The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-24

CONTINUED from rage ~
want the party to declare itself the
"peace party" hang the label Of
"war party" on the Democrats, and
wage the 1910 campaign on that
issue.
A bloc Of IL western states In
structed Sen. John Thomas, idaho,
to present o plank pledging the
party !" 10 promote and maintain o
foreign policy that will keep tho
United States out OF foreign wars"
and to refrain "from interference
In the internal affairs Of other con.
tinents" while insisting that the
rest Of the world keep Its hands OH
the western hemisphere.
Foreign Affairs Plank
It is understood that the foreign
affairs plank approved BY LandonS
subcommittee includes:
I. A declaration against Amer.
lean involvment In European or
Asiatic wars.
2, A pledge Of greatly improved
national defenses-planes, ships,
guns and men--to protect the west.
ern hemisphere and enforce the
Monroe Doctrine.
8. An expression Of sympathy for
oppressed peoples resisting agrees
lon, and q pledge OF aid within the
limits Of international law.
4. A charge that provocative
statements by President Roosevelt
have tended to involve this country
In war.
Such q foreign affairs plank Is
flexible enough In Landon's view to
fit any Of the republican presidential
eontenders- from isolation
list Thomas =, Dewey TO pro.ally
Wendell l.. Willkie--and permit I'd.
justment to the day.to-day develop.
ments In the wars abroad,
But IL Is o compromise ana was
dictated In part BY the desire TO
present united Republican front at
q time when Democrats are split to
the point whore one OF the party's
presidential candidates, Sen. Burton
K. Wheeler, Mont. charges that Mr..
Roosevelt Is making II O war party"
Women Out In Front
Philapelphia, June a. (UP) -
When three Republican women left
the kitchen TO be Republican con.
vention delegates back In the
nineties, they stood out like SEARCH
lights In o black-out. Today women
were so numerous that oil the can.
didates were talking Of the equality
Of the sexes and Robert A. Taft said
that Of course, he would put o quail
flied woman In his cabinet.
Among the women In waiting Tor
the White House, however, there
were two schools. Representing the
sweet but silent type were the Wives
Of Thomas ID. Dewey and Wendell
Willkie. They very frankly won't
talk. No press conferences, no
broadcasts, no speeches. Mrs. Dewey
Ia OF home In New York with the
little Deweys. Mrs. Willkie Ia present
and well dressed In her silence.
Representing the husbands help
meet school were wives Of Taft
Frank 0annett and Arthur II. VAN
denburg. All expressed themselves
firmly In favor OF womans place In
the convention hall and all were
only too willing to express them
selves In favor OF husbands as pres.
idents. There were 800 women serv-
ing as delegates and alternates.
Feminine Fact0
Although no women serve on the
resolutions committee, there was no
dearth Of feminine factortums. Co.
manager Of Mr.. Dewey's campaign
Is the veteran Ruth Hanna McCor.
mick Slmins. Just 40 years ago Mrs.
Simms attended another Republican
convention In philadelphia-then
her father. Mark Hanna, maker Of
presidents, was busy nominating
President william Mckinley for his
second term. She was 20 then, the
age her daughter Ruth "Bazey"
eimms Is today. ''Bazey" hopes she
Is helping history repeat itself BY
being useful In the Dewey campaign
+ Another feminine veteran Is Mrs.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter
Of President Theodore Roosevelt. In
the Taft camp. Her sister-in-law.
MRS. Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.. backs
Dewey.
Assistant chairman Of the RE-
publican national committee Is also
on the distaff side. Miss Marion +