The Washington times., 1937-01-06
Z NEW NAMES
LIKELY ON D. C..
COMMITTEE

AS many as II new names may
appear on the House District
Committee roster when the organl-
Zation of the House is completed,
it appeared today.
To date the situation is as fol-
lows: Six members said definitely
they will retain their District
Committee posts; two definitely
stated that they will not remain
on the committee this year; six
are not yet certain whether or
not they will stay, depending
upon whether or not they are sue
cessful in obtaining other COM
mittee assignments for which they
have applied; one said he prob
ably will not be with the COM
mittee again, three of those on
the committee last session are not
back in the new Congress.
Keller Seeks Job
Meanwhile, it was learned that
Representative Kent Keller Cd,
of Illinois, has applied for one
of the vacated positions on the
committee, and this is tanta-
mount to the fact that he will
succeed, since there are few mem
bers who actually make an ef-
fort to be assigned to the District
group.
1t is certain that the committee
chairman, Mary T. Norton CD, of
New Jersey, will continue to pre-
side over the group, and that the
following will resume their posi-
tions on the committee: Represent
ativeS Ambrose j. Kennedy CD,
of Maryland; Virginia E. JenckeS
Cd, of Indiana; Everett Dirksen
(RO, of Illinois; Vincent L. Palmi-
sano CD, of Maryland, and Jen-
nings Randolph Cd, of West Vir-
ginia.
Two Will Quit
Those who are definitely are I'm
derstood to have given up their
places on the District group. are:
Representatives Henry Ellenbogen
CD, of Pennsylvania, and Jack
Nichols CD, of Oklahoma. 1t also
is probable that Representative
Wright Patman will relinquiSh his
place on the committee.
Representative Ellenbogen also
announced that he would not re-
introduce his rent bill. He said:
II stood the gaff for the Mem
berS last session, and / think /
did my part to bring rents down.
Now, if the Members want some
thing done, they'll have to get
another champion. I'll help,
however, if a. bill is introduced"
In explaining his request for a
place on the District Committee,
Representative Keller revealed
that he had been appealed to by
group of educators from Washing
ton, Illinois and elsewhere to seek
a place on the committee so that
he could take more direct lead in
the fight to repeal the Red
Rider" which caused such a con-
troverSy during the last session of
Congress.
The IllinoiSan aided in the un-
successful fight which was made
last session to repeal the contro-
verSial rider, and expects to give
the subject much of his time this
year.
Feels His Duty
He also pointed out that "Some
one has to do the work of legislat-
ing for Washington" and since SO
many members seem to Shun that
duty he felt that he could give it
his time to the benefit of both Con-
gress and the District. He added:
ut is my opinion that Wash
ingtOn is not only the Capital of
this nation, but is the capital of
the world and l feel it would be
a magnificent service for any
man to perform to see that this
grand Federal city is taken care
of properly"
Beside the repeal Of the red
rider, however, Mr.. Keller indi-
Gated that he has no other definite
proposals that he will seek to have
enacted.