The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1920-07-01
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PARTY WAR BOARD
Seven Women Are Chosen to Help
Elect Harding in Coming Cam
paign. Management Entrusted
to Committee of 81

Washington, June 23.-Manage-
ment Of the national Republican cam
paign has been entrusted to an Exc
cutive Committee Of II members,
headed by Chairman Hays Of the par
tvs National Committee. Seven wo-
men have places on the Executive
Committee.
Announcement Of the membership
of the Executive Committee and the
composition of two committees to ar
range for the notification of Sena-
tor Harding, the party's presidential
nominee, and Of Governor Coolidge,
vice presidential candidate, ended a
two days conference in which Mr..
Harding, Chairman Hays and a spe-
cial subcommittee of the National
Comittee participated.
While the subcommittee was con-
|, Guiding its conferences, Senator Hard
ing received a group of suffragists,
and in reply to their request for a
statement ON the suffrage question
declared that while he could not with
propriety attempt to force any state
to hasten action on the federal suf-
frage amendment, he would recon-
mend ratification should any state Of
ficially seek his opinion
In the appointment of the Execu-
tive Comittee the subcommittee d.
verified from the usual practice of con-
filming membership to the national or
ganization, and took in Harry M.
Daugherty's of Columbus, o., Senator
Harding's preconvention campaign
manager. The appointments as an
nounced today included only 20
names. but Mr.. Hays said the addi-
tional member. who also would not be
a member of the National Committee,
would be announced later.
The party leaders disregarded prec-
edent in naming seven additional
members of the Executive Committee
and in choosing woman, Miss Har-
riet Taylor Upton of Ohio, as vice
chairman of the committee. This ac-
ton was taken in recognition Of the
increasing activity of women in poll
tics. Enlargement of the committee
from 10 to 81 members was author
lied at the recent Chicago conven-
ton.
The full membership of the Execu-
tive Committee follows:
Will H. Hays, chairman; Mrs. Har-
riet Taylor Upton, Ohio, vice chair
man; John T. Adams, national COM
mitteemen from Iowa: Clarence B..
Miller of Minnesota, secretary of the
National Committee; Fred w. Upham
OF Illinois, treasurer of the National
Committees; Harry Nj. Daugherty of
Ohio; Mrs. Katherine X. Phillips Ed
son, California; Mrs. Madelvn L..
Fosseen, Minnesota; Jake l.. Hamon,
national Committeeman from Okla
hossa;; John w. Hart, national COM
mitteeman from Idaho; A. T. Hert,
national committeeman from Ken
lucky; Charles d. Hilles, national
committeeman from New York; R. b.
Howell. national committeeman from
Nebraska; Mrs. Jeanette A. Hyde,
Utah; Mrs. Arthur L. Livermore, New
York; Sen. Boise Penrose, ma
tional committeeman from Pennsyl-
vania; Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Rob-
inson, New York; Mrs. Christine
Bradley South. Kentucky; former
Sen. John w. Weeks, national COM
mitteeman from Massachusetts, and
Ralph E. Williams, national commit
teeman from Oregon.
Mrs. South, who is daughter of
former Senator Bradley of Kentucky.
was appointed assistant secretary of
the National Committee, an office
created by the Chicago convention.
Following announcement of the
committees membership, Senator
Harding and Chairman Hays each is
sued statements. the former praising
the organization work already ac-
complished and the latter declaring
that complete amalgamation of par
ty groups had been brought about in
the appointment Of the committee.