Evening star., 1923-12-09
Two Sessions Yesterday.

This committee had two more ses-
sions yesterday, but members said its
work was far from completed Fur
ther sessions will be held today with
the hope of having the whole slate
completed in time for action by the
republican party conference called
for tomorrow forenoon. The demo-
cratic steering committee also will
continue its meeting today with
view to having its committee assign
ments ready for Senate action tomor-
row.
Efforts to compose differences with
respect to assignments TO the three
vacancies on the foreign relations
committee were unavailing again
yesterday and the committee tlrned
TO assignments for other committees
with tentative agreements reached in
several cases.
1t was understood. however, that
the choice to fill the three republican
vacancies on the foreign relations
committee would be made from the
following: Willis. Ohio; Lenroot. Wis
consin; Pepper. Pennsylvania; Edge,
New Jersey, and EIkfns. West Vir-
ginia Tentative decision by the
democrats was reported to have been
reached for filing three out of the
four democratic vacancies on this
committee by appointment of Rob
inson, Arkansas; Underwood, Ala
bama. and Walsh, Montana.
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Senator Hiram Johnson, California,
is understood to have accepted an
offer TO take the Craftsmanship of the
committee on territories and insular
affairs He had the choice between
retaining his present craftsmanship
of the patents committee, but is un-
derstood to have expressed his desire
to take the former committee because
of the interest in California in in
sular possessions.
While there was no formal an
uouncement, some committeeman said
Senators Gooding OF Idaho. CouZens
of Michigan. Howell of Nebraska and
Fess of Ohio had been selected ten
tatively to fill the vacancies on the
Interstate Commerce committee,
which deals with railroad legislation.
The insurgents are interested partic-
ularly in the makeup of this COM
mittee and some of today's selections
leaders as in the nature of conces-
siors to them.
For the four vacancies on the
finance committee these tentative Sc
Icctions were reported TO have been
made: Elkins, West Virginia.: Nc
Cormick, Illinois; Staniield. Oregon,
and Ernst. Kentucky.
No Insurgents Chosen.
Mr.. Nelson. in discussing the House
committee situation, declared his
group has been particularly anxious
to have place given Woodruff of
Michigan, on the ways and means
committee Beck of Wisconsin, on the
commerce committee and La Guardia
of New York, on the Judiciary com
mittee. None was selected. All three
have been active in the insurgent
movement.
Members of the insurgent group
who were members of the last Con-
Sress have retained the committee as
signments they held then. Little
recognition thus far, however, has
been accorded new members allied
with the insurgent bloc, although
Peavey of Wisconsin was placed OIL
the rivers and harbors committee.
The republican personnel of all the
major committees of the House was
tentatively agreed upon yesterday,
however, by the committee on COM
mittees after much balloting. The
committee deferred action. however,
on the five vacancies on the impor-
tant rules committee, where Chair
man Smell. New York; Representative
Royal Johnson of South Dakota, and
Representative Thomas D. Schall of
Minnesota are the only remaining
republicans.
Il is pretty we'll understood that
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