Evening star., 1924-01-19
DEMOCRATS TAKE UP :.
CONVENTION PLANS
National Chairman Hull Picks
Waldorf-Astoria as Committee
Headquarters.
100000 VISITORS EXPECTED
Leaders Survey Field for Coming
Political Battle.

BY the Associated Press .... - .--
NEW YORK, January f9-The an.
vance guard of the democratic ma
tional committee came to New York
from Washington yesterday and sar-
veyed the field where the political
battle for the party presidenti nomi-
nation will be waged next June. They
established liason with the ron-parti-
SRn citizens committee which lured
them here; picked the Waldorf
Astoria for national committee head
quarters! inspected and approved
Madison Square Garden as. an ideal
political arena; and began the vast
work of organization necessary to
the entertainment of at least 100000
expected visitors. .,
Representative Cordell Hull, chair
man of the democratic national COM
mittee headed the delegation, which
included Norman Z. Mack, chairman
of the committees arrangement sub
them Mrs Emily Newelf Bfaif of Mis-
souri, and Mrs. d. A. McDougal OF
Oklahoma.
Convention Plans Well Under Way.
The qualms the national committee
had expressed about coming here for
been quite dissipated when they
learned how well the way has been
paved. what facilities were at their
disposal and what attractions Werf
being planned to make the session
popular with delegates. lsadore Il.
Dockweiler, whose check for $4,000"
failed to get San Francisco the CON
vention, was smiling though vi
the days .events-especiaIly when h.
learned that the local citizens group
figured it would cost them at Least
100000 to fulfill their promises 10
the national committee.
Madison Square Garden partlcuIarly
struck the fancy of visitors. They
went through it from top to bottom.
around the area. up TO the numerous
offices that will be turned over to the
convention executives, and down to
the basement menagerie, quarters
which will be remodeled for hundreds
of lines of communication that would
lead from the convention.
You'll seat $4,000 TO 10000" said
Rickard, and the visitors were Wis
IDLY impressed
Arrangements were made to hous@
the four major convention committees
at the Madison Square Hotel, adJoIn-
ing the Garden and with private en-
frances to 1t.
Tentative Plans for Speakers.
Tentative plans are for a huge
sneakers platform to be built on the
northside of the arena extending al
most to the present boxing ring 1t
thus will be almost in the center Of
the big oval. Seven hundred press
desks will flank the platform. The
band stand will be erected directly
opposite.
Managers of the largest hotels met
today to form. an organization for
the entertainment of delegates and
to adopt means Of keeping rates from
skyrocketing,
John r. Young of the merchants
association disclosed that S500000
would be spent by the citizens COM
mittee as it's contribution toward the
success of the convention. Upward
of 100000 already was pledged, he
said. The remainder would ne OBJ
tanned through the distribution of
5000 convention seats on basis of
one for each 800 contribution.
Mr.. Young said ticket spectators
were offering 5000 each for the seats.
but pointed out that an excess of the
100000 needed could be obtained by
the plan TO allot ticket for each 500
contribution.