Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 June 1936 — Page 3

Platform Group

Invokes Laws as Safeguard to . Small Business. -

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Debate - ‘Expeoted Tonight ‘on Changing Two-Thirds Requirement.

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Mr. Robinson succeeded Mr. Barkley. Mr. Robinson asked the delegates to rise and remain silent for one minute in memory of the late speaker Henry T. Rainey, Illinois. On the first day a similar tribute was paid to the late Will Rogers, and the late Speaker Joseph W. Burns similarly was honored yesterday. Mr. Robinson then recalled that the late Senator Thomas J. Walsh, of Montana, had been chairman of the 1924 and 1932 conventions. “He was a true friend of the cause of the people,” Mr. Robinson said. “Senator Walsh was a great patriot. The chair asks that this convention rise and remain standing for one minute _in memory of Senator Walsh.”

Lengthy Session Expected

- Again silence fell dVer the hall. There were shouts and murmurs of dissent when Mr. Robinson announced a recess until 6 p. m. (Indianapolis time), without putting the question. Delegates emerging from the exits encountered late arrivals on their way to what they had expected to be an historic occasion, the abrogation of a rule which for 104 years has complicated Democratic nominations of presidential and vice presidential] candidates. Mr. Robinson said the convention tonight would attempt to dispose of the two-thirds rule debate and adopt the party platform. It promises to be a long session. In general, it was described as a strong platform, with a distinct 1iberal trend but with very brief plavks which were phrased in broad, general terms which were expected to please the New Dealers seeking to offset the left wing appeal of the Lemke third party movement, vet not incur the resentment of couservalives. In all the platform was about 2000 words and may be less when completed, it was said. The longest section was the general statement of policy, devoted chiefly to a laudatory defense of the Roosevelt Administration and a recital of its achievements. The all-night session of the committee was one of the highlights of the convention, following a series of routine developments which swung the program toward the nomination of President Roosevelt and Vice President John Nance Garner and the climactic acceptance speech of the President at a great open-air demonstration in Franklin Field Saturday night.

Confer With Morgenthau

It was on the seventh floor of the Hotel Bellevue<Stratford, high over rain-splattered streets, that the most vital proceedings of the convention were under way in an effort to end the quarrel between middle-of-the-road platform advocates and those who wanted the President to go further in appealing to the socalled left-wing.

VETERANS REGISTER AT STATE MEETING

V. of F. W. Convention Is Held in Bloomington. By United Press BLOOMINGTON, June 25.—Delegates registered today for the annual state encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Floyd O. Jellison, South Bend, was

to deliver the principal address at’

the opening meeting. He replaced Gen, Smedley Butler, who was unable to attend. . William ©. Jones, ‘Muncie, is state commander. Other officers include Raymond Dameree, Indianapolis, liaison officer; Herschel Griffith, Hammond, council commander; william Holmes, : Brazil, state, council commander, and Miss Rita Devault, department secretary. James E. Van Zandt, Altoona, Pa., national commander, will attend the five-day session.

BUS COMPANY ASKS TO CHANGE ROUTING

Hearing on Petition to Be Held Next Wednesday.

A hearing on a petition of the Hoosier Transit Lines, Inc, to change its route so busses may go directly south on S. Meridian-st to the city limit is scheduled* for

Wednesday before the Works Board. |

The proposed route is from the company offices at 125 W. Marketst to Monument Circle and south

_ to the city limits on 8. Meridian-st.

The return would be on Meridianst to Maryland-st, west to Capitolav and north ‘to Market-st.

ALLEGED THIEF .IS HELD

Transient Had City Property, Police’ Say After Arrest.

A playful Negro who is alleged to

: have taken a pair of shoes. from Joe

Pauls, 24, of St. Louis, as he was

. sleeping in Sullivan Park early to5 day “just for a joke” was arrested.

