Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-19
c. O.P. TREASURER
MEETS WORK HERE
Budget of $4,000, 900 for En-
suing Campaign Planned.
Women Are Active.

Hoover pre-campaign organization
activities were stimulated today with the
arrival of ]. r. Mutt OF Cleveland. newly
elected national treasurer. who is in
conference with Chairman Work this
afternoon on the budget system for the
campaign. Mrs. Alvin T. Hert of Louis
vile, KY, vice chairman of the ma
tional committee, also arranged for her
first conference with woman leaders
Tuesday in the Willard Hotel
Mr.. Mutt, before going into the con-
ference, stated that he Is prepared to
follow out the same sort of budget sys-
tenn In the coming campaign as was fol-
lowed in the Coolidge campaign four
years ago. The budget laid down at
that time was 100000 and the ex-
penditures during the campaign ex-
ceeded that amount slightly, being
S3,063,952 The collections, however,
so far exceeded the expenditures that
surplus resulted amounted to $685.
264, on which the national committee
has been able to run for the past three
years without any further call for funds.
Several Offices Planned.
Mr.. Mutt said that while he will
maintain his headquarters as treasurer
in Cleveland, he will also have
treasurer's Offices in New York and Chi
cago. While here he expects to perfect
the financial details of the Hoover cam
paign.
Mr.. Mutt stated that his views with
regard to the practice of economy in
the campaign coincide exactly with
those expressed by President Coolidge
in his acceptance speech on August IA.
1924. He quoted as follows:
Economy should be practiced scru-
pulously in the conduct of national
campaign. I know it is difficult to
distinguish between real service to the
have been increased by doubling of the
electorate. rendering close calculation
impossible.
Nevertheless, I can perceive no rea-
son why the budget system should not
be beneficial in campaign, as 1t hes
proved to be in Government. It Is 10
be tested by our committee"
Mrs. Hert Is Confident.
Mrs. Hert was the center of attrac-
ton for scores of prominent party
leaders, and among her first visitors
was Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt,
assistant attorney general. who took a
prominent part in the nomination of
h1T. hoover at Tile hdIlSdS lily Gull
eention.
Mrs. Hert will direct the women'S
| division Of the national campaign and
has an office of equal prominence with
that of Dr. Work, on either side Of the
reception room at campaign head
quarters. The call for the first women'S
conference here next Tuesday went to
all national comuitteewomen from New
England and Eastern States. At this
meeting plans for the Eastern campaign
among women will be made. Mrs. Hert
has already initiated her work of or
ganization, having been In touch during
| the past few weeks with woman leaders
in all parts of the country. She will
shortly announce the complete per-
sonnet of her organization, she said
today.
Predicting that Hoover will receive
virtually unanimous Endorsement from
the Republican women and q large per-
centage of the votes Of women of
different party affiliations" Mrs. Hert
| said she was guided to this conclusion
| by flood of letters and offers of help
from every section of the country. in
dicating that great crusade in behalf
OF Hoover viii be waged by the women
OF the Nation In the coming campaign. -