Pussyfooting avoided by Landon; battle with resolutions committee (David Lawrence), Evening Star, June 12, 1936, p. 13

Pussyfooting Avoided by Landon. Sincerity Marks Battle of Kansan With Reso lutions Committee. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. CLEVELAND. Ohio, June 12.--Sin •eritv from the outset and no pussy •noting Thus might the events of the night be epitomized, and behind that. mpnt is a dramatic story of an unprece dented battle be tween a man about to be nom inated for the presidency and a timid, political ly minded Reso lutions Commit tee, for the rec o m m e n dations of Gov. Landon were twice f.nmM rirra/n in _ the Resolutions David l.awrenvv. Committee not because they were viewed at variance w'ith the members of the committee, but because the latter thought it wa.< bad political strategy to mention gold in the monetary plank. "Both in the subcommittee and in the full commit tee," said William Allen White, mem ber of the Resolutions Committee from Kansas, "we tried to have the Governor's views accepted, but twice we were beaten. I do not believe there was ever more than a few votes against the gcfld plank, but the feeling of the majority was that it would be bad politics." Under the circumstances, the situ ation being explained to Gov. Lan don on the telephone, he refused tr pussyfoot. He declared that th< campaign at the very beginning ahould be frank and forthright and that, there should be no surrender t< political expediency. When the question arose among hit advisers as to whether the message to the convention expressing dissent ahould be sent after the nomination had been made, as has occurred in other conventions, Mr. Landon insisted that it. be done before the nomination was voted on so that the convention delegates who had approved formally the report of the Resolutions Com mittee could decide whether in accept ing him for the first place on the ticket the platform was in effect being amended lo conform to his views. Place of Telegram. The fact that. no dissent, was ex pressed and that the nomination was made unanimous may be taken to mean, therefore, that Gov. Landon's telegram to the convention becomes part, of the platform and just as sacred a pledge as any other plank that he accepted. This has been a dignified, earnest, purposeful convention--neither a car nival nor a circus nor a spectacular ahow. me crowds in me gaiteries warned musement. combat, demonstrations. But. the delegates were for the most part serious-minded men and women who were more businesslike than the atrical. Hence some newspaper ac counts will discuss how the affair "dragged." how dull" it was and how lacking in ''color." When the serious problems of the Nation are considered, there is no time for fun-making and the absurd pa rades of banners and artificially stim ulated demonstrations. This convention came here to pick the man who seemed best equipped to win voles and capture the election. They believe Landon is that man. The delegates exude a confidence of triumph in November which was quite a surprise to •'defeatists." writers who have assumed the election was all over and that the Roosevelt-Farley ticket would not even have to make a campaign. Spending to Be Prime Issue. While the platform covered many topics, the conversations among the delegates indicate clearly that they mean to make the prime issue of this campaign the fiscal condition of the Government and the reckless spend ing The keynote is "Three Long Years." Which was taken up by the delegates as a theme song. It refers, of course, to President Roosevelt's spepch of March 10. 1933, in which he said: •'For three long years the Federal Government has been on the road to bankruptcy." Mr. Roosevelt in that message to Congress, referred to the deficits of the Hoover administration and said that, with the year 1934, they would amount to *5.000,000.000. Now it turns out that the deficits of the Roosevelt ad ministration will amount to *11,000. 000 000 There is little cotnfort in deficits anyway, but,the argument is that if the Roosevelt administration has produced recovery, why have the deficits risen and why are they con tinuing after recovery is here or well on the way? Some of the Democrats arp already •eying that if the Republicans w'ant to make an issue of "Three Long Years." It, can be Hoover's three long years, too. But the Republicans are answer 1 ing that the American people have learned how to count and that 11 bil lions is more than twice as much as h billions, especially when recovery Is supposed to have become an accom plished fact. Cla mwr It__!• a .11 HUM There is no doubt that facts and Retires on the Government spending constitute the most vulnerable point in Democratic armor. Obviously the "smear Landon" campaign is already In the malting at Democratic publicity headquarters, which believes in that sort of thing. Likewise there will be flaws to pick in the Republican plat form, though, to be sure, the Demo crats have paid little attention to their 1932 platform so they can hardly have much debate on platform prin ciples. The so-called liberalism or progress h'ism is too abstract to bring into understandable terms, just as consti tutionalism is hardly likely to become sufficiently concrete for stump speeches. There is, on the other hand. tendency here to make an issue of what Is described as Roosevelt dicta torship. with coercionist practices in government as the target of attack. So much for the purely political warfare. The disinterested bystander will grieve at the way conventions do their work--both Republican and Democratic. It is much too hurried and confusing. The last-minute com promises to get agreement in the Res olutions Committee are tragic. But that's the convention system as it has gone on for generations. Copyright. 1936.)