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Police claimed they found a cityowned paint brush and bucket and the’ Negro, Roscoe Hol, Shyer egro, Roscoe ollis, * 50-year-old transient. -

E Fish Tale

end in achieving its social objectives. The subcommittee, however, failed to complete agreement on the plank, which was still under

Rep. Compton = White, Idaho, “crashed” the subcommittee meeting to present a mining plank.’ He conferred with Senator Wagner after which he said: ‘Boys, 1 think ‘there will be a mining plank, and if there is not, we will make a fight on the floor.” Forest Program : Urged Mr. White's suggested plank to stimulate ' gold and silver mining, would - recognize the industry as “second only to agriculture,” in importance to the nation and would recommend a “governmenta: and legislative program to foster and assist its development.” It also would “insist on. a policy of administration of our national forests which will promote the development and utilization of our mineral deposits within them.” Rep. White showed reporters a copy. of the plank on which was scrawled with a lead pencil, “Bob: Please see Comptom White. James A. Harley. » . Roosevelt was understood to Wy trying to avoid a frontal attack on the judiciary. Keynote speakers have outlined the New Deal defense against the. charge that Roosevelt recovery methods were largely unconstitutional but they have not proposed amendment of the Constitution to strip. the court of its prerogatives. Stay Within Limits Keynote Speaker Alben W. Barkley and Senator Joseph T. Robinson, who will’ be named permanent chairman today, remained in their addresses within the limits of Mr. Roosevelt's. “horse and buggy” discussion of constitutional change after the National Industrial Recov~ ery Act was outlawed by: the .Supreme Court. New Dealers are confident of election success next November and their strategy appears to be to-await an opportunity to reshape the court’ by filling vacancies actuarily presumable during: the next four years, Mr. Roosevelt's attitude toward constitutional change as expressed in his inaugural speech of March 4, 1933, and in the “horse and’ buggy” press conference, does not commit the party to amendment of the Constitution either to obtain further Federal power or to curb the Court's authority to invalidate legislation. The President said in his inaugural speech that the Constitution was an instrument fiexible to .the needs of emergency. Upon that assumption he proposed emergency legislation, much of which now has been outlawed. :

Roosevelt Urged Debate

In the “horse and buggy” conference, Mr. Roosevelt said the court decision outlawing NRA raised a

‘| question of . constitutional reform

which the people should debate among themselves. Mr. Roosevelt added that years would be required to amend the Constitution to authorize Federal regulation of industry along the lines forbidden by the court under the existing fundamental law. : : Democratic orators so far have followed the Roosevelt pattern rather closely. Mr. Robinson stated the New Deal attitude toward the court last night in these words: “Decisions of the Supreme Court in various cases have had the effect of slowing. national recovery because they have held invalid the National. Industrial Recovery Act, the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the Guffey Coal Law, and some other laws intended to.prevent labor controversies, eliminate unfair competition in trade’ and to secure fair prices for agricultural products. In spite of these decisions the American people are going forward. “We. recognize that the decisions of the Supreme Court until reversed are final and we abide by them.”

Barkley Predicted Reverse The New Deal confidence that the

| court’s narrow interpretation of state

and Federal authority in labor matters’ will be reversed in later cases was reflected by Mr. Barkley in this pasage of his keynote address: “What we need is a new definition and a new interpretation of interstate commerce. Every - article that is grown or mined or fabricated in one state and destined for another | by whatever means of transportation is an object in interstate commerce” To establish Mr. -Barkley’s interpretation of the scope of interstate’ commerce would require: either an addition fo the Constitution or substitutions on the bench,’ it was pointed out.

|CHEMISTS OF STATE -TO-PICNIC SATURDAY

Annual Affair of Society to Be Held

at Ulen. Country Club,

MNUTT WORKS ON HIS SPEECH

Governor to Deliver Short - Address Seconding Nomination.

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morrow. Both he and Gov. Earle of Pennsylvania have been. invited.

