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Ball and Edge. Senator Johnson. of
Washington. retired.
AGRICULTURE-Tlold- over mem
bcrs, Gronna. North Dakota. chair
man: Page, Norris. Kenyon. Wads-
worth and France. New members. Me
Nary, tapper and kcyes. Senator
Warren was the old retiring member.
BANKING AND CURRENCY
Hold ,ovcr members. Mclean. Connccti-
cut. chairman: Page. Gronna. Norris
and Frclnghuysen. New members,
Pcnrose. Calder. Newbcrry and Reyes.
ChairmPn of the other committees in
clude: Contingent expenses. Calder:
Canadian rcclamations, Hale, Maine" !:
census. Sutherland. West Virginia {:
civil service, Sterling. South Dakota :
claims. Spencer. Missouri: coast sur
vpy. Edge. New Jersey: coast dcfcnccs
Frclinghuyson, New Jersey: Cuban re-
lations. johnson. California: District
of Columbia, Sherman. Illinois; educa
ton and labor. Kenyon, Iowa fisheries
Newberry. Michigan; immigration.Co Colt. .
Rhode Island: IndiansNqairs. Curtss
Kansas; intcroceanic canals, Bornh
Idaho: irrigation and reclamation. Nc
Nary. Washington; manufactures, La
Toilette, Wisconsin mines, Poindextcr.
Washington national banks. Kellogg,
Minnesota Pacific islands and Porto
Rico, Fall. of New Mexico: patents,
Norris, Nebraska pensions, McCumber,
North Dakota; Philippines. Harding,
Ohio; postofices, Townsend. Michigan ;
printing. Moses. New Hampshire; priv
ilegcs and elections, Dillingham;, Yer
mont public buildings. Fcrnald; public
health, France, Maryland public lands,
Smoot, Utah; railroads, 1.enrOot, Wis
consin: rules. Knox, Pennsylvania ::
territories, New, Indiana, aud woman
suffrage. Watson, Indiana.
The conference considered plan for
further increase of the foreign relations
committee so that more Democrats
might be retained. but left the question
TO a subcommittee composed of Senators
Lodge and McCumbcr.
Democrats Make Selections
/ The Democratic steering committee
resumed its work of naming Democratic
members of the Senate standing com
mittees today. and conference of Sen
| ate Democrats was called for > O'Clock
this afternoon to consider the appoint
ments.
. House Democrats today completed
their assignment of members of the
! House committees, thus pQrfecting or
ganization of committees which will be
gin consideration this week of much
important legislation. New assignment:
of Democrats included Representative
Fisher, Tennessee, to military affairs
CIeary. New York. rivers and harbors
Goldfogle, New York, postottce, ant
Nichols. South Carolina. and Ayres
Kansas, naval.
More Discussion OF League
Renewal of the league of nations de
bate is planned today in the Senate
Senator johnson. Republican. of Cali
fornia. whose resolution requesting th'
text of the German peace treaty is thu
Senate's unfinished business, propose
70 call il up. Besides discussion OF thu
resolution. which Democratic leaders ar
IpnupuNOTlHk W nuNN ~ '''N '''
eign relations committee, Senator Reed
Democrat, of Missouri, plans to speal
in criticism of the league OF nations
lcoyenant and Senator Robinson, Demo
crat, of Arkansas, has prepared an ad
dress in its support.
Committees of both Senate and House
after completion of organization, plaI
20 get into action soon on many bills
Among the first expected is that re
turning telegraphs and telephons to pri
vate ownership.
Early Repeal Of Luxury Tax
Repeal of the 10 per cent luxur
taxes of the war tax law is to b
proposed soon by the House ways an
means committee, as one of the man
repeal measures introduced. Dyestul
and other tariff legislation is not ex
pected, however, until after July l.
House appropriation committees hop
to have all supply bills sent to the Sen
ate by the middle of June, SO as I
meet necessities of the new fiscal yea
July /. The 81, 200, 900, 900 deficienc
appropriation requested yesterday b
the railroad administration probabl
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