Rumanian Oil Decline*. Output of Rumania's oil industry, an important to the country, is much leas I than a year ago. I f i Behind the News Management of Landon's Nomination Rivals Farley in Wisdom and Adroitness. Hr PAUL MALLON. C LBV EL AND June 12--It has not been disclosed officially, but you may accept it as such, that Gov. Landon sent to his platform makers here on three separate occasions a demand that they adopt a definite fixed gold standard plank The first came through hit platform emissary, William Allen White, who brought the first copy of the Landon money views. Twice later, by telephone and teletype, he aent In planks using the word "gold'' specifically. The wrangling platform makers thought they knew better. Their final vote was not even close and was taken in the face of knowledge that Landon would publicly repudiate them, Of course, they had their eyes on the Western silver Stales and tth* Eastern farm groups who favor other money methods. The gold trouble it the only serious disturbance which has yet arisen here. It caused practically all the delay in the report of the Platform Committee. The other objections to the platform, at cited by Landon in A is message, were not severely contested. In general the tendonites are. privately, as well satisfied with the document as Gov. Landon stated publicly In his message. They thought they would have more trouble than they did with some of their liberal •ideas, particularly that one sentence which they flnallv slipped in. stating: "We favor also Federal regulation of the interstate activities of public utilities."

The inside management of this convention seems to have been a* smart as that of Farley at Chicago four years ago, and smarter than In any other Republican convention of late years. Political rail-sitters here, con fKA\r. J gjder that a most important point. V. Ca7 I A nnnai'mngl In 1 hoi r minds from the start has not been the nomination of Gov. Land on. They thought that was a cinch for week*. Also, they generally believe that the platform is always written in rhe personality of the candidate rather chan in the words which are i -j rnresnea out oi compromi*«» in Platform Committee*. The big thing they wanted to find out here i* whether the new Republican leader, ship is a match for the Democrat*. Nothing done here would be effective unless it is. The answer is fairly well indicated by the fact that this has been an i unusually well-handled political rally, that personal bitternesa has been comparatively well kept down and harmony promoted by personal sacrifice. The result was equally a* good a Job a* the handling of the pre-convention Land on campaign. a a a For example, it can now be told that Gov. Iandon and hia manager, John Hamilton, originated the idea of bringing Hoover to address the convention. Likewise, they worked out the strategy of letting all their opponents, the bitter and the sweet, have their hours in the sun. When the opposition shot hard at them, at the outset, they replied with offers to work things out. They went far more than half way to satisfy Senator Borah. You can see their method In such little things as White going frequently to Borah s room with platform problems Instead of letting Borah come to him. When Senator Vandenberg persisted in his nice presidential declination. Hamilton was not above putting on hit coat and calling upon the Michigander personally. And then when the time came for l«ndon to put his fool down on the Platform Committee, which was getting out of hsnd. he did it from 1 the start and could have ridden a higher horse. Their choice of tactics affords a good insight into what the new leadership is like. The reason the Landonites want Vtndenberg so much is because he fills the needs of their political situation better than any one else They want a man upon whom the* can rely for heavy campaign duty, frequent speeches, wide traveling. tMosi of the London advisers believe it would not be a good idea for the Governor to go running around the country making speeches daily.> But above all. Vandenberg* main contribution to the ticket would be just the touch of Mr Borah it needs. Also the Landonites seem to have private objections to nearly every one elae. These objection* sre not sufficiently importsnt to cause them to turn down any one, but at the same time they have no such objections to Vandenberg.

