Evening star., 1919-03-08
CHOSEN FOR HOUSE
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Committee Selections Also
Include Men Slated for
Naval Body.

mittees today selected for member
ship on the foreign affairs commit
tee Representatives. Ackerman of
New Jersey. Begg of Ohio, Crowne of
Wisconsin, Houghton of New York.
Mason of Illinois, Newton of Mime
sofa, Smith of Illinois. Dickinson of
Iowa and Moores of Indiana
Three members were selected for
the naval affairs committee. They
were Representatives kraus OF IN
diana. Lufkin of Massachusetts and
barrow of Pennsylvania.
The House District committee was
not selected and probably viii not be
chosen this afternoon. The hold-over
members on the committee are: Rep
rcsentGtiFes Mapcs of Michigan.
chairman; Focht of Pennsylvania.
Wheeler of Illinois, Reed of West viz
resentative Cary of Wisconsin will
ro- he in the next Congress, and other
7epublicans who have been dropped
from the District committee are Pink
ham of Massachusetts. Mason of ILL.,
uois and Fairchild OF New York.
Personnel of Chief Committees.
Selection of the personnel of seven
of the principal House committees
was the chief work done by the COM
mittee on committees yesterday.
Forty-five vacancies We're filled, the
a assignments being about evenly di-
vided between supporters of Repre-
sentative Mann and Speaker-t to-b be
Gillett.
Nine new members were chosen for
the WAYS and means committee. They
are: Copley. Illinois; Young. North
Dakota; Tiison. Connecticut; Mott
New York; F-ear. Wisconsin. Bacha-
rach, New Jersey; Bowers. West Vir-
sinia: Hadiay, Washington. and Tim
beriake, Colorado. Holdover repub-
lican members are: Chairman Ford
Green. Iowa; Longworth, Ohio: Haw-
ley. Oregon, and Treadway. Massa-
chusetts.
The democratic personnel will re-
main unchanged the committee mem
bership having been increased to
minority might retain all members
reelected. to the next Congress.
Appropriations Committee.
Six vacancies on the appropriations
committee were filled by the election
of the following: CHAMPION, Michi-
gan: French Idaho; Magee. New
York. Ogden, Kentucky; Shreve.
Pennsylvania, and Tinkham, Massa-
Republican hoIdover members in
ciude Chairman Good. Iowa; Mon
dell, Wyoming: Davis, Minnesota:
Ware, Pennsylvania: Cannon, Illinois
Slemp. Virginia, and Wood, Indiana.
Hustled of New York and McCulloch
Of Ohio were unsuccessful candidates
The interstate and foreign COM
merce committee. which will have
charge of railroad legislation, was
filled by election of six new mem
bers: Denison. Illinois: Ellsworth.
Sanders. Indiana: watson, Pennsyl-
vania. and Webster. Washington
Republican holdover members on
this committee are: Chairman Esch,
Wisconsin; Hamilton. Michigan !;
Winsiow, Massachusetts,: Parker,
Rhode Island. and Cooper. Ohio
Other Assignments Announced.
Other committees to which reputec-
an assignments were made are as fol-
lows
Agriculture-New members. Jones.
Pennsylvania; Mclaughlin, Nebraska ;
Purne1l. Indiana: Riddick. Montana
Weight. wisconsin; republican hold
overs, Chairman Haugen. Iowa; Nc
Laughlin, Michigan; Anderson. Mime
u.
York; Mckinley. Illinois. Wason, New
Hampshire, and Hutchison, New Jer-
sey.
Military-New members, Fuller. Mas
sachusetts; James. Michigan; Kearns.
Ohio: Miller. Washington, and La
Guardia. New York; republican hold
overs Chairman Kahn, California. An
thony. Kansas, Mckenzie. Illinois;
Greene, Vermont: Norm, Pennsyl-
rania; Orago. Pennsylvania; Hull,
Iowa
Judiciary-New members, Roies,
Iowa: Christopherson. South Dakota;
Classon, Wisconsin: Currie, Michigan:
Coodykoontx, West Virginia; Yates,
Illinois; Hustled. New York, republican
hold overs. Chairman Volstead, Min
nesota; Morgan. Oklahoma; Graham,
Pennsylvania; Dyer. Missouri; walsh.
Massachusetts, Reavis, Nebraska.
Rivers and harbors-New members.
Foster, Ohio; Hickey, Indiana: JUL.
Illinois: Layton, Delaware: Radcliffe,
New Jersey: Strong. Pennsylvania; re-
publican hold-overs. Chairman Ken
nedy. Iowa; Costello, Pennsylvania;
Dempsey, New York: Emerson, Ohio
OSBORNE. California. and Freeman,
Connecticut.