The Mena weekly star., 1921-04-14
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;n caucus Choose Officials and T Teaders-GilIett to Be Speak l;.ebin the Minority Leader
 committees are Named.

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 h;neton. April 10.-Republicans |samocrats, meeting separately .nos in shape today for the or z,ion of the House of Represen- at noon Monday.
 ar Gillett, nominated by the ;nans will be opposed for re-
 bv Representative Claude
 nemoerat of North Carolina |..llett will be elected and MT.
 hv reason of his nomination, scome Democratic leader. In ,r House the Republicans have |s,nbsrs and the Democrats 131. & after a long illness, Mir.
 said he felt physically fit to his work as minority leader, b;s request Representative Gar
 Tennessee was named acting beir third caucus Republicans & the action of the Committee mittees and adopted the report nding committee assignments. ;on of the general committee in Representation to labor and ag- , on the steering committee roved. Representative Nolen of nia who holds a union card, Preventative Anderson of Min long active in urging legisla- igned to aid the farming indus sre added to the committee, lEith Representative Green of who succeeds Chairman of the interstate Commrece ||tee. Other members hold over. Tariff Opponent Wins.
 only fight in the Democratic was for a place on the Ways Bans Committee, which went to Entative Tague of Massachu- who defeated Representative
 of Arizona by five votes. zrs said Tague won because he Eposed the Fordney emergency *hich Hayden supported. Epsentative Mondell of Wyom- Ie Republican leader, and Repre- e Knutson of Minnesota, Re- n whip, will serve again, both been reelected. *blican committee assignments, rom those already published, 4 many changes. Seven new Sfs were placed on the Agricul- *mmittee, which will report out kker control bill, which failed the House last session. They lliams of Illinois, Sinclair of Dakota, the only Nonpartisan Fan in the House; Hays of Thompson Of Ohio, Gerard Bylvania, Clague of Minnesota mke of New York.
 pmmittee Assignments. 1ssentative Alice Robertson of ha. the only woman member,
 on Indian Affairs, where she / to be.
 nembers of the Naval Affairs lee are: Burdick of Rhode Is- &tterson of New Jersey, Kline Work and Swing of California. Committees which were expect dropped, Woman Suffrage and c Liquor Traffic, need of which lid had passed, were continued. ntative Mann of Illinois, re-
 chairman of the former and
 to his old status as House ee without assignment. <sentative Pat Nolan was made ID of Labor and Representative za of Pensions.
 he Legislative Program. Program of legislation to be Fed includes the following: 5 agricultural emergency tar practically identical with that py President Wilson.
 D anti-dumping bill to prevent manufacturers from flooding n markets with goods at elow fair value in the export Htry.
 bill passing duties on the ID instead of the foreign valu- ter imports, designed to elim- shange difficulties and afford
 protection under present # permanent tariff hill for pro- ' pf American producers as we'll ncreased revenue. #vision of direct taxation and pf the excess profits tax. Rmy and navy appropriation Hlch failed in the last Congress, national defense policies and Ftion of reduction of naval ht.
 Ae soldiers bonus and sol lief generally, including ade- Disqualification for disabled nnen.
 passage of the bill for per
 restriction of immigration, etoed by President Wilson.
 tablishment of the budget proposed in the bill vetoed by t Wilson.
 ction on the presidents pro- pr termination of the state of
 Germany, Austria and Hun ne Colombia treaty, on which ate IS to vote on it's eighth se day.
 appointment of congress- presentation.
 urther railroad investigation slbly legislation.
 reorganization of the govern
 partments and classification nment employees.
 mericanization of federal aid tion.
 eternity and infancy bill pro- federal nursing aid to the
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