Evening star., 1936-09-13
Congress Is Certain to Haze
50 Ne,u Faces in January
Many Veterans among Those Who Viii
Be Missing Due to Deaths, Defeats
or Reservations.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

the new Congress when 1t opens on
January 5, and more than score OF
veterans missing. This is assured even
before the first election is held-in
Maine tomorrow and before five i'm
portant States have held their
primaries or nominating conventions.
The records already show that
there will be SO new faces-9 in
the Senate and SO in the House-due
to deaths, designations, decisions not
to seek reelection, candidates. for
other Offices or defeat in the primaries.
Those who will be missing from the
Senate are: CoStingan, Democrat, of
Colorado, not candidate; Fletcher,
Democrat. and Trammell, Democrat,
Of Florida; Murphy, Democrat of Iowa;
Long, Democrat, of Louisiana, de-
ceased; Coolidge. Democrat, of Massa-
chusetts, not candidate; Benson,
Farmer-Laborite, of Minnesota zap
pointed to succeed Schall, Republican,
" deceased), not candidate, now run
ming for Governor; Keyes, Republic
an, of New Hampshire, not candi-
date: Gore, Democrat, of Oklahoma.
Long of Louisiana was succeeded by
his widow, Senator Rose Mcconnell
Long, who is not candidate. OF
the % seats now held by Democrats
In the Senate, which are in the elec-
ton this year, 10 are already safely
retained in the primaries, without
opposition, equivalent to election.
These are the two Florida seats, a
successor to Senator Long and these
veteran leaders-Bankhead Alabama;
Byrnes, South Carolina; Glass Vir-
ginia; Harrison, Mississippi; Robin
= son, Arkansas; Sheppard, Texas, and
Russell Of Georgia.
May Lose Norris.
The Senate may lose the veteran Pro-
gressive-R Republican, Senator George w.
Norris of Nebraska. who is completing
"a years in the Senate after 10 years
in the House. He has not yet an
nounced himself as a candidate for
reelection, although his name has
been placed before the voters "by
petition" Robert c. Simmons,
former House member. has the Re-
publican nomination. Senator Keyes,
New Hampshire. who is retiring, has
been in the Senate 18 years.
Five of the most important States
are to hold nomination primaries on
Tuesday-New York. Massachusetts,,
New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Mich
igan. Rhode Island nominates by
convention-not yet announced.
The House has suffered heavy loss
In seasoned legislators: Speaker
Joseph w. ByrnS by death, after %
years of consecutive service; Repre-
sentatives William B. Oliver, Alabama,
by retirement and Huddleston, Ala
bama and Wilson, Louisiana by de-
feat, all completing % years of unin-
terrupted service; Blanton, Texas. de-
feated after 20 years, and Sears, Flor
ida, defeated after 18 years. Five
members who have served 16 years
continuously pass out: Chairman
McSwain, South Carolina, of the Mill
tary Affairs Committee, Andrew of
Massachusetts,, and Randolph, New
Jersey, all by death; Chairman Parks,
Arkansas, of subcommittee on War
Department appropriations, by retire.
ment, and Sandlin, Louisiana, by de-
feat. Arnold, Illinois, and Underwood,
Ohio, both have retired after IA years.
Eagle, Texas, with IA years service,
ran for the Senate and was defeated.
Buckbee, Illinois, died in this tenth
year of service. Granfleld, Massa-
chusetts, completing 8 years, has been
appointed a judge. After years
service, Fiesenger, Ohio. was defeated.
Jacobsen, Iowa, and Rudd, New York,
died. Mrs. Isabella Greenway, Demo-
crat, Arizona, completing her second
term, has announced that she is not
seeking reelection.
Alabama will have at Least three
new faces in the new Congress SEN
ator John H. Bankhead has been re-
nominated. In the sixth district Pete
B. Jarman, jr., of Livingston is NOM
mated for the seat so long held by
Oliver. In the eighth district John
j. Sparkman, Huntsville, is the can
didate instead of Representative A.
H. Carmichael of Huntsville, who is
not seeking reelection. In the ninth
district the veteran Representative
George Huddleston was defeated after
"a years of consecutive service by
Luther Patrick of Birmingham. The
other sitting members have all been
renominated: Representatives Frank
w. Boikin, Lister Hill (who is slated
to be chairman of Military Affairs
Committee), Henry B. Steagall, Sam
Hobbs. Joe Starnes and William B.
Bankhead twho will undoubtedly be
reelected Speaker.
In Arizona Representative Isabella
Greenway declined to be a candidate
for reelection. John R. Murdock has
the Democratic nomination and George
Birgess the Republican-both are of
Tempe.
Parks to Be Absent.
Arkansas will have one new face
Wade Kitchens of Magnolia is run
ming in place of Representative Til
man B. Parks, chairman of the Sub
committee on War Department Appro-
priations and veteran Of 16 years con-
tinuous service, who declined to be a
candidate. Senator Joseph T. Rob-
anson is renominated, as are the other
House neutrality-suspicious. Will
liam j. Driver, John E. Miller, Claude
A. Fuller, Ben Cravens, David D.
Terry and John L. Mcclellan. Miller
and Fuller have Republican opposi-
tion, respectively. from j. N. Hout, jr.,
OF Newport and ]. S. Thomson of
Gravette.
There will be two changes in the
California delegation, according to
unofficial returns. Representative John
H. Hoeppel, tried for attempting to
. sell an appointment, was defeated in
{. the twelfth district. H. Jerry vorhis,
: San Dimas, won the Democratic NOM
. tnation and is opposed by Frederick
. r. Houser, Republican, Alhambra.
! Representative George Burnham, Re-
publican, was not candidate for re-
. election in the twentieth district.
4, Ed P. Sample of San Diego was given
the Republican nomination and Ed. v.