U.S. PRESIDENCY
REPUBLICANS TO SUPPORT
PLANE IN PARTY'S PLATFORAI
WASHINGTON, June 5
Out of a conference of Republican chieftains to-day came the definite prediction from tho group’s spokesman, Senator Moses, of New Hampshire, of a prohibition re-submission plunk in the party’s platform-
“There will be a re-submission plank”. Senator Aloses said to news-: pa per men after the extraordinary conference of party leaders on the eve of the national convention. But lie emphasised, the net-ails had not been agreed upon for the prohibition declaration.
James Garfield, of Ohio, ulm will preside over the convention resolutions committee, also . stressed the point that the party platform and particularly the prohibition plank would not take definite form for. several days.
CHICAGO. June d
The question of liquor has become one of tho biggest problems of the Republicans, the Democrats and their Chicago convention hosts. A committee of 14- Republican Senators met in Washington to-dav to fashion among other things, a satisfactory platform upon prohibition. The plan most favored by the Republican cohorts calls for re-submission by Congress of the liquor question to the voters
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11661, 11 June 1932, Page 5
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