Evening star., 1929-06-05
WORK, RES|GN|NG,
ST|RS SPECULATION
Good, Williams and Fort Men
toned as Possible Success
sors to G. O. P. Chairman.
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to the President and the other to mem
bers of the national committee. His
letter to the President follows:
my dear Mr. President:
Herewith copy of letter I am to-
day sending to members Of the Repub-
lican national committee. The date
indicated for calling the committee to-
gethenEvill give to you and its members
adequate time TO select my sIccessor.
"The past eight years of orr close Of
fetal association has been a period OF
supreme satisfaction and II is. Of course.
matter of greatest pride to me that
YOU are now secure in the worlds high
est executive position.
Faithfully,
(Siened) HUBERT WORK"
Planned to Resign March 5.
The message sent to members Of the
national committee by the chairman
was:
Il had prepared for our meeting in
Washington, on March last, my resig-
nation as chairman of the Republican
national committee. but was dissuaded
from presenting 1t at that time.
II did not then. nor do I now, desire
to continue through the approaching
campaign, which should be insugurated
next Winter.
MY association with the national
committee will be most pleasant men,
ory, and the results of our joined efforts
are known to the world.
Our headquarters are we'll organized
and adequate to carry on the necessary
work through the Summer months.
Early in the Fall l shall call the
committee together to select my success
sor and to discuss plans for conducting
the approaching campaign. This inter-
val will allow adequate time for the con-
sideration of these important matters.
The White House made 1t clear today
that insinuations and inferences which
have found their way into print since
the announcement last night of Or.
Works resignation are distastetul. es-
pecially since the President and DR..
Work are represented as being on the
friendliest of terms.
Treasurer Expresses Surprise.
joseph r. Mutt of Cleveland, treas
urer of the Republican national COM
mittee. who was a caller at the White
House today expressed great surprise at
Chairman Works resignation. He said
he had talked with him recently and
at that time gained no such intimation.
Mr. Mutt said he regretted seeing DR..
Work step down from the chairman
ship. He added that his association
with DR.. Work during the campaign Of
last year was pleasant in every way
and he had hoped that the chairman
would remain in harness.
MI Mutt made it clear that in the
speculation as to a possible successor
to Chairman Work he may be def
nitely eliminated from consideration.
He stated he liked his present Job and
entertained no aspirations to become
chairman.
The retirement of DR.. Work from
public activity marks still another
change in the organization which
worked successfully for the election of
Mr.. Hoover last year Mrs Mabel Walker
Willebrandt. who recently announced
her resignation as an assistant attorney
general was particularly in the public
eye during the last campaign. So was
Col. William J. Donovan. former
assistant to the attorney general, now
! in private life.
| DR.. Work early espoused the cause
| of the nomination of President Hoover
| and did much effective work In lining
| up support for the President prior to
| the convention at Kansas City.