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Washington, July 9-Charles Dewey Hilles, secretary to the President, will manage the Taft reelection campaign. He was unanimously chosen national chairman by the subcommittee of the national Republican committee at it's meeting, today.
 Hilles was Taft's own choice, but when the Executive met the sub com mittee, early today, he told them that he would leave the selection. to them solely and would refuse even to Sug- gest a manager. The committee went immediately to the Willard Hotel, was In session 15 minutes and then voted unanimously for the secretary to the President.
 Secretary Hilles immediately came down from the White House for a conference with the committee and James B. Reynolds, one of the mem bers of the tariff board, was shortly afterward chosen secretary to the na- tional committee.
 The sub- committee then adjourned to meet, at the Waldorf in New York on July 19.
 At this meeting, the subcommittee will choose a national treasurer and a Big F1ve'+-a committee to advise and assist Chairman HdlIee National | the time. 3
 .''I am, of course, deeply gratified over the honor of being chosen leader so of the campaign said Secretary Hii1es, "but it was over my oqojec- tfons. For personal reasons I did not desire to take charge of the cam paign.
 q will do my best to further a Re publican victory this fall."s
 II expect to resign as secretary to the President, effective next Saturday night. or possibly Su1eday, continued Hflles. T plan formally to open head quartews of the national committee next Monday in New York.
 "The committee is considering main tenance of three headquarters during the campaign, at New York. Chicago, and one on the Pacific coast, possi- bIy Portland. At each of these head quarters will be. members of the ex- ecutive committee which ig to be ap- pointed later. according to the agree fnent reached today
 The new national chairman is re- .cruit to the political game,-h but Rnesi- dent Tafe believes he has shown his ability in the difffcult pffice of secre- tary to the President. Secretary Hilles is 45 years old and is an Ohioan by birth, though he claims New York as a voting residence. Next to Judge Ben B. Lindsey, of Denver, Hilles is considered the greatest authority in the country on juvenile corrective work. He was appointed secretary of the treasury in April, -1909-
 Reynolds, the. new national secre- tary, is secretary of the tariff board which is slated for congressional ex- tinctiOn August l. He was for years secretary of the Massachusetts state central committee. His home is at Boston.
 sachusetts, is said to have dictated Reynolds choice. The new secretary is considered a strong "administra- tion" man.
 Ralph Williams, of Oregon, is slated for appointment as one of the Big Five advisory committee to be placed in charge of the Pacific coast head quarters.
 Members of the subcommittee, to- day discussed names of many possi- bilities for national treasurer-the financial solicitor. Those most men toned were: Otto Barnard, the New York banker; Charles G. D. Weis, of Chicago, former comptroller of the treasury; David R. Forgan, of Chi- cago, president of the Chicago Taft League; John Wanamaker, the Phila- delphia merchant prince; E. F. Swill- ney, of Kansas City, and@ John Hays Hammond.
 Charles Hil1eS will practically deSlg" nate the membership on both the ex- ecutive and advisory committees, members of the committee indt- cated today. After Hiiles went into conference with them he was asked to choose the Big Five and also his favorites for the executive committee. He was not ready to make his selec- tions, and the committee, therefore, adjourned for 10 days to give Hilles time to consider the personnel.