Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 21 Jan 1937, p. 14

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

tors. i'arrîsa semw BUV'i Spain. But only two days ago, iif northentrace. he Reptiblicails made their ctommit- teasiéýnnients for its iemnbtrship, Mrs. F. M. Forrey' of .516 Fiftli was the organization of the House street. returned to Wilmnet nSt opee o the work of..this ses- urdav from St. Chiarlés,., wheresion. she vi-ited bier son and daughIter-iin- No one cati expeet to understaiid law, Nkr. and Mrs. George Brighiai. the work of 'the. Congress unless, he for two weeks. understands the-funiction and, power ____________________________of the committee units. Al measures intrôduced into the. House are re- ~. toi iortrferred to the proper committee, and it is flot competent for the House -Ua, awhole to consider any one. of> the buis.. until , the commiittee in cbargè-has report ed it back to the Â4 chamber- with its recommtendations.> The comMittees exercise such an, W ha enormous influence on the course ofý V W~lgislat ion that, in a spirit of ad- t èrse rticsm ý-ehave ofteri 1,eein off,>. g is said to have a "committe govern- ment. .._ a.y*#~s hnically thbe House selects. the ttee membership, but actually ,lect ion is macle by each party caucus. More accurately, the ýon is made liy the party's coni- on committees, which is ran unofficial party organiza- Sitore. of higner ran'c iu nu tne vanc and new assignments are again miade at the bottom to complete the Party personnel 'on the committee. Tbe rest tIs that the longer a miember serves, on'a. committée the higher bis position by virtue 'of bis, seniority rights. In due - time he' may, if favored with many years of ýcontinu- ous service inAlthe House,' attain' thé position of Committee chairman. if bis party is in. power or tbat of rank- ing minority member. This recognition- to seniority cari perhaps be best explained by an illustration, if I may be pardoned for making it a personal one.ý When as- sîgned to the Committee on Naval Affairs by the 74th Congress, eight m1em1b r Ôffimp-d l!te inrrrity side- and my rank was that of seventh. Subsequently the committee lost four members above me witb tnany miore years of service-one by death and three by failure of reelection. The resuit is that when the assignments wvere made for this Congress 1 was given the third higbest seat on the committee on the minority side. There is no bard and fast rule that G to this N EW on the North Shore DitrbuqIb~PEASTER OUL COQ. suekI. s a siate of comm'rrtee aà s§ for the ent ire party mer in the House and submits party caucus.- Upon ratific te sIate, with or without n ms, the caucus prepares a [ut-ion specifyin g the miembe all standing . comtnlittees. was supporteci oy Longressman Ilur- dick. Loss Seniority Rights Both Congressman.. Lemnke andi CogesmnBurdick1 were given Dinicaris to Open. ýn Novena This Sunday e si well-knw Dominican mis- ýP Rev. J. W. Owens. 0. P., S. T. Lr.. le Prior of ' Dominican Novitiate of le~ ýQr#";TF.V- ..i 4L - I-Yr TÂCKLE GOOD GRAPPLER Cap-t. Dewitt Gibson, heavywveight. on Northwestern's wrcstling teami, has won three straight mnatchies this season. Gibson played tackle on the IWildcat -football teani. for the past I fhrce years, 0 Liedon Ave. Hubbard Woods 330 Devis et. Evanmton Phiones: WinneIc. 2103-4 WiImeffe 64!9 UNIverstty 2555" Enj.ey Mord N S L I-J-5

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy