Evening star., 1925-03-06
D. c. COMMITTEES
LINEUP FORECAST
Funk Regarded as Likely
Head of House Body.
Strength Assured.

While no definite action has been
taken. membership m and the leader
ship of important committees which
will handle District affairs in the
House and Senate during the next
Congress were shaping up today.
Representative Frank H. Funk, Re-
publican, Illinois, will probably be
chairman of the subcommittee on
District appropriations on the House
appropriations committee in the next
Congress. 1t is known that Chairman
Madden of the appropriations COM
mittee has the highest regard for
Representative Funk's ability and i'm
tegrity. and the announcement prob
ably viii be made formally in a few
days.
TiRkhnm Ranking Member.
Representative Charles r. Davis of
Minnesota, who has been chairman OF
this subcommittee for several years
was defeated for reelection. Repre-
sentative George Holden Tinkham OF
Massachusetts is the ranking Repub-
lican member on the subcommittee
and under the seniority rule would
be entitled to the craftsmanship il he
desires it. Representative Tinkham,
however, expects to drop off the Dis
trict subcommittee and accept assign
ment to another subcommittee more
in line with the interests of his con-
stituents.
Representative Frank Murphy of
Ohio. who substituted for Representa-
tive Tinkham during the latter's ILL
ness when the District appropriation
bill for the fiscal year 1926 was being
drafted, probably will remain on the
subcommittee, replacing Representa-
tive Tinkham.
This leaves one Republican va
cancy and one Democratic vacancy
on the subcommittee.
strong Committee Seen.
THE District residents can rest as
sured that a subcommittee will be ap-
pointed which will give them an alb.
solutely square deal and carefully
consider the best interests for the de-
velopment of the Nations Capital
said Chairman Madden today. In Sc
lecting the chairman of this subcom-
mittee special care will be taken to
appoint a man whose honor cannot
be questioned and who is well trained
to give constructive attention to the
needs of the District. You will have
a good working and honest subcom-
mittee in the next Congress. You
may rest assured of that
Although the committee on COM
mittees of the Senate today did not
make public the names of the new
appointees to the Senate District
committee, it is understood that three
of the four new members will be
Senator du Pont of Delaware, Senator
Sackett, Kentucky, and Senator Nc
Kinley. Illinois, from the Republicar +
will succeed Senator Stanley, Ken
lucky, from the Democratic side, had
not been learned.
Committee Line-Up.
With Senator Arthur Capper ot
Kansas as chairman. the committee
will comprise the following Senators
Jones, Washington; Gooding, Idaho
Weller, Maryland: du Pont, Delaware
Sackett, Kentucky; Mckinley, Illinois
King, Utah; Sheppard, Texas; Glass
Virginia Copeland, New York; Ed
wards, New Jersey, and the Senatof
who will fill the VACANCY caused by
Senator Stanley's retirement.
The three new Republican Senators
will occupy the vacancies created by
the absence of Senator Ball, Della
ware, who was the chairman of the
committee; Senator Elkins, West Vir-
ginia, who is no longer in the Senate
and Senator Edge of New Jersey, who
:etires from the Distsict committee.
Senator Capper, who has been ap-
pointed the new chairman, and who
has evinced much interest in the Dis.
trict schools and other local needs, is
expected to sponsor beneficial legis.
lation for the National Capital
On1cial assignments to committees
will be given out tomorrow by tbs
committee on committees following q
meeting of the Republican caucus
which has been called for 10 O'clock