Republican Platform Adopted by Cleveland Convention Roars
The Republican national convention in Cleveland on June 11 adopted the party platform with a roar, rejecting Lasollette planks and urging election of senators and representatives who uphold Republican principles. The document stresses government economy, enforcement of laws, tariff protections, agricultural support, tax reductions, civil service expansion to prohibition efforts, and increased women’s participation. It also calls for railroad readjustment, oceanic and energy resource development, and a national waterways system from the Great Lakes to the Gulf.
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Cleveland
A. F
Resolution Committee
A. P
Congress
World Court
Coolidge
Vemand
Speefy
Prep-uent Coolidge
Great Britain
Civil Service
Prohibition Enforcement
Great Lakes
Atlantic Seaboard
Gulf of Mexico
National Guard
Platform tribute to Harding and Coolidge praised in 1924 GOP plank
The Republican platform lauds Warren G Harding’s memory and commends Calvin Coolidge’s administration. It notes improvements since 1921 with unemployment falling, industry revival, renewed confidence abroad, and a large reduction in public debt and taxes. The pledge renews support for strict economy and budget reform as the nation moves forward.
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Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Cleveland
Coolidge
Cooper Votes On Platform Motion At Committee Session
Cleveland June 11 report by Chairman Warren details the platform committee adjournment and full committee actions. Cooper of Wisconsin opposed a substitute platform, but the rest of the committee rejected it. Cooper voted for the motion. The chair noted the proceedings and indicated further coverage on page two.
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Cleveland
Warren
Representative Cooper
Wisconsin
Cooper
la Follette
Thore
Virginia Delegates Endorse Carter Glass at Convention
Virginia Democratic convention adopts unanimously a rule instructing delegates to back Senator Carter Glass for the presidential nomination while his name is before the body. The action was taken at the ORFLOR gathering in Virginia.
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Orflor
Virginia
Carter Glass
Gem bandits seize jewels in New York heist
Ten automobile bandits hijack a customs truck near Greenwich Village, kidnap driver Ward Foy, assault Daniel Kenon, and flee with twenty nine jewelry packages valued at about 125000. The sealed mail pouch from Tiffany & Company bound for Maiden district was loaded onto a taxi and sped away.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Tiffany & Company
Fifth Avenue
Maiden
Lower Manhattan
Leviathan
Paris
General
Daniel Kenon
Trucking Corporation
Foy
Convention Slow in Assembling for Night Session
At the Republican national convention in Cleveland Ohio delegates gathered slowly for a night session beginning after 8 PM The audience filled gaps with evening dress and theater like ambiance The Lafollette plank from Wisconsin looms as a potential flash point while a radio announcer in a glass box speaks to a national audience through cars tuned to Cleveland Music by the band and organ accompanied the slow opening page ten continued report
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Cleveland
Ohio
Wisconsin
Hoover Urges Delegates Not to Present His Name at Convention
Secretary Hoover telegrammed the California delegation at the Republican national convention asking them not to present his name for the vice presidency. The message responded to a prior inquiry about his consent to be named.
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Hoover
Washington, Jones
California
Insurgent Republicans Rewrite Rail Plank After Debate
Cleveland June 11 The Republican insurgent platform faced sharp opposition over world court Ku Klux Klan and railroad planks. After eight hours of work the panel was re drafted and approved almost unanimously. The world court clause was guaranteed by President Coolidge’s signature. A renewed Klan plank battle failed and a revised section was adopted. Turn to Page Two.
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Cleveland
A. P
Resolutions Committee
World Court
Warren
Coolidge
Majors ‘Watson
Indiana
Harrold
Oklahoma
R. B. Creager
Texas
Cummins
Iowa
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Convention Adopts Coolidge Platform Amid Wisconsin Demonstrations
The Republican convention approved the Coolidge platform after a raucous display, while Wisconsin delegates faced intense heckling. Lafollette supporters urged their plank, and vice presidential talks drifted without resolution as Mondell opened the morning session.
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John T. Adame
Glenn Martin Field
NEA
Adams
Lincoln
Lafollette
Opera
Cleveland Folk
Ku Klux Klan
Charles B. Warren
Mr. Warren
Washington
North Dakota
Vanner
Coolige
Teller
Colorado
Frank W. Mondell
Wyoming
Mondell
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