndon had only one answer. He intended to press for his own ideas. Some of his ideas were lost in the resolutions committee shuttle be- hind the barred doors of hotel con- ference rooms.
 7, Among those proposals were said Z to have been:
 IA proposal to balance the bud- get within IS months.
 2--A suggestion for a constitu- tional amendment to permit the president to veto individual items of an appropriation bill.
 3--A pledge for definite cut in governmental expenses.
 Some Little Compromise
 These proposals were modified or eliminated in compromise with old guard leaders, although Landon ..s -.lsa r,sk Ia 1Afa danla rn tiAn tA tho