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nenr may have a safe majority OF
pro-administration aides with him
the tactical concession of naming
all three of the n-interventionists
Indicates that material compro-
mise is to be made.
At this point, it Is indicated
therefore, that the foreign affairs
plank will go beyond the words OF
the President last week in assur-
ing Congress that American arms
will not be used in warfare of ag-
gression nor American soldiers sent
to Europe. Added may be a pledge
against sending all types of Amer
lean forces not only to Europe but
to Asia; omitted may be a promise
of more than strictly private aid
to Britain.
Senator Pepper said on the other
hand that the party should adopt
"a straightforward plank for AID
short of war to Great Britain" and
threatened a floor fight if it were
not included. He declared that ii
the committee brings out a pussy
footing platform, it will be repudi-
ated by the convention"
Woodring Opposes Intervention.
Several tentative planks already
have been drafted, among them one
sent to the committee yesterday by
former Secretary of War Woodring
head of the Kansas delegation, pro-
posing that the Democratic party
stand unequivocally against inter-
vention lin the political and military
affairs of the Old World
Although both factions in this for
eign plank fight express themselves
as unqualifiedly in favor of adequate
national defense, a secondary dis
pute is in the making over a peace
time military CONSUMPTION plank. A
majority of witnesses testifying on
this subject were appearing In op-
position and were subjected to crit
ical questioning by several commit
tee Notwithstanding consider
able committee sentiment for in
dorsement. Here again, however,
the n-interventionist strength on
the Drafting Committee may sue
ceed in having the subject skipped
entirely.
Actual nature and extent of White
House influence in the shaping Of
the platform is difficult to deter
mine.
Chairman Wagner denied last
night at press conference that he
had brought any preliminary draft
of a complete or partial platform
from Washington, and other COM
mittee members insist they have
thus far seen no working model"
Satisfactory Planks Asked, However.
Secretary of Commerce Hopkins,
Chicago correspondent" for the
White House, said he did not know
anything about the platform pros
poets, but word has been leaking out
of the Hopkins suite that If the
party platform is not satisfactory,
Mr.. Roosevelt might not accept re-
nomination.
From a distance, the most out
spoken of the subcommittee men,
bers favoring the administrations s
foreign position is Secretary Of
Agriculture Wallace.
Beyond power and foreign policy,
a third major consideration before
the drafting group is pronounce
ment on the so-called social program
of the administration in the last
seven years-and for the four years
pending. Considerable stern testi-
mony has been received on the ques-
ton of revising the social security,
labor relations and wage-hour laws.
Middle of -the-road members now
believe that the eventual decision
will be a general declaration in favor
of extending the scope Of the social
security program and reafnrma tion
of the principles of the two chief
labor statutes, without mention of
their specific revision.
District Plank Submitted.
OF Washington interest Is an
effort to include in the platform
declarations of Endorsement of suf-
frage and national representation
for the District of Columbia.
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee appeared to ask
such a plank and has been button
holing individual committee men,
bers the last few days. Melvin D.
Hildreth, District member of the full
Platform Committee, already has
submitted a tentative plank as fol-
lows:
I'VE favor the extension Of the
right OF suffrage to the people of the
District of Columbia"
In addition to Senator Wagner
Secretary Wallace, Senator Wheeler
Senator Walsh and Senator McCar-
ran. already mentioned, the Drafting
Subcommittee includes Senator Har-
rison of Mississippi, Senator Nc
Kellar of Tennessee, Calvin w
Rawlings of Utah, Gov. Culbert l.
Olson of California, Senator Bank
head Of Alabama, Cornelius C.
Moore of Rhode Island, Philip B
Perlman of Maryland. Senator
Brown Of Michigan, Senator Nicely
Of West Virginia, Thomas Kennedy
Of Pennsylvania, Senator Hatch OF
New Mexico and former Senator
Buikley Of Ohio.
Gouss Reaches Sydney