Evening star., 1924-11-08
GENERAL SHAKE-UP
DUE IN CONGRESS
Many Committee Chairman
ships and Posts to Be Filled
in Both Houses.

While there will be general
shake-up in the personnel of House
and Senate committees is result of
Tuesdays election. fewer than a
dozen changes of Importance in chair
men will be necessary. At least three
vacancies caused by death, however,
will have to be filled before the ex-
piration of the present Congress.
Death of Senators Colt of Rhode
Island and Brandegee of Connecticut,
leave the chairmanships of the immi-
grafton and judiciary committees va
cant, while in the House the mer-
chant marine committee is without a
chairman due to the death of Rep
resentative Greene Of Massachusetts.
johnson I'm Line.
Senator Sterling of South Dakota,
is ranking Republican on the Senate
immigration committee. but he will
not be in the Senate after March 4.
Senator Johnson of California will
then be in line for chairman. Senator
Borah of Idaho is the ranking Re
publican member of the judiciary
committee, while on the House mer-
chant marine committee Representa-
tive FJuIIluHuS VI CiHS iio
was not a candidate for reelection, is
in line for chairman during the De-
cember session with Representative
Scott of Michigan, next on the COM
mittee's Republican roster.
Senator Bursum Of New Mexico, who
has been defeated for reelection on the
face of incomplete returns, is chair
man of the Senate pensions committee,
on which Reed Smoot Of Utah is the
fnv
Moses of New Hampshire will be in line
for chairman of the post office commit
tee at the expiration of Senator Ster-
lings term.
Cummins Available.
After March Senator Cummins will
be relieved Of the duties of Senate pre-
siding officer, and will be in position to
resume the craftsmanship of the inter
state commerce committee, If the Re-
publican majority sees mt to dlsplace
Senator Smith, Democrat, of South
Carolina. who has been serving in that
capacity.
In the House, Representative Keller
of Minnesota, La Toilette supporter
ia in line for the claims committee
craftsmanship, now held by Mr.. Ed
monds. while new heads of the House
education, Indian affairs, commerce and
insular affairs committees will be
needed.
Representative Reed of New York is
ranking Republican on the education
COMMITTEES. johnson of South Dakota on
the Indian affairs committee and Fuller
of Illinois on the insular affairs commit
tee Representative Parker Of New YORK
ia in line to succeed Representative
Winslow Of Massachusetts,, who did not
seek reelection. as head of the COM
merce committee.
Disciplinary Action Hfnted.
There is considerable speculation
here as to whether an effort will
he made by the Republicans to read
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin and
his followers in the Senate and House
out of the party, depriVing them Oh
their committee assignments and OF
the privilege of attending party con-
ferences. Several Senator'S, among
them Smoot, have declared in favor
of such action, while privately some
of the Democratic leaders In the Sen
ate have advocated disciplinary action
against Senator Wheeler of Montana
vice presidential candidate on the
"a Toilette Independent ticket.
Senator La Toilette is chairman OF
the Senate manufactures committee
and is listed as ranking Republican
on the finance and interstate com.
merce committees. Senators Brook
hart of, Iowa and Frazier of North
Dakota. who usually have lined VI
with the Wisconsin Senator on po'
litical issues, have committee assign.
ments, but are chairmen of none
while Ladd of North Dakota, another
Senator identified with the La Fol
lette bloc, is chairman of the public
lands committee. Shipstead. Farmer
Labor Senator from Minnesota, is g
member of five committees, and Nor
ris of Nebraska, who has repeatedly
differed with the Republican organi'
zation, is the agriculture committee
chairman.
In the House the La Toilette in
surgents, all of whom have been re.
elected, have committee assignments
as Republicans, some of them serving
as chairmen.