Evening star., 1954-10-03
Case Is CONSIDERING
Quitting as Head Of
Senate District Unit

Senate District Unit
By Don S. Warren
The Senate District Commit
tee may have q new chairman
next January. even assuming
that the Republicans are able to
retain control Of the Senate.
Senator Case, Republican Of
South Dakota, now chairman,
told The Star from his home at
Custer. S. D., that there was
doubt" he would continue in the
post after January. regardless Of
the results Ut the November elec-
tionS.
Should the Democrats take
over control, Of course, he would
be out as chairman but would
be ranking minority member. If
he stayed with the committee.
He may go anyway, he said, be-
cause of the pressure Of work on
his two major committee assign
ments.
These are Armed Services.
where he will be fifth ranking
Republican, with Senator Hend-
rickson, of New Jersey, dropping
out of the Senate; and Public
Works, where he is second only
to Chairman Martin of Pennsyl-
vania.
It isn't decided yet. The elec-
tions and other circumstances
could effect other changes, but
as Senator Case viewed it: after
all. I have served for two years
as a minority party member Of
the Senate District COMMITTEES
and then two years as chair.
man."
There is no lessening Of his
interest in the National Capital
but he has been under an in
creasing work load on other
committees and, in addition, he
wound up a hot summers serv-
ice here as a member of the Sc
lect Committee that considered
censure charges against Senator
Mccarthy.
If he leaves the District unit
and If the Senate stays Repuh-
lican next in line for the chair
manship would be Senator Bar
rett of Wyoming, a former
Governor Ct his State. There is
no announcement as to whether
he would take the craftsmanship.
Next in line on the Republican
side is Senator BeaI of Mary
land, q veteran In District Com
mittee service in the House be-
fore he moved over to the Sen
ate.
Nicely Is Possibility.
If Democrats take Senate
control after November's elec-
tions, Senator Nicely Of West
Virginia, a former chairman
could resume that post, If he
wants it.
But a switch Of Senate party
control might cause a veritable
chain reaction as to committee
assignments that would leave
the District Committee lineup as
the last chinks to be filled in q
crossword puzzle.
Senator Case, for the time be-
ing, however, is assiduously pur-
suing his job as District chair
man. He has named his brother,
Leland D. Case of Tucson, Ariz.,
as clerk of the committee for a
three month interim term from
now to January 3 when the new
Congress meets.
Leland Case, 54, a former
newspaperman and for 18 years
editor of Rotary, the magazine
of Rotrary International. will 60
to work tomorrow. Senator Case
indicated doubts as to whether
his brother would be available
for further service on the Dis
trict Committee after January 8.
Spencer,s Stand Indorsed.
Senator Case also voiced gen.
eral Endorsement of the position
Of District Commissioner Spen-
Ger that every effort should be
made to hold down the 1855 city
budget to a spending level within
estimated District revenues.
This is problem now before
the city heads with department
requests far exceeding the antic-
ipated 1955-1956 revenue Of
about sits million or there
aboutS.
He was keen on some new
moves to speed q cleanup Of
pollution In the Potomac River.
He said he had asked Leland
Case to report on the bills Of
Senator Morse, Independent. OF
Oregon, and other moves to in
crease Federal and State collab-
grafton In an attack on Potomac
River pollution in this drainage
area.
Measure Was Vetoed.
He voiced hope something
could be done early next year
as to legislation to provide ofii-
cial primaries for the election Of