ABSTRACT
National Chairman White responded to the stirrings by appointing a committee of sixteen members to provide him with “counsel” on “an efficient organization of the National Committee.” The “plans and policies” part of the meeting referred to the Smith-Raskob desire to put forward a definite set of policy statements as a foundation for the platform in 1932. The Democratic congressional campaign committee, upon Representative Flood’s recommendation, adopted a resolution opposing an early meeting of the full national committee or any change in the national chairmanship. Hull’s announced intention was to establish more responsible and stronger organizations in the states and counties. He proposed to maintain an efficient publicity bureau at national headquarters through which to voice criticisms about the shortcomings of the Harding administration. The Democratic leader in the Senate, Robinson of Arkansas, rose to deliver a blistering rebuttal on the Prohibition issue.
