Evening star., 1936-06-25

alizing our democratic economy and
without injury to producers Of agri-
cultural products" Gov. Landon did
not dare advocate an immediate return
to the gold standard. His effort and
that Of former President Hoover to
have plank incorporated in the Cleve-
land platform was q failure. Candi-
date Landon's declaration on the sub
ject evades the issue by the use Of
language that clearly shows he does
not believe 1t safe and practicable to
re-establish, at this time, q gold stand
ard currency.
Convention implicitly
Questioned Good Faith.
The Cleveland convention did an
unusual thing. It impliedly questioned
the good faith of its prospective NOM
inee and his willingness to stand upon
the platform by the last clause in that
document, which Is as follows:
The acceptance Of the nomination
rendered by this convention carries
with 1t, as q matter Of private honor
and public faith. an undertaking by
every candidate to be true to the prin-
ciples and program herein set forth" p"
When that language is considered in
connection with the well-known fact
that in five important particulars the
Platform Committee rejected the views
of Gov. Landon, it is undeniable that
the committee was preparing for q
candidate whom it knew to be out Of
sympathy with the platform.
That there are five particulars In
which the candidate was turned down
by the Platform Committee, the press
reports from the pen Of Mr.. William
Allen White. who constitutes the head
of the Landon brain trust" may be
cited.
In a copyrighted article emanating
from Cleveland on the 1lth Of June,
1886, Mr.. White published these f1ve
points raised by the candidate and
rejected by the committee and the
convention.
What are the five pointsf
First QUOTED from Mr.. Whites ar
ticle)-'Landon telephoned from To-
peka this morning he would like to
have a declaration putting all post
Office employees, including the Post
master General, under civil service" !"
Neither the committee nor the con-
vention would stand for placing cab
met officers under the civil service.
Second-"He also desired a plank
curing the Supreme Court decision
denying to States the right to control
hours of service, working conditions
and wages. Landon advocates an
amendment to the Constitution-his
plea was denied"
The committee and the convention
not only denied his plea, but adopted
declarations that the integrity and
the authority of the Supreme Court
have been Haunted. and pledged re-
siStance to all attempts to impair the
authority Of the Supreme Court. He
also advocates the adoption Of State
laws to abolish sweatshops and child
labor, and to protect women and chill
dren with respect to maximum hours.
minimum wages and decent working
conditions-which is exactly was the
Supreme Court held in Morehead VS..
Tipaldo the States canno do.
Third-The third particular in
which Mr. William Allen White de-
clares that Candidate Landon was re-
buffed by the committee and the con-
vention is with respect to the gold
standard and a currency convertible
into gold. Mr.. White said: AFTER
considerable protest he ceased firing
on the currency"
Fourth-According to Mr.. White,
the Kansas delegation tfor Gov. Lam
dom offered plank looking directly
to lower tariffs, but under the pro-