Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-10


Eastland, Democrat of Mississip
Committee. Senator Douglas
said he did so because Of Senator
Eastland's outspoken criticisms
of Supreme Court rulings against
racial segregation.
In general, the committee as
signments followed seniority
lines. But the usual seniority
rule was sidestepped by the DEM
ocratic Steering Committee which
selected Senator Kennedy, Dem
ocrat Of Massachusetts, to sit on
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. Senator Kefauver,
Democrat of Tennessee. who out
ranks Senator Kennedy in SEN
iority, had sought the foreign re-
lations post.
G. o. p. Shifts Senators
In q shifting around of some
Republican committee assign
ments, the G. o. p. Committee
on Committees selected Senator
Bush of Connecticut and Sena-
tor. Barrett Of Wyoming to serve
on the armed services group. 1t
also picked Senator Jenner of
Indiana for the Finance Commit
ltee, Senator Hruska Of Nebraska
for the judiciary group and
Senator Cotton of New Hamp-
shire for the Commerce Com
mittee.
| Senator Cooper OF Kentucky,
returning to the Senate after
previous service there, was as
signed to the Labor and Rules
Committees. Senator Rever-
comb Of West Virginia, another
veteran of prior Senate service,
was put on the Government OPP
erations and public works
groups.
Freshmen Senators Javits of
New York and Morton of Ken
lucky we're named to the District
Of Columbia Committee. Sena-
tor Jayits also was placed on the
rules group and Senator Morton
on the Civil Service Committee.
/ Durham Is Chairman
( The Joint Committee on
Atomic Energy elected Represen-
tative Durham. North Carolina
Democrat, as chairman.
i Mr. Durham changes places
with Senator Anderson. Demo-
crat of New Mexico, who was
named vice chairman. The
Craftsmanship rotates between
House and Senate in each Con-
gress.
On the House side the Demo-
cratic Committee on Committees
yesterday completed assignment
of Democratic members.
The assignments. together with
those announced earlier in the
session. include:
Appropriations: cannon of
Missouri. chairman; Mahon,
Texas; Sheppard. California !;
Thomas. Texas; Kirwan. Ohio:
Norrell, Arkansas; Written. Mis-
lsissippi: Andrews, Ala b a m q /;
Rooney. New York; Gary. Vir-
iginia; Fogarty. Rhode Island;
Skies, Florida: Preston, Georgia;
aPassHnan, Louisiana: Rabaut,
Michigan: Yates. Illinois; Mar
shall. Minnesota: Riley, South
Carolina; Sieminski, New Jersey;
Evins. tennessee Lanham,
Georgia: Shelley. California; b.
land. Massachusetts,: Magnuson,
Washington; tcher. Ken
lucky; Flood. Pennsylvania
Denton. Indiana: Steed. Okla
homa; Alexander. North Caro-
lima, and Bowler. Illinois.
Armed Services: Vinson of
Georgia, chairman: Brooks, Lou
islana; Kilday. Texas: Durham,
North Carolina; Rivers. South
Carolina; Philbin. Massachus-
sets: Hebert. Louisiana; Win
stead, Mississippi; Price, Illinois;
Fisher, Texas: Hardy. Virginia;
Green. Pennsylvania: Doyle. CAL
ifornia; Miller. California; Ben
nett. Florida; Hoffman. New
!, York; Landlord. Maryland; Hud-
dleston, Alabama; Byrne, Penn
sylvania; Morris. Oklahoma. and
Kitchin. North Carolina.
Agriculture: Cooley of North
Carolina, chairman: Poage
tTeXas). Grant (Alabamal
Gathings arkansas, Mcmillan
tSouth Carolina. Abernethy
mississippi. Albert (Okla-
homa Abbitt virginia., Polk
(Ohio). Thompson CTexasD
Jones missouri. Watts Ken
tuckyl. Hagen california;
johnson Wisconsin,. Anfuso
New York., Bass Tennessee
Knutson minnesota. Jennings
virginia., Matthews Florida
Banking and Currency: Spence
of Kentucky. chairman; Brown
Georgia.. Patman (Texas)
Rains alabama, Multer New
York;. Addonizio New Jersey
Barrett Pennsylvania. Sullivan
| Missouri, Reuss wisconsin,
Griffiths michigan. Ashley
.tOhio). Vanik (Ohio), Haley
I (Florida). Rutherford (Texas)
Coad Iowa, Anderson Mon
ana and Breeding Kansas.
District of Columbia: McMil-
Ian of South Carolina, chair
man; Harris arkansas. Aber-
ncthy tMississippD. Smith (vir.
IginiaD. league (TexaS. Davis
Georgia., Morrison louisiana
Dawson illinois,, Williams
tMissisSippil, Wier minnesota
Multer New York;, Dowdy
CTexas). Matthews Florida
and Granular pennsylvania
Education and Labor: Barder
of North Carolina. chairman,