The official break-up of ihe opposition was really a post mortem. At the outset. Landonites took complete control of the convention without a contest and were openly writing the platform. There was no longer any need for pretense. It was not much o! a secret that the withdrawals were in order. Reliable information was available In Washington two weeks ago that Borah s name eventually would be withdrawn. And any pedestrian on the streets here could see It from the beginning For the first time in the history of s contested national convention only one candidate had a band. The biggest news scoop of the convention was not bp a newsman but by a delegate, Albert Rosenshtne of San Francisco. He strolled into his California delegation during the early morning hours yesterday and announced that all the London opposition candidates were going to withdraw. No one would believe him. Delegates will tell their grandchildren about the personal tribute paid to Hoover. They really warmed up to their appreciation of what he ha* done for the party. The majority of opinion among delegates seemed to be that the Steiwer speech was adequate, the Snell speech a corker, and the Hoover effort a whiz. Ogden Mills strolled around the convention carrying an umbrella. He said he expected rain at any time and he got It twice. Even before Roecoe Conklin Simmons, the noted colored orator, wa* accepted as a delegate, he let. friends know lhat, he would second (some one's nomination, although he had not then decided whose. Some of the most important side-line big shots here left for home lA*t night before the opposition withdrawals were announced. They figured that the rally was all over then. 'Coorrighi. 1936.1 I Birth of Boom for London Revealed at Dinner of Friends Four Men Celebrate Climax of Dim Be ginning of Proposal W hich Governor Sidetracked by Talking Foot Ball. Be i he Associated Preaa. CLEVELAND. June 12-- Fbu weary but happy men last night sc knowledged the climax of a «mtl dinner early last October when the? formally launched the drive to nami Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas Re publican nominee for President. These four men. two of them school mates of Gov. Landon, were Oscai Stauffer of Arkansas City. Roy Rob erts and Lacey Haynes of Kansai City, and Pred Brlnkerhoff of Pitts burg, Kans. Joining them in last night's jubila tion were others who stepped in at the drive gained momentum--Johr M. D Hamilton of Topeka, Willianr Allen White of Emporia, Pred Harri! of Ottawa. John P. Harris of Hutchin son, Lester McCoy of Garden City and Henry J. Allen of Wichita. This group--including eight news paper men--formed the nucleus ol Landon-for-President drive which''in ensuing months swept the country. Tells «f Beginning. Stauffer, publisher of eight Kansas newspapers and chairman of the "Landon-for-President Committee," bit at a cigar, planted his feet on his desk in Landon headquarters ai the Hollenden Hotel, and recalled the opening of the Landon campaign. "Roy Roberts, managing editor oi the Kansas City Star, Alf and I were at Kansas University together, you know," Stauffer began. "However, we belonged to different fraternities. Bui we had been old friends and Roy and I had been supporters of the Gov ernor. "The Governor had been mentioned as a presidential possibility as early as the time of his election to a second term. One day last fall I ran into Roy. Roy,' I said 'when are we going to do something about getting Alf nominated for President?' "Mr. Roberts said he thought It was about time. So about the first of Oc tober, he, Lacey Haynes, the Kansas editor of The Star, Pred Brlnkerhoff. editor of the Pittsburg Headlight and Sun, and I got Alf to join us for din ner. "We wanted to talk politics. But Alf wouldn't. He talked about foot ball for an h,sir and a half. "Alf wouldn't tak« os seriously. <V ft 1 course he said if the people of the country should decide they wanted him for President he would be honored, and he would do his beat. But he wanted to talk foot ball. "Finally, the boys told me to be- j I gin looking around to see what the j people thought. I took two rooms in I a Kansas City hotel and went to I work." The group was enlarged quqicklv. William Allen White, editor of the Emporia, Kans., Gazette and long a well-known figure in State and na tional politics, joined the Landon movement when he returned from a cruise. Fred Harris, Ottowa lawyer, 1 and his nephew, John P. Harris, editor I of the Hutchinson New* and Herald. were quick to move to support of their j Governor. Lester McCoy, farmer and automobile dealer, was another giving time and money. "Not one of us." Stauffer said, "has taken money for what we have done, j We financed the early part of the cam paign ourselves. To us, this has been a crusade." Hamilton Gets Busy. Hamilton, the Landon manager, ac cepted That post in March of this year. The Republican national committee man from Kansas and general counsel to the National Committee, Hamilton has been active in Kansas politics for 20 years. With a ready smile and great energy. Hamilton flew over the country in endless tripe, gathering 1 delegates for Landon. Stauffer, Roberts. Brinkerhoff and I White are natives of Kansas. Haynes I a native of Kentucky, but has lived in Kansas for more than a quarter of a century. Stauffer formerly worked on the Kansas City Star with Roberts and Haynes. For 14 years. Roberts was Washing ton correspondent for the Star, and upon him, Hamilton and White the original group has leaned heavily for guidance in the realms of national politics, Iniures Wrong Building!. COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, <£*>.