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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1932
Page
6
Mrs Walter R Browne of 2116 Hughes Street named general chairman of women voters for Ross Rogers mayoral campaign. She plans a 100 plus women’s field committee and precinct chairmen to urge early voting and emphasize the importance of casting ballots.
The article recalls Will Rogers addressing the Democratic convention with humor and warnings about party platforms. Father Coughlin urged placing Christ ahead of party while unions and farmers are highlighted. Amos and Andy, Gene Tunney and various governors and leaders appear as entertainment and support before the platform committee reconvenes at 7 PM.
The convention hears pro bonus cash payments for World War veterans and a push to end the 18th amendment. Oklahoma Governor Alfred Murray and others advocate bi metal ism and law change while debates intensify on banking and tariffs. Smith and Hull clash over party direction as Alfred E. Smith rallies support for repeal.
The Senate faced a potential delay as relief conferees pitched a plan to send 40 million bushels of wheat and 500000 bales of cotton to the Red Cross for distribution. It backed a relief framework with 300 million for immediate aid, 1.5 billion for Reconstruction Corporation loans and 500 for public works while awaiting conference action on military retirement and department funding.
The message discusses following an instruction to vote for Garner and the unit rule with re submission. The writer questions whether to adhere to instructions or replace them with a majority vote and expresses difficulty in voting against the directive.
Dayton Moses of Fort Worth urged adherence to delegation instructions while favoring repeal personally. A. J. Wirtz of Seguin argued Houston instructions did not bind the group on prohibition. Roy Miller of Corpus Christi pressed for repeal as Garrett’s campaign faced a critical period.
The scene outside the repeal plank shows chaos as delegates from the Philippines get drenched and the floor erupts in heated arguments. Senators and officers struggle to demobilize the crowd while the Texas delegation debates their voting method on the repeal plank amid loud exchanges.
Delegates fill the stadium as Hitchcock reads the platform while cheers and boos erupt. Governor Murray signals a six minute economic plank as heat and crowd unrest disrupt the session.
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