Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-11-16
HOUSE SPEAKERSHIP RACE
INVOLVES BIG COMMITTEES
Any One of Three Most Important Chair
manships May Be Vacated Through
Selection of Cillett's Successor.

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be vacant when the new Congress
! meets include some OF the most I'm
portant. They are: % Interstate and
foreign commerce, through the volun
tary retirement Of Representative
Samuel E. Winslow of Massachusetts,;
(2) education, through the retire
ment of Representative Frederick w
Dallinger Of Massachusetts to be
candidate for Senator; l2) District of
Columbia. through the retirement OF
Representative Stuart F. Reed OF
West Virginia, on account of his
health; 90 merchant marine and
fisheries, through the death of Repre-
sentative Louis W. Fairfield OF Indi-
chusetts: (5) insular affairs, through
the defeat in the primaries of Repre-
sentative Louis W. Fairfield of Indi-
ana; CD Indian affairs, through the
retirement Of Representative Homer
p. Snyder Of New York; % food con-
troll, through the successful campaign
of Representative Thomas D. Schall
for the Senate: (s) claims, through
the defeat in the primaries of Repre-
sentative George ". Edmonds OF
Pennsylvania; 90 revision Of the
laws, through the death of Represen-
tative Edward 6. Little of Kansas
! G0) alcoholic liquor traffic, through
the contest of Representative John L.
Cable of Ohio for the governorship;
anu III disposition OF useless e2eCO-
tive papers. through the defeat in the
primaries of Representative Merrill
Moores of Indiana; 90 elections No.
l, through the defeat of Representa-
tive r. Clint Cole of Ohio; G3) en-
rolled bills, through the defeat OF
Representative Benjamin l. Rosen-
| bloom of West Virginia: G4 ex-
| penditures in the Department OF
| Justice. through the defeat of Repre-
| sentative Sidney c. Roach of Mis-
souri,, and G5), expenditures in the
| Post Office Department, through the
! voluntary retirement of Mrs. Mae E
Nolan of California
| ZehImnn to Change.
The Craftsmanship Of other impor-
| tant committees will also be vacated
| through shifts, as, for example, il Is
| practically assured that Representa-
| tive Frederick y. Zihlmau of Mary
| land will surrender the Craftsmanship
| of the committee on labor to accept
that on the District OF Columbia. and
Representative Daniel A. Reed of New
York will doubtless retire from In
dustrial arts and expositions to ac-
| cept the craftsmanship of the COM
| mfttee on education.
! Several members of the House will
| have to choose between the chairman
| ship of several committees for which
they will be eligible under the semi
GRITTY rule-Repr preventative Royal c.
Johnson of South Dakota, Represent
ative Zihlman of Maryland. Repre-
! sentative Charles F. Curry of Cali
fornia. Representa- tive Charles +. Full
Ter of Illinois and Representative
Wallace H. White of Maine.
Here are the committee vacancies
| as they now stand:
| Ways and means-One Republican
| vacancy (Young) and two if Tilson
| becomes Speaker or Senator, and two
| Democratic vacancies. Tague, Massa-
chussetts. and Casey, Pennsylvania.
ppropriations-Two Republicans,
Davis. Minnesota, and Anderson,
Minnesota, and two Democrats,
| New Jersey.
Rules-Two Republicans, Schall.
Minnesota, and Moore, Illinois.
Post offices and post roads-One Re
publican, Paige. Massachusetts, and
one Democrat, Sites, Pennsylvania,
Naval affairs-One Republican,
Mudd, Maryland. and two Democrats
Logan, South Carolina, and one va
cancy already existing.
Military affairs-Two Republicans.
Mckenzie, Illinois. and Hull. Iowa
and two Democrats. Sherwood, Ohio,
and Geran, New Jersey.
Merchant marine and fisheries
Five Republicans, Green, Massachu-
sets; Edmonds. Pennsylvania; Rosen-
bloom, West Virginia; Roach, Mis-
souri,. and Wertz, Pennsylvania, and
one Democrat, Croll Pennsylvania.
Interstate and foreign commerce
Three Republicans, Winslow, Massa
! chusetts; Sanders, Indiana, and Will
liam j. Graham, Illinois, and one
! Democrat, Crosser, Ohio.
Foreign affairs-one Republican.
! Moores, Indiana, and two Democrats,
Clancy, Michigan, and Rogers, New
| Hampshire.
Public buildings and grounds-Twa,
! Republicans, Miller, Illinois, and
Wertz, Pennsylvania and four Demo
Gratis. Clark, Florida: Park. Georgia;
| Favrot, Louisiana, and Wolff, Mis-
souri,.
Rivers and harbors-Two Demo
Gratis, Minahan, New Jersey, and Will
son, Indiana
Labor-Two Republicans, Mrs. No
Ian and one other already existing,
and two Democrats, McNulty of New
jersey and Major of Illinois
Judiciary-Two Republicans, Pos
ter. Ohio, and Larson, Minnesota, and
one Democrat, Wise, Georgia.
immigration and naturalization
One Republican, Gable. Ohio. and lone
Democrat, Watkins. oregon.
Fairfield, Indiana; MacLafferty. Cali
fornia, and Fleetwood, Vermont. and
| three Democrats, Ward, North Caro-
lima; Salmon, Tennessee, and Kent,
Pennsylvania.
District of Columbia-Two Repub-
licans. Reed. West Virginia, and one
already existing, and three Demo
Gratis. O'Brien, New Jersey: Jost, Mis-
: souri,, and Kent. Pennsylvania
| Educa fiOn-Twn RenuhIjcanc M
linger, Massachusetts. and Fleetwood,
Vermont. and two Democrats, Moore
Georgia, and Allen, West Virginia.
Agriculture = Two Republicans.
Ward and Clark, both New York, and
one Democrat, Johnson, West Vir-
.inia.
Civil service-Two Republicans.
Fairfield, Indiana, and Dallinger
Massachusetts,.
| Census-Two Republicans. Fairfield.
Indiana, and MacLafferty, California,
and one Democrat, Morris, Kentucky.
Accounts - Two Republicans, Wertz,
Pennsylvania, and Miller, Illinois, and
the ranking Democrat Park, Georgia
Alcoholic liquor traffic-Three Re
publicans, Cable, Ohio; SchaH, Min
nesota, and Evans, Iowa. and two
Democrats, Browne, New Jersey, and
one already existing.
Claims-Three Republicans, Ed
monds, Pennsylvania; Little, Kansas,
and Wertz, Pennsylvania, and one
Democrat, Browne, New Jersey.
Coinage, weights and measures
Two Republicans, Cole, Ohio, and one
already existing, and four Democrats.
FaVrot, louisiana; Cook. Indiana
Moore, Georgia, and Wolff, Missouri.
Flood control-Four Republicans.