The Washington times., 1924-06-07
WOMAN NAMED
HEAD Of COP.
COMMIT TEE
Mrs. Z. P. Martin, Of Phila-
deIphia, Picked as Chairman
on Permanent Organization
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES.
international News Service.

International News Service.
CLEVELAND, June 7.-For the
first time in the history of major
league political conventions a
woman was chosen today to be
chairman of one Of the principal
committees Of the Republican ma
tional convention that meets here
Tuesday.
She is Mrs. Elizabeth P. Martin,
Of Philadelphia, one Of the dele
gates-at-large from Pennsylvania.
She will head the committee on
permanent organization.
Mrs. Hert Responsible.
Announcement OF Mrs. Martins
selection was made today at Cool
idge headquarters. She was Sc
T. Hert, who is to succeed Mrs.
director of the women's division of
William M. Butler, President Cool
believed the present convention af-
the precedent that for years has
readily agreed.
/ Mrs. Martin is the only woman
among the keystone delegates at
large, her colleagues being Secre-
tary Of the Treasury Mellon, Sena-
tors Pepper and Reed, william 8.
Ware, Harry Baker ana Ralph i.
Strassburger.
From the obscurity of other
years, the Vice Presidency on the
Republican ticket has, over night,
assumed a position of first rate i'm
portance in the Cleveland conven.
ton and bids fair today to provide
the principal splotch of color and
political drama in an otherwise
ratification meeting for Calvin
Coolidge.
Unless the leaders can get to-
gether between now and next
Thursday and agree upon a candi-
date-aS Harding was agreed upon
at Chicago four years ago-it seem.
ed certain today that the convention
win witness, after all, some spirited
balIcting and perhaps a little real
fight.
Pressure On LOwden.
Great pressure is being brought
to bear upon both Frank o. Low
den Of Illinois and Senator william
e. Borah Of Idaho to permit their
names to go before the conven-
ton. Both have stated, publicly
and privately and with painstaking
definiteneSs that they do not want
the nomination and have urged
their friends on the ground here to
put a quiet stop to their Blooms. :
Their friends, however, have refus-
cd to abide by the instructions and
have only redoubled efforts on
their behalf.
A somewhat peculiar situation
prevails with regard to both Low.
den and Borah in connection with
the Vice Presidency. Both are
acceptable tn President Coolidge,
although. Of course, he has not
publicly endorsed either. Such an
endorsement OF these two-or any
other candidate-would carry with
It automatically the appearance Of
White House dictation, which IS
the very thing the Presidents rep.
resentativee in Cleveland are most
anxious to avoid.
/ Both Considered Ideal"
Steps were taken by the Presi-
dents friends some time ago to
ascertain the attitude Of both Low
den and Borah toward the nomina-
ton. Both were considered 'ideal'
candidates in that they provided
the necessary Western balance to
a New England ticket, and both
were considered to have an espe-
cial appeal to the elements that
the Republican campaign managers
desire most to appeal to--the pro-
gressive and dissatisfied West.
Borah's record Of being a progress
sive in the Senate and his cham
pionship of agricultural legislation
are well known. The former Illinois
Governor IL the head Of the largest
cooperative marketing organization
in the country and Is in great de-
nnand as . speaker before farmer
meetings.
The overtures made by the Presi-
dents friends met with little sue
cess In either instance. L0wden
said he did not want 1t and wrote
letters saying he would refuse to
take it even If drafted by the con-
vontion. Borah said he would
rather be In the Senate than pre-
siding over It. and there the sitna-