Show ube IF t sy II 11 nays OIL brinan of the o 0 if X lyional at the meeting of 0 the republican nathonal nA tunal tonal committee on decem ber tenth in washington provision was nade for the appointment of a committee on ov policies and platform which shall be appointed in a few fow daye as will as for the appointment of a national council of twenty four men and women the committee on policies and platform shall consist of about sixt representative men and women on this committee will bo be the twelve members of the national committee who arc are on in the bouncil and approximately fifty men and women not of the tiati national onal com cittee senators and congressmen and ie of all groups group i in interest in the country inq in luding duding business labor farmers fan ners etc the purpose of the formation of th thiu 1 committee la is to obtain platform f orm suggestions for the consideration of the rc resolutions solutions committee at the convention from all representative elements of the republican party which means all representative eleni element cutH of Awe iian good citizenship the committee is intended to be a working tod pod whose mcm members bers will give serious consideration and continued thought and attention to the quei question tion of the platform for the ibe next six nintha ninths it is not to be a perfunctory organization i thu the various s suggestions an to the platform will be considered r in order that the specialized suggestions of one group may coordinate or dinato with tha th special suggestions gest ions of the other groups for we ue all till go up or down together un jn der lying the whole plan aw fact alch the national committee recognizes that there rests oh on the republican party the tremendous responsibility of putting into force in a legislative and ad waa wa the most comprehensive program of wise con constructive strut measures ever attempted in ane republic it is recognized that the republican party has this vast task to perform if urn is to be performed then the platform must be commensurate with the tie needs it is obvious that the resolutions committee of tho the Pe republican publican national convention which will write the platform and to which tile product of the work mork of this committee will go as suggestions can do fuller justice to the needs for a wise and broad platform with the material thua thus furnished them the platform will deal of couise conow with the great fundamentals and when adopted it shall be the evidence of a sacred contractual obligation between the party and the people the icett of having some of the best brains of the party work for six months in the evolution of platform suggestions is in harmony with nith the action of the national committee in a council of twenty four men and VOM k TI ta twelve i el e of whom are members of the national committee and are not members four of whom are women this council will matte rt commendations for party welfare for the consideration of the national committee here again tho the purpose is to bring the best thought of all elements of the party into Cm employment for the welfare of the party and through the part for the tile consequent good of the republic |