The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-12-09
THREAT IF FIGHT OM FLOOR |S MADE
Leaders Incensed Because Of Failure To Obtain More
 Appointments

WASHINGTON. Dec. s.-(By Asso- ciated Press.)-An open threat of fight on the floor of the House against what was characterized as the stacking of House committees by the republican committee on committees" was made today by Rep resentative Nelson, Wisconsin, leader of the republican insurgents, who for two days blocked the reelection of Speaker Gillett.
 Failure of the insurgents to ob- tain more places on the important committees led to forecast of an- other revolt against majority or ganization leaders. MT. Nelson eX- pressed surprise and indignation over the treatment which he said had been accorded his group in the for nation of the republican committee states and said the fight would be taken to the House when the selec- tions made the republicans were pl esented for ratification, perhaps late next week.
 Republican insurgents in the Sen ate reiterated today that the extent to which they would press re- organization row in the Senate would be determined largely by how they fared in committee assignments. Their course of action still is unde- cided, pending announcement Of the results of the work of the maJorl- ty committee on committees. IhlS committee nad two more SeSSlohS lo- day but members said it's work was far from completed. Further ses- sions will be held tomorrow with the hope of having the whole slate com pleted in time for action by the re- publican party conference calIeu TOT Monday forenoon.
 The democratic steering committee also will continue it's meetings to- morrow with 8 view to having its committee assignments ready for Senate action Monday.
 Peace Efforts Fail.
 Efforts to compose differences with respect to assignments to the three vacancies on the foreign re- lations committee were unaVailing today and the committee turned 10 assignments for other committees with tenative agreements reached Tn several cases.
 nouncement, some committeeman said Senators Gooding of Idaho, CouZens of Michigan, Howell of Nebraska and Fess of Ohio had been selected tenta- lively to fill the vacancies on the in- terstate commerce commission, whlch deals with railroad legislation. Tho insurgents are interested particu- larly in the makeup of this com mittee and some of today's selec- tions were regarded by some republl- can leaders as in the nature or con- sessions to them.
 For the four vacancies on tne finance committee these tenative se- lections were reported to have been made Elkins. West Virginia; Mo Cormick, Illinois; Stanfield, oregon, and Ernest, Kentucky.
 There were reports which were un- confirmed, that the democrats had decided to place Senators Robinson, Arkansas; Walsh of Montana, and Underwood of Alabama in three or the four democratic vacancies on the foreign relations committee.
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 Pinccs They Wanted.
 Mir. Nelson, in discussing the house committee situation, declared his group had been particularly anxious to have places given Woodruff or Michigan, on the ways and means committee: Beck of Wisconsin on the commerce committee, and LaGuardia of New York on the judiciary com mttee.
 None was selected. All three have been active in the insurgent move ment. Members of the insurgent group. who were members of the last Congress, have retained the com mittce assignments they held then. Little recognition thus far, however, has been accorded new membos al lied with the insurgent bloc, all though Peavey of Wisconsin was
  committee.
 The republican committees con- tinued it's work of making house committee assignments today, but failed to take action on the rules committee or to designate the seven members of the scoring committee. A fight, leaders predicted. may de- velop over one of the steering com mittee seats, Representative Tincher of Kansas and Dickinson of Iowa, both being urged for the place that will go to a member from the west . ern farming region. The democratic members of the ways and means committee. who will assign demo- crats to various house committees, held meeting today but did not P complete their work. It was loNbt- full tonight whether either the re- publicans or democrats would be ready when the house reconvenes Monday to present their committees annrnNal