Hays
WILL H., an American public official; born in Sullivan, Ind., in 1879. He graduated from Wabash College in 1900, and in the same year was admitted to the bar. From 1910 to 1913 he was city attorney of Sullivan, Ind.
He entered politics early in life and from 1904 to 1908 was a member of the Republican State Advisory Committee from Indiana. In the campaigns of 1906 and 1908 he was chairman of the Speakers' Bureau of the Republican State Committee. He served in other capacities in the State Committee, from 1910 to 1914.
In 1917-1918 he was chairman of the Indiana State Council of Defense. He was appointed chairman of the Republican National Committee in February, 1918. In this capacity he did much toward uniting the Progressive and regular elements of the Republican party, and thus brought about a unified party in the campaign of 1920. He was 1 HAZELTON a warm friend of President Roosevelt, and also of President Harding, who appointed him Postmaster-General in his cabinet.