Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-06
ELLIOTT'S DEFEAT ROBS D. C. j
OF VALUED FRIEND IN HOUSE
Public Buildings Head Fur
thered Much important
Legislation.
McLeou May Succeed Zihl-
man as District Com
mittee Chairman.

One of the election fatalities of spe-
| cial concern to the National Capital is
the defeat of Chairman Richard N.
Elliott of the House Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds-in the
sixth Indiana district. Representative
Elliott is credited with being the father
| of the public building program for the
| District and he put through the bills
| for the Federal building program, for
| purchase of the triangle south of Penn
/ sylvania avenue to the Mall as a site
| for the new Federal buildings, for the
new Supreme Court and House ONCE
Buildings for additions to the New
National Museum and City Post once
Buildings, and for the Capital park
development.
BY virtue of his craftsmanship Repre-
sentative Elliott was member of the
Public Buildings Commission, of the
commission to enlarge the Capitol
grounds, the United States Supreme
Court Building Commission and the
Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission,
OF course. now that these important
permanent public improvement projects
are so well advanced the defeat of Re-
preventative Elliott will not imperil the
great development program. Under
the seniority rule his successor as
chairman of the Public Buildings Com
mittee will be Representative j. Will
Taylor of Tennessee, who has been re-
elected.
Mcleod May Replace Zihlman.
With the defeat of Chairman Fred
erick N Zihlman \ of the House Dis
trict Committee, the heir apparent to
this position is Representative Clarence
j. Mcleod who has been acting chair
man during practically the entire time
r1F 1zt h
and devotion to the interests of the
Capital City, backed by his experience
during the present session, Represen-
tative Mcleod Is qualified to give a
good administration as MAYOR of the
District" as the chairman of the House
District Committee is sometimes called.
The defeat of Representative Albert
Hall of Indiana and John w. Palmer
of Missouri make two other vacancies
in the Republican membership of the
House District Committee to be filled
in the new Congress-more than a
year hence.
The advancement of Representative
Wallace H. White of Maine to the
United States Senate, causes a vacancy
IN the craftsmanship of the Merchant
Marine and Fisheries for the new Con-
gress. The ranking Republican is Rep
resentative Frederick N. Lehlbacli, who
Is dTeduy CIldiTIldl VI Tic 11OuSC OEN1A
Service Committee, so that Mr.. Lehl-
bach would be forced to choose between
these two important committees.
Another Craftsmanship.
The withdrawal Of Representative E.
Hart Fen of Connecticut, chairman of the
House Census Committee, opens that
craftsmanship also to Representative
Mcleod, who would have to choose be-
tween that committee and the House
District Committee Craftsmanship. 1t is
thought that Representative Mcleod
will prefer the Craftsmanship of the
District Committee, especially because
he has been making an intensive study
of the District affairs and is interested
in putting through program Of bene-
fetal legislation. Mr.. Mcleod led the
reapportionment fight, and since his
success in forcing the taking OF new
census, his interest in the Census Com
mittee work has dwindled.
The defeat of Representative Ed
M. Irwin in the twenty Illinois