Evening star., 1929-12-12
Appointment of Six New Re-
publican Members Also
Sanctioned.
UNDERHILL AND GIBSON
OUT AT OWN REQUEST
Blackburn, Sullivan, Palmer, Whit
ley, McClintock and Hull
Are Added.

The House today approved the ap-
pointment of six new Republican mem
bers on the District of Columbia COM
mittee, as recommended by the Republi-
can committee on committees, and the
official list includes the retention of
Frederick N. zihlman of Maryland as
chairman of the committee.
The eight holdover Republicans on
the District committee are Representa-
tives zihlman, Maryland; Mcleod, Mich
igan; Beers, Pennsylvania; Stalker, New
York; Reid, Illinois; Bowman, West
Virginia; Lampert, Wisconsin, and Hall,
Indiana. At their own request Repre-
sentatives Underhill of Massachusetts,
and Gibson of Vermont were dropped
from the roster of the District commit
tee.
The new members are Representatives
Robert Blackburn, Kentucky; Patrick j.
Sullivan, Pennsylvania; John w.
Palmer, Missouri; James L. Whitley,
New York; c. B. McClintock, Ohio, and
Merlin Hull, Wisconsin.
SulIivan's First Term.
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education, engaged in farming and
unteer in the war with Spain. He
served In the Kentucky Legislature in
1904 and was clerk of the court of
Powell County in 1906. In recent years
he has been engaged in the insurance
and stock brokerage business and has
served as a member of the State Board
of Agriculture.
Representative Sullivan, after COM
pleting a business high school course,
was alderman in the sixth ward in the
City of Pittsburgh for 19 years and was
also police magistrate and member of
the board of assessment and tax re-
vision. This is his first session In Con-
greSs.
Representative Palmer was first a
school teacher, then engaged in the
drug business, later in the general
mercantile business and then practiced
medicine for 13 years. He was admitted
to the bar in 1897. His grandfather
was famous educator, Prof. John T.
Palmer. Mr.. Palmer was . representa-
tive In two sessions Of the General
Assembly of Missouri and served as
prosecuting attorney for six years. This
is his first term in Congress.
Whitley Is Law Book Author.
Representative Whitley, after gradu-
ating in law from Union University,
enlister in the 7th Battery, United
States Volunteers, in the Spanish War.
He was assistant corporation counsel for
the city of Rochester, in 190O-01; chief
examiner of the Civil Service CommiS-
sion, 1902-04 member of the New
York Assembly, 1905-10; member of the
State Senate, 19l8-28, and is the author
of several law books. He is a member
Of the United Spanish War Veterans,
Sons of Veterans and a number of
fraternal organizations. He Is also
bank director. This is his first term
in Congress.
Representative McClintock graduated
from Western Reserve University Law
School In 1911. He was prosecuting
attorney of Stark County, Ohio from
1923 to 1927 and special prosecutor for
year and a half thereafter, during
which time he prosecuted the famous
Don r. Mellett murder case. This is
his first term in Congress.
Representative Hull is a lawyer and
publisher. He was district attorney
from 1907 to 1909; served in the Wis
conSin Assembly from 1909 to 1915; was
Speaker of the Assembly in 1918; sec
retary of State for Wisconsin from 1917
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