But the main address is to: ve, de-

livered by Mr. Farley. Twenty-two Hoosier Young Democrats will’ be among those attend-

ing. “They are here under the lead-.

ership of Alvin C. Johnson, Seymour, president of ‘the Indiana Young

Democrats ‘and a member: of the

national exectuive committee. | With

other directors, Mr. Johnson is :g0= ing from here to Newark, 'N. J, where they will be guests. of John McKenna and map out campaign policies for the young people. Gov. McNutt may not stand so high with Postmaster Farley, but he is “tops” today with. the women attending the convention.: Nor is it because of his appearance. ‘The Hoosier chief executive: was successful in.gefting women alternate delegates into. the important platform: committee . sessions. He proposed - that they be allowed, on the basis of one from each state, in a motion passed without dissent at the convention yesterday. :

Mrs. Thomas Riley Marshall,

widow of the late Vice President, was ‘chosen to represent Indiana at the meeting. None were selected for the ‘subcommittee, however, of which Wayne. Coy ‘is a. member.

Where’ Ss

STRIKE “BILL IS SIGNED]

U. S. Law Prohibits Importation of Breakers Over, State Lines. By United Press WASHINGTON, June 25.—President: Roosevelt today signed a bill

to prevent the importation of strike | The | ~

breakers across state lines. measure - was -one of a number signed by the President from the

'.j accumulation of bills dumped on his desk. - during the closing days of

Congress.

CULVER TO BE HOST

T0 PILOTS TONIGHT

Tour Planes to Visit Three Indiana Cities Today.

Times Special’

SOUTH BEND, Ind; June 25. After a day of ‘beach’ hopping yesterday over ‘the sands of Lake Michigan . and - after ‘being ‘feted last

night in ‘South Bend, members of the «eighth “all-Indiana Air Tour, were. ready. to’ ‘takeoff: “for Culver. this morning.

Before arriving at Culver, the 40]

planes are to visit Refisselaer, Rochester. and’ Winamac. ; Two: planes -left the: four yester- |B

the three ‘women: ‘pilots, was

Tour members and officials were

entertained last night at a dinner-| S52; dance- by the South. Bend Pilots|P Club and- the Sf. Joe’ Valley Avia- |

tion Club. The fliers are -to spend the night at Masinkuckee: Inn at Culver. 3

OFFICIAL WEATHER United Staten’ ‘Weather BUreat eee “ieee 4:17 I’ Sunset cesvrany J9:18

Sunrise : ...

ga mei 80:12

Precipitation 24 hrs. ending. 7 a. m. Total precipitation Since. Jan. 1 Deficiency since Jan. 1.,

* INDIANA—Fair south, increasin ness north, sli Hy warmer tonight; toMOTrowW genera air - south, local thunder’ showers north, warmer east and south,

¢ ILLINOIS—Geherally fair south, ibly. local showers north portion tonight and tomorrow; slightly warmer tonight; warms er. tomorrow south. LOWER MICHIGAN-—Some probability of showers beginning - tonight: or tomorrow; -slightly [vatimer Content and south tonight and southeas tomorrow, - ’

3 a noes, and warmer tonight: tomorrow increasing cloudiness. warmer in south and.central followed. fhowers and cooler in extreme north por EE UCRTL tonight and tomorrow; ‘warmer

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SIGHTSEEING DELEGATES | STYPY AMRAN story ;

National Convention.

2 These five Governors (left) met at a reception tendered by Mayor 8S. Davis Wilson of Philadelphia to delegates to the Democratic Left to right: Governors Hill McAlister, Ten- - nessee; Paul V. McNutt, Indiana; Theodore F. Green, Rhode Island; ~ Herbert H. Lehman, New. York, and Henry Hoérner, Illinois. Left to ‘right (above) as seen'at the convention, are Daniel J. Tobin, Indianapolis, President of the Teamsters’ Union and delegate, and Adolph J. Fritz, Indianapolis, also: a delegate.

