HAYS, WILL H

(1879), American, lawyer and cabinet officer; 6. Sullivan, Ind. He graduated from Wabash College in 1900 and was admitted to the Indiana bar in the same year. He was city attorney for Sullivan 1910-13 and took an active part in political management both in local and State affairs. His adroitne aS a manager ox political campaigns soon gained him a national reputation, and in 1918 he was elected Chairman of the Republican National Committee. He managed the Presidential campaign of Mr. Harding, and on the election of the latter was offered the position of Postmaster General in the cabinet. He held this office for a year and then resigned to become the head of the organization of motion picture producers of the United States, 1922.