pemocrats pledge
D mqT TO SEND ARMY
TO FOREIGN LANDS
(Continued from Page One)
,, rePorters “There is nothing in
,oW joreign relations plank which
,hlS 0'eS by one jot or title the for
C!!npolicy of the president or sec
e'MXy of state.”
,'refer to the present policy
, )hp future policy,” said Hop
aI1“ \vho has been directing third
kin?' activities from a hotel room
term dL
her?.
can’t believe that anyone can
lead the American people on
H point. The foreign policy of
“" resident has the overwhelm
approval of the people of the
United States.
r nal adoption of the plank came
.', eff0rts by some members of
J ‘ committee to strengthen the
declaration. At one point they
ere reported to have telephoned
! the president at Washington,
“tor Walsh of Massachusetts,
“d that after the plank had been
roved once, discussion of it was
reopened when some of President
Roosevelt’s supporters wanted to
make last-minute changes. 1
jjo material change was effect
ed however.
Asserting that “weakness and
preparedness invite aggression,”
the platform committed the party
to providing this country with “an
invincible air force, a navy strong
e110ugh to protect all our seacoasts
and our national interests, and a
fully-equipped and mechanized
army.”
Experience of other nations
gives warning that total defense is
necessary to repel attack and that
partial defense is no defense,” the
document said.
Apparently answering republican
charges that President Roosevelt
was responsible for the country’s
"unpreparedness,” the platform
declared that for years the chief
executive has warned the nation
that “organized assault against re
ligion, democracy and internation
al good faith threatened our own
peace and security.”
“Men blinded by partisanship
brushed aside these warnings as
war-mongering and officious inter
meddling,” the platform continued.
Blow at Willkie
Under the heading “electric pow
er,” the party’s policy declaration
aimed a blow in the direction of
Wendell Willkie, the republican
nominee.
“The nomination of a utility ex
ecutive by the republican party, as
its presidential candidate raises
squarely the issue, whether the na
tion’s water power shall be used
for all the people or for the selfish
interests of the few. We accept
that issue,” the platform said.
A reaffirmation of the adminis
tration’s present farm program
was written into the platform to
gether with a pledge to make “par
ity” as well as soil conservation
payments until such time as the
goal of parity income for agricul
ture is realized. No new farm pro
gram was involved.
On the question of labor and in
dustry) the platform pledged a con
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tinuance of enforcement of fair la
bor standards, maintenance of the
principles of the national labor re
lations act and expansion of em
ployment training for youth, older
workers and workers displaced by
technological changes.
Strengthening of the “orderly
processes of collective bargaining
and peaceful settlement of labor
disputes” also was pledged as a
promise to work for a just distri
bution of the national income
among workers.
To Continue Act
A specific promise to continue
the so-called Guffey soft coal act,
which expires next spring, was
written into the labor plank along
with a pledge of “sympathetic con
sideration” of similar legislation
for the anthracite industry.
“We shall continue to emphasize
the human element in industry and
strive toward increasingly whole
and industrial management,” the
platform added.
Asserting that to make democra
cy strong, the country’s system of
business enterprise and individual
initiative must be free to gear its
tremendous productive capacity to
serve the greatest good of the
greatest number, the platform add
ed that “we have defended and will
continue to defend all legitimate
business” but promised a, contin
ued attack on “unbridled concen
tration of economic power and the
exploitation of the consumer and
the investor.” <
On the question of unemploy
ment, the document recommended
a national unemployment confer
ence “under the direction of the
P' esident” and to be attended by
“leaders of government, industry,
labor and farm groups.”
Opposition was expressed to
placing control of federally-fi
nanced work relief in the hands of
he states. The platform declared
that “this republican proposal is a
thinly disguised plan to put the un
employed back on the dole.” 1
BAD WEATHER HITS
NAZI AIR ATTACKS
(Continued from Page One)
Germans could turn their minds to
another problem—a new order in
Europe.
Authorized sources commented
ironically on Secretary of State
Hull’s protest against closing of the
Burma supply route into China as
a British gesture of conciliation to
ward Japan. If Hull meant what he
said, they asserted, he must also
logically condemn the British block
ade against Italy.
Secretary Hull asserted yesterday
that the United States “has a legiti
mate interest in the keeping open
of arteries of commerce in every part
of the world.”
(Hull contended today that there
is no parallel between the Burma
road question and the British block
ade of Italy and Germany. Other of
ficials pointed out that no formal
state of war exists between Japan
and China.)
Although weather prevented large
scale air operations against Britain
it did not prevent some effective
bombing, the Nazi high command
said. A merchant ship was reported
set afire in an air raid on a northern
Scottish port and troops were bomb
ed at Scapa Flow, in the Orkneys.
TRIAL OF THORPE
SLATED SATURDAY
(Continued from Page One)
sentenced to 60 days on the county
farm.
Fred Junior Jennings, 1116
James alley, charged with assault
with a deadly weapon on a female,
was given a month on the county
farm. During presentation of testi
mony in the case it developed he
had been living with Lubfirta Fran
ces, who swore to the warrant
charging him with assaulting her,
and Judg^ Lennon issued a bench
warrant charging them with forni
cation and adultery. He gave Jen
nings an additional two months on
that count and gave the girl two
months on the county farm.
Dewey Pickett, 617 North Seven
th street, charged with assault with
a deadly weapon on a female, was
found not guilty.
J. E. Cottle, charged at Carolina
Beach with reckless opeation of an
automobile with damage to pro
perty, drew a continuance .until to
morrow.
Pender Durham, who lives to the
rear of 1006 North 7th street, charg
ed with assault with a deadly wea
pon on a female, entered a plea
of guilty to assault on a female
and was fined $10 and the costs of
court.
