Show RETAIN PlACES PUCES ON o MONEY MONY COMMISSION B BY SPECIAL FAVOR Co Congressmen gressmen Granted Salaries Salaries Sal Sale aries Though Legally Not Eligible Again w WASHINGTON ASHI March 1 Senator I.-Senator Senator Knox will not sever his bla connection with the congressional monetary commission because o of his transfer from the senate to the state department Provision has altO also been made for the continuance of Senator Teller Teler and Representatives Overstreet Overstreet Over- Over street end nd Bonynge on the commission lon As originally composed the commission contained only onh senators and arid mem members r and th the s provision In the currency law la of the last session lon cre creating the commission I limited d tho the membership to members of tho the t two bOU houses bouses 5 The la law apparently illi ili il l not contemplate A the possibility of th i ment of members members mem memo bers of the but th lh the defect Isto isto Is la lato to bo be removed by a paragraph In the genTal genral gen gen- bill which Is now In the rat ral deficiency final That provision directs the payment of salaries to th retiring 6 senators sena sena- na- na mrs tors and nd members moors of th the tho house who are arc arcon on th the tho commission equal to that paid them In their present places and the eff ef effect ef- ef f feet ct will bo be to Insure the continuance o of the services s of the retiring senator and ana members senator Senator Knox does dOc not fall faU within the tho Hut of members rs to be thus remunerated because of his hIs' prospective connection wIth Ith the state department but It Is not riot of the law believed ed that the restrictions arc such that they the will wiit stand In the way of the commissions commission's employment of hIs hla These gentlemen have each given sj-en valuable valuable valuable ble attention to branches of tho the work of o the commission and th tho other members of the commission think that their retirement retirement retirement retire retire- ment at this time would materially cripple cripple crip crip- pie the organization and cause tho loss of much that has Irea a-Irea already y been accomplished d. d It Is 15 believed that the connection of the of state with tho commission will be ft a substantial aid In fri gaining the confidence of this and other countries In inthe the thc recommendations of oC this commission when made |