New-York tribune., 1920-05-19
Will II. Hays, House and
Senate Leaders and
Others Draft Stand
on Domestic Issues
u Sections To BE
Offered al Chicago
Discussions Will BE Re-
sumed To-day: Foreign
Problems Up Later

AS NJ lON, May FINDINGS oil
the special committee of III prominent
Republicans, named in January, to
gather data for the partys national
platform, were brought to-day under
the scrutiny of conference of party
leaders for revision and perfection be-
fore their presentation to the Chicaro
convention.
The committees suggestions. split
Ap INTO twenty-one Subcommittee re-
ports on twenty-one possible campaign
issues. were discussed cxhaustively at
an all-day meeting attended by viii
II. Hays. the National chairman, Re
publican leaders of the Senate and
House, and many others who will
have voice in framing the platform.
The conference will continue to-mor-
row.
Foreign Issues Deferred
All Of the subcommittee reports re-
lated to questions of domestic policy,
the party's declarations on foreign af-
fairs, including the Treaty of Yer
sailles, being left to be worked out
at later conferences. Some progress
IN that direction has been made. how
ever, by an informal committee of Re
publican Senators, and their recon-
mendations are expected to be ready
for the conventions platform commit
tee when it begins work.
1t was said that in the main the con-
clusions of the special committee were
given approval at to-day's conference,
though some further suggestions were
added and some parts of the policies
outlined by the committee were
stricken out All the leaders declared.
however, that decisions reached at the
meeting were in no sense binding on
any one, and that other changes doubt
less would be made when the conven-
ton met. 1t was indicated, however.
that the committees reports might be
made public when the work or revision
was completed.
The data collected by the policies and
platform committee were laid before
the executive committee in the form of
twenty one reports, each covering the
work OF a special subdivision Of the
committee Of III and each dealing with
one of the following specific subjects:
Railroads, agricultural policies, econ
omy, military and naval affairs, tariff,
International trade and banking, mer-
chant marine, regulation of ind stry
and commerce, law and order, pensions
and war risk insurance, industrial re-
lations, limitations of Federal and
state control, high cost Of living, con-
servation, civil service, insular posses
slons, social problems, review Of Demo
cratic administration, taxation, postal
reform and immi igration.
TO these the executive committee
may decide to add other subjects and
send copy of the completed compila-
tion to every delegate before the con-
Vcntion opens.
Chairman Ogden L. Mills, of the
executive committee of the advisory
committee on policies and platform.
sald the data gathered had justified
many times over the creation of the
hommittec He added that twenty Of
the tWenty-one sub committee reports
ARE unanimous"
1T is not too much to say" he CON
tinued, chat this whole procedure con-
stitutes great step forward in the
method Of developing constructive
party program.
QUESTIONABLE a Success
zone hundred thousand copies of a
QUESTIONABLE were forwarded to mem
bers of the various sub committees
tor intensive study; to members of the
general committee for information and
advice; to individuals and organiza-
TONS Throughout the country who were
In position to give relevant facts or
were particularly we'll qualified to give
an opinion, and to Republican mem
bers of Congress.
"The response to these question:
naires has been most gratifying. We
have received an extremely high per
centage of replies. The great ma jority
of them have shown carefully prepared
and thorough answers"
The conference to-day constituted q
newly created executive committee of
the committee of III, and was made up
OF all the Senators and Representatives
holding membership on the full com
mittee, and of the charmen of the
twentyonc sub-committees. In ad-
dition, several convention delegates
who are to sit on the platform com
mlttee attended.
Those participating in the considera-
tion Of the reports were:
Watson, Capper, Beverdge, Smoot,
Gronna, Speaker Gillett, Representa-
tive Longworth. Chairman Hays, Og-
den L. Mills, James E. Garfield. Ev
erett Colby, Colonel Herbert NJ. Par
sons, Colonel Charles B. Warren, Rep-
resentative James W. Good, Mrs.
Ogden Reid, Representatives Mondel,
Zach, Fese, 2. II. Kelley, Sidney Ander-
son, George Wharton Pepper, Samuel
uhlman, William N. Hepburn. George
Lockwood. r. j. Caldwell. Samuel NJ.
Lindsey. Dr.. Jacob II. Holander. c.
B. Miller, Representative Towner, Dr..
Albert Shaw, John NJ. Switzer.