Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-18 | Page 1 | Colton Selected Head of House Land Committee

r Colton Selected j jj j Head of House Honse j jJ J Land Committee i I j WASHINGTON Dec 18 AP I Representative Colton Cotton Rep Republican b- b lican Utah t today day was selected d chairman of the ho house se public lands committee succeeding Representative Sinnott of Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon who resigned from the house to accept a judgeship Representative Smith Republican Republican Republican lican Idaho was ranking Republican Republican lican on the public lands committee committee committee com com- and ordinarily would have succeeded to the chairmanship but he is chairman of the irrigation irrigation irr- irr gation committee and he wished to retain that post Representative Cottons Cotton's post as chairman of elections committee I No 1 will be taken by Representative Representative Beedy Seedy Republican Maine Other Republican committee assignments made by bythe the committee committee com corn on committees included Representative Fort New Jersey Jersey Jer Jer- sey soy and Martin Massachusetts on the rules committee resent tive Hadley Washington on the steering committee Mrs Florence P. P Kahn California military affairs Morgan Ohio foreign affairs The only new member to be given a committee place was Representative Culkin of New NewYork NewYork York who was assigned to the themer mer merchant nant marine committee