Evening star., 1931-12-13
Representative Cannon of
Missouri Heads Group on
Appropriations.
NAME MRS. MARY NORTON
LEGISLATIVE CHAIRMAN
Senator Vandenberg Leaves Senate
Body, Deploring Commission
ers' Lack of Authority.

The personnel of both the House
Subcommittee on District Appropria-
tions and of the House District Legisla-
tive Committee was decided late yes-
teroay Chairman Byrns of the Appro-
| priations Committee announced that
the Appropriations Subcommittee will
| consist of Representative Clarence Can
non of Missouri, chairman; Representa-
tives William ]. Granfield of Massa-
chusetts and Thomas L. Blanton of
Texas, Democrats, and Representative
| Robert G. Simmons of Nebraska and
Representative William P. Holiday of
! ILLINOIS,, Republicans. The two new
men are Granfield and Blanton, the
| latter having served formerly on the
District Legislative Committee.
The roster of the District Legislative
Committee was decided on after lengthy
conferences of the Democratic mem
bers of the Ways and Means Commit
tee acting as a Committee on Commit
tees and the Republican Committee on
Committees meeting with the new Re-
publican leader, Representative Ber-
trand H. Smell of New York.
With Representative Christopher D.
Sullivan OF New York elected to the
House Ways and Means Committee,
Mrs. Mary t. Norton of New Jersey
becomes the chairman of the District
Committee-the first time in the his
tory of Congress that woman has
been chairman of a committee. The
hold-over Democratic members, who
are reappointed are Representatives
Vincent l.. Palmisano, Maryland; Rob-
ert s. Hall, Mississippi, and Wright
Patman, Texas. Representative Mall
colin G. Tarver of Georgia was in line
Tor chairman of either revision of the
laws or elections No. 2, but instead
chose appointment on the Judiciary
Committee
Democratic Assignments.
The eight new Democratic assign
| ments TO the District Committee are
Representatives Howard w, Smith, yir-
gln1a; Lynn S. Hornor, West Virginia:
Loring D. Black, New York; J.. Bayard
Clark, North Carolina Ralph Gilbert.
Kentucky; Robert Ramspeck, Georgia;
Byron B. Harlan, Ohio and Allard III.
Gasque, South Carolina. Representa-
tiVes Gilbert and Gasque were formerly
members of this committee.
The holdoVer Republican members of
the District Committee who have been
reappointed are Representatives Clar-
ence j. Mcleod of Michigan. Edward M.
Beers, Pennsylvania; Gale H. Stalker,
New York, Frank l.. Bowman, West Vir-
ginia; Patrick j. Sullivan, Pennsylvania:
James L. Whitley, New York, and C e.
McClintock Ohio REPRESENTATIVE
Frank r. Reid of Illinois and Repre-
sentative Frederick C. Loofbourow of
Utah were relieved of further service on
the District Committee.
The two new Republican members
appointed to the District Committee are
representatives Frederick M. Davenport
OF New York and Pehr G.. Holmes of
Massachusetts,. The former has already
served eight years in the House, and the
latter was selected because he was for
merry mayor OF his home city, Worces-
ter, Mass.
Vandenberg Quits.
Meanwhile in the Senate Senator
Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan
MADE known yesterday that he has
asked to be relieved of his assignment
on the District Committee, and in doing
SO he urged passage of legislation that
would permit the Commissioners to
handle some Of the local problems that
now claim the attention of the con-
greSsional committees.
The complete schedule of changes In
Senate committees will not be an
nounced until tomorrow, but it was
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