The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-23

in his address to be delivered at tonight's session.
 The convention program opened with prayer--offered by the Rt. Rev. Hugh L. Lamb, auxiliary bish- op of the archdiocese of Philadel- phia and followed by Q welcome to Philadelphia, extended by Mayor 6. wilson Davis.
 FarIey's address Completed the program of the first convention session.
 The convention came to order at 1:02 ?. m. EDT.
 Convention Hall, Philadelphia, June 23-(UP)-The first New Deal.D Democratic national conven- ton convened ct noon today to rec nominate the Roosevelt- Garner tic- ket of 1882 and swing the party's political keel another degree to the left. Chairman James A. Farley Of the democratic national committee called this convention to order at noon (EDT). A prayer and wel- come address preliminaries will carry the delegates to election ot temporary officers. Tonight Key- noter and Temporary Chairman AL ben Barkley will fire the opening democratic galvo of the 1036 caH11- paign wars.
 Party ReaIlgnment
 Party realignments shifted poli- tical poles as the crowd gathered. Smith and four co-Spokesmen for conservative democratic thought have bolted. One, former Gov. Jos- eph B. Ely of Massachusetts, ar- riounced his readiness to speak for the republican Landon.lSnox ticket in New England. Another, former Sen. James A. Reed, of Missouri, will make speeches against the New Deal during the campaign. All are committed against their party this year if President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner are named again. The men from whom MT. Roosevelt snatched 6 nomination four years ago are arrayed against him today. Gov. Eugene Talrnadge of Georgia is on the political loose, although he announced he would not vote for Q republican next fall. Georgia New Dealers yesterday voted Talmadge out of his job as democratic na- tional committeeman. On the op- posite political wing, radicals are beckoned to back to the New Deal.
 HOO Votes, 1900 Delegates
 Twenty thousand persons are swarming into this hall. Delegates are here with full votes, half votes, thirds and fifths, voices tuned to the bedlann of convention procedure. There are HOO votes and ct least i,D00 delegates in this conclave. They will be asked to abrogate the two.thirds rule which has governed democratic presidential nominations for 100 years. The administration, backed by the north and west, would substitute simple majority and the south scarcely can prevent it. The two-thirds rule long enabled the solid south or other minority coalitions to exercise a veto in preH- idential nominations. Champ Clark was stopped in Baltimore after he had boiled majorities on nine bal- lots.
 Democrats Confident
 The assembling democrats are confident, but Q shade less certain than @ week ago, that the 1036 cam paign will be a breeze. There are platform troubles. But Q word from the president in Washington will resolve them when his captains here have sounded convention sentiment to determine where and how strongly New Deal opposition is barricaded. What the man in the White House insists upon, this con- vention will give him. Left wingers press for blanks bidding for radical support. Money, farm relief, mon- opoly and labor policies are ct Issue. Crop insurance against acts of God may be offered farmers as Q step beyond the benefit system now in effect. This convention will not walk out on Roosevelt money policies and the currency plank is headed to- ward what republicans will call Q straddle. It probably will endorse sound currency and define 1t as the Roosevelt dollar.
 More Women Present
 But the New Deal and the demo- crats are not entirely on the de- fensive. They marched in step with labor. Women overflow this conven- ton city. There are more women here than at any previous national convention, including that of the republicans in Cleveland, and they are being placed front center iin the political picture. The first woman