Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-19
NORTH VIRGINIA HAS
STRATEGIC POSTS.
Representation on Delegates
Committees Is Best of
Recent Years.
BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.

RICHMOND, Va, January 19-At
no time in recent years has Northern
Virginia been as well represented on
House of Delegates committees as at
the present session, it was determined
yesterday when the committee appoint
ments were announced by Speaker J.
Sinclaid Brown
AS was the case last year, the power
full Finance Committee is headed by
Delegate Wilbur c. Hall of Loudoun
County, while the strength of the
eighth district was greatly increased by
the appointment of Delegate Hugh Reid
of Arlington County to head the Com
mittee on General Laws. Reid takes
the place of James P. Jones of Rich
mond as chairman of this committee.
Birrell Heads Expense Group.
Delegate J. Fred Birrell of Alexan-
dria heads the Committee on House
Expenses and Daniel L. Porter of
Orange is chairman Of the Committee
on Officers and Offices at the Capitol.
Efforts to retain the identity of the
eighth congressional district were be-
lieved to be greatly enhanced by the
appointment to the membership of the
Committee on Privileges and Elections
Of Delegates Wilbur c. Hall of Loudoun
and r. A. Mcintyre of Fauquier Sem
ator Cecil Conner of Loudoun had al
ready been appointed to the like COM
mlttee OF the Senate.
1t Is before these committees Of the
two Houses that the various redistrict-
ing bills will be referred and the fate
of the district may be largely decided
by their action.
The plans for saving the district were
discussed behind closed doors yester-
day afternoon by the eighth district
delegation and Representative Howard
w. Smith. 1t was planned to continue
the conference this afternoon Partici-
pants believed it inadvisable at this
time to reveal their plans.
Because Of his untiring efforts on be-
half of good roads, the Northern Vir-
GINA delegation was successful in Sc
curing the appointment of Delegate
Edmund H. Allen to the Committee on
Roads and Internal Navigation. This
Is Aliens first term in the General As
sembly, but his interest in the matter
OF roads has long been felt in his home
county
Delegates Reid of Arlington, Birrell
of Alexandria and George w. Herring
OF Prince William were all appointed
TO the committee on counties, cities
and towns. Practically all important
local legislation is referred to this COM
mittee.
Committee Assignments.
Committee assignments of Northern
Virginia legislators were as follows:
Reid-General laws, counties, cities
and towns, executive expenditures and
Federal relations and resolutions
Hall-Privileges and elections,
finances, retrenchment and economy,
and rules
Birrell-Finance, counties, cities and
towns and House expenses.
Allen-Roads and internal naviga-
ton, officers and Offices at the Capitol,
executive expenditures and moral and
social welfare.
Herring executive expendi-
lures, Chesapeake and its tributaries
and counties, cities and towns.
McIntyre-Privileges and elections,
lice and Federal relations and resolu-
tions.
Porter-Roads and internal naviga-
ton and officers and Offices at the Cap
itol.
Among the more important COM
mittee chairmanships were: Ashton c.
Dovell, floor leader, privileges and cleo
lions and appropriations; King Har--
man of Pulaski roads and internal
navigation; r. l.. Brewer of Suffolk,
Chesapeake and its tributaries: j. w.
Witten of Tazewell, militia and police;
Levin N. Davis of Accomac, claims
against the State: w. B. Bruce, Farm
vile, schools and colleges, and Allen
c. Adams, Hopewell, special, private
and local legislation.
Mrs. Emma Lee White, only wom-
an member, was selected to head the
Committee on Retrenchment ana
Economy.