Arizona republican., 1921-02-18
CHAIRMAN WHITE
OFFERS PROGRAM
FOR DEMOCRATIC
REORGANIZATION
White Wins First Skirmish
For Party Control When
Request for Meeting OF
Full Membership Denied
TRepublican A. p. Leased WIre1

WASHINGTON. Feb. 17.-Chairman
George White of the Democratic ma
tional committee, and his supporters
were victorious tbnight in a meeting
of the national committees executive
committee of sixteen, the first official
conference of the party's leaders since
Che elections.
The executive committee, appointed
and called together by Chairman White
chinery, unanimously turned down as
impra ctical the proposal of Thomas B.
Love of Texas and Sc other members
of the national committee that the
full membership be called to meet
March l.
The executive committee also adopt
ed program for reorganization of the
party which Mr.. White was under
stood to have offered. This program
provides for the appointment by the
chairman of a subcommittee of five
to devise means of liquidating the
$160,000 indebtedness incurred in the
last campaign and to prepare budget
of expenses for maintaining head
quarters here and for preparation by
the chairman of a plan for the organ
ization of a woman's bureau Of the
national committee.
The victory of Chairman White was
augmented through absence from the
discussions of any suggestion that he
be asked to retire. The nearest APP
proach to the matter was the an
nouncement of Robert w. Woolley,
| former interstate commerce commits
| sioner. who, with Mr.. Love, drew up
/ the petition requesting meeting, that
| the paragraph in the petition which
was interpreted in some quarters as a
request for Mr.. Whites resignation,
had been eliminated.
| Deny Anri- White Move
| Mr.. Love- who with M. Woolley and
half a dozen other signers appeared
| Genied that he or the 56 COMMITTEES
ner5bers signing the petition Were
supporting any one man for presiden-
tiai nomination in 1924. The denial
was in reply to charges and reports
that the petition was an attempt tC
start a movement for William G. Nc
AGoo as the 1924 candidate
The forces led by Mr.. Love and Mr.
| Woolley, however, We're victorious ir
one respect They obtained incorpora-
tion in the resolutions adopte I, a pro-
viso that while it was inlpracricabls
the full committee at this time, mem
bers of the national committee should
advise Chairman White "if in theil
mere deliberate opinion an early meet.
ing of the full committee should b'
called"
The remainder of the resolution re
ferring to the requested meeting 3f tn,
national committee as adopted, read
THAT the chairman be requested [,
notify the members of the Democratic
national committee who signed a re
quest for meeting of the full com
m1ttee and which was presented a
this meeting, the executive commit
tee after careful consideration deem
1t impracticable in the short time in
tervening between this meeting an
the first day of March, the time men
. toned in said request, to call a meet
ing of the full committee. for the rea
son that it would be practically i'm
, possible for the members of the com
mittee living at a distance to arrang
to attend the meeting at that time
No Meeting Necessary
The resolution added that the com
= mittee was of the opinion that no i'm
t mediate meeting of the national com
mIttee is necessary in view of the ac
ton taken by the executive committee
, in providing for conduct of the party
/ activities.
r Favorable action on the Love pet
4 ton was vigorously opposed by He
l. mer S. Cummings and Senator Glas
n national committeeman from Connect
= cut and Virginia, respectively wf
said that while they favored a meetin
of the national committee in the nes
: future as an abstract proposition, the
g were opposed to the present movemeI
Q in view of the false impressions" ths
such a meeting would be a slap :
a Chairman White
IF Let's go out of here pulling togeti
er," Mr.. Cummings told the executi,
committee. with the knowledge tn;
A. ultimately we are going to have
meeting of the full committee, and /
US trust Chairman White to call th
meeting when in his discretion
TO do
Forces petitioning for an immeda
4 meeting refused to comment tonig
q on the executive committees actio
d but it was indicated that they wou
y not abandon their efforts TO bril-
about a meeting in the near future.