The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-18
DEMOCRATS IGNORE GROUP INTERESTS
Will Consider All Issues As { Americans, Is Declaration
 of National Chairman
By Associated Press

New fork, January 17.-The democratic
 party will conduct it's presidential cam paign without regard to. group interests,
 Homer $. Cummings chairman of the
 democratic national committee, declarel
 today Mir Cummings, who was here to
 attend a meeting of the committee on ar-
 rangemcnts fo: the San Francisco con
 vention, made this statement when asked
 whether the party intended to undertake
 any rropaganda to overcome the reported
 defection of certain Irish and other ele-
 ments opposed to ratification of the peace
 treaty in it's present form.
 We are going to consider the treaty
 and other issues as Americans asserted Mr Cummings. T am unalterably op7
 posed to considering this question in any other way. Personally, believe the raci1l objections to the peace treaty are more noise than anything else. Those who arc shouting the loudest haven't been stroaS for us anyway"
 STAND PAT ON TREATY MT. Cummings called attention to the fact that the rational committee had Tn dorscd the peace treaty as submitted by the President. and was standing pat on the issue. Those who believe the treaty was ininical tv the political aspirations of the Irish people were in the wrong he said The treaty and the League of Ma
 
 fit to all the small nations of the world Chairman Cummings announced that SO many snisstatements had been made con corning the democratic campaign Tor 1 funds he would issue a formal statement lwithin few days replying to them 1T feel the chairmen of the respective national committees should not enter into /, personal ~eontroversy," he said, but 1 the criticism against us has become al ] most libelous and I feel compelled 10 is- /! sue a formal reply and make our position clear"
 The cnly business transacted by the committee on arrangements was the ap- Ipointment of six subcommittees to nan ale various pnases of the convention plans No other meeting Of the fulr com mttee is expected until about June |. when 10th the national committee and inc arrangements committee will assenr ble in San Francisco to make the final con- 1 vention plans. The temporary chairman D, 'sably will bs named at that time Women were represented on the com mittoa eff arrangements today for the 1 first tinse in the party's history. accord- ! ing to party leaders. in the persons of Mrs. George Bass of Chicago. chairman | of tta womens bureau Of the national committee, anI Mary F. Foy of Los Angeles rooms free of chargesto members of the national committee and associate men- lbers while at the convention.--but they I will be required to pay for their meals 1 and rai. oad transportation as in the past. It IS expected found-trip excursion rates l to inc convention from New York and Washington will be about s125. including Pullman fares.
 Following is the list of subcommittees the first named being chairman in each
 case .
 WOMEN REPRESENTED
 Hotels and entertainment: Isidor B. fDoclsryeiier California: John T. Barnett, | Colorado; Dr. John w. Coughin, Massa- chusett5; Robe-t E. Elder, Idaho; Mrs lGeorge Bass. Illinois
 4 Transportation: Charles Boeschenstein Illinois: Patrick H. Quinn. Rhode Island