Evening star., 1931-12-15
House Ready for Work
Democratic and Republican Committee States Are
Approyed-Caucus of Former Is Marked
by Harmony.

The organization of the House was
completed today, when Democratic and
Republican committee states were ap-
proved.
The approval makes the House ready
for work on bills that have been mount
ing for week.
The Appropriations and Ways and
Means Committees are already at work,
the first framing measures to provide
funds for Government departments for
the next fiscal year and the Ways and
Means members considering the mora
torium.
Six committee chairmanships each
went to New York and Texas. Massa-
chusetts Missouri, Nebraska and Ohio
received two chairmanships each. Illi-
nois, New Jersey, Maryland, Kentucky,
West Virginia and Montana received
one each.
Posts on six committees we're given to
Representative Kvale of Minnesota, the
lone Farmer-Labor member of the
House
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The committee chairman and men,
bers include:
Ag.iculture-Jones, chairman. Texas
Nelson. Missouri Norton, Nebraska !,
Garden, Kentucky; Beam, Illinois; Polk,
Chic and kleberg, Texas.
Banking and Currency-Steagall,
chairman, Alabama; Goldsborough,
Maryland; Reilly, Wisconsin; Williams,
Missouri; Disney, Oklahoma.
Census-Lozier, chairman, Missouri;
Cross, Texas; Gilbert, Kentucky; Lar
rabee, Indiana; Jacobsen. Iowa; Fie-
singer, Ohio, and Hornor, West Vir-
ginia.
Civil Service-Jeffers, chairman, Ala
hama; Patman, Texas: Fulbright, Mis-
souri,; Boehne, Indiana, and Spence,
Kentucky.
Claims Black. chairman, New York :;
Lozier, Missouri; Swank, Oklahoma. !.
Boehne, Indiana, and Harlan. Ohio.
Coinage, Weights and Measures
Somers. chairman, New York: Howard.
Nebraska; Palmisano. Maryland; Coch-
ran, Missouri; Larrabee, Indiana; Fie-
singer, Ohio, and Kvale (Farmer-La-
bor) Minnesota.
Disposition of Useless Executive Pa
pers-Green, chairman, Florida.
Education-Douglas, chairman, Massa-
chusettS; PalmlSano, Maryland Kelly,
Illinois; Larrabee. Indiana: Shannon,
Missouri, and Kvale (Farmer-Labor)
Minnesota.
Election of President, Vice President
and Representatives in Congress-Ruth-
erford, chairman, Georgia; Lozier, Mis-
souri,; Cartwright, Oklahoma: Fiesinger,
Ohio, and Hornor West Virginia.
Elections, No. CLARK. chairman,
Texas.
Elections, No. 2-Gavagan. chairman,
New York, and Cross, Texas.
Elections. No. 3-Kerr chairman
North Carolina; Williams, Texas and
Miller, Arkansas.
Enrolled Bills Parsons, chairman,
Illinois, Underwood, Ohio, and Boehne,
Indiana.
Expenditures in the Executive De-
partments-Cochran, chairman, Mis-
souri,: Cross. Texas; Moore, Kentucky;
Williams. Texas; Griswold, Indiana;
Martin. Oregon.
Flood Control-Wilson, chairman,
Louisiana: Moore, Kentucky: SWank,
Oklahoma: Fulbright, Missouri; Girls
void, Indiana; Harlan. Ohio.
Foreign Affairs-Linthicum. chair
man. Maryland; johnson, Texas; West,
Ohio Lichtenwalner, Pennsylvania:
Karch. Illinois.
Immigration and Naturalization
Dickstein. chairman, New York, Moore,
Florida; Underwood, Ohio: PalmiSanO,
Maryland; Grove, Indiana; Dies, Texas.
Indian Affairs-Howard, ch1irman,
Nebraska; Evans. Montana; Ca"tgTright,
Oklahoma: Smith. West Virginia; ia
cobsen, Iowa; Chavez, New Mexico;
Kelly, Illinois.
InsuIar Affairs-Hare, chairman,
South Carolina: Williams, Texas;
Smith, West Virginia; Lozier. Missouri;
Cartwright, Oklahoma Cross, Texas;
Gilbert, Kentucky; Larrabee, Indiana.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Rayburn, chairman. Texas; Lea, Cali
fornia; Crosser, Ohio; Milligan, Mis-
souri, Igoe, Illinois; Shallenberger. Ne
braska; Chapman, Kentucky; Gillen,
Indiana.
Invalid Pensions-Underwood chair
man, Ohio; Lozier Missouri; Smith,
ard, Nebraska: Fiesinger, Ohio; Keller,
Illinois; Larrabee, Indiana, and Jacob
sen, Iowa.
Irrigation and Reclamation-Hall,
chairman, Mississippi Cross, Texas;
F'ulhright, Missouri; Chavez, New Mexi-
co, and Martin, Oregon.
Judicisry-Sumners, chairman, Tex
as; McKeown, Oklahoma; Gregory,
and Dieterich, Illinois.
Labor-Connery, chairman, Massa-
chusetts: Moore, Kentucky; Shannon
Missouri GrisWold Indiana; Jacobsen,
Iowa; Hornor, West Virginia, and KEEL
Ter, Illinois.
Library-Gilbert, chairman, Ken
lucky, and Keller, Illinois.