Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-14
&c. 0. LEADERS LAY.
PLANS TO GET VOTE.
Absentee Ballots to Be
Sought in Special Cam
paign of Party.

Definite plans for conducting the
Republican campaign in this city were
agreed upon yesterday afternoon at a
meeting Of the League of Republican
Organizations at its headquarters, 1881
G street.
The local campaign has been mapped
out primarily for the purpose Of get
ting out the tremendous absentee vote
temporarily resident in this city and to
furnish speakers in nearby sections.
$1,000 Here May Vote.
1t is known that more than $1,000
men and women residing in Washing
ton legally are entitled to vote in va
riou5 States and the local Republican
leaders will be engaged from now until
election day, November 4 next, getting
as many as possible of this great army
of absentee voters to cast their ballots
for Republican candidates. Figures
were read at yesterdays campaign
meeting showing that more than 10000
persons living in Washington voted in
the last presidential election. The aim
Of this campaign Is to exceed that total
in the forthcoming election.
At yesterdays meeting 1t was decided
to devote the local Republican activities
almost entirely, for the present, to the
voters registration requirements. The
States have different laws respecting
registration and different dates for reg
istration. Only Is Of the States permit
registration by mail, while "a States
permit voting by mail. Therefore, it
will be necessary for a larger number
of persons who want to vote in the
next election to visit their respective
legal residences. more for registration
purposes than for the purpose of vote
casting.
Information Bureau Opens.
It also was decided at yesterdays
meeting to arouse interest in the cleo
ton among the absentee voters here
and to be in a position to furnish all
possible information regarding the va
rious absentee registration and voting
laws. An information bureau, which
has attendants on duty from 10 O'Clock
in the morning until 10 o'clock at night,
has been opened in the G street head
quarters. This bureau is in charge OF
A. z. Chaffee, reading clerk of the
United States House OF Representatives,
who personally compiled the States
registration and voting laws and who
IldS UCCl IA NC VI btAC FObCAo hAAOA
nation in Washington since 1922. He
has q corps of assistants, most of whom
were engaged in this same work in the
last campaign.
Organization Of League.
The League of Republican Organiza-
lions, which will conduct the local
campaign is composed of two repre-
sentatiVes from each of the several Re-
publican organizations. Samuel j
Prescott, chairman of the Republican
State Committee in and for the District
of Columbia, is chairman Of the league
and presided at yesterdays meeting. The
other members of the league are: Ed
| ward r. Colladay, Republican national
Committeeman for the District; John
Lewis Smith and William j. Dow, Of the
Hoover and Curtis Club; Mrs. Virginia
White Speel, Republican national COM
mitteewoman for the District, and rms
e. A. Hartman Of the League Of Re
publican Women of the District; VII.
| liam Tyler Page and A. K. Chaffee o.
| the Republican State Voters Associa'
ton, Edgar C. Snyder and Thomas p
Littlepage of the League Of Republican
State Voters; Luther w. Linkins anC
Douglas Whitlock of the National Cap
ital Republican Club, and John r. Haw'
kins and w. A. Hamilton of the Hoover
and Curtis League.