Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-18
REPUBLICANS GET
PROPOSED PLANK
F0RD.C c. SUFFRAGE
Executive Committee, Which
Has Gathered Data on Poll
cies, Receives 1t.

republican platform. urging represen-
tation in Congress and the electoral
college for the District of Columbia.
was presented today by f. F. Colladay.
through Ogden L. Mills of New York,
chairman to the executive committee
of the advisory committee on policies
tional committee.
The committee met in Senator
Lodges room at the Capitol today to
receive the data which had been col
lected relative to proposed planks in
the republican national platform.
The plank relative to District rep
tesentation follows:
1t is un-American that the people
Of the District of Columbia should
not be represented in the national
government. and we favor consti-
tutional amendment granting or
empowering Congress to grant
them representation in Congress
and the electoral college.
Those present at today's meeting
included the senators and representa-
tives on the advisory committee and
the chairmen Of subcommittee.
Mr.. Mills presented in printed form
the facts and figures which have been
took them over. later to present them
to the resolutions committee of the
national convention.
Data to BE Published.
Prior to the meeting Of the exec
utive committee Chairman Hays of
the republican national committee
met newspapermen at national COM
mittee HEADQUARTERS in the Munsey
building, introducing them to Mr.
Mills. who outlined the scope and ef-
feet of the work of the advisory COM
'mittee on platform and indicated the
nature Of the data which had been
submitted to the executive committee
Later 1t is proposed to furnish all the
data for publication, SO that the COM
plete record Of the committees work
will become public property.
the purpose OF the advisory com
Mr.. Mills "was mot to draft a tenta-
tive platform It was proposed to
ascertain and assemble public senti-
ment on public questions and compile
facts and figures for submission as
Information t0 the committee on reso-
lutions Of the national convention.
Tho general committee was divided
Into subcommittees or groups made
mp OF representatives OF different lines
ef thought To each was assigned for
one Of the general subjects. Twenty
enc subjects were selected for con-
0ideration. as follows: =
,aiaFoaaa 1grieqltn1el HeltcseA ~
budget miiitsfs; B s a;sIszesf ~ sa.i1s' a,se
tarf6. internationally trade, CURRENCY
and banking. merchant marine, reeu-
lation Of industry anAs sepmnerce; law
ena ordef. penssoss eAa var risk M
Aems Of labor. and capazI. nsaitations
tsf federal and state control ana reRu-
51stion. high cost Of living, conserva-
ftton, civil service and retirement, In
view of Democratic administreffon ana
iWef-eime legtslatfon. taxation, postal
sxeform and Immigration - =
AetAeAs ~ hsufry.
The 1neehnds Of inuuiry. were an fnf-
yeovs: F7rst research by a cpmuetent
sta6 and assistants: second. Obtaining
through QuagtionnAires and through coss-
3erenceA the opinions Of. those most COM
petent to advise =
-one hundred thousand copies ;of. the
9uesf1onnaares -vere forwarded to menu
bers or the various subcommittee for
intensive study. to members Of tho Ge,-
eral COMMITTEES for Information and ad-
vice. to individuals and orxanix.ti
throughout the country who were in =
position to give relevant facts or were
particularly well qualified to give an
Congress =
We have gotten sbstantial unanim-
fty-every report being unanimons
except from the subcommittee on rail-
roads. which has presented q minority
report.
:, In answer to the questionnaires on.
Industrial relations. the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor submitted q thirty
page brief presenting the views Of or
Eanized labor. while the presidents Of
= number OF corporations informed us
that the questionnaires had been ;sub-
rnitfed to their boards Of directors or
70 conference Of their heads of de-
partments before answer.
we have demonstrated that q partv
organization can do something besides
getting votes-that 1t is possible to as
semoie expressions Of public sentiment
on great public questions"