Arizona republican., 1920-02-05
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Chairman Hays Outlines Plans for Recommends tions for 1920 National Platform
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-Plans for ehe work of the committee of IT, which is to formulate recommendations Tor this years republican national plat form, got actively under way today with the return to Washington of Win H. Hays, the partys national chair man, after two months swing around the circle
 The committees immediate task. as mapped out by the party chiefs, is the collection of opinions more than 70 matters of domestic concern, with prob able creation of a number of sub-com- mItteeS to deal separately with the various proposed blanks. Foreign re- lations will be passed over for the pres ent as a possible factor in the campaign. the committee waiting on the trend of the peace treaty fight to develop what part of the platform is to be devoted to that subject
 Talk Legislative Situation
 These plans have been put into con- crete form to committee members and were outlined at a conference between Chalrman Hays and more than a score O. senators and representatives. At the same time, there was some discussion O. the legislative situation. the party leaders in senate and house outlining what they hoped to accomplish by con- vention time
 The meeting, which took place in the office of Senator Lodge, majority leader oS the senate, was accompanied by renewal of the opposition to the com mittee plan, which developed in some quarters when it was announced sew eral weeks. Although it was said the practicability of the move was not criticised during the conference there were some questions asked which led Senator Watson of Indiana, Who has been selected to head the resolutions committee, to make a spirited defense O. the project. A similar plan. he told tEe conference. had been used for a number of years in Indiana.
 To Refuse to Serve
 Meantime it became known that two senators. Moses of New Hampshire and Mccormick of Illinois. had declined to serve on the committee, because they found themselves out of sympathy with that method of preparing platform recommendations.
 As outlined, the work Of the commit tee does not contemplate that the full membership shall be assembled at any stage of the pre- convention work Most of it's deliberations will be car Tied on by correspondence through It's executive secretary and through the heads of separate groups, if it is de- oded to create them to deal with spe- Cial subjects. It is emphasized that the most of the committee or it's groups will do is to recommend and that the recommendations will not be binding on the committee
 Among the subjects selected as pos sible platform material, and on which opinions will be collected and tabulat- ed. are business rehabilitation, tariff changes. readjustment of foreign com merce, better labor conditions and a review of the democratic administra- tion-
 After the conference today, Chair man Hays said. however, that there had been no attempts so far to reach def mite conclusions and that the whole work of the committee still was in a formative stage.
 Committee members generally de- clined to discuss the omission of for eign relations from the list Of possible campaign issues. beyond saying that the whole subject apparently remained open until the senate had made it's record on the peace treaty
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