Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-25
LUCAS TO DIRECT
=. C. 0. P. ACTIVITIES;
HUSTON TO RESIGN
Under Plan, KentuCkian Will
Have Charge of National
Headquarters Here.
SENATOR TESS CHOICE
IF SUCCESSOR is NAMED
Call for Meeting to Accept Resig-
nation of Chairman Sent
Out Today.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Call for the Executive Committee of
the Republican National Committee to
meet here August to accept the resig-
nation of Claudius H. Huston of Ten
nessee as chairman of the National
Committee was sent out today.
The present plan is for the election of
Robert II. Lucas of Kentucky, COM
missioner of internal revenue, as chair
man Of the Executive Committee of the
Republican National Committee.
Under this plan Mr.. Lucas is to have
active charge of Republican national
Shouse, as head of the Executive Com
mittee Of the Democratic National
Committee, is in charge actively for
the Democrats.
Whether a national chairman to sue
ceed Mr.. Huston is to be picked i'm
meoiately apparently is still under dis
cussion. Senator Simeon D. Fess of
Ohio seems to be the choice for ma
tional chairman if one is to be picked
in the near future.
In some quarters it was said today
that the national committee alone could
elect its chairman, and that a call for
the national committee must be sent
out 80 days in advance of committee
meeting. The executive committee,
however, has full power to pick its own
chairman.
Text of Official Call.
The official call for the meeting of
the Executive Committee sent out by
Mr.. Huston today in the form Of a let
ter to each member of the committee
follows:
"A meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the Republican National Com
mittee Of which you are member is
hereby called for Thursday, August 2,
at IL am. at the above address (the
Barr Building, Washington, D. CO. for
the consideration of such business as
may properly come before it.
Because of the imminence of the
campaign for the election of all the
members of the House of Represent
atives and of more than one-third of
the Senate and the importance of the
matters to come before the meeting, a
full attendance is desired and I trust
you may find 1t possible to be present
or represented by proxy"
The call makes no specific mention of
Mr.. Huston's impending resignation.
Atmosphere Cleared.
The announcement last night that
Mr.. Huston would present his resigna-
ton to the executive committee at a
meeting August z, cleared the atmos-
phere considerably. 1t had been gen.
orally understood that Mr.. Huston
would hand in his resignation after
the adjournment of the Senate" But
the Senate had been adjourned for sew
eral days and the Republican leaders
hnrnFafY1J
So much so that Joseph r. Mutt, treas
urer Of the national committee, and
James Francis Burke, general counsel,
JoHrneyed to New York and talked with
Mr.. Huston about the matter Wednes-
day night. Mr.. Huston returned to
Washington around o'clock yesterday
afternoon. There followed further con-
ferences between himself and Mr..
Burke, and finally visit TO the White
House about 8 o'clock, where the Presi-
dent and Mr.. Huston conferred. At the
conclusion of that conference Mr..
Burke handed out the following state
n1ent for Mr.. Huston:
Hoover Approves Decision.
II have just had a satisfactory con-
ference with the President and we are
In entire accord on our program. The
President has approved my decision 10
call meeting of the executive commit
tee on August 7, at which time intend
to submit my resignation as chairman
OF the Republican National Committee -
The members OF the Republican
Executive Committee are Claudius H.
Huston, chairman (ex-off1cio), Ten
nessee; Ralph z. williams, vice chair
man (ex-oflcio), Oregon; Mrs Alvin T.
Hert, vice chairman (ex-officio), Ken
lucky; Daniel E. Pomeroy, vice chair
man (ex-officioJ, New Jersey; j. r.
Mutt (ex-officio), Ohio; James Francis
Burke, general counsel (ex-officio)
Pennsylvania; Mrs. Grace Semple Bur.
lingham, Missouri; Mrs. o. P. Clark,
California; Miss Dorothy Cunningham,
Indiana; Mrs. Manley L. FoSseen,
Minnesota; Mrs. Guy p Gannett,
Maine; Clarence C. Hamlin, Colorado;
Charles D. Hilles, New York Earle s.
KinSley. Vermont; Miss Martha Nc
Clure, Iowa; Maurice Maschke, Ohio;
Mrs. Bina West Miller, Michigan; David
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