Evening star., 1947-01-15
Democrats Pick
Members for
Housed. Unit
5From Old Committee,
a New Men Chosen
For Dirksen Group
By Don S. Warren

BY Don S. Warren
Organization of the House Distric
Committee was nearly completed to.
day when House Democrats ap.
proved their minority party assign.
mentS.
Five of the Democrats who servee
on the District group in. the las
Congress will continue as members
They are Representatives John Nc.
MILAN of South Carolina, former
chairman; Oren Harris, Arkansas
F. Edward Hebert, Louisiana
Thomas G. Abernethy, Mississippi
and Howard w. Smith, Virginia.
Democrats newly assigned to the
committee are Arthur G. Klein o1
New York, Olin E. league, Texas
C. B. Deane, North Carolina, ano
John F. Kennedy, Massachusetts,.
There are two Democrtic places
on the committee and one Repub-
lican place yet to be assigned.
Organization Meeting Next Week.
Representative Dirksen, Repub-
lican, of Illinois, new chairman OF
the committee, plans to have an or
ganization meeting next week to as
sign members to subcommittee and
to begin study of the more urgent
measures.
Republican members Of the House
District Committee, in addition to
Mr.. DirkSen include:
Representatives j. Glenn Beall OF
Maryland, John j. Allen, jr., of Cali
fornia; John Mcdowell of Pennsyl-
vania, George j. Bates of Mossachu-
sets, Henry o. Tale of Iowa, Rob-
ert N. McGarvey of Pennsylvania,
Sid Simpson of Illinois, Harold F.
Youngblood of Michigan, Joseph P.
O'Hara of Minnesota, James G.
Auchincloss of New Jersey, A. L.
Miller of Nebraska and Gregory Nc
Mahon of New York.
Uncertainty on Horan.
In the meantime, it appears that
because of complications over SEN
iority some one other than Repre-
sentative Koran, Republican, OF
Washington, may be selected by the
House Appropriations Committee as
chairman of its subcommittee to
take charge of the District supply
bill.
Mr.. Horan has been suggested for
the post by other members OF the
funds committee, although he has
not sought it. He was member OF
the District subcommittee in the
Seventy-ninth Congress and would
be top man on this unit, since his
superiors there are in line for higher
assignment.
It developed today, however, sew
eral other members of the full Ap-
preparations Committee with greater
seniority than Mr.. Koran have not
been given subcommittee chairman
ships in the tentative lineup under
consideration.
Case Among Seniors.
Whether any of these would want
to take the District post, II not
offered a higher subcommittee, was
not at once clear. Their prior right
to any available subcommittee
chairmanships on the other hand,
was argued in some of the debate
now going on.
Those who outrank Mr.. Horan in
the full committee lineup, a study OF
the seniority chart showed, include:
Representatives Case, of South Da-
kota, who holds seventh place rank
on the full committee; Andersen, OF
Minnesota; Ploeser, of Missouri, and
Tibbett of Pennsylvania.
Early decisions are expected from
the full committee, now that the
House is about to complete its or
ganization.
According to reports checked
against the subcommittee seniority
on the Appropriations Committee,
it is indicated subcommittee chair
manships may be awarded as fol-
lows:
Deficiencies subcommittee: Repre-
sentative Taber, of New York, the
full committee chairman.
Plumley for Navy.
independent officers: Representa-
tive Wigglesworth, of Massachusetts
Navy Department: Representative
Plumley, of Vermont.
War Department: Representative
Engel, of Michigan.
Agriculture: Mr.. Dirkson.
State. Commerce, Justice, and
Judiciary: Representative Stefan, OF
Nebraska.
Labor and Federal Security: Rep
resentative Keefe, of Wisconsin.
legislative: Representative Noble
johnson, of Indiana.
Interior Department: Representa-
tive Jones, of Ohio.
Government Corporations: Repre-
sentative Jensen, of Iowa.
Treasury and Post Office Depart
ments: Representative Garfield, OF
New Jersey.
Stefan in High Place.
It was noted that Representatives
Case, Andersen, Ploeser and Tibbet,
outrank both Mr.. Horan and Mr.
Garfield. What effect this woulc
have on the subcommittee Lineup
appeared conjectural.
Mr.. Stefan tops the Republican
list on the District subcommittee
from last year, but he will not ot
chairman of this group, since ne Il
moving to the more importan'
national unit. Likewise, the pres
entity second-ranking Republican
Mr.. Jensen, also is to move up
leaving Mr.. Horan as the senio1
man on the District subcommittee
Buyers Acquire 1,4N
Tax Sale Properties
The Districts annual sale Of un'
paid real estate tax accounts ended
yesterday with private buyers TAX