The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-23
MidlOest COP Wrests Control
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 New vogG, Nov. ss.--SNRAD-AEla. wesl Republicans gre ready eo end the fezyear domination oe conNges hg tle DemocsNalc 9oatA
 0e the ta keg floor positions aud oolnmlllee eAAlEmanshlps ln tAe Senate end ls ln the House dis. tFiboled on tlAe baSls of seniority, the majority automatically teal to veteran southern Democrats vixen the party swept to power h lese.
 m Che Congress now ln iss final Inactive weeeA nlne eop Yohs tn the SenaAe and ai ln tlae Mouse are nlled hg memhers from either the Deep South e the normally Demo. cratic border states. New England. which once vied with Virginia as the Mother of Statesmen, he'd only one ranking post In each house, New York and New Jersey together he'd one ln Che Senate and two in the House. The only maawestern chairman, ConRressman SaljatA of Illinois, let two SoutherneEs run his Rules Committee.
 MICHIGAN GETS MOST
 But after Jan. | there won't be a single Congressional olEacer or lm- portant chairman from south of Kansas or-with a lone bow to CAll. fornia-from west of Nebraska. Where Texas used Co boast four major Ocngressaonal posts. now Michigan may get as many as seven to crow about.
 New England VII he back with from two to four major posts In the Senate and one in the House. New York Is virtually certain ol three key House chairmanships. Somewhere between eight and le win SO to the Midwest, as reward for coming home to Repuhlicanism before the rest of the nation was ready.
 All of the jobs whose holders shape and largely dominate leglsla- ton have not been definitely allot- ted. There still Is some shuffline to be done. But here's the way things shape up nows
 Arthur H. vandenberg Is expect ed to replace Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee as president pro eem. of the Senate, and to supplant Tom Connolly of Texas as Chairman oi Foreign Relations. Homer Ferguson is expected to head the Committee on Expenditures in Executive De- partments CnOw led by Lister Hill of Alabama), from which vantage point he can be embarrassing to Democratic president. In the House Jesse P. wolcott is in line for Bank ing chairman. Glare Hoffman for the Houose Committee on Expendi- lures in Executive Departments. and Earl Kitchener for Judiciary. There would be seven nice jobs for Miehi- gan alone.
 NEW YORK LOSES
 New York win lose wasner's Banking and Sol Blooms Foreign Relations claairmanships. If the House Military and Naval Affairs Committees are merged as sched- Uled, Walter c. Andrews Is expect ed to head the new group. Other wise, Andrews is to head Military and W. Sterling Cole, also Of New York, is to head Naval Affairs. And John Taber is presumptive chair man Of the Appropriations Commit tee.
 Kansas is going to run Agricoi- ture. with Senator Arthur Capper replacing Elmer Thomas of Okla homa and Congressman Clifford D. Hope supplanting John W. Flanna- gan of Virginia.
 Massachusetts Joe Martin takes the Speakership from Sam Ray burn of Texas. 1t looks as though Charles A. Halleck of Indiana and Clarence J. Brown of Ohio will split the majority leadership and the Rules chairmanship between them, ousting John ". Mccormack of Massachusetts from the former and Sabath of Illinois from the lat- ter Cthough Eugene E. Cox of Georgia fiad Howard w. Smith of Virginia nave been actual operators of that committeeD. Everett Dirk sen of Illinois will contest the lead ership.
 LABOR POST DISPUTED
 Harold Knutson of Minnesota is taken for granted as successor to Robert l.. Doughbon (N. O as head Of Ways and Means, and Charles A. Eaton of New Jersey is in line for Foreign Affairs.
 The Senate situation is not quite so clear cut, but is strengthening out. Wallace White of Maine nov seems sure of the majority leader ship. with Robert Taft of Ohio con- tenting himself with the Finance chaiE7nanship. This would make Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin rank ing COP on the powerful Rules committee. as well as on Judiciary If Wiley takes Rules, William Lang- CT Of North Dakota or Homer Fer guson of Michigan would be in line for Judiciary chairman.
 Both New Hampshire senators have good jobs coming. Styles Bridges seems to have Kenneth Mo- Kellar's Appropriations chairman ship in his pocket. which would leave Military Affairs for Chan Gurney of South Dakota. Charles ". Tobey is in line to succeed Wag- ner on the Banking committee. He also is ranking Republican on Naval Affairs, which is expected to go to Wayland Brooks of Illinois.
 George D. Aiken of Vermont is entitled. by seniority. to the Labor chairmanship. But Aiken has been too New Dealish in his labor votes to please many of his associates. and will have to put up a vigorous fight if he keeps Joseph H. Ball Of Minnesota from getting that post.