New-York tribune., 1921-02-07
40 of lO6 Members of
National Committee Re-
quest Chairman to Call
Meeting ON March /
Seen as Challenge
To Cox Followers
Message Reminds Demo
cratic Leader He Said i'm
November He'd Quit

w hSI1lAf1A YIN, EeD. o. -- flLCneu
battle between the Cox White group
now in control and the McAdoo- Baruch
element for control of the national or
ganization of the Democratic party was
made certain tonight by the demand
of forty nine of the 106 members of the
national committee that a meeting of
the full membership of the committee
be held March / in st. Louis or some
other centrally located city. While
there is no rule under which the chair
man of the Democratic National Com
mittee is required to call meeting at
any time it is believed here tonight
that Chairman George White will ac-
cept the gage of battle thrown down
to him By this action in demanding
mittee.
1t had been the intention of the
Cox-White group not to hold any meet
ing Of the committee for a long time
to come, possibly not until 1924.
To carry on such national organiza-
tion work as was deemed to be i'm
perative, Mr.. White last week an
nounced an executive committee, which
was entirely dominated by men and
women friendly to Governor Cox.
Thus the normal activities of the
national party organization would have
been carried out without risking the
danger of meetings of the regular ma
tional committee in which other ele-
ments of the party have strong rep
resentation.
Would Force Fighting
1t is thought that the announcement
OF this executive committee brought
realization to the friends of William
G. McAdoo and Bernard M. Baruch that
unless they force1 the fighting the
Cox White group would dominate all
party activities.
The request of the committee was
embodied in a telegram sent to Chair
man White and to members of the ex-
ecutive committee of sixteen, recently
appointed by Mr.. White. 1t was made
public here by Thomas B. Love, Demo-
cratic National Committeeman from
Texas.
The meeting Of the full national
committee should be held, the signers
of the telegram declared, Gin order
that the forces of progress may be or
ganized for continued constructive
:
years and for righteous and richly
earned victory in 1924"
The forty-nine committeeman con-
graduated Chairman White on his
work in the recent campaign and
added that they beg to wish for Mr..
White many years of happiness and
added usefulness upon the retirement
which, he announced shortly after No
vember 2, his private interests would
make it necessary for him to seek.
Clear Majority Favors Meeting
Spokesman here for signers of the
telegram said they counted among their
number a clear majority of the ma
tional committee, adding that six mem
bers of the executive committee sup
ported the move, although they did not,
sign the telegram, and that eight ma
tional committeeman with whom they
were unable to get in touch had indi-
Gated support of the movement. They
declared that those who signed the
telegram included comm7tteemen who
supported James M. Cox, William G.
McAdoo, Attorney General Palmer and
Ambassador Davis at the San Francisco
convention.
The telegram as made public by Ma
tional Committeeman Love follows:
eve, the undersigned, members of
the Democratic Natioual Committee,
proud of the history and traditions Of
our party, especially of its matchless
record of achievement under the leader
ship of our great President, Woodrow
Wilson, and aware of the solemn re-
sponsibility devolving upon our party
to, fight constantly for the principles
which have ever been its glory, to be
always militantly on guard as the
champion of the rights of all the peo-
pie, respectfully urge you to call
meeting of the Democratic National
Committee, to be held Tuesday, March
|, at st. Louis or some other centrally
located point, in order that the forces Of
progress may be organized for con-
tinued constructive, patriotic action in
the succeeding four years, and for a
righteous and richly earned victory in
1924.
Congratulate White on 1920 Fight
"We congratulate our chairman and
his associates upon their valiant and
patriotic efforts in the recent campaign
under the leadership of that splendid
Democrat, Governor James M. Cox of
Ohio, and beg to wish for Mr.. White