--J. H. Mavne took out windstorm insur ance on all his farm buildings, except the hay ahed. Came a windstorm. It left all the building* unscathed, except.-- Yep. It destnpe4 fcht hay ahed. Ovation Rids G. O. P. of "Shame" Heavy Air Geared by Recognition Given to Hoover. BY MARK SUM.IVAN. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 12.-- The remarkable ovation to Hoover the unexpectedness and spontaneity of it as well as Its heartiness-- was one of the most creditable expressions of the American heart and conscience that the country has seen for some time. It was the summing up and climax of something that has been growing for some two years. When Republicans first began to give thought' to a presidential name for 1936. There was a unique condi tion. The party had a man who had been President far one term and therefore could LI b e renominated. Logic and custom m suggested him. That was the pb P vious course. Not f to nominate him would be strange, i It would call for M explanation. ||l Not to renomi Tiftl* th# M-PrM idem would be strange even if he Mark I.UIn.. h,d b 1 h worst chief exec- utive in the country's history--and Republicans knew Hoover had been, under hard circumstances, a very good President. Not to renominate the ex-President would be strange even if the Republicans had an abun dance of other good material--and the fact was the Republicans were strik ingly lacking in good presidential ma terial. Not to renominate the ex President would be strange even if he were inactive and remote, even If others were providing the party's in tellectual leadership--and everybody knew Hoover was providing the only real leadership of thought that the Republicans had. "Smearing" a Factor. Nevertheless, the Republicans de cided not, to renominate Hoover. Some felt that Hoovers association with the depression, and the ruthless "smear ing'' of him by the Democrats, had made him unavailable. They felt there muat be somebody, someone named X," who could get more votes than Hoover And they felt, justifiably, that any one who could get as many as 10 voles more than Hoover would be a better nominee. Except in a very few quar ters. there was in this decision no animus against Hoover. Some of Hoovers warmest friends agreed it was best to find another nominee. Many Republican possibilities had been made unavailable by the disas trous defeats of 1932 and 1934. True. I there were three Republican justices of the Supreme Court. Justices Hughes. Stone and Roberts--all the best sort of material; but it was quickly agreed that court should be inulolaia Gravitate to Second-Rank Man. With the justices out, and the ex Presidenl out, the Republicans mere obliged to turn to second-rank men Even in the second rank, presidential material was scant. In the 1934 elec tions. only four Republican Governors had won. The man the Republicans gradually gravitated to had had no experience in public life except as Governor of a not very large State. He was unknown to the country. Here then, were the Republicans knowing they had a first-rank man-- but taking a second-rank man. It was a thing that called for explana tion. Not to nominate Hoover was as if the Republicans had a skeleton in their closet. The Republicans did not analyze the condition, but, subcon sciously and uncomfortably, they fell It. It was the disquiet of conscience which any one has who could do the best thing--but decided to do the second best. Maybe it couldn l be helped, but it was unfortunate.* So long as this condition existed, it was a defect in Republican morale. It sapped the esteem of the country for the Republican party. It ac counted for the lapse in hope, the spirit of defeatism that pervaded the Republicans a few weeks ago. It accounted for the inertia, the almost unhappiness that pervaded this con vention in its early stages. The del egates may not recognize the cause of their low feelings, but it was yery r«g 1 Wrong U Righted. Mingled with the feeling that they were not doing the best thing for the country was the subconscious feeling that they were doing injustice to Hoover. Then came Hoover's speech, but the convention did not wait for the speech. The sight of Hoover on the platform gave to the convention, and to the Republican party and the coun try, the chance to partially right past misunderstandings and unfairness. Before Hoover could open his lips there arose a demonstration which has rarely been equalled in American conventions. There have been ova tions to candidates, and at the climax of battles, but rarely one to a man in Hoover's position, a visitor to the convention. It was a tribute to Hoover the man, and not to his speech, for he had not yet said a word. Of course, his appearance helped. With out invidious comparison. Hoover had a solid ruggedness of stature, physi cally and in his inner quality, which marked him off from others, yet the ovation was mainly because of the circumstances I have related. Purging of Souls. That was no ordinary ovation. On the part of delegates it was partly subjective, partly a purging from the delegates' souls of a slight sense of inconscious shame, an obscure spirit- jal disquiet. It partook partly of the lature of a Catholic confessional or in evangelical acknowledgment of jutlty unworthiness. Hoover was surprised. He had been old, by persons who saw his apeech in advance, that it was the best he •ver wrote. He felt himself It was food and was prepared to hear ap jroval of it from the convention. But he ovation, at least 10 or 15 minutes >f it. came before he began his ipeech--after he had received ap rla use at a score of points In his ipeech. and after messages came to foover at his hotel saying the con tention was still cheering and de nanding that he come back--he was Messed and happy. And one feels ;hat the episode was as cheering and ;reditable to the country as to Hoover. iCopxrizht. 