Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-11

Left to right at the speakers tabl
Senator Robinson of Arkansas.
plans OF the executive committee TO
organization work. he said:
In years past the activities of tn
Democratic national organization hav
been largely confined to a period o
approximately three months preceding
a presidential election. No party cal
hope. with any degree Of certainty, t
win elections through mere spasmodl
efforts A political party is in man.
| regards like a business organization
and unless it is run on business princl
Piles its chance of success Is great.
lessened.
What we purpose to set up here il
a businesS-like national headquarters
that will function continuously, day II
and day out, week in and week out
month in and month out. 10 lay tht
| groundwork in every proper way FOL
| the building up of an organization o.
the Democratic party, for the education
| of the people as to what is taking place
! in the conduct of their Government by
/ the party now in power, and for ar
earnest effort to win them to the sup
! port of our party, first in the election
| of the next Congress and later in the
election of the next President OF the
| United States. With this in view, three
4 major activities will be undertaken
organization. publicity and research
/ The publicity and research divisions
can take care of themselves, but OBJ
viously the division of organization can
not properly function and. therefore
! the work of the headquarters be made
success unless we have the cooper
1 nf hn hal n1 hn
! structive aid of Democrats everywhere
and particularly of Democratic leaders
! in every State and every congressional
district Of the country.
Adequate Plan Necessary.
'No political organization can carry
on successfully merely at the top. There
must be an adequate national plan. But
such plan cannot be put into practical
effect unless the State organization will
! lend the fullest and the most hearty as
sistance In turn, the State must look
to the county and the county to the
precinct, so that after all. in building
up an effective Democratic machine
II we succeed in doing that 1t must
reach down to the very precinct unit
| involving the support of the precinct
committeeman and committeewomen, to
enable it properly to carry on. Willing
ness on the part Of the necessary num-
Der in the smallest unit to work CO.
ordinately and under direction will de-
termine the success or failure Of the
enterprise"
Mr.. Shouse declared that opportunity
| for Democratic success was growing as
the Republican party showed its lack OF
ability TO deal with important prob
lens. among them farm relief. He
assailed the Hawley tariff bill. saying:
las part of the administration spe-
cial program, tariff bill recently wa.
passed by the House Of Representative.
under a gag rule. Remember that the
Republican party has majority OF
more than a hundred in the House oil
Representatives where, under the Con-
| Stitution, all revenue legislation must
originate. Mind you, Congress was sup
posed to write a tariff bill for the bene-
| ut OF the farmer with revision of only
| limited number of schedules. In
stead of that, the House of Representa-
tives, with its overwhelming Republi-
can majority, under the direction OF
Republican leadership, has passed the
most reprehensible tariff bill in the his
| tory OF the country. What will be the
| final form of that bill remains to be
q, L
! may be, that correction must be at the
hands Of the Democrats of the Senate
Of the United States, with the assistance
OF Progressives from the West"
Mrs. Hartman Speaks.
Speeches were made also by Mrs. J
Borden Hartman, Democratic national
committeeman for the District OF
Columbia, who referred to the growing
| Importance Of the woman vote and
urged the Democrats to pay particular
attention to it, and by Senator Tydings
of Maryland and Representative Byrns
| OF Tennessee, chairmen, respectively, OF
the campaign committees of the Demo-
Gratis of the Senate and the House.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas and
Representative Garner of Texas, party
leaders IN their houses, were called upon
| to speak also
Mrs. Hartman recommended that the
Democrats make international relations
an issue in their coming campaigns.
Those at Speakers Table.
At the speakers table we're: John J,
Raskob. chairman of the Democratic
national committee; Jouett Shouse
chairman of the Democratic executive
committee; Senator TydingS OF Mary
land, chairman of the Democratic
senatorial campaign committee; Repre-
sentative Byrns of Tennessee, chairman
OF the Democratic congressional COM
mittee; Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mrs
J. Borden Hartman, Democratic ma
| tional committeewoman for the District
of Columbia; Senator Robinson OF
Arkansas, Democratic leader of the
Senate; Representative John Garner OF
Texas, Democratic leader of the House
Robert N. Harper, president of the
Jefferson Democratic Association of the
District of Columbia; John Costello
Democratic national committeeman fol
the District: and John B; Colpoys
committee of the District.
The list Of guests follows: Clifford r
Allen, r. L. Allen. Mrs. Leon Arnold
| Mrs. Abrams, T. T.. Ansberry, Mrs
Henry F. Ashurst, Senator Henry F.
! Ashurst Russell Balderson, w. c. Bald.
! erston, Carlisle Bargeron, E. j. Barry
Robert Barry, Uric Bell, l.. M. Benedict
Nine. De Claire Berry, Representative
Beck. Mrs. Lucy H. Boggs, John Boyle
| Senator Sam G. Bratton, Frank S
| Bright, Mrs. r. s. Bright, Senator Ed
win S. Broussard, Mrs. E. S. BrouSsard
A. N. Brown, Mrs. II. z. c. Bryant
Albert Bryant, Mrs. Mary A. Buchanan
w. S. Buel, John M. Burns. Mrs. JOSEPH
w. Byrns, DR.. James Cahill, Mrs. james
Cahill, Robert F. Cahill, Mrs. r.
Cahill. Victor Cahill, Mrs. Victor Cahill
C. c. Calhoun, Mrs c. c. Calhoun
H. c. Garfield, Clarence Cannon
Thomas Carens, c. C. Carlin, C. G
Carlin, jr.; T. j. Carlin, Mrs. T. j
Carlin, Miss Marie Castellani, Senate
Caraway, M. %. Chance, Bertran
Chesterman, Mrs. b. Chesterman, Mrs
W. H. Clagett, Raymond Clapper
Edward Clark, Frank Clark, william
NICK. Clayton, George Bond Cochran
]. B. Cochran, John j. Cochran, j. r