The Washington herald., 1921-03-02
BALL REPORTED
SLATED TO BED.C.
SENATE CHAIRMAN
New Session to Witness
Changes in Personnel of
Important Committee.

1t was reported at the Capitol
yesterday that Senator l.. Heisler
Ball. of Delaware. would be the new
chairman of the Senate District
Committee with the retirement on
Friday Of Senator Lawrence Y.
Sherman, of Illinois.
"The selection will be in the
hands of the Senate Committee on
Committees" Senator Ball explain
ed last night. "and so far as know
there has been no discussion. Since
the Committee on Committees must
itself be chosen before 1t can do
any choosing. 1t is safe to say that
no one can tell who Is going to be
chosen for any chairmanships."
Dillingham; Ranking Member.
Senator Dillingham;, of Vermont,
Is ranking member of the District
Committee, but his elevation to
some other important chairmanship
because of his seniority may make
IL convenient to select another for
the District chairmanship who is
thoroughly familiar with District
affairs, as is Senator Ball, father of
the District rent law.
Senator Jones. of Washington is
third in rank on the District Com
mittee. and Senators Calder, of
New York. and New. of Indiana, are
fourth and NTH, respectively. but
their position with reference to the
reorganization of Senate commit,
tees is much the same as that Of
Senator Dillingham;.
other members of the committee
are Senators Capper. of Kansas,
EIkins, of West Virginia; Smith, of
Maryland; Pomerene, of Ohio; Phe-
Ian, of California;; King, of Utah;
Sheppard. of Texas, and Glass. Of
Virginia.
Three VIII BE Retired.
Besides Senator Sherman, of Illi-
nois, those of the District Commit
tee who will be retired March 4 are
Senators Smith, of Maryland, and
Phelan, of California. The Mary
land Senator will be succeeded by
Ovington L. Weller. the Californian
by Samuel NJ. Shortridge. and the
| Illinoisan by William b. Mckinley.
These successorships do not mean
that they will be placed on the Dis
trict Committee. The three va
cancies may be made up by some
| of the older Senators who have been
residents of the District of Co.
| lumbia for some time.
Senators. other than Sherman,
| Phelan and Smith, who will retirs
Friday are: Smith, of Arizona;
Beckham, of Kentucky; Gore, Of
Oklahoma; Gronna, of North Da-
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of South Dakota; Henderson, of Ne
vada: Chamberlain. of Oregon; Gay,
Of Louisiana, and Kirby, of Arkan-
sas. Senators Harding and Nugent
already have been replaced by Sem
ators Willis and Gooding.
New Senate Members.
Other than Weller, Shortridge and
Mckinley, Senators who will take
their seats in the upper branch of
Congress will include: Ralph H.
Cameron, of Arizona; Richard p.
Ernst, Kentucky; J. w. Herreld,
Oklahoma; Edwin F. Ladd, North
| Dakota; Samuel d. Nicholson, Col
orado; Peter Norbeck. South Da-
| kota: Tasker L. Oddie, Nevada; /;
Robert N. Stanfield. Oregon; Edwin
S. Broussard. louisiana: Thadeus L.
! Carraway, Arkansas, and Thomas e.
Watson, Georgia.
Among numerous important Dis
trict bills that will be considered
by the Sixty-seventh Congress.
probably at the summer session.
will be those providing new traffic
\ laws. a charities code, child well
fare measures. District suffrage. Ia
Dor inquiry at the Union Station,
the $3.50 fiscal relations, the Fed
eral budget and reclassification
| laws.
Car Merger and Bonus.
The bills providing for a merger
of the. street car lines and the es-
tablishment of Department of
Weights and Measures may be
passed before the present session
expires. If not, they will be among
the first to be taken UP when the
new District Committee of the SEN
ate is designated.
The question of the $24O bonus
for Federal employees and the mini
mum wage bill, which affects sew
eral thousand Federal and District
employees. are to be permanently
settled at the coming session, ac.