The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25

tereSted in the amendment proposal, would participate in 8 last-minute effort to change the tentative plat form, remained uncertain.
 Platform Endorses New Deal
 The platform presented to the policy drafters as they sat around an old-fashioned dining room table, munching sandwiches and drinking from tall, ice-tilled glassed in a guarded hotel suit, had the ap- proval of tho president. But many suggestions were made for changes in policy and one plank-a two- sentence declaration on civil serv- ice-was entirely rewritten. The platform generally went down the line in endorsing the new deal of the past three years and in pledging the administration to continue its policies, including those of money, relief, public works, labor and agri- culture. It included what one rnern- Der described as @ strong monopoly plank, indirectly referring to the undesirability of holding companies beyond the second degree.
 No Real Dissension
 There were, committee members insisted, no quarrels and no indica- tions of material dissesion, despite frequent changes in the wording of various paragraphs as the draft was read over several times while wait CTS dashed in with more sandwiches, more coffee, and more ice. In gem eral, 1t was described as Q strong platform, with a distinct liberal trend but with very brief blanks which were phrased in broad, gen. eral terms which were expected to please the new dealers seeking to offset the left wing appeal of the Lemke third party movement, yet nor incurr the resentment of con- servatives. Tn all the platform was about 2000 words and may be less when completed. The longest section was the general statement of policy, devoted chiefly to a laudatory de- fense of the Roosevelt administra- ton and a recital of its achieve ments.
 The all-night session of the com- mittee was one of the highlightS of the convention, following @ series of routine developments which swung the program toward the nomination of President Roosevelt and Vice. President John Nance Gardner and the climatic acceptance speech of the president at great open air demonstration in Franklin field on Saturday night.
 Developments Thus Far
 The developments included:
 l. The rules committee arranged to report to the convention today, probably favoring abrogation of the two-thirds rule. There will be a minority report by southern dele- gates, which may lead to 8 bitter floor fight over whether the histor- ic rule will be abolished.
 2. The committee on permanent organization caused confusion in procedure by delaying its report due to @ dispute, thus making 1t in- possible to go through with the formality of electing permanent of- ficers, including Senate Majority Leader Joseph T. Robinson, as permanent chairman last night. Robinson, however, was recognized as @ delegate from Arkansas and delivered his speech-a strongly worded attack on the republican platform and the republican nom- inee, Governor Ali M. Landon. He charged that Landon, even before his nomination, had refused to ac- cept parts of the republican plat form.
 3. Leaders said that President Roosevelt's name might be put in nomination tonight as scheduled if the platform tangle is cleared in time. A vote would not be taken, however, until Friday night.
 4. Dr. Francis E. Townsend, leader of the $200-a-month pension movement, cast an ominous shadow over the convention when he ap- peared in the press section at the convention last night. A breeding, white-haired figure, he watched pro- ceedings intently but said he was ther for "the side show" It was re- ported he was about ready to en- dorse the Lemke third party move- ment.
 5-National young democrats joined in the movement to draft Gov. Lehman to run again for the governorship of New York. The gov- ernor's strength as a vote-getter was considered a valuable asset for the new deal in the doubtful Em- pire state.
 6-Sen. Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina, who walked out of the convention yesterday when a negro minister said the invocation, will be back in the delegation's section today. But he said he would leave again whenever a negro took part in the convention proceedings.
 Most Vital Session
 It was on the seventh floor of the Hotel Bellevue Stratford, high over rain-splattered streets, that the most vital proceedings of the con- vention were underway in an effort to end the quarrel between middle of-the-road platform advocates and those who wanted the president to go further in appealing to the so- called left wing. Eleven men gath cred in the hotel suite shortly after 8 p. m. last night awaiting the ar- rival of the short. broad-shouldered