AMERICAN PRESIDENCY

Evening Star, Issue 19893, 15 June 1928, Page 8

AMERICAN PRESIDENCY

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM COMPLETED.' Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright NEW YORK, June 13. Kansas City reports state that the Republican Party’s platform, which has just been completed, is a lengthy document of fifty-seven pages. The agricultural plank, apart from endorsing President Coolidge’s promise of help to agriculture, is an innocuous promise of the party to reorganise tho marketing of agricultural products and to create a farm board for such marketing and a federal system of aid to co-operative marketing, but “ the Government must keen out of the business.” Tlio platform endorses without qualification the record of President Coolidge’s administration, praises his practice of public economy, and reaffirms belief in the protective tariff, “although certain provisions of the present law require revision further tn protect American wages and give the fanner further control of the American market.’' The platform again expresses a determination that war debts are to he paid, “although wc have no desire to he oppressive or grasping,” praises the multilateral treaty for outlawing war, and reiterates the desire for firm friendship with Canada. It expresses sympathy with China, stresses the traditional American policy ol non-in-terference in the political affairs of other nations, and reiterates a determination to stay out of the League of Nations. Tho parly pledged itself and its nominee to the observance of vigorous enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment, deplores corruption in office, and large election campaign expenditure, and reaffirms a determination to continue the restrictions on immigration and fo maintain tho navy up to the standard permitted by the Washington Treaty.—Australian Press Association.