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REAPPORTIONMENT
ROW FORESTALLED
(Continued from Page One)
the preceding presidential election.
Southerners offered to settle for
three more delegates. The two
sides then agreed to meet half
way. .
When the 1936 convention elim
inated the two-thirds requirement
for nomination, it instructed the
national committee to evolve a new
apportionment plan. The question
that arose in the 1940 convention
was whether the north-south gen
tlemen’s agreement” contemplated
a bonus for democratic congres
sional districts as well as states.
Asserting increased district rep
resentation was intended, southern
ers sponsored the so-called Ala
bama plan which would have giv
en (1) three additional delegates
at-large for each state going demo
cratic in a presidential election,
(2) one delegate to each district,
and (3) one additional to each dis
trict electing a democratic con
gressman or casting 15,000 votes
or more for the democratic candi
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BRITAIN ANNOUNCES
SEA LOSSES, WEIGHS
INVASION WARNINGS
(Continued From Page One)
V
used by Goeffrey Mander, op
position liberal party member,
after R. A. Butler, undersec
retary of the foreign office, told,
commons an agreement with
Japan was impending.
“Substantial progress” al
ready has been made, Butler
said, and news of the conclu
sion of the agreement may be
expected at any time. (At al
most the same time, the Jap
anese foreign office announced
the British already had agreed
to shut off supplies from both
Burma and Hongkong).
Mander thereupon asked But
ler if he thought “This act of
appeasement of an aggressor
is likely to be more success
ful than previous attempts that
were made at Munich and else
where.”
Other members broke in with
cries of “shame!”
Mander shook his head vigor
ously and his voice was angry.
“That’s exactly what it is,” he
shouted. “It is shameful!”
Mander then asked if he was
going to refuse access to United
States goods over the Burma road
to China in view of the protest
which had been made,” and But
ler suggested he await the full
statement of the situation. 2
ROOSEVELT MAY
NAME RUNNING
MATE CANDIDATES
(Continued From Page One)
term movement, including Hop
kins.
Some party officials, however,
insisted that they expected Mr.
Roosevelt, once the presidential
nomination was disposed of, to tap
some one of the more than a dozer
men available for the vice-presi
dency.
Paul V. McNutt of Indiana, so
cial security administrator, condi
tioned all comment on his own
position with the statement that he
would -not run if Mr. Roosevelt
expressed a preference for some
one else.
Senator A. B. Chandler of Ken
tucky was one of those who asked
Hopkins about a candidate—in this
case Senator Alben W. Barkley oi
Kentucky, the man who told the
convention last night how President
felt about a third term.
Chandler said Hopkins replied
that he knew of no reason why
Barkley would not be acceptaDle
but would try to get a‘ definite ex
pression from. the White House.
While those to whom a White
House "go-ahead” had been given
were not necessarily known in ail
cases, they were authoritatively
reported to include Secretary of
Agriculture Henry A. Wallace and
LouiS Johnson, assistant secretary
of war.
DEMOCRATS READY
, TO NOMINATE F. R.
(Continued from Page One)
last night’s developments had chang
ed that opinion.
‘‘We are now convinced,’’ he said,
"from the President’s statement and
the character of the demonstration
—staged by his managers—who con
date. Each state now has four
delegates-at-large and two for each
congressional district. 1
trol the convention, that he desires
and will accept the nomination.”
Speculation was turning- to the
question of who would take the sec
ond place on the ticket. The friends
of eJsse JoJnes, Teasx banker, and
federal loan administrator, were
more than confident, and there was
much activity on his behalf.
Arguments over foreign policy had
caused a delay in the carefully
draw-n schedule of convention lead
ers, a time-table calling for the re
nomination of the President quickly,
noisily and, if possible, unanimous
ly.
Big Night
In spite of the big night ahead,
only about half the delegates were
in their places at the time set for
the session to start. Officials decid
ed to wait a while before starting.
Senator Barkley of Kentucky, in
a dark summer suit, was on hand
early, smiling broadly and greeting
friends on the platform.
Senator Wagner of New York,
chairman of the resolutions commit
tee and with a copy of the freshly
drafted platform in the pockets of
his brown coat. Fidgeted in :his
chair, waiting for the preliminaries
to be cleared away so he could read
the document to theconvention.
The Reverend William Mclnnes of
Mayfair Presbyterian church came
forward at the rap of the gavel to
pray for deliverance "'rom inward
strife.” j
Phil Regan, the radio and screen
singer, sang the National Anthem,
climbing to the high notes easily in
a rich tenor.
Senator James M. Slattery of Illi
nois, brought the first big "outburst
of aplause when he said Illinois was
joining in a call to President Roose
velt to continue service.
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has crippled watermelon prices by as
much as 7$ per cent and has cut
as much as 20 per cent from the
return on North Carolina peaches
and cantaloupes, A. B. Harless of the
state department of agriculture said
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Watermelons were selling at $50 a
car in the sandhills today, compared
with prices of $150 to $235 per car a
year ago, Harless said. He added
that the price on two-inch Hilej
Belle peaches was 80 cents, compared
with $1 a year ago, and on 1.75-inch
peaches was 60 to 65 cents,.compared
with 80 a year ago.
The ill effects of cool weather or
cantaloupe prices was reflected ir
New York quotations of 90 cents tc
$1.37 a crate, compared with $1 tc
$1.62 a year ago.
RUMANIA TO SHIP
GAS TO GERMAN?
(Continued from Page One)
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them tagged for movement to Ger
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Under a December agreement,
the reich was allotted 130,000 tons
of oil monthly, but in the first six
months of this year only 388,000
tons were shipped due to trans
portation difficulties, leaving a de
ficit of nearly 400,000 tons.
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