1»3D The struggle for possessions hi Kfries Is said to have been one of he contributory eausee of the World (Par. y Landon Given Decision in First Round And Roosevelt May Follow Schmeling* Louis Precedent. Br JOHN LARDNr.lt. CLEVELAND, June 13--This begins to look like a month of one-ballot fights--Louis ve. Schmeling. Roosevelt vs. nobody for the Democratic nomina tion, and Landon vs. the field that quit. Oamblers who like to dabble with freak parlays might have done all right for themselves if. on- June 11, they had Invested a few bucks in the proposition that all three bouts would end in the first round. Landon's opponents faded away like dewdrop* in the sun. One by one tney torn tne operwtor: "Excuse it, please, I had the wrong number," and hung up. The right number was 1-9-J-6. It develops that Senator Borah, Senator Vandenberg and the rest of the boys were calling 1-9-6-0. As soon as Landon is disconnected, which should happen early in No vember. the other fellows will try to put their call through again. Borah established a new high for disgruntlement, shattering the world's record, which A1 Smith set up in 1921 and bettered in his Liberty league speech of 1936. To do the Idahoan justice, he had plenty of reason to be annoyed. His pledged delegates went around town saying that this here now Landon was a pretty good guy. all in all. Then the platform-builders kicked the stuffing out of Bill's suggestions for a plank. Then, on top of everything else, some body asked him if he wanted to be Vice President, Borah Entitled to Stroll. William kept hia temper by a strong effort and replied "No. thanks." but you could see how that last crack stung him. If A1 Smith could take a walk. Borah Is envied to at least a small stroll. The Republican plank for 1936 was doctored more ways than a drug store race horse. It came off the operating table looking less like a plank than a shingle. The platform-builders took Landon's constitutional amendment proposal out in a back alley and slugged It to death. They removed the word "gold" from the gold stand ard clause to appease blighted Bill Borah and found they had nothing left. They gave a friendly amile to the old folks of the country, but I'll bet the old folks will still take Dr. Townsend. One thing the Republican platform does do--it saves our country from the league of Nations. Maybe you didn l know it. but it seems that we were just on the point of joining the league when the Republicans came to our rescue. No one will be more surprised to hear this than the Government at Washington. Opposing the League of Nations is the equivalent In politics of in dicting the man-eating shark or the boll weevil. New Word Thrive*. Incidentally. Cleveland this week 9 like the South Just after the Civil War. Remember the word, damyankee'? Well, there are lots of litle boy and girl Republicans In town right now who have been brought up to think that the correct name of the admin istration in Washington la damgov ei nment." The best line of the week was coined by Shamus Doyle, the Cleve land philologian. When the delegates began to boom Gov h. Styles Bridges of New Hampshire for Vice President. Shamus presented them with a cam paign slogan: "Landon Bridges falling down." Speaking of slogans, the backers of a Landon-Knox ticket decided to use off the rocks with Landon and Knox There was also a strong sen timent m favor of "every Knox a boost." This promises to be a hot campaign for slogans and catch phrases, but the comers are having a tough time with Landon s name It doesn't lend itself to the "keep cool with Coolidge" treatment, or the "walk In with Walker" motto which flashed from a nnllioa campaign buttons when Jimmy Walker was knocking the voters for a goal in New York City. 'nappy landon.' Still and all. the Republicans eould do worse than to borrow a line from the aviation industry and start their :andidate rolling along with 'Happy Landon." The Landon ovation in convention hall was a good long one. as manufac turing ovations go. but the shouting they did for Herb Hoover when he made hi* speech lasted half an hour ind was strictly spontaneous--barring x bit of claque-work by the sun-kissed delegates of California. The former President never got an ovation like that in his life before. It was a nice (xlt. The convention neared it« end on "a note of harmony." as Senator Vanden berg put it. but at the beginning the harmony was like four baritone cat* modeling "When You Were a Tulip" at I a m. The convention became official when Reinald Werrenrath sang "On he Road to Mandalay." and there is x movement on foot, now to have both lie Republican and Democratic ean i Ida tea sing their speeches during the tampaign. Copyright. l»iJ« by the North American Newspaper Alliance, lne.i Landon Loses Planks Resolutions Committee Turned Down His Suggestions as Well as Hoover's. *T WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE. CLEVELAND, June 12 (N.A.N.A.).