ABSTRACT
The executive committee considered two other significant pieces of organizational business: the establishment of a permanent headquarters and the appointment of a liaison committee to establish closer campaign cooperation between the national committee and the Republican congressional campaign committee. In response to demands for a better and more permanent organization, the executive committee decided that permanent party headquarters should henceforth be maintained in Washington, DC. National Chairman Hilles therefore asked the members of his executive committee to meet in Washington to examine the apportionment problem. Nicholas Murray Butler, serving as chairman of the Republican conferees, proceeded to the Indiana delegation headquarters to meet with several of the conservative leaders. The conservative leaders were intent upon preventing the selection of Frank Hitchcock, Hughes’ preconvention manager, as national chairman. Nicholas Murray Butler was particularly unhappy about Willcox’s elevation to the chairmanship. The Indiana campaign brought to national attention the organizational achievements of Will H. Hays, the Republican state chairman.
