Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-04-21
GEORG|ANS GIVEN
GOOD PLACES ON
HOUSE COMMITTEES
The Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
623 Riggs Building.
BY THEODORE TILLER

WASHINGTON, April 19.-Georgia
members of the house Jared excel
lently in the distribution of commit
tee assignments announced Monday
by the Democratic committee on COM
mittees. Representative Charles r.
IlCr1sp. a member of the ways and
means and also of the committee
on committees, was partly responsi-
BILE for the good assignments of his
colleagues on the Georgia delegation.
Another element in their favor was
seniority in service of most Of the
Georgia members, and the general
ability of the Georgians and the es-
steem in which they are held here.
Representative, Gordon Lee. rank
ing Democrat on the agriculture COM
mittee. leaves that committee to go
on the more important committee on
appropriations. Representative Crisp
stays on ways sand means. Assign
ments of other Georgians as reported
to the house Monday afternoon and
scheduled for immediate approval by
that body were as follows:
Representative William G. Wright,
committee on military affairs. This is
a peculiarly fortunate selection since
the largest infantry training school
in the country is located at Columbus
in Judge Wright's district. Represent
tative Charles H. Brand. banking and
currency. committee on education and
expenditures, department of interior
Judge Brand was formerly IN the
first two named. Representative Will
liam D. Upshaw. committees on alco-
holic liquor traffic, labor and pen
sions. Representative Thomas NJ
Bell remains on the committee on
DOStOfflcPS most rna6S n which
he has long been a ranking Demo-
cratic member.
Representative Carl Vinson stays
on naval affairs. where he wants TO
be and has been since his entry
into congress. Representative James
w: Wise leaves the committee on
military affairs to go on the COM
mittee on the judiciary. Represen-
tative William G. Landlord has as
Sl8nmentS on the committees on in
dustrial arts and expositions, rail-
ways and canals and territories.
AS predicted in these dispatches.
Representative James w. Overstreer.
of the Savannah district. gets a place
on the rivers and harbors commit
tee. on which he may be of great
service to the Georgia ports and
rivers. Representative William w.
Larsen will serve on the committees
on good roads, public lands and the
CO1ASOo' Larsen stays
on. the census committee. where he
helped frame the legislation for the
fourteenth decennial census. Repre-
sentative Frank Park. chairman Of
the accounts committee while the
Democrats were in control of the
house, goes on the committee on pub
lie buildings and grounds and the
committee on library.
Other assignments are:
Appropriations - Lee, Georgia
johnson. Kentucky; Carter, Okla
homa; Taylor. Colorado; Oliver. Ala
bama: Harrison, Virginia.; Griffin,
New York.
Judiciary - Montague, virvinia
Wise, Georgia; Tillman, Arkansas i;
Dominick, South Carolina.
Interstate Commerce--Huddlest
Alabama; Lee, California; Johnson,
mississippi; HAYES, Missouri.
Naval - McClintic,, Oklahoma ;
Campbell, Pennsylvania; O'Connor,
Military-Wright, Georgia; stoll,
South Carolina; Garrett, Texas.
Agriculture - Asweu, Louisiana;
Kincheloe, Kentucky; Jones, Texas !;
Ten Eyck, New York.
Census-Tyson, Alabama; Sanders,
Texas; McSwain, South Carolina !;
Rankiny-Mississip
w. Bourke Cochran, New York,
was assigned to foreign affairs, TAX
ing the place of Huddleston, Ala
bama. transferred to interstate COM
merce
Montague, Virginia, was transfer
red from the interstate commerce
committee to judiciary, which will
handle prohibition legislation, and
which continues bone dry organi-
cation.
Most of the members who had i'm
portant assignments, retained them.