The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-15
WILL NAME H|LLES' SUCCESSOR MONDAY
Justice Hughes and Murray Crane to Have Conference
TALKS WITH LEADERS
Long Session With George W. Wick ersham-NO Selection As Yet of Campaign Manager or Nation
 al Chairman

New York. June 14.-Cha~les D. Hilles' successor as chairman of the republican national committee will bs selected, in all likelihood at con- ference here next Monday afternoon between Charles E. Hughes, w. Mur- ray Crane of Massachusetts chairman of the national subcommittee on organ ization, and as many of the other seven members of the subcomm.ttee as can be present.
 Arrangements for the conference were made late today by MT. Crane It also was announced that the man. ager of the Hughes campaign ,; ;obably will be selected then and that Ire pe~- sonnel of the executive committee will be discussed The subcommittee is em- powered to name the chairman and the executive committee
 NO MANAGER CHOSEN
 No announcement concerning the nominees choice for national chairman or campaign manager has been made and the indications are tha. he will continue to consider names of avail ble candidates until his meeting with the subcommittee. In pursuance of his policy of refraining from discl. sion ot political affairs for the present. MT Hughes declined tonight to say wheta- CT he had made tentative choice MT. Crane also declined to comment cn the situation.
 In the meantime MT. Hugh.s will continue his informal conference here with lpad nd h ,f old and new friends and supporters. The longest conference he held today Was with GeoGge w. Wickersnam, At torney General in President Tatt's cab met who will take an active part in the campaign management. Mr. Wick ersham expects to keep in close touch with the nominee from now unl.l eIec- tion day and probably will be among Mir. Hughes close advisers. 2. report that MT. Wickersham might be chosen campaign manager was denied dt head quarters.
 GOES TO THEATRE
 The nominee went to the tn satre to- night 1t was the first evening since his arrival here that he had not de- voted to work. His present pllIs pro : vide for his departure from the city over Sunday, his return nere Monday y to confer with the national supcommit- tee and his departure Monday night for Providence, R. l., where lie will re. main probably until Thursday The problem of selecting a summer resi- dence is presenting difficulties. It is likely, however, that he will remain in New York state and will caoose d location in the mountains not 100 re- mote from this city.
 Among the nominees callers this aft ernoon were Miss Frances A. kellor, head of the social service bui,au Of the progressive party; George B. Az. rev, former state senator, an.i Mer- win K. Hart. former assemblynitn The two latter callers were joint authors of the Hart-Agnew bill whicE aboi- ished racing during MT. Hughes ad- ministration as governor of New York
 George Haven Putnam, New York democrat who worked for the election of Woodrow Wilson at the Baltimore convention, was another caller IIe came in response to an initiation from Mir. Hughes after having written the nominee telling him that the para mount, issue of the campaign wat Anericanism.