--All yesterday, the Kansas friends of Oov. I An don have been struggling to picture him as he really Is: A Kansas liberal who Is for sound money. The day's work has climaxed two days and nights In the Subcommittee on Resolutions, where the to-called Landon platform was running the gantlet of criticism and amendment from London's Eastern conservative friends who believe that the Landon position is too liberal to attract the Eastern support. Mil Kaitern supporters honeitly believe and frankly declare that Prendent Kooteveli hat ditffraced the liberal position, and they feel that any literatim may be miiunderitood. Landon i Kansas npporteri. on the other hand, hold that, to win. he mutt attract from Kootevelt the Kepublicant and independent! who piled up Kootevelt't majority four yeart ago. It to a question of facts: Whether 10 go for the disgruntled Dem ocrats or to seek the disillusioned independent Republicans. The result is a compromise. The words 'Democrat," 'Republican' and Roosevelt'' sre entirely omitted from the platform. The sdmlnistra Uon and Its policies are called "the New Deal." So much to please the Eastern conservative Republicans who want to court the Democrats.

The text of the platform contains several definitely liberal proposals, notably an unqualified promise to provide for universal old age pensions with the pauper's oath or the Means test. Declarations for the control of the sale of securities and for tbs control of the activities of interstate Utilities were liberal planks. Landon dssirsd in an murh further in the direction of civil aervice than the judgment of the Resolutions Committee could follow. The Kansas ten called for placing •II employes of the Government, up to assistant secretaries in the cabi net, under civil service. Landon telephoned from To Deka vesterdav mornmo Thai ^1 p .riS would like to have a declaration 1 ->-i putting all post office employes in Washington and in post offices under the merit system and to put the Postmaster General under the same rule and to take him out of the cabinet. landon would go far under civil service He alao desired a plank curbing the recent Supreme Court decision denying to States the right to control hours of service, working conditions and wage*. landon advocate* an amendment to the Constitution He is earnestly for a declaration providing for an amendment, if necessary. His plea was denied. He suggested many clarifying amendment* to the farm plank of the platform. He had his wav But hi* reiterated wishes about the rights of women in industry were ignored. After considerable protest he ceased firing on the currency. On the tariff, the Kansas offering to the subcommittee looked directly to lower tariff*, but under the protective theory. The plank as it stands represents a compromise.

The Oovernor over the telephone yesterday morning asked that the abandonment of the World Court be reconsidered His request was almost unanimously refused He never ha* advocated membership in the World Court, but he felt that three Republican Presidents have done so and Landon wanted the court left in. In view of the fact that Borah had asked his Idaho delegation to vote for Landon the Oovernor* friend* in the committee followed Boon's wishes. In the large committee, the planks on tariff and on monopoly went through the subcommittee with little debate But when the currency plank came up. the heat appeared Borah was set up against Hoover. To correct popular error, this must be plainly stated Senator Borah never presented a currency plank to the subcom mittee The currency plank mat drawn by the subcommittee before negotiations of amity began with Senator Borah. Hoover tent a telegram to the platform committee expressing his mews. It was read m the committee by the member of the committee from Cahforma. And upon a vote. Hoovers suggestion was ignored. A resolution ofieied by Senator James Owens of Colorado, which somewhat follows the line of the Kansas currency plank submitted in the early sessions of the subcommittee, was voted down. But while the heat lightning flashed for a moment in the committee room, the air condi tioning of political diplomacy quickly restored normal temperature. It was nearly 7 o'clock when the platform was adopted by The whole plauorm committee--a pronouncement much leas liberal than Landon asked for. but much lews conservative than hi* Eastern friends had hoped for The gain for a liberal platform, whatever It was was Landon S VIC torv. He stood revealed in this struggle for the first time in his candidacy as a militant liberal leader. Exit the dumb, smiling enigma who had America fu*a<ung His dav is done. __tCoorruhl 1#S« b» North American Nawsoaoer Alliance.) f BODY FOUND IN LOT Daniel Evan, 80. Believed to Have Lived In Houseboat. Daniel Evan 80 of no Axed address, was found dead yesterday on a vacant lot In the rear of the 3300 block of Bennrng road northeast. The body was discovered by James Gnffln, 3t. a passerby, according to police. e*an, who is believed to have lived In a houseboat, apparently had been dead several days. Police Mid they believed death due to natural cause*.

