Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-17
DEMOCRATS meet
TO PLAN FOR 1922
White Forestalls M'Adoo Faction
by Calling Executive, Not Full
National Committee
BRYAN OUTLINES POLICIES
~ the Associated Press

washington, Feb. 17.--Reorganiza.
tjon of Democratic party machinery
preparatory TO the congressional cam
paign of 1922 and the presidential cam
paign Of 1924 was the topic set for dis
c,ission at the meeting here today OF
Chairman George White. OF the Dem
ocratic National Committee. and mem
bers Of the executive committee OF six
teen which he recently appointed.
effected by the executive committee or
be placed before meeting OF the full
membership of the national committee
was an issue to be decided.
Chairman White, in calling today's
meeting, indicated that in his opinion
the reorganization should be brought
about through action of the executive
committee. Thomas Il. Love, Demo-
cratic national committeeman for Texas.
however, recently announced thnt he
had obtained the signatures of fifty
nine Of the 105 members of the ma
tional committee to a petition asking
that Chairman White call a meeting of
the full committee for March j at st.
Louis or some other central city to con-
slider reorganization.
Mr.. Love and Robert w. Wooley,
former interstate commerce commits :
been invited to present their views at
today's meeting. and inasmuch ns sew
| cral members Of the executive commit
| tee were understood to favor Mr.. Loves
| proposal warm discussion of the ques
| tion was in prospect. ...
The Democratic congressional com :
mittee. meeting last night, adopted a
resolution declaring that in the opinion
of that body there was IL necessity for
meeting of the entire national COM
mittee. The congressional committee
also went on record as favoring the re =
tention of Mr.. White as national chair
man. Mr.. Love and his associates have
been accused, but have themselves de-
MED the charge, OF atempeting to depose
Mr.. White.
Chairman White had announced that
he would submit at .today's meeting Il
comprehensive program relating to the
future activities Of the party. Details
of the program had not been disclosed
when the executive committee went into
session.
Lincoln, Neb. Feb. II. William
Jennings Bryan. through his brother,
Charles Bryan. issued a statement here
last night outlining his suggestions for
national legislative program for the
proposed reorganization of the Demo
cratic party.
The program. the statement says,
Is intended to bring about world
peace, curb the proftcer. prevent cx-
travagance and waste In the admins
tration ot governmental affairs and to
restore peoples rule
In his statement accompanying the
proposed platform the former secre-
tary of state says 'the party cannot
run with water that had passed over
the dam.
Neither can it be made tail tc
anybody's candidacy" the statcmen,
continues. Referring to the Nationa
Committee meeting planned shortly, II
'If the members have no higher pur
pose than to give some presidential
candidate the inside track it woult
better not get together
The party must take the people
side OF every question: it says, ant
it must purge the organization o.
the representatives of special interest!
so that the people will believe in tn,
party's sincerity
Mr.. Bryan's propose program con
tains twenty two plauks on nationa
subjects, including referendum oi
war. disarmament by agreement will
leading nations, national primary law
limitation of the presidential term T.
six years with no re- election. and leg
islation opposed to profiteering, gam
bling in foodstuffs and military train
ing,