U.S. POLITICS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 12 June 1924, Page 11

U.S. POLITICS

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. PLATFORM OF PRESIDENT * COOLIDGE. SY GABL2—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received June 12, 11.45 a.m. NEW YORK. June 11. The Convention’s second day session opened for the purpose of adopting the platform, reports from various committees, and listening to several speeches, including Air Mondell’s. All night long the Resolutions Committee laboured under the chairman, Air Warren, a personal friend of President Coolidge, to put the document in a permanent form. After listening to more than 500 advocates of every conceivable cause who desired the inclusion of special planks, it is President Coolidge’s platform in every sense, and is being carefully read to President Coolidge over the telephone in order that last-minute changes in the phraseology may receive his aproval. Some slight verbal concessions were made in order to avoid offending various groups, hut President Coolidge’s determination to maintain his already known attitude on various questions remains unaltered, although an undercurrent of Congressional opposition continues. The anomaly of surface unanimity with action disagreement persists, as it persisted during the recent congressional session. The convention adopted a ruling giving women equal, powers in party organisa-tions.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. The Republican Convention will tonight receive and adopt the party platform. President Coolidge will probably be asked for an expression of his views regarding the Vice-Presidential nomination. Secretary Hoover, after conferring with. President Coolidge, vigorously reiterated the declaration that he was not a candidate for the Vice-Pre-sidency. Borah also ordered that his name he withdrawn from consideration. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.