Evening star., 1924-06-03
MONDELlIS NAMED
G. 0. P. CHAIRMAN
Selected as Permanent Presiding
Officer of Convention at
Cleveland.
ECONOMY IS MAIN ISSUE
State Platforms Center Attention
on Economic Matters.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. June 3.-Frank A.
Mondell of Wyoming will be the per-
manent chairman Of the Republican
national convention opening here
Tuesday, June 10. William NJ. Butler
national committeeman from Massa-
chusetts and manager of President
Coolidge's campaign, announced this
morning.
Mr.. Mondell, a member of the War
Finance Corporation and a former
representative from Wyoming, for
years has been one of the Republican
party leaders. He ran for the sena-
torship from Wyoming in the last
election. but was defeated by Senator
Kendrick.
Mr.. Mondell wired his acceptance to
Mr. Butler this morning.
The appointment is subject to rati-
fication by the committee on arrange
ments: which is considered a mere
formality.
With the announcement Of Mr.. Bat
Ter that Mr.. Mondell had been named
permanent chairman, John T. Adams,
mittee, issued a statement concerning
the party platform.
Stntes Take Up Economics.
I'VE have received copies Of the Re-
publican platforms adopted in nearly
every state in the Union" Chairman
Adams statement said. "They will
be referred to the committee on reso-
lutions and will be seriously consid-
cred in framing the national plat
form.
THE state platforms warmly in
dorse the administration Of President
Coolidge, and most of them contain
instructions to their delegates to sup
port him in the convention. Equally
prominent is their commentator of
the financial management of the gov
ernment under Harding and Coolidge,
and approval of the administrations S
stand tor economy and reduction of
taxes.
THE outstanding trend of these
state platforms is toward economic
rather than political questions. They
indicate that the country just now is
more interested in itself and its own
future welfare. than in any other part
of the world. This is doubtless a re-
action from the days when the
thoughts of the American citizens
were being led into distant and for
eign fields
ID. C. Delegates Arrive:
The first delegations to the conven-
ton are expected to reach Cleveland
today. They are those from the Dis
trict of Columbia, Georgia, Missis-
sippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and
Texas, which will form the vanguard
because of contests for seats which
will be heard by the national COM
mittee beginning tomorrow. The Ar
kansas delegation is not expected un-
til Friday.
Charles d. Hilles. national commit
teeman from New York, and Fred w.
Cpham, Chicago, national treasurer.
are also due to arrive today, with
most of the remaining national COM
mittemen and committeewomen and
George b. Lockwood. national COM
mittee secretary, expected tomorrow.
Representative Theodore L. Burton,
temporary chairman and keynoter at
or Sunday.
A prediction that women will play
significant part in the proceedings
was made by Mrs. Harriet Taylor Up
ton, Warren, vice chairman of the ma
tional committee. One of the out
standing groups to be represented is
the League of Women Voters, which
will make a number of platform rec
concentrations.
A statement issued by Chairman
John 4. Adams of. the national COM
nittee said that more than 125 wom-
en- will be seated as delegates, and
more than 900 will serve as alter
mates.