Evening star., 1948-11-03
L. G. Flannery CD.
DELEGATES. -
ALASKA:
Elected October II, 194S) =.
E. l.. Bartlett CD.
HAWAII:
Joseph r. Farrington' (R.).
Jack Burns 3D..
House
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mittee chairmanships those Demo.
Gratis who held such posts In the
Seventy ninth Congress, now rank.
ing minority member in the Eight.
ieth.
1t was expected the veteran Bob
Doughton, of North Carolina, who
has won another House term at all
age Of 81, again would take the
reins of the powerful Ways and
Means Committee, replacing Mr..
Knutson ~
Representative Rayburn Of Texas
is expected to be named promptly by
the new House as its Speaker. re-
gaining the seat that Representative
Martin took from him only two
years ago. "
Other Ranking Democrats.
And once again, New York's vet.
eran Representative Bloom is ex-
pected to be named as chairman Of
the House Foreign Affairs Commit
tee. Among other prospective shifts
in committee power would be Repre-
sentative Spence, of Kentucky, to
head the Banking Committee, sup
planting Mr.. Wolcott. ~
Representative Cooley of North
Carolina seems lined up as the new
chairman of the Agriculture Com.
mittee The ranking Democrat on
the House Armed Services Com.
mittee is Representative Vinson, of
Georgia.
What part debate over the Taft
Hartley Act played in the changes
in the House was not Immediately
clear. Representative Hartley. Re-
publican, of New Jersey, co-author
of the labor legislation. did not
stand for reelection. His seat was
taken by Democrat. f
PIbeser Upset in Missouri.
Representative Busbey, Repub-
lican, of Illinois. member of the
House Committee on Expenditures
in Executive Departments and the
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee, was defeated by Neil j.
Linehan, Democrat, in the Sd dis.
trict. Mr.. Busbey served in the
Seventy-eighth Congress and was
elected to the Eightieth Congress
by 1885 majority.
An upset in Missouri caused de-
feat of Representative Ploeser, Re-
publican, by Raymond W. Krast,
Democrat, in the 18th (St. Louis)
district. Mr.. Ploeser has been in
Congress since l94l and was a high.
ranking member of the House Ap-
preparations Committee He also
was chairman of a special House
committee for study Of problems Of
small business.
Missouri, the Presidents home
State, turned out seven Republican
House members and sent. in Demo-
Gratis as replacements. One Of the
defeated Republican incumbents
was Albert L. Reeves, jr, Rspuhli-
can, of the 5th district, the soscalled
Truman district, where Richard
Boiling is the incoming Democrat.
Slaughter Race Recalled.
It8was in this district two years
ago where Former Representative
Roger Slaughter was defeated in
the Democratic primary. allegedly
due to the efforts of President Tru-
man to purge him, but Mr.. Reeves
beat Enos Axtell, who had topped
Mr.. Slaughter in the primary.
Other Missouri Republicans losing
House seats are Marian T. Bennett,
Claude I. Bakewell, Wat Arnold,
Max Schwabe, William c. Cole and
Parke M. Banta.
Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse,
Democrat, former House member, is
coming back, replacing Horace See
ly-Brown, jr., as Representative of
Connecticut's Second District.
More House Upset&
Among other House upsets:
Representative Miller, Republic
an, of Connecticut's First District,
was defeated by Abraham A. Rubi-
coff. Democrat, anu Representative
Foote, Republican, of Connecticut's
Third, was beaten by John A. Nc.
Guire, Democrat.
Eleven Pennsylvania Republicans
lost their seats to Democrats. These
include Representatives McGarvey,
a member of the House District
Committee, beaten by William r.
Granahan in the second district:
Gross, beaten by James r. Lind in
the 21st, and Tibbott, in the 26th,
who lost to Robert L. Coffee, jr.
Former Representative Daniel J.
Flood, Democrat, won the seat for
merly held by Mitchell jenkins, Re-
publican. Democrat William j.
Green, jr, defeated Representative
Wy CO Aa ir