Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-06-23
q SELECTED To
PILOT HARDING
THROUGH STORMY
POLITICAL SEA
Management of the National
Republican Campaign wiz
Be Entrusted to a Com
mjttee Headed by Hays,
SUFFS THREATEN TO
WITHDRAW SUPPORT
May "BoIt" Unless Another
State RatifieS the Federal
Amendment and Gives
Them Right to Vote.

| - """"'No 'ooAhhl SPECIAL LEASED wIRsl
Washington, June 22.-Manage-
ment of the national republican
! campaign was entrusted today to
! an executive committee of TWENTY
one members, headed by Chairman
Hays of the party's national com
| inittee. Seven members OF the ma
| tonal committee have places on
the executive committee.
announcement of the member.
snip or the executive committee,
toEether with the composition of
Two committees to arrange for the
hotrlcatlon of Senator Harding.
the party's presidential nominee
ana or Governor Coolidge, vice
presidential candidate, ended two
days conference in which Mr., Hard
ing, Chairman Hays and a special
subcommittee of the national com
mittee participated.
while the subcommittee was
concluding its conference, Senator
Harding received a group of suf-
lraglsts and in reply to their re-
quest for statement of his posi-
tion on the suffrage question, de-
ciared that while he could not with
pfoprlety attempt to force any
state TO hasten action on the feder-
al suffrage amendment. he would
recommend ratification should any
state officially seek his opinion.
deeply Disappointed"
inc sutfragists numbering twen-
tty-siX from twenty-one states
through their spokesman, Miss
Allce Paul, chairman of the ma
tional woman's party, in presenting
tneir request made yeiled threats
or throwing their support to n
third party unless ratification OF
the suffrage amendment was com
pieted through action of a rep,Ibli.
can state Legislature. Miss paul
IN statement tonight said her del
egaton was deeply disappointed
with Senator Hardings position
IN the appointment of the execu-
1--WE committee, the subcommittee
diverted from the usual practice
or confining membership to the ma
tlonal organization and took In
Harry Nj. Daugherty of Columbus.
ONO, Senator Harding's pre- con,
Vention campaign manager. The
appointments as announced today
included only twenty names hut
Mr.. Hays said the additional mem
Der. who would also not be a mem
her OF the national committee.
would he announced as soon as he
could communicate with the pros
peCtive appointee.
Seven Women Named.
The party leaders also Disregard
eo precedent in naming seven
women as members of the execu-
tive committee and in choosing a
woman, Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton
of Ohio. as vice chairman of the
committee. This action was taken,
1t was said, in recognition of the
increasing activity Of women in
politics. 3
The full membership of the COM
mittee was announced as follows:
VIII II. Hays, chairman: Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Upton, Ohio, vice
chairman; John r. Adams, national
committeeman from Iowa; Clar-
ence B. Miller of Minnesota. secre
tary OF the national committee.
Fred w, Upham of Illinois. treas
urer of the national committee: II.
w. Daugherty, Ohio: Mrs. Kathsr-
Inc *, Phillips Edison, California;
Mrs. M, l.. Fosseen, Minnesota;
Jake l.. Hamon, national commit
teeman from Oklahoma: John w.
Hart, national committeeman from
Idaho; A. T. Hert national com
mitteeman from Kentucky; Charles
ID. Hilles. national committeeman
from New York. r. r. Howell. ma
tional committeeman from Nebras-
ka; Miss Janeatte A. Hyde, Utah:
Mrs. Arthur l.. Livermore, New
York: Senator Boies Penrose, ma
tional committeeman of Pennsyl-
vania; Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt
Robinson, New York; Mrs. Chris
tine Bradley South, kentucky:
former Senator John w. Weeks,
national Committeeman from Mas
sachusetts and r. f. Williams ma
tional committeeman from Oregon.
Woman Gets New Office.
Mrs. South. who is a daughter
Of former Senator Bradley of Ken
lucky, also was appointed assistant
secretary of the national commit
tee, an office created by the Chi
cago convention.
Following the announcement of
the committees membership, SEN
ator Harding and Chairman HAYS
each issued statements, the former
praising the organization work al
ready accomplished and the latter
declaring that complete ANAL
gamat'on of party groups had been
brought about in the appointment
of the committee.
Senator Harding in his statement
said.
II cordially approve of the ex-
ecutive organization az worked out
by Chairman Hays and the sub
committee of the national commit
tee. AS the nominee I want to ex-
press appreciation of the organiza- (,
ton heretofore made, and my graf
itude to the many interested re-
publicans who constitute it. and
who have been working for two
years to restore republican party
administration. 1t will be noted
that we are calling all republicans
to the part ycolors and the good
faith of the program will be en-
phasized as the personnel of other
highly important committees are
announced"
Conferences Successful.
"The conferences have been
most successful" says Mr.. HAYS In
his statement. 'The great party Of
the union is most certainly a unit
The executive committee and the
other committees to be appointed
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