New-York tribune., 1921-03-02
Hays to Face
Fight to Stay
On Committee
Republican Senate Lead.
ers Said to Oppose the
Chairman's Plan to Con
tinue While in Cabinet
Patronage Big Factor
Harding Reported to Dis
approve the Proposal to
Hang On to Two Jobs
By Carter Field

WASHINGTON, March will n.
Hays does not intend to resign i'm
mediately as chairman Of the Republi-
can National Committee upon entering
the Harding Cabinet as Postmaster
General. Mr.. Hays processes to be
eager to be relieved of the chairman
ship, but there are many things to be
mopped up" and ends to unravel. with
The result that the present plan of
Mr. Hays is to continue as national
chairman until meeting of the ma
tional committee some time about
June I.
This program OF Mr.. Hays is in
tensely unsatisfactory to some Of the
Republican leaders, especially in the
Senate. They do not believe that i
man should be in control of the party
organization and at the same time in
the Cabinet, even for brief period.
They lay stress on the fact that this
short period in question-the few
months from March 4 to June Twill
be plum picking time for the politicians.
and that most of the pie will have
been served through Presidential pat
ronage by the time the meeting of
the committee at which Hays intends
20 resign formally rolls round
One prominent Republican leader de-
ciared tonight that he knew beyond
any question that President Harding
would not stand for the plans of Mr.
Hays. but would insist on his retiring
as chairman OF the national committees
INN ediately.
Southern Representation Up
Mr.. Hays announced to-day that the
Subcommittee on the question of
Southern repr, sentation would hold it's
first meeting tomorrow. This com
mittee is working on the problem of
reducing the number OF delegates TO
the next national convention to con-
form more nearly with the proportions
OF Republican voters in the several
states 1t is aimed, Of course, pri-
marly at the Southern states, and the
direction for the work grew out Of
general disgust at the convention in
Chicago last June at some of the
Southern Republican leaders, and cut
Of the contests between the various
Black ard Tan factions over seats in
The convention.
The committee which will meet TO-
4IoEICW; consists OF RepreS tive
Siemp. Virginia; r. B. Howell Ne
araska; Earl Kinsley, Vermont; VIII
Il Hays and Clarence 3. Miller. chair
man and secretary OF the nationa!
committee.
Georg Delegation on Hand
On Thursday -he full national COM
inlttee will 60 into the question. each
member being called on for his views.
All VIII be recorded. so that tne COM
mlttee will have the benefit of this ex-
preston from the full committee at
l9ter meetings. The national convention
directed action within one wear. so that
Ire full committee must meet again to
receive the report OF the committee
md to act earl n June. i not sooner.
Georgia delegation already has ar
rived for hearing. This delegation
wants the number of delegates from,
Georgia reduced 10 eight, instead OF
seventeen, as at present, and twenty
eight, the number to which she would
BE entitled If the old rule OF allowing
twice the number for Senators and Rep-
resentatives from 3 state were fol-
lowed
Henry Lincoln Johnson, the negro
national committeeman from Georgia.
undoubtedly viii oe given d hearing in
opposition to these seeking to clio his
wings even further
1T looks to NE like a move against
the negro, he told questioner.