31.  Haley Barbour, national chairman of the Republican Party, is expected to attend.

32.  Gore was the prime mover in the appointment of Steve Grossman, a longtime ally, as national chairman of the party.

33.  Haley Barbour, the Republican national chairman, said he expected that the governors would play an even greater role in the coming weeks.

34.  Haley Barbour, the Republican national chairman, said the House Republican leader historically held the title of permanent chairman of the convention.

35.  Haley Barbour, the Republican national chairman, said the trends still favored Republicans.

36.  Haley Barbour, the Republican national chairman, congratulated Clinton, but said the president was re-elected only because he had adeptly appropriated Republican issues for himself.

37.  He lost his bid last year to become national Republican Party chairman.

38.  He says that is unrelated to his recent ascension to national chairman of Dole for President Inc., a struggling concern in which even some Republicans place little stock.

39.  He was a friend of Johnson, House Speakers Sam Rayburn and Jim Wright, Gov. John Connally and John White, a former Democratic Party national chairman.

40.  He serves as national chairman of the Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Ga.