Arizona republican., 1920-01-18
DEMOCRATS WILL STAND PAT' ON
 TREATY ISSUES
Presidential Campaign To Be Waged Without Re- gard To Group Interest, Says Cummins-Commit- tees Named To Take Charge Of Convention Work

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The demo- cratic party will conduct it's presiden- tial campaign without regard to group interest, Homer $. Cummings, chair man of the democratic national com mittee, declared today. MT. Cummings, here to attend a meeting of the com mittee on arrangements for the San Francisco convention, stated when asked whether the party intended to undertake any propaganda to over come the reported defection of certain Irish and other clements opposed to ratification of the peace treaty in it's present form.
 We are going to consider the treaty and other issues as Americans" he as- serted. .T am unalterabIy opposed to considering this question in any other way. Personally, I believe racial ob- jections to the peace treaty are more noise than anything else. Those who are shouting the loudest haven't been strong for us anyway"
 Has National Committee Support
 MT. Cummings pointed to the fact that the national committee had en- dorsed the peace treaty as submitted by the president and was standing pat on that issue. Those who believed that the treaty was inimicai to the political aspirations of the Irish people were strong, he said. The treaty and the league of nations, he declared would be
 
 Chairman Cummings announced that so many mis-statements had been made as to the democratic campaign for funds that he would issue formal statement soon. replying to them.
 "T feel that the chairman of the na- tional committee should not enter into a personal controversy" he said, but the criticism against us has become al most libelous and 1 feel compelled to issue formal reply and make our po- Sition clear
 The only business transacted by the committee was appointment of six sub committees to handle various meeting of the full committee is ex- pected until about June 1, whsn both the national committee and the ar ranbements committee will assemble in San Francisco to make the final convention plans. The temporary chairman probably will. be named then. The chairman will be represented by the committee on arrangements for the first time in the history of the party, according to party leaders, in the per sons of Mrs. George Bass of Chicago. chairman of the women's bureau of the national committee, and Miss Mary E. F'oy of Los Angeles.
 Delegates to Get Rooms Free
 The committee agreed to provide hotel rooms free of charge to members of the national committee and associ- ate members, while at the convention but they will be required to pay for their meals and railroad transporta- tion as in the past.
 Following is the list of sub-commit- tees, the first named being chairman in each case:
 Hotels and Entertainment: Isidore B. Dockweiler. California; John T. Barnett, Colorado; pr. J w. Cough1in Robert H. Elder, Ida ho; Mrs. George Bass, Chicago.
 Transportation: Charles Boeschen- stein. Illinois: Patrick H. Quinn Rhode Island; Wilbur W. Marsh, Iowa; Frederick B. Lynch, Minnesota; Isi- dore Dockweiler, California.
 Hall and seating: Norman E. Mack New York; Wilbur W. Marsh. Iowa; Edmund H Moore, Ohio; A. F. Mullen, Nebraska; Miss Fary E. Foy. Califor- nia
 Tickets and badges: Homer s. Cummings, Connecticut; Edward G. Indiana: pr. J. w. Coughlin, Massachusetts; J. Bruce Kremer, Montana; Charles Boenhenstein, Illi- nois.
 Press: Clark Howell, Georgia; Nor man F. Mack, New York: Edmund H. Moore, Ohio.
 Personnel: Homer S. Cummings, Frederick B. Lynch T. Bruce Kremer, Mon tana; Norman F.. Mack, New York: John T. Barnett, Colorado.