Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-29
HAYS. NAMES m AIDS
on PARTY PLATFORM
Republican Leader Picks Many
Bull Moose Advisers; l9 Are
Women; r. II. Richards
Represents Delaware.

San Francisco. Jan. 29.--Will H. Hays
Chairman of the Republican National
Committee. tonight made public his APP
pointmcnts to the Advisory Committee
on Policies and Platform, consisting OF
III Numbers, nineteen of whom are women
This committee includes twelve members
Of the Republican National Committee,
whose appointment had been announced
previously by, MIR. Hays.
A large number of the members of the
new committees followed Colonel Roose-
Welt into the Progressive Party in 1912.
'SThe purpose Of this committee" Mr..
Hays said, s'is to invite the advice and
cooperation OF the ablcst men and women
from all groups, sections, industry, busi-
ness, professions, and interests in the
nation; to gather pertinent facts and data
to study intensively the larger problems
confronting us, and to offer the result of
their efforts as suggestions to the Reso-
lutions Committee.
sThis committee will itself be working
body and will suggest the lien of thought
and investigation for q great many others.
Many of the committee will give their
entire time to the effort. Those giving a
substantial amount of time will con-
stitute an executive committee. of which
Ogden l.. Mills, Jr., Of New York City
will be Chairman and John Callan
OIaughlin of Washington, d. c., Sccrc-
tary. The organization for the COM
mittee's activities will be enlarged and
additional members designated as the
SCOPE of the work broadens."
sParty programs must always be sub
ject to amendment and change by the
responsible living thought expressed with
in the party by men and women alike.
The Republican Party's half century Of
achievement is the best guarantee to the
country of future fulfillment, but it is
only on future fulhllment that its useful
ness will depend. The party must con-
tinue to be the instrument to apply TO
new and changing conditions the wisdom
of experience and the efficacy of honest,
future, or there is no use for the party.
ITO men and women alike is offered
the right of political self-determination.
The duty of the party membership is to
say what the party's purpose shall be,
what its policies shall become.
''1he fundamentally essential right
within . political party is the opportsI-
nifty of the membership to express itself.
II is the problem of the party member
ship to determine what the party stands
for. Through it sill, however, should run
supreme motif, and in the Republican
Party that supreme motif is the honest,
unselhsh, patriotic, and intelligent effort
to promote and safeguard the best in
terests Of the Republic and its citizens.
''The potentiality for usefulness to the
country and the party of such a COM
nittee is very great. The problems which
are ahead of use are unreasonable In
magnitude and complexity. The majority
Of the citizens of the country believe that
the Republican Party may best be trust
ID with the solution. The country wants
and is entitled not only to this fsith in the
honesty of intention and fundamental
ability of the Republican Party, but to q /!
well-dehned statement of purpose and /
party program.
ut is obvious that the convention can /
10 fuller justice to a platform commen- !
surate with the needs If they have for /
heir consideration the reliable material /
thus furnished by some OF the best brains !
In the party working for FIVE months in /
the evolution Of the suggestions
Underlying the whole plan is the /
great fact, which the National Commit /
tee recognizes, that there rests on the |
Republican Party the tremendous re-
sponsibihty OF ascertaining fully the
needs of the nations, and frankly, hon.
estly, and definitely stating the funda-
mentals of the party's plan for the solu-
ton OF the problems In comprehensive
program of constructive measures. Then,
recognizing that the platform establishes
a contractual relation between the party
and the people, it shall be- the supreme
duty and purpose of the party when in
trusted with power TO square Its per-
formances with its promises. .
In the hist named above is Robert H
Richards, of Wilmington, formerly At
torney General of Delaware probably an
adherent of the Organization division of