Evening star., 1923-12-12
HOUSE MAKES UP
COMMITTEE ON D. c.
All the Members Named, With
the Exception of One
Republican.

Selection OF the personnel of the
House District committee was COM
pleted today with the exception of
one republican place. which was left
vacant with a purpose"
The one republican position filled
today by the subcommittee from the
committee on committees, which re-
ported this afternoon to the full COM
mittee on committees, was given to
Representative Clarence J. Mcleod
Of Michigan, who is the youngest
man ever elected to the American
Congress-.
The three democratic places which
were filled in a conference of the
democratic members of the ways and
means committee and reported TO a
democratic conference this afternoon
are: Representatives. Everett Kent,
Pennsylvania; Henry L. Jost. Mis-
souri,. and Allard H. Gasque, South
Carolina.
Personnel of Committee.
The membership of the District
committee is as follows:
ublicans-ChairTnan, Representa-
tives stuart F. Reed. West Virginia;
Florian Lampert, Wisconsin; Oscar E.
Keller. Minnesota; Charles l.. Under
hill, Massachusetts,: Roy G. Fitz-
gerald, Ohio; Ernest w. Gibson. Yer
mont; Edward NJ. Beers. Pennsyl-
yania: Henry r. Rathbone. Illinois:
Gale H. Stalker. New York. and Clar-
ence ]. Mcleod, Michigan.
Democrats-Repres presentatives Chris
topher D. Sullivan, New York; Thomas
l. Blanton. Texas. Ralph Gilbert,
Carolina; Charles F. x. O'Brien, New
Jersey; Stanley III. Kunz. Illinois:
Everett Kent, Pennsylvania; Henry
L Jost, Missouri. and Allard II.
Gasque, South Carolina.
Sketch Picture of Members.
Representative Mcleod was born in
Detroit. Mich, and was educated at
the University of Detroit and Detroit
College. where he received the de-
gree of LII. 3. He was admitted to
the bar of Michigan and the United
states district court in 1919. He
enlisted in the United States Army in
1918, and saw service in the aviation
ground school at Cornell and as ser
geant, military intelligence division.
He was commissioned second lieu
tenant in the military Intelligence
division. and holds a commission in
the United States reserve. He is
married and has two children. This
is his second term in Congress.
Formerly a Machinist.
Representative Kent after gradual
ing from the Bangor. Pa, High
School worked for sometime as a
machinist, wise benchman, construct
ing hosting machinery and as a
newspaper reporter. He taught a
country school one term and WIS
later principal of the Roosevelt
School in Bangor for one term. While
teaching he prepared for the study
OF law and entered the University of
Pennsylvania law school. While
ha
ana paid all expenses by selling coal
In carload lots to manufacturing
plants.
He has been practicing law in Ban
gor and when elected to Congress
was counsel for eleven municipalities
He was solicitor for the board of
prison inspectors of Northampton
county from 1912 to 1915 and county
1929 to 1928. He is married and has
three children.
Representative Jost is a graduate
of the, Kansas City Law School. He
ing attorney of Jackson county, Mo,
and mayor of Kansas City from 1912
to 1915.
Representative Gasque Is fifty years
old. He gained his education by at
tendingg country schools three of
on farm during the remainder of
the year until he was eighteen years
of age. He worked on a. farm and
taught in the country schools until he
was twenty-three years old, at which
age he entered the University of South
Carolina, from which he graduated in
He was principal of a graded school
in Columbia for one year and was
then elected county superintendent of
education of Florence county and
served continuously for twenty years
until elected to Congress. Mr.. Gasque
was president of the State Teachers
Association and also Of the state
county superintendents' association
For eight years he was a member of
the state democratic executive COM
mittee and for four years county
chairman of the democratic party.
For ten years he was city chairman
of the democratic executive commit
tee. He is married and has four chill
dren.