The sun., 1919-03-08
REPUBLICANS NAME
HOUSE COMMITTEES
Announce Selections for Seven
Of Principal Groups in
House.
MOORE QUITS IN RACE
Withdraws From Floor Lead
ership Contest-May Pro-
pose Mann's Name.
MOORE QUITS IN RACE
Special Despatch 10 TIE srN.

WASH INoToS, March THE Repub-
lican Committee on Committees organ
lied definitely to-day and named new
members for seven of the principal COM
mittees OF the House--Ways and Means,
Appropriations, Interstate and Foreign
Commerce, Judiciary, Military. Agricul-
tural and Rivers and Harbors.
AT the same time Representative
Moore (Pa), who has been mentioned
as possible candidate for floor leader
announced his withdrawal, either as a
preliminary to urging the selection OF
James r. Mann UlL) or to clear the
way for the selection OF Representative
Mondel (Wyo), senior member of the
steering committee OF the Sixty fifth
Congress. Mr.. Moore's announcement
follows.
Mention of my name for the Repub.
iican floor leadership Is very crafty
Ing. and at this time II Is reasonably
certain that the votes are available to
make the nomination, but for several
reasons have decided not to be can
didate.
His Three Reasons.
First. because TO assume the floor
leadership would necessitate my retire.
ment from the Committee on Ways and
Means, on which l now rank next to the
chairman II l should retire from this
committee Pennsylvania would be with
out representation thereon.
Second. because II may help TO re-
lieve the leadership situation in both
houses as 1t relates fairly or unfairly to
Massa chusetts and. Pennsylvania.
Third, because the unity OF Republi-
cans is essential to our success in deal
ing with the great problems that con.
Nl,a
best be secured by a reasonable reserve
OF personal ambition"
1t is generally anticipated that Mr.
Moore will follow this action by propos-
ing the name OF James II. Mann for the
leadership. This honor Mr.. Mann has
announced on several occasions he will
not accept. 1t ia suggested that such a
definite declination might be expected &c
result from Mr.. Moore's move would
pave the way for the announced support
OF Mr.. Mann for Moore's name. over.
riding to-day's withdrawal
Following is the personnel OF the
| three leading committees as result OF
| to-day's deliberations
Ways and Meens-REPUBLICANs Ford
ney (MlchJ, chairman; Moore tPa)
| (ore). Treadway (Mass.). Newly chosen
members: Bacharach IN. ~. Bower
lw. Val, Copley -Glia), Frear (wis)
| Hadley (Wash), Mott On. y. TilsoI
| Comm, Timberlake (Colo), Young IN
d. DEMOCRATS: Kitchin IN. s.. Raj
| ney GlD, Hull tTenn). GarneN tTex)
| Collier (Miss). Dickinson tMo.), Oldheld
tArk). Crisp tGa), Carew IN. ". Mar
Approprintious-REPU Goot
Qa.j. chairman; Mondeil twyo.). Davis
| Mimi, Ware tPa), Slemp (va:), Can
CHAMPION tMiohj French tIdaho). Ma
gee IN. ", Ogden CKyD, shreve CPaD
! Tinkham Mass. DEMOCRATS: Byrn,
| tTenn.), Sisson Miss, McAndrews (Ill)
Evans (MonD. Bagan IN. j.. Buchanan
tTsxasl. Gallivan sMsss1. Byrnes ts c.
Hamilton tMichC. winslow Mass
| Parker IN. ". Sweet laD, Stiness wv
NaD, Cooper tohiol. New members
penlson Gll). Ellsworth tMinn.). Merit
Conn. sanders qGd Watson pa
| CTenn.J, Doremus CMich1, Barkiey Ky
| Rayburn CTexD, Montague Wal, Coad!
| (Md), Dewalt (Pa.), Sanders DAD.
! New Republican members OF othe1
| four committees named to-day:
| Military Anairs-La Guardia On. "
| Miller (wash). Kearns tohlol. Jame
tMichl. Fuller Mass: ~ ,o,,,>
HlGs s gd,,r. JUL Gn2;; MSG hen
| AgricuIture-Jones CPa), Mclaughlin
! tNeb). Purnell Gnd). Riddiek tMon.)
JSdiciary-Boies tIs). christopherser
Is. d., cissson twis), Carrie (MiGh ;
Goodykoontz w. Va), Yates diLl