Evening star., 1947-01-07
DirksenAppears
Lined Up for
D. {. Unit Post
Officials, Citizens
Reported Supporting
Choice as Chuirmon
BY Don S. Worren

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By Don S. Worren
It appeared increasingly likely to-
day Representative Dirksen, Repub-
lican, of Illinois, would draw the
assignment to head the House Dis
trict Committee.
Because he Is q high-ranking
member of the Appropriations Com
mittee, where he Is slated to head
its Agriculture Subcommittee, DR..
Dirksen needs sanction Of the Re-
publican Committee on Committees
to serve also as District chairman
Strong requests that permission
be given have been submitted to
members of the House in the last
few days by Washington citizens
and officials, it was said.
Bates Next in Line.
If permission is not granted the
District post would 60 to Repre-
sentative Bates, Republican, of
Massachusetts,, next ranking ma
jority member of the District group
While the House still is working
out It's committee puzzle the Senate
completed its slate. Shortly after
Democratic members of the Senate
District Committee were selected
yesterday Chairman Buck scheduled
an organization meeting for Friday.
At that time action may be taken
on his nomination of James r.
Kirkland, Washington lawyer, to be
counsel to the District Committee.
Republican members of the group,
previously elected, are, in addition
to the Delaware chairman, Senators
Capper of Kansas, Ball of Minne-
sofa, Flanders of Vermont, Cooper
|of Kentucky, Cain of Washington
and KEN of Missouri. Democrats
named yesterday were Senators
Johnston of South Carolina, Hol-
land of Florida, Sparkman of Ala
bama, Umstead OF North Carolina
and McGrath of Rhode Island.
Contests in Two Committees.
While chairmanships of most
House legislative committees are
agreed on. the Republican Com.
mittee on Committees found a con.
test on its hands yesterday on
leadership of the Civil Service Com
mittee and the new House Admins
trative Committee, owing to former
committee mergers under the con.
gressional reorganization plan.
Both Representatives Rees OF
Kansas and Mason of Illinois are
contenders for the Civil Service post.
1t would 60 to the Kansan If priority
is given to seniority on the Civil
Service Committee. One of tn.
committee-makers said this woulc
be the seniority plan generally fol-
lowed.
As to the House Administration
Committee. a merger OF the old Ac-
counts and Elections Committees,
there Is a Craftsmanship contest be-
tween Representatives Sundstrom Of
New Jersey and Bishop of Illinois.
| Halleck Names Subcommittee.
The Committee on Committees,
headed by Majority Leader Halleck.
named subcommittee to 60 into
these and other problems. Mr.. Hal.
leck announced the II Republicans
who sat on the Appropriations Com.
mittee last session would be reap
pointed, as would the nine Repub.
licans on the Ways and Means Conn
mittee.
Resolutions were to be offered for
House approval today to carry out
these decisions. The party lineup
on the Appropriations COMMITTEES
will be Is Republicans and IS Demo-
Gratis, and on Ways and Means, a
1910 division.
These are the Republicans on the
Appropriations Committee so far:
Representative Taber Of New York,
who will be chairman; Wiggles-
worth of Massachusetts,, Plum
ley Of Vermont. Dirkson of n
linois, Engel of Michigan, Ste
fan of Nebraska, Case of South
Dakota, Keefe of Wisconsin. John
son Of Indiana, Jones of Ohio, Jen-
sen Of Iowa, Andersen of Minnesota,
Ploeser of Missouri, Tibbott of PENN
sylvania, Koran of Washington.
Garfield Of New Jersey and Schwabe
of Oklahoma.
Representative Knutson Of Min
nesota was listed for chairman OF
the Ways and Means Committee,
and the eight other members so far
named were: Reed of New York,
Woodruff of Michigan, Jenkins Of
Ohio, Gearhart of California, Carl
son Of Kansas, Kean Of New Jersey,
Clifford of Massachusetts, and Cur
tbs of Nebraska.
Chairmen Decided.
Other House chairmanships, not
yet formally announced but agreed
on, are: Representatives Hope Of
Kansas, Agriculture; Andrews o;
New York, Armed Services; Wolcott
of Michigan, Banking; Hartley Of
New Jersey, Education and Labor:
Hoffman of Michigan, Executive
Expenditures; Eaton of New Jersey,
Foreign Affairs; Wolverton of New
Jersey, Commerce; Michener o:
Michigan, Judiciary; Bradley Of
Michigan, Merchant Marine anc
Fisheries; WEIGH of California, Pub
lie Lands; Allen of Illinois, Rules;
Thomas of New Jersey, Un-Ameri-
can Activities; Dondero Of Michigan,
Public Works; Mrs. Rogers of Mas
sachusetts, Veterans.
On the Senate side, a protest by
Senator Murray, Democrat, of Mon
tana, caused some reshufhing Of
minority party assignments.
AS result Of the Murray protest.
he was given place on Pulic Lands
instead of Armed Services; to go
along with a Labor Committee post.
Senator Maybank, Democrat, Of
South Carolina, was named to fill
the Murray place on Armed Services.
This shift caused other changes:
Senator Myers, Democrat, of Penn
sylvania, was put on Rules to replace
Senator Maybank: Senator Magnu-