Evening star., 1928-11-04
RECORD IS BROKEN
ON VOTES BY MAIL
Republican Workers Serve
Many Who Are Citizens
of Various States.

The number of men and women
served at the local Republican head
quarters at 813 Fifteenth street north
west regarding information on alb
sentee voting and the executing of
ballots to be cast in the election Tues
day greatly exceeds that OF any former
campaign in this city.
In making this statement last night.
Samuel j. Prescott, chairman of the
Republican State committee IN and
for the District OF Columbia, who has
directed the campaign here, attributed
this record to increased interest IN the
election and to activity by Republic
ans identified with the campaign COM
mittee.
Mr.. t;escott stated that q iehoite
count will not be available until election
day, out up to last night more than
$4,000 persons had been furnished in
formation and thai the number OF
ballots executed at the headquarters
was in excesc of 15,GJG. In checking
up on the number, no provision was
made for persons wro were enlightened
in the matter of absentee voting as
result Of personal work done by men,
bereS of the committee.
Final Figures IN doubt.
While the committee will have a
definite count II the ballots executed
at headquarters, there is no way OF
knowing how many ballote were mailed
out Of Washington.
A. E. ChaffCe, reading clerk of the
United States House OF Representatives,
who has been in charge of the voters
information division Uf the committee.
said last night that it would be difficult
to determine how many votees were
cast from Washington either in per-
son or by mail, because OF the num-
Der of persons who will vote but who
have not communicated the fac5 10
either Republican or Democratic head
quarters here.
The Republican campaign headquar-
ters occupied the entire building at 8l3
Fifteenth street, and, according to
members of the committee who have
been identified with former campaigns
in the District, the headquarters were
most satisfactory.
Report Effective Work.
Chairman Prescott, in reviewing the
campaign, said Republicans were we'll
organized, and that by presenting a
united front they did most effective
work While conducted under aus
pices of the Republican State Com
mittee in and for the District, the
actual campaign committee was made
up Of representatives from the several
Republican organizations in the Dis
trlct. Mr.. Prescott and Edward F.
Colladay, Republican national COM
u1itteeman for the District, represented
the State committee; William Tyler
Page and A. E. Chaffee, the Republican
State Voters Association; Edgar c.
Snyder and Thomas p. Littlepage. the
League of Republican State Clubs:
Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Republican
national committeewoman for the
District, and Mrs. e. A. Hartman, the
League of Republican Women Of the
District; John Lewis Smith and Will
liam j. Dow, the Hoover and Curtis
Club, and DR.. c. H. Marshall and
Thomas L. Jones. the Hoover and
Curtis Republican League.
G. G. Glover, jr., is vice chairman of
the committee, Cuno H. Rudolph, for
mer District Commissioner, treasurer;
T. Lincoln Townsend secretary and
Mrs. May D. Ligf1tfoot executive secre-
tary. William T. Galliher, as men,
Der Of the ways and means committee,
represented the Republican national
committee in the collection Of campaign
funds in this city.
DR.. Hubert Work. chairman of the
Republican national committee, dur
ing q recent visit to the local head
quarters, was generous in praise of the
work done here. Besides the informa-
ton service, the local committee con-
Quoted half a dozen large rallies, as
well as number of smaller meetings.
1t furnished a score or more radio
talks and a large force of stump
speakers for Maryland and Virginia
and other States.
Form Campaign Units.
Under auspices of the Hoover and
Curtis Club, the following campaign
units were formed: Service Mems
League, Maj. julius Peyser. president;
Young Women's League, Miss Florence
Keys, president; Boys and Girls Unit,
Business and Professional Women's
Unit, Mrs. Charles Alger, president:
Women Lawyers Unit. Miss Burnita
Shelton Matthews, chairman; Women
Physicians Unit, DR.. A. Francis Foye,
chairman; Women Writers Unit. Mrs.
Harry A. Colman, chairman: advisory
council of the Business and Profess
eional Women's Unit, Mrs. John B.
Henderson, Mrs. Harry S. New Mrs.
James j. Davis. Mrs. Frank w. Mon
dell, Mrs. Marion Butler, Miss Janet
Fish, Mrs. Mary Roberts Rhinehart,
Mrs. William Fitch Kelley and Mrs.
Helen Ray Hagner.
DR.. w. L. Robins Is chairman of the
committee to furnish automobiles for
voters at nearby points in Maryland
and Virginia, and James E. Maynard
has directed publicity Of the Hoover