Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-29
Nv Congressman John Phillips

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The Republican convention was
warming up so was the Chicago
weather came over with the Sec
ond wave. the first ones here were
the unfortunateS who have to ar
range TRANSFORMATION. deal out toe
few rooms for too many people; set
up Headquarters for the candidates
who openly admit they were cam
didates.
The second wave brought the
members of the resolutions commit
tee. II was an interesting expert
ence. The other California member
of that committee was Mrs. Maxine
Whiteside from Tulare. Half the
committee had to be men and half
women. Technically the committee
had no standing but We worked in
order to shorten the time of the
convention.
AMUSING INCIDENTS
All the amusing incidents which
accompany any convention were
here. The start, scheduled for 10
a. m, which actually occurs at 2
D. m. TIE freely made nomination
of the chairman. which already had
been decided upon. The inevitable
call for the nomination of some Of
ficer lin this case the secretary
Cnlv to find that the member deS-
ignated to make the nomination
wasn't present at the right moment
so the chairman in some embar-
raSSment had to ask a friend, sit.
tine on the front row. in stage
whisper. to present the name al
ready programmed. The front row
friend is hit deaf says "Who?'
in a loud whisper, and the chair
man obliged with the name, in
whisper heard ever the entire room
We got going at last. Senator
Taft was the chairman and a good
one. The first days were given to
lO-minute speeches. from men and
women who wanted to tell the party
what to do, how to do it, and in
general solve NEST of the worlds
problems. All are sincere: many are
leaders in their respective fields
and all got respectful hearings. The
little lady with the chic hat who
wants a decision in the war, and
country prepared for the future
the charming lady who feels that
tie way to prevent wars is to be
completely impotent, or the newt
able and charming and elderly lady
who has a song she has writer
herself. the singing of which vii
bring and keep peace.
LONG LINEUP
Agriculture. housing, taxes, fer
eign affairs, war, peace. labor, edu-
cation, Women's right racial dis
elimination, small business and big
business, they all were here, even to
the representative of much
wooed minority who told us he only
wanted "jestice" and how his party
tired of empty promises. had elected
a "Jerdge" in New York district
Friday we began tc write the
platform, through subcommittee.
was On agriculture. CALIFORNIA; OBJ
jective was an understanding of our
problems; the serious effects OF
conversion plans, and men in posi-
tions of influence in Washington
who. understand cur part of tn
world, which must now include not
| only the west coast, but the Island
and the Orient. :,
| I am probably a poor selection
for a platform committee. I have
little use for the platforms. Ovei
! the 100 years in which party plat
forms have been written, the Demo
Gratis have written the best one.
from a literary standpoint, and the
minority parties have written the
most honest ones. The minorities
don't expect to win; they don't
have to straddle and appease. There
have been three good platforms il
this hundred years; the Republican
platform of 1856, when the part,
was founded, and when the makers