The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-19

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 It happened just after midnight following Hoover's telling tirade against the New Deal. When Hoover left the convention hall and the cheering delegates yelled for his return, Chairman Shell announced that he had taken Q train for New York.
 But he had not. Hoover At that time was in . hotel only three blocks away And . rec markable conference was taking place.
 Undoubtedly they would not say 50 now, but at that time Colonel Knox and Senator Van- denberg thought they saw, in the great ovation given Hoover, Q clear confirmation that the swing to Landon could be stopped. G0-Between
 So they asked Chester Powell, widely known San Francisco edi- tor and close friend of Hoover'S, to arrange Q conference.
 Powell returned in a few inin- utes with word that the ex-Presi- dent had decided before coming to Cleveland not to meet any of the candidates. He wanted to maintain this. But if Knox and Vandenberg had any ideas they wanted to convey, he would be glad to receive them through Powell.
 so, through this medium, It was proposed that a joint state- ment be issued the next morn- ing, signed by Knox, Vanden. berg and Hoover, and aimed to stop Landon. The statement was to be read to the c0nven- ton just before John Hamilton made his speech placing Lan- don in nomination.
 Hoover replied that he was will ing to sign the statement. But he said he thought it should also have the signature of Borah as one of the leading candidates.
 At this point the discussions stopped. Hoover left for New York, willing to have the state- ment issued if Borah were in- cluded.
 But Knox and Vandenberg did not contact Borah. Probably they knew 1t was futile. And they were right.
 For when the senator from Idaho learned of it later, his rec action was: "Why should go out of my way to help either side?"
 Powell denies categorically that Hoover agreed to sign any Landon statement though he agrees he had conversations ct Cleveland with Hoover, Knox and Vanden- berg. Vandenberg when queried said he would make no comment whatsoever as the convention was now all water over the dam.
 AND THUS LANDON WAS NEVER STOPPED.
 Thirty Per Cent "Graft"
 The senate was considering a provision in the Relief Bill by which the Public Works Admin istration would be permitted to grant outright only 30 per cent of the funds for projects costing more than $1OO,0O0. The balance would have to be Q loan to be repaid the government.
 During the debate, Senator Harry Moore of New Jersey re- ceived this telegram:
 "Re Work Relief BllI, 30 per cent graft inadequate. Irvlngt2n cannot participate on this basis"
 The telegram was signed Percy A. Miller, Jr, Mayor of Irvington, N. J.
 NOTE-In the end, the sen- ate amended the bill so that PWA might grant 45 per cent instead of 30 per cent outright.
 Guffey Court Test
 James Walter Carter the man who tested the constitutoinality of the 0uffey Coal Bill in the supreme court and won, is plan ing to test the 0uffey Substitute Coal Bill immediately.
 He has hired Frederick Wood, attorney in the Guffey case, to draw up the papers for a suit on the same day Of the new Guffey Bill passes Congress.
 The new bill gives the coal op- orators the right to fix prices, which in turn would put them in c favorable position to pay union