The Daily Alaska Empire

FROM COUNTRY DOCTOR TO CAMPAIGN BOSS.

From a country doctor to manager of the national campaign of one of the major political parties of the country is indeed a long step. And that is the record of Dr. Hubert Work, recently elected Chairman of the Republican National Committee, charged with the responsibility for party success in the national election next November.

His original political experience was gained in Colorado, his home for some 40 years. He showed an aptitude for the game and evinced a liking for it that has kept him in more or less prominence for the past 20 years. In 1908 he was delegate at large from Colorado to the Republican National Convention. He was Chairman of the State Committee in 1912 and from 1913 to 1919 served on the National Committee.

In that capacity he gained experience which will be of great value to him now that he is its chairman.

He was first appointed as First Assistant Postmaster General by President Harding in 1921 and about a year later was made Postmaster General. He stopped in that post but a year, and then was elevated to the position of Secretary of the Interior. He has a wide acquaintance with the country's political leaders and members of Congress with whom he is credited with having a great deal of influence. He was one of the first of the Administration leaders who came out openly and advocated the nomination of Secretary Hoover. He gave much valuable aid and sound political advice in the pre-convention campaign. All of these were factors in his selection to the chairmanship of the National Committee.