Evening star., 1922-11-10
S. F. Reeds An,biti0n to Head
District Committee In Sight
Not EsPecte d to
Stand Aside for
ZihIn,an.
Long Study Give1'
by Him to Street
Railways.

Despite reports to the contrary,
Representative Stuart F. Reed OF
West Virginia. tried and true friend
of the District of Columbia, has every
expectation of being chairman of the
House District committee in the new
Congress elected Tuesday Under the
seniority rule, Representative Reed
should be chairman of the committee,
If he wants the position. Although
it has been publicly stated Represen-
tative Reed will withdraw in favor
of Representative Fred n. Zihlman Of
Maryland. this has no foundation in
fact or in the present purpose of Rep
resentative Reed. 1t has been the am
bition of Representative Reed ever
since he has been in Congress to hold
this position so that he could direct
the enactment Of legislation bene-
fetal to Washington and to have a
leading part in building up the capi-
tai of the nation.
Representative Reed will have to
make his choice, probably. between
chairman of the District committee
and chairman of the committee on
war claims. which promises to be a
very important berth in the new Con-
gress. Representative Bertrand H.
Smell of New York. chairman of the
war claims committee. is in line for
chairman of the rules committee.
Representative Focht comes next and
he will not he in the next Congress;
also Representative Reed. in all like
lihood, will have a chance to pick his
favorite.
In the event that Representative
Reed goes to some more important
committee. Representative Zihlman.
who is well recognized as an active
and sincere friend of the National
Capital. would be welcomed in the po-
Sition as chairman.
Rnn 1000 Ahead Of Ticket.
ahead of his ticket in the big indus
trial district he represents. During
his entire service of eight years on
the District committee he has per-
sistently opposed many measures
which he considered not just for the
time-honored half-and-half principle
of paying the expenses of the nations
capital.
Representative Reed virtually re-
wrote the Ball rent act because he
thought many of its provisions were
growth and development. He tried
to make it fair both to the men who
owned property and to those who paid
rent.
In the new Congress the District
probably will have fourteen of the
present members of the House District
committee again on the committee
unless they prefer to be shifted to
other committees where they think
they can do more for their home con-
stituency. They include eight re-
publicans-Reed. West Virginia; Zihl-
man. Maryland: Lampert. Wisconsin:
Keller, Minnesota; Woodruff. Mich
igan; Sproul, Illinois; Underhill.
Ma assa chusetts. and Fitzgerald, Ohio;
and six democrats-Sullivan. New
York: Blanton, Texas; Gilbert. Ken
lucky; Hammer. North Carolina:
O'Brien. New Jersey. and Kuntz,
Illinois.
They VIII Re Ah.ent.
The present members Of the House
committee who will not be
in the next Congress. are Chairman
Focht. Pennsylvania: Wheeler. Illinois:
W alters, Pennsylvania: Lee. New
York; Millspaugh, Mosouri. and
Brown, Tennessee-all republicans,
and Woods of Virginia. democrat.
Representative Oscar f. Keller of
Minnesota is looking toward the