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Show (Mtioml eawm' la Arms -a Fess for Senator; Wood Heads N. R. C. C. TXT ASHINGTON. Representative v v William It. Wood of Indiana was elected unanimously chairman of the national Republican congressional committee com-mittee to- succeed Representative, Simeon D. Fes? of Ohio, who retired to run for UnltSd States senator from Ohio. Mr. Wood has been vice chairman chair-man of the congressional committee for six years. He has been a member of congress for eight years. Mr. Fess Issued a statement reviewing review-ing his achievements as chairman since he assumed the position In 1018, and emphasizing the need for continued con-tinued Republican domination. : "Assuming that the present sitting Democratic ranking committee members mem-bers of the house will be re-elected ia November," Mr. Fess said, "the conduct con-duct of legislation will be transferred under the control and direction of men who come from a small section of the country, If the Democrats win, "For example, apiculture will coma under the direction of a member from Arkansas; appropriations, Tennessee; bunking and currency,. Arkansas; claims, Alabama; foreign affairs, Maryland ; education, Alabama ; Insular In-sular affairs, Tennessee ; interstate and foreign commerce, Kentucky ; pensions, Georgia; Invalid pensions, Missouri; Judiciary, Kentucky; merchant marine, ma-rine, Texas ; labor, Texas ; military affairs, af-fairs, Kentucky; naval affairs. Tennessee Ten-nessee ; patents, Tennessee ; post office, Georgia; public buildings, Florida; civil service. Texas; rivers and harbors, har-bors, Louisiana; roads. North Carolina Caro-lina ; rules, North Carolina ; war claims, Florida ; ways and means, North Carolina. Senator Says: "Keep Marines in Hayti" INDEFINITE continuance of Amerl- can military occupation of Haytl, but with a reduction of the marine force, was recommended In a unnnl-mous unnnl-mous report presented by the special senate committee which for nine months has been Investigating American Ameri-can administration in Hayti and Santo Domingo. The committee deferred announcement announce-ment of Its findings on Dominican affairs af-fairs "in view of the negotiations happily begun between the State department de-partment and the Dominican leaders looking to the termination of military government In Santo Domingo." ' The declaration that early withdrawal with-drawal of or drastic reduction In the American marine occupation force in Hayti would be followed certainly by brigandage and revolution was mnde In the report signed by Senator Mc-Cormlck, Mc-Cormlck, Republican, Illinois, chairman, chair-man, and Senators Oddte, Republican, Nevada; Tomerene, Democrat. Ohio, nd Jones, Democrat, New Mexico, who have held protracted hearings and who recently toured Haytl and Santo Domingo. The committee found that, on the whole,' American administration In Haytl had been of great benefit to the Ilaj tlnns and was so? regarded, by a vast majority. The American record, rec-ord, however, was described as one both of "failure and achievement" There had been some "blunders" and a few Instances of cruelty against na- lives by members of the military force. "In brief, under the treaty between Haytl and the United States," the report re-port said, "the peace of the republic, the solvency of its government and the security of its people have been established estab-lished for the first time for many years." In Justification of American Intervention, Inter-vention, the report said that "the chronic anarchy Into which Haytl had fallen, the exhaustion of Its credit, the threatened Intervention of the German Ger-man government and the actual landing land-ing of the French naval forces, all Imperiled Im-periled the Monroe doctrine and led the government of the United States to take the successive steps set forth to establish order In Haytl, to help institute a government as nearly representative rep-resentative as might be, and to assure the collaboration of the governments of the United States and Hayti for the future maintenance of peace and the development of the Haytlao people." Housekeeper of Congressional Library of the cellar, and I suspect I saw a good deal in the corners that would have escaped the eye of man." Twenty-two years ago Mrs. Woods became a clerk In the library. When the superlntendency appointment waa offered her she was In charge of an important division of the copyright office, with the highest salary paid there except to the register and his assistant. Her new duties include the personal supervision of the laboring force of 120 persons charwomen, messengers, elevator operators, engineers, en-gineers, watchmen and gardeners; everything that has to do with the care and upkeep of the building and grounds; the disbursement of funds and the paying of the entire library force of 500, including the librarian himself. On her personal staff are eleven persons, headed by a chief clerk. Each division has a chief. Mrs. Woods brings to her Job an unusual knowledge, for a woman, of engineering. During her husband's lifetime she aided him In writing his technical papers and books on mechanical me-chanical engineering. After his death In 1893 she became secretary to a leading lead-ing engineer of Chicago." TTOUSEKEEPEK of a library Is Mrs. Harriet DeKrafft Woods, daughter daugh-ter of the late Rear Admiral DeKrafft, United States navy, and widow of Arthur Ar-thur T. Woods, professor of mechanical mechani-cal engineering la the University of 'lllnols. She has been appointed to he post of what she calls "house-:eeper"' "house-:eeper"' of the Library of Congress. Ullelnlly she Is superintendent of mlldlcgs and grounds. She Is the first woman to get the Job. "What are you, as a woman, going to bring to this Job that It never had before?" asked an Interviewer. "A little keener vision as a housekeeper, house-keeper, jwrhaps; thnt's all. Women can see dirt, you know, where men cannot. I've Just made an Inspection t J, W. Fnrdney Announces His Retirement ' A NXOUW'KMKXT by Iteprewnta-tlve Iteprewnta-tlve Jost-ph V. Fordncy of Michigan Michi-gan that he will not sovk tv-eltvtlon to the house this full means the prole jhle fh'VHtlon of Koprcsontntlve fir-eeri Jf Iown, to the chairmanship of Hie powerful ways and inenns commit te at the session following March 4, l!t.:i. Mr. Orwn now ranks next to Mr. I'ordncy In seniority among Heptihll-cun Heptihll-cun members of the committee. He luis served In the house for eleven years, having previously for seventeen years lerved us a Judge In the (state courts of Iowa, Itopresentntlve l.ongworth of Ohio Is next In order among Republican uenihers of the ways and means com. oilttee. It ia considered a possibility that Mr. f-ongworth may aspire to .he chairmanship. Mr. I.or,,;iirTii wtldpntcd in a movement to over-brow over-brow the seniority system when the Republicans regained control of the jmise and probably would have been named chairman of the ways and tiieiuis committee instead of Mr. Ford-nev Ford-nev If that movement bad bei-n sue- CCssful. Mr. I.iT.g'ivnrtli has served In the ow lo,ycr than Mr. Oreen, the pre;, ent term ins his ninth, but his serv ice- has not been continuous and hence he ranks below the lowna If Representative (iree becomes chairman of the ways and means committee com-mittee It Is likely to affect the policies of the commit lee In some respr-;ts. Mr. Creen has disagreed with Mr. Ford-ney Ford-ney on various questions, such as American valuation and high surtax rates. Mr. tireen is lukewarm on the question of A.ueriean valuation and has favored higher surtax rates on In-dlvlihc.! In-dlvlihc.! Incomes than Mr. Fnrdney. ( 'onie.'.sman Fnnlncy lias notiDed 1 Is home newspaper lit Saginaw, that be will not be a candidate for re-clot re-clot tion. lie rep risen Is approximately r. M.;i x i ,,. in Sfx eoi.ntUi.s. II,. i sixty nine years old. |