Evening star., 1947-01-13
Approval
Given Dirksen
For D. C,Group
Buck Indorses Plan
For Conference With
Commissioners

Selection of Representative Dirk,
sen of Illinois as chairman of tn,
House District Committee was ap-
proved today by the full member.
ship of the Republican COMMITTEES
on Committees, subject to confirma.
tion at a conference later in the day
of Republican House members. Mr.
Dirksenis name will 60 to the House
for formal election tomorrow.
simultaneously in the Senate
Chairman Buck of the Senate Dis.
trict Committee heartily approved
the proposed informal conference o1
District Commissioners and the
chairmcn of four congressional COM
mitteeS concerned with District af-
fairs. The conference would study
the Districts troublesome budget
and revenue problems.
Additional to Chairman Dirksen,
five members of the House District
Committee of the last Congress
were assigned to the group. The
Republican roster on the committee
also includes eight new members,
some of them freshmen" in this
Congress.
Four eVteran Republicans.
Veteran Republicans on the Dis
trict Committee, ranking under Mr..
Dirksen, are Representatives Bates
of Massachusetts,, former Mayor of
Salem, for many years member of
his States Legislature; Simpson of
Illinois, Beau of Maryland, and
O'Hara of Minnesota.
New Republican members are
Representative Tale of Iowa, Auch-
incloss of New Jersey-who held a
place on the committee in an earlier
Congress but resigned from his post
there in the Seventy ninth Congress
A. L. Miller of Nebraska, Nc
Dowell of Pennsylvania, Youngblood
of Michigan, Mcmahon of New
York, McGarvey of Pennsylvania
and Allen of California.
Democratic members of the Dis
trict and other committees are ex-
pected to be assigned prior to the
meeting of the House tomorrow.
Buck Ind0rses Conference.
Meanwhile, Chairman Buck said
he believed the proposed conference
with District Commissioners would
be "very helpful"
Declaring he already had in mind
q conference with the chairman of
the House District Committee, the
Delaware Senator said it would be
better to have the chairmen of all
four important committees dealing
with District affairs on the Hill get
together.
These four, according to the pro-
posal advanced by Senator Dwor-
shak, Republican, of Idaho, are the
chairmen of Senate and House
District Committees and the chair
men of the District subcommittees
on appropriations in both chambers.
Senator Dworshak s suggestion
last week met with immediate APP
proval from John Russell Young,
president of the Board of District
Commissioners.
Dw0rshak Would Be Conferee.
Senator Dworshak, recently ap-
pionted chairman of the District
Subcommittee of the Senate Appro-
priations Committee, had previous
experience in the House, where he
became familiar with District af-
fairs. He would be one of the four
congressional .conferees.
House Republicans announcing
committee selections today, named
Representative Dirksen, Republican,
of Illinois. as chairman of the House
District Committee. The head of
the subcommittee to handle the Dis
trict supply bill for the Appropria-
tions Committee was somewhat in
doubt early today, but most reliable
signs pointed to Representative
Koran, Republican, Of Washington.
y Under the -0worshak proposal, the
informal sessions would be convened
as soon as convenient after the
House Committees are completed.
This was expected to be accom-
plished some time today and sub
nitted to the House for approval to-
ponrrouy