The Alaska daily empire., 1922-12-05
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES TO BE
RE-ORGANIZED.

The suggestion of Senator Mccormick for the
abolition the seniority rule in Senate Committees
Genes to the when existing committees are about
badly shattered in personnel and selections not
Only of new chairmen but OF members of committees
in both the Senate House must be made. Re-or-
ganization of many committees in both Houses Will
be necessary in the Sixty-cghth Congress
In all 1913 members of important committees will
not be present in the next Congress and there are
changes in the personnel of minor committees
not included in the above figure Besides the filling
of these committee vacancies, chairmen for seven
Senate and % House committees will have to be
by Congress before full routine organization
is completed Some of the vacancies were caused
by death others by resignation and number by the
results of the last election.
The pest about which speculation arises
is that of chairman of the powerful House Ways and
Means Committee dividing in with vacancy
in the charmanship of the Senate Finance Com
mittee. Representative Fordney of Michigan, retired
from the House, leaving William B. Green, of Iowa
in line for tho craftsmanship of the Ways and Means
Committee under the seniority rule. The defeat of
Senator McCumber in the North Dakota primaries
last Spring, leaves Reed Smoot Utah. to become
head of the powerful Finance Committee unless the
seniority rule is dropped and Smoot fails to be Sc
lected for the position by
The Senate Committee Pest Offices S left with
out chairman by the defeat of Senator Townsend
CT Michigan; Naval Affairs loses its chairman through
the retirement of Senator Page of Vermont; the
Senate Territories Committee must have a new chair.
man when Senator News term expires in March, as
he was defeated in the Spring primaries in Indiana
Calder, New York. defeated in the November
election thus leaving the craftsmanship of the Con-
tingcnt Expenses Committee vacant two other cleo
ton casualties, Sutherland, of West Virginia, Pon-
dexter. Washington, left vacancies respectively in
the chairmanshps of the Enrolled Bills and Mines
and Mining which be filled in the next Con
gress
Four major House committees are left leaderless
These are: judiciary, Post Office Rules and Ways
and Means, their charmen, Volsead, Minnesota
eteenerson Minnesota, Campbell Kansas and Ford
ney Michigan, terminating services in Congress
Fifteen ether House committees lose their chairman
including Ireland of Accounts. and Rodenberg Flood
Control. both of Illinois
A survey of the committee membership situation
IN the Senate shows that As vacancies will have to
pe hied lhe Foreign Relations Committee is hard
est MT losing SIX OF its present personnel those not
returning being McCumber North Dakota New In.
diana; kellogg, Minnesota; Hitchcock Nebraska
fcmefehe, ONO. and Williams of Mississippi the
latter Voluntarily retiring at the end of his fern
i've other major committees shows casualty list OF
h'e members eaeh-Ffnance losing McCumber Calder
'"1heilahd' freilnshdysen and Williams; Interstate
Commerce losing Townsend, Poindexter KELLOGG Fra
inghuysen and Pomerene Military Affairs losipg stb
GRAND Now, Rawson of Iowa, Hitchcock and Myers
OF Montana and the Banking and Currency and
4>eNai AHaifs committees losing five each Newberrv
Michigah, France, Maryland and Grow of Penn.
s!Fahla, being on the latter committee roster I've
vacancies VIII exist in the immigration Committee.
Two on appropriations, Agriculture l. Commerce .
LABOR :. Judiciary 1. Post Office 3 The noworful
i.uies committee remains intact The three oldos,
nremoefs on the Mines and Mining COMMITTEES pon.
ueAtef present Chairman. and Sutherland and Now
perry ranking members will be missing II tho son
iority rule is followed out Senator Tasker + osai
""' N'ep INTO the craftsmanship of this BODY
AT the same time the Senate is engaged in s,,,
'nese vacancies the House will be busily engaged IN
seiecuch OF members to replace "a missing committee
iheh on important committees The Approximation
Nohnhitlee' supreme money spenders of the Hons.
iost nine members; the Post Office Committeo -
seven besides its chairman. Stevenson of Minnesota,
LABOR Naval Affairs. Banking and Currency ana
"erchaht Marine lose seven each Judiciary loses e.,
including Chairman Vostead: Military Affairs mt
state commerce and immigration lose five each m
ways ana Means Committee. in addition IN ,,s;.
rordhey It's chairman. will be minus Copely ul;roi
fouhg, North Dakota; Bowers West virei,,, -,
thahdier. Oklahoma The House Rules Conmi,,ao
rs minus its Chairman, Campbell Kansas ana tbao
other members; Foreign Affairs three members ~ !,
Agriculture four members ~
II this present practice is not altered the
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