Show I pV V p 1 HAMILTON GETS A YEAR CHICAGO Dec 18 Members p-Members UP Members ot of f the executive committee of the Republican national committee disclosed disclosed dis- dis closed today that Chairman John Hamilton had been voted a salary I lof of f a year to devote his full I time ime to the party's rehabilitation It B was the first time the chairman chairman chair chair- man of the Republican national commIttee ommittee had been put pub on a a. full- full time ime salary basis in the interim between between be- be tween presidential campaigns the committeemen said The action was taken at a meeting meeting meet meet- ing ng of the executive committee late yesterday after the national commIttee committee com corn gave Hamilton a vote of confidence and refused to accept his lis resignation Associates of Hamilton said the executive committee agreed to pay Hamilton a year and to give him hint another a year for base expenses Hamilton received a salary salary salary sal sal- ary of a year when he was general counsel for the committee under former Chairman Henry 1 P. P Fletcher Fletcher never received a a. salary as chairman Hamiltons Hamilton's aids declared declared de de- de- de dared and previous chairmen al always always always al- al ways had been rich ric men able to serve without compensation They d described scribed Hamilton as in modest circumstances Mrs Bertha Baur o of Illinois DUnois d i. member of the executive committee said the committee felt the job was worth it when they fixed Hamilt Hamiltons Hamilton's ns n's compensation Its a big job she said and we wanted someone who could devote devoid his full time timeto to it Weve We've had experience experience ex ex- with the time part ser- ser vice ice |