Evening star., 1947-01-08

ment was maze
last night when Mr. famphres
Gov. Lane selected former State
Senator John B. Funk of Frederick
County to be his secretary of State
Expects Reforms.
In a short statement after hi:
appointment, Mr.. Pumphrey sale
he expected serious minded" ses.
sion with considerable reforms.
He refused to elaborate.
Selection of Mr.. Pumphrey mark:
the first time in the memory o1
legislators here that majority fool
leaderships in the House and Sen.
ate have gone to Prince Georges
County. representatives. l.. Harole
Sothoron, University Park, is Dem.
ocratic majority floor leader in the
Senate.
The Prince Georges County dele
CATION met after the Legislature
adjourned yesterday and elected
Perry o. wilkinson chairman.
Clark Report Adopted.
Shortly after the House met yes
terday, it adopted report by Dele
gate John e. Clark of Hartford
County, chairman of a commit
tee to reorganize House committees,
reducing the number of committees
from 40 to 20.
The six main committees are Ways
and Means; Judiciary; Banking, In
surance and Social Security; Chesa-
peake Bay and Tributaries; Natural
Resources and Agriculture, and Edu-
cation.
The Senate, in an informal ses-
sion with DR.. Horace e. Flack, direc-
tor of the Department OF Legislative
Reference, got something of a sur
prise when DR.. Flack explained that
Legislative Council bills were not
necessarily supported by the admin
istration.
Lane Has Not Read All Bills.
DR.. Flack said the councils bills
were never intended to be anything
other than measures submitted to
the Legislature for its considera-
ton"
From. Gov. Lanes Office came
word that the new Governor had
not read some of the council bills
and could not be expected to take
stand on them.
With the introduction of the last
40 bills yesterday the last of 20f
prepared by the council following
many months of hearings is now
before the Legislature.
Among the latest batch were
measures which would set ur
a uniform system of accounting
throughout the counties, require
dividends of co-operatives to be
listed as net income, to allow women
to serve on jurieS and to recodifJ
the alcoholic beverages law under
a single article.
Bill on Picketing Offered.
Another would prevent picketing
at the home of any employer OF
employe in a labor dispute.
The Senate received measure
To grant to the counties share OF
the lateral roads gasoline tax fund
based on the mileage of roads in the
counties compared with that of the
rest Of the State.
Those appointed to the six House
committees include:
Ways and Means-Mr. Pumphrey
chairman; Clarence E. Tyler, Anne
Arundel County; Oliver R. Guyther
st. Mary,s County; William E
Hauver, Frederick County, all Demo-
Gratis, and Jacob r. Ramsberg, Re-
publican, of Frederick County.
On Other Committees.
Chesapeake Bay and tributaries
Mr.. Guyther, vice chairman; John F
McNulty, Anne Arundel County; DR.
N. B. Steward, Prince Georges Coun-
ty. Democrats, and John w. Hall
Calvert County, and j. Franklin
Winkler, Charles County, Republi-
cans.
Natural resources and agriculture
IT. Raymond Burch, Democrat
Prince Georges County.
Education-Mr. Wilkinson, vice
chairman; William E. Hauver, Fred
Ierick County; James E. Hance, Cal
vert County; Ralph L. Lowman
Anne Arundel County, Democrats
and Mrs. Leona M. Rush, Republi-
can, Montgomery County.
Banking, insurance and social Sc
|curity-Mr. Wilkinson, George G
McLeish, Prince Georges County;
William F. Stronger, Anne Arundel
County, Democrats, and r. Vernon
Cooksey, Charles County, and Mel.
vim H. Derr, Frederick County, Re-
publicans.
Judiciary-William H. McGrath
Prince Georges County, vice chair.
man; Joseph A. Mattingly, st
Mary's County; G. Clifton Virts
Frederick County; James c. Nor
ton, jr., Anne Arundel County
Democrats, and Dewitt S. Hyde, Re-
publican. Montgomery County.