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Show ; WOMEN TO BE GIVEN PLACES M CONVENTION' CHICAGO, June S. The committee i on rules, by unanimous voto today, recommended to tho convention that the executive commitieoj of the Na-I Na-I tlonal Republican committee be in-j in-j creased from ten to fifteen, so as to , give women representation. Ihe vote was tanen after a delegation delega-tion speaking for the women's section ; of the party asked that women be allowed al-lowed to sit in tho executive body, in anticipation of the adoption of the! suffrage amendment. speakers in-: in-: eluded Mrs. Med 111 McCormick, 1 1 1 1 I nols; Miss Mary Garrett Hay, New ; York; Mrs. Raymond Robins, Illinois, and Mrs. Katherlne Phillips Edson, California. I Will II. Hays, national chairman, who took part In the gen'eral dlscus- slon, said if the convention adopted i tho recommendations, ho would have authority to appoint any number of I women. He thought, however, that the membership would bo eight men I and seven women. I oo |