The Washington times., 1936-11-06
BIG CONGRESS
JOBS AWAIT
CHAIRMEN
Deaths and Defeats
Leaves Vacancies
To Be Filled

manShipS of important commit
tees in the House and Senate
made vacant either by death!
which have occurred since the
last session adjourned or by de
feat of the former chairmen il
the election.
Greatest interest centerS on thu
appointment of a new chairman
of the Senate Committee on Bank
ing and Currency, the post helc
by the late Senator Duncan y
Fletcher of Florida.
Glass in Line
Senator Carter Glass CD Of
Virginia, is the ranking member
on that committee and should gel
the post if he wants it. However
in order to accept it he woulc
have to give up the place he nov
holds as chairman of the Com
mittee on Appropriations.
Since his chief interests, espe
cially in recent years, have cen
tered on banking matters, and ir
view of the fact that that commit
tee has handled a great many Of
the major New Deal pieces Of legis
lation, it is believed he will take
the place left by the Florida
Senator.
In this event, there is consider
able speculation as to who his sue
ceSSor as Appropriations Commit
tee chairman would be.
Senator Kenneth Mcclellan CD
of Tennessee, ranking member
would probably get the post, al
though he would have to give ur
his present place as chairman OF
the Committee on Post Offices ano
Post Roads. The appropriations
post, however. is much more i'm
portant, and for that reason Nc
Kellar is expected to take it.
Next in line after Mcclellan are
Senators Copeland of New York,
now chairman Of the Commerce
Committee, and Carl Hayden of
Arizona, present Printing Commit
tee chairman.
If Senator Glass should not take
the Banking and Currency Com
mittee job, that place undoubtedly
will be assumed by Senator Robert
F. Wagner of New York.
Naval Post Open
BY virtue of the death of Sen
ator Park Trammel CD Of Flor
ida, the Craftsmanship of the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs is vacant.
Senator David I. Walsh CD OF
Massachusetts,, is first in line for
the post, and probably will give
up his craftsmanship of the Labor
Committee to take it. If he de-
clines, Senator Willard Tydings
CD Of Maryland would be the
next choice, and he would prob
ably exchange it for his chairman
ship of the Committee on Terri
tories.
Senator Walsh's Labor Commit
tee Craftsmanship would go to
Senator Hugo L. Black CD, OF
Alabama, if the Massachusetts,
Senator assumes the Naval Affairs
presiding officers post.
With Senator Marcus A. Coo
lidge, CD of Massachusetts,, chair
man of the immigration Commit
tee, not returning to the next Con
gress, that position would be Of
fered in order to Senator's William
H. King, chairman of the District
Committee: George Copeland Nc
Gill, chairman of the Pension Com
mittee, and Richard Russell Of
Alabama.
To Fill Cores Place
Senator Thomas P. Gore CD
of Oklahoma was defeated in the
primary, leaving open the chair
manship of the Committee or
Interoceanic Canals. In line fol
the job are Senators Bennett
Champ Clark of Missouri and H
Ryan Duffy Of Wisconsin.
On the House side the mos
important Craftsmanship which
will have to be filled is that or
the Military Affairs Committee
made vacant by the death o.
Representative John ]. McSwair
CD of South Carolina. There il
scarcely a doubt that this pos
will 60 to Representative Lister
Hill CD of Alabama, ranking
member on the committee.
The next most important chair
manship open on the House side
will be that on the Flood Con
troll Committee, which has beer
presided over by Representative
Riley Wilson CD of Louisiana
who will not return to Congress
This will go to Representative
William Wilmington CD of Mis-
sissippi, present ranking member
The War Claims Committee, last
year headed by Representative
John H. Hoeppel, now out of Con
greSS, probably will be headed this
year by Representative JOSEPH
Gavagan CD of New York, nov
chairman of elections COMMITTEES
No. 2, while the new chairman Of
the Committee on Elections, No. 2
is expected to be Representative
Raymond Cannon CD of Wiscon
sin. Representative Milton H
West CD of Texas is the likely
new chairman of Elections Com
mittee, No. /. previously headed