Evening star., 1935-01-10
SENATE RECEIVES
|3,616 NOMINATIONS
Army Is at Top Of List Sent
by Roosevelt With 1873
Appointments.

Prsident Roosevelt today sent a list
of 3,616 appointments to the Senate,
ranging from major generals and
admirals and other high officers OF
the Government down to poctrasters.
Some Of these nominations were for
promotions in the service.
The Army was at the top Of the
list with 1873 nominations. The Pc1t
ONCE Department was next with 1908.
The Navy Department followed with
SOL. The remainder were for the
Marine Corps, Public Health Service
and other departments and bureaus
and independent Offices.
Appointed in Recess.
With few exceptions the nominal
tons were for those who had been
appointed to their respective Offices
during the congressional recess, and
have been holding Office, but who
must now go before the Senate for
confirmation.
The principal new appointment was
that of Aiming S. Prall, former mem
Der of the House from New YORK,
nominated to fill the unexpired term
of Hampson Gary on the Federal
Communications Commission. Garry
resigned last week.
On the list was the appointment Of
Riley E. Elgen to the Public Utilities
Commission Of the District. EIgen
received a recess appointment last
Summer for three years, and today's
inclusion was merely routine to obtain
Senate confirmation.
Other nominations included James
A. Motfett of New York as Federal
housing administrator, Miss Josephine
Roche Of Colorado, Assistant Secre-
tary OF the Treasury; reappointment
OF Frank R. McNinch of North Caro-
lima, chairman Of the Federal Power
Commission; w. A. Ayres, former
representative from Kansas, and Gar
land S. Ferguson, jr., of North Caro-
lima to the Federal Trade Commission.
and John Wellington Finch of Idaho
to be director of the Bureau of
Mines.
Ministers Appointed.
Antonio C. Gonzalez of New York
was named minister to Ecuador,
George T. Summerlin of Louisiana,
minister to Panama; Meredith
Nicholson of Indiana, minister to
Venezuela; William Dawson, Min
nesota, minister to Colombia. and
Julius G. Lay of Washington, D. c.,
minister to Uruguay.
Other members of the securities
commission appointed are Ferdinand
Pecora of New York, Robert E. Healy
OF Vermont, James M Lands of
Massachusetts,, and George c.
Matthews of Wisconsin.
Communications commission mem
bers nominated are George Henry
Payne of New York, Irwin Stewart of
Texas, Norman Case of Rhode Island,
Paul Walker of Oklahoma, Thad H.
Brown of Ohio and Eugene o. Sykes
of Mississippi.
The reappointment of Ado!ph c.
Miller, formerly of California. as a
member of the Federal Reserve Board,
was included.
The following were nominated es
members of the National (Railway)
Mediation Board: John Carmody of
New York, James W. Carmalt of this
city, and William M. Leiserson Of
Ohio.
The following postmasters for Vlr-
ginia were named: Ashland. Harvey
R. Stebbins; Ballston. Paul B. H!lliard;
Bland, Edgar E. Shannon; Bryce,
George w. Garvin; Buena Vista,
William T. Paxton; Cheriton. ]. Long
Haley; Chincoteague Island. Newman
M. Conant; Clinchco, Cornelia L. Pat
ton; Clonial Beach, jamie NJ. Mason;
Dahlgren. Lewis A. Ashton: D.spu-
tanta, John D. Webb Eagle Rock. D.
Irvine Persinger; Glasgow, Elizabeth
l.. Macmillan; Gordonsville. Robert A.
Smith; Herndon. Annie R. Walker;
HollinS, Gordon P. Murray; Hopewell,
Henry L. Munt; Jetersville, Charlie S.
Farmer; Kenbridge, Joseph L. Black
burn: Kilmarnock, Edward M. Blake;
Lacrosse. Ruth K. Northington; Law
renceville, Thomas B. Warriner;
Louisa. Samuel B Henson: LYNCH
burg, John H. Cave; Meherrin, Milton
L. Gee; Monroe, Thomas NJ Hesson;
Mount jackson, James M Shannon;
Quantico, George E. McInteer; Rad
ford, Hollis H. Howard; Roanoke,
Ernest L. Keyser; st. Charles, Vernon
c. Dotson; Shawsville, Ward S. Atkin-
son; Shipman, Marion w. Sherman;
Stanley, Edwin J. Shuler; Stony Greek,
William B. Cooke, jr.; StuartS Draft,
Samuel B. Harper; Troutville, Henry
c. Snyder; Victoria. Clifford E. Hardy;
White Stone, Benjamin N Hubbard;
Williamsburg, Merritt w. Foster.
The following postmasters for Mary
land were named: Frostburg, Edward
j. Donohue: GrantSville, A. Emmon5
Warwick Hancock. Maude L. Shives;
Lutherville, Clarence j. Thomson, jr.;
MiddletoWn, Charles R. Hotter: RAN
dallstown, Sarah G. Phillips; Reisters-
town, William H. L. Slade; Ridgely,