Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1934, Page 19

NYE WILL HANDLE | " COMMITTEE TASK Will Direct G. 0. P, Phase of Difficult Membership Job In Senate. BY J. A. O'LEARY. In the task of making up the stand- fng committees of the Senate for the eoming session of Congress, the Re- publican assignments will be deter- mined by a committee headed by Benator Nye, Republican, of North Dakota. Senator McNary of Oregon, minority leader, made known yester- day that Senator Nye would be chair- man of the Republican Committee on Committees. Committee assignments are not ex- pected to be worked out in detail, how- ever, until the Democratic leader, Sen- ator Robinson of Arkansas, returns to ‘Washington, since the first questions to be decided are what changes will have to be made in the ratio of party membership and in the size of com- mittees to allow for the increase in the number of Democrats in the Senate as a result of the November elections. Membership Changed. Before the Noveriber elections the 8enate stood at 60 Democrats, 35 Re- publicans and 1 Farmer-Laborite. The Democrats won nine Republican seats and one other Republican, Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, was re-elected on 8 new Progressive ticket. The new Senate, therefore, consists of 69 Dem- ocrats, 25 Republicans, 1 Farmer-La- borite and 1 Progressive. This was a reduction of about one- foyrth in the Republican membership, and is expected to be reflected in the ratio of membership in the standing committees when they are reorganized for the coming session. The task of working out committee assignments will prove more difficult for the Democratic leaders than for the Republicans, since there will be, in all, 13 new Democratic Senators to be assigned places. Nine of these are replacing Republicans and four are succeeding other Democrats. Two Posts for Each. One of the guiding rules in mak- Ing up committee assignments is that each Senator is entitled to go on two major committees. Some of the Republican committee vacancies resulting from the recent elections undoubtedly will be elim- inated by reducing the minority membership on certain committees to change the ratio. It is also possible that the total membership of some committees will be enlarged. ‘The Democrats, in addition to working out committee assignments for 13 incoming members, have two committee chairmanships to fill— the Interstate Commerce Committee and the Commerce Committee. And the filling of these two chairmanships may leave other chairmanships for members who are not heads of com- mittees at present. For example, if Senator Copeland of New York should become chairman of Commerce, there would be a vacancy in the chairman- ship of Rules, and if Senator Wheeler of Montana becomes head of Inter- state Commerce, there would be a new vacancy in the chairmanship of the Indian Affairs Committee. Leaders of the two major parties probably will begin preliminary work on committee assignment problems before the session opens on January 3. MERCHANTS’ GOARD | BACKS PARKING BAN Staggering Hours in Federal Of- fices Proposed as Partial Traffic Cure. The proposed early morning park- ing ban on some 58 miles of arterial streets during the Winter months, still being considered by the District Com-~ missioners, was indorsed by the Board of Governors of the Merchants & Manufacturers’ Association. The board voted for prohibiting parking from 2 am. to 9:30 pm, as was first proposed by the Traffic Ad- visory Council. In a later recommen- dation Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer recommended that this be changed to 2 to 8 am. so as not to interfere with parking by persons who have driven to their offices. ‘The measure is designed to facilitate snow clearance during the months when snowfall is the greatest. Staggering of Government hours also was proposed by the association as a means of relieving traffic con- gestion. It was pointed out that this would tend to level the traffic peak. A public stadium for Washington large enough to accommodate the Army and Navy foot ball game or the Olympic games, to be financed from P. W. A. funds, was recommended. Such an amphitheater should be large enough to receive 100,000 spectators, it was said. Such a project long has been considered by local civic organi- eations. MUNITIONS BUILDING ADDITION CONTRACT LET Washington Concern Will En- large Structure to House Army Engineers. The War Department yesterday awarded a $14,986 Contract for con- struction of a temporay addition to the Munitions Building to house Army leers. New Deal activities in Washington and throughout the country, it was explained, has so expanded the work of the Engineer Department that pres- ent quarters in the Munitions Build- ing are inadequate to provide office space for all the engineers and archi- tects on duty here. The temporary addition will be constructed in the rear of one of the wings of the Muni- tions Building to provide this needed office space. The contract was awarded to the firm of Birchett & Atkins of Wash- ington. NAZIS SPEAKER’S TOPIC Friends of New Germany to Hear Dr. Schoenberger. A public lecture on present-day eonditions under the Nazi regime in Germany Wwill be given tomorrow at 8:30 pm. in the Knights of Colum- bus Hall, under auspices of the Friends of New Germany. The lecturer is & German resident of New York, Dr. G. Schoenberger, who is affillated with the Friends of New Germany. His topic will be “What I 8aw in Germany"—observed on his recent visits and travels through the country. 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