Galois-theoretic features for 1-smooth pro-$p$ groups

Abstract: Let $p$ be a prime. A pro-$p$ group $G$ is said to be 1-smooth if it can be endowed with a continuous representation $\theta\colon G\to\mathrm{GL}_1(\mathbb{Z}_p)$ such that every open subgroup $H$ of $G$, together with the restriction $\theta\vert_H$, satisfies a formal version of Hilbert 90. We prove that every 1-smooth pro-$p$ group contains a unique maximal closed abelian normal subgroup, in analogy with a result by Engler and Koenigsmann on maximal pro-$p$ Galois groups of fields, and that if a 1-smooth pro-$p$ group is solvable, then it is locally uniformly powerful, in analogy with a result by Ware on maximal pro-$p$ Galois groups of fields. Finally we ask whether 1-smooth pro-$p$ groups satisfy a "Tits' alternative".