Evening star., 1936-11-07
c. 0.P. COMMITTEE
LISTS ARE REVISED
Assignments to Be- Shifted
Following Defeat of House
Veterans.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

The defeat of veteran Republican
members Of the House will cause a
thorough overhauling of the Repuo-
lican slate of committee assignments
in the incoming Congress. But on the
two most important committees-Ways
and Means and Appropriations-the
change is less serious than on most
Of the other committees.
However, there are five choice as
signments to go to the older surviv-
ing Republicans in the House-one as
successor to Representative Isaac
Bacharach of New Jersey, second on
the minority membership on the Ways
and Means Committee, and four on
the important Appropriations Com
mittee as successors to Representatives
Mcleod, Michigan; Mrs. Kahn, Cali
fornia; Buckbee, Illinois (deceased),
and Bolton, Ohio The Democrats
have eight places to fill on the Appro-
priations Committee, vacated by Rep
resentatives Oliver, Alabama; Sandlin,
louisiana; Parks, Arkansas; Granfield,
Massachusetts,; Blanton, Texas; Jacob
sen, Iowa; zioncheck, Washington,
and Moran, Maine. These involve
chairmanships of several important
subcommittee handling departmental
appropriation bills.
The Banking and Currency Com
mittee loses its ranking Republican
member, Representative John B. Hol-
lister, Ohio; also Representative Peter
A. Cavicchia, New Jersey, and Repre-
sentative Glare G. Fenerty. Pennsyl-
vania. This leaves Representative
Jesse P. Walcott, Michigan, in line for
top place-and he also will have the
same position on the Roads Committee.
The Civil Service Committee loses
its veteran former chairman, now
ranking Republican, Representative
Frederick R. Lehlbach, New Jersey,
who also held the same position on
the Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Committee. Representative Marcan-
tonic of New York Is also dropped
from Civil Service. Mrs. Edith N
Rogers of Massachusetts, is in line for
Republican leader on this committee
and if she gets it she will be the first
Republican woman to hold such a post.
Agriculture Committee Vacancy.
Representative L. T. Marshall OF
Ohio leaves a Republican vacancy on
the Agriculture Committee. The Cen
sus Committee loses Representatives
Hess, Ohio: Collins, California, and
Main, Michigan. The Claims Com
mittee loses Representatives Pittinger
Minnesota. and Ekwall, Oregon. Coin
age, Weights and Measures loses
Christensen, Minnesota, and Wilson
Pennsylvania. Christianson was also
on Foreign Affairs. The District OF
Columbia Committee loses Representa-
tive Fenerty, Pennsylvania. Educa-
ton loses Representative Marshall
Ohio. Christianson, Minnesota, was
ranking Republican on the Commit
tee on Election of President, Vice Pres
ident and Representatives in Con-
gress. Representative George H. Tink-
ham of Massachusetts,, succeeds to
that post.
Representative John B. Hollister,
Ohio. was ranking Republican on
Elections No. l, and Representative
Clarence E. Hancock, New York, sue
ceeds to that post. The third Re-
publican -on the committee, Collins,
California, was defeated Hollister
was also a member of the Committee
on Expenditures in the executive de-
partments. Main, Michigan, was on
the Flood Control Committee. Indian
Affairs Committee loses Representa-
tive Collins, California; Doutrich,
Pennsylvania, and Stewart, Delaware.
The veteran Representative John G..
Cooper, Ohio, passes from the party
leadership on interstate and foreign
commerce. with Representative Carl
e. Mapes, Michigan, as runner-up
Representative Schuyler Merritt, Con-
necticut veteran with 10 years Of
service, also disappears from this