The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-01-12

ATTENTION ON
COMMITTEES
Appointments and CaucuSeS
Are important Matters
Facing Members.
KEY POSTS WITHHELD
House Democrats to Talk
Over Selections for
Six Groups.

Partial committee appointments on page 5.
Committee appointments and two
caucuses were the important mat
ters before members of the seventy
seventh general assembly when they
convened this afternoon after
recess since Thursday.
Selection of the personnel of six
important house committees was
withheld until after the Democratic
house caucus which was scheduled
to be held following adjournment
this afternoon.
II will be at this caucus that a
majority floor leader will be
selected.
AS Representative Fabius Gwin
dem, Dubois and Martini is a
candidate for both the leadership
and Judiciary A. Craftsmanship, the
committee appointment will be with
held pending the result Of the
caucus. legislators feel one man
should not hold the two important
posts.
Kenney Is Contender
Representative Herbert P. Ken
ney (Dem., Floyd, also is a con-
tender for the leadership. In event
that one of the two is elected as
leader, the other is expected TO
head Judiciary A.
Representative Earl Crawford
(Dem., Union and Wayne), who has
been named TO head the banking
committee, is scheduled to be elected
caucus chairman.
An unusual feature OF the com
mittee opointments is that a pre-
cedent of many sessions will be
broken and Representative H.
Curtis Bennett Dearborn and Ohio
Democratic house member of the
state budget committee, will not be
named chairman of the important
ways and means committee. Neither
will Representative Sam j. Farrell
(Blackford and Grant,, Republican
budget committee members, be
named to this committee.
White Heads City Affairs Group
Instead, Speaker Walter Myers is
expected to point out the impor-
lance of the committee on public
expenditures and name Bennett
chairman and Farrell as Republican
member.
Representative John F. White
Dem., Marion), former city council
member and prominent in civic
affairs, heads the house committee
on the affairs of the city of Indi-
annapolis with Representative j.
Clyde Karrer Dem., Marion) as the
ranking member. AS no Republican
representatives were elected from
this county in the November cleo
ton, there are none of that party
on the Indianapolis committee.
This body will handle all legisla-
ton pertaining to municipal opera
ton of the street car system and
other utility measures.
SchlegeI Is Roads Head
Myers named Representative Clar-
ence o. Schlegel (Dem., Clay TO
head the roads committee, where the
proposed resolution for an investi-
CATION of the state highway commits
sion will be consigned. Crawford, a
former member of the state highway
commission, and one of the leaders
in the probe agitation, is the rank
ing member.
The move to put all county off,
Gals on a salary basis will be con-
signed to the fees and salaries COM
mittee which is headed by Repre-
sentative j. CHM EllySon Dem,
Lake., who already has drafted
bill to put officials in that county
on salary and thereby take from
them fees ranging from $4,000 to
100000 annually.
G. o. p. Caucus Set Tonight
A. Republican caucus of both
houses has been announced for to-
night for the oStensible purpose of
discussing taxation. It is reported.
however, that a method of allotting
the patronage on percentage basis
in order to give Republican repre-
sentatives some gravy" will be the
principal topic.
Increasing Of the congressional
reapportionment committees in both
house from thirteen to seventeen
members has been announced.
In the house the Democrats
have thirteen members of this COM
mittee, one representing each con-
greSsional district, while the Re-
publicans have four. The order
is reversed in the senate, where
Republicans are in the majority.
The legislative reapportionment
committees will be increased in the
same manner.
One bill which will be introduced
this afternoon is that calling for the
appropriation of $4,000 to defray
the expense of the general assembly.
1t will be presented by Representa-
tive H. Curtis Bennett dearborn
and Ohio, Democratic house mem
Der of the state budget committee.
The same amount was appropriated