Evening star., 1940-06-26
BY ]. A. O'LEARY,
Star Staff Correspondent.

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PHILADELPHIA, June ga bat
tie within the Resolutions Committee
over the foreign relations and ma
tional defense plants. dramatized by
a walkout of former Senator George
Wharton, Pepper of Pennsylvania
from a subcommittee, prevented a
report of the platform to the Re-
publican National Convention when
1t reassembled at l pm. E. S. T.
today.
The convention therefore re-
. cessed until 3:45 pm. after a ses-
sion of only a few minutes. Chair
man Joseph w. Martin, jr., was
greeted with a roar of noes" when
he put the question. The delegates
were anxious to get down to the
real work of the convention. With
q smash of his gavel, however, the
chairman declared the convention
in recess. Previously he an
nounced:
unfortunately the Resolutions
Committee is not prepared to re-
port at this time, and therefore
that business must go over until
later"
Nominating Speeches Held Up.
Chairman Martin also empha-
sized that convention rules prohibit
nominating speeches until after the
platform is officially adopted. He
asked all those contemplating such
speeches to arrange them in proper
order so there will be no delay"
This was taken to mean that
nominating speeches would be be-
gun later today, after the platform
.hss been disposed of.
Chairman Martin then recog-
faized Senator Tobey of New Hsmp-
shire, who moved the recess amid
great shouts and confusion.
Conflict of opinion over the for
eign policy flared anew this morn
ing when Mr.. Pepper, chairman of
the platform drafting subcommit-
tee, walked out of the final session
of that group in protest against a
last-minute change ne said was
made in the document last night.
A short time later word came
from other members in the executive
session that Mr.. Pepper had re-
turned and was presiding again, and
that some of the controversial Ian
guage written in last night was
being stricken out. The deleted
section declared that mot one drop
of blood of American youth shall be
spilled on foreign soil for the pur-
pose of interfering in European or
Asiatic affairs"
Inserted During His Absence.
1t was learned that the disputed
clause was inserted by non Inter
ventionists on the subcommittee last
night while former Senator Walter
Edge of New JERSEY, John Lord
OBrian and Mr.. Pepper were absent
from the subcommittee meeting,
listening to Herbert Hoover's speech
The same language, it was said. had
been voted down on three previous
occasions during the long platform
deliberations.
After Mr.. Pepper walked out this
morning, c. Wayland Brooks of Illi-
nois, who took the lead yesterday in
advocating stronger -interven-
ton plank, voluntarily withdrew the
language which was threatening to
break the unanimity with which
the platform had been outlined last
night.
The subcommittee had gathered
at $50 am. to put the finishing
touches to the entire platform, in
Guiding the revised foreign plank
which placed the Republicans on
the side of peace and branded New
Deal policy as likely to lead to war
The Resolutions Committee thought
1t cleared its biggest hurdle late yes
terday when it approved unan1-
mously statement of foreign policy
which represented a decisive vic
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