FIGHTING BEGINS INCHINA'S CIVIL WAR

Northern Troops, Cantonese Battle at Hengebow,

Cori 1936. ‘by United Press) ‘CANTON, - June 25."— Northern

64 |troops poured into = Kwangtung

provinee, cradle of republican China, for: the ‘first - time since the overthrow of the dragon throne today. General ‘Chen Chi-Tang, Canton war lord, rushed -‘re-enforcements northward - to meet the invasion as the first’ battle in China’s newest

62° | civil war. was fought at Hengchow,

Hunan province. ’ Generalissimo = Chiang XKai-Shek

3 | ordered his troops &o occupy. terri52 tory under the jurisdiction of ‘the

autonomous Southwest Political

Council after Kwangsi forces, allies

of Canton, attacked. his: Nanking. government concentrations at Hengchow. The Nanking government announced ‘that casualties were heavy on both sides. Central government authorities insisted that Chiang's

forces remained in Possession of Hengchow.:

Occasionally. —Serator, of Son ‘member of the subcommi emerges from the room to make a long-distance call or to attend to other husiness. On these semi-public appearances , the sobcommitteé members pus their coats back on, brush their hair, and step out through the door with an air that tries to tell you that they laboriously are writing the fateful words upon which President Roosevelt will go before the country seeking re-election, that they ate pondering meticulously over every phrase, with solemuiity worthy of the

f | founding fathers who. met allo in

this city to write the Constitution of the United States.

Strong Men Weaken

You might accept ‘this version if you didn't know that the White House already had dictated the platform. Then also, there are the weary hotel waiters who plod in and out of the room, bearing trays of ice, glasses, and other materials suitable for whiling away a .long, idle evening.

‘It was reported, without absolute

| confirmation, that the strong men

had weakened and that the platform would duck the question of a constitutional amendment. The White House didn’t want to go out on a limb. Even while this report trickled out, Joe Robinson, the per manent. chairman, was down at the conventionehall lambasting the Supreme Court. “Oh, blind and impartial justice,” Mr. Robinson said, “what blunders are committed in thy name! Liberty, art thou both deaf and dumb? Canst thou not. behold the pallid faces, the emaciated forms, .the sweating brows, the trembling hands of millions of women and children workers who by the (minimum. wage) decision are left at the mercy of those who have neither pity. nor charity for the oppressed and. ine

poor?” Hard to Believe

But in Room 717 the boys had another round of the same and said yes, probably Mr. Roosevelt was right, that it wasn’t good politics to touch the constitutional amendment issue, Just give the court hell and duck. It is hard to believe that this is going on. Senator Alben: Barkiey's keynote and Mr. Robinson's Sec ondary’ keynote, both hammering the court, were not delivered wiith= out President Roosevelt's appréval. The Supreme Court has thrown out the minimum-wage law on a technicality. New York State has petitioned for a rehearing. If the court reverses -itself and upholds the law, then the states will have power t0 deal with minimum wages. But if next winter the court stands pat and throws it out again, then what will President; Roosevelt pro- ’| pose? Landon Met Issue

Gov. Alfred M. Landon has faced that contingency. He said, in face of a platform crawl by ‘his own party, that he would propose: an amendment giving such power to the states. New Dealers sneer. Let the chief New Dealer of them all say what he would do in such a cons

tingency.

THIS SUIMIMER'S TO I

To the Show- Capp

ed /14,259- foot

Summit of Mount Evans by Automobile

A VACATION trip you will ever r remember—the most ar and awe-inspiring gus doy motor ride in

~ all America. . . Thru De

acre Mountain Parks

system .. , past Echo and

nver's restful 11,155+ : and Summit

| Jakes—over the nation’s most elevated auto Highwey-— ; ‘to the Joly, creat lion's est ‘snows of there to behold a most glorious panorama mountains and rolling plains. ..and io i

a 100-mile radius, 22 different

, each rising’

than. 14000 jecta above the level o