Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-27
REPUBLICAN HOUSE
= SHAKE-UP IS SEEN
Democratic Representation
on Committees Expected
to Be Weakened.

BY the Associated Press.
The overwhelming Republican ma
jority of 102 in the House forecasts a
general shake-up in most of the COM
mittee memberships that will strength
en- the Republican and weaken the
Democratic representation.
Republican leaders have indicated to
Representative Garner of Texas, the
majority leader, that they desire to
increase their membership on the major
committees of 81 members from Is to IA.
This would reduce the Democrats from
& to 7. and would necessitate the trans
fer of several to other committees.
The Republican majority was In
creased by the 1928 elections from 81
In the Seventeen Congress to lO2 IN
the Seventy-first. The House member
ship of AS. has 267 Republicans, 100
Democrats, one Farmer-Lanor, ana TWO
vacancies.
Committees Cut Down.
When the regular session begins. on
Monday only five committees organized
in the special session will be function
ing. The remainder will be organized
later in the week after the Republicans
and Democrats have selected their COM
mittee states. and submitted them 10 u,
the House. In them the changes VIII
be made.
with approximately 1870 vacancies to
be filled by both sides, scores OF changes
are expected. Many members have ex-
pressed a desire for changed assign
ments, while others are entitled TO DE
elevated TO more important bodies
through seniority and demonstrated
ability to handle specific Legislation.
Representative TilSon OF Connecu-
cut, the majority leader, has called
meeting of the committee on commit
tees for next Tuesday, the second day
of the regular session. At that time 1t
will be decided whether to increase the
Republican memberships and the COM
mittee states win be prepared.
Ways and Means Meeting.
The minority members of the ways
and means committee, headed by Rep
resentative Garner, will meet Monday
to draft the Democratic slate. With me
loss of members in the last election, and
by death, there are about SO vacant
Democratic posts, but Republican ac-
ton may reduce that number.
Many Republicans favor reducing the
judiciary and interstate commerce coln-
mittees' membership from % to 81, cut
ting off 2 Democrats and leaving IA
Republicans. Garner opposes this, hold
ing that the Importance of the commit
tees justifils the larger membership.
Although they may lose much COM
mittee representation, the Democrats
are gratified that the quotas fixed for
three OF the most powerful committees
will remain unchanged under an agree
ment between the parties in the House.
The ways and means committee is di-
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II. and rules. 8 and 4.
Two ChairmanShips Wait.
The Republicans have two chairman
ships to fill, those of the military and
invalid pensions committees. Repre-
sentative James of Michigan, undoubt-
edly will head the former, having been
ranking member when former Repre-
sentative Norm of Pennsylvania, was
chairman. Some dificulty may be en-
countered with respect to the latter,
since the two ranking members are
heads of other committees.
There are one Republican and five
Democratic vacancies on the appropria-
tons committee, which was organized
during the last days of the ial ses-
sion to prepare the annual supply bills
While there is considerable specula-
ton as to who will fill them. Represent
ative Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida, has
been mentioned as a possible Demo-
cratic member, even though this is her
FIRST term.
Two important places, one Republican
and one Democratic, are to be Allied on
the rules committee. The former
minority leader, Finis J. Garrett, de-
feated candidate for the Senate in
Tennessee, held the place. Representa-
tives SABBATH of Illinois, Moore of Vir-
GINA, Greenwood of Indiana and Doug
las of Arizona are being considered for
the post by the Democratic leaders.
Republican leaders expect the Illinois
delegation will urge the selection of
one OF its members to fill the place
vacated by Thomas S. Williams of I'LL
nols when he resigned to become a
justice OF the Federal Court of Claims.