Evening star., 1921-10-20
SENATOR CURTIS
RULES CHAIRMAN
Takes Post Formerly Held by
Mr.. Knox-WadsWorth for
Foreign Relations.

!, Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas
IL to be appointed chairman of the
Senate rules committee. WHICH was
made Vacant by the death Of Senator
Knox of Pennsylvania. and to which
! operation Of the seniority rule, since
Senator Nelson of Minnesota, who
ranked Mr. Curtis on the rules COM
mittee. desires to remain rs chairman
of the judiciary committee.
The republican committee on com
mittees of the Senate is to meet to-
morrow mornin:: to Lake care Of the
assignment OF senator's to committee
vacancies caused by the death of
Senator Knox and ii Is expected that
Senator Curtis will then be made
chairman of the rules committee. This
means that Mr.. Curtis Will relinquish
his Craftsmanship of the committee on
Indian affairs.
Courageous Worker.
The selection of Mr.. Curtis to bead
the rules committee, which has al
most important of the Senate. again
emphasizes the influence which the
senator from Kansas has come to
WELD in the Senate. He is recognized
as one of the hardest workers in that
body. an able legislator and couragc-
Gus in the extreme when ii comes
10 defending any position which he
. believes is right.
Mir. Curtis is the republican whip"
of the Senate. Upon him devolves
the duty of seeing that his party col
leagues are 'on the job" when votes
are to be taken--to know how the
majority sentiment of the Senate
stands on any given question.
The fact that Mr.. Cdrtis could have
the "ha;rmansIip Of the rules com
mittoe if he desired it was published
Several days ago. but the question
arose as to whether he would relin-
quish IA" Craftsmanship of the COM
mittce on Indian affairs. which he has
htid for several years. since it is not
tjhf SSihie for him to hold both offices.
/ He finitliy determined to give up the
| committee ON Indian affairs. Incl
! dcntaily. il may be mentioned in this
/ connection that the revision Of the
! list of annual appropriation bills by
! tn" House appropriations committee,
recently announced, viii do away With
the Indian appropriation bill and
| / .are the appropriations for the In
dlans in Il measure called the Interior
! Department appropriation bill. This
Interior Department bill will prob
ably go to tn" Senate 3ppropria ti0ns
committee. and Senator Curtis is a
member Of that committee and may
; be assigned to handle the Indian bill
for il.
Vice Chairman of Conference.
'~NResidcs L.ipg the republican whip,
senator Curtis is vice chairman Of
ire republican conference. which
siVes him the vice leadership III
tht Senate. to act as leader i'm tn. alb
Sence Of Senator Lodge of Massachu-
tN sf.i al 81 h..
coming international conference on
limitation Of arnlanrentS Sena tor
| Lodge, one nf the American delegates
! I" IN" conference. will be away from
The Senate n good deal. and Senator
Curtis will take over the leadership
by virtue Of his office as assistant
. leader.
Senator Curtis is a member Of the
important committee on finance us
we'll as of the ;.rprrpria ations commit
tee. The finance committee is
handling the tax and tariff revision
legislation now. and the Kansas SEN
at"r has had much TO do with the
framing of the bills.
For several Years senator curtis
was chairman of the Senate appro-
priations subcommittee in charge of
the District appropriations bills He
proved himself = friend of the Dis
trict. bringing about many improve
mentS here. II was he VINO took
cHars" Ok the schooi emergency build
ing program this year and put IL
through the Senate and saw that it
was agreed to in conference.
Foreign Relations Vacancy.
Senator Knox was a member Of the
! foreign relations committee and il is
reported that the vacancy on that
committee caused by Mr.. knoX's death
will he filled by senator Wadsworth
of New York. Senator Wadsworth
has also become AN influential figure
in the Senate. although he has been
member for a comparatively short
mittee on military affairs and of the
committee on agriculture. 1t is eX-
pccted he will relinquish his place on
tie agricultural committee, if he
takes the place on the foreign rela-
it is not permitted q senator to be a
member of more than two of the So
called major committees.