Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1934-11-30
North West May
Control House
Several Places of Leader
ship Are To Be Filled

Washington. - Northern and
western Democrats are in a posi-
ton to seize control of some i'm
porrant posts when the house is
reorganized at the coming session
of Congress.
/ Besides the speakership and party
leadership, II chairmanships of
committees will be at stake. They
were thrown open by defeats and
Eretirements of s. sitting Demo-
Gratis, which resulted in a total of
|157 vacancies on the ~ commit
tees.
Holding the balance of powe.
with 1873 members, compared with
the 129 from southern and border
states, northern and western De-
mocrats are determined to- split
the party leadership, They are
willing for the speakership to go
but want the leadership and
threatened to take both unless the
southerners clear the way for a
division.
Southern and border states con-
troll ; of the ~ committees, in
GLIDING the chairmanships of near
ly ali the major units that formu-
late legislation. Next to New
York, which has seven chairman
ships, Texas is second with six
appropriations, agriculture, inter-
state commerce and public build
ings and grounds.
As a result in the turnover of
personnel, chairmanships of the
following committees are vacant:
Census, civil service, claims, edu-
cation, election of president, vice
president and house members, cleo
tions committee number one, Indian
affairs, irrigation and reclamation,
memorials, war claims and the mill
tary and naval appropriations sub
committees which originate war
and navy supply bills.
Six northerners and six south
erners who held the chairmanships
lost or retired. Northern represen-
tatives seek ways to hold virtually
all of their own and pick up some
of those now held by the south. In
addition they have their eyes on
four Democratic vacancies on the
ways and means committee and five
on appropriations.
Indications are that Representa-
tive White, a one-termer from
Idaho, will become. chairman Of ir-
rigation and reclamation, now
held by Dennis Chavez, of New
Mexico, who ran for the senate;
that Hoeppel of California will
head war claims, vacated by the de-
feat of Allgood, of Alabama; that
Fletcher of Ohio will become chair
man of the election of president,
vice president and house members;
that Larrabee Of Indiana, will sue
coed to the census craftsmanship;
that Eicher, an Iowa one-termer,
will succeed LETTERS of Alabama as
of the civil service COM
mittee.
The turnovers also put Rams
peck of Georgia in line for the
Craftsmanship of claims; Palmissano
of Maryland, education; Whiting
ton, of Mississippi of roads, provid-
ed Cartwright, of Oklahoma, shifts
to Indian affairs, which has been
indicated as a result of the defeat
Of Howard of Nebraska.
Should Bankhead of Alabama,
for speaker, be elected
to that post of leadership,
John ]. O'Connor, of New York
would ascend to the Craftsmanship
If the rules committee, the third
most important post in the house
organization.
Election of Byrns, of Tennessee
leader to speaker
not effect the committee
lineup. But if Rayburn of Texas,
another leading speaAership can
lidate were successful, chairman
hip of the powerful interstate
group would go to Hud- !,
of Alabama.