Show n Smith Asks Reed Aid Hoover Chiefs Confer on u v V. Division Headquarters to toBe toBe Be Established in N. N Y Chicago Prohibition Religious Is sues Not to Be Stressed WASHINGTON July 7 APh- APh Members of the Republican national nation nation- al committee from eastern states were invited to confer today with Secretary Hoover and National Chairman Work upon the establishment establish establish- ment of a regional campaign or- or Several of the committeemen reported re- re ported that they were unable to at at- tend but s some me o of these sent proxies and enough were on hand to go Into a discussion of tIe political situation situa- situa tion in tile the east east and and t to map out a aplan aplan I plan of Hoover i 1 anxious to I perfect his campaign organization before leavIng the capital and to this tiliS end a similar gathering of na- na committeemen from the west has been announced for next week weel The plan js Is Isto to set up nal headquarters at Chicago and New NewYork NewYork York with a central office In Wash Wash- ington Senator Moses ot of New Hampshire who was called to today's today's to- to days day's conference has been mentioned mentioned men men- as a possible manager for the New York office while It is expected expect expect- ed that James W W. Good Mr Hoovers Hoover's boyers boyer's boy boy- ers er's campaign manager manager man man- ager will be put In charge at Chi CM- cago One of the early arrivals for today's today's to- to days day's conference Earl S. S Kinsley of Vermont has accepted a campaign post as assistant to Chairman Work He will be located In the Washington Washing Washing- ton office Mr York Work yesterday made public a letter sent to members of the national national na- na committee urging them to thrust relIgion and prohibition into the background and wage an Informative informative In formative and constructive cam cam- The national chairman asked too that the tariff and tile the party's record b be stressed He Het t the tariff one of the outstanding out out- standing Issues Expanding his reference to prohibition pro pro- in a later oral statement Mr 11 Work Vork declared the party management management man man- did not propose to make prohibition an Issue in this cam cam- He added that no further expression of Republican views might be expected until Secretary Hoover delivers his Ilis address accepting accepting accept accept- ing the nomination early next month I Southern Baptist Head I Indorses Hoover LOUISVILLE Ky July 7 AP- AP Herbert Hoover Republican n pres- pres nominee was Indorsed here IJ on page 5 5 aeed i to Aid GOP Will Not Stress Prohibition Division Headquarters to toBe toBe Be Established in N. N Y Chicago Continued from page I 1 tOday by Dr Edgar Y Mullins 1 president of the Southern Baptist Theological seminary and until a a. afew few da days s 's ago head of the Baptist World Alliance The educatOr r attacked attacked at- at tacked Governor Alfred AUred E. E Smith the Democratic standard bearer in ina ina a statement in which he said illness would prevent him from accepting j jan an Invitation to attend a proposed dry conference In Asheville N. N C C. sponsored by Bishop James of the Methodist Episcopal church South Pointing out that he spoke for himself only Dr Mullins said that as things existed at the moment I he would vote for Hoover He added added add add- ed that he always had stood for Jeffersonian Democratic ideals but without slavery to party ties He took several thrusts at Governor Smith citing especially the latter's record as a wet vet Dr Mullins said that the wonderful wonderful won Democratic convention nom norn- In mated ted a bono bone dry running mate from Arkansas for the sopping wet head of the ticket from the sidewalks sidewalks side side- walks of New York It thus tells the country it will Work the greatest greatest great great- est miracle of the age carry fire and water In the same bucket at the same time The running mate will thus apply the dry torch to the edl- edl rice flee of alcoholic doctrine but he will be followed at every step by the wet head of the ticket turning on the h hose se wherever hIs running mate starts a tire fire The Tho educator referred 1 to Hoover as a world the great humanitarian hu- hu the great organizer the theman he heman man of world vision the man with expert knowledge of flood control on the Mississippi the man nominated nominated nomi- nomi by the people not the poll poU- the man whose personal habIts conscientious convictions and political creed on n prohibition are ut In harmony with his platform and on the right side |