Turkey'i Exports Hijjh. Turkey is shipping an average of over SI 000 000 worth of products monthly to the United States. I Landon Adds Vital Spark to G. O. P. Has Written History Even if He I>o«es at Polls. BY SAMUEL O. BLYTHE. CLEVELAND, June 12 (N.A.N.A.) The landon bandwagon made Its Anal rounds yesterday morning and before It had proceeded further than from Alabama u> Arkansas It was necessary to hitch on a string of trailers because of the great crush of delegates crowd ing. pushing, fighting to get aboard The drivers were John Hamilton and Roy Roberts, two prairie boys who started out a year ago with couple of burrns and landed in Cleve land with a great, gorgeous and gol den chariot drawn by 1« milk-white steeds, and with the symbolic figure I of a deep-bosomed, corn-fed, broari I hipped girl, typifying the crusading I spirit of the West, occupying the re splendent throne in the middle of the resplendent car. 1 m _ a. a Au a a 'mu s»u«i u. It was an amasing spectacle. U wa« such a triumphant political pate 1 ant as this country has never aeen before. It was the striking evidence of the birth of a real liberalism in the Republican partv. It was a Jug gernaut running ruthlessly over the feeble and futile remnants of the Old (Guard that has governed the Repub lican party for a generation. It was th« token to the country that the control, the dominating force, of the Republican party ha* moved from the East to the West And so what? This: Whether the Republican party, with Landon the Kansan, can win this election, or whether it cannot, which remains to be proved next November, there Is no j doubt that the party has definitely divorced itself from its past, and has gone on a great adventure to build a modem future. When one considers the history of that party, that had its first victory with Lincoln and remained in power. with the exception of 20 years, since i 1861 a history that comprehends a political conservatism that grew with ihe years to be almost a political im mutability. this result at Cleveland, and the succession of events leading up to it. is one of the most remark able demonstrations of the flow- and ebb of American political opinion and c C Cl li, Shows Spirit I-ires, When we consider the medium through which this transformation was brought about, which, in effect, is a revolt against an old order, the relentlea* casting off of the dead hand of tradition, convention and prece dent. wuh it* symbol a modest Kan san. who two years ago was not know n outside of his State, and now is nomi nated for the presidency of the United States bv the unanimous acclaim of more than a thousand delegates from all our States and territorial posses sions. it is an illuminating index that, the spirit that made America great I still exists. It marks the beginning of a political revival of vast Impor tance. It is not for these nonpartisan dis patches to conjecture whether this campaign will succeed or fail. What has been written here is a news rec ord of an astounding snd most sig nificant demonstration of the muta bility of American politics. We have seen something here at this Cleveland convention that never was seen before in this country. We have seen a perry raise itself from the moribund to the animate. Whatever may happen at the polls, this is a significant and a momentous event. 'Copjruht. 1 f>3«. be .he North American Newspaper Alliance Ine A cool, refreshing Summer drink: To plain lemonade, add a generous amount of Roma California Claret Wine It's an old favorite! Th« Roma Wlno A Liquor Co„ Baltlmoro Palm Beach Suits The "Star" of All Summer Suits Fnjoy the advantage of having your* fitted here Six Motleln in WHITE. Plenty of I*ray* and TnnM. Make Dad Happy on Father's Day With a token chosen from The